college football team average rushing attempts per game in a season

The Alabama Crimson Tide had 49.2 rush attempts per game in 1956.

	TEAM	ATT/G	SEASON	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Alabama	49.2	1956	10	1,907	492	3.9	190.7	9
2	Arizona	47.0	1956	10	1,998	470	4.3	199.8	19
3	Arizona State	47.7	1956	10	2,438	477	5.1	243.8	31
4	Arkansas State		1956	1
5	Arkansas	49.8	1956	10	2,343	498	4.7	234.3	22
6	Auburn	51.5	1956	10	2,760	515	5.4	276.0	18
7	Baylor	54.9	1956	10	2,102	549	3.8	210.2	20
8	Boston College	54.7	1956	9	2,092	492	4.3	232.4	18
9	Bowling Green		1956	1
10	BYU	32.6	1956	10	1,106	326	3.4	110.6	8
11	Fresno State		1956	4
12	California	46.2	1956	10	1,471	462	3.2	147.1	14
13	UCLA	43.6	1956	10	1,352	436	3.1	135.2	15
14	Cincinnati	41.2	1956	9	1,347	371	3.6	149.7	12
15	Clemson	54.8	1956	10	2,156	548	3.9	215.6	20
16	Colorado	50.1	1956	10	2,521	501	5.0	252.1	29
17	Colorado State	48.3	1956	10	1,760	483	3.6	176.0	16
18	UConn		1956	2
19	Duke	56.9	1956	10	2,544	569	4.5	254.4	18
20	East Carolina		1956	2
21	Florida	44.3	1956	10	1,575	443	3.6	157.5	13
22	Florida State	44.3	1956	10	1,727	443	3.9	172.7	12
23	Georgia	45.3	1956	10	1,495	453	3.3	149.5	5
24	Georgia Tech	52.5	1956	10	2,249	525	4.3	224.9	22
25	Hawaii		1956	2

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More Alabama Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,129

Russell

RUSH

225

Hill

REC

333

Coleman-Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

48.0

4th

OPP PPG

20.3

50th

RUSH YDS/G

188.3

46th

PASS YDS/G

283.3

28th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Alabama	2-0	4-0
2	Florida	2-0	4-0
3	Georgia	2-0	4-0
4	Mississippi State	2-0	4-0
5	Texas	1-0	4-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	UGA	@	ALA	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ALA	@	TENN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	TXAM	@	ALA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	ALA	@	VAN	1:00 PM

Last Game

South Carolina

2 - 2

Final

Alabama

4 - 0

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	2	.500
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250