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MICHIGAN RECORDS SET BY RICK LEACH
(at end of 1978 season)
  
Single Game 
TD Passes - 3 (tie) 
 
Season 
TD Passes - 17 (1978) 
Highest TD Percentage - 12.38 (1976) 
Highest Avg. Gain per Play - 7.36 (1976) 
Total Offense - 1,894 yards (1978)* 
 
Career 
Most Passes Attempted - 537 
Most Passes Completed - 250 
Most Yards Passing - 4,284 
Most TD Passes - 48* 
Most Interceptions - 35 
Highest TD Percentage - 8.9 
Highest Avg. Yards per Completion - 17.1 
Most Plays - 1,024 
Total Offense - 6,460* 
Highest Avg. Gain per Play - 6.31 
Most Touchdowns Rushing - 34 
Most TD’s Accounted For - 82** 
* Big Ten Record 
** NCAA Record 
 

SEASON AWARDS / ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1975 
First true freshman to start at QB in school history. 
 
1976 
1st Team All-Big Ten QB 
All-American QB (AP Honorable Mention) 
14th in balloting for Heisman Trophy 
John F. Maulbetsch Award Winner 
 
1977 
UPI Big Ten Player of the Week vs. Duke 
Michigan Offensive Champion vs. Wisconsin 
AP Big Ten Player of the Week vs. Northwestern 
1st Team All-Big Ten QB 
8th in balloting for Heisman Trophy 
 
1978 
Michigan Offensive Champion vs. Illinois 
ABC Offensive Player of the Game vs. Notre Dame 
AP & UPI Offensive Player of the Week vs. Notre Dame 
AP Offensive Player of the Week vs. Wisconsin 
AP Offensive Back of the Week vs. Minnesota 
Michigan Offensive Champion vs. Minnesota 
AP & UPI Offensive Back of the Week vs. Northwestern 
ABC Offensive Player of the Game vs. Ohio State 
Michigan Offensive Champion vs. Ohio State 
1st Team All-Big Ten QB 
Big Ten MVP 
Michigan MVP 
3rd in balloting for Heisman Trophy 
Player of the Year  -  ABC-TV & Chevrolet, CBS Sports Today, Football News, Washington D.C. Pigskin Club, Miami TD Club. 
Gridiron Club of Greater Boston - Swede Nelson Award 
Columbus TD Club - Award of Distinction 
1979 Rose Bowl Game Co-MVP 
1979 Hula Bowl Game Co-MVP 
Japan Bowl participant 
All-American - 1st Team QB - Kodak Coaches, Football News, Sporting News 
2nd Team QB - Associated Press, United Press International 


  
RICK LEACH AND THE NCAA
First NCAA Div. 1A QB to run AND pass for over 2,000 yards in a career. 
First NCAA Div. 1A player to score over 200 points rushing AND passing. 
Quarterbacked more wins (38) than any other player in NCAA history. 
  

 
Rose Bowl Records Set by Rick Leach
  
 
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME
PASSING 
LONGEST PASS PLAY: 76 YARDS (TD) - Rick Leach to Curt Stephenson, Michigan vs. Washington, 1978. 
 
INDIVIDUAL CAREER
TOTAL OFFENSE 
MOST PLAYS: 94 - Rick Leach, Michigan, 1977-78-79 (513 yards). 
MOST YARDS GAINED: 513* - Rick Leach, Michigan, 1977-78-79, (452 passing, 61 rushing). 
PASSING 
MOST YARDS GAINED: 452* - Rick Leach, Michigan, 1977-78-79. 
*These records lasted until 1993 (Mark Brunell, Washington).