COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2004
Big 10 Conference Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Pierre Thomas, Illinois 11 893 95 0 677 1665 151.36 2. Noah Herron, Northwestern 12 1381 351 0 0 1732 144.33 3. Michael Hart, Michigan 12 1455 237 0 0 1692 141.00 4. Marion Barber III, Minnesota 12 1269 27 110 206 1612 134.33 5. DeAndra Cobb, Michigan St. 12 728 10 0 869 1607 133.92 6. Laurence Maroney, Minnesota 12 1348 16 0 158 1522 126.83 7. Steve Breaston, Michigan 11 76 291 292 689 1348 122.55 8. Braylon Edwards, Michigan 12 61 133 0 0 1391 115.92 9. Tony Hunt, Penn St. 11 777 334 0 112 1223 111.18 10. Santonio Holmes, Ohio St. 12 19 769 214 186 1188 99.00 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Mike Nugent, Ohio St. 12 27 24 .889 2.00 2. David Rayner, Michigan St. 12 31 22 .710 1.83 3. Kyle Schlicher, Iowa 12 26 21 .808 1.75 4. Garrett Rivas, Michigan 12 24 19 .792 1.58 5. Rhys Lloyd, Minnesota 12 18 12 .667 1.00 5. Bryan Robertson, Indiana 11 14 11 .786 1.00 5. Mike Allen, Wisconsin 12 21 12 .571 1.00 8. Ben Jones, Purdue 12 18 10 .556 .83 9. Robbie Gould, Penn St. 11 13 7 .538 .64 9. Jason Reda, Illinois 11 12 7 .583 .64 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Anwar Phillips, Penn St. 11 4 47 0 .36 1. Calvin Lowry, Penn St. 11 4 74 0 .36 1. Kelvin Hayden, Illinois 11 4 84 1 .36 4. Jovon Johnson, Iowa 12 4 13 0 .33 4. Ashton Youboty, Ohio St. 12 4 83 0 .33 4. Antwan Allen, Iowa 12 4 54 0 .33 7. Sean Considine, Iowa 10 3 62 0 .30 8. Markus Curry, Michigan 11 3 51 0 .27 8. Brett Bell, Wisconsin 11 3 9 0 .27 10. Ukee Dozier, Minnesota 12 3 20 0 .25 10. Jason Harmon, Michigan St. 12 3 19 0 .25 10. Chad Greenway, Iowa 12 3 54 1 .25 10. Marvin Ward, Northwestern 12 3 17 0 .25 10. Jim Leonhard, Wisconsin 12 3 38 0 .25 KICKOFF RETURN< Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Lance Bennett, Indiana 11 20 599 1 29.95 1.82 2. Pierre Thomas, Illinois 11 25 677 1 27.08 2.27 3. Maurice Hall, Ohio St. 12 19 487 0 25.63 1.58 4. Jerome Brooks, Purdue 10 22 546 1 24.82 2.20 5. Steve Breaston, Michigan 11 28 689 0 24.61 2.55 6. DeAndra Cobb, Michigan St. 12 36 869 1 24.14 3.00 7. Terrell Jordan, Northwestern 12 17 405 0 23.82 1.42 8. Brandon Williams, Wisconsin 12 23 437 0 19.00 1.92 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Kyle Orton, Purdue 11 389 236 60.67 5 3090 7.94 31 151.12 2. Drew Tate, Iowa 12 375 233 62.13 14 2786 7.43 20 134.67 3. Chad Henne, Michigan 12 399 240 60.15 12 2743 6.87 25 132.56 4. Drew Stanton, Michigan St. 10 220 141 64.09 6 1601 7.28 8 131.77 5. Matt LoVecchio, Indiana 11 271 153 56.46 7 1951 7.20 13 127.60 6. Bryan Cupito, Minnesota 12 261 123 47.13 7 2097 8.03 14 126.95 7. Zack Mills, Penn St. 10 268 155 57.84 12 1722 6.43 9 113.94 8. Brett Basanez, Northwestern 12 460 247 53.70 9 2838 6.17 12 110.22 9. John Stocco, Wisconsin 12 321 169 52.65 7 1999 6.23 9 109.85 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Brandon Fields, Michigan St. 12 50 2394 47.88 4.17 2. Steve Weatherford, Illinois 