michigan football season rushing records

The Michigan Wolverines had their most rushing 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

2,428

Underwood

RUSH

932

Marshall

REC

651

Marsh

Team Rankings

PPG

27.6

77th

OPP PPG

18.7

16th

RUSH YDS/G

213.2

16th

PASS YDS/G

185.8

133rd

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4
6	Iowa	6-3	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	WMU	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	OKLA	@	MICH	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UTEP	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	IOWA	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	1:00 PM

Last Game

Michigan

0 - 1

Final

Texas

1 - 0

Wed 31 Dec 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