2011 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford | 7 | 9 | -33 | -3.67 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 10 | 16 | -28 | -1.75 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 6 | 8 | -16 | -2.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | California | 9 | 12 | -15 | -1.25 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 7 | -13 | -1.86 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 11 | 21 | -11 | -0.52 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Hawai'i | 6 | 11 | -10 | -0.91 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Arizona | 9 | 12 | -10 | -0.83 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 15 | -10 | -0.67 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | USC | 5 | 7 | -9 | -1.29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Arizona State | 9 | 9 | -4 | -0.44 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | North Carolina State | 8 | 11 | -3 | -0.27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | UCF | 6 | 8 | -1 | -0.13 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Kent State | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Kansas State | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Washington State | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Florida State | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Illinois | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Temple | 6 | 16 | 7 | 0.44 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Mississippi State | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0.50 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Utah State | 9 | 13 | 7 | 0.54 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Utah | 8 | 21 | 10 | 0.48 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Buffalo | 8 | 16 | 10 | 0.63 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 10 | 12 | 1.20 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | South Carolina | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Michigan State | 9 | 11 | 14 | 1.27 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Fresno State | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1.15 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Syracuse | 7 | 10 | 15 | 1.50 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Tulsa | 10 | 16 | 17 | 1.06 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Wake Forest | 8 | 12 | 17 | 1.42 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Texas | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1.70 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Missouri | 8 | 10 | 18 | 1.80 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | SMU | 9 | 20 | 20 | 1.00 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 12 | 22 | 1.83 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 9 | 22 | 2.44 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Baylor | 9 | 13 | 24 | 1.85 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Penn State | 9 | 12 | 24 | 2.00 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Louisville | 11 | 16 | 25 | 1.56 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | BYU | 5 | 9 | 25 | 2.78 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Notre Dame | 10 | 19 | 27 | 1.42 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Boise State | 6 | 8 | 27 | 3.38 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Florida International | 4 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | UTEP | 8 | 10 | 29 | 2.90 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 9 | 29 | 3.22 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | New Mexico State | 6 | 8 | 29 | 3.63 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Minnesota | 8 | 14 | 30 | 2.14 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Virginia | 6 | 8 | 30 | 3.75 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | South Florida | 6 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 21 | 33 | 1.57 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 51 | LSU | 9 | 13 | 33 | 2.54 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Western Michigan | 7 | 11 | 33 | 3.00 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | UAB | 8 | 15 | 34 | 2.27 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Navy | 6 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Oregon | 8 | 14 | 36 | 2.57 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Michigan | 6 | 11 | 36 | 3.27 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Kentucky | 6 | 11 | 36 | 3.27 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | Nebraska | 8 | 13 | 37 | 2.85 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | UCLA | 7 | 11 | 37 | 3.36 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Indiana | 7 | 13 | 39 | 3.00 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 61 | Rutgers | 6 | 10 | 39 | 3.90 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | Oregon State | 8 | 9 | 41 | 4.56 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | UNLV | 8 | 15 | 42 | 2.80 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | North Carolina | 7 | 12 | 43 | 3.58 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Alabama | 9 | 16 | 45 | 2.81 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 67 | Auburn | 4 | 9 | 46 | 5.11 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | Wisconsin | 10 | 18 | 48 | 2.67 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 68 | Arkansas | 9 | 13 | 48 | 3.69 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | East Carolina | 7 | 11 | 48 | 4.36 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Washington | 5 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Iowa State | 11 | 18 | 50 | 2.78 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | TCU | 9 | 13 | 50 | 3.85 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | Purdue | 7 | 10 | 50 | 5.00 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Iowa | 9 | 19 | 51 | 2.68 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | San Diego State | 8 | 18 | 51 | 2.83 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 11 | 51 | 4.64 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | North Texas | 5 | 10 | 51 | 5.10 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Nevada | 6 | 11 | 52 | 4.73 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 80 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 12 | 53 | 4.42 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | Wyoming | 13 | 21 | 54 | 2.57 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | Ohio | 11 | 17 | 54 | 3.18 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 81 | Georgia | 5 | 12 | 54 | 4.50 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Toledo | 6 | 14 | 56 | 4.00 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Bowling Green | 8 | 13 | 56 | 4.31 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Arkansas State | 4 | 6 | 59 | 9.83 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 87 | Ohio State | 9 | 14 | 60 | 4.29 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | Air Force | 6 | 14 | 63 | 4.50 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 89 | Texas A&M | 7 | 12 | 64 | 5.33 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 90 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 18 | 65 | 3.61 | 2 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | Florida | 10 | 20 | 66 | 3.30 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 92 | Kansas | 8 | 13 | 68 | 5.23 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 93 | Army | 5 | 8 | 70 | 8.75 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 94 | Troy | 9 | 20 | 73 | 3.65 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Tennessee | 8 | 17 | 74 | 4.35 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 95 | Colorado | 10 | 14 | 74 | 5.29 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 95 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 14 | 74 | 5.29 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 98 | Tulane | 9 | 15 | 75 | 5.00 | 3 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | Idaho | 9 | 18 | 76 | 4.22 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | Akron | 6 | 12 | 76 | 6.33 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 99 | Duke | 8 | 10 | 76 | 7.60 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 102 | Houston | 9 | 16 | 78 | 4.88 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 102 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 12 | 78 | 6.50 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 104 | Texas Tech | 9 | 17 | 80 | 4.71 | 1 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 105 | Northwestern | 9 | 19 | 85 | 4.47 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 106 | Rice | 7 | 22 | 86 | 3.91 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 106 | Boston College | 8 | 14 | 86 | 6.14 | 1 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 108 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 12 | 87 | 7.25 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Colorado State | 10 | 20 | 89 | 4.45 | 1 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 109 | New Mexico | 7 | 13 | 89 | 6.85 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 111 | West Virginia | 12 | 17 | 90 | 5.29 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 111 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 12 | 90 | 7.50 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 113 | Maryland | 6 | 14 | 98 | 7.00 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 114 | Clemson | 11 | 25 | 100 | 4.00 | 1 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 114 | Central Michigan | 10 | 19 | 100 | 5.26 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 114 | Marshall | 9 | 12 | 100 | 8.33 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 117 | Memphis | 7 | 11 | 104 | 9.45 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 118 | Ball State | 7 | 18 | 152 | 8.44 | 1 | 74 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 119 | Mississippi | 9 | 15 | 157 | 10.47 | 1 | 69 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 120 | San Jose State | 11 | 21 | 183 | 8.71 | 0 | 74 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||