cincinnati bearcats single game rushing yards record by a player

Daryl Royal has rushed for the most yards by a Cincinnati player in a game, with 282 yards against Miami (OH) on September 28, 1996.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Daryl Royal D. Royal	282	9/28/1996	CIN	vs	M-OH	36	7.8
2	Richard Hall R. Hall	238	9/11/2004	CIN	vs	M-OH	14	17.0	3	3	1		3.0	0
3	Demarco McCleskey D. McCleskey	234	11/5/1998	CIN	vs	ECU	41	5.7		8	1		8.0
4	Isaiah Pead I. Pead	213	11/20/2010	CIN	vs	RUTG	31	6.9	4	36	2		18.0	1
5	Mike Boone M. Boone	212	10/24/2014	CIN	vs	USF	19	11.2	1
6	Robert Cooper R. Cooper	209	10/30/1999	CIN	@	M-OH	37	5.6		47	3		15.7
7	Isaiah Pead I. Pead	197	10/9/2010	CIN	vs	M-OH	10	19.7	1
8	Jerome Ford J. Ford	189	10/16/2021	CIN	vs	UCF	20	9.5	4	23	1	1	23.0	0
9	Jerome Ford J. Ford	187	12/4/2021	CIN	vs	HOU	18	10.4	2	17	1	2	17.0	0
10	Carl Jones C. Jones	187	11/8/2003	CIN	vs	URI	27	6.9	0	13	1		13.0	0
11	Gerrid Doaks G. Doaks	184	11/7/2020	CIN	vs	HOU	16	11.5	1	30	3	3	10.0	0
12	Charles McClelland C. McClelland	179	10/8/2022	CIN	vs	USF	21	8.5	2
13	Desmond Ridder D. Ridder	179	10/24/2020	CIN	@	SMU	8	22.4	3
14	Demarco McCleskey D. McCleskey	179	11/14/1998	CIN	vs	HOU	35	5.1
15	Isaiah Pead I. Pead	175	11/13/2009	CIN	vs	WVU	18	9.7	1	13	2		6.5	0
16	Robert Cooper R. Cooper	174	10/16/1999	CIN	vs	UAB	25	7.0		56	1		56.0
17	Isaiah Pead I. Pead	169	9/25/2010	CIN	vs	OKLA	21	8.0	0	9	4		2.3	0
18	Isaiah Pead I. Pead	167	9/22/2011	CIN	vs	NCST	27	6.2	1	24	3		8.0	1
19	Michael Warren II M. Warren II	166	12/31/2018	CIN	@	VT	20	8.3	2	10	1	5	10.0	0
20	George Winn G. Winn	165	11/3/2012	CIN	vs	SYR	30	5.5	3	9	1		9.0	0
21	Richard Hall R. Hall	161	9/27/2003	CIN	@	M-OH	25	6.4	1	61	6		10.2	1
22	Demarco McCleskey D. McCleskey	161	12/6/2002	CIN	@	ECU	30	5.4	0	8	2		4.0	0
23	Robert Cooper R. Cooper	161	9/26/1998	CIN	vs	IND	14	11.5
24	Isaiah Pead I. Pead	155	9/10/2011	CIN	@	TENN	14	11.1	1	15	2		7.5	0
25	Corey Kiner C. Kiner	153	9/9/2023	CIN	@	PITT	20	7.7	1	2	2	3	1.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,800

Sorsby

RUSH

709

Walker

REC

674

Allen

Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

38th

OPP PPG

24.8

76th

RUSH YDS/G

178.9

47th

PASS YDS/G

242.4

66th

2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Kansas State	5-4	6-6
9	TCU	5-4	9-4
10	Cincinnati	5-4	7-6
11	Baylor	3-6	5-7
12	Kansas	3-6	5-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	BC	@	CIN	3:30 PM
Sat 9/12	WCU	@	CIN	7:00 PM
Sat 9/19	M-OH	@	CIN	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	KSU	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	CIN	@	ARIZ	1:00 PM

Last Game

Navy

1 - 0

Final

Cincinnati

0 - 1

Fri 2 Jan 2026

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167