GEORGE ROGERS
Running Back
1977 / 1980
Duluth, GA
Prior Schools
SchoolLocation
Duluth Duluth, GA


Roster Listings
YearRosterNumPosHtWtYrGmsGS
1977 Georgia Tech, Clemson progams 38 RB 6-2 200 Fr 0 0
1977 Media Guide RB 6-3 205 Fr
1978 Media Guide 38 FB 6-2 200 So 3 3
1978 Game Program vs. Duke 38 RB 6-2 200 So
1979 Program vs Western Michigan 38 RB 6-2 210 Jr 11 11
1980 Media Guide 38 TB 6-2 220 Sr
1980 Wichita State, Pacific game programs 38 RB 6-2 220 Sr 4 4
9999 Gamecock Archives All-Time By # 38 RB 6-2 220 0 0
Depth Chart Appearances
DescriptionPositionRank
1978 Media Guide Fullback Starter
9/23/1978 vs. Duke Fullback Starter
9/23/1978 vs. Duke Kick Off Returns Co-Starter
10/27/1979 vs. Notre Dame Tailback Starter
1980 Media Guide Tailback Starter
Honors
AwardYear
1977 Georgia GACA North-South Game
1979 All-America (AP)
1979 All-America (National Editorial Alliance)
1979 All-America 2nd Team (American Football Coaches)
1979 All-America 2nd Team (Football News)
1979 All-America 2nd Team (UPI)
1980 All-America (American Football Coaches)
1980 All-America (AP)
1980 All-America (Football News)
1980 All-America (Football Writers)
1980 All-America (National Editorial Alliance)
1980 All-America (Sporting News)
1980 All-America (UPI)
1980 All-America (Walter Camp Foundation)
1980 Heisman Trophy
1980 Hula Bowl
1980 Rex Enright - Captain's Cup
1980 Senior Bowl
1980 Steve Wadiak MVP
Rushing
YearAttYdsAvgTD
1977 143 623 4.4 3
1978 176 1006 5.7 6
1979 311 1681 5.4 8
1980 324 1894 5.8 14
Tot 954 5204 5.5 31
Rushing from Play-by-Play
YearAttYdsAvg1DNeg RushNR%Stuff%10+ Yds10+ %20+ Yds3D Conv%TD
1978 171 975 5.7 53 5 47.95 14.0 30 17.5 8 39.1 6
1979 28 153 5.5 10 0 25.00 0.0 3 10.7 0 83.3 0
Receiving
YearRecYdsAvgTDCom%1DCDTCD%BP%
1977 14 185 13.2 1
1978 7 43 6.1 0
1979 14 140 10.0 1
1980 7 23 3.3 0
Tot 42 391 9.3 2
Receiving by QB
YearQBRec Throws Com% Yds 1D TD Success Rate
1977
Ron Bass 14 18 77.8 193 7 1 61.11
Gregg Gresham 1 1 100.0 5 0 0 0.00
1978
Garry Harper 4 6 66.7 24 2 0 50.00
Skip Ramsey 1 1 100.0 -12 0 0 0.00
1979
Garry Harper 14 16 87.5 136 6 1 56.25
1980
Garry Harper 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
Success Rate from Official Play-By-Play Stats
YearPass PlaysPass SRPass SPPRush PlaysRush SRRush SPPRecv PlaysRecv SRRecv SPPRecv FC%Tot SPPSPP/Play
1977 141 55.30 131.53 19 57.9 47.06 27 178.59 1.12
1978 162 51.90 242.12 7 42.9 -1.17 40 240.95 1.43
1979 278 56.50 322.54 17 58.8 26.78 33 349.32 1.18
1980 36 55.60 52.55 2 0 -2 0 50.55 1.33
Kickoff Returns
YearRetYdsAvgTD
1977 6 146 24.3 0
Tot 6 146 24.3 0
Games Started
DateOpponentPosition
1978-09-23 Duke Fullback
1978-10-07 Georgia Tech Fullback
1978-11-25 Clemson Fullback
1979-09-08 North Carolina Tailback
1979-09-15 Western Michigan Tailback
1979-09-22 Duke Tailback
1979-09-29 Georgia Tailback
1979-10-06 Oklahoma State Tailback
1979-10-27 Notre Dame Tailback
1979-11-03 N.C. State Tailback
1979-11-10 Florida State Tailback
1979-11-17 Wake Forest Tailback
