COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2004
Sun Belt Conference Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Jamario Thomas, North Texas 10 1801 14 0 0 1815 181.50 2. Antonio Warren, Arkansas St. 11 1036 72 0 481 1589 144.45 3. Kevin Robinson, Utah St. 11 0 602 382 326 1310 119.09 4. Kerry Wright, Middle Tenn. St. 11 13 104 183 0 1244 113.09 5. DeWhitt Betterson, Troy 12 1286 5 0 0 1291 107.58 6. Jayson Bird, Idaho 11 859 93 0 3 955 86.82 7. Mason Denham, La.-Monroe 11 529 185 179 24 917 83.36 8. Johnny Quinn, North Texas 12 0 785 119 46 950 79.17 9. Bobby Bernal-Wood, Idaho 12 9 938 0 0 947 78.92 10. Rod McNeal, Utah St. 10 122 366 4 257 749 74.90 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Colby Smith, Middle Tenn. St. 11 17 15 .882 1.36 2. Sean Comiskey, La.-Lafayette 11 22 14 .636 1.27 2. Nick Bazaldua, North Texas 11 18 14 .778 1.27 4. Ryan Guardia, New Mexico St. 11 18 12 .667 1.09 5. Greg Whibbs, Troy 12 14 12 .857 1.00 5. Eric Neihouse, Arkansas St. 11 16 11 .688 1.00 7. Ragan Walters, La.-Monroe 9 11 6 .545 .67 8. Mike Barrow, Idaho 12 12 4 .333 .33 9. Thomas Olmsted, Troy 12 1 0 .000 .00 9. Joel Stelly, La.-Monroe 11 1 0 .000 .00 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Chris Harris, La.-Monroe 11 7 11 0 .64 2. Johnny Faulk, Troy 12 5 68 0 .42 2. Derrick Ansley, Troy 12 5 69 1 .42 4. Antwain Spann, La.-Lafayette 11 4 89 1 .36 4. Tyrell Johnson, Arkansas St. 11 4 55 0 .36 6. Markeith Knowlton, North Texas 12 4 40 0 .33 7. Cornelius Lamb, Utah St. 11 3 62 0 .27 8. Sherrod Martin, Troy 12 3 27 0 .25 8. Simeon Stewart, Idaho 12 3 38 0 .25 8. J.R. Ruffin, Idaho 12 3 17 0 .25 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Adrian Ghent, Troy 12 16 373 0 23.31 1.33 2. Leodis McKelvin, Troy 12 15 328 0 21.87 1.25 3. Kenneth Buckley, New Mexico St. 11 20 431 0 21.55 1.82 4. Darren Toney, Arkansas St. 11 26 559 0 21.50 2.36 5. J.R. Ruffin, Idaho 12 36 751 0 20.86 3.00 6. Charles Estes, La.-Monroe 10 19 385 0 20.26 1.90 7. Rod McNeal, Utah St. 10 13 257 0 19.77 1.30 8. Lee Baker, Middle Tenn. St. 10 14 270 0 19.29 1.40 9. Zach Muzzy, North Texas 12 23 425 0 18.48 1.92 10. Antonio Warren, Arkansas St. 11 27 481 0 17.81 2.45 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Buck Pierce, New Mexico St. 11 285 191 67.02 5 2253 7.91 16 148.44 2. Clint Marks, Middle Tenn. St. 11 368 259 70.38 14 2749 7.47 14 138.08 3. Scott Hall, North Texas 12 237 134 56.54 4 1818 7.67 14 137.09 4. Michael Harrington, Idaho 12 343 225 65.60 11 2222 6.48 12 125.15 5. Steven Jyles, La.-Monroe 11 366 204 55.74 12 2322 6.34 12 113.29 6. Jerry Babb, La.