notre dame single season rushing leaders

Vagas Ferguson has rushed for the most yards by a Notre Dame player in a season, with 1,437 yards in 1979.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	1,437	1979	ND	11	301	4.8	130.6	17	72	14		5.1	6.5	0
2	Josh Adams J. Adams	1,430	2017	ND	13	206	6.9	110.0	9	101	13	21	7.8	7.8	0
3	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	1,394	1983	ND	11	252	5.5	126.7	16	288	28		10.3	26.2	2
4	Jeremiyah Love J. Love	1,372	2025	ND	12	199	6.9	114.3	18	280	27	34	10.4	23.3	3
5	Reggie Brooks R. Brooks	1,343	1992	ND	11	167	8.0	122.1	13	24	1		24.0	2.2	1
6	Audric Estime A. Estime	1,341	2023	ND	12	210	6.4	111.8	18	142	17	20	8.4	11.8	0
7	Julius Jones J. Jones	1,268	2003	ND	12	229	5.5	105.7	10	53	10		5.3	4.4	0
8	Autry Denson A. Denson	1,268	1997	ND	12	264	4.8	105.7	12	175	30		5.8	14.6	1
9	Darius Walker D. Walker	1,267	2006	ND	13	255	5.0	97.5	7	391	56		7.0	30.1	1
10	Darius Walker D. Walker	1,196	2005	ND	12	253	4.7	99.7	9	351	43		8.2	29.3	2
11	Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	1,192	1978	ND	11	211	5.6	108.4	7	171	20		8.6	15.5	1
12	Autry Denson A. Denson	1,179	1996	ND	11	202	5.8	107.2	8	111	11		10.1	10.1	2
13	Autry Denson A. Denson	1,176	1998	ND	11	251	4.7	106.9	15	81	6		13.5	7.4	0
14	Jeremiyah Love J. Love	1,125	2024	ND	16	163	6.9	70.3	17	237	28	33	8.5	14.8	2
15	Kyren Williams K. Williams	1,125	2020	ND	12	211	5.3	93.8	13	313	35	47	8.9	26.1	1
16	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	1,105	1984	ND	11	275	4.0	100.5	17	257	19		13.5	23.4	1
17	Cierre Wood C. Wood	1,102	2011	ND	13	217	5.1	84.8	9	189	27		7.0	14.5	0
18	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	1,100	1985	ND	11	255	4.3	100.0	11	135	17		7.9	12.3	0
19	Ryan Grant R. Grant	1,085	2002	ND	13	261	4.2	83.5	9	22	9		2.4	1.7	0
20	Al Hunter A. Hunter	1,058	1976	ND	11	233	4.5	96.2	12	189	15		12.6	17.2	1
21	Lee Becton L. Becton	1,044	1993	ND	11	164	6.4	94.9	6	153	12		12.8	13.9	1
22	C.J. Prosise	1,032	2015	ND	11	156	6.6	93.8	11	308	26	35	11.8	28.0	1
23	Kyren Williams K. Williams	1,002	2021	ND	12	204	4.9	83.5	14	359	42	49	8.5	29.9	3
24	Dexter Williams D. Williams	995	2018	ND	9	158	6.3	110.6	12	133	16	22	8.3	14.8	1
25	Jerome Heavens J. Heavens	994	1977	ND	11	229	4.3	90.4	6	133	12		11.1	12.1	0

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203.4

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4,379

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3,973

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1,659

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1,649

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1,567

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

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1,276

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Pass TD Leaders

41

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34

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34

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Rush TD Leaders

25

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24

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18

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Rec TD Leaders

15

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14

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13

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

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170.4

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Sack Leaders

14.5

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14.5

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45.1

42.0

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Opp PPG Rankings

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

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Rush Yards Rankings

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	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

Vagas Ferguson has rushed for the most yards by a Notre Dame player in a season, with 1,437 yards in 1979.

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