1978 big-ten Rushing Stats

Record: 51-55-7, .482 W-L% (10th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 4.79 (5th of 14), SOS: 5.81 (5th of 14)

Conference Champion: Michigan and Michigan State

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

30 Players

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

30 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Steve Smith	Michigan State	11	115	772	6.7	8	13	116	8.9	0	128	888	6.9	8
2	Leroy McGee	Michigan State	11	78	465	6.0	4	14	120	8.6	0	92	585	6.4	4
3	Tom Stauss	Wisconsin	11	82	485	5.9	3	5	49	9.8	1	87	534	6.1	4
4	Ricardo Volley	Ohio State	11	78	437	5.6	2	5	28	5.6	0	83	465	5.6	2
5	Wayne Strader	Illinois	11	74	389	5.3	1	10	109	10.9	0	84	498	5.9	1
6	Lonnie Johnson	Indiana	11	81	421	5.2	1	14	103	7.4	0	95	524	5.5	1
7	Ira Matthews	Wisconsin	11	130	654	5.0	3	14	143	10.2	1	144	797	5.5	4
8	Marion Barber	Minnesota	11	247	1210	4.9	8	22	171	7.8	2	269	1381	5.1	10
9	Harlan Huckleby	Michigan	11	145	713	4.9	5	6	46	7.7	0	151	759	5.0	5
10	Ron Springs	Ohio State	9	114	543	4.8	2	11	83	7.5	0	125	626	5.0	2
11	Butch Woolfolk	Michigan	11	77	371	4.8	2	1	14	14.0	0	78	385	4.9	2
12	Bruce Reeves	Michigan State	11	73	339	4.6	5	6	29	4.8	0	79	368	4.7	5
13	Russell Davis	Michigan	11	145	655	4.5	3	4	25	6.3	0	149	680	4.6	3
14	Mike Harkrader	Indiana	11	198	880	4.4	7	7	24	3.4	0	205	904	4.4	7
15	Rick Leach	Michigan	11	133	589	4.4	12					133	589	4.4	12
16	Roosevelt Smith	Michigan	11	88	388	4.4	3	5	57	11.4	2	93	445	4.8	5
17	Mike Cammon	Northwestern	11	73	322	4.4	1	13	97	7.5	0	86	419	4.9	1
18	Paul Campbell	Ohio State	11	131	565	4.3	9	3	17	5.7	0	134	582	4.3	9
19	John Macon	Purdue	11	225	913	4.1	4	20	162	8.1	0	245	1075	4.4	4
20	Russell Pope	Purdue	11	164	673	4.1	5	35	292	8.3	1	199	965	4.8	6
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Jon Lazar	Iowa	11	108	423	3.9	1	18	72	4.0	1	126	495	3.9	2
22	Kenny Burke	Iowa	11	76	293	3.9	0	2	19	9.5	0	78	312	4.0	0
23	Art Schlichter	Ohio State	11	139	520	3.7	11					139	520	3.7	11
24	Darrick Burnett	Indiana	11	135	473	3.5	5	3	27	9.0	0	138	500	3.6	5
25	Kent Kitzmann	Minnesota	11	100	339	3.4	4	9	51	5.7	0	109	390	3.6	4
26	Larry Powell	Illinois	11	97	325	3.4	3	6	47	7.8	0	103	372	3.6	3
27	Charles Green	Wisconsin	11	75	247	3.3	2	2	22	11.0	0	77	269	3.5	2
28	Dennis Mosley	Iowa	11	96	292	3.0	0	9	74	8.2	0	105	366	3.5	0
29	Mike Kalasmiki	Wisconsin	11	73	169	2.3	1					73	169	2.3	1
30	Rich Weiss	Illinois	11	154	297	1.9	2					154	297	1.9	2

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