Football Team Rushing Records

Rank	Rushing Attempts (Game)	Opponent	Year
1	85	TCU (475 yards)	1980
2	81	at Rice (421 yards)	1981
3	80	at Ole Miss (370 yards)	2001
	80	Utah State (385 yards)	1975
5	78	Tulsa (344 yards)	1987
6	77	Colorado State (410 yards)	1974
	77	Oklahoma State (349 yards)	1969
8	75	at Houston (296 yards)	1988
	75	TCU (316 yards)	1986
	75	Texas A&M (266 yards)	1984
	75	Texas Tech (527 yards)	1978
	75	Tulsa (365 yards)	1974
13	74	at SMU (422 yards)	1986
	73	SMU (512 yards)	1977
	73	Rice (410 yards)	1974
16	72	at Tennessee (361 yards)	1990*
		*1990 Cotton Bowl

Rank	Rushing Attempts (Season)	Total Yards	Year
1	753	3196 yards in 11 games	1987
2	685	2922 yards in 11 games	1985
3	680	3456 yards in 11 games	1989
4	677	3119 yards in 11 games	1978
5	674	2898 yards in 11 games	1974
6	668	2721 yards in 11 games	1986
7	659	3523 yards in 11 games	1975
8	644	2348 yards in 11 games	1982
9	643	3065 yards in 14 games	2002
10	640	2420 yards in 11 games	1984
11	631	2714 yards in 11 games	1988

Rank	Rushing Yards (Game)	Opponent	Year
1	594	Pittsburg (Kan.) State (54 rushes)	1936
2	541	Florida International (58 rushes)	2007
3	527	TCU (75 rushes)	1978
4	512	SMU (73 rushes)	1977
5	503	Northwestern (La.) State (47 rushes)	1947
6	502	New Mexico (71 rushes)	1987
7	501	Air Force (62 rushes)	1975
8	495	Nicholls (40 rushes)	2014
9	493	Missouri State (51 rushes)	2005
10	475	TCU (85 rushes)	1980
11	460	at Baylor (68 rushes)	1975
12	446	North Texas (55 rushes)	2007
13	444	at TCU (63 rushes)	1989
14	438	at Texas Tech (68)	2014
15	426	at Auburn (45 rushes)	2002
16	423	Navy (70 rushes)	1981
	423	Northwestern (70 rushes)	1981

Rank	Rushing Yards (Season)	Total Rushes	Year
1	3725	625 rushes in 13 games	2007
2	3523	659 rushes in 11 games	1975
3	3456	680 rushes in 11 games	1989
4	3199	539 rushes in 14 games	2006
5	3196	753 rushes in 12 games	1987
6	3145	626 rushes in 13 games	2003
7	3119	677 rushes in 11 games	1978
8	3065	643 rushes in 14 games	2002
9	3011	604 rushes in 11 games	1977
10	2922	685 rushes in 11 games	1985
11	2898	674 rushes in 11 games	1974
12	2834	557 rushes in 13 games	2014
13	2721	668 rushes in 11 games	1986

Rank	Rushing Yards Per Game	Total Yards	Year
1	320.3	3523 yards in 11 games	1975
2	314.2	3456 yards in 11 games	1989
3	286.5	3725 yards in 13 games	2007
4	283.5	3119 yards in 11 games	1978
5	273.7	3011 yards in 11 games	1977
6	266.3	3196 yards in 12 games	1987
7	265.6	2922 yards in 11 games	1985
8	263.4	2898 yards in 11 games	1974
9	247.4	2721 yards in 11 games	1986
10	246.7	2714 yards in 11 games	1988
11	241.9	3145 yards in 13 games	2003

Rank	Yards Per Rush (Game)	Opponent	Year
1	12.38	Nicholls (40 for 495 yards)	2014
2	11.00	Pittsburg (Kan.) State (54 for 594 yards)	1936
3	10.70	Northwestern (La.) State (47 for 503 yards)	1947
4	9.73	Eastern Michigan (30 for 292 yards)	2009
5	9.50	Missouri State (51 for 483 yards)	2005
6	9.47	at Auburn (45 for 426 yards)	2002
7	9.33	South Carolina (58 for 541 yards)	2007
8	9.29	Southeast Missouri (41 for 381 yards)	2006
9	9.28	Alcorn State (38 for 353 yards)	2016
10	8.71	at Mississippi State (41 for 357 yards)	2016
11	8.46	Tennessee (30 for 254 yards)	2011
12	8.28	Louisiana-Monroe (40 for 331 yards)	2006
13	8.11	North Texas (55 for 446 yards)	2007
14	8.10	UT-Martin (36 for 291 yards)	2015
15	8.08	Air Force (62 for 501 yards)	1975
16	7.95	UTEP (41 for 326 yards)	2010
	7.95	Tulsa (37 for 294 yards)	2003

Rank	Yards Per Rush (Season)	Rushes/Yards	Year
1	5.96	625 for 3725 yards	2007
2	5.94	539 for 3199 yards	2006
3	5.35	659 for 3523 yards	1975
4	5.28	474 for 2504 yards	2013
5	5.08	557 for 2834 yards	2014
6	5.08	680 for 3456 yards	1989
7	5.02	626 for 3145 yards	2003
8	5.01	512 for 2565 yards	2015
	5.00	481 for 2386 yards	2005
10	4.99	604 for 3011 yards	1977
11	4.77	643 for 3065 yards	2002
12	4.70	498 for 2343 yards	1956
13	4.61	677 for 3119 yards	1978
14	4.59	421 for 1935 yards	2010