1979-11-24 Clemson Tailback
1979-12-29 Missouri Tailback
1980-09-06 Pacific Tailback
1980-10-18 Georgia Running Back
1980-11-22 Clemson Tailback
1980-12-29 Pittsburgh Tailback
Single Game Rushing Stats
SeasonGame DateOpponentAttYdsTD
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 9 40 0
1977-09-10 Georgia Tech 12 36 0
1977-09-17 Miami (Ohio) 6 46 1
1977-09-24 Georgia 9 30 0
1977-10-01 East Carolina 17 78 1
1977-10-08 Duke 15 68 1
1977-10-15 Mississippi 7 50 0
1977-10-22 North Carolina 21 95 0
1977-10-29 N.C. State 10 53 0
1977-11-12 Wake Forest 22 97 0
1977-11-19 Clemson 5 15 0
1977-11-26 Hawaii 10 23 0
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 12 51 2
1978-09-16 Kentucky 19 63 0
1978-09-23 Duke 23 150 1
1978-09-30 Georgia 29 128 1
1978-10-07 Georgia Tech 21 148 0
1978-10-14 Ohio 9 33 0
1978-10-28 North Carolina 2 3 0
1978-11-04 N.C. State 14 68 0
1978-11-18 Wake Forest 27 237 2
1978-11-25 Clemson 21 123 0
1979 1979-09-08 North Carolina 23 97 0
1979-09-15 Western Michigan 19 93 0
1979-09-22 Duke 28 161 3
1979-09-29 Georgia 28 152 0
1979-10-06 Oklahoma State 35 165 2
1979-10-20 Mississippi 27 158 1
1979-10-27 Notre Dame 30 113 0
1979-11-03 N.C. State 30 217 1
1979-11-10 Florida State 21 186 1
1979-11-17 Wake Forest 18 104 1
1979-11-24 Clemson 27 102 0
1979-12-29 Missouri 25 138 0
1980 1980-09-06 Pacific 153
1980-09-13 Wichita State 10 108 2
1980-09-20 Southern Cal 26 141 1
1980-09-27 Michigan 36 142 1
1980-10-04 Duke 36 224 1
1980-10-11 Cincinnati 22 128 0
1980-10-18 Georgia 35 168 0
1980-11-01 Citadel 27 179 2
1980-11-08 Wake Forest 38 177 2
1980-11-22 Clemson 168
1980-12-29 Pittsburgh 27 113 0
Single Game Receiving Stats
SeasonGame DateOpponentRecYdsTD
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 1 17 0
1977-09-24 Georgia 1 8 0
1977-10-01 East Carolina 2 19 0
1977-10-08 Duke 1 5 0
1977-10-15 Mississippi 4 103 1
1977-10-22 North Carolina 2 8 0
1977-11-19 Clemson 2 20 0
1977-11-26 Hawaii 1 5 0
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 1 17 0
1978-09-23 Duke 1 5 0
1978-09-30 Georgia 3 14 0
1978-10-14 Ohio 1 19 0
1978-11-04 N.C. State 1 -12 0
1979 1979-09-08 North Carolina 2 15 0
1979-09-15 Western Michigan 3 38 1
1979-09-29 Georgia 1 24 0
1979-10-27 Notre Dame 1 6 0
1979-11-03 N.C. State 1 16 0
1979-11-17 Wake Forest 1 8 0
1979-11-24 Clemson 2 15 0
1979-12-29 Missouri 3 18 0
1980 1980-09-20 Southern Cal 1 -6 0
1980-10-04 Duke 2 6 0
1980-11-01 Citadel 1 16 1
Scoring Plays
DateOpponentQtrTimeUSCOppPlay
1977-09-17 Miami (Ohio) 2 21 7 George Rogers, 13-yd run (Britt Parrish kick)
1977-10-01 East Carolina 4 13 16 George Rogers, 1-yd run (Britt Parrish kick)
1977-10-08 Duke 2 21 3 George Rogers, 5-yd run (Britt Parrish kick)
1977-10-15 Mississippi 3 7 14 George Rogers, 72-yd pass from Ron Bass (Britt Parrish kick)
