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    LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR


    RUSHING

    1971 73 John Wilson at Wisconsin, 11/13/71
    1972 53 Lonnie Perrin vs. Indiana, 11/11/72
    1973 62 Chubby Phillips vs. Iowa, 10/27/73
    1974 27 Larry Schulz vs. California, 10/5/74
    1975 68 Lonnie Perrin vs. Washington State, 10/4/75
    1976 47 James Coleman vs. Michigan State, 10/23/76
    1977 43 Mike McCray at Purdue, 10/15/77
    1978 43 Rich Weiss at Minnesota, 11/18/78
    1979 75 Mike Holmes at Michigan State, 9/8/79
    1980 53 Mike Holmes vs. Northwestern, 9/6/80
    1981 37 Darrell Smith vs. Indiana, 11/14/81
    1982 30 Thomas Rooks vs. Northwestern, 10/4/82
    1983 68 Thomas Rooks at Northwestern, 11/19/83
    1984 38 Thomas Rooks at Ohio State, 10/13/84
    1985 42 Ray Wilson vs. Michigan, 11/2/85
    1986 29 Keith Jones vs. Purdue, 10/11/86
    1987 57 Ken Thomas vs. Arizona State, 9/12/87
    1988 78 Howard Griffith vs. Utah, 9/17/88
    1989 36 Ken Thomas vs. Ohio State, 10/7/89
    1990 51 Howard Griffith vs. Southern Illinois, 9/22/90
    1991 57 Joe Muti vs. Houston, 9/21/91
    1992 47 Kevin Jackson vs. Northwestern, 10/24/92
    1993 36 Kevin Jackson at Purdue, 10/2/93
    1994 36 Robert Holcombe vs. Missouri, 9/10/94
    1995 56 Robert Holcombe at Iowa, 11/4/95
    1996 67 Robert Holcombe vs. Indiana, 10/5/96
    1997 48 Robert Holcombe vs. Washington State, 9/20/97
    1998 61 Kurt Kittner vs. Louisville, 9/19/98
    1999 54 Rocky Harvey at Michigan, 10/23/99
    2000 62 Rocky Harvey vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2/2000
    2001 32 Carey Davis vs. Louisville, 9/22/2001
    2002 84 Antoineo Harris vs. Purdue, 10/12/2002
    2003 35 Morris Virgil vs. Illinois State, 9/6/2003
      Pierre Thomas at Michigan, 10/18/2003
    2004 69 Pierre Thomas at Michigan State, 10/9/2004
    2005 35 Pierre Thomas vs. Northwestern, 11/19/2005
    2006 86 Rashard Mendenhall at Northwestern, 11/18/2006
    2007 80 Daniel Dufrene at Ohio State, 11/10/2007
    2008 50 Juice Williams at Michigan, 10/4/08


