COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2008
Western Athletic Conference Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Phillip Livas, Louisiana Tech 13 337 607 245 826 2015 155.00 2. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 0 127 105 409 1785 148.75 3. Vai Taua, Nevada 13 1521 243 0 0 1764 135.69 4. Kama Bailey, Idaho 10 18 60 8 955 1041 104.10 5. Daniel Porter, Louisiana Tech 13 1164 181 0 0 1345 103.46 6. Marcus Anderson, New Mexico St. 12 0 617 74 522 1213 101.08 7. Brandon Rutley, San Jose St. 12 356 65 -4 748 1165 97.08 8. Marko Mitchell, Nevada 13 45 114 0 0 1186 91.23 9. Malcolm Lane, Hawaii 14 0 613 0 635 1248 89.14 10. Colin Kaepernick, Nevada 13 1130 0 0 0 1130 86.92 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Kyle Brotzman, Boise St. 13 26 17 .654 1.31 2. Kevin Goessling, Fresno St. 13 22 15 .682 1.15 3. Jared Strubeck, San Jose St. 12 22 13 .591 1.08 4. Brad Oestriecher, Louisiana Tech 13 28 14 .500 1.08 4. Brett Jaekle, Nevada 13 17 14 .824 1.08 6. Peter Caldwell, Utah St. 12 12 10 .833 .83 7. Dan Kelly, Hawaii 14 20 10 .500 .71 8. Tino Amancio, Idaho 12 13 8 .615 .67 9. Kyle Hughes, New Mexico St. 12 11 7 .636 .58 10. Chris Ulinski, Utah St. 12 2 2 1.000 .17 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Duke Ihenacho, San Jose St. 12 5 92 2 .42 2. Weldon Brown, Louisiana Tech 13 5 10 0 .38 2. Kyle Wilson, Boise St. 13 5 5 0 .38 4. Keao Monteilh, Hawaii 14 5 36 0 .36 5. George Iloka, Boise St. 13 4 6 0 .31 5. Brandyn Thompson, Boise St. 13 4 43 0 .31 5. Jonathon Amaya, Nevada 13 4 33 0 .31 8. James Brindley, Utah St. 12 3 90 0 .25 8. Coye Francies, San Jose St. 12 3 17 0 .25 8. Isaac Butts, Idaho 12 3 41 0 .25 8. Mo Harvey, Nevada 12 3 40 0 .25 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. A.J. Jefferson, Fresno St. 11 31 908 1 29.29 2.82 2. Brandon Rutley, San Jose St. 12 28 748 0 26.71 2.33 3. Malcolm Lane, Hawaii 14 24 635 0 26.46 1.71 4. Phillip Livas, Louisiana Tech 13 32 826 1 25.81 2.46 5. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 16 409 1 25.56 1.33 6. KeJon Murphy, Utah St. 12 17 412 0 24.24 1.42 7. Marcus Anderson, New Mexico St. 12 22 522 0 23.73 1.83 8. Kama Bailey, Idaho 10 41 955 0 23.29 4.10 9. Brian Fludd, Nevada 12 24 530 0 22.08 2.00 10. Ryan Mouton, Hawaii 13 24 514 1 21.42 1.85 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Kellen Moore, Boise St. 13 405 281 69.38 10 3486 8.61 25 157.12 2. Chase Holbrook, New Mexico St. 12 456 309 67.76 14 3361 7.37 25 141.63 3. Colin Kaepernick, Nevada 13 383 208 54.31 7 2849 7.44 22 132.09 4. Tom Brandstater, Fresno St. 13 371 221 59.57 12 2664 7.18 18 129.43 5. Kyle Reed, San Jose St. 10 253 162 64.03 6 1563 6.18 9 122.92 6. Diondre Borel, Utah St. 12 242 136 56.20 