1978-09-09 Furman 1 12:37 7 0 George Rogers, 2-yard run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1978-09-09 Furman 1 03:47 14 0 George Rogers, 5-yard run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1978-09-09 Furman 3 09:37 24 7 George Rogers, 27-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1978-09-16 Kentucky 3 00:53 14 7 Willie Scott, 8-yd pass from Garry Harper (George Rogers pass from Garry Harper)
1978-09-23 Duke 1 06:43 7 0 George Rogers, 39-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1978-09-30 Georgia 4 06:27 27 10 George Rogers, 2-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1978-11-18 Wake Forest 1 05:10 7 0 George Rogers, 1-yd run (Britt Parrish kick)
1978-11-18 Wake Forest 1 00:40 14 0 George Rogers, 72-yd run (Britt Parrish kick)
1979-09-15 Western Michigan 3 10 7 George Rogers, 23-yd pass from Garry Harper (Eddie Leopard kick)
1979-09-22 Duke 3 21 0 George Rogers, 1-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1979-09-22 Duke 4 28 0 George Rogers, 2-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1979-09-29 Georgia 4 11:22 20 20 Spencer Clark, 7-yd run (George Rogers pass from Garry Harper)
1979-10-06 Oklahoma State 1 04:40 7 3 George Rogers, 7-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1979-10-06 Oklahoma State 3 07:38 17 13 George Rogers, 12-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1979-11-03 N.C. State 3 30 14 George Rogers, 25-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1979-11-10 Florida State 2 7 13 George Rogers, 80-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1979-11-17 Wake Forest 3 21 6 George Rogers, 2-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1980-09-06 Pacific 2 14 0 George Rogers, 44-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1980-09-06 Pacific 3 23 0 George Rogers, 72-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1980-09-13 Wichita State 2 21 0 George Rogers, 55-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1980-09-13 Wichita State 2 31 0 George Rogers, 2-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1980-09-20 Southern Cal 4 13 23 George Rogers, 34-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1980-09-27 Michigan 3 10 14 George Rogers, 2-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1980-10-04 Duke 1 7 0 George Rogers, 43-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1980-11-01 Citadel 2 7 7 George Rogers, 2-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1980-11-01 Citadel 3 28 10 George Rogers, 16-yd run (Eddie Leopard)
1980-11-08 Wake Forest 2 7 7 George Rogers, 2-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
1980-11-08 Wake Forest 2 14 7 George Rogers, 24-yd run (Eddie Leopard kick)
Receptions
YearDateOpponentDownTo GoSideYdlinePlay
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 2 20 USC 25 George Rogers, 17-yd pass from Ron Bass (Cannady)
1977 1977-09-24 Georgia 1 15 USC 27 George Rogers, 8-yd pass from Ron Bass (Krug, Zambiasi, Thompson)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 2 8 USC 31 George Rogers, 10-yd pass from Ron Bass (Randolph)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 3 2 USC 44 George Rogers, 9-yd pass from Ron Bass (Carter)
