most carries in a college football game by a running back

Darren Davis has the most rush attempts by a running back in a game, with 53 rush attempts against Northern Iowa on September 21, 1996.

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NAMEATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Darren Davis
D. Davis
53
9/21/1996
ISU ISU
vs
UNI UNI
241
4.5
10
1
10.0
2Michael Turner
M. Turner
52
11/18/2000
NIU NIU
vs
CMU CMU
281
5.4
1
3D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
51
11/19/2016
TEX TEX
@
KU KU
250
4.9
2
-1
1
1
-1.0
0
4Chris Perry
C. Perry
51
11/1/2003
MICH MICH
@
MSU MSU
219
4.3
1
17
2
8.5
0
5Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
50
11/9/1996
WIS WIS
vs
MINN MINN
297
5.9
7
1
7.0
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
49
10/7/2000
TCU TCU
vs
HAW HAW
294
6.0
4
6
1
6.0
0
7Eric Flowers
E. Flowers
49
10/10/1998
CMU CMU
@
EMU EMU
239
4.9
8Robert Holcombe
R. Holcombe
49
9/23/1995
ILL ILL
vs
ECU ECU
130
2.7
9Ka'Deem Carey
K. Carey
48
11/23/2013
ARIZ ARIZ
vs
ORE ORE
206
4.3
4
-5
1
1
-5.0
0
10Tanardo Sharps
T. Sharps
48
11/16/2002
TEM TEM
@
RUTG RUTG
215
4.5
1
7
1
7.0
0
11Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
48
9/23/2000
WIS WIS
vs
NW NW
293
6.1
2
27
3
9.0
0
12Darren Davis
D. Davis
48
11/23/1996
ISU ISU
@
KSU KSU
225
4.7
-2
1
-2.0
13Dion Lewis
D. Lewis
47
12/5/2009
PITT PITT
vs
CIN CIN
194
4.1
3
34
5
6.8
0
14Larry Ned
L. Ned
47
11/17/2001
SDSU SDSU
vs
WYO WYO
209
4.4
4
15D'Angelo Brewer
D. Brewer
46
9/24/2016
TLSA TLSA
@
FRES FRES
252
5.5
0
-1
1
1
-1.0
0
16Derrick Henry
D. Henry
46
11/28/2015
ALA ALA
@
AUB AUB
271
5.9
1
17Tre Mason
T. Mason
46
12/7/2013
AUB AUB
vs
MIZ MIZ
304
6.6
4
8
1
1
8.0
0
18Kevin Smith
K. Smith
46
11/24/2007
UCF UCF
vs
UTEP UTEP
219
4.8
1
30
3
10.0
0
19Laurence Maroney
L. Maroney
46
9/24/2005
MINN MINN
vs
PUR PUR
217
4.7
0
59
5
11.8
0
20Dewhitt Betterson
D. Betterson
46
11/15/2003
TROY TROY
@
USU USU
230
5.0
2
21Keylon Kincade
K. Kincade
46
10/19/2002
SMU SMU
vs
LT LT
158
3.4
2
31
2
15.5
0
22Anthony Jones
A. Jones
46
10/7/2000
BALL BALL
@
M-OH M-OH
187
4.1
1
38
3
12.7
1
23Tyler Gaffney
T. Gaffney
45
11/7/2013
STAN STAN
vs
ORE ORE
157
3.5
1
15
1
1
15.0
0
24Bobby Rainey
B. Rainey
45
11/20/2010
WKU WKU
vs
MTSU MTSU
248
5.5
2
34
4
8.5
0
25Anthony Davis
A. Davis
45
11/23/2002
WIS WIS
vs
MINN MINN
301
6.7
5
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Team Leaders

PASS

639

Raynor

Jaylen Raynor

RUSH

382

Flora

Aiden Flora

REC

156

Hayes

Omari Hayes
Team Rankings

PPG

30.8

70th

OPP PPG

16.0

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

180.5

53rd

PASS YDS/G

164.8

151st

2026 Big 12 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
8
Baylor Baylor
1-0
3-1
9
Colorado Colorado
0-1
2-2
10
Iowa State Iowa State
0-1
2-2
11
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
0-0
2-1
12
TCU TCU
0-1
2-2
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/3
WVU WVU
@
ISU ISU
12:00 PM
Fri
10/9
ISU ISU
@
BYU BYU
10:15 PM
Sat
10/24
ISU ISU
@
ARIZ ARIZ
1:00 PM
Sat
10/31
OKST OKST
@
ISU ISU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/7
ISU ISU
@
BAY BAY
1:00 PM
Last Game
UTAH Utah

