ohio state single season rush leaders all-time

Keith Byars has the most carries for Ohio State in a season, with 313 rush attempts in 1984.

	NAME	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Keith Byars K. Byars	313	1984	OSU	11	1,655	5.3	150.5	22	453	37		12.2	41.2	2
2	Eddie George E. George	303	1995	OSU	12	1,826	6.0	152.2	23	399	44		9.1	33.3	1
3	J.K. Dobbins	301	2019	OSU	14	2,003	6.7	143.1	21	247	23	31	10.7	17.6	2
4	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	289	2015	OSU	13	1,821	6.3	140.1	23	206	27	30	7.6	15.8	0
5	Pepe Pearson P. Pearson	286	1996	OSU	11	1,373	4.8	124.8	17	214	18		11.9	19.5	0
6	Chris Wells C. Wells	274	2007	OSU	13	1,609	5.9	123.8	15	21	5		4.2	1.6	0
7	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	273	2014	OSU	15	1,878	6.9	125.2	18	220	28	32	7.9	14.7	0
8	Eddie George E. George	261	1994	OSU	12	1,353	5.2	112.8	12	117	16		7.3	9.8	0
9	Tim Spencer T. Spencer	252	1982	OSU	11	1,371	5.4	124.6	12	115	12		9.6	10.5	1
10	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	245	1975	OSU	11	1,357	5.5	123.4	4	158	13		12.2	14.4	0
11	Antonio Pittman A. Pittman	243	2005	OSU	12	1,331	5.5	110.9	7	161	17		9.5	13.4	0
12	Antonio Pittman A. Pittman	242	2006	OSU	13	1,233	5.1	94.8	14	127	14		9.1	9.8	0
13	John Brockington J. Brockington	240	1970	OSU	9	1,041	4.3	115.7	15	64	12		5.3	7.1	0
14	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	236	1974	OSU	11	1,620	6.9	147.3	12	52	3		17.3	4.7	0
15	Raymont Harris R. Harris	234	1993	OSU	11	1,109	4.7	100.8	9	55	6		9.2	5.0	0
16	Jonathan Wells J. Wells	232	2001	OSU	11	1,257	5.4	114.3	15	117	11		10.6	10.6	0
17	J.K. Dobbins	230	2018	OSU	14	1,053	4.6	75.2	10	263	26	34	10.1	18.8	2
18	Braxton Miller B. Miller	227	2012	OSU	12	1,271	5.6	105.9	13
19	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	225	1973	OSU	10	1,428	6.3	142.8	6	32	5		6.4	3.2	1
20	Jim Otis J. Otis	225	1969	OSU	9	1,027	4.6	114.1	15	36	5		7.2	4.0	1
21	Maurice Clarett M. Clarett	222	2002	OSU	11	1,237	5.6	112.5	16	104	12		8.7	9.5	2
22	Bob White B. White	218	1958	OSU	9	859	3.9	95.4	12
23	Dan Herron D. Herron	216	2010	OSU	13	1,155	5.3	88.8	16	180	19		9.5	13.8	0
24	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	208	2013	OSU	11	1,521	7.3	138.3	15	147	16	24	9.2	13.4	3
25	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	208	1975	OSU	11	989	4.8	89.9	24	14	2		7.0	1.3	1

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9	Nebraska	0-0	1-0
10	Northwestern	0-0	1-0
11	Ohio State	0-0	1-0
12	Oregon	0-0	1-0
13	Penn State	0-0	1-0

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Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
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CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	PCT
1	Alabama	1	1.000
2	Arkansas	1	1.000
3	Auburn	1	1.000
4	Florida	1	1.000
5	Georgia	1	1.000
6	Kentucky	1	1.000
7	LSU	1	1.000
8	Mississippi State	1	1.000
9	Missouri	1	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1.000
11	Ole Miss	1	1.000
12	South Carolina	1	1.000
13	Tennessee	1	1.000
14	Texas	1	1.000
15	Texas A&M	1	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	1	1.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	1	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	1	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	0	1.000
7	James Madison	1	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	0	1.000
10	Troy	1	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	1	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000