COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2002
Mid American Conference
RUSHING
CARRIES YDS YDS/CARRY
1 Patrick Body, Toledo 1 57 57.00
2 Brad Bates, Marshall 2 52 26.00
3 Dan Sheldon, Northern Ill 13 135 10.38
4 Martez Johnson, Bowling Green 7 62 8.86
5 Thomas Plummer, Akron 10 84 8.40
6 Adam Porter, Ohio 13 101 7.77
7 Joshua Cribbs, Kent St 137 1057 7.72
8 Doug Gabriel, Ucf 7 52 7.43
9 Cole Magner, Bowling Green 11 81 7.36
10 Kent Smith, Central Mich 15 106 7.07
11 Joe Alls, Bowling Green 123 807 6.56
12 Wilbur Hargrove, Marshall 32 205 6.41
13 B.J. Lane, Bowling Green 25 156 6.24
14 Andy Sahm, Bowling Green 16 98 6.13
15 Stafford Owens, Ohio 61 364 5.97
16 Dave Dawson, Buffalo 61 362 5.93
17 Astin Martin, Toledo 129 754 5.84
18 P.J. Pope, Bowling Green 101 577 5.71
19 Michael Turner, Northern Ill 338 1915 5.67
20 Mike Smith, Miami Ohio 41 232 5.66
21 William Bratton, Toledo 114 639 5.61
21 Bryant Jackson, Ohio 28 157 5.61
23 Robbie Mixon, Central Mich 255 1361 5.34
24 Eddie Beccles, Kent St 114 602 5.28
25 Alex Haynes, Ucf 204 1038 5.09
PASSING
ATT CMP YDS TD
1 Byron Leftwich, Marshall 447 309 4019 26
2 Ryan Schneider, Ucf 429 264 3758 31
3 Brian Jones, Toledo 382 270 3115 21
4 Ben Roethlisberger, Miami Ohio 396 255 3034 21
5 Charlie Frye, Akron 380 250 2824 15
6 Troy Edwards, Eastern Mich 369 214 2629 22
7 Josh Harris, Bowling Green 353 198 2425 18
8 Chad Munson, Western Mich 309 162 2160 14
9 Josh Haldi, Northern Ill 245 130 2027 15
10 Randall Secky, Buffalo 421 204 2015 12
11 Derrick Vickers, Central Mich 320 175 1828 9
12 Andy Roesch, Ball St 202 113 1341 15
13 Joshua Cribbs, Kent St 186 91 1014 4
14 Jon Drach, Western Mich 151 80 892 3
15 Talmadge Hill, Ball St 144 86 803 5
16 Fred Ray, Ohio 100 56 712 5
17 Stan Hill, Marshall 83 52 536 5
18 Darryl Polk, Kent St 91 46 428 2
19 Andy Sahm, Bowling Green 37 25 244 4
20 Jeff Crooks, Eastern Mich 29 14 176 1
21 Dontrell Jackson, Ohio 47 21 175 0
22 Corey Edwards, Eastern Mich 41 18 133 0
23 Michael Radon, Buffalo 10 5 119 1
24 Cedric Stevens, Toledo 14 9 112 2
25 Nick Sparks, Akron 10 8 107 1
TOTAL OFFENSE
PLAYS YARDS
1 Byron Leftwich, Marshall 481 4024
2 Ryan Schneider, Ucf 463 3669
3 Brian Jones, Toledo 458 3497
4 Josh Harris, Bowling Green 539 3162
5 Ben Roethlisberger, Miami Ohio 466 2957
6 Charlie Frye, Akron 482 2949
7 Troy Edwards, Eastern Mich 414 2534
8 Joshua Cribbs, Kent St 323 2071
9 Chad Munson, Western Mich 343 2040
10 Josh Haldi, Northern Ill 304 1937
11 Derrick Vickers, Central Mich 382 1933
12 Michael Turner, Northern Ill 338 1915
13 Randall Secky, Buffalo 480 1862
14 Marcus Merriweather, Ball St 332 1618
15 Andy Roesch, Ball St 235 1409
16 Robbie Mixon, Central Mich 255 1361
17 Ime Akpan, Eastern Mich 267 1221
18 Chad Brinker, Ohio 229 1154
19 Fred Ray, Ohio 197 1070
20 Phillip Reed, Western Mich 220 1049
21 Alex Haynes, Ucf 204 1038
22 Bob Hendry, Akron 208 1021
23 Luke Clemens, Miami Ohio 223 1009
24 Aaron Leeper, Buffalo 235 917
