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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).
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