10 1705 7.05 11 122.12 7. Sean Setzer, Utah St. 9 99 57 57.58 4 653 6.60 5 121.57 8. Ross Jenkins, Louisiana Tech 11 174 92 52.87 3 1155 6.64 7 118.46 9. Nathan Enderle, Idaho 12 339 184 54.28 17 2077 6.13 20 115.18 10. Inoke Funaki, Hawaii 11 173 100 57.80 12 1184 6.84 7 114.77 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. T.J. Conley, Idaho 12 58 2751 47.43 4.83 2. Brad Langley, Nevada 10 42 1850 44.05 4.20 3. Robert Malone, Fresno St. 13 54 2311 42.80 4.15 4. Kyle Hughes, New Mexico St. 12 52 2219 42.67 4.33 5. Peter Caldwell, Utah St. 12 65 2723 41.89 5.42 6. Chris Keagle, Louisiana Tech 13 72 2915 40.49 5.54 7. Tim Grasso, Hawaii 14 68 2750 40.44 4.86 8. Philip Zavala, San Jose St. 12 76 2781 36.59 6.33 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Phillip Livas, Louisiana Tech 13 16 245 2 15.31 1.23 2. Kyle Wilson, Boise St. 13 33 470 3 14.24 2.54 3. Yonus Davis, San Jose St. 10 14 151 0 10.79 1.40 4. Antoine Thompson, Nevada 13 17 83 0 4.88 1.31 5. Michael Washington, Hawaii 14 19 17 0 .89 1.36 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm 1. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 86 1271 9 7.17 14.78 105.92 2. A.J. Harris, New Mexico St. 12 78 713 3 6.50 9.14 59.42 3. Jeremy Childs, Boise St. 12 72 802 7 6.00 11.14 66.83 3. David Richmond, San Jose St. 12 72 832 7 6.00 11.56 69.33 5. Eddie Williams, Idaho 11 54 687 6 4.91 12.72 62.45 6. Marko Mitchell, Nevada 13 61 1141 10 4.69 18.70 87.77 7. Michael Washington, Hawaii 14 62 789 6 4.43 12.73 56.36 8. Marcus Anderson, New Mexico St. 12 50 617 9 4.17 12.34 51.42 9. Mike McCoy, Nevada 13 54 620 2 4.15 11.48 47.69 10. Greg Salas, Hawaii 14 57 831 3 4.07 14.58 59.36 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 86 1271 9 7.17 14.78 105.92 2. Marko Mitchell, Nevada 13 61 1141 10 4.69 18.70 87.77 3. David Richmond, San Jose St. 12 72 832 7 6.00 11.56 69.33 4. Jeremy Childs, Boise St. 12 72 802 7 6.00 11.14 66.83 5. Eddie Williams, Idaho 11 54 687 6 4.91 12.72 62.45 6. Seyi Ajirotutu, Fresno St. 13 47 795 5 3.62 16.91 61.15 7. A.J. Harris, New Mexico St. 12 78 713 3 6.50 9.14 59.42 8. Greg Salas, Hawaii 14 57 831 3 4.07 14.58 59.36 9. Michael Washington, Hawaii 14 62 789 6 4.43 12.73 56.36 10. Marcus Anderson, New Mexico St. 12 50 617 9 4.17 12.34 51.42 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 86 1271 9 7.17 14.78 105.92 2. Marko Mitchell, Nevada 13 61 1141 10 4.69 18.70 87.77 3. David Richmond, San Jose St. 12 72 832 7 6.00 11.56 69.33 4. Greg Salas, Hawaii 14 57 831 3 4.07 14.58 59.36 5. Jeremy Childs, Boise St. 12 72 802 7 6.00 11.14 66.83 6. Seyi Ajirotutu, Fresno St. 13 47 795 5 3.62 16.91 61.15 7. Michael Washington, Hawaii 14 62 789 6 4.43 12.73 56.36 8. A.J. Harris, New Mexico St. 12 78 713 3 