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Mike O'Brien

Michael O'Brien

Running Back

6-1, 210 lbs

Northbrook, Illinois

Born: October 28, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois (60-192)

High School: Loyola Academy

32

Passing

Season	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	INT	Lng	Eff	Sacked	Sack Yds
1988	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	.0	0	0
Total	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	.0	0	0

Rushing

Season	Att	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	Lng
1986	4	15	3.8	0	5
1987	87	309	3.6	7	20
1988	30	87	2.9	1	9
Total	121	411	3.4	8	20

Receiving

Season	Rec	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1987	19	168	8.8	0	24
1988	2	65	32.5	0	44
Total	21	233	11.1	0	44

Kick Returns

Season	No	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1986	15	376	25.1	0	38
1987	22	485	22.0	0	28
1988	8	173	21.6	0	38
Total	45	1034	23.0	0	38

Punt Returns

Season	No	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1986	52	417	8.0	0	0
1987	36	240	6.7	0	0
1988	9	41	4.6	0	0
Total	97	698	7.2	0	0

Scoring

Season	Touchdowns								PAT		FGM	Sfty	Pts
Season	RshTD	RecTD	KRTD	PRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
1987	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	42
1988	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Career	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	48

Participation

Season	Class	No	Pos	Games	Starts
1986	R-SO	32	HB	13	0
1987	R-JR	32	HB	12	0
1988	R-SR	32	HB	8	0
Total				33	0

Roster History

Season	Class	No	Pos
1984	FR	32	RB
1985	RS	32	HB
1986	R-SO	32	HB
1987	R-JR	32	HB
1988	R-SR	32	HB

Passing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	Att	Pct	Yds/Att	Eff
Oct 15, 1988	H	TCU	W 31-18	1	0.0	0.0	.0

Rushing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Sep 6, 1986	H	USU	W 52-0	4	15	3.8	0	5
Sep 2, 1987	H	PITT	L 17-27	1	3	3.0	0	3
Sep 12, 1987	A	TEX	W 22-17	7	16	2.3	0	5
Sep 26, 1987	A	UNM	W 45-25	9	45	5.0	1	19
Oct 2, 1987	H	USU	W 45-24	10	51	5.1	0	13
Oct 10, 1987	H	WYO	L 27-29	4	3	0.8	1	4
Oct 24, 1987	A	HAW	W 16-14	7	14	2.0	0	11
Oct 31, 1987	H	AFA	W 24-13	16	73	4.6	2	20
Nov 7, 1987	H	SDSU	W 38-21	14	32	2.3	2	11
Nov 14, 1987	A	UTEP	W 37-24	6	20	3.3	0	6
Nov 21, 1987	H	UTAH	W 21-18	7	19	2.7	1	9
Dec 5, 1987	N	CSU	W 30-26	6	33	5.5	0	9
Sep 1, 1988	A	WYO	L 14-24	2	2	1.0	0	2
Sep 8, 1988	H	TEX	W 47-6	4	2	0.5	0	5
Sep 17, 1988	H	UTEP	W 31-27	2	6	3.0	1	3
Sep 30, 1988	H	USU	W 38-3	5	11	2.2	0	4
Oct 8, 1988	H	CSU	W 42-7	1	4	4.0	0	4
Oct 22, 1988	A	HAW	W 24-23	1	0	0.0	0	0
Oct 29, 1988	H	UNM	W 65-0	15	62	4.1	0	9

Receiving

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
Sep 2, 1987	H	PITT	L 17-27	3	3	20	6.7	0
Sep 12, 1987	A	TEX	W 22-17	4	1	8	8.0	8
Sep 19, 1987	A	TCU	L 12-33	10	8	44	5.5	15
Sep 26, 1987	A	UNM	W 45-25	2	1	9	9.0	9
Oct 2, 1987	H	USU	W 45-24	3	3	44	14.7	24
Oct 24, 1987	A	HAW	W 16-14	1	1	21	21.0	21
Nov 14, 1987	A	UTEP	W 37-24	1	1	19	19.0	19
Dec 5, 1987	N	CSU	W 30-26	2	1	3	3.0	2
Sep 8, 1988	H	TEX	W 47-6	2	1	44	44.0	44
Sep 30, 1988	H	USU	W 38-3	1	1	21	21.0	21