1977 1977-10-08 Duke 2 10 USC 7 George Rogers, 8-yd pass from Ron Bass (King)
1977 1977-10-15 Mississippi 1 10 UMS 45 George Rogers, 11-yd pass from Ron Bass (Day)
1977 1977-10-15 Mississippi 2 13 USC 28 George Rogers, 72-yd pass from Ron Bass, touchdown
1977 1977-10-15 Mississippi 2 13 USC 38 George Rogers, 4-yd pass from Ron Bass (Cage, G.Jones)
1977 1977-10-15 Mississippi 2 1 USC 35 George Rogers, 15-yd pass from Ron Bass (Cage)
1977 1977-10-22 North Carolina 3 9 USC 32 George Rogers, 11-yd pass from Ron Bass (Ricky Barden)
1977 1977-10-22 North Carolina 2 10 USC 42 George Rogers, 5-yd pass from Ron Bass
1977 1977-10-22 North Carolina 2 7 USC 34 George Rogers, 3-yd pass from Ron Bass (Bob Duncan)
1977 1977-11-19 Clemson 3 8 USC 33 George Rogers, 12-yd pass from Ron Bass (Ogden Hansford)
1977 1977-11-19 Clemson 1 10 USC 15 George Rogers, 8-yd pass from Ron Bass (Rex Varn)
1977 1977-11-26 Hawaii 3 8 USC 34 George Rogers, 5-yd pass from Gregg Gresham (Murphy)
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 3 6 USC 40 George Rogers, 17-yd pass from Garry Harper (Gambrell)
1978 1978-09-23 Duke 3 5 DUK 23 Harper's screen pass to Rogers complete for 5 (King, Pritchard)
1978 1978-09-30 Georgia 3 6 USC 47 George Rogers, 7-yd pass from Garry Harper
1978 1978-09-30 Georgia 2 10 UGA 32 George Rogers loses 5 on pass from Garry Harper, fumble, recovered by (Terry)
1978 1978-11-04 N.C. State 3 9 50 Skip Ramsey pass to George Rogers, fumbled, loss of 12
1979 1979-09-08 North Carolina 3 4 USC 23 George Rogers, 7-yd pass from Garry Harper (Darrell Nicholson)
1979 1979-09-08 North Carolina 1 10 USC 27 George Rogers, 8-yd pass from Garry Harper (Paul Davis)
1979 1979-09-15 Western Michigan 3 6 USC 24 George Rogers, 11-yd pass from Garry Harper (Jenkins, Hinkle)
1979 1979-09-15 Western Michigan 2 6 WMI 23 George Rogers, 23-yd pass from Garry Harper, touchdown
1979 1979-09-15 Western Michigan 2 7 WMI 29 George Rogers, 4-yd pass from Garry Harper
1979 1979-09-29 Georgia 3 7 UGA 25 George Rogers, 24-yd pass from Garry Harper
1979 1979-10-27 Notre Dame 3 9 USC 36 George Rogers, 6-yd pass from Garry Harper (Waymer)
1979 1979-11-03 N.C. State 3 3 NCS 30 George Rogers, 16-yd pass from Garry Harper (Eric Williams)
1979 1979-11-17 Wake Forest 2 9 USC 41 George Rogers, 8-yd pass from Garry Harper (Green)
1979 1979-11-24 Clemson 2 10 USC 34 George Rogers, 8-yd pass from Garry Harper (Bubba Brown, Jeff Davis)
1979 1979-11-24 Clemson 2 9 CLM 35 George Rogers, 7-yd pass from Garry Harper (Jeff Davis)
1979 1979-12-29 Missouri 2 4 USC 39 George Rogers, 16-yd pass from Garry Harper (Kevin Potter)
1979 1979-12-29 Missouri 1 10 UMO 45 George Rogers no gain on pass from Garry Harper (Lester Dickey)
1979 1979-12-29 Missouri 2 10 UMO 45 George Rogers, 3-yd pass from Garry Harper
1979 1979-12-29 Missouri 2 22 USC 34 George Rogers, 2-yd pass from Garry Harper (Lester Dickey)