most rushing yards per carry for a qb in a college season

John Sacca has the most rushing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a season, with 75.0 per attempt in 1991.

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	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	John Sacca J. Sacca	75.0	1991	PSU	12	75	1	6.3	1
2	Darrell Shepard D. Shepard	60.0	1979	OKLA	11	60	1	5.5	1
3	Keisean Henderson K. Henderson	54.0	2026	HOU	2	54	1	27.0	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	C.J. Stroud	48.0	2020	OSU	2	48	1	24.0	1
5	Jake Garcia J. Garcia	45.0	2021	MIA	1	45	1	45.0	0
6	Evan Orth E. Orth	41.0	2017	USA	2	41	1	20.5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Ryan Puglisi R. Puglisi	39.5	2026	UGA	4	79	2	19.8	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Jake Barlage J. Barlage	37.0	2022	NEV	1	37	1	37.0	0
9	Neil Caudle N. Caudle	35.0	2010	AUB	3	35	1	11.7	0
10	Steve Mullins S. Mullins	34.0	1999	USU	11	34	1	3.1	0
11	Malik Rosier M. Rosier	32.5	2016	MIA	3	65	2	21.7	1
12	Matthew Caldwell M. Caldwell	32.0	2025	TEX	7	64	2	9.1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Mason Magleby M. Magleby	31.0	2010	NEV	2	31	1	15.5	0
14	Dakereon Joyner D. Joyner	30.5	2020	SC	10	61	2	6.1	1	55	7	11	7.9	5.5	1
15	Chris Ganter C. Ganter	30.0	2002	PSU	4	30	1	7.5	1
16	Josiah Johnson J. Johnson	28.0	2019	MASS	8	28	1	3.5	0	139	12	21	11.6	17.4	2
17	Andrew Peasley A. Peasley	27.7	2019	USU	1	83	3	83.0	1
18	Blake Stenstrom B. Stenstrom	27.0	2019	COLO	3	27	1	9.0	0
19	Quinton McCown Q. McCown	27.0	2014	UNM	1	27	1	27.0	1
20	Rob Peters R. Peters	27.0	1996	TTU	9	27	1	3.0	0
21	Jeff Houghtaling J. Houghtaling	27.0	1994	UNM	12	27	1	2.3	0
22	Chuck Bishop C. Bishop	27.0	1980	ECU	11	27	1	2.5	0
23	Neil Caudle N. Caudle	26.5	2009	AUB	3	53	2	17.7	1
24	Tony Solliday T. Solliday	26.0	1994	NAVY	11	26	1	2.4	1
25	Keithen McCant K. McCant	26.0	1989	NEB	4	52	2	13.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

865

Becht

RUSH

199

Peoples

REC

344

Howard

Team Rankings

PPG

36.8

37th

OPP PPG

11.5

9th

RUSH YDS/G

183.5

48th

PASS YDS/G

243.8

66th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	USC	1-1	4-1
10	Michigan	0-1	3-1
11	Penn State	0-1	3-1
12	Washington	0-1	3-1
13	Northwestern	0-1	2-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM
Sat 10/10	USC	@	PSU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	PSU	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	PUR	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	PSU	@	WASH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Wisconsin

3 - 1

Final

Penn State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM
Fri 10/2	LIB	@	DEL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM

John Sacca has the most rushing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a season, with 75.0 per attempt in 1991.

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