BEN GARNTO
Running Back
1965 / 1967
Columbus, GA
Prior Schools
SchoolLocation


Roster Listings
YearRosterNumPosHtWtYrGmsGS
1964 1964 Freshman Football QB Fr
1965 1965 Media Guide 11 QB 5-11 193 So 3 3
1966 Fall 1966 11 WB 5-10 188 Jr 10 10
1966 1966 Media Guide 11 WB 5-10 194 Jr
1967 1967 Media Guide 11 HB 5-10 195 Sr
1967 Game Program vs. Maryland 11 HB 5-10 199 Sr 6 6
Depth Chart Appearances
DescriptionPositionRank
1965 Media Guide Quarterback 2nd String
1966 Media Guide Wingback Starter
1967 Media Guide Right Halfback Starter
Honors
AwardYear
1966 Steve Wadiak MVP
1967 East-West Shrine Game
1968 Hula Bowl
Passing
YearAttComPctYdsYPATDIntI%3D Att3D Conv%NEWSRtg
1965 3 1 33.3 22 7.33 0 0 0.0 94.93
1966 15 8 53.3 93 6.20 2 2 13.3 105.59
1967 8 3 37.5 32 4.00 0 0 0.0 71.10
Tot
Passing by Receiver
YearQBRec Throws Com% Yds 1D TD Success Rate
1965
Curtis (Cooter) Williams 1 1 100.0 22 1 0 100.00
John Breeden 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
1966
Benny Galloway 5 6 83.3 62 3 0 66.67
Jimmy Killen 2 4 50.0 23 0 0 25.00
1967
Fred Zeigler 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
Rudy Holloman 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
Curtis (Cooter) Williams 1 1 100.0 15 1 0 100.00
Mike Fair 1 1 100.0 10 1 0 100.00
Rushing
YearAttYdsAvgTD
1965 90 437 4.9 1
1966 99 440 4.4 1
1967 88 274 3.1 2
Tot 277 1151 4.2 4
Receiving
YearRecYdsAvgTDCom%1DCDTCD%BP%
1965 16 156 9.8 0
1966 19 243 12.8 2
1967 8 70 8.8 1
Tot 43 469 10.9 3
Receiving by QB
YearQBRec Throws Com% Yds 1D TD Success Rate
1965
Mike Fair 13 17 76.5 147 9 0 58.82
1966
Mike Fair 10 18 55.6 157 6 1 44.44
Ted Wingard 6 7 85.7 63 2 1 42.86
John Marcotsis 2 4 50.0 16 1 0 25.00
1967
Mike Fair 9 20 45.0 64 3 1 30.00
Success Rate from Official Play-By-Play Stats
YearPass PlaysPass SRPass SPPRush PlaysRush SRRush SPPRecv PlaysRecv SRRecv SPPRecv FC%Tot SPPSPP/Play
1965 3 33.30 0.62 82 41.50 55.06 17 58.8 25.26 23 80.94 0.79
1966 15 40.00 5.33 97 51.50 119.75 29 41.4 56.51 33 181.59 1.29
1967 8 37.50 1.91 85 44.70 16.86 20 30 4.91 33 23.68 0.21
Kickoff Returns
YearRetYdsAvgTD
1966 1 19 19.0 0
1967 3 63 21.0 0
Tot 4 82 20.5 0
Punt Returns
YearRetYdsAvgTD
1967 1 3 3.0 0
Tot 1 3 3.0 0
Games Started
DateOpponentPosition
1965-09-18 Citadel Tailback
1965-10-02 N.C. State Tailback
1965-11-20 Clemson Tailback
1966-09-17 LSU Wingback
1966-09-24 Memphis Wingback
1966-10-01 Georgia Wingback
1966-10-08 N.C. State Halfback
1966-10-15 Wake Forest Wingback
1966-10-22 Tennessee Right Halfback
1966-10-29 Maryland Quarterback
1966-11-05 Florida State Wingback
1966-11-12 Alabama Tailback
1966-11-26 Clemson Wingback
1967-09-23 North Carolina Left Halfback
1967-10-07 Georgia Left Halfback
1967-10-21 Virginia Left Halfback
1967-10-28 Maryland Left Halfback
1967-11-18 Alabama Left Halfback
1967-11-25 Clemson Left Halfback
Single Game Rushing Stats
SeasonGame DateOpponentAttYdsTD
1965 1965-09-18 Citadel 5 24 0
1965-09-25 Duke 1 7 0
1965-10-02 N.C. State 5 91 1
