Every 1,000-Yard Rusher in Mizzou Football History
By Chris Wright
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SEC defenses, huh.
Mizzou didn’t just run over Big 8 and Big 12 defenses throughout the course of its decorated football history.
In fact, Mizzou’s two most recent single-season record-holders set their mark in the SEC.
Here’s the complete history of every 1,000-yard rusher in Mizzou football history.
Missouri’s 1,000-Yard Rushers
Ahmad Hardy topped the 1,000-yard mark in Week 11 of the 2025 season, giving Mizzou its 9th 1,000-yard rushing season as an SEC member. He rushed for 300 yards in Week 12 and topped 1,400 for the season in Week 13. Notably, Henry Josey ran for 1,000 yards in the Tigers’ final year in the Big 12 and second year in the SEC. Here’s a look at every Tiger who has rushed for 1,000 yards in a season (* indicates the player was not in the SEC at the time).
Mizzou’s Single-Season Rushing Record Progression
Long, long before anybody even thought about Mizzou joining the SEC, Bob Steuber became the first Missouri Tiger to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. He held that program record for decades. Here’s Mizzou’s complete list of single-season rushing record-holders since (bold indicates the year the record was broken; * indicates the player was not in the SEC at the time):
Every 1,000-Yard Rusher by SEC School
Here’s the complete history for every SEC school’s 1,000-yard rushers and single-season record holders:
- Alabama’s 1000-yard rushers
- Arkansas’ 1000-yard rushers
- Auburn’s 1000-yard rushers
- Florida’s 1000-yard rushers
- Georgia’s 1000-yard rushers
- Kentucky’s 1000-yard rushers
- LSU’s 1000-yard rushers
- Mississippi State’s 1000-yard rushers
- Missouri’s 1000-yard rushers
- Oklahoma’s 1000-yard rushers
- Ole Miss’ 1000-yard rushers
- South Carolina’s 1000-yard rushers
- Tennessee’s 1000-yard rushers
- Texas’ 1000-yard rushers
- Texas A&M’s 1000-yard rushers
- Vanderbilt’s 1000-yard rushers
Managing Editor
A 30-time APSE award-winning editor with previous stints at the Miami Herald, The Indianapolis Star and News & Observer, Executive Editor Chris Wright oversees editorial operations for Saturday Down South.