    PASSING

    1971 58 Mike Wells to John Wilson vs. Northwestern, 10/30/71
    1972 60 Lonnie Perrin to Joe Lewis at Ohio State, 10/14/72
    1973 41 Jeff Hollenbach to Frank Johnson at Indiana, 9/15/73
    1974 68 Jeff Hollenbach to Frank Johnson at Purdue, 10/12/74
    1975 58 Mike McCray to Earl Tate at Texas A&M, 9/27/75
    1976 74 Kurt Steger to Eric Rouse at Missouri, 9/18/76
    1977 45 Mike McCray to Dan Bulow vs. Indiana, 10/22/77
    1978 29 Lawrence McCullough to Eric Rouse at Syracuse, 10/30/78
    1979 33 Tim McAvoy to Mike Sherrod at Purdue, 10/13/79
      Lawrence McCullough to Mike Sherrod at Minnesota, 10/27/79
    1980 77 Dave Wilson to Mike Martin vs. Purdue, 10/18/80
    1981 86 Tony Eason to Oliver Williams vs. Wisconsin, 10/24/82
    1982 80 Tony Eason to Mike Martin at Minnesota, 10/2/82
    1983 77 Jack Trudeau to David Williams at Minnesota, 11/5/83
    1984 62 Jack Trudeau to David Williams vs. Wisconsin, 10/6/84
      Jack Trudeau to Randy Grant vs. Purdue, 10/20/84
    1985 83 Jack Trudeau to Cap Boso vs. USC, 9/7/85
    1986 54 Brian Menkhausen to Stephen Pierce vs. Iowa, 11/8/86
    1987 50 Brian Menkhausen to Darryl Usher vs. Arizona State, 9/12/87
    1988 50 Jeff George to Shawn Wax at Wisconsin, 10/15/88
    1989 68 Jeff George to Mike Bellamy vs. Virginia, 1/1/90
    1990 55 Jeff Kinney to Jeff Finke vs. Purdue, 10/13/90
    1991 61 Jason Verduzco to Elbert Turner at Purdue, 11/9/91
    1992 34 Jason Verduzco to John Wright vs. Purdue, 11/7/92
    1993 51 Johnny Johnson to Jasper Strong at Iowa, 10/16/93
    1994 73 Johnny Johnson to Jasper Strong vs. E.Carolina, 12/31/94
    1995 44 Scott Weaver to Jason Dulick at Indiana, 10/7/95
    1996 66 Scott Weaver to Robert Holcombe vs. Indiana, 10/5/96
    1997 63 Mark Hoekstra to Robert Holcombe vs. Michigan State, 11/22/97
    1998 50 Kurt Kittner to Larry Davis vs. Iowa, 9/26/98
    1999 67 Kurt Kittner to Rocky Harvey at Louisville, 9/18/99
    2000 61 Kurt Kittner to Aaron Moorehead vs. Iowa, 10/14/2000
    2001 67 Kurt Kittner to Dwayne Smith vs. Louisville, 9/22/2001
    2002 51 Jon Beutjer to Walter Young vs. Michigan, 9/28/2002
    2003 72 Jon Beutjer to Kelvin Hayden vs. California, 9/20/2003
    2004 56 Brad Bower to Kendrick Jones vs. Indiana, 11/6/2004
    2005 61 Tim Brasic to Jason Davis vs. Wisconsin, 10/29/2005
    2006 61 Juice Williams to Rashard Mendenhall vs. Syracuse, 9/16/2006
    2007 56 Juice Williams to Arrelious Benn vs. Ball State, 10/27/2007
        Eddie McGee to Arrelious Benn vs. Southern California, 1/1/2008
    2008 77 Juice Williams to Eddie McGee at Michigan, 10/4/2008


    KICKOFF RETURNS

    1971 29 George Uremovich vs. Washington, 10/2/71
    1972 98 George Uremovich (87) on lateral from Lonnie Perrin (11) vs. Indiana, 11/11/72
    1973 72 Chubby Phillips vs. West Virginia, 9/20/73
    1974 45 Chubby Phillips vs.Washington State, 10/28/74
    1975 36 Chubby Phillips at Northwestern, 11/22/75
    1976 73 Chubby Phillips vs. Michigan State, 10/23/76
    1977 98 James Coleman at Michigan State, 10/29/77
    1978 82 Greg Foster at Syracuse, 9/30/78
    1979 37 Greg Foster vs. Indiana, 11/10/79
    1980 36 Mike Martin at Michigan, 10/25/80
    1981 40 Kirby Wilson vs. Indiana, 11/14/81
    1982 27 Dwight Beverly vs. Michigan, 11/6/82
    27 Kirby Wilson vs. Michigan State, 10/11/82
    1983 39 Dwayne Pugh at Purdue, 10/22/83
    1984 33 Larry Ashley at Stanford, 9/15/84
    1985 77 Ray Wilson at Northwestern, 11/23/85
    1986 61 Keith Jones vs. Purdue, 10/11/86
    1987 51 Darryl Usher vs. Minnesota, 10/31/87
    1988 30 Mark Qualls vs. Utah, 9/17/88
    1989 89 Mike Bellamy vs. Indiana, 11/18/89
    1990 37 Clinton Lynch vs. Iowa, 11/3/90
    1991 41 Clinton Lynch vs. East Carolina, 8/31/91
    41 Clinton Lynch at Iowa, 10/19/91
    1992 44 Clinton Lynch vs. Northwestern, 10/24/92
    1993 64 Clinton Lynch at Michigan, 10/23/93
    1994 37 Marquis Mosely vs. Washington State, 9/1/94
    1995 37 George McDonald-Ashford at Ohio State, 11/11/95
    1996 48 George McDonald-Ashford vs. Indiana, 10/5/96
    1997 42 Rob Majoy at Indiana, 10/31/97
    1998 94 Steve Havard vs. Indiana, 11/7/98
    1999 41 Brandon Lloyd vs. Minnesota, 10/16/99
    2000 42 Christian Morton vs. Ohio State, 11/11/2000
    2001 45 Michael Hall vs. Wisconsin, 10/20/2001
    2002 100 Travis Williams (from Eugene Wilson) vs. Purdue, 10/12/2002
    2003 66 E.B. Halsey vs. Wisconsin, 9/27/2003
    2004 99 Pierre Thomas vs. Western Michigan, 9/18/2004
    2005 76 E.B. Halsey vs. Michigan State, 9/24/2005
    2006 75 Pierre Thomas at Northwestern, 11/18/2006
    2007 90 Arrelious Benn vs. Penn State, 9/29/07
    2008 96 A.J. Jenkins vs. Indiana, 10/18/08