1965-10-09 Tennessee 11 40 0
1965-10-16 Wake Forest 9 104 0
1965-10-23 LSU 10 32 0
1965-10-30 Maryland 10 37 0
1965-11-06 Virginia 14 57 0
1965-11-13 Alabama 13 45 0
1965-11-20 Clemson 12 0 0
1966 1966-09-17 LSU 3 51 0
1966-09-24 Memphis 4 15 0
1966-10-01 Georgia 9 35 0
1966-10-08 N.C. State 3 5 0
1966-10-15 Wake Forest 7 3 0
1966-10-22 Tennessee 13 55 0
1966-10-29 Maryland 13 60 0
1966-11-05 Florida State 18 91 1
1966-11-12 Alabama 15 43 0
1966-11-26 Clemson 14 82 0
1967 1967-09-16 Iowa State 6 29 0
1967-09-23 North Carolina 7 20 1
1967-09-30 Duke 14 32 0
1967-10-07 Georgia 7 6 0
1967-10-14 Florida State 8 48 0
1967-10-21 Virginia 11 41 0
1967-10-28 Maryland 16 60 0
1967-11-04 Wake Forest 7 7 1
1967-11-18 Alabama 7 20 0
1967-11-25 Clemson 5 11 0
Single Game Passing Stats
SeasonGame DateOpponentAttComYdsTDInt
1965 1965-10-02 N.C. State 1 0 0 0 0
1965-11-06 Virginia 1 1 22 0 0
1966 1966-10-08 N.C. State 1 1 10 1 0
1966-10-15 Wake Forest 1 0 0 0 0
1966-10-22 Tennessee 1 1 8 1 0
1966-10-29 Maryland 4 1 4 0 1
1966-11-05 Florida State 5 4 53 0 1
1966-11-12 Alabama 3 1 13 0 0
1967 1967-09-16 Iowa State 1 1 7 0 0
1967-10-14 Florida State 4 2 25 0 0
1967-10-28 Maryland 1 0 0 0 0
1967-11-18 Alabama 2 0 0 0 0
Single Game Receiving Stats
SeasonGame DateOpponentRecYdsTD
1965 1965-10-02 N.C. State 1 10 0
1965-10-16 Wake Forest 2 3 0
1965-10-23 LSU 4 28 0
1965-10-30 Maryland 4 72 0
1965-11-13 Alabama 5 43 0
1966 1966-09-17 LSU 3 51 0
1966-09-24 Memphis 3 26 1
1966-10-01 Georgia 2 23 0
1966-10-08 N.C. State 1 7 0
1966-10-15 Wake Forest 4 76 1
1966-10-22 Tennessee 1 13 0
1966-11-05 Florida State 2 16 0
1966-11-12 Alabama 2 19 0
1966-11-26 Clemson 1 25 0
1967 1967-09-23 North Carolina 1 13 0
1967-09-30 Duke 1 1 0
1967-10-07 Georgia 1 6 0
1967-10-14 Florida State 2 27 0
1967-10-21 Virginia 1 13 1
1967-10-28 Maryland 1 6 0
1967-11-18 Alabama 1 2 0
Scoring Plays
DateOpponentQtrTimeUSCOppPlay
1965-10-02 N.C. State 3 10 0 Ben Garnto, 74-yard run
1965-10-02 N.C. State 3 10 0 Ben Garnto, 74-yd run
1966-09-24 Memphis 2 7 7 Ben Garnto, 3-yd pass from Ted Wingard (Jimmy Poole kick)
1966-10-08 N.C. State 1 7 0 Jimmy Killen, 10-yd pass from Ben Garnto (Jimmy Poole kick)
1966-10-15 Wake Forest 4 6 10 Ben Garnto, 34-yd pass from Mike Fair (pass failed)
1966-10-22 Tennessee 2 11 0 Johnny Gregory, 8-yd pass from Ben Garnto (Mike Fair run)
1966-11-05 Florida State 2 10 6 Ben Garnto, 1-yard run (Jimmy Poole kick)
1967-09-23 North Carolina 3 16 7 Ben Garnto, 1-yd run (Jimmy Poole kick)
1967-10-21 Virginia 3 15 17 Ben Garnto, 13-yd pass from Mike Fair (Garnto pass from Fair)
1967-11-04 Wake Forest 2 14 14 Ben Garnto, 1-yd run (Jimmy Poole kick)
Receptions
YearDateOpponentDownTo GoSideYdlinePlay
1965 1965-10-02 N.C. State 2 24 USC 19 Ben Garnto, 10-yd pass from Mike Fair
1965 1965-10-23 LSU 2 5 LSU 42 Ben Garnto, 10-yd pass from Mike Fair (Joseph)
1965 1965-10-23 LSU 1 10 USC 32 Ben Garnto, 6-yd pass from Mike Fair
