[JohnR34231]

Nelson before his track injury was phenomenal.  He was great after.  But I always thought it cost him a step.  1000 and 50.  Three times.  No one else had ever done it.  Man he was fun to watch.

Gerald Willhite did it twice. Not three times, but still pretty impressive.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/pla...ite-1.html

Nelson came close to 4x.  1980 he had 889 rushing and 47 receiving.  He is my all time favorite, you never knew what was going to happen when
he touched the ball.  The qb was Elway,  thinking back, what the hell happened?

Hate to say it, but Paul Wiggin and lack of defense happened.  Scored 312 (still 9th best ypg season at Stanford) and were 11th best in the NCAA.  But, they gave up 275, which was #112 of 138 teams.

Lots of stars on offense, at every skill position: Margerum, Tyler, Nelson, Elway, Vince White, Chris Dressel.  Solid backups in Mike Dotterer, Jim Brown, Rob Moore.

Special teams, nothing special.  Naber missed 3 xps, was 7/16 on FGs, 40.3 yards per punt.

Yup, your're right, Wiggin was a disaster.  My recollection of that era was sitting in section e drunk.  The best part of the day was listening
to the band and the after game concert.

You never knew what team was going to show up with Wiggin. His teams could beat Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Washington (when they were ranked #1 in the nation), but would regularly lose to San Jose State.

[JohnR34231]

Nelson before his track injury was phenomenal.  He was great after.  But I always thought it cost him a step.  1000 and 50.  Three times.  No one else had ever done it.  Man he was fun to watch.

Gerald Willhite did it twice. Not three times, but still pretty impressive.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/pla...ite-1.html

Nelson came close to 4x.  1980 he had 889 rushing and 47 receiving.  He is my all time favorite, you never knew what was going to happen when
he touched the ball.  The qb was Elway,  thinking back, what the hell happened?

Hate to say it, but Paul Wiggin and lack of defense happened.  Scored 312 (still 9th best ypg season at Stanford) and were 11th best in the NCAA.  But, they gave up 275, which was #112 of 138 teams.

Lots of stars on offense, at every skill position: Margerum, Tyler, Nelson, Elway, Vince White, Chris Dressel.  Solid backups in Mike Dotterer, Jim Brown, Rob Moore.

Special teams, nothing special.  Naber missed 3 xps, was 7/16 on FGs, 40.3 yards per punt.

Yup, your're right, Wiggin was a disaster.  My recollection of that era was sitting in section e drunk.  The best part of the day was listening
to the band and the after game concert.

You never knew what team was going to show up with Wiggin. His teams could beat Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Washington (when they were ranked #1 in the nation), but would regularly lose to San Jose State.