25 Jon Drach, Western Mich 193 888
RECEIVING (CATCHES)
CT YDS
1 Kevin Walter, Eastern Mich 92 1359
2 Robert Redd, Bowling Green 83 973
3 Denero Marriott, Marshall 76 856
4 Doug Gabriel, Ucf 75 1237
5 Josh Davis, Marshall 73 1165
6 Darius Watts, Marshall 68 998
7 Jimmy Fryzel, Ucf 57 1114
7 Carl Ford, Toledo 57 809
9 Andre Forde, Buffalo 54 748
10 Miquel Irvin, Akron 53 535
11 Donta Greene, Toledo 52 539
12 Chad Bartoszek, Buffalo 45 350
12 Rob Turner, Central Mich 45 543
12 Antonio Thomas, Western Mich 45 439
15 James Hawkins, Bowling Green 44 546
15 Dante Ridgeway, Ball St 44 556
17 Tavaris Capers, Ucf 43 456
18 Brandon Carey, Marshall 41 382
19 Jason Branch, Miami Ohio 40 505
19 Dan Sheldon, Northern Ill 40 783
21 Mobolaji Afariogun, Western Mich 39 417
21 Michael Larkin, Miami Ohio 39 436
23 Jermaine Lewis, Western Mich 38 654
23 Chris J Roberson, Eastern Mich 38 364
23 Brandon Payne, Akron 38 380
RECEIVING YARDS
CT YDS
1 Kevin Walter, Eastern Mich 92 1359
2 Doug Gabriel, Ucf 75 1237
3 Josh Davis, Marshall 73 1165
4 Jimmy Fryzel, Ucf 57 1114
5 Darius Watts, Marshall 68 998
6 Robert Redd, Bowling Green 83 973
7 Denero Marriott, Marshall 76 856
8 Carl Ford, Toledo 57 809
9 Dan Sheldon, Northern Ill 40 783
10 Andre Forde, Buffalo 54 748
11 Jermaine Lewis, Western Mich 38 654
12 Dante Ridgeway, Ball St 44 556
13 James Hawkins, Bowling Green 44 546
14 Rob Turner, Central Mich 45 543
15 Donta Greene, Toledo 52 539
16 Miquel Irvin, Akron 53 535
17 Sam Hurd, Northern Ill 22 512
18 Kendrick Mosley, Western Mich 37 507
19 Jason Branch, Miami Ohio 40 505
20 Curtis Jones, Marshall 27 471
21 Charles Sharon, Bowling Green 33 465
22 Matthew Cherry, Akron 35 463
23 Tavaris Capers, Ucf 43 456
24 Antonio Thomas, Western Mich 45 439
25 Michael Larkin, Miami Ohio 39 436
FIELD GOALS
FG
1 Steve Azar, Northern Ill 18
2 Curtis Head, Marshall 15
3 Mike Gruzwalski, Central Mich 14
3 Jared Parseghian, Miami Ohio 14
3 Matt Prater, Ucf 14
6 Shaun Suisham, Bowling Green 12
6 Jason Robbins, Toledo 12
6 Travis Mayle, Kent St 12
9 Kevin Kerr, Ohio 10
10 Mike Langford, Ball St 9
10 Dallas Pelz, Buffalo 9
12 Anthony Apa, Western Mich 8
13 Robert Menchinger, Western Mich 7
13 Billy Sullivan, Akron 7
15 Brian Klaban, Eastern Mich 2
16 Michael Baker, Buffalo 1
16 Eric Klaban, Eastern Mich 1
SCORING
TD CONV XP FG POINTS
1 Josh Harris, Bowling Green 22 2 0 0 136
2 Michael Turner, Northern Ill 19 0 0 0 114
3 Luke Clemens, Miami Ohio 17 0 0 0 102
4 Steve Azar, Northern Ill 0 0 41 18 95
5 Shaun Suisham, Bowling Green 0 0 57 12 93
6 Ime Akpan, Eastern Mich 15 0 0 0 90
7 Curtis Head, Marshall 0 0 44 15 89
8 Jason Robbins, Toledo 0 0 52 12 88
9 Jared Parseghian, Miami Ohio 0 0 44 14 86
9 Matt Prater, Ucf 0 0 44 14 86
11 Marcus Merriweather, Ball St 14 0 0 0 84
12 Darius Watts, Marshall 12 0 0 0 72
12 Doug Gabriel, Ucf 12 0 0 0 72
14 Mike Gruzwalski, Central Mich 0 0 28 14 70
15 Chad Brinker, Ohio 11 1 0 0 68
16 Phillip Reed, Western Mich 11 0 0 0 66
