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SEC schools with the most 1,000-yard rushers...
Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:52 pm
Auburn (30) and Alabama (24) lead the way amongst original SEC members.
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 11:02 pm to RollTide1987
Oklahoma not surprising….guys like Billy Sims were very common in Oklahoma’s backfield for many years back in the day.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 11:11 pm to Vulcan Materials
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Oklahoma not surprising
Yeah they had so many studs over so many years at that position. It was incredibly impressive what they were able to turn out at that position.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 11:13 pm to Vulcan Materials
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Oklahoma not surprising….guys like Billy Sims were very common in Oklahoma’s backfield for many years back in the day.
Texas number is surprisingly low overall given Royal's proclivity for running the ball.
Look at 1974 in Earl Campbell's freshman year.
Team: 3,487 yards rushing, No 1,000 yard rushers
Back in his heyday in the 1960s was even more team rushing yards than that and still no 1,000 yard rushers. I think he had 2x Roosevelt Leaks, and Earl Campbell x1 the whole time (I very well could be wrong but I know he had those 3 just not sure anyone else broke 1k under him)
Posted on 7/15/26 at 11:52 pm to RollTide1987
Suprised Alabama and Georgia do not have more.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 11:57 pm to Pimphand
Earl Campbell…..man he is my favorite running back of all time. I watched him growing up. Legs like tree trunks and a machine. Yellow Rose of Texas.
Not to mention how great a human being he is. Just sad how football crippled him. Great admiration for him as a person.
Not to mention how great a human being he is. Just sad how football crippled him. Great admiration for him as a person.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:57 am to Rebbedup
And of all the great Oklahoma running backs its lesser known Samaje Perine who holds the single game rushing record at 427 yards.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 6:05 am to Vulcan Materials
The best Texans money could buy.
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I started watching football in the late 60s, freshman year at Texas was the fall of 78. I saw a lot of the rushing era of college football. Saw the wishbone come to life and the follow up with the I-Formation Tailback domination. Saw the great Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas running backs of that era. What Oklahoma did with the wishbone and running backs mostly from Texas was truly incredible. Just thinking about Simms, Joe Washington, and "The Best That Never Was" Marcus Dupree gives me nightmares. You couldn't stop those monsters. Another that brings true cold sweats is the SMU Pony Express team, Eric Dickerson, Craig James, and Lance McIlhenny were about as impossible to stop as any backfield ever. Dropping some other names of the top of my head, Herschel Walker, Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier, and Lawrence Phillips.
BTW, Barry Switzer said that Earl Campbell and Marcus Dupree could've played in the NFL straight outta high school.
EDIT,
I started watching football in the late 60s, freshman year at Texas was the fall of 78. I saw a lot of the rushing era of college football. Saw the wishbone come to life and the follow up with the I-Formation Tailback domination. Saw the great Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas running backs of that era. What Oklahoma did with the wishbone and running backs mostly from Texas was truly incredible. Just thinking about Simms, Joe Washington, and "The Best That Never Was" Marcus Dupree gives me nightmares. You couldn't stop those monsters. Another that brings true cold sweats is the SMU Pony Express team, Eric Dickerson, Craig James, and Lance McIlhenny were about as impossible to stop as any backfield ever. Dropping some other names of the top of my head, Herschel Walker, Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier, and Lawrence Phillips.
BTW, Barry Switzer said that Earl Campbell and Marcus Dupree could've played in the NFL straight outta high school.
This post was edited on 7/16/26 at 7:22 am
Posted on 7/16/26 at 6:11 am to Rebbedup
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Earl Campbell…..man he is my favorite running back of all time. I watched him growing up. Legs like tree trunks and a machine. Yellow Rose of Texas.
My favorite Horn of all time.
That being said, it's impressive what Oklahoma has done at that position.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 6:25 am to RollTide1987
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Auburn (30) and Alabama (24) lead the way amongst original SEC members.
LSU has 24 but I'm guessing that 22 number is because of Derrius Guice.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 6:29 am to Vulcan Materials
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Oklahoma not surprising….guys like Billy Sims were very common in Oklahoma’s backfield for many years back in the day.
They also threw like 8 passes a game from the invention of the forward pass until Bob Stoops.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 6:41 am to Pimphand
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Texas number is surprisingly low overall given Royal's proclivity for running the ball.
Look at 1974 in Earl Campbell's freshman year.