11 57 2589 45.42 5.18 3. Adam Finley, Michigan 12 64 2751 42.98 5.33 4. Kyle Turano, Ohio St. 12 65 2780 42.77 5.42 5. Jeremy Kapinos, Penn St. 11 59 2469 41.85 5.36 6. Kenneth DeBauche, Wisconsin 12 57 2380 41.75 4.75 7. Tyson Beattie, Indiana 10 65 2684 41.29 6.50 8. David Bradley, Iowa 12 65 2633 40.51 5.42 9. Dave Brytus, Purdue 11 53 2120 40.00 4.82 10. Rhys Lloyd, Minnesota 12 56 2231 39.84 4.67 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio St. 12 15 384 4 25.60 1.25 2. Jim Leonhard, Wisconsin 12 35 443 0 12.66 2.92 3. Steve Breaston, Michigan 11 24 292 1 12.17 2.18 4. Ed Hinkel, Iowa 12 22 260 0 11.82 1.83 5. Lance Bennett, Indiana 11 19 208 1 10.95 1.73 6. Santonio Holmes, Ohio St. 12 20 214 1 10.70 1.67 7. Ibrahim Halsey, Illinois 10 27 226 0 8.37 2.70 8. Agim Shabaj, Michigan St. 11 18 147 0 8.17 1.64 9. Kyle Brown, Michigan St. 12 20 163 0 8.15 1.67 10. Calvin Lowry, Penn St. 11 28 210 0 7.50 2.55 11. Marion Barber III, Minnesota 12 19 110 0 5.79 1.58 12. Taylor Stubblefield, Purdue 12 16 49 0 3.06 1.33 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm 1. Braylon Edwards, Michigan 12 97 1330 15 8.08 13.71 110.83 2. Taylor Stubblefield, Purdue 12 89 1095 16 7.42 12.30 91.25 3. Ed Hinkel, Iowa 12 63 744 7 5.25 11.81 62.00 4. Courtney Roby, Indiana 11 55 810 7 5.00 14.73 73.64 5. Clinton Solomon, Iowa 12 58 905 6 4.83 15.60 75.42 6. Santonio Holmes, Ohio St. 12 55 769 7 4.58 13.98 64.08 7. Kendrick Jones, Illinois 11 47 687 5 4.27 14.62 62.45 8. Kyle Ingraham, Purdue 12 51 624 7 4.25 12.24 52.00 9. Jonathan Fields, Northwestern12 48 560 4 4.00 11.67 46.67 10. Jason Davis, Illinois 11 41 340 2 3.73 8.29 30.91 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Braylon Edwards, Michigan 12 97 1330 15 8.08 13.71 110.83 2. Taylor Stubblefield, Purdue 12 89 1095 16 7.42 12.30 91.25 3. Clinton Solomon, Iowa 12 58 905 6 4.83 15.60 75.42 4. Courtney Roby, Indiana 11 55 810 7 5.00 14.73 73.64 5. Santonio Holmes, Ohio St. 12 55 769 7 4.58 13.98 64.08 6. Kendrick Jones, Illinois 11 47 687 5 4.27 14.62 62.45 7. Ed Hinkel, Iowa 12 63 744 7 5.25 11.81 62.00 8. Ernie Wheelwright, Minnesota 12 30 654 7 2.50 21.80 54.50 9. Michael Robinson, Penn St. 9 33 485 3 3.67 14.70 53.89 10. Kyle Ingraham, Purdue 12 51 624 7 4.25 12.24 52.00 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Braylon Edwards, Michigan 12 97 1330 15 8.08 13.71 110.83 2. Taylor Stubblefield, Purdue 12 89 1095 16 7.42 12.30 91.25 3. Clinton Solomon, Iowa 12 58 905 6 4.83 15.60 75.42 4. Courtney Roby, Indiana 11 55 810 7 5.00 14.73 73.64 5. Santonio Holmes, Ohio St. 12 55 769 7 4.58 13.98 64.08 6. Ed Hinkel, Iowa 12 63 744 7 5.25 11.81 62.00 7. Kendrick Jones, Illinois 11 47 687 5 4.27 14.62 62.45 8. Ernie Wheelwright, Minnesota 12 30 654 7 2.50 21.80 54.50 9. Kyle Ingraham, Purdue 12 51 624 7 4.25 12.24 52.00 10. Dorien Bryant, Purdue 12 38 584 3 3.17 15.37 48.67 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm 1. Michael Hart, Michigan 12 282 1455 9 121.25 2. Noah Herron, Northwestern 12 274 1381 14 115.08 