who led in rushing in 1972

Pete Van Valkenburg had the most rushing yards in 1972, with 1,386 yards.

		NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1		Pete Van Valkenburg P. Van Valkenburg	1,386	1972	BYU	11	232	6.0	126.0	12	98	10		9.8	8.9	1
2		Bob Hitchens B. Hitchens	1,370	1972	M-OH	10	326	4.2	137.0	15	11	2		5.5	1.1	0
3		Woody Green W. Green	1,363	1972	ASU	11	209	6.5	123.9	15	115	9		12.8	10.5	0
4		Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	1,361	1972	PUR	11	243	5.6	123.7	9	55	6		9.2	5.0	0
5		Carlester Crumpler C. Crumpler	1,309	1972	ECU	11	340	3.9	119.0	17	4	2		2.0	0.4	0
6		Howard Stevens H. Stevens	1,294	1972	LOU	10	259	5.0	129.4	13	221	29		7.6	22.1	3
7		J.J. Jennings	1,262	1972	RUTG	11	287	4.4	114.7	9	35	6		5.8	3.2	0
8		Mike Strachan M. Strachan	1,260	1972	ISU	11	267	4.7	114.5	8	141	17		8.3	12.8	0
9		Steve Jones S. Jones	1,236	1972	DUKE	11	287	4.3	112.4	6	18	4		4.5	1.6	0
10		Puddin Jones P. Jones	1,216	1972	HOU	11	222	5.5	110.5	10	53	6		8.8	4.8	2
11		Dickey Morton D. Morton	1,188	1972	ARK	11	242	4.9	108.0	6	74	12		6.2	6.7	0
12		John King J. King	1,164	1972	MINN	11	237	4.9	105.8	11	27	5		5.4	2.5	1
13		Mitchell TRUE M. TRUE	1,164	1972		11	206	5.7	105.8	10	3	1		3.0	0.3	0
14		Bob McCall B. McCall	1,148	1972	ARIZ	11	228	5.0	104.4	3	85	7		12.1	7.7	2
15		John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	1,117	1972	PSU	11	233	4.8	101.5	12	138	16		8.6	12.5	1
16		Roosevelt Leaks R. Leaks	1,099	1972	TEX	10	230	4.8	109.9	8	17	2		8.5	1.7	0
17		Dick Jauron D. Jauron	1,055	1972	YALE	9	160	6.6	117.2	12	75	6		12.5	8.3	1
18		Cleveland Cooper C. Cooper	1,046	1972	NAVY	11	192	5.4	95.1	4
19		Anthony Davis A. Davis	1,034	1972	USC	11	184	5.6	94.0	16	115	15		7.7	10.5	0
20		Paul Miles P. Miles	1,024	1972	BGSU	10	243	4.2	102.4	7	31	4		7.8	3.1	0
21		Alvin Maxson A. Maxson	1,005	1972	SMU	11	224	4.5	91.4	12	68	8		8.5	6.2	1
22		Rufus Ferguson R. Ferguson	1,004	1972	WIS	11	215	4.7	91.3	7	38	4		9.5	3.5	0
23		Brent McClanahan B. McClanahan	988	1972	ASU	11	160	6.2	89.8	12	46	4		11.5	4.2	1
24		Fred Henry F. Henry	977	1972	UNM	11	164	6.0	88.8	6	81	6		13.5	7.4	0
25		Kermit Johnson K. Johnson	952	1972	UCLA	11	140	6.8	86.5	7	36	2		18.0	3.3	0

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