qbs by most scrimmage yards per game in 1978

Steve Smith averaged 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

540

Milivojevic

RUSH

288

Edwards

REC

182

Bullard

Team Rankings

PPG

25.0

102nd

OPP PPG

18.0

50th

RUSH YDS/G

150.7

100th

PASS YDS/G

194.7

118th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Illinois	0-0	2-1
11	Maryland	0-0	2-1
12	Michigan State	0-0	2-1
13	Minnesota	0-0	2-1
14	Ohio State	0-0	2-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/26	NEB	@	MSU	5:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MSU	@	WIS	12:30 PM
Sat 10/10	ILL	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	NW	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MSU	@	UCLA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Michigan State

2 - 1

Final

Notre Dame

3 - 0

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

5.0

Diawara

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

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

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333