who is the single season rushing leader for pitt

Tony Dorsett has the most rushing yards by a Pittsburgh player in a season, with 1,948 yards in 1976.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,948	1976	PITT	11	338	5.8	177.1	21	73	7		10.4	6.6	1
2	Dion Lewis D. Lewis	1,799	2009	PITT	13	325	5.5	138.4	17	189	25		7.6	14.5	1
3	James Conner J. Conner	1,765	2014	PITT	13	298	5.9	135.8	26	70	5	6	14.0	5.4	0
4	Craig Heyward C. Heyward	1,655	1987	PITT	11	357	4.6	150.5	11	198	21		9.4	18.0	1
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,586	1973	PITT	11	288	5.5	144.2	12	84	12		7.0	7.6	0
6	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,544	1975	PITT	11	228	6.8	140.4	11	181	10		18.1	16.5	3
7	Lesean McCoy L. McCoy	1,488	2008	PITT	13	308	4.8	114.5	21	305	32		9.5	23.5	0
8	Israel Abanikanda I. Abanikanda	1,431	2022	PITT	11	239	6.0	130.1	20	146	12	21	12.2	13.3	1
9	Billy West B. West	1,358	1994	PITT	11	252	5.4	123.5	6	14	2		7.0	1.3	0
10	Lesean McCoy L. McCoy	1,328	2007	PITT	12	276	4.8	110.7	14	244	33		7.4	20.3	1
11	Curvin Richards C. Richards	1,228	1988	PITT	11	207	5.9	111.6	8	29	2		14.5	2.6	0
12	Qadree Ollison Q. Ollison	1,213	2018	PITT	14	194	6.3	86.6	11	66	11	16	6.0	4.7	0
13	Darrin Hall D. Hall	1,144	2018	PITT	14	153	7.5	81.7	10	66	15	21	4.4	4.7	0
14	Curvin Richards C. Richards	1,126	1989	PITT	11	209	5.4	102.4	6	221	19		11.6	20.1	3
15	Qadree Ollison Q. Ollison	1,121	2015	PITT	13	212	5.3	86.2	11	77	14	22	5.5	5.9	1
16	James Conner J. Conner	1,092	2016	PITT	13	216	5.1	84.0	16	302	21	25	14.4	23.2	4
17	Charles Gladman C. Gladman	1,085	1985	PITT	11	194	5.6	98.6	6	52	11		4.7	4.7	0
18	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,075	1993	PITT	10	210	5.1	107.5	7	249	33		7.5	24.9	1
19	Dion Lewis D. Lewis	1,061	2010	PITT	12	219	4.8	88.4	13	216	27		8.0	18.0	0
20	Kevan Barlow K. Barlow	1,053	2000	PITT	11	197	5.3	95.7	8	134	13		10.3	12.2	1
21	Ray Graham R. Graham	1,042	2012	PITT	13	222	4.7	80.2	11	340	36		9.4	26.2	2
22	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,004	1974	PITT	11	220	4.6	91.3	11	66	9		7.3	6.0	0
23	Bryan Thomas B. Thomas	1,003	1981	PITT	11	204	4.9	91.2	7	406	39		10.4	36.9	0
24	Elliott Walker E. Walker	972	1977	PITT	11	157	6.2	88.4	12	121	10		12.1	11.0	0
25	Desmond Reid D. Reid	966	2024	PITT	11	184	5.3	87.8	5	579	52	73	11.1	52.6	4

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,354

Heintschel

RUSH

745

Turner

REC

701

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

35.1

18th

OPP PPG

24.9

77th

RUSH YDS/G

117.0

138th

PASS YDS/G

274.8

25th

2025 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Virginia	7-1	11-3
3	Miami	6-2	13-2
4	Pittsburgh	6-2	8-5
5	SMU	6-2	9-4
6	Georgia Tech	6-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	M-OH	@	PITT	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	UCF	@	PITT	1:00 PM
Thu 9/17	SYR	@	PITT	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	BUCK	@	PITT	1:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	1:00 PM

Last Game

Pittsburgh

0 - 1

Final

East Carolina

1 - 0

Sat 27 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG 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

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.7

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

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