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CAREER | SEASON | GAME || BY POSITIONAttempts: 668; Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-82-83 (4,780 yards) Yards: 4,780; Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-82-83 (668 att.) Yards Per Attempt (min. 200 att.): 7.16; Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-82-83 (NCAA record, 4,780 yards, 668 att.) Yards Per Game: 136.6; Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-82-83 (35 games) Touchdowns: 59; Eric Crouch, QB, 1998-99-00-01 Games Rushing for 100 Yards: 26; Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-82-83 Games Rushing for 200 Yards: 7; Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-82-83 Yards Gained Against One Opponent: 599; Ahman Green, IB, vs. Iowa State, 1995-96-97 (three games, 176 in 1995; 214 in 1996; 209 in 1997) 1,000-YARD CAREER RUSHERS Totals exclude bowl games; 100G indicates 100-yard rushing games, including bowls) Player, position & years Att. Gain Loss NET Avg. TD 100
G1. Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-82-83 668 4,837 57 4,780 7.16 49 26 2. Ahman Green, IB, 1995-96-97 574 3,989 109 3,880 6.76 42 20 3. Eric Crouch, QB, 1998-99-00-01 648 3,950 516 3,434 5.30 59 17 4. Calvin Jones, IB, 1991-92-93 461 3,215 62 3,153 6.84 40 16 5. Ken Clark, IB, 1987-88-89 494 3,112 75 3,037 6.15 29 12 6. I.M. Hipp, IB, 1977-78-79 495 2,913 99 2,814 5.68 21 10 7. Lawrence Phillips, IB, 1993-94-95 449 2,886 109 2,777 6.18 30 15 8. Derek Brown, IB, 1990-91-92 458 2,784 85 2,699 5.89 23 12 9. Correll Buckhalter, IB, 1997-98-99-00 413 2,587 65 2,522 6.11 27 11 10. Keith Jones, IB, 1984-85-86-87 398 2,577 89 2,488 6.25 32 10 11. Dan Alexander, IB, 1997-98-99-00 402 2,532 76 2,456 6.11 20 14 12. Rick Berns, IB, 1976-77-78 440 2,478 29 2,449 5.57 28 9 13. Roger Craig, IB, 1979-80-81-82 407 2,493 47 2,446 6.01 26 7 14. Jeff Kinney, HB, 1969-70-71 545 2,295 51 2,244 4.12 29 6 15. Doug DuBose, IB, 1982-84-85 362 2,250 45 2,205 6.09 16 14 16. Bobby Reynolds, HB, 1950-51-52 378 2,386 190 2,196 5.81 24 9 17. Jarvis Redwine, IB, 1979-80 304 2,213 52 2,161 7.11 17 10 18. Tony Davis, IB/FB, 1973-74-75 501 2,195 42 2,153 4.30 17 7 19. Steve Taylor, QB, 1985-86-87-88 431 2,560 435 2,125 4.93 32 6 20. Monte Anthony, IB, 1974-75-76-77 463 2,126 49 2,077 4.49 18 5 21. Jeff Smith, IB, 1980-82-83-84 315 2,014 22 1,992 6.32 19 5 22. Joe Orduna, HB, 1967-68-70 489 2,070 102 1,968 4.02 26 4 23. Tommie Frazier, QB, 1992-93-94-95 367 2,231 276 1,955 5.33 36 3 24. Dahrran Diedrick, IB, 1999-00-01 323 1,857 43 1,814 5.62 20 7 25. Andra Franklin, FB, 1977-78-79-80 324 1,753 15 1,738 5.36 10 3 26. Leodis Flowers, IB, 1988-89-90 247 1,668 33 1,635 6.62 18 7 27. Harry Wilson, HB, 1964-65-66 318 1,683 73 1,610 5.06 10 3 28. Damon Benning, IB, 1993-94-95-96 270 1,623 61 1,562 5.79 20 3 29. Scott