single season rushing leaders in college for colorado

Rashaan Salaam has the most rushing yards for Colorado in a season, with 2,055 yards in 1994.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	2,055	1994	COLO	11	298	6.9	186.8	24	294	24		12.3	26.7	0
2	Chris Brown C. Brown	1,841	2002	COLO	12	303	6.1	153.4	19	40	5		8.0	3.3	0
3	Eric Bieniemy E. Bieniemy	1,628	1990	COLO	11	288	5.7	148.0	17	159	13		12.2	14.5	0
4	Phillip Lindsay P. Lindsay	1,474	2017	COLO	12	301	4.9	122.8	14	257	23	35	11.2	21.4	1
5	Charlie Davis C. Davis	1,386	1971	COLO	11	219	6.3	126.0	10	79	7		11.3	7.2	0
6	Rodney Stewart R. Stewart	1,318	2010	COLO	12	290	4.5	109.8	10	290	29		10.0	24.2	0
7	James Mayberry J. Mayberry	1,299	1977	COLO	11	246	5.3	118.1	9	78	11		7.1	7.1	0
8	Phillip Lindsay P. Lindsay	1,252	2016	COLO	14	244	5.1	89.4	16	493	53	66	9.3	35.2	1
9	Eric Bieniemy E. Bieniemy	1,243	1988	COLO	10	219	5.7	124.3	10	20	2		10.0	2.0	0
10	Tony Reed T. Reed	1,210	1976	COLO	11	264	4.6	110.0	5	128	19		6.7	11.6	0
11	J.J. Flannigan	1,187	1989	COLO	11	164	7.2	107.9	18	1	1		1.0	0.1	0
12	Bobby Purify B. Purify	1,097	2004	COLO	13	231	4.7	84.4	9	206	20		10.3	15.8	0
13	Bob Stransky B. Stransky	1,097	1957	COLO	10	183	6.0	109.7	11	34	3		11.3	3.4	0
14	Hugh Charles H. Charles	1,058	2007	COLO	12	199	5.3	88.2	8	233	24		9.7	19.4	1
15	Travon McMillian T. McMillian	1,009	2018	COLO	12	201	5.0	84.1	7	118	14	17	8.4	9.8	1
16	Darian Hagan D. Hagan	1,004	1989	COLO	11	186	5.4	91.3	17
17	Bob Anderson B. Anderson	967	1969	COLO	10	217	4.5	96.7	18	68	4		17.0	6.8	1
18	Chris Brown C. Brown	946	2001	COLO	11	190	5.0	86.0	16	36	6		6.0	3.3	0
19	Charlie Davis C. Davis	926	1972	COLO	11	201	4.6	84.2	12	52	10		5.2	4.7	2
20	James Mayberry J. Mayberry	920	1978	COLO	11	230	4.0	83.6	13	80	11		7.3	7.3	0
21	Bobby Purify B. Purify	916	2001	COLO	12	157	5.8	76.3	5	92	11		8.4	7.7	0
22	Lamont Warren L. Warren	900	1993	COLO	11	183	4.9	81.8	7	184	15		12.3	16.7	1
23	Jarek Broussard J. Broussard	895	2020	COLO	6	156	5.7	149.2	5	65	9	16	7.2	10.8	0
24	Terry Kunz T. Kunz	882	1975	COLO	11	160	5.5	80.2	10	104	11		9.5	9.5	1
25	Alex Fontenot A. Fontenot	874	2019	COLO	11	185	4.7	79.5	5	122	27	37	4.5	11.1	0

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More Colorado Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

733

Lewis

RUSH

213

Welch

REC

361

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

21.5

122nd

OPP PPG

24.5

95th

RUSH YDS/G

156.5

90th

PASS YDS/G

242.5

68th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	West Virginia	0-0	3-0
8	Baylor	1-0	3-1
9	Colorado	0-1	2-2
10	Iowa State	0-0	2-1
11	Oklahoma State	0-0	2-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	TTU	@	COLO	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	UTAH	@	COLO	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	COLO	@	OKST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	KSU	@	COLO	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	COLO	@	ASU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Colorado

2 - 2

Final

Baylor

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,206

Sayin

1,191

Heintschel

1,173

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

550

Duff

516

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

13

Heintschel

12

Richter

12

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

9

Knight

8

Baugh

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

228.6

Mensah

215.3

Becht

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

49.7

47.7

47.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

8.3

8.5

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

281.5

281.3

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

358.0

347.3

340.7

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

14.0

13.0

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	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	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	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
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	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
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	4	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	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
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	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	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	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	1	.667
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	2	1	.667
15	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	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	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	3	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	2	1	.667
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
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	4	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	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	1	2	.333
9	North Texas	1	2	.333
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	1	2	.333
13	Charlotte	0	3	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
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	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333