In the regular season he ran 1539 yards (7.8 ypc) and 23 TDs. He had 1743 all-purpose yards.
He opened the season with 210 yards and 3 TDs against Minnesota. 
Against #12 Michigan he ran for 165 yards. Ki Jana ran for 137 yards and 3 TDs on just 19 carries in a 63-14 pounding of #12 Ohio St.
He finished his career in Happy Valley with 227 yards and 5 TDs vs Michigan St.
In the Rose Bowl, Carter opened up the scoring with an 83 TD bolt. With the score tied at 14 in the third quarter, he scored twice in the quarter. Penn St would go on to win 38-20 over #11 Oregon. Carter finished with 156 yards on 21 attempts.
Penn St. finished 12-0 and #2 in the polls. They average 46 points per game and routed opponents by 26 a game.
2. 2. Rashaan Salaam: Won the Heisman Trophy and Walter Camp as Na
tional Player of the Year. He was the POY named by Sporting News. He was named RB of the Year (Doak Walker).
He became the 4th player in NCAA history to run for over 2,000 and totaled 2,055 yards for the regular season.
His break out game was against #25 Texas when Salaam rambled for a school record 317 rushing yards and 368 total yards, and added a TD.
Against the eventual national champs Nebraska, he put 134 yards and a score.
In the Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame, Salaam had 83 yards and three TDs, in the Buffs 41-24 rout.
Colorado finished the season 11-1, including 6-1 in the Big 8 and #3 in the final poll. Their lone loss was to Nebraska, 24-7. They came from behind to stun Michigan 27-26 in a game Salaam had 141 yards and 2 TDs.
3. 3. Lawrence Phillips: Ran for 1722 yards and 16 TDs (6.0 ypc). He had a Nebraska record 11 straight 100 yard games.
He finished 8th in the Heisman voting and was All-Big 8.
His top performance was 221 yards and 3 scores vs. Oklahoma St.
He topped the 100 yard mark (103 yards on 24 carries) in Huskers 24-7 win over #3 Colorado.
In the Orange Bowl Phillips ran for 96 yards on 19 carries, against Miami’s #1 ranked defense (10.4 PPG) and posted the longest run (25 yards) that the Canes gave up all year.
Nebraska finished #1 in both polls and was named National Champions. They won the Big Eight and knocked off then #3 Miami in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers finished first in the NCAA in rushing (340 yards/game).
How did Lawrence Phillips finish 8th in Heisman voting??
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Rashaan Salaam should not be at the top of the list. But I'm wondering if maybe Kerry Collins should be on here somewhere?
that is a good question about phillips... that was the year Tommie Frazier missed 8 games with blood clots so phillips carried Neb... collins was the first guy left off with warren sapp right after.
ReplyDeletethe top 5 in the heisman was salaam, carter, air mcnair, collins and jay barker from bama
Oh yeah, McNair had outrageous numbers. Of course it was against 1-AA competition.
ReplyDeleteSalaam only won the Heisman because he crossed 2000 yards.