who led in rushing in 1959

Pervis Atkins rushed for the most yards in 1959, with 971 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Pervis Atkins
P. Atkins
971
1959
NMSU NMSU
10
130
7.5
97.1
13
301
22
13.7
30.1
3
2Tom Watkins
T. Watkins
843
1959
ISU ISU
10
161
5.2
84.3
7
32
2
16.0
3.2
0
3Dwight Nichols
D. Nichols
749
1959
ISU ISU
10
207
3.6
74.9
9
4Dick Bass
D. Bass
742
1959
9
139
5.3
82.4
7
116
7
16.6
12.9
1
5Billy Brown
B. Brown
740
1959
UNM UNM
10
95
7.8
74.0
7
28
4
7.0
2.8
1
6Charlie Flowers
C. Flowers
733
1959
MISS MISS
10
141
5.2
73.3
11
68
4
17.0
6.8
0
7Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
730
1959
UNT UNT
10
116
6.3
73.0
10
231
16
14.4
23.1
3
8Bob Crandall
B. Crandall
729
1959
UNM UNM
10
116
6.3
72.9
4
32
3
10.7
3.2
1
9Fred Doelling
F. Doelling
707
1959
PENN
9
133
5.3
78.6
7
29
3
9.7
3.2
0
10Nolan Jones
N. Jones
689
1959
ASU ASU
11
143
4.8
62.6
7
156
10
15.6
14.2
4
11Ernie Davis
E. Davis
686
1959
SYR SYR
10
98
7.0
68.6
9
94
11
8.5
9.4
0
12Tom Moore
T. Moore
676
1959
VAN VAN
10
125
5.4
67.6
8
170
14
12.1
17.0
2
13Prentice Gautt
P. Gautt
674
1959
OKLA OKLA
10
130
5.2
67.4
4
14Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
670
1959
WSU WSU
10
124
5.4
67.0
5
36
2
18.0
3.6
0
15Jack Spikes
J. Spikes
660
1959
TCU TCU
10
140
4.7
66.0
5
26
2
13.0
2.6
0
16Monk Bailey
M. Bailey
640
1959
UTAH UTAH
10
138
4.6
64.0
5
17Don Perkins
D. Perkins
636
1959
UNM UNM
10
145
4.4
63.6
8
226
8
28.3
22.6
3
18Chet Boulris
C. Boulris
628
1959
HARV HARV
9
125
5.0
69.8
6
70
9
7.8
7.8
1
19Charles Bowers
C. Bowers
619
1959
HAR
10
86
7.2
61.9
3
204
20
10.2
20.4
0
20Paul Choquette
P. Choquette
617
1959
BRWN BRWN
9
179
3.4
68.6
2
37
4
9.3
4.1
0
21Alger Pugh
A. Pugh
615
1959
VT VT
10
112
5.5
61.5
6
240
14
17.1
24.0
5
22Bob Jeter
B. Jeter
609
1959
IOWA IOWA
9
108
5.6
67.7
4
94
10
9.4
10.4
0
23Bob Brumble
B. Brumble
599
1959
TLSA TLSA
10
151
4.0
59.9
4
18
1
18.0
1.8
0
24Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
598
1959
LSU LSU
10
139
4.3
59.8
5
161
11
14.6
16.1
0
25Bruce Maher
B. Maher
595
1959
10
119
5.0
59.5
9
194
17
11.4
19.4
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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