In the thread about the 1989 Liberty Bowl.. There were mentions of Randy Baldwin.. One poster said:
......"I was shocked at the stat mentioned in this video that he had rushed for 650 yards that season which according to the announcement was the most by a Rebel running back since 1979!!! That is hard to believe. Buford McGee surely had more yards in a year than 650 right."...
With it being a lazy, chilly day outside and wanting to pass time until the Texans-Ravens game, I decided to do a quick lookup of the RB stats from 1974 to 2021, essentially from the Ken Cooper era till the early Kiffin era.. Excuse my sloppy penmanship.. I usually type lists like this, but I think you can make out just enough to figure out the yearly leaders...
One thing about OM RBs, talented or not so much, OM basically was RB by committee.. We might have a guy rush for 600 yards, then two guys for 400. We had one year, 2019, when a QB, JRP was the team rushing leader by a wide margin..
In the early years, certainly the 70s and mid 80s, we'd have 3-4 guys rush for 300-400-500 yards each.. maybe not more than 110-140 carries each a year..
Take the 1975 season... You had:
Michael Sweet 653 yards on 146 carries
Paul Hofer 413--80
James Storey 389--75
James Reed 378--78
Anyway, discuss away...
......"I was shocked at the stat mentioned in this video that he had rushed for 650 yards that season which according to the announcement was the most by a Rebel running back since 1979!!! That is hard to believe. Buford McGee surely had more yards in a year than 650 right."...
With it being a lazy, chilly day outside and wanting to pass time until the Texans-Ravens game, I decided to do a quick lookup of the RB stats from 1974 to 2021, essentially from the Ken Cooper era till the early Kiffin era.. Excuse my sloppy penmanship.. I usually type lists like this, but I think you can make out just enough to figure out the yearly leaders...
One thing about OM RBs, talented or not so much, OM basically was RB by committee.. We might have a guy rush for 600 yards, then two guys for 400. We had one year, 2019, when a QB, JRP was the team rushing leader by a wide margin..
In the early years, certainly the 70s and mid 80s, we'd have 3-4 guys rush for 300-400-500 yards each.. maybe not more than 110-140 carries each a year..
Take the 1975 season... You had:
Michael Sweet 653 yards on 146 carries
Paul Hofer 413--80
James Storey 389--75
James Reed 378--78
Anyway, discuss away...
