michigan single season rushing yards record by a player

Tshimanga Biakabutuka has the most rushing yards for Michigan in a season, with 1,724 yards in 1995.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Tshimanga Biakabutuka T. Biakabutuka	1,724	1995	MICH	12	279	6.2	143.7	12	48	4		12.0	4.0	0
2	Denard Robinson D. Robinson	1,702	2010	MICH	13	256	6.6	130.9	14
3	Chris Perry C. Perry	1,674	2003	MICH	13	338	5.0	128.8	18	367	44		8.3	28.2	2
4	Michael Hart M. Hart	1,562	2006	MICH	13	318	4.9	120.2	14	125	17		7.4	9.6	0
5	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	1,551	2000	MICH	11	287	5.4	141.0	16	239	13		18.4	21.7	1
6	Jamie Morris J. Morris	1,469	1987	MICH	11	259	5.7	133.5	11	126	17		7.4	11.5	1
7	Blake Corum B. Corum	1,463	2022	MICH	12	247	5.9	121.9	18	80	11	12	7.3	6.7	1
8	Michael Hart M. Hart	1,455	2004	MICH	12	282	5.2	121.3	9	237	26		9.1	19.8	1
9	Rob Lytle R. Lytle	1,402	1976	MICH	11	203	6.9	127.5	13	81	9		9.0	7.4	2
10	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	1,391	1968	MICH	10	255	5.5	139.1	19	177	15		11.8	17.7	0
11	Michael Hart M. Hart	1,361	2007	MICH	10	265	5.1	136.1	14	50	8		6.3	5.0	0
12	Tony Boles T. Boles	1,359	1988	MICH	11	248	5.5	123.5	9	64	11		5.8	5.8	0
13	Gordon Bell G. Bell	1,335	1975	MICH	11	255	5.2	121.4	12	67	6		11.2	6.1	1
14	Hassan Haskins H. Haskins	1,327	2021	MICH	14	270	4.9	94.8	20	131	18	23	7.3	9.4	0
15	Lawrence Ricks L. Ricks	1,300	1982	MICH	11	243	5.3	118.2	8	52	7		7.4	4.7	0
16	Butch Woolfolk B. Woolfolk	1,273	1981	MICH	11	226	5.6	115.7	5	47	7		6.7	4.3	0
17	Denard Robinson D. Robinson	1,266	2012	MICH	11	177	7.2	115.1	7	31	3		10.3	2.8	0
18	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	1,257	1999	MICH	11	283	4.4	114.3	16	166	29		5.7	15.1	0
19	Blake Corum B. Corum	1,245	2023	MICH	15	258	4.8	83.0	27	117	16	18	7.3	7.8	1
20	Jon Vaughn J. Vaughn	1,236	1990	MICH	11	201	6.1	112.4	9	113	19		5.9	10.3	0
21	Billy Taylor B. Taylor	1,215	1971	MICH	11	217	5.6	110.5	13	2	1		2.0	0.2	0
22	Ricky Powers R. Powers	1,187	1991	MICH	11	230	5.2	107.9	9	89	12		7.4	8.1	0
23	Karan Higdon K. Higdon	1,178	2018	MICH	11	224	5.3	107.1	10	43	7	12	6.1	3.9	0
24	Denard Robinson D. Robinson	1,176	2011	MICH	13	221	5.3	90.5	16
25	Tyrone Wheatley T. Wheatley	1,122	1992	MICH	10	170	6.6	112.2	10	141	11		12.8	14.1	3

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Team Leaders

PASS

881

Underwood

RUSH

244

Marshall

REC

446

Buchanan

Team Rankings

PPG

23.0

112th

OPP PPG

15.8

26th

RUSH YDS/G

135.0

116th

PASS YDS/G

180.8

135th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Northwestern	1-1	3-1
11	Purdue	1-1	2-3
12	Michigan	0-2	3-2
13	Penn State	0-2	3-2
14	Washington	0-2	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	PSU	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	IND	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MICH	@	RUTG	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MSU	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MICH	@	ORE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Michigan

3 - 2

Final

Minnesota

4 - 1

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	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	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200