3. Laurence Maroney, Minnesota 12 217 1348 12 112.33 4. Marion Barber III, Minnesota 12 231 1269 11 105.75 5. Pierre Thomas, Illinois 11 152 893 8 81.18 6. BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Indiana 11 231 794 5 72.18 7. Tony Hunt, Penn St. 11 169 777 7 70.64 8. Drew Stanton, Michigan St. 10 96 687 5 68.70 9. DeAndra Cobb, Michigan St. 12 96 728 4 60.67 10. Jason Teague, Michigan St. 12 150 688 8 57.33 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. David Rayner, Michigan St. 12 0 39 39 22 31 105 8.75 2. Mike Nugent, Ohio St. 12 0 30 30 24 27 102 8.50 3. Taylor Stubblefield, Purdue 12 16 0 0 0 0 96 8.00 4. Garrett Rivas, Michigan 12 0 37 41 19 24 94 7.83 5. Kyle Schlicher, Iowa 12 0 29 32 21 26 92 7.67 6. Noah Herron, Northwestern 12 15 0 0 0 0 90 7.50 6. Braylon Edwards, Michigan 12 15 0 0 0 0 90 7.50 8. Rhys Lloyd, Minnesota 12 0 43 47 12 18 79 6.58 8. Ben Jones, Purdue 12 0 49 50 10 18 79 6.58 10. Laurence Maroney, Minnesota 12 12 0 0 0 0 72 6.00 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Kyle Orton, Purdue 11 80 112 3090 469 3202 6.83 291.09 2. Brett Basanez, Northwestern 12 83 258 2838 543 3096 5.70 258.00 3. Drew Stanton, Michigan St. 10 96 687 1601 316 2288 7.24 228.80 4. Drew Tate, Iowa 12 89 -76 2786 464 2710 5.84 225.83 5. Chad Henne, Michigan 12 55 -137 2743 454 2606 5.74 217.17 6. Matt LoVecchio, Indiana 11 93 112 1951 364 2063 5.67 187.55 7. Zack Mills, Penn St. 10 51 72 1722 319 1794 5.62 179.40 8. Bryan Cupito, Minnesota 12 29 42 2097 290 2139 7.38 178.25 9. John Stocco, Wisconsin 12 56 -20 1999 377 1979 5.25 164.92 10. Michael Hart, Michigan 12 282 1455 0 282 1455 5.16 121.25 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. Penn St. 11 310 175 56.45 16 1785 5.76 5 1.61 99.87 2. Wisconsin 12 369 180 48.78 11 2007 5.44 13 3.52 100.15 3. Iowa 12 424 234 55.19 17 2416 5.70 15 3.54 106.72 4. Ohio St. 12 430 240 55.81 15 2419 5.63 15 3.49 107.59 5. Michigan 12 371 207 55.80 16 2435 6.56 14 3.77 114.76 6. Purdue 12 434 241 55.53 8 2879 6.63 15 3.46 118.94 7. Michigan St. 12 368 202 54.89 8 2508 6.82 15 4.08 121.25 8. Minnesota 12 451 271 60.09 12 3192 7.08 17 3.77 126.67 9. Northwestern 12 454 255 56.17 8 3021 6.65 25 5.51 126.74 10. Indiana 11 376 212 56.38 11 2821 7.50 25 6.65 135.51 11. Illinois 11 359 230 64.07 10 2526 7.04 20 5.57 136.02 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Indiana 11 27 758 1 28.07 2. Purdue 12 31 772 1 24.90 3. Michigan 12 37 911 0 24.62 4. Ohio St. 12 31 735 0 23.71 5. Michigan St. 12 40 933 1 23.33 6. Illinois 11 40 929 1 23.23 7. Northwestern 12 45 1000 1 22.22 8. Minnesota 12 29 538 0 18.55 9. Iowa 12 29 532 0 18.34 10. Wisconsin 12 31 561 0 18.10 11. Penn St. 11 31 542 0 17.48 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. Ohio St. 67 42 28 207 39.24 2836 2. Illinois 60 44 24 324 39.03 2666 3. Indiana 74 41 36 253 38.15 3076 4. Wisconsin 58 41 22 227 37.12 2380 5. Michigan St. 58 44 28 449 37.10 2601 6. Minnesota 56 39 26 162 36.95 2231 7. Penn St. 62 41 25 314 36.65 2586 8. Iowa 66 39 