Team: 3,487 yards rushing, No 1,000 yard rushers
Back in his heyday in the 1960s was even more team rushing yards than that and still no 1,000 yard rushers. I think he had 2x Roosevelt Leaks, and Earl Campbell x1 the whole time (I very well could be wrong but I know he had those 3 just not sure anyone else broke 1k under him)
You have to remember that 1,000 yard rushers were pretty rare in those days. In fact, until the I formation got popular they were almost non existent because offenses in those days tended to distribute the ball around the backfield a lot more. Then you throw in the fact that most teams played only ten games a year as bowl games were more rare...
You just didn't see that many guys go for a thousand yards. I think Darrell Royal ran Chris Gilbert 66-'68) out of the I formation for a couple of years (and he ran for a bunch of yards) before they invented the wishbone...but the wishbone tended to distribute the ball around as an offense.
Earl Campbell didn't really go crazy until Akers went back to the I and put him at tailback. There was only so much he could do as a wishbone FB.
This post was edited on 7/17/26 at 8:37 am
Posted on 7/16/26 at 6:52 am to jonnyanony
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They also threw like 8 passes a game from the invention of the forward pass until Bob Stoops.
3 of the top 5 rushers in OU history were under Bob Stoops
PLAYER
YARDS
SEASON
Adrian Peterson* 1,925 2004
Billy Sims* 1,896 1978
Quintin Griffin* 1,884 2002
Greg Pruitt* 1,760 1971
Samaje Perine* 1,713 2014
Billy Sims* 1,670 1979
Steve Owens* 1,649 1968
Steve Owens* 1,523 1969
Eric Gray* 1,366 2022
Samaje Perine* 1,349 2015
Mike Gaddis* 1,344 1991
Joe Washington* 1,321 1974
Jalen Hurts* 1,298 2019
Jack Mildren* 1,289 1971
Joe Mixon* 1,274 2016
Kennedy Brooks* 1,253 2021
Chris Brown* 1,220 2008
DeMarco Murray* 1,214 2010
De'Mond Parker* 1,184 1996
Joe Washington* 1,173 1973
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:04 am to Wishbone85
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3 of the top 5 rushers in OU history were under Bob Stoops
???
I didn't say Bob Stoops couldn't have a good RB.
The point is of course they had the most 1,000 yd rushers since that's all they did for decades and much longer than most teams on this list, who started passing more than 100 times a season starting in the 1960s.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:36 am to RollTide1987
Tennessee has had three different 1000yd rushers in the last 3 years. That's insane
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:39 am to Wishbone85
Where they played their High School football.
About 2/3rds of Bob Stoops career at OU was with the expanded 12 game regular season which begins in 2006.
Adrian Peterson, Palestine, Texas
Billy Sims, Hooks, Texas
Quintin Griffin, Houston, Texas.
Greg Pruitt, Houston, Texas
Samaje Perine, Pflugerville, Texas
Steve Owens, Miami, Oklahoma
Eric Gray, Memphis, Tennessee
Mike Gaddis, Midwest City, Oklahoma
Joe Washington, Port Arthur, Texas
Jalen Hurts, Channelview, Texas
Jack Mildren, Abilene, Texas
Joe Mixon, Oakley, California
Kennedy Brooks, Mansfield, Texas
Chris Brown, Naperville, Illinois
DeMarco Murray, Las Vegas, Nevada
De'Mond Parker, Tulsa, Oklahoma
About 2/3rds of Bob Stoops career at OU was with the expanded 12 game regular season which begins in 2006.
Adrian Peterson, Palestine, Texas
Billy Sims, Hooks, Texas
Quintin Griffin, Houston, Texas.
Greg Pruitt, Houston, Texas
Samaje Perine, Pflugerville, Texas
Steve Owens, Miami, Oklahoma
Eric Gray, Memphis, Tennessee
Mike Gaddis, Midwest City, Oklahoma
Joe Washington, Port Arthur, Texas
Jalen Hurts, Channelview, Texas
Jack Mildren, Abilene, Texas
Joe Mixon, Oakley, California
Kennedy Brooks, Mansfield, Texas
Chris Brown, Naperville, Illinois
DeMarco Murray, Las Vegas, Nevada
De'Mond Parker, Tulsa, Oklahoma
This post was edited on 7/16/26 at 7:45 am
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:42 am to RollTide1987
interesting......
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:49 am to Victor R Franko
Darrell Royal, Hollis, Oklahoma
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:02 am to Wishbone85
I didn't realize Hurts rushed for over 1200 yards.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:04 am to The Godfather
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LSU has 24 but I'm guessing that 22 number is because of Derrius Guice.
I’ve never understood the logic of vacating wins and records, particularly as to Guice. He was eligible when he played and never declared ineligible retroactively, to my knowledge.
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