college football team with the most rushing yards per game in a season

The Oklahoma Sooners have the most rushing yards per game by a team in a season, with 472.4 per game in 1971.

TEAMRUSH YDS/GSEASONGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Oklahoma
Oklahoma
472.4
1971
11
5,196
760
6.8
56
2Oklahoma
Oklahoma
438.8
1974
11
4,827
813
5.9
45
3Oklahoma
Oklahoma
428.8
1987
11
4,717
730
6.5
51
4Oklahoma
Oklahoma
428.1
1978
11
4,709
721
6.5
50
5Oklahoma
Oklahoma
404.7
1986
11
4,452
719
6.2
50
6Nebraska
Nebraska
401.7
1983
12
4,820
724
6.7
66
7UCLA
UCLA
400.3
1973
11
4,403
689
6.4
56
8Nebraska
Nebraska
399.8
1995
11
4,398
627
7.0
51
9Nebraska
Nebraska
394.3
1982
12
4,732
762
6.2
52
10Nebraska
Nebraska
392.6
1997
12
4,711
755
6.2
66
11Oklahoma
Oklahoma
391.0
1956
10
3,910
677
5.8
52
12Air Force
Air Force
386.3
1987
12
4,635
782
5.9
43
13New Mexico
New Mexico
384.5
1971
11
4,229
747
5.7
43
14Nebraska
Nebraska
382.3
1988
12
4,588
738
6.2
47
15Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern
381.1
2014
12
4,573
642
7.1
55
16Nebraska
Nebraska
378.3
1980
11
4,161
739
5.6
45
17Air Force
Air Force
377.5
1988
12
4,530
734
6.2
48
18Nebraska
Nebraska
375.3
1989
11
4,128
641
6.4
40
19Texas
Texas
374.5
1970
10
3,745
715
5.2
51
20Nebraska
Nebraska
374.3
1985
11
4,117
697
5.9
40
21Nebraska
Nebraska
373.5
1987
11
4,108
673
6.1
40
22Colorado
Colorado
371.8
1989
11
4,090
666
6.1
54
23Army
Army
369.8
2012
12
4,438
806
5.5
32
24Oklahoma
Oklahoma
368.8
1972
11
4,057
803
5.1
39
25East Carolina
East Carolina
368.5
1979
11
4,053
692
5.9
47
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1956 season.

More Oklahoma Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

26.4

84th

OPP PPG

13.9

7th

RUSH YDS/G

123.9

126th

PASS YDS/G

229.9

77th

2025 SEC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
4
Texas A&M Texas A&M
7-1
11-1
5
Texas Texas
6-2
9-3
6
Oklahoma Oklahoma
6-2
10-2
7
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
6-2
10-2
8
Missouri Missouri
4-4
8-4
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/19
ALA ALA
@
OKLA OKLA
8:00 PM
Last Game
LSU LSU

7 - 5

13

Final

17

OKLA Oklahoma

10 - 2

Sat 29 Nov 2025

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CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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Fri
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CIT CIT
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MISS MISS
0-49
Mon
11/10
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42-35
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11/10
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3:00 PM
Sat
12/13
BSU BSU
@
WASH WASH
8:00 PM
Tue
12/16
TROY TROY
@
JVST JVST
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12/17
ODU ODU
@
USF USF
5:00 PM
Wed
12/17
UL UL
@
DEL DEL
8:30 PM