1965 1965-10-23 LSU 2 9 LSU 40 Ben Garnto, 10-yd pass from Mike Fair
1965 1965-10-30 Maryland 1 10 USC 35 Ben Garnto, 21-yd pass from Mike Fair
1965 1965-10-30 Maryland 2 13 UMD 47 Ben Garnto, 16-yd pass from Mike Fair
1965 1965-10-30 Maryland 1 10 UMD 43 Ben Garnto, 17-yd pass from Mike Fair
1965 1965-10-30 Maryland 1 10 USC 22 Ben Garnto, 16-yd pass from Mike Fair
1965 1965-11-13 Alabama 1 10 USC 36 Ben Garnto, 11-yd pass from Mike Fair (Somerville)
1965 1965-11-13 Alabama 1 10 ALA 36 Ben Garnto loses 1 on pass from Mike Fair (Chatwood)
1965 1965-11-13 Alabama 2 10 USC 20 Ben Garnto, 11-yd pass from Mike Fair (Sherrill)
1965 1965-11-13 Alabama 1 10 USC 31 Ben Garnto, 24-yd pass from Mike Fair
1965 1965-11-13 Alabama 1 10 ALA 35 Ben Garnto loses 4 on pass from Mike Fair (Sherrill)
1966 1966-09-17 LSU 1 10 USC 24 Ben Garnto, 16-yd pass from Mike Fair
1966 1966-09-17 LSU 2 12 USC 46 Ben Garnto, 19-yd pass from Mike Fair, fumble, recovered by (Grezaffi)
1966 1966-09-17 LSU 3 7 USC 28 Ben Garnto, 3-yd pass from Mike Fair
1966 1966-09-24 Memphis 2 10 USC 45 Ben Garnto, 8-yd pass from Mike Fair
1966 1966-09-24 Memphis 1 3 MEM 3 Ben Garnto, 3-yd pass from Ted Wingard, touchdown
1966 1966-09-24 Memphis 3 19 USC 45 Ben Garnto, 15-yd pass from Ted Wingard
1966 1966-10-01 Georgia 3 14 USC 43 Ben Garnto, 13-yd pass from Ted Wingard
1966 1966-10-01 Georgia 1 10 USC 35 Ben Garnto, 10-yd pass from Mike Fair
1966 1966-10-15 Wake Forest 1 10 USC 28 Ben Garnto, 13-yd pass from Mike Fair
1966 1966-10-15 Wake Forest 3 10 WFU 47 Ben Garnto, 4-yd pass from Mike Fair
1966 1966-10-15 Wake Forest 1 10 WFU 34 Ben Garnto, 34-yd pass from Mike Fair, touchdown
1966 1966-10-15 Wake Forest 1 10 USC 45 Ben Garnto, 25-yd pass from Mike Fair
1966 1966-10-22 Tennessee 3 12 UTN 43 Ben Garnto, 13-yd pass from Ted Wingard (Murphy, Young)
1966 1966-11-05 Florida State 2 1 FSU 34 Ben Garnto, 19-yd pass from John Marcotsis
1966 1966-11-05 Florida State 3 18 USC 26 Ben Garnto loss of 3 on pass from John Marcotsis
1966 1966-11-12 Alabama 1 10 USC 22 Ben Garnto, 16-yd pass from Ted Wingard (Johns)
1966 1966-11-12 Alabama 3 7 USC 37 Ben Garnto, 3-yd pass from Ted Wingard (Hall, Thompson)
1966 1966-11-26 Clemson 2 14 CLM 43 Ben Garnto, 25-yd pass from Mike Fair (Craig)
1967 1967-09-23 North Carolina 1 10 UNC 28 Ben Garnto, 13-yd pass from Mike Fair
1967 1967-09-30 Duke 2 9 USC 33 Ben Garnto, 1-yd pass from Mike Fair
1967 1967-10-07 Georgia 1 10 USC 32 Ben Garnto, 6-yd pass from Mike Fair
1967 1967-10-14 Florida State 1 10 FSU 40 Ben Garnto, 21-yd pass from Mike Fair
1967 1967-10-14 Florida State 1 10 FSU 46 Ben Garnto, 6-yd pass from Mike Fair
1967 1967-10-21 Virginia 4 2 UVA 13 Ben Garnto, 13-yd pass from Mike Fair, touchdown
1967 1967-10-28 Maryland 1 10 USC 48 Ben Garnto, 6-yd pass from Mike Fair
1967 1967-10-28 Maryland 2 6 USC 48 Ben Garnto, loss of 4 on pass from Mike Fair
1967 1967-11-18 Alabama 3 6 ALA 49 Ben Garnto, 2-yd pass from Mike Fair (Bob Childs, Bobby Johns)