-Lafayette 11 385 223 57.92 13 2365 6.14 12 113.05 7. Nick Noce, Arkansas St. 11 315 164 52.06 16 2115 6.71 13 111.92 8. Travis Cox, Utah St. 11 306 179 58.50 16 1908 6.24 10 111.20 9. D.T. McDowell, Troy 10 104 42 40.38 4 585 5.63 5 95.81 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Joel Stelly, La.-Monroe 11 62 2796 45.10 5.64 2. Thomas Olmsted, Troy 12 76 3272 43.05 6.33 3. Leon Jackson III, Utah St. 9 40 1694 42.35 4.44 4. Jarod Little, Arkansas St. 11 61 2530 41.48 5.55 5. Steven Smith, New Mexico St. 10 51 2040 40.00 5.10 6. Brad Kadlubar, North Texas 12 73 2919 39.99 6.08 7. Colby Smith, Middle Tenn. St. 11 55 2197 39.95 5.00 8. Mike Barrow, Idaho 12 75 2890 38.53 6.25 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Kevin Robinson, Utah St. 11 17 382 2 22.47 1.55 2. Leodis McKelvin, Troy 12 26 304 2 11.69 2.17 3. Kerry Wright, Middle Tenn. St. 11 17 183 1 10.76 1.55 4. Steven Harper, New Mexico St. 11 17 153 0 9.00 1.55 5. Mason Denham, La.-Monroe 11 23 179 0 7.78 2.09 6. Jason Wood, Arkansas St. 11 17 106 0 6.24 1.55 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/Gm 1. Bobby Bernal-Wood, Idaho 12 96 938 3 8.00 9.77 78.17 2. Kerry Wright, Middle Tenn. St. 11 76 1048 11 6.91 13.79 95.27 3. Chris Henry, Middle Tenn. St. 11 60 586 0 5.45 9.77 53.27 4. Bill Sampy, La.-Lafayette 11 57 776 6 5.18 13.61 70.55 5. B.J. Crist, La.-Lafayette 9 38 420 2 4.22 11.05 46.67 6. Johnny Quinn, North Texas 12 49 785 9 4.08 16.02 65.42 7. Kevin Robinson, Utah St. 11 44 602 3 4.00 13.68 54.73 7. Wendell Octave, Idaho 9 36 368 2 4.00 10.22 40.89 7. Drouzon Quillen, La.-Monroe 11 44 758 7 4.00 17.23 68.91 10. Tony Pennyman, Utah St. 11 43 598 2 3.91 13.91 54.36 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Kerry Wright, Middle Tenn. St. 11 76 1048 11 6.91 13.79 95.27 2. Bobby Bernal-Wood, Idaho 12 96 938 3 8.00 9.77 78.17 3. Bill Sampy, La.-Lafayette 11 57 776 6 5.18 13.61 70.55 4. Drouzon Quillen, La.-Monroe 11 44 758 7 4.00 17.23 68.91 5. Johnny Quinn, North Texas 12 49 785 9 4.08 16.02 65.42 6. Jason Samples, Troy 12 38 687 6 3.17 18.08 57.25 7. Kevin Robinson, Utah St. 11 44 602 3 4.00 13.68 54.73 8. Tony Pennyman, Utah St. 11 43 598 2 3.91 13.91 54.36 9. Chuck Walker, Arkansas St. 11 38 589 2 3.45 15.50 53.55 10. Chris Henry, Middle Tenn. St. 11 60 586 0 5.45 9.77 53.27 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Kerry Wright, Middle Tenn. St. 11 76 1048 11 6.91 13.79 95.27 2. Bobby Bernal-Wood, Idaho 12 96 938 3 8.00 9.77 78.17 3. Johnny Quinn, North Texas 12 49 785 9 4.08 16.02 65.42 4. Bill Sampy, La.-Lafayette 11 57 776 6 5.18 13.61 70.55 5. Drouzon Quillen, La.-Monroe 11 44 758 7 4.00 17.23 68.91 6. Jason Samples, Troy 12 38 687 6 3.17 18.08 57.25 7. Kevin Robinson, Utah St. 11 44 602 3 4.00 13.68 54.73 8. Tony Pennyman, Utah St. 11 43 598 2 3.91 13.91 54.36 9. Chuck Walker, Arkansas St. 11 38 589 2 3.45 15.50 53.55 10. Chris Henry, Middle Tenn. St. 11 60 586 0 5.45 9.77 53.27 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm 1. Jamario Thomas, North Texas 10 285 1801 17 180.10 2. DeWhitt Betterson, Troy 12 256 1286 9 107.17 3. Antonio Warren, Arkansas St. 11 195 1036 2 94.18 4. Jayson Bird, Idaho 11 151 859 8 78.09 5. Muammar Ali, New Mexico St. 10 137 572 6 57.20 6. Steven Jyles, La.-Monroe 11 150 587 8 53.36 7. Rolly Lumbala, Idaho 12 141 614 6 51.17 8. Chester Johnson, La.-Lafayette 10 117 489 2 48.90 9. Mason Denham, La.-Monroe 11 125 529 2 48.09 10. Jerry Babb, La.-Lafayette 11 101 498 4 45.27 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Jamario Thomas, North Texas 10 17 0 0 0 0 102 10.20 2. Nick Bazaldua, North Texas 11 0 37 38 14 18 79 7.18 3. Colby Smith, Middle Tenn. St. 11 0 32 32 15 17 77 7.00 4. Kerry Wright, Middle Tenn. St. 11 12 0 0 0 0 72 6.55 5. Sean Comiskey, La.-Lafayette 11 0 24 24 14 22 66 6.00 6. Greg Whibbs, Troy 12 0 32 35 12 14 68 5.67 7. Eric Neihouse, Arkansas St. 11 0 26 26 11 16 59 5.36 8. Ryan Guardia, New Mexico St. 11 0 21 25 12 18 57 5.18 9. Johnny Quinn, North Texas 12 10 0 0 0 0 60 5.00 10. DeWhitt Betterson, Troy 12 9 0 0 0 0 54 4.50 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Steven Jyles, La.-Monroe 11 150 587 2322 516 2909 5.64 264.45 2. Jerry Babb, La.-Lafayette 11 101 498 2365 486 2863 5.89 260.27 3. Clint Marks, Middle Tenn. St. 11 73 113 2749 441 2862 6.49 260.18 4. Buck Pierce, New Mexico St. 11 71 130 2253 356 2383 6.69 216.64 5. Nick Noce, Arkansas St. 11 88 254 2115 403 2369 5.88 215.36 6. Jamario Thomas, North Texas 10 285 1801 0 286 1801 6.30 180.10 7. Travis Cox, Utah St. 11 114 63 1908 420 1971 4.69 179.18 8. Michael Harrington, Idaho 12 60 -133 2222 403 2089 5.18 174.08 9. Scott Hall, North Texas 12 61 11 1818 298 1829 6.14 152.42 10. DeWhitt Betterson, Troy 12 256 1340 0 256 1286 5.02 107.17 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. Troy 12 406 217 53.45 25 2521 6.21 9 2.22 100.56 2. La.-Lafayette 11 308 185 60.06 9 1919 6.23 9 2.92 116.24 3. La.-Monroe 11 340 202 59.41 13 2317 6.81 18 5.29 126.47 4. North Texas 12 404 250 61.88 14 2896 7.17 15 3.71 127.44 5. Idaho 12 358 202 56.42 15 2785 7.78 25 6.98 136.41 6. Utah St. 11 281 174 61.92 13 2228 7.93 15 5.34 136.87 7. New Mexico St. 11 277 176 63.54 10 2171 7.84 16 5.78 141.18 8. Arkansas St. 11 302 182 60.26 8 2483 8.22 23 7.62 149.20 9. Middle Tenn. St. 11 356 231 64.89 7 3008 8.45 20 5.62 150.48 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Troy 12 40 956 0 23.90 2. Utah St. 11 38 863 1 22.71 3. La.-Lafayette 11 43 904 1 21.02 4. Idaho 12 61 1225 1 20.08 5. North Texas 12 43 854 0 19.86 6. New Mexico St. 11 40 758 0 18.95 7. Arkansas St. 11 62 1147 0 18.50 8. La.-Monroe 11 38 694 0 18.26 9. Middle Tenn. St. 11 37 670 0 18.11 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. Arkansas St. 63 41 26 127 39.40 2609 2. Troy 78 42 36 326 37.82 3276 3. La.-Monroe 65 43 31 369 37.80 2826 4. Utah St. 67 41 26 272 37.55 2788 5. New Mexico St. 57 38 22 151 35.39 2168 6. North Texas 75 38 35 296 34.97 2919 7. Middle Tenn. St. 55 39 25 288 34.71 2197 8. La.-Lafayette 50 34 20 130 32.38 1749 9. Idaho 76 38 44 519 31.42 2907 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Middle Tenn. St. 11 404 282 16 69.80 2945 7.29 15 267.73 10.44 2. New Mexico St. 11 340 209 7 61.47 2680 7.88 18 243.64 12.82 3. La.-Lafayette 11 397 229 14 57.68 2526 6.36 13 229.64 11.03 4. Utah St. 11 367 210 19 57.22 2355 6.42 11 214.09 11.21 5. La.-Monroe 11 373 207 13 55.50 2345 6.29 12 213.18 11.33 6. Idaho 12 395 250 14 63.29 2501 6.33 14 208.42 10.00 7. Arkansas St. 11 342 177 17 51.75 2270 6.64 14 206.36 12.82 8. North Texas 12 250 139 4 55.60 1891 7.56 14 157.58 13.60 9. Troy 12 232 99 11 42.67 1403 6.05 12 116.92 14.17 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. La.-Lafayette 11 308 185 60.06 10.37 9 1919 6.23 9 174.45 2. New Mexico St. 11 277 176 63.54 12.34 10 2171 7.84 16 197.36 3. Utah St. 11 281 174 61.92 12.80 13 2228 7.93 15 202.55 4. Troy 12 406 217 53.45 11.62 25 2521 6.21 9 210.08 5. La.-Monroe 11 340 202 59.41 11.47 13 2317 6.81 18 210.64 6. Arkansas St. 11 302 182 60.26 13.64 8 2483 8.22 23 225.73 7. Idaho 12 358 202 56.42 13.79 15 2785 7.78 25 232.08 8. North Texas 12 404 250 61.88 11.58 14 2896 7.17 15 241.33 9. Middle Tenn. St. 11 356 231 64.89 13.02 7 3008 8.45 20 273.45 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. New Mexico St. 11 340 209 61.47 7 2680 7.88 18 5.29 141.06 2. Middle Tenn. St. 11 404 282 69.80 16 2945 7.29 15 3.71 135.36 3. North Texas 12 250 139 55.60 4 1891 7.56 14 5.60 134.42 4. Idaho 12 395 250 63.29 14 2501 6.33 14 3.54 121.09 5. La.-Lafayette 11 397 229 57.68 14 2526 6.36 13 3.27 114.90 6. La.-Monroe 11 373 207 55.50 13 2345 6.29 12 3.22 111.96 7. Arkansas St. 11 342 177 51.75 17 2270 6.64 14 4.09 111.12 8. Utah St. 11 367 210 57.22 19 2355 6.42 11 3.00 110.64 9. Troy 12 232 99 42.67 11 1403 6.05 12 5.17 101.08 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. Utah St. 11 24 440 2 18.33 2. Middle Tenn. St. 11 20 208 1 10.40 3. Arkansas St. 11 29 298 1 10.28 4. North Texas 12 16 153 1 9.56 5. Troy 12 40 379 2 9.48 6. New Mexico St. 11 17 153 0 9.00 7. La.-Monroe 11 25 186 0 7.44 8. Idaho 12 22 138 0 6.27 9. La.-Lafayette 11 18 94 0 5.22 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. North Texas 12 491 2237 4.56 21 186.42 2. Troy 12 510 2007 3.94 17 167.25 3. La.-Lafayette 11 421 1680 3.99 12 152.73 4. Arkansas St. 11 400 1670 4.18 8 151.82 5. La.