single season college football rushing leaders for purdue

Mike Alstott has rushed for the most yards for Purdue in a season, with 1,436 yards in 1995.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Mike Alstott M. Alstott	1,436	1995	PUR	11	243	5.9	130.5	11	162	25		6.5	14.7	0
2	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	1,361	1972	PUR	11	243	5.6	123.7	9	55	6		9.2	5.0	0
3	Mike Alstott M. Alstott	1,188	1994	PUR	11	202	5.9	108.0	14	298	23		13.0	27.1	0
4	Kory Sheets K. Sheets	1,131	2008	PUR	12	234	4.8	94.3	16	253	37		6.8	21.1	1
5	Joey Harris J. Harris	1,115	2002	PUR	13	250	4.5	85.8	8	185	12		15.4	14.2	1
6	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	1,009	1970	PUR	10	213	4.7	100.9	2	148	13		11.4	14.8	1
7	Leroy Keyes L. Keyes	1,003	1968	PUR	10	193	5.2	100.3	14	428	33		13.0	42.8	1
8	Scott Dierking S. Dierking	1,000	1976	PUR	11	201	5.0	90.9	11	92	8		11.5	8.4	0
9	Leroy Keyes L. Keyes	986	1967	PUR	10	149	6.6	98.6	13	758	45		16.8	75.8	6
10	Devin Mockobee D. Mockobee	968	2022	PUR	13	195	5.0	74.5	9	274	32	47	8.6	21.1	0
11	Jerod Void J. Void	952	2003	PUR	13	235	4.1	73.2	13	62	6		10.3	4.8	0
12	Akeem Hunt A. Hunt	949	2014	PUR	12	173	5.5	79.1	6	293	48	66	6.1	24.4	2
13	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	945	1971	PUR	10	214	4.4	94.5	6	186	17		10.9	18.6	4
14	Ralph Bolden R. Bolden	935	2009	PUR	12	200	4.7	77.9	9	261	20		13.1	21.8	2
15	Montrell Lowe M. Lowe	919	2000	PUR	11	206	4.5	83.5	6	16	2		8.0	1.5	0
16	Mel Gray M. Gray	916	1982	PUR	11	195	4.7	83.3	6	299	38		7.9	27.2	0
17	Scott Dierking S. Dierking	914	1975	PUR	11	180	5.1	83.1	7	125	9		13.9	11.4	0
18	John Macon J. Macon	913	1978	PUR	11	225	4.1	83.0	4	162	20		8.1	14.7	0
19	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	899	1975	PUR	11	217	4.1	81.7	3	62	8		7.8	5.6	0
20	Edwin Watson E. Watson	886	1997	PUR	11	162	5.5	80.5	11	309	26		11.9	28.1	2
21	D.J. Knox	883	2018	PUR	13	157	5.6	67.9	8	180	27	31	6.7	13.8	1
22	Markell Jones M. Jones	875	2015	PUR	12	168	5.2	72.9	10	239	34	48	7.0	19.9	1
23	Melvin Dillard M. Dillard	873	1956	PUR	9	193	4.5	97.0	7	99	10		9.9	11.0	1
24	Akeem Shavers A. Shavers	871	2012	PUR	13	181	4.8	67.0	6	370	18		20.6	28.5	3
25	John Skibinski J. Skibinski	871	1976	PUR	11	173	5.0	79.2	4	118	13		9.1	10.7	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,822

Browne

RUSH

568

Ijeboi

REC

588

Waseem

Team Rankings

PPG

31.3

61st

OPP PPG

32.3

136th

RUSH YDS/G

128.4

126th

PASS YDS/G

280.7

23rd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Nebraska	2-1	5-1
8	Minnesota	2-1	4-2
9	Purdue	2-2	3-4
10	Northwestern	1-1	4-1
11	Oregon	1-1	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	PUR	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MD	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	PUR	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	WIS	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	PUR	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

Washington

4 - 3

Final

Purdue

3 - 4

Fri 16 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Stokes

18

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Iowa	5	1	.833
7	Nebraska	5	1	.833
8	Minnesota	4	2	.667
9	Purdue	3	4	.429
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	3	2	.600
15	Rutgers	1	4	.200
16	Penn State	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	4	.333
10	South Florida	4	2	.667
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333