Running back, Iowa State, 1970–72
George Amundson
Lettered 1970–72 (school media guide)
- Born
- Mar 31, 1951, in Pendleton, Oregon
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George Amundson played running back at Iowa State (1970–72). He finished seventh in the 1972 Heisman vote. The Houston Oilers took Amundson in the first round, No. 14 overall in the 1973 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 1971Second-team All-Big Eight
- 1972Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year
- 1972First-team All-Big Eight
- 1972Seventh in the Heisman vote
All-America: NEA second team 1972
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Team | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 1970 | 11 | 37 | 103 | 35.9 | 471 | 4 | 7 | 73.6 | 111 | 440 | 4.0 | 7 |
| 1971 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 256 | 1 | 1 | 147.0 | 287 | 1,316 | 4.6 | 15 |
| 1972 | 12 | 155 | 332 | 46.7 | 2,110 | 17 | 22 | 103.7 | 134 | 508 | 3.8 | 9 |
| Career | 203 | 458 | 2,837 | 22 | 30 | 532 | 2,264 | 31 | ||||
From the college statistics table in Amundson’s Wikipedia article (George Amundson, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
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