4 - 0

31

Final

17

ISU Iowa State

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

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Pass Yards Leaders

1,222

Chambliss

Trinidad Chambliss

1,213

Craig

Jaden Craig

1,206

Sayin

Julian Sayin
Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

600

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

592

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

550

Duff

KJ Duff

516

Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez
Pass TD Leaders

13

Heintschel

Mason Heintschel

12

Richter

John Alan Richter

12

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

9

Knight

Wayne Knight

6

Carter

Jaylin Carter
Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

KJ Duff

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

7

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
QB Rating Leaders

228.6

Mensah

Darian Mensah

209.1

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Josh Hoover
Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

Colin Simmons

6.0

Lewis

Xavier Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

54.8

Florida

53.5

Miami

51.7

Oregon

49.7

Alabama

47.7

Mississippi State

47.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

8.0

Notre Dame

8.3

Pittsburgh

8.5

Tulsa

9.0

James Madison

9.7

Indiana

9.8
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Miami

594.3

Mississippi State

544.7

SMU

537.0

Florida

532.8

Oklahoma State

528.0

South Carolina

526.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Navy

333.7

Air Force

319.0

UCLA

281.5

West Virginia

281.3

South Carolina

277.3
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

386.3

SMU

368.7

Ohio State

365.3

Miami

358.0

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

340.7
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

18.0

Virginia Tech

17.0

Texas

15.0

Nebraska

15.0

Baylor

15.0

LSU

14.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
3
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
3
0
1.000
5
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
6
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
7
Missouri Missouri
3
0
1.000
8
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
9
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
10
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
12
Auburn Auburn
3
1
.750
13
LSU LSU
2
1
.667
14
South Carolina South Carolina
2
1
.667
15
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
1
.667
16
Arkansas Arkansas
1
2
.333
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
0
1.000
2
James Madison James Madison
3
0
1.000
3
Louisiana Louisiana
2
1
.667
4
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
5
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Troy Troy
2
1
.667
8
Arkansas State Arkansas State
1
2
.333
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
2
.333
12
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
2
.333
13
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
3
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
.500
3
Fresno State Fresno State
2
1
.667
4
Oregon State Oregon State
1
2
.333
5
San Diego State San Diego State
1
3
.250
6
Texas State Texas State
1
2
.333
7
Washington State Washington State
1
2
.333
8
Utah State Utah State
0
3
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
4
Cincinnati Cincinnati
3
0
1.000
5
Kansas State Kansas State
3
0
1.000
6
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
7
West Virginia West Virginia
3
0
1.000
8
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
9
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
10
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
11
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
2
1
.667
12
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
13
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
14
Arizona Arizona
2
1
.667
15
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
2
3
.400
2
UMass UMass
3
0
1.000
3
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
1
.667
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
6
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
7
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
8
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
9
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
10
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
11
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
2
USC USC
4
0
1.000
3
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
4
Iowa Iowa
4
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
6
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
7
Penn State Penn State
3
1
.750
8
Washington Washington
3
0
1.000
9
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
10
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
11
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
12
Minnesota Minnesota
2
1
.667
13
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
14
Oregon Oregon
2
1
.667
15
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
16
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
2
Delaware Delaware
2
1
.667
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
1
.667
4
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
2
2
.500
5
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
6
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
2
.333
7
Missouri State Missouri State
1
2
.333
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
3
.000
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
3
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
6
Virginia Virginia
2
1
.667
7
SMU SMU
2
1
.667
8
California California
2
2
.500
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
10
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
11
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
2
.333
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
1
2
.333
16
Stanford Stanford
1
2
.333
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
2
1
.667
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Tulsa Tulsa
3
0
1.000
6
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
1
2
.333
10
Rice Rice
1
2
.333
11
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
12
Tulane Tulane
1
2
.333
13
Charlotte Charlotte
0
3
.000
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
5
Nevada Nevada
1
2
.333
6
UTEP UTEP
1
2
.333
7
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
9/11
NORF NORF
@
UVA UVA
3-59
Fri
9/11
RICH RICH
@
NCST NCST
0-73
Sat
9/12
WAKE WAKE
@
PUR PUR
38-36
Sat
9/12
USF USF
@
ARMY ARMY
28-24
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/26
RICE RICE
@
FRES FRES
10:00 PM
Sat
9/26
AFA AFA
@
NEV NEV
10:30 PM
Sat
9/26
GT GT
@
STAN STAN
10:30 PM
Sat
9/26
MINN MINN
@
WASH WASH
11:00 PM
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM