COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2003
Big East Conference ALL PURPOSE RUNNING Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Derrick Knight, Boston College 13 1721 227 0 0 1948 149.85 2. Walter Reyes, Syracuse 12 1347 375 0 10 1732 144.33 3. Kevin Jones, Virginia Tech 13 1647 161 0 0 1808 139.08 4. Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh 13 5 167 0 0 1677 129.00 5. Quincy Wilson, West Virginia 12 1380 95 0 0 1475 122.92 6. Brian Leonard, Rutgers 12 880 488 0 0 1368 114.00 7. Johnnie Morant, Syracuse 12 15 799 0 403 1217 101.42 8. Zamir Cobb, Temple 12 0 866 227 28 1121 93.42 9. Makonnen Fenton, Temple 10 342 111 0 468 921 92.10 10. Tres Moses, Rutgers 11 10 536 250 185 981 89.18 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Jon Peattie, Miami (Fla.) 13 28 22 .786 1.69 2. Ryan Sands, Rutgers 10 21 12 .571 1.20 3. Collin Barber, Syracuse 11 16 12 .750 1.09 4. Carter Warley, Virginia Tech 13 18 12 .667 .92 5. Sandro Sciortino, Boston College 12 18 11 .611 .92 6. Brad Cooper, West Virginia 13 18 11 .611 .85 7. Jared Davis, Temple 12 22 10 .455 .83 8. David Abdul, Pittsburgh 13 18 9 .500 .69 9. Michael Cortese, Rutgers 12 2 1 .500 .08 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Sean Taylor, Miami (Fla.) 12 10 184 3 .83 2. Brian King, West Virginia 13 6 35 0 .46 3. Anthony Smith, Syracuse 12 5 37 0 .42 4. Lance Frazier, West Virginia 13 5 82 0 .38 5. Pete McBride, Temple 12 4 30 0 .33 6. Adam Jones, West Virginia 13 4 91 1 .31 6. Will Blackmon, Boston College 13 4 21 0 .31 8. Kellen Pruitt, Syracuse 12 3 26 0 .25 9. William Ferguson, Pittsburgh 13 3 9 0 .23 9. Eric Green, Virginia Tech 13 3 166 2 .23 9. T.J. Stancil, Boston College 13 3 81 0 .23 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Mike Imoh, Virginia Tech 12 18 549 1 30.50 1.50 2. Devin Hester, Miami (Fla.) 10 18 517 1 28.72 1.80 3. Adam Jones, West Virginia 13 33 867 1 26.27 2.54 4. Nathan Jones, Rutgers 12 19 489 1 25.74 1.58 5. Will Blackmon, Boston College 13 36 922 0 25.61 2.77 6. Jamil Porter, Temple 12 22 560 0 25.45 1.83 7. Terrell Allen, Pittsburgh 12 25 591 0 23.64 2.08 8. Johnnie Morant, Syracuse 12 18 403 0 22.39 1.50 9. Kay-Jay Harris, West Virginia 12 18 372 0 20.67 1.50 10. Makonnen Fenton, Temple 10 24 468 0 19.50 2.40 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Rod Rutherford, Pittsburgh 13 413 247 59.81 14 3679 8.91 37 157.42 2. Bryan Randall, Virginia Tech 13 245 150 61.22 10 1996 8.15 15 141.70 3. Paul Peterson, Boston College 13 147 84 57.14 7 1128 7.67 10 134.53 4. Rasheed Marshall, West Virginia 13 215 109 50.70 8 1729 8.04 15 133.83 5. Quinton Porter, Boston College 10 250 140 56.00 6 1764 7.06 14 128.95 6. R.J. Anderson, Syracuse 12 310 186 60.00 8 2164 6.98 10 124.12 7. Brock Berlin, Miami (Fla.) 13 352 211 59.94 17 2419 6.87 12 119.26 8. Ryan Hart, Rutgers 12 398 234 58.79 19 2714 6.82 15 118.96 9. Walter Washington, Temple 12 207 110 53.14 6 1265 6.11 8 111.43 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Andy Lee, Pittsburgh 13 77 3399 44.14 5.92 2. Brendan Carney, Syracuse 12 60 2581 43.02 5.00 3. Todd James, West Virginia 13 74 3056 41.30 5.69 4. Mike McLaughlin, Temple 12 51 2035 39.90 4.25 5. Jeff Gomulinski, Boston College 13 66 2630 39.85 5.08 6. Vinnie Burns, Virginia Tech 13 57 2267 39.77 4.38 7. Joe Radigan, Rutgers 12 60 2360 39.33 5.00 8. Brian Monroe, Miami (Fla.) 13 49 1749 35.69 3.77 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. DeAngelo Hall, Virginia Tech 13 33 487 3 14.76 2.54 2. Tres Moses, Rutgers 11 22 250 1 11.36 2.00 3. Zamir Cobb, Temple 12 21 227 0 10.81 1.75 4. Roscoe Parrish, Miami (Fla.) 11 23 240 1 10.43 2.09 5. William Ferguson, Pittsburgh 13 32 327 0 10.22 2.46 6. Marcus Clayton, Syracuse 12 27 273 1 10.11 2.25 7. Adam Jones, West Virginia 13 16 98 0 6.13 1.23 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCatch YdsGm 1. Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh 13 92 1672 22 7.08 18.17 128.62 2. Zamir Cobb, Temple 12 74 866 5 6.17 11.70 72.17 3. Tres Moses, Rutgers 11 52 536 5 4.73 10.31 48.73 4. Kellen Winslow, Miami (Fla.) 13 60 605 1 4.62 10.08 46.54 5. Brian Leonard, Rutgers 12 53 488 5 4.42 9.21 40.67 6. Phil Goodman, Temple 11 47 678 5 4.27 14.43 61.64 7. Ernest Wilford, Virginia Tech 13 55 886 3 4.23 16.11 68.15 8. Shawn Tucker, Rutgers 12 50 726 2 4.17 14.52 60.50 9. Johnnie Morant, Syracuse 12 46 799 5 3.83 17.37 66.58 10. Grant Adams, Boston College 13 46 720 5 3.54 15.65 55.38 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh 13 92 1672 22 7.08 18.17 128.62 2. Chris Henry, West Virginia 12 41 1006 10 3.42 24.54 83.83 3. Zamir Cobb, Temple 12 74 866 5 6.17 11.70 72.17 4. Ernest Wilford, Virginia Tech 13 55 886 3 4.23 16.11 68.15 5. Johnnie Morant, Syracuse 12 46 799 5 3.83 17.37 66.58 6. Phil Goodman, Temple 11 47 678 5 4.27 14.43 61.64 7. Shawn Tucker, Rutgers 12 50 726 2 4.17 14.52 60.50 8. Grant Adams, Boston College 13 46 720 5 3.54 15.65 55.38 9. Princell Brockenbrough, Pittsburgh 12 35 616 4 2.92 17.60 51.33 10. Kris Wilson, Pittsburgh 13 44 643 9 3.38 14.61 49.46 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh 13 92 1672 22 7.08 18.17 128.62 2. Chris Henry, West Virginia 12 41 1006 10 3.42 24.54 83.83 3. Ernest Wilford, Virginia Tech 13 55 886 3 4.23 16.11 68.15 4. Zamir Cobb, Temple 12 74 866 5 6.17 11.70 72.17 5. Johnnie Morant, Syracuse 12 46 799 5 3.83 17.37 66.58 6. Shawn Tucker, Rutgers 12 50 726 2 4.17 14.52 60.50 7. Grant Adams, Boston College 13 46 720 5 3.54 15.65 55.38 8. Phil Goodman, Temple 11 47 678 5 4.27 14.43 61.64 9. Kris Wilson, Pittsburgh 13 44 643 9 3.38 14.61 49.46 10. Ryan Moore, Miami (Fla.) 13 44 637 3 3.38 14.48 49.00 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Avg Yds/gm 1. Derrick Knight, Boston College 13 321 1721 11 5 132.38 2. Kevin Jones, Virginia Tech 13 281 1647 21 5 126.69 3. Quincy Wilson, West Virginia 12 282 1380 12 4 115.00 4. Walter Reyes, Syracuse 12 253 1347 20 5 112.25 5. Jarrett Payton, Miami (Fla.) 13 182 985 7 5 75.77 6. Brian Leonard, Rutgers 12 213 880 9 4 73.33 7. Walter Washington, Temple 12 156 579 6 3 48.25 8. Kay-Jay Harris, West Virginia 12 91 524 4 5 43.67 9. Tyrone Moss, Miami (Fla.) 12 107 511 5 4 42.58 10. Jawan Walker, Pittsburgh 11 107 407 3 3 37.00 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Walter Reyes, Syracuse 12 21 0 0 0 0 128 10.67 2. Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh 13 22 0 0 0 0 132 10.15 3. Kevin Jones, Virginia Tech 13 21 0 0 0 0 126 9.69 4. Jon Peattie, Miami (Fla.) 13 0 37 37 22 28 103 7.92 5. Brian Leonard, Rutgers 12 14 0 0 0 0 84 7.00 5. Carter Warley, Virginia Tech 13 0 55 58 12 18 91 7.00 7. Quincy Wilson, West Virginia 12 13 0 0 0 0 78 6.50 8. Collin Barber, Syracuse 11 0 33 34 12 16 69 6.27 9. Brad Cooper, West Virginia 13 0 46 48 11 18 79 6.08 10. Ryan Sands, Rutgers 10 0 24 25 12 21 60 6.00 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Rod Rutherford, Pittsburgh 13 136 150 3679 549 3829 6.97 294.54 2. Ryan Hart, Rutgers 12 40 -176 2714 438 2538 5.79 211.50 3. R.J. Anderson, Syracuse 12 99 262 2164 409 2426 5.93 202.17 4. Quinton Porter, Boston College 10 78 159 1764 328 1923 5.86 192.30 5. Bryan Randall, Virginia Tech 13 82 404 1996 327 2400 7.34 184.62 6. Brock Berlin, Miami (Fla.) 13 32 -62 2419 384 2357 6.14 181.31 7. Rasheed Marshall, West Virginia 13 101 303 1729 316 2032 6.43 156.31 8. Walter Washington, Temple 12 156 579 1265 363 1844 5.08 153.67 9. Derrick Knight, Boston College 13 321 1721 0 321 1721 5.36 132.38 10. Kevin Jones, Virginia Tech 13 281 1647 0 281 1647 5.86 126.69 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. Miami (Fla.) 13 328 167 50.91 19 1866 5.69 9 2.74 96.16 2. West Virginia 13 489 289 59.10 21 3378 6.91 18 3.68 120.69 3. Pittsburgh 13 407 233 57.25 14 2829 6.95 15 3.69 120.87 4. Boston College 13 442 255 57.69 19 2984 6.75 21 4.75 121.49 5. Syracuse 12 395 237 60.00 17 2666 6.75 22 5.57 126.47 6. Rutgers 12 347 179 51.59 10 2597 7.48 20 5.76 127.72 7. Virginia Tech 13 405 244 60.25 15 3009 7.43 19 4.69 130.68 8. Temple 12 340 215 63.24 11 2724 8.01 20 5.88 143.44 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Miami (Fla.) 13 34 858 1 25.24 2. West Virginia 13 61 1409 1 23.10 3. Virginia Tech 13 36 827 1 22.97 4. Temple 12 60 1290 0 21.50 5. Boston College 13 51 1082 0 21.22 6. Rutgers 12 38 773 1 20.34 7. Syracuse 12 41 804 0 19.61 8. Pittsburgh 13 46 898 0 19.52 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. Pittsburgh 77 44 46 507 37.56 3399 2. Virginia Tech 57 39 21 211 36.07 2267 3. West Virginia 81 39 36 452 34.28 3229 4. Rutgers 65 36 24 198 33.77 2393 5. Miami (Fla.) 51 35 15 107 33.25 1803 6. Temple 68 37 28 328 32.76 2556 7. Boston College 68 38 32 403 32.75 2630 8. Syracuse 66 39 36 498 32.23 2625 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Pittsburgh 13 427 251 14 58.78 3746 8.77 38 288.15 14.92 2. Rutgers 12 406 240 19 59.11 2757 6.79 16 229.75 11.49 3. Temple 12 444 234 12 52.70 2697 6.07 13 224.75 11.53 4. Boston College 13 397 224 13 56.42 2892 7.28 24 222.46 12.91 5. Miami (Fla.) 13 410 245 20 59.76 2796 6.82 15 215.08 11.41 6. Virginia Tech 13 305 181 15 59.34 2502 8.20 17 192.46 13.82 7. Syracuse 12 311 186 8 59.81 2164 6.96 10 180.33 11.63 8. West Virginia 13 252 129 8 51.19 2034 8.07 19 156.46 15.77 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. Miami (Fla.) 13 328 167 50.91 11.17 19 1866 5.69 9 143.54 2. Rutgers 12 347 179 51.59 14.51 10 2597 7.48 20 216.42 3. Pittsburgh 13 407 233 57.25 12.14 14 2829 6.95 15 217.62 4. Syracuse 12 395 237 60.00 11.25 17 2666 6.75 22 222.17 5. Temple 12 340 215 63.24 12.67 11 2724 8.01 20 227.00 6. Boston College 13 442 255 57.69 11.70 19 2984 6.75 21 229.54 7. Virginia Tech 13 405 244 60.25 12.33 15 3009 7.43 19 231.46 8. West Virginia 13 489 289 59.10 11.69 21 3378 6.91 18 259.85 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Pittsburgh 13 427 251 58.78 14 3746 8.77 38 8.90 155.30 2. West Virginia 13 252 129 51.19 8 2034 8.07 19 7.54 137.53 3. Virginia Tech 13 305 181 59.34 15 2502 8.20 