1972 Big Ten Conference Rushing Stats

Record: 51-57-2, .473 W-L% (10th of 13) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 5.99 (5th of 13), SOS: 6.95 (5th of 13)

Conference Champion: Michigan and Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Michigan, Ohio State and Purdue)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Michigan and Ohio State)

31 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Att (minimum 6.25 Att/G, 75% of school games played).

31 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Otis Armstrong	Purdue	11	243	1361	5.6	9	6	55	9.2	0	249	1416	5.7	9
2	Archie Griffin*	Ohio State	11	159	867	5.5	3	6	71	11.8	0	165	938	5.7	3
3	Damond Mays	Michigan State	11	76	397	5.2	1	3	13	4.3	0	79	410	5.2	1
4	John King	Minnesota	11	237	1164	4.9	11	5	27	5.4	1	242	1191	4.9	12
5	Doug Beaudoin	Minnesota	11	105	513	4.9	4					105	513	4.9	4
6	Chuck Heater*	Michigan	11	140	669	4.8	4	3	31	10.3	0	143	700	4.9	4
7	Rufus Ferguson	Wisconsin	11	215	1004	4.7	7	4	38	9.5	0	219	1042	4.8	7
8	David Brown	Michigan State	11	123	575	4.7	1	2	14	7.0	0	125	589	4.7	1
9	Dave Harris	Iowa	11	136	621	4.6	4	13	160	12.3	0	149	781	5.2	4
10	Ed Shuttlesworth*	Michigan	11	157	713	4.5	11	1	14	14.0	0	158	727	4.6	11
11	Mark Niesen	Michigan State	11	105	467	4.4	4					105	467	4.4	4
12	Lonnie Perrin	Illinois	11	106	466	4.4	3	16	142	8.9	0	122	608	5.0	3
13	Bob Thornbladh*	Michigan	11	81	347	4.3	2	4	33	8.3	0	85	380	4.5	2
14	Greg Hare*	Ohio State	11	87	365	4.2	4					87	365	4.2	4
15	Champ Henson*	Ohio State	11	193	795	4.1	20	1	6	6.0	0	194	801	4.1	20
16	Stan Key	Northwestern	11	71	290	4.1	0	2	16	8.0	0	73	306	4.2	0
17	Ken Starling	Indiana	11	196	781	4.0	7	3	49	16.3	1	199	830	4.2	8
18	George Uremovich	Illinois	11	152	611	4.0	5	21	219	10.4	1	173	830	4.8	6
19	Greg Boykin	Northwestern	11	159	625	3.9	6	11	100	9.1	0	170	725	4.3	6
20	Harry Banks*	Michigan	11	70	273	3.9	1					70	273	3.9	1
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Ken St. Pierre	Indiana	11	129	490	3.8	0	17	102	6.0	0	146	592	4.1	0
22	Jack Spellman	Purdue	11	84	323	3.8	3	1	-7	-7.0	0	85	316	3.7	3
23	Randy Keith*	Ohio State	11	92	344	3.7	4	1	10	10.0	0	93	354	3.8	4
24	Mike Wells	Illinois	11	77	287	3.7	5					77	287	3.7	5
25	Arnold Morgado	Michigan State	11	71	262	3.7	2	2	28	14.0	0	73	290	4.0	2
26	Jim Trimble	Northwestern	11	93	339	3.6	2	5	8	1.6	0	98	347	3.5	2
27	Frank Holmes	Iowa	11	141	500	3.5	4					141	500	3.5	4
28	Dennis Franklin*	Michigan	11	142	497	3.5	5					142	497	3.5	5
29	Bob Morgan	Minnesota	11	188	595	3.2	4					188	595	3.2	4
30	Gary Danielson	Purdue	11	108	274	2.5	3					108	274	2.5	3
31	Rudy Steiner	Wisconsin	11	75	-2	0.0	2					75	-2	0.0	2

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