qbs by most scrimmage yards per game in 1978

Steve Smith had the most yards from scrimmage per game by a quarterback in 1978, with 80.7 per game.

	NAME	YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Steve Smith S. Smith	80.7	1978	MSU	11	772	115	6.7	70.2	8	116	13	8.9	10.5	0
2	Mike Wright M. Wright	48.6	1978	BGSU	11	530	181	2.9	48.2	10	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
3	Bill Solomon B. Solomon	47.1	1978	COLO	11	484	189	2.6	44.0	7	34	1	34.0	3.1	0
4	Tom Delaney T. Delaney	41.4	1978	KENT	11	440	144	3.1	40.0	6	15	1	15.0	1.4	0
5	Keith Lee K. Lee	38.5	1978	CSU	11	392	126	3.1	35.6	4	32	1	32.0	2.9	0
6	Rod Gerald R. Gerald	32.0	1978	OSU	9	7	9	0.8	0.8	1	281	13	21.6	31.2	1
7	Nigel Turpin N. Turpin	27.6	1978	OHIO	11	104	82	1.3	9.5	2	200	17	11.8	18.2	0
8	Steve Brown S. Brown	25.5	1978	APP	11	277	105	2.6	25.2	6	3	1	3.0	0.3	0
9	Charles Green C. Green	24.5	1978	WIS	11	247	75	3.3	22.5	2	22	2	11.0	2.0	0
10	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	21.3	1978	BYU	12	248	99	2.5	20.7	4	7	1	7.0	0.6	0
11	Scott Burk S. Burk	18.1	1978	OKST	11	181	130	1.4	16.5	5	18	1	18.0	1.6	0
12	Joe Carter J. Carter	17.9	1978		9	13	9	1.4	1.4	0	148	11	13.5	16.4	0
13	Scott Burger S. Burger	16.6	1978		11	173	80	2.2	15.7	2	10	1	10.0	0.9	0
14	John Marzo J. Marzo	16.5	1978	COLG	11	178	81	2.2	16.2	2	3	1	3.0	0.3	0
15	Michael Brant M. Brant	13.8	1978	UCLA	11	17	5	3.4	1.5	0	135	9	15.0	12.3	0
16	Steve Ensminger S. Ensminger	12.5	1978	LSU	11	132	36	3.7	12.0	2	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
17	Tom Porras T. Porras	10.4	1978	WASH	10	75	87	0.9	7.5	5	29	1	29.0	2.9	1
18	Mark Johnson M. Johnson	10.0	1978	TTU	11	107	19	5.6	9.7	1	3	1	3.0	0.3	0
19	Kennon Taylor K. Taylor	9.7	1978	ARST	11	94	110	0.9	8.5	3	13	1	13.0	1.2	0
20	Pat O'Brien P. O'Brien	7.4	1978	YALE	9	56	74	0.8	6.2	4	11	1	11.0	1.2	0
21	Alex Herman A. Herman	7.2	1978	ARST	11	10	2	5.0	0.9	0	69	7	9.9	6.3	0
22	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	6.7	1978	BYU	12	85	104	0.8	7.1	2	-5	1	-5.0	-0.4	0
23	Mike Condon M. Condon	3.7	1978	CIT	11	8	1	8.0	0.7	0	33	3	11.0	3.0	0
24	Pete Kraker P. Kraker	2.1	1978	NIU	11	21	81	0.3	1.9	0	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
25	Tim Clifford T. Clifford	1.5	1978	IND	11	0	15	0.0	0.0	0	17	1	17.0	1.5	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,559

Milivojevic

RUSH

327

Patterson

REC

414

McCray

Team Rankings

PPG

18.8

142nd

OPP PPG

23.3

64th

RUSH YDS/G

109.1

151st

PASS YDS/G

188.0

132nd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
14	Nebraska	3-4	6-4
15	Purdue	2-5	3-7
16	Rutgers	1-6	2-8
17	Maryland	2-5	4-6
18	Michigan State	1-6	3-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/20	ORE	@	MSU	8:00 PM
Sat 11/28	MSU	@	RUTG	1:00 PM

Last Game

Washington

6 - 4

Final

Michigan State

3 - 7

Sat 14 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

3,086

Veltkamp

3,076

Mensah

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mensah

29

Mestemaker

29

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.1

43.9

41.8

39.7

Opp PPG Rankings

11.7

11.9

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

533.6

520.7

520.1

518.1

512.3

499.2

Rush Yards Rankings

344.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

339.1

331.0

328.9

322.9

320.8

Sack Leaders

40.0

39.0

38.0

37.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	Texas State	6	4	.600
3	Oregon State	5	5	.500
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Iowa	8	2	.800
5	USC	7	3	.700
6	Ohio State	7	3	.700
7	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	5	.500
11	Penn State	6	4	.600
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Michigan	5	5	.500
14	Nebraska	6	4	.600
15	Purdue	3	7	.300
16	Rutgers	2	8	.200
17	Maryland	4	6	.400
18	Michigan State	3	7	.300

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Kentucky	7	3	.700
4	Texas	8	2	.800
5	Tennessee	8	2	.800
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	4	.600
8	LSU	6	4	.600
9	Missouri	6	4	.600
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	6	4	.600
12	Auburn	6	4	.600
13	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
14	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
15	Arkansas	4	6	.400
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
4	Delaware	5	5	.500
5	Florida International	4	6	.400
6	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
7	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
8	Missouri State	4	6	.400
9	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	5	5	.500
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Troy	4	6	.400
10	Marshall	5	5	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
12	Georgia State	5	5	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	7	3	.700
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Virginia Tech	6	4	.600
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	5	5	.500
12	Virginia	5	5	.500
13	NC State	4	6	.400
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	California	3	7	.300
16	Syracuse	5	5	.500
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	2	.800
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	8	2	.800
5	UNLV	6	4	.600
6	San Jose State	5	6	.455
7	Nevada	4	6	.400
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	3	.700
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	8	2	.800
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	6	4	.600
6	Florida Atlantic	6	4	.600
7	East Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Tulsa	6	4	.600
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	8	2	.800
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	4	.600
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	West Virginia	5	5	.500
11	Iowa State	5	5	.500
12	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
13	TCU	5	5	.500
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	6	.400
16	Kansas	4	6	.400