Kick Returns

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Sep 13, 1986	H	UNM	W 31-30	2	36	18.0	0
Sep 20, 1986	A	UW	L 21-52	3	39	13.0	0
Sep 27, 1986	H	TEM	W 27-17	3	104	34.7	0
Oct 3, 1986	H	CSU	L 20-24	1	23	23.0	23
Oct 18, 1986	A	WYO	W 34-22	1	23	23.0	23
Oct 25, 1986	H	UTEP	W 37-13	1	38	38.0	38
Dec 6, 1986	A	AFA	W 23-3	1	24	24.0	24
Dec 30, 1986	B	UCLA	L 10-31	3	89	29.7	0
Sep 2, 1987	H	PITT	L 17-27	5	132	26.4	0
Sep 12, 1987	A	TEX	W 22-17	2	16	8.0	0
Sep 19, 1987	A	TCU	L 12-33	4	85	21.3	0
Sep 26, 1987	A	UNM	W 45-25	1	28	28.0	28
Oct 2, 1987	H	USU	W 45-24	2	43	21.5	0
Oct 10, 1987	H	WYO	L 27-29	3	67	22.3	0
Oct 24, 1987	A	HAW	W 16-14	3	81	27.0	0
Nov 14, 1987	A	UTEP	W 37-24	1	19	19.0	19
Nov 21, 1987	H	UTAH	W 21-18	1	14	14.0	14
Sep 1, 1988	A	WYO	L 14-24	1	14	14.0	14
Sep 8, 1988	H	TEX	W 47-6	2	42	21.0	0
Sep 17, 1988	H	UTEP	W 31-27	3	59	19.7	0
Oct 8, 1988	H	CSU	W 42-7	1	20	20.0	20
Oct 22, 1988	A	HAW	W 24-23	1	38	38.0	38

Punt Returns

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	No	Yds	Avg
Sep 6, 1986	H	USU	W 52-0	7	64	9.1
Sep 13, 1986	H	UNM	W 31-30	2	10	5.0
Sep 20, 1986	A	UW	L 21-52	1	3	3.0
Sep 27, 1986	H	TEM	W 27-17	4	38	9.5
Oct 3, 1986	H	CSU	L 20-24	3	71	23.7
Oct 18, 1986	A	WYO	W 34-22	4	17	4.3
Oct 25, 1986	H	UTEP	W 37-13	6	45	7.5
Nov 8, 1986	A	HAW	W 10-3	3	29	9.7
Nov 15, 1986	H	ORST	L 7-10	3	12	4.0
Nov 22, 1986	A	UTAH	W 35-21	6	68	11.3
Nov 29, 1986	A	SDSU	L 3-10	7	52	7.4
Dec 6, 1986	A	AFA	W 23-3	4	4	1.0
Dec 30, 1986	B	UCLA	L 10-31	2	4	2.0
Sep 2, 1987	H	PITT	L 17-27	1	13	13.0
Sep 12, 1987	A	TEX	W 22-17	1	8	8.0
Sep 19, 1987	A	TCU	L 12-33	3	18	6.0
Sep 26, 1987	A	UNM	W 45-25	4	36	9.0
Oct 2, 1987	H	USU	W 45-24	2	3	1.5
Oct 10, 1987	H	WYO	L 27-29	3	21	7.0
Oct 24, 1987	A	HAW	W 16-14	4	27	6.8
Oct 31, 1987	H	AFA	W 24-13	4	18	4.5
Nov 7, 1987	H	SDSU	W 38-21	5	29	5.8
Nov 14, 1987	A	UTEP	W 37-24	2	10	5.0
Nov 21, 1987	H	UTAH	W 21-18	6	47	7.8
Dec 5, 1987	N	CSU	W 30-26	1	10	10.0
Sep 1, 1988	A	WYO	L 14-24	3	26	8.7
Sep 8, 1988	H	TEX	W 47-6	2	12	6.0
Sep 17, 1988	H	UTEP	W 31-27	3	2	0.7
Oct 22, 1988	A	HAW	W 24-23	1	1	1.0

Participation

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS
Sep 6, 1986	H	USU	W 52-0	0
Sep 13, 1986	H	UNM	W 31-30	0
Sep 20, 1986	A	UW	L 21-52	0
Sep 27, 1986	H	TEM	W 27-17	0
Oct 3, 1986	H	CSU	L 20-24	0
Oct 18, 1986	A	WYO	W 34-22	0
Oct 25, 1986	H	UTEP	W 37-13	0
Nov 8, 1986	A	HAW	W 10-3	0
Nov 15, 1986	H	ORST	L 7-10	0
Nov 22, 1986	A	UTAH	W 35-21	0
Nov 29, 1986	A	SDSU	L 3-10	0
Dec 6, 1986	A	AFA	W 23-3	0
Dec 30, 1986	B	UCLA	L 10-31	0
Sep 2, 1987	H	PITT	L 17-27	0
Sep 12, 1987	A	TEX	W 22-17	0
Sep 19, 1987	A	TCU	L 12-33	0
Sep 26, 1987	A	UNM	W 45-25	0
Oct 2, 1987	H	USU	W 45-24	0
Oct 10, 1987	H	WYO	L 27-29	0
Oct 24, 1987	A	HAW	W 16-14	0
Oct 31, 1987	H	AFA	W 24-13	0
Nov 7, 1987	H	SDSU	W 38-21	0
Nov 14, 1987	A	UTEP	W 37-24	0
Nov 21, 1987	H	UTAH	W 21-18	0
Dec 5, 1987	N	CSU	W 30-26	0
Sep 1, 1988	A	WYO	L 14-24	0
Sep 8, 1988	H	TEX	W 47-6	0
Sep 17, 1988	H	UTEP	W 31-27	0
Sep 30, 1988	H	USU	W 38-3	0
Oct 8, 1988	H	CSU	W 42-7	0
Oct 15, 1988	H	TCU	W 31-18	0
Oct 22, 1988	A	HAW	W 24-23	0
Oct 29, 1988	H	UNM	W 65-0	0

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