17 5.57 136.76 4. Boston College 13 397 224 56.42 13 2892 7.28 24 6.05 130.99 5. Syracuse 12 311 186 59.81 8 2164 6.96 10 3.22 123.72 6. Rutgers 12 406 240 59.11 19 2757 6.79 16 3.94 119.79 7. Miami (Fla.) 13 410 245 59.76 20 2796 6.82 15 3.66 119.40 8. Temple 12 444 234 52.70 12 2697 6.07 13 2.93 107.98 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. Virginia Tech 13 36 537 4 14.92 2. West Virginia 13 31 414 2 13.35 3. Rutgers 12 31 367 2 11.84 4. Miami (Fla.) 13 47 531 2 11.30 5. Boston College 13 22 247 0 11.23 6. Syracuse 12 32 359 3 11.22 7. Temple 12 21 227 0 10.81 8. Pittsburgh 13 34 334 0 9.82 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. West Virginia 13 600 2762 4.60 25 212.46 2. Virginia Tech 13 515 2721 5.28 33 209.31 3. Syracuse 12 509 2273 4.47 27 189.42 4. Boston College 13 557 2367 4.25 23 182.08 5. Miami (Fla.) 13 507 2338 4.61 18 179.85 6. Rutgers 12 498 1679 3.37 19 139.92 7. Temple 12 415 1439 3.47 17 119.92 8. Pittsburgh 13 483 1528 3.16 12 117.54 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. Miami (Fla.) 13 458 1482 3.24 11 114.00 2. Boston College 13 491 1673 3.41 15 128.69 3. West Virginia 13 485 1709 3.52 13 131.46 4. Virginia Tech 13 509 1768 3.47 20 136.00 5. Syracuse 12 457 1658 3.63 11 138.17 6. Rutgers 12 462 1957 4.24 22 163.08 7. Pittsburgh 13 532 2405 4.52 24 185.00 8. Temple 12 520 2433 4.68 27 202.75 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Miami (Fla.) 13 196 15.08 23 22 0 0 0 12 0 2. West Virginia 13 297 22.85 35 31 1 0 0 18 0 3. Virginia Tech 13 299 23.00 40 36 1 0 0 7 0 4. Pittsburgh 13 311 23.92 40 35 0 0 0 12 0 5. Syracuse 12 301 25.08 36 34 0 0 0 17 0 6. Boston College 13 331 25.46 44 33 0 0 0 10 2 7. Rutgers 12 354 29.50 47 41 2 0 0 9 0 8. Temple 12 393 32.75 49 47 1 0 0 16 1 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Virginia Tech 13 5223 61 460 35.38 58 0 0 0 12 0 2. Pittsburgh 13 5274 51 389 29.92 49 0 0 0 10 2 3. West Virginia 13 4796 49 376 28.92 47 0 0 0 11 1 4. Boston College 13 5259 48 370 28.46 45 2 0 0 11 0 5. Miami (Fla.) 13 5134 42 361 27.77 39 1 0 0 22 1 6. Rutgers 12 4436 42 329 27.42 34 1 0 0 13 1 7. Syracuse 12 4437 41 320 26.67 36 1 0 0 12 0 8. Temple 12 4136 30 235 19.58 25 0 0 0 10 0 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. Miami (Fla.) 13 4.26 786 3348 23 257.54 2. Boston College 13 4.99 933 4657 44 358.23 3. Syracuse 12 5.08 852 4324 36 360.33 4. Virginia Tech 13 5.23 914 4777 40 367.46 5. Rutgers 12 5.63 809 4554 47 379.50 6. West Virginia 13 5.22 974 5087 35 391.31 7. Pittsburgh 13 5.57 939 5234 40 402.62 8. Temple 12 6.00 860 5157 49 429.75 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Pittsburgh 13 910 5274 5.80 51 405.69 2. Boston College 13 954 5259 5.51 48 404.54 3. Virginia Tech 13 820 5223 6.37 61 401.77 4. Miami (Fla.) 13 917 5134 5.60 42 394.92 5. Syracuse 12 820 4437 5.41 41 369.75 6. Rutgers 12 904 4436 4.91 42 369.67 7. West Virginia 13 852 4796 5.63 49 368.92 8. Temple 12 859 4136 4.81 30 344.67 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. West Virginia 13 15 21 36 12 8 20 1.23 2. Syracuse 12 9 17 26 11 8 19 .58 3. Temple 12 12 11 23 6 12 18 .42 4. Boston College 13 9 19 28 10 13 23 .38 4. Pittsburgh 13 13 14 27 8 14 22 .38 6. Virginia Tech 13 11 15 26 12 15 27 -.08 7. Miami (Fla.) 13 12 19 31 15 20 35 -.31 8. Rutgers 12 13 10 23 10 19 29 -.50