    PUNT RETURNS

    1971 25 Octavus Morgan vs. Ohio State, 10/9/71
    1972 44 Mike Gow vs. Wisconsin, 11/18/72
    1973 32 Mike Gow at Michigan State, 10/20/73
    1974 56 Mike Gow at Stanford, 9/21/74
    1975 14 Bruce Beaman vs. Missouri, 9/20/75
    14 James Coleman at Northwestern, 11/22/75
    1976 21 Al Young vs. Iowa, 9/11/76
    21 Dave Kelly at Minnesota, 10/9/76
    1977 24 James Coleman vs. Michigan, 9/10/77
    1978 14 Dale Hardy at Ohio State, 11/11/78
    1979 22 Rick George at Northwestern, 11/17/79
    1980 33 Rick George vs. Minnesota, 11/1/80
    1981 38 Mike Martin at Northwestern, 11/21/81
    1982 46 Kirby Wilson at Minnesota, 10/2/82
    1983 15 Don Passmore vs. Iowa, 10/1/83
    15 Don Passmore at Minnesota, 11/5/83
    1984 28 George Arvanitis vs. Minnesota, 11/3/84
    1985 24 Darryl Usher at Northwestern, 11/23/85
    1986 24 Darryl Usher vs. Purdue, 10/11/86
    1987 41 Darryl Usher at Purdue, 10/10/87
    1988 29 Pat Donnelly vs. Indiana, 11/5/88
    1989 35 Steven Williams vs. Virginia, 1/1/90
    1990 16 Steven Mueller at Indiana, 11/17/90
    1991 22 Filmel Johnson vs. Houston, 9/21/91
    1992 61 Gary Voelker at Minnesota, 10/3/92
    1993 32 Gary Voelker at Iowa, 10/16/93
    1994 26 Martin Jones at Wisconsin, 11/19/94
    1995 30 Marquis Mosely vs. Michigan, 9/2/95
    1996 41 Marquis Mosely vs. Akron, 9/21/96
    1997 14 Rob Majoy vs. Purdue, 10/25/97
    1998 30 Rob Majoy vs. Iowa, 9/26/98
    1999 65 Eugene Wilson vs. Arkansas State, 9/4/99
    2000 80 Christian Morton vs. Indiana, 11/4/2000
    2001 45 Eugene Wilson at Indiana, 10/13/2001
    2002 70 Eugene Wilson at Southern Mississippi, 9/7/2002
    2003 41 E.B. Halsey at Purdue, 10/4/2003
    2004 40 E.B. Halsey vs. Western Michigan, 9/18/2004
    2005 21 E.B. Halsey vs. Penn State, 10/22/2005
    2006 20 E.B. Halsey vs. Eastern Illinois, 9/2/2006
    2007 34 Kyle Hudson vs. Western Illinois, 9/8/2007
    2008 31 Arrelious Benn at Western Michigan, 11/8/08


    (updated 5/09)

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