michigan football season rushing records

The Michigan Wolverines rushed for their most yards in a season in 1976, with 3,989 yards.

	TEAM	RUSH YDS	SEASON	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Michigan	3,989	1976	11	661	6.0	362.6	42
2	Michigan	3,714	1971	11	768	4.8	337.6	46
3	Michigan	3,669	1975	11	686	5.3	333.5	34
4	Michigan	3,372	1974	11	686	4.9	306.5	31
5	Michigan	3,345	2022	14	600	5.6	238.9	41
6	Michigan	3,208	1973	11	695	4.6	291.6	37
7	Michigan	3,142	1978	11	691	4.5	285.6	31
8	Michigan	3,101	2010	13	556	5.6	238.5	31
9	Michigan	3,042	1983	11	614	5.0	276.5	28
10	Michigan	3,001	2021	14	575	5.2	214.4	39
11	Michigan	2,973	1981	11	572	5.2	270.3	28
12	Michigan	2,909	1992	11	531	5.5	264.5	28
13	Michigan	2,884	2011	13	560	5.2	221.8	31
14	Michigan	2,884	1987	11	572	5.0	262.2	27
15	Michigan	2,845	1972	11	668	4.3	258.6	25
16	Michigan	2,837	1977	11	616	4.6	257.9	29
17	Michigan	2,823	1988	11	585	4.8	256.6	30
18	Michigan	2,784	1990	11	532	5.2	253.1	22
19	Michigan	2,776	1969	10	620	4.5	277.6	37
20	Michigan	2,768	2016	13	574	4.8	212.9	41
21	Michigan	2,733	1979	11	603	4.5	248.5	29
22	Michigan	2,732	2025	13	502	5.4	210.2	33
23	Michigan	2,724	1980	11	614	4.4	247.6	22
24	Michigan	2,709	1991	11	510	5.3	246.3	26
25	Michigan	2,691	1982	11	540	5.0	244.6	25

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More Michigan Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

281

Underwood

RUSH

134

Underwood

REC

174

Buchanan

Team Rankings

PPG

15.0

149th

OPP PPG

11.0

19th

RUSH YDS/G

129.0

121st

PASS YDS/G

140.5

167th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Iowa	0-0	2-0
4	Maryland	0-0	2-0
5	Michigan	0-0	2-0
6	Michigan State	0-0	2-0
7	Nebraska	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	UTEP	@	MICH	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	IOWA	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	PSU	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	IND	@	MICH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Oklahoma

1 - 1

Final

Michigan

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333