most rushing yards per game in a season by a former notre dame player

Vagas Ferguson has averaged the most rushing yards per game for Notre Dame in a season, with 130.6 per game in 1979.

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	130.6	1979	ND	11	1,437	301	4.8	17	72	14		5.1	6.5	0
2	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	126.7	1983	ND	11	1,394	252	5.5	16	288	28		10.3	26.2	2
3	Reggie Brooks R. Brooks	122.1	1992	ND	11	1,343	167	8.0	13	24	1		24.0	2.2	1
4	Phil Carter P. Carter	117.4	1980	ND	7	822	186	4.4	6	27	5		5.4	3.9	0
5	Jeremiyah Love J. Love	114.3	2025	ND	12	1,372	199	6.9	18	280	27	34	10.4	23.3	3
6	Audric Estime A. Estime	111.8	2023	ND	12	1,341	210	6.4	18	142	17	20	8.4	11.8	0
7	Dexter Williams D. Williams	110.6	2018	ND	9	995	158	6.3	12	133	16	22	8.3	14.8	1
8	Josh Adams J. Adams	110.0	2017	ND	13	1,430	206	6.9	9	101	13	21	7.8	7.8	0
9	Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	108.4	1978	ND	11	1,192	211	5.6	7	171	20		8.6	15.5	1
10	Autry Denson A. Denson	107.2	1996	ND	11	1,179	202	5.8	8	111	11		10.1	10.1	2
11	Autry Denson A. Denson	106.9	1998	ND	11	1,176	251	4.7	15	81	6		13.5	7.4	0
12	Julius Jones J. Jones	105.7	2003	ND	12	1,268	229	5.5	10	53	10		5.3	4.4	0
13	Autry Denson A. Denson	105.7	1997	ND	12	1,268	264	4.8	12	175	30		5.8	14.6	1
14	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	100.5	1984	ND	11	1,105	275	4.0	17	257	19		13.5	23.4	1
15	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	100.0	1985	ND	11	1,100	255	4.3	11	135	17		7.9	12.3	0
16	Darius Walker D. Walker	99.7	2005	ND	12	1,196	253	4.7	9	351	43		8.2	29.3	2
17	Darius Walker D. Walker	97.5	2006	ND	13	1,267	255	5.0	7	391	56		7.0	30.1	1
18	Al Hunter A. Hunter	96.2	1976	ND	11	1,058	233	4.5	12	189	15		12.6	17.2	1
19	Lee Becton L. Becton	94.9	1993	ND	11	1,044	164	6.4	6	153	12		12.8	13.9	1
20	C.J. Prosise	93.8	2015	ND	11	1,032	156	6.6	11	308	26	35	11.8	28.0	1
21	Kyren Williams K. Williams	93.8	2020	ND	12	1,125	211	5.3	13	313	35	47	8.9	26.1	1
22	Jerome Heavens J. Heavens	90.4	1977	ND	11	994	229	4.3	6	133	12		11.1	12.1	0
23	Armando Allen A. Allen	87.1	2009	ND	8	697	142	4.9	3	216	28		7.7	27.0	0
24	Wayne Bullock W. Bullock	85.5	1974	ND	10	855	203	4.2	12	103	11		9.4	10.3	0
25	Cierre Wood C. Wood	84.8	2011	ND	13	1,102	217	5.1	9	189	27		7.0	14.5	0

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963

Carr

RUSH

224

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REC

334

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PPG

42.3

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8.3

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RUSH YDS/G

141.8

112th

PASS YDS/G

275.0

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Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	STAN	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ND	@	BYU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ND	@	NAVY	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MIA	@	ND	7:30 PM

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Final

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Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

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Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

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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

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7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

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209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

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6.5

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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

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Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

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532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

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Pass Yards Rankings

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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