most rushing yards per game allowed in a single season

The Virginia Cavaliers have the most opponent rushing yards per game played by a team in a season, with 378 in 1975.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Opponent Rushing Yards: team season data complete from 1956

	TEAM	OPP YDS/GP	OPP YDS	GP	SEASON	OPP ATT	OPP YPC	OPP TD
1	Virginia	378	4,158	11	1975	716	5.8	47
2	Navy	360.1	3,601	10	1968	792	4.5	23
3	Kansas	357.91	3,937	11	1988	642	6.1	45
4	Northwestern	351.45	3,866	11	1978	753	5.1	46
5	Iowa	349.82	3,848	11	1973	748	5.1	46
6	South Carolina	343.64	3,780	11	1974	700	5.4	40
7	Northwestern	340.55	3,746	11	1980	615	6.1	47
8	UConn	335	4,020	12	2018	524	7.7	45
9	Kansas	334.55	3,680	11	1978	719	5.1	36
10	Missouri	334.27	3,677	11	1991	628	5.9	42
11	Rice	331.27	3,644	11	1978	667	5.5	41
12	West Virginia Tech	331	331	1	2007	53	6.2
13	Rice	329.73	3,627	11	1976	682	5.3	44
14	Rice	328.91	3,618	11	1977	701	5.2	39
15	Virginia	328.55	3,614	11	1976	700	5.2	31
16	Iowa	324.73	3,572	11	1971	719	5.0	42
17	Northwestern	323.36	3,557	11	1974	658	5.4	41
18	Navy	322.5	3,225	10	1969	662	4.9	34
19	Colorado	317.55	3,493	11	1980	620	5.6	45
20	Maryland	317.27	3,490	11	1993	554	6.3	38
21	Wisconsin	317.27	3,490	11	1975	656	5.3	24
22	UTEP	316.64	3,483	11	1973	603	5.8	45
23	Eastern Michigan	316.5	3,798	12	2015	588	6.5	44
24	Wake Forest	315.73	3,473	11	1981	615	5.6	27
25	Northwestern	315.45	3,470	11	1981	588	5.9	38

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More Virginia Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,375

Pribula

RUSH

513

Middlebrook

REC

253

Martin

Team Rankings

PPG

28.3

76th

OPP PPG

19.6

38th

RUSH YDS/G

161.6

70th

PASS YDS/G

200.0

114th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Virginia Tech	2-2	5-2
11	Stanford	2-3	4-4
12	Virginia	2-3	4-4
13	Boston College	2-2	4-3
14	Georgia Tech	1-3	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	UVA	@	WAKE	3:45 PM
Sat 11/14	CAL	@	UVA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UNC	@	UVA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	UVA	@	VT	1:00 PM

Last Game

Duke

5 - 2

Final

Virginia

4 - 4

Fri 23 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,244

Richter

2,185

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

957

Bishop

923

Cook

875

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.0

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

551.9

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

308.9

303.5

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

329.5

323.1

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

33.0

28.0

27.0

23.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	3	.571
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	4	.429
14	West Virginia	5	3	.625
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	3	4	.429

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	2	.714
6	Northwestern	6	1	.857
7	Minnesota	5	2	.714
8	Oregon	4	3	.571
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	3	.571
13	Illinois	4	3	.571
14	Rutgers	2	5	.286
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	6	2	.750
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	6	2	.750
8	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	3	.571
11	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	6	1	.857
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
8	California	3	5	.375
9	Duke	5	2	.714
10	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	Boston College	4	3	.571
14	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	NC State	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
4	San Jose State	4	3	.571
5	UNLV	4	3	.571
6	Air Force	5	2	.714
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	2	6	.250

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
6	Toledo	6	2	.750
7	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
8	Kent State	3	5	.375
9	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
10	Ball State	3	5	.375
11	UMass	4	4	.500
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
7	Tulane	3	3	.500
8	Charlotte	1	6	.143
9	Temple	2	5	.286
10	South Florida	5	2	.714
11	East Carolina	3	4	.429
12	Navy	2	5	.286
13	Tulsa	4	4	.500
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	1	.875
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
4	South Alabama	4	3	.571
5	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
6	Louisiana	5	2	.714
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	4	3	.571