6.50 9.14 59.42 9. Eddie Williams, Idaho 11 54 687 6 4.91 12.72 62.45 10. Chris Wellington, Nevada 13 42 632 6 3.23 15.05 48.62 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm 1. Vai Taua, Nevada 13 236 1521 15 117.00 2. Daniel Porter, Louisiana Tech 13 222 1164 9 89.54 3. Colin Kaepernick, Nevada 13 161 1130 17 86.92 4. Lonyae Miller, Fresno St. 12 120 812 7 67.67 5. Anthony Harding, Fresno St. 13 147 822 6 63.23 6. Ian Johnson, Boise St. 13 150 766 13 58.92 7. Deonte Jackson, Idaho 12 161 696 3 58.00 8. Yonus Davis, San Jose St. 10 120 558 3 55.80 9. Diondre Borel, Utah St. 12 179 632 5 52.67 10. Patrick Jackson, Louisiana Tech 13 143 653 8 50.23 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Vai Taua, Nevada 13 18 0 0 0 0 108 8.31 2. Brett Jaekle, Nevada 13 0 63 63 14 17 105 8.08 3. Colin Kaepernick, Nevada 13 17 0 0 0 0 102 7.85 4. Kyle Brotzman, Boise St. 13 0 50 50 17 26 101 7.77 5. Kevin Goessling, Fresno St. 13 0 46 47 15 22 91 7.00 6. Brad Oestriecher, Louisiana Tech 13 0 38 40 14 28 80 6.15 7. Ian Johnson, Boise St. 13 13 0 0 0 0 78 6.00 8. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 11 0 0 0 0 66 5.50 9. Jared Strubeck, San Jose St. 12 0 23 26 13 22 62 5.17 9. Peter Caldwell, Utah St. 12 0 32 33 10 12 62 5.17 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Colin Kaepernick, Nevada 13 161 1130 2849 544 3979 7.31 306.08 2. Kellen Moore, Boise St. 13 38 -30 3486 443 3456 7.80 265.85 3. Chase Holbrook, New Mexico St. 12 82 -203 3361 538 3158 5.87 263.17 4. Tom Brandstater, Fresno St. 13 51 -50 2664 422 2614 6.19 201.08 5. Diondre Borel, Utah St. 12 179 632 1705 421 2337 5.55 194.75 6. Nathan Enderle, Idaho 12 76 -22 2077 415 2055 4.95 171.25 7. Kyle Reed, San Jose St. 10 87 80 1563 340 1643 4.83 164.30 8. Inoke Funaki, Hawaii 11 74 215 1184 247 1399 5.66 127.18 9. Vai Taua, Nevada 13 236 1521 0 236 1521 6.44 117.00 10. Ross Jenkins, Louisiana Tech 11 61 56 1155 235 1211 5.15 110.09 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. Boise St. 13 449 234 52.12 22 2472 5.51 8 1.78 94.43 2. San Jose St. 12 356 187 52.53 16 2043 5.74 9 2.53 100.06 3. New Mexico St. 12 300 176 58.67 9 1913 6.38 14 4.67 121.66 4. Fresno St. 13 384 224 58.33 5 2611 6.80 20 5.21 130.00 5. Louisiana Tech 13 470 282 60.00 17 3545 7.54 25 5.32 133.68 6. Nevada 13 506 271 53.56 16 4051 8.01 31 6.13 134.74 7. Hawaii 14 409 240 58.68 15 3063 7.49 27 6.60 136.06 8. Utah St. 12 420 270 64.29 12 3013 7.17 24 5.71 137.70 9. Idaho 12 401 268 66.83 9 3149 7.85 29 7.23 152.14 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Louisiana Tech 13 51 1218 1 23.88 2. Fresno St. 13 57 1360 1 23.86 3. San Jose St. 12 41 974 0 23.76 4. New Mexico St. 12 54 1198 1 22.19 5. Boise St. 13 27 591 0 21.89 6. Idaho 12 78 