33 261 35.94 2633 9. Purdue 61 38 21 158 35.85 2345 10. Michigan 66 41 37 485 34.42 2757 11. Northwestern 76 37 40 512 31.20 2883 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt Td YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Purdue 12 486 297 8 61.11 3854 7.93 38 321.17 12.98 2. Iowa 12 385 239 14 62.08 2881 7.48 20 240.08 12.05 3. Northwestern 12 463 249 9 53.78 2848 6.15 12 237.33 11.44 4. Michigan 12 415 248 12 59.76 2795 6.73 25 232.92 11.27 5. Michigan St. 12 399 234 17 58.65 2658 6.66 16 221.50 11.36 6. Indiana 11 293 162 9 55.29 2049 6.99 13 186.27 12.65 7. Illinois 11 354 201 8 56.78 2032 5.74 13 184.73 10.11 8. Minnesota 12 269 128 9 47.58 2178 8.10 17 181.50 17.02 9. Penn St. 11 353 182 19 51.56 1989 5.63 10 180.82 10.93 10. Ohio St. 12 310 166 9 53.55 2105 6.79 14 175.42 12.68 11. Wisconsin 12 325 171 7 52.62 2006 6.17 9 167.17 11.73 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. Penn St. 11 310 175 56.45 10.20 16 1785 5.76 5 162.27 2. Wisconsin 12 369 180 48.78 11.15 11 2007 5.44 13 167.25 3. Iowa 12 424 234 55.19 10.32 17 2416 5.70 15 201.33 4. Ohio St. 12 430 240 55.81 10.08 15 2419 5.63 15 201.58 5. Michigan 12 371 207 55.80 11.76 16 2435 6.56 14 202.92 6. Michigan St. 12 368 202 54.89 12.42 8 2508 6.82 15 209.00 7. Illinois 11 359 230 64.07 10.98 10 2526 7.04 20 229.64 8. Purdue 12 434 241 55.53 11.95 8 2879 6.63 15 239.92 9. Northwestern 12 454 255 56.17 11.85 8 3021 6.65 25 251.75 10. Indiana 11 376 212 56.38 13.31 11 2821 7.50 25 256.45 11. Minnesota 12 451 271 60.09 11.78 12 3192 7.08 17 266.00 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Purdue 12 486 297 61.11 8 3854 7.93 38 7.82 150.22 2. Iowa 12 385 239 62.08 14 2881 7.48 20 5.19 134.83 3. Michigan 12 415 248 59.76 12 2795 6.73 25 6.02 130.47 4. Minnesota 12 269 128 47.58 9 2178 8.10 17 6.32 129.78 5. Indiana 11 293 162 55.29 9 2049 6.99 13 4.44 122.54 6. Ohio St. 12 310 166 53.55 9 2105 6.79 14 4.52 119.64 7. Michigan St. 12 399 234 58.65 17 2658 6.66 16 4.01 119.27 8. Illinois 11 354 201 56.78 8 2032 5.74 13 3.67 112.62 9. Northwestern 12 463 249 53.78 9 2848 6.15 12 2.59 110.14 10. Wisconsin 12 325 171 52.62 7 2006 6.17 9 2.77 109.28 11. Penn St. 11 353 182 51.56 19 1989 5.63 10 2.83 97.51 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. Ohio St. 12 37 602 5 16.27 2. Iowa 12 38 521 2 13.71 3. Michigan 12 31 413 2 13.32 4. Wisconsin 12 38 466 0 12.26 5. Northwestern 12 27 288 2 10.67 6. Indiana 11 22 220 1 10.00 7. Illinois 11 31 284 1 9.16 8. Michigan St. 12 41 352 2 8.59 9. Penn St. 11 30 216 0 7.20 10. Minnesota 12 20 142 0 7.10 11. Purdue 12 32 167 0 5.22 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. Minnesota 12 572 3082 5.39 29 256.83 2. Michigan St. 12 500 2862 5.72 22 238.50 3. Northwestern 12 445 2066 4.64 23 172.17 4. Wisconsin 12 532 1931 3.63 18 160.92 5. Michigan 12 481 1843 3.83 15 153.58 6. Illinois 11 405 1687 4.17 15 153.36 7. Ohio St. 12 441 1745 3.96 11 145.42 8. Indiana 11 471 1476 3.13 13 134.18 9. Penn St. 11 367 1429 3.89 14 129.91 10. Purdue 