Frost, QB, 1996-97 302 1,778 245 1,533 5.08 28 3 30. Bob Smith, HB, 1952-53-54 316 1,595 70 1,525 4.83 9 4 31. Dick Davis, FB, 1966-67-68 349 1,564 87 1,477 4.23 4 3 32. Joel Makovicka, FB, 1995-96-97-98 247 1,458 11 1,447 5.86 13 2 33. Tom Rathman, FB, 1981-83-84-85 220 1,429 4 1,425 6.48 12 4 34. John O�Leary, IB, 1973-74-75 293 1,461 37 1,424 4.86 14 2 35. Tyreese Knox, IB, 1985-86-87-88 209 1,391 33 1,358 6.50 12 6 36. Bill Thornton, FB/HB, 1960-61-62 295 1,388 60 1,328 4.50 12 3 37. Turner Gill, QB, 1980-81-82-83 290 1,593 276 1,317 4.54 18 1 38. Craig Johnson, IB, 1978-79-80 203 1,293 20 1,273 6.27 18 5 39. Bill Mueller, HB, 1947-48-49-50 321 1,406 190 1,216 3.79 5 2 40. Gerry Gdowski, QB, 1987-88-89 152 1,281 70 1,211 7.97 17 3 41. Willie Greenlaw, HB, 1954-55-56 212 1,251 89 1,162 5.48 10 2 42. DeAngelo Evans, IB, 1996-98-99 224 1,182 40 1,142 5.10 18 5 43. Willie Ross, HB, 1961-62-63 226 1,188 63 1,125 4.98 8 2 44. Mickey Joseph, QB, 1988-89-90-91 180 1,198 107 1,091 6.06 16 1 45. Jerry Brown, FB, 1955-56-57 226 1,094 6 1,088 4.81 6 2 46. Paul Miles, IB, 1983-84-85 156 1,097 23 1,074 6.88 9 2 47. Bryan Carpenter, FB, 1987-88-89 170 1,069 5 1,064 6.26 7 1 48. Ben Gregory, HB, 1965-66-67 260 1,069 45 1,024 3.94 9 2 49. Frank Solich, FB, 1963-64-65 196 1,054 44 1,010 5.15 6 1 50. Lance Lewis, FB, 1988-90-91-92 163 1,012 4 1,008 6.18 6 0 51. Gary Dixon, HB, 1971-72 269 1,042 35 1,007 3.74 14 1 2,000-YARD CAREER RUSHERS (and how quickly they got there) Achieved 2,000 in: Player, position (years) Att. Net #Gms. #Att. 1. Mike Rozier, IB (1981-82-83) 668 4,780 19 307 2. Ahman Green, IB (1995-96-97) 574 3,880 21 295 3. Eric Crouch, QB (1998-99-00-01) 648 3,434 28 385 4. Calvin Jones, IB (1991-92-93) 461 3,153 21 262 5. Ken Clark, IB (1987-88-89) 494 3,037 22 309 6. I.M. Hipp, IB (1977-78-79) 495 2,814 18 322 7. Lawrence Phillips, IB (1993-94-95) 449 2,777 21 322 8. Derek Brown, IB (1990-91-92) 458 2,699 22 326 9. Correll Buckhalter, IB (1997-98-99-00) 413 2,522 38 336 10. Keith Jones, IB (1984-85-86-87) 398 2,488 34 347 11. Dan Alexander, IB (1997-98-99-00) 402 2,456 34 331 12. Rick Berns, IB (1976-77-78) 440 2,449 33 362 13. Roger Craig, IB (1979-80-81-82) 407 2,446 29 317 14. Jeff Kinney, HB (1969-70-71) 545 2,244 31 495 15. Doug DuBose, IB (1982-84-85) 362 2,205 20 320 16. Bobby Reynolds, HB (1950-51-52) 378 2,196 22 *326 17. Jarvis Redwine, IB (1979-80) 304 2,161 19 280 18. Tony Davis, IB/FB (1973-74-75) 501 2,153 31 469 19. Steve Taylor, QB (1985-86-87-88) 431 2,125 35 398 20. Monte Anthony, IB (1974-75-76-77) 463 2,077 35 446 *Because of incomplete statistics, the exact carry on which Reynolds hit
2,000 yards cannot be determined, therefore, the number listed is his total number of carries
at the end of the game in which he achieved 2,000 yards.
Source: University of Nebraska Athletic Dept.