1607 0 20.60 7. Hawaii 14 67 1370 1 20.45 8. Nevada 13 60 1162 0 19.37 9. Utah St. 12 50 955 0 19.10 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. Boise St. 47 44 18 95 39.57 2095 2. Idaho 58 47 34 480 37.78 2751 3. Utah St. 67 41 36 250 36.79 2755 4. Louisiana Tech 72 40 29 174 36.13 2915 5. New Mexico St. 53 41 27 339 35.09 2219 6. Nevada 65 42 37 339 34.48 2740 7. Hawaii 70 39 27 268 34.00 2768 8. San Jose St. 78 36 26 163 33.26 2817 9. Fresno St. 56 41 32 448 31.77 2347 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. New Mexico St. 12 492 330 16 67.07 3616 7.35 25 301.33 10.96 2. Boise St. 13 438 298 11 68.04 3751 8.56 30 288.54 12.59 3. Hawaii 14 490 290 22 59.18 3518 7.18 24 251.29 12.13 4. Nevada 13 418 224 9 53.59 3000 7.18 22 230.77 13.39 5. Fresno St. 13 372 221 12 59.41 2664 7.16 18 204.92 12.05 6. Utah St. 12 342 193 14 56.43 2358 6.89 16 196.50 12.22 7. San Jose St. 12 383 236 13 61.62 2354 6.15 12 196.17 9.97 8. Idaho 12 379 200 20 52.77 2253 5.94 20 187.75 11.27 9. Louisiana Tech 13 343 158 10 46.06 2028 5.91 9 156.00 12.84 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. New Mexico St. 12 300 176 58.67 10.87 9 1913 6.38 14 159.42 2. San Jose St. 12 356 187 52.53 10.93 16 2043 5.74 9 170.25 3. Boise St. 13 449 234 52.12 10.56 22 2472 5.51 8 190.15 4. Fresno St. 13 384 224 58.33 11.66 5 2611 6.80 20 200.85 5. Hawaii 14 409 240 58.68 12.76 15 3063 7.49 27 218.79 6. Utah St. 12 420 270 64.29 11.16 12 3013 7.17 24 251.08 7. Idaho 12 401 268 66.83 11.75 9 3149 7.85 29 262.42 8. Louisiana Tech 13 470 282 60.00 12.57 17 3545 7.54 25 272.69 9. Nevada 13 506 271 53.56 14.95 16 4051 8.01 31 311.62 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Boise St. 13 438 298 68.04 11 3751 8.56 30 6.85 157.52 2. New Mexico St. 12 492 330 67.07 16 3616 7.35 25 5.08 139.10 3. Fresno St. 13 372 221 59.41 12 2664 7.16 18 4.84 129.07 4. Nevada 13 418 224 53.59 9 3000 7.18 22 5.26 126.95 5. Hawaii 14 490 290 59.18 22 3518 7.18 24 4.90 126.69 6. Utah St. 12 342 193 56.43 14 2358 6.89 16 4.68 121.57 7. San Jose St. 12 383 236 61.62 13 2354 6.15 12 3.13 116.78 8. Idaho 12 379 200 52.77 20 2253 5.94 20 5.28 109.59 9. Louisiana Tech 13 343 158 46.06 10 2028 5.91 9 2.62 98.59 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. Fresno St. 13 25 350 3 14.00 2. Louisiana Tech 13 31 402 3 12.97 3. New Mexico St. 12 14 179 1 12.79 4. Boise St. 13 44 539 3 12.25 5. Utah St. 12 11 97 0 8.82 6. San Jose St. 12 35 233 0 6.66 7. Nevada 13 26 163 0 6.27 8. Idaho 12 15 92 1 6.13 9. Hawaii 14 31 62 0 2.00 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. Nevada 13 593 3611 6.09 39 277.77 2. Louisiana Tech 13 523 2432 4.65 23 187.08 3. Fresno St. 13 479 2370 4.95 24 182.31 4. Boise St. 13 449 1980 4.41 28 