1957 Leaders

Pass Completions

Pass Attempts

1. Ken Ford • Hardin-Simmons 205
3. Tom Flores • Pacific 184
4. Bob Winters • Utah State 179
5. Tom Greene • Holy Cross 159
7. Ray Harding • Colgate 152
8. Billy Baker • Furman 150
9. Jack Douglas • Stanford 146
10. Roger LaBrasca • Drake 145
11. Ralph Hunsaker • Arizona 138
12. Lee Grosscup • Utah 137
13. John Kuenzel • Air Force 124
14. Tom McDonald • Indiana 123
16. Earl Keeley • Montana 121
18. Randy Duncan • Iowa 119
19. Don Zimmerman • Dayton 112
20. Dick Winterbauer • Yale 109

Pass Completion Percentage

1. Billy Baker • Furman 58.7
2. Ken Ford • Hardin-Simmons 56.1
4. Bob Winters • Utah State 51.4
5. Roger LaBrasca • Drake 51.0
6. Tom Forrestal • Navy 50.3
7. Tom Greene • Holy Cross 46.5
8. Tom Flores • Pacific 44.6
9. Ray Harding • Colgate 42.1

Passing Yards

1. Lee Grosscup • Utah 1398
3. Tom Greene • Holy Cross 1297
4. Ken Ford • Hardin-Simmons 1254
6. Bob Winters • Utah State 1139
7. Randy Duncan • Iowa 1124
8. Tom Forrestal • Navy 1117
9. Roger LaBrasca • Drake 1054
10. Tom Flores • Pacific 980
11. Jack Douglas • Stanford 957
12. Dick Winterbauer • Yale 930
16. Larry Zowada • Wyoming 862
17. Billy Baker • Furman 846
18. Harvey White • Clemson 841
19. King Hill • Rice 798
20. Earl Keeley • Montana 797

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1. Tom Greene • Holy Cross 8.2
3. Roger LaBrasca • Drake 7.3
4. Tom Forrestal • Navy 7.0
5. Bob Winters • Utah State 6.4
7. Billy Baker • Furman 5.6
8. Tom Flores • Pacific 5.3
9. Ray Harding • Colgate 5.0

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1. Tom Greene • Holy Cross 5.9
2. Roger LaBrasca • Drake 5.8
5. Billy Baker • Furman 4.9
6. Bob Winters • Utah State 4.9
7. Tom Flores • Pacific 3.3
8. Tom Forrestal • Navy 3.2
9. Ray Harding • Colgate 2.1

Passing Efficiency Rating

1. Bob Newman • Washington State 126.5
2. Roger LaBrasca • Drake 125.6
3. Tom Greene • Holy Cross 121.5
4. Ken Ford • Hardin-Simmons 119.3
5. Billy Baker • Furman 112.6
6. Bob Winters • Utah State 107.7
7. Tom Forrestal • Navy 104.5
8. Tom Flores • Pacific 85.6
9. Ray Harding • Colgate 82.3

Rush Attempts

Rushing Yards

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1. Leon Burton • Arizona State 9.6
2. Eddie Dove • Colorado 7.0
3. Collins Hagler • Iowa 6.8
4. Merrill Douglas • Utah 6.7
5. Don Perkins • New Mexico 6.6
6. Jack Larscheid • Pacific 6.6
8. Ray Nitschke • Illinois 6.5
9. Danny Lewis • Wisconsin 6.4
10. Bob Anderson • Army 6.4
11. Bill Happel • Iowa 6.4
12. Ronnie Rice • Texas Tech 6.4
13. Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma 6.3
14. Bob White • Ohio State 6.2
15. Jim Shanley • Oregon 6.1
16. Bob Stransky • Colorado 6.0
17. Dan Sachs • Princeton 6.0
19. Joe Plevel • Miami (FL) 5.9
20. Jack Morris • Oregon 5.9

Receiving Yards

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1. Buddy Dial • Rice 24.2
3. Dick Scherer • Pittsburgh 20.2
6. Craig Wall • Davidson 18.6
7. Les Walters • Penn State 18.3
8. Jerry Mertens • Drake 17.6
10. Dave Moss • Dartmouth 16.7
12. Jim Gibbons • Iowa 16.3
13. Wimp Hewgley • Wyoming 15.2
14. Dick Wallen • UCLA 15.2
15. Fred Dugan • Dayton 14.8
16. Boyd Dowler • Colorado 14.6
17. Chuck Chatfield • Pacific 14.4
18. Stuart Vaughan • Utah 14.3
19. Gary Kapp • Utah State 14.1

Plays From Scrimmage

Yards From Scrimmage

1. Leon Burton • Arizona State 1320
2. Bob Stransky • Colorado 1131
3. Bob Anderson • Army 1065
5. Billy Austin • Rutgers 1010
7. Wray Carlton • Duke 919
8. Don Perkins • New Mexico 906
9. Chuck Shea • Stanford 905
10. Pete Dawkins • Army 890
11. Jim Shanley • Oregon 885
12. Stuart Vaughan • Utah 873
13. Bob McAniff • Cornell 868
14. Ron Lind • Drake 867
15. Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma 846
17. Jim Bakhtiar • Virginia 835
18. Harry Hurst • Navy 824
19. Bobby Cravens • Kentucky 812

Total Plays

Total Yards

1. Bob Newman • Washington State 1444
2. Billy Austin • Rutgers 1425
4. Bob Stransky • Colorado 1387
5. Tom Greene • Holy Cross 1381
6. Lee Grosscup • Utah 1274
7. Ken Ford • Hardin-Simmons 1257
8. King Hill • Rice 1244
9. Randy Duncan • Iowa 1183
10. Tom Forrestal • Navy 1169
12. Bob Winters • Utah State 1132
13. Leon Burton • Arizona State 1126
14. Joe Francis • Oregon State 1082
15. Jack Douglas • Stanford 1065
17. Don Allard • Boston College 1039
18. Harvey White • Clemson 1038
19. Bob Schwarze • The Citadel 1018
20. Roger LaBrasca • Drake 1014

Passing Yards Per Completion

1. Tom Greene • Holy Cross 17.5
2. Roger LaBrasca • Drake 14.2
3. Tom Forrestal • Navy 14.0
5. Bob Winters • Utah State 12.4
6. Tom Flores • Pacific 12.0
7. Ray Harding • Colgate 11.9
8. Ken Ford • Hardin-Simmons 10.9
9. Billy Baker • Furman 9.6

Yards Gained Per Game Played

1. Tom Greene • Holy Cross 144.1
3. Roger LaBrasca • Drake 131.8
4. Ken Ford • Hardin-Simmons 125.4
5. Bob Winters • Utah State 113.9
6. Tom Forrestal • Navy 111.7
7. Tom Flores • Pacific 98.0
8. Ray Harding • Colgate 84.7
9. Billy Baker • Furman 84.6