2011 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas State | 2 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | UAB | 3 | 4 | -17 | -4.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington State | 3 | 4 | -7 | -1.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Boston College | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | BYU | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Missouri | 5 | 5 | -10 | -2.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ohio | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | UNLV | 4 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 4 | 6 | -8 | -1.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Toledo | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Baylor | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Washington | 3 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Central Michigan | 5 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | New Mexico State | 5 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 6 | 41 | 6.83 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Texas | 6 | 7 | -39 | -5.57 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | North Carolina State | 5 | 7 | -20 | -2.86 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | East Carolina | 4 | 7 | -6 | -0.86 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | California | 5 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | South Florida | 5 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Akron | 6 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Navy | 5 | 7 | 33 | 4.71 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Duke | 4 | 7 | 33 | 4.71 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Cincinnati | 7 | 8 | -25 | -3.13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Louisville | 5 | 8 | -15 | -1.88 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 8 | -10 | -1.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Oregon State | 7 | 8 | -2 | -0.25 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Utah State | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1.50 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 8 | 27 | 3.38 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Florida International | 8 | 8 | 43 | 5.38 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | North Texas | 5 | 8 | 59 | 7.38 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | Colorado | 5 | 8 | 60 | 7.50 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | 9 | -61 | -6.78 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 9 | -54 | -6.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | USC | 6 | 9 | -27 | -3.00 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Virginia | 7 | 9 | -9 | -1.00 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Alabama | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | San Jose State | 6 | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Minnesota | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Notre Dame | 7 | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Indiana | 6 | 9 | 36 | 4.00 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | Florida | 8 | 9 | 36 | 4.00 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | UCF | 5 | 9 | 39 | 4.33 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Purdue | 6 | 9 | 50 | 5.56 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | New Mexico | 6 | 9 | 80 | 8.89 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Syracuse | 7 | 9 | 114 | 12.67 | 1 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 47 | Arkansas State | 6 | 10 | -32 | -3.20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Kent State | 7 | 10 | -7 | -0.70 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Iowa State | 8 | 10 | -7 | -0.70 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 10 | -4 | -0.40 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Idaho | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | South Carolina | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Northwestern | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0.70 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Wisconsin | 8 | 10 | 15 | 1.50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Boise State | 7 | 10 | 15 | 1.50 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 47 | Oregon | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1.70 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Ohio State | 7 | 10 | 18 | 1.80 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Tennessee | 8 | 10 | 21 | 2.10 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Mississippi | 6 | 10 | 23 | 2.30 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Memphis | 7 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Hawai'i | 7 | 10 | 32 | 3.20 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | Western Michigan | 7 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | Auburn | 7 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | Kentucky | 6 | 10 | 37 | 3.70 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Nevada | 9 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Buffalo | 5 | 10 | 44 | 4.40 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 6 | 10 | 45 | 4.50 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Kansas | 7 | 10 | 47 | 4.70 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | Wyoming | 7 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | Mississippi State | 9 | 10 | 58 | 5.80 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 71 | Rice | 9 | 11 | -12 | -1.09 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Stanford | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0.36 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | SMU | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0.45 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | North Carolina | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0.55 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Fresno State | 9 | 11 | 15 | 1.36 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Troy | 9 | 11 | 20 | 1.82 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 11 | 20 | 1.82 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 71 | Arkansas | 9 | 11 | 39 | 3.55 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Houston | 8 | 11 | 40 | 3.64 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | Tulsa | 8 | 11 | 55 | 5.00 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | San Diego State | 8 | 11 | 64 | 5.82 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 71 | Arizona | 6 | 11 | 72 | 6.55 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Michigan | 7 | 11 | 112 | 10.18 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 71 | Army | 8 | 11 | 114 | 10.36 | 2 | 56 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 85 | Texas A&M | 9 | 12 | -18 | -1.50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Florida State | 6 | 12 | -15 | -1.25 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Georgia | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0.50 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Arizona State | 9 | 12 | 26 | 2.17 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | Iowa | 8 | 12 | 30 | 2.50 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 85 | Wake Forest | 7 | 12 | 31 | 2.58 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | UCLA | 8 | 12 | 34 | 2.83 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Bowling Green | 6 | 12 | 49 | 4.08 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 85 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 12 | 50 | 4.17 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Oklahoma | 9 | 12 | 69 | 5.75 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 13 | -10 | -0.77 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 95 | TCU | 6 | 13 | 11 | 0.85 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | LSU | 6 | 13 | 11 | 0.85 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | Air Force | 8 | 13 | 15 | 1.15 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Nebraska | 8 | 13 | 22 | 1.69 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | UTEP | 6 | 13 | 34 | 2.62 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 95 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 13 | 83 | 6.38 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 102 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 14 | -29 | -2.07 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 14 | -12 | -0.86 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 102 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 14 | -1 | -0.07 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Marshall | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0.43 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 102 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 14 | 18 | 1.29 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 102 | Texas Tech | 7 | 14 | 29 | 2.07 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 102 | Maryland | 9 | 14 | 30 | 2.14 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 102 | Clemson | 9 | 14 | 49 | 3.50 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 102 | Colorado State | 6 | 14 | 51 | 3.64 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 102 | Ball State | 8 | 14 | 59 | 4.21 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 102 | Temple | 9 | 14 | 70 | 5.00 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 113 | Utah | 9 | 15 | 8 | 0.53 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 113 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 15 | 15 | 1.00 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | Rutgers | 7 | 15 | 19 | 1.27 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 116 | Tulane | 11 | 17 | 65 | 3.82 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 116 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 17 | 81 | 4.76 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 118 | Illinois | 9 | 18 | 53 | 2.94 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 118 | Penn State | 10 | 18 | 59 | 3.28 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 120 | Michigan State | 13 | 21 | 11 | 0.52 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||