16 Trinity Dawson, Toledo 11 0 0 0 66
18 Kevin Kerr, Ohio 0 0 31 10 61
18 Billy Sullivan, Akron 0 0 40 7 61
20 William Bratton, Toledo 10 0 0 0 60
20 Aaron Leeper, Buffalo 10 0 0 0 60
20 Joshua Cribbs, Kent St 10 0 0 0 60
20 Robbie Mixon, Central Mich 10 0 0 0 60
24 Travis Mayle, Kent St 0 0 22 12 58
25 Mike Langford, Ball St 0 0 29 9 56
TEAM STATISTICS
RUSHING OFFENSE
CAR YDS YDSPG
1 Ohio 648 2866 238.80
2 Toledo 562 2898 222.90
3 Bowling Green 501 2635 219.60
4 Kent St 485 2579 214.90
5 Central Mich 556 2473 206.10
6 Northern Ill 541 2409 200.80
7 Ball St 499 1955 162.90
8 Akron 489 1890 157.50
9 Marshall 386 1536 128.00
PASSING OFFENSE
ATT CMP YDS YDSPG
1 Marshall 531 361 4555 379.60
2 Ucf 441 269 3825 318.80
3 Miami Ohio 446 278 3331 277.60
4 Western Mich 467 244 3073 256.10
5 Toledo 402 282 3280 252.30
6 Akron 404 265 2962 246.80
7 Eastern Mich 441 247 2952 246.00
8 Bowling Green 398 227 2753 229.40
9 Ball St 348 199 2144 178.70
TOTAL OFFENSE
PLAYS YARDS YDSPG
1 Marshall 917 6091 507.58
2 Toledo 964 6178 475.23
3 Bowling Green 899 5388 449.00
4 Ucf 803 5233 436.08
5 Miami Ohio 897 4863 405.25
6 Akron 893 4852 404.33
7 Northern Ill 806 4514 376.17
8 Central Mich 930 4467 372.25
9 Western Mich 860 4360 363.33
SCORING OFFENSE
GAMES PTS AVG
1 Bowling Green 12 490 40.80
2 Toledo 13 470 36.20
3 Marshall 12 419 34.90
4 Ucf 12 391 32.60
5 Miami Ohio 12 384 32.00
6 Northern Ill 12 375 31.30
7 Akron 12 325 27.10
8 Western Mich 12 303 25.30
9 Ohio 12 299 24.90
RUSHING DEFENSE
CAR YDS YDSPG
1 Northern Ill 447 1582 131.80
2 Miami Ohio 393 1676 139.70
3 Central Mich 473 1680 140.00
4 Ucf 499 1796 149.70
5 Toledo 462 1959 150.70
6 Western Mich 483 1814 151.20
7 Bowling Green 468 1832 152.70
8 Ohio 454 1844 153.70
9 Akron 492 2008 167.30
PASSING DEFENSE
ATT CMP YDS TD INT YDSPG
1 Marshall 318 154 1894 9 14 157.80
2 Western Mich 362 195 2154 21 14 179.50
3 Kent St 344 209 2423 18 9 201.90
4 Toledo 391 222 2633 15 19 202.50
5 Ucf 380 216 2449 19 13 204.10
6 Bowling Green 399 215 2544 15 12 212.00
7 Ohio 360 209 2684 24 14 223.70
8 Eastern Mich 281 179 2710 27 4 225.80
9 Akron 340 214 2726 20 9 227.20
TOTAL DEFENSE
PLAYS YARDS YDSPG
1 Western Mich 845 3968 330.70
2 Marshall 820 4081 340.10
3 Toledo 853 4592 353.20
4 Ucf 879 4245 353.80
5 Bowling Green 867 4376 364.70
6 Ohio 814 4528 377.40
7 Northern Ill 875 4641 386.70
8 Akron 832 4734 394.50
9 Central Mich 866 4853 404.40
SCORING DEFENSE
GAMES PTS AVG
1 Northern Ill 12 298 24.80
2 Marshall 12 300 25.00
3 Toledo 13 327 25.20
4 Bowling Green 12 304 25.30
5 Ucf 12 315 26.30
6 Miami Ohio 12 325 27.10
7 Western Mich 12 330 27.50
8 Ball St 12 333 27.80
9 Ohio 12 374 31.20
TURNOVER MARGIN
TURNOVERS TURNOVERS
FUM INT GAINED FUM INT LOST MARGIN
1 Bowling Green 15 12 27 7 11 18 9
1 Toledo 8 19 27 11 7 18 9
3 Northern Ill 7 21 28 13 7 20 8
4 Miami Ohio 14 13 27 7 13 20 7
5 Buffalo 12 14 26 7 13 20 6
6 Central Mich 9 12 21 10 8 18 3
7 Ohio 11 14 25 16 9 25 0
8 Akron 16 9 25 14 12 26 -1
9 Ucf 14 13 27 15 16 31 -4