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Attempts

Most, Game—87 (for 429 yards), vs. Kansas in Boulder, Nov. 7, 1970.

Fewest, Game—14 (for 76 yards), vs. Iowa State in Boulder, Oct. 23, 1982.

Most, Season—666 (for 4,090 yards), in 1989.

Fewest, Season—357 (for 1,153 yards), in 1982.

Yards Gained

Most, Quarter—274 (19 attempts), vs. Arizona at Tucson, Oct. 11, 1958 (fourth).

Most, Half—345 (34 attempts), vs. Oklahoma State in Boulder, Nov. 13, 1971 (first).

Most, Game—551 (69 attempts), vs. Arizona at Tucson, Oct. 11, 1958.

Fewest, Game—minus-27 (25 attempts), vs. Florida State in Boulder, Sept. 15, 2007.

Most, Season—4,090 (666 attempts), in 1989.

Fewest, Season—659 (390 attempts), in 1984.

Average Per Game

Highest, Season—371.8 (4,090 yards in 11 games), in 1989.

Lowest, Season—59.9 (659 yards 11 games), in 1984.

Average Per Rush

Highest, Game—13.69 (36 for 493 yards), vs. Kansas State in Boulder, Nov. 20, 1954.

Lowest, Game—minus-1.00 (21 for minus-21), vs. Stanford in Boulder, Nov. 3, 2012.

Highest, Season—6.42 (492 for 3,160 yards), in 1954.

Lowest, Season—1.69 (390 for 659), in 1994.

Touchdowns

Game—8, vs. Arizona at Tucson, Oct. 11, 1958; vs. Northwestern in Boulder, Sept. 30, 1978; vs. Kansas State at Manhattan, Nov. 18, 1989; vs. Nebraska in Boulder, Nov. 23, 2001.

Most, Season—54, in 1989.

Fewest, Season—7, in 1982 and 1984.

Most Consecutive Games With A Touchdown Rushing

52—Oct. 22, 1949 to Oct. 23, 1954 (six seasons).

Most Consecutive Games Without A Touchdown Rushing

6—Oct. 20 to Nov. 22, 1906.

4—Sept. 6 to Oct. 4, 2008 and Sept. 1 to Oct. 5, 2013 (modern era).

Most Players Who Carried The Ball

Game—16, vs. Arizona in Boulder, Oct. 8, 1960 (Ed Coleman 50, Ted Woods 48, Chuck Weiss 34, Frank Fink 31, Dave Rife 28, Jim Raisis 22, Dave Vivian 13, Claude Crabb 10, Loren Schweninger 10, Dick Dickerson 5, Bob Hren 5, Frank Montera 5, Jerry Steffen 3, Nick Counter 2, Ron Smith 2, Pat Young 2).

Season—20, in 1960.

From the Colorado football record book. Where the published book contained arithmetic or typographical defects, figures have been corrected on this page.