what year did ohio state rush the most on average

The Ohio State Buckeyes had their most carries in a season in 1977, with 731 rush attempts.

		TEAM	ATT	SEASON	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1		Ohio State	731	1977	11	3,534	4.8	321.3	39
2		Ohio State	690	2014	15	3,982	5.8	265.5	41
3		Ohio State	688	1978	11	3,160	4.6	287.3	35
4		Ohio State	685	1974	11	4,006	5.8	364.2	46
5		Ohio State	678	1975	11	3,480	5.1	316.4	43
6		Ohio State	669	1973	10	3,588	5.4	358.8	41
7		Ohio State	663	2019	14	3,735	5.6	266.8	39
8		Ohio State	643	1976	11	2,830	4.4	257.3	33
9		Ohio State	635	2013	14	4,324	6.8	308.9	45
10		Ohio State	629	2002	14	2,678	4.3	191.3	31
11		Ohio State	609	1979	11	2,884	4.7	262.2	28
12		Ohio State	599	1969	9	2,774	4.6	308.2	36
13		Ohio State	598	1972	10	2,708	4.5	270.8	33
14		Ohio State	592	1980	11	2,873	4.9	261.2	33
15		Ohio State	589	2017	14	3,405	5.8	243.2	34
16		Ohio State	589	1968	9	2,758	4.7	306.4	33
17		Ohio State	584	1991	11	2,522	4.3	229.3	27
18		Ohio State	583	2016	13	3,188	5.5	245.2	33
19		Ohio State	574	1984	11	2,772	4.8	252.0	35
20		Ohio State	571	1982	11	2,718	4.8	247.1	30
21		Ohio State	570	2018	14	2,398	4.2	171.3	23
22		Ohio State	567	2015	13	3,188	5.6	245.2	39
23		Ohio State	564	1970	9	2,761	4.9	306.8	32
24		Ohio State	563	2011	13	2,485	4.4	191.2	20
25		Ohio State	563	2009	13	2,540	4.5	195.4	18

StatMuse has team, season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1956 season.

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2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	9-0	15-0
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	BALL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM

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14

OSU

0 - 1

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

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3,973

Mensah

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3,937

Chambliss

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Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

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1,649

Hardy

Ahmad Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

Danny Scudero

1,276

Bell

Skyler Bell

1,264

Young

Wyatt Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

34

Mensah

Darian Mensah

34

Mestemaker

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Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

Caleb Hawkins

24

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

18

Hellums

Cale Hellums

15

Sarratt

Elijah Sarratt

14

Brown

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13

Cooper

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Diego Pavia

14.5

Bailey

David Bailey

14.5

Tucker

Nadame Tucker

12.5

Smith

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CFB 2025 Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

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Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

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41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	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

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 11/15	MICH	@	NW	24-22
Sat 11/15	USF	@	NAVY	38-41
Sat 11/15	SC	@	TAMU	30-31
Sat 11/15	UTEP	@	MOST	24-38
Sat 11/15	MTSU	@	WKU	26-42

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	MEM	@	UNLV	1:00 PM
Sat 8/29	HAW	@	STAN	1:00 PM
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	1:00 PM
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	1:00 PM
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	1:00 PM