152.31 5. Utah St. 12 437 1653 3.78 18 137.75 6. Idaho 12 425 1598 3.76 9 133.17 7. Hawaii 14 412 1323 3.21 18 94.50 8. San Jose St. 12 386 1040 2.69 11 86.67 9. New Mexico St. 12 318 651 2.05 7 54.25 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. Nevada 13 377 1152 3.06 17 88.62 2. Louisiana Tech 13 435 1350 3.10 12 103.85 3. Boise St. 13 476 1534 3.22 9 118.00 4. San Jose St. 12 425 1697 3.99 18 141.42 5. Hawaii 14 515 1989 3.86 18 142.07 6. Utah St. 12 432 1939 4.49 22 161.58 7. Idaho 12 448 2515 5.61 35 209.58 8. Fresno St. 13 490 2730 5.57 24 210.00 9. New Mexico St. 12 508 2642 5.20 31 220.17 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Boise St. 13 164 12.62 21 17 0 0 0 7 0 2. San Jose St. 12 259 21.58 32 31 0 0 0 12 0 3. Louisiana Tech 13 308 23.69 39 36 1 0 0 12 0 4. Hawaii 14 404 28.86 50 48 0 0 0 18 1 5. Fresno St. 13 404 31.08 48 41 2 1 0 23 0 6. Nevada 13 420 32.31 55 52 1 0 0 12 0 7. New Mexico St. 12 409 34.08 53 47 1 0 0 14 0 8. Utah St. 12 416 34.67 53 51 0 0 0 15 1 9. Idaho 12 513 42.75 69 67 0 0 0 10 1 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Boise St. 13 5731 63 489 37.62 60 0 0 0 17 0 1. Nevada 13 6611 64 489 37.62 63 0 0 0 14 0 3. Fresno St. 13 5034 49 385 29.62 46 0 0 0 15 0 4. Hawaii 14 4841 45 345 24.64 41 2 0 0 10 0 5. Louisiana Tech 13 4460 40 320 24.62 38 0 0 0 14 0 6. Utah St. 12 4011 36 288 24.00 32 2 0 0 12 0 7. New Mexico St. 12 4267 35 266 22.17 33 0 0 0 7 1 8. Idaho 12 3851 30 235 19.58 29 1 0 0 8 0 9. San Jose St. 12 3394 27 224 18.67 23 0 0 0 13 0 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. Boise St. 13 4.33 925 4006 21 308.15 2. San Jose St. 12 4.79 781 3740 32 311.67 3. Hawaii 14 5.47 924 5052 50 360.86 4. Louisiana Tech 13 5.41 905 4895 39 376.54 5. New Mexico St. 12 5.64 808 4555 53 379.58 6. Nevada 13 5.89 883 5203 55 400.23 7. Fresno St. 13 6.11 874 5341 48 410.85 8. Utah St. 12 5.81 852 4952 53 412.67 9. Idaho 12 6.67 849 5664 69 472.00 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Nevada 13 101 6611 6.54 64 508.54 2. Boise St. 13 887 5731 6.46 63 440.85 3. Fresno St. 13 851 5034 5.92 49 387.23 4. New Mexico St. 12 810 4267 5.27 35 355.58 5. Hawaii 14 902 4841 5.37 45 345.79 6. Louisiana Tech 13 866 4460 5.15 40 343.08 7. Utah St. 12 779 4011 5.15 36 334.25 8. Idaho 12 804 3851 4.79 30 320.92 9. San Jose St. 12 769 3394 4.41 27 282.83 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. Louisiana Tech 13 12 17 29 10 10 20 .69 2. San Jose St. 12 11 16 27 6 13 19 .67 3. Boise St. 13 11 22 33 15 11 26 .54 4. Nevada 13 9 16 25 15 9 24 .08 5. Utah St. 12 12 12 24 11 14 25 -.08 6. Hawaii 14 15 15 30 15 22 37 -.50 6. New Mexico St. 12 14 9 23 13 16 29 -.50 8. Fresno St. 13 8 5 13 12 12 24 -.85 9. Idaho 12 9 9 18 12 20 32 -1.17