-Monroe 11 404 1538 3.81 12 139.82 6. Idaho 12 457 1579 3.46 17 131.58 7. New Mexico St. 11 406 1422 3.50 14 129.27 8. Middle Tenn. St. 11 360 1172 3.26 16 106.55 9. Utah St. 11 359 839 2.34 7 76.27 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. Troy 12 444 1211 2.73 12 100.92 2. Middle Tenn. St. 11 415 1527 3.68 14 138.82 3. North Texas 12 466 2074 4.45 27 172.83 4. La.-Monroe 11 434 1952 4.50 16 177.45 5. Utah St. 11 474 2111 4.45 23 191.91 6. Idaho 12 471 2359 5.01 31 196.58 7. Arkansas St. 11 474 2163 4.56 18 196.64 8. La.-Lafayette 11 453 2348 5.18 20 213.45 9. New Mexico St. 11 486 2437 5.01 26 221.55 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Troy 12 200 16.67 22 20 0 0 0 16 0 2. La.-Lafayette 11 272 24.73 32 28 2 0 0 16 0 3. Middle Tenn. St. 11 293 26.64 36 35 0 0 0 14 0 4. La.-Monroe 11 303 27.55 38 37 1 0 0 12 0 5. North Texas 12 358 29.83 45 38 4 0 0 14 0 6. Utah St. 11 333 30.27 44 40 1 0 0 9 0 7. New Mexico St. 11 355 32.27 46 41 3 0 0 10 1 8. Arkansas St. 11 365 33.18 46 40 2 0 0 15 0 9. Idaho 12 473 39.42 63 54 1 0 0 13 0 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. North Texas 11 3916 37 299 27.18 36 0 0 0 13 1 2. New Mexico St. 11 4102 34 273 24.82 21 6 0 0 12 0 3. Middle Tenn. St. 11 4117 32 269 24.45 32 0 0 0 15 0 4. Troy 12 3410 36 286 23.83 32 1 0 0 12 0 5. La.-Lafayette 11 4206 29 242 22.00 24 1 0 0 14 0 6. Idaho 12 4080 33 245 20.42 27 4 0 0 4 0 7. Arkansas St. 11 3940 26 215 19.55 26 0 0 0 11 0 8. La.-Monroe 11 3883 26 211 19.18 23 1 0 0 10 0 9. Utah St. 11 3194 23 184 16.73 16 3 0 0 8 0 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. Troy 12 4.39 850 3732 22 311.00 2. La.-Lafayette 11 5.61 761 4267 32 387.91 3. La.-Monroe 11 5.52 774 4269 38 388.09 4. Utah St. 11 5.75 755 4339 44 394.45 5. Middle Tenn. St. 11 5.88 771 4535 36 412.27 6. North Texas 12 5.71 870 4970 45 414.17 7. New Mexico St. 11 6.04 763 4608 46 418.91 8. Arkansas St. 11 5.99 776 4646 46 422.36 9. Idaho 12 6.21 829 5144 63 428.67 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. La.-Lafayette 11 818 4206 5.14 29 382.36 2. Middle Tenn. St. 11 764 4117 5.39 32 374.27 3. New Mexico St. 11 746 4102 5.50 34 372.91 4. Arkansas St. 11 742 3940 5.31 26 358.18 5. La.-Monroe 11 777 3883 5.00 26 353.00 6. North Texas 12 741 4128 5.57 38 344.00 7. Idaho 12 852 4080 4.79 33 340.00 8. Utah St. 11 726 3194 4.40 23 290.36 9. Troy 12 742 3410 4.60 36 284.17 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. North Texas 12 12 14 26 9 4 13 1.08 2. Troy 12 7 25 32 10 11 21 .92 3. New Mexico St. 11 14 10 24 12 7 19 .45 4. La.-Monroe 11 8 13 21 9 13 22 -.09 5. Idaho 12 12 15 27 15 14 29 -.17 6. La.-Lafayette 11 12 9 21 10 14 24 -.27 7. Middle Tenn. St. 11 13 7 20 10 16 26 -.55 7. Utah St. 11 10 13 23 10 19 29 -.55 9. Arkansas St. 11 12 8 20 12 17 29 -.82