12 424 1504 3.55 11 125.33 11. Iowa 12 428 871 2.04 10 72.58 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. Iowa 12 392 1110 2.83 8 92.50 2. Purdue 12 405 1264 3.12 6 105.33 3. Wisconsin 12 387 1488 3.84 7 124.00 4. Penn St. 11 443 1422 3.21 9 129.27 5. Ohio St. 12 444 1565 3.52 10 130.42 6. Minnesota 12 424 1568 3.70 13 130.67 7. Michigan 12 440 1600 3.64 19 133.33 8. Northwestern 12 467 1671 3.58 16 139.25 9. Michigan St. 12 467 2069 4.43 19 172.42 10. Illinois 11 461 2138 4.64 22 194.36 11. Indiana 11 429 2164 5.04 18 196.73 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Penn St. 11 168 15.27 18 16 0 0 0 14 1 2. Wisconsin 12 185 15.42 22 20 0 0 0 11 0 3. Purdue 12 206 17.17 23 20 0 0 0 16 0 4. Iowa 12 211 17.58 25 21 0 0 0 12 2 5. Ohio St. 12 219 18.25 26 24 0 0 0 13 0 6. Minnesota 12 273 22.75 32 29 1 0 0 16 1 7. Michigan 12 279 23.25 34 34 0 0 0 13 1 8. Michigan St. 12 326 27.17 39 35 2 0 1 17 0 9. Northwestern 12 342 28.50 44 40 1 0 0 12 0 10. Illinois 11 323 29.36 43 35 2 0 0 8 1 11. Indiana 11 343 31.18 44 41 1 0 0 12 0 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Purdue 12 5358 50 381 31.75 49 0 0 0 10 1 2. Michigan 12 4638 45 370 30.83 37 3 0 0 19 0 3. Minnesota 12 5260 47 361 30.08 43 0 0 0 12 0 4. Michigan St. 12 5520 41 353 29.42 39 1 0 0 22 0 5. Northwestern 12 4914 38 295 24.58 32 1 0 0 11 0 6. Iowa 12 3752 33 292 24.33 29 0 0 0 21 1 7. Ohio St. 12 3850 31 290 24.17 30 1 0 0 24 0 8. Indiana 11 3525 33 262 23.82 23 3 0 0 11 1 9. Illinois 11 3719 31 240 21.82 26 0 0 1 8 1 10. Wisconsin 12 3937 30 249 20.75 27 1 0 0 12 2 11. Penn St. 11 3418 24 195 17.73 22 1 0 0 7 3 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. Wisconsin 12 4.62 756 3495 22 291.25 2. Penn St. 11 4.26 753 3207 18 291.55 3. Iowa 12 4.32 816 3526 25 293.83 4. Ohio St. 12 4.56 874 3984 26 332.00 5. Michigan 12 4.98 811 4035 34 336.25 6. Purdue 12 4.94 839 4143 23 345.25 7. Michigan St. 12 5.48 835 4577 39 381.42 8. Northwestern 12 5.09 921 4692 44 391.00 9. Minnesota 12 5.44 875 4760 32 396.67 10. Illinois 11 5.69 820 4664 43 424.00 11. Indiana 11 6.19 805 4985 44 453.18 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Michigan St. 12 899 5520 6.14 41 460.00 2. Purdue 12 910 5358 5.89 50 446.50 3. Minnesota 12 841 5260 6.25 47 438.33 4. Northwestern 12 908 4914 5.41 38 409.50 5. Michigan 12 896 4638 5.18 45 386.50 6. Illinois 11 759 3719 4.90 31 338.09 7. Wisconsin 12 857 3937 4.59 30 328.08 8. Ohio St. 12 751 3850 5.13 31 320.83 9. Indiana 11 764 3525 4.61 33 320.45 10. Iowa 12 813 3752 4.62 33 312.67 11. Penn St. 11 720 3418 4.75 24 310.73 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. Iowa 12 15 17 32 5 14 19 1.08 2. Minnesota 12 8 12 20 4 9 13 .58 3. Michigan 12 11 16 27 9 12 21 .50 4. Indiana 11 8 11 19 6 9 15 .36 5. Northwestern 12 7 8 15 2 9 11 .33 6. Wisconsin 12 9 11 20 11 7 18 .17 7. Purdue 12 7 8 15 10 8 18 -.25 8. Penn St. 11 8 16 24 8 19 27 -.27 9. Ohio St. 12 4 15 19 14 9 23 -.33 10. Illinois 11 3 10 13 11 8 19 -.55 11. Michigan St. 12 6 8 14 7 17 24 -.83
