college football running back reception in a season

Running backs caught 2,747 passes in 1956.

	POSITION	REC	SEASON	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Running Back	2,747	1956	9,048	38,642	14.1	4.3	284	144,963	32,294	4.5	16.0	1,070
2	Running Back	3,018	1957	8,933	40,508	13.4	4.5	319	144,658	33,629	4.3	16.2	988
3	Running Back	3,587	1958	9,277	45,673	12.7	4.9	331	126,803	30,978	4.1	13.7	870
4	Running Back	3,725	1959	9,133	47,214	12.7	5.2	348	128,404	30,821	4.2	14.1	943
5	Running Back	3,791	1960	9,224	47,408	12.5	5.1	302	125,146	29,422	4.3	13.6	906
6	Running Back	3,523	1961	8,878	44,222	12.6	5.0	304	122,176	28,878	4.2	13.8	880
7	Running Back	4,159	1962	9,990	51,276	12.3	5.1	363	131,205	31,248	4.2	13.1	954
8	Running Back	4,021	1963	9,214	49,567	12.3	5.4	365	119,103	28,163	4.2	12.9	836
9	Running Back	3,959	1964	8,684	49,130	12.4	5.7	290	114,670	28,527	4.0	13.2	785
10	Running Back	4,119	1965	6,843	51,443	12.5	7.5	352	110,860	28,155	3.9	16.2	804
11	Running Back	4,111	1966	6,658	49,194	12.0	7.4	332	118,122	29,005	4.1	17.7	866
12	Running Back	3,805	1967	6,084	46,178	12.1	7.6	294	119,188	29,999	4.0	19.6	964
13	Running Back	4,324	1968	6,230	51,273	11.9	8.2	315	137,420	33,247	4.1	22.1	1,158
14	Running Back	3,869	1969	5,828	45,068	11.6	7.7	286	135,733	32,699	4.2	23.3	1,039
15	Running Back	3,781	1970	6,143	41,806	11.1	6.8	280	151,438	35,291	4.3	24.7	1,183
16	Running Back	3,433	1971	6,668	37,575	10.9	5.6	231	164,457	37,750	4.4	24.7	1,360
17	Running Back	3,468	1972	7,364	36,805	10.6	5.0	212	172,057	39,398	4.4	23.4	1,330
18	Running Back	3,010	1973	7,534	30,353	10.1	4.0	176	181,350	40,919	4.4	24.1	1,401
19	Running Back	2,984	1974	8,379	30,862	10.3	3.7	175	196,370	43,179	4.5	23.4	1,405
20	Running Back	3,010	1975	8,663	31,850	10.6	3.7	187	210,944	46,326	4.6	24.3	1,490
21	Running Back	3,590	1976	8,816	37,229	10.4	4.2	212	211,878	46,892	4.5	24.0	1,556
22	Running Back	3,957	1977	9,886	40,504	10.2	4.1	242	229,715	50,811	4.5	23.2	1,647
23	Running Back	4,252	1978	9,021	40,638	9.6	4.5	216	211,976	47,244	4.5	23.5	1,502
24	Running Back	4,601	1979	9,453	44,156	9.6	4.7	204	214,525	47,320	4.5	22.7	1,569
25	Running Back	5,268	1980	9,038	47,250	9.0	5.2	241	212,549	47,408	4.5	23.5	1,560

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Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	HC	@	M-OH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Holy Cross

0 - 1

Final

Northern Illinois

1 - 0

Sat 30 Aug 2025

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

246.7

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