COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2005
Big Ten Conference
Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm
1. Brian Calhoun, Wisconsin 13 1636 571 0 0 2207 169.77
2. Brandon Williams, Wisconsin 13 47 109 380 616 2138 164.46
3. Laurence Maroney, Minnesota 11 1464 170 0 96 1730 157.27
4. Tyrell Sutton, Northwestern 12 1474 396 0 0 1870 155.83
5. Albert Young, Iowa 12 1334 244 0 182 1760 146.67
6. Dorien Bryant, Purdue 11 101 960 0 500 1561 141.91
7. Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio St. 12 83 803 250 532 1668 139.00
8. Steve Breaston, Michigan 11 101 291 356 646 1394 126.73
9. Antonio Pittman, Ohio St. 12 1331 161 0 0 1492 124.33
10. Pierre Thomas, Illinois 11 664 225 0 461 1350 122.73
FIELD GOALS
Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm
1. Josh Huston, Ohio St. 12 28 22 .786 1.83
2. Garrett Rivas, Michigan 12 26 19 .731 1.58
3. Kyle Schlicher, Iowa 12 21 17 .810 1.42
4. Kevin Kelly, Penn St. 12 23 16 .696 1.33
5. Jason Reda, Illinois 10 20 13 .650 1.30
6. Jason Giannini, Minnesota 11 19 13 .684 1.18
7. Taylor Mehlhaff, Wisconsin 13 20 14 .700 1.08
8. Joel Howells, Northwestern 12 21 11 .524 .92
9. Ben Jones, Purdue 11 14 8 .571 .73
10. Joe Kleinsmith, Indiana 11 6 3 .500 .27
INTERCEPTIONS
Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm
1. Alan Zemaitis, Penn St. 12 6 35 0 .50
2. Marquice Cole, Northwestern 12 5 64 0 .42
3. Leon Hall, Michigan 12 4 10 0 .33
3. Calvin Lowry, Penn St. 12 4 36 0 .33
5. Adam Shada, Iowa 10 3 9 0 .30
6. Jovon Johnson, Iowa 11 3 18 1 .27
6. Herschel Henderson, Northwester11 3 49 0 .27
6. Sir Darean Adams, Michigan St. 11 3 54 1 .27
6. Bernard Pollard, Purdue 11 3 0 0 .27
6. Tracy Porter, Indiana 11 3 108 0 .27
KICKOFF RETURN
Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm
1. Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio St. 12 18 532 1 29.56 1.50
2. Steve Breaston, Michigan 11 23 646 1 28.09 2.09
3. Brandon Williams, Wisconsin 13 22 616 0 28.00 1.69
4. Jakari Wallace, Minnesota 12 20 540 0 27.00 1.67
5. Demond Williams, Michigan St. 11 17 431 1 25.35 1.55
6. Dorien Bryant, Purdue 11 21 500 1 23.81 1.91
7. Pierre Thomas, Illinois 11 20 461 0 23.05 1.82
8. Lance Bennett, Indiana 11 24 544 0 22.67 2.18
9. Gerard Hamlett, Northwestern 11 21 468 0 22.29 1.91
PASSING EFFICIENCY
Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating
1. Troy Smith, Ohio St. 11 237 149 62.87 4 2282 9.63 16 162.65
2. Drew Stanton, Michigan St. 11 354 236 66.67 12 3077 8.69 22 153.41
3. John Stocco, Wisconsin 13 328 197 60.06 9 2920 8.90 21 150.48
4. Drew Tate, Iowa 12 352 219 62.22 7 2828 8.03 22 146.35
5. Bryan Cupito, Minnesota 11 297 176 59.26 9 2530 8.52 19 145.87
6. Brett Basanez, Northwestern 12 497 314 63.18 8 3622 7.29 21 135.12
7. Chad Henne, Michigan 12 382 223 58.38 8 2526 6.61 23 129.60
8. Michael Robinson, Penn St. 12 311 162 52.09 10 2350 7.56 17 127.17
9. Blake Powers, Indiana 11 376 212 56.38 16 2305 6.13 22 118.68
10. Tim Brasic, Illinois 11 337 206 61.13 11 1979 5.87 11 114.70
PUNTING
Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm
1. Kenneth DeBauche, Wisconsin 13 57 2555 44.82 4.38
2. Steve Weatherford, Illinois 11 67 2856 42.63 6.09
3. Tyson Beattie, Indiana 11 75 3124 41.65 6.82
4. Brandon Fields, Michigan St. 11 40 1664 41.60 3.64
5. Jeremy Kapinos, Penn St. 12 61 2522 41.34 5.08
6. Ryan Pederson, Northwestern 11 45 1783 39.62 4.09
7. Dave Brytus, Purdue 11 62 2446 39.45 5.64
8. Andy Fenstermaker, Iowa 12 49 1885 38.47 4.08
9. Ross Ryan, Michigan 12 52 1992 38.31 4.33
PUNT RETURN
Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm
1. Brandon Williams, Wisconsin 13 26 380 2 14.62 2.00
2. Steve Breaston, Michigan 11 29 356 0 12.28 2.64
3. Calvin Lowry, Penn St. 12 32 340 0 10.63 2.67
4. Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio St. 12 25 250 1 10.00 2.08
5. Lance Melvin, Purdue 10 23 194 0 8.43 2.30
6. Ibrahim Halsey, Illinois 11 16 73 0 4.56 1.45
RECEPTIONS PER GAME
Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm
1. Dorien Bryant, Purdue 11 80 960 4 7.27 12.00 87.27
2. Jason Avant, Michigan 12 82 1007 8 6.83 12.28 83.92
3. Shaun Herbert, Northwestern 12 79 862 6 6.58 10.91 71.83
4. James Hardy, Indiana 10 61 893 10 6.10 14.64 89.30
5. Mark Philmore, Northwestern 11 55 662 6 5.00 12.04 60.18
5. Jonathan Fields, Northwestern 12 60 555 0 5.00 9.25 46.25
7. Brandon Williams, Wisconsin 13 59 1095 6 4.54 18.56 84.23
8. Jerramy Scott, Michigan St. 11 49 722 4 4.45 14.73 65.64
9. Ed Hinkel, Iowa 9 40 518 7 4.44 12.95 57.56
10. Santonio Holmes, Ohio St. 12 53 977 11 4.42 18.43 81.42
RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME
Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm
1. James Hardy, Indiana 10 61 893 10 6.10 14.64 89.30
2. Dorien Bryant, Purdue 11 80 960 4 7.27 12.00 87.27
3. Brandon Williams, Wisconsin 13 59 1095 6 4.54 18.56 84.23
4. Jason Avant, Michigan 12 82 1007 8 6.83 12.28 83.92
5. Santonio Holmes, Ohio St. 12 53 977 11 4.42 18.43 81.42
6. Shaun Herbert, Northwestern 12 79 862 6 6.58 10.91 71.83
7. Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio St. 12 51 803 4 4.25 15.75 66.92
8. Clinton Solomon, Iowa 12 46 800 7 3.83 17.39 66.67
9. Jerramy Scott, Michigan St. 11 49 722 4 4.45 14.73 65.64
10. Deon Butler, Penn St. 11 37 691 9 3.36 18.68 62.82
TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS
Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm
1. Brandon Williams, Wisconsin 13 59 1095 6 4.54 18.56 84.23
2. Jason Avant, Michigan 12 82 1007 8 6.83 12.28 83.92
3. Santonio Holmes, Ohio St. 12 53 977 11 4.42 18.43 81.42
4. Dorien Bryant, Purdue 11 80 960 4 7.27 12.00 87.27
5. James Hardy, Indiana 10 61 893 10 6.10 14.64 89.30
6. Shaun Herbert, Northwestern 12 79 862 6 6.58 10.91 71.83
7. Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio St. 12 51 803 4 4.25 15.75 66.92
8. Clinton Solomon, Iowa 12 46 800 7 3.83 17.39 66.67
9. Jerramy Scott, Michigan St. 11 49 722 4 4.45 14.73 65.64
10. Deon Butler, Penn St. 11 37 691 9 3.36 18.68 62.82
RUSHING
Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm
1. Laurence Maroney, Minnesota 11 281 1464 10 133.09
2. Brian Calhoun, Wisconsin 13 348 1636 22 125.85
3. Tyrell Sutton, Northwestern 12 250 1474 16 122.83
4. Albert Young, Iowa 12 249 1334 8 111.17
5. Antonio Pittman, Ohio St. 12 243 1331 7 110.92
6. Gary Russell, Minnesota 12 186 1130 18 94.17
7. Tony Hunt, Penn St. 12 174 1047 6 87.25
8. Javon Ringer, Michigan St. 11 122 817 5 74.27
9. Jerod Void, Purdue 10 130 696 10 69.60
10. Chris Taylor, Indiana 11 156 740 4 67.27
SCORING
Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm
1. Brian Calhoun, Wisconsin 13 24 0 0 0 0 144 11.08
2. Gary Russell, Minnesota 12 19 0 0 0 0 116 9.67
3. Josh Huston, Ohio St. 12 0 44 45 22 28 110 9.17
4. Tyrell Sutton, Northwestern 12 18 0 0 0 0 108 9.00
5. Kevin Kelly, Penn St. 12 0 49 50 16 23 99 8.25
6. Kyle Schlicher, Iowa 12 0 43 44 17 21 94 7.83
7. Taylor Mehlhaff, Wisconsin 13 0 56 58 14 20 98 7.54
8. Garrett Rivas, Michigan 12 0 33 35 19 26 90 7.50
9. Jason Giannini, Minnesota 11 0 36 44 13 19 75 6.82
10. Joel Howells, Northwestern 12 0 45 48 11 21 78 6.50
TOTAL OFFENSE
Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm
1. Brett Basanez, Northwestern 12 113 423 3622 610 4045 6.63 337.08
2. Drew Stanton, Michigan St. 11 121 338 3077 475 3415 7.19 310.45
3. Troy Smith, Ohio St. 11 136 611 2282 373 2893 7.76 263.00
3. Michael Robinson, Penn St. 12 163 806 2350 474 3156 6.66 263.00
5. Drew Tate, Iowa 12 44 41 2828 396 2869 7.24 239.08
6. Bryan Cupito, Minnesota 11 24 30 2530 321 2560 7.98 232.73
7. John Stocco, Wisconsin 13 86 -32 2920 414 2888 6.98 222.15
8. Blake Powers, Indiana 11 100 121 2305 476 2426 5.10 220.55
9. Tim Brasic, Illinois 11 151 420 1979 488 2399 4.92 218.09
10. Chad Henne, Michigan 12 54 25 2526 436 2551 5.85 212.58
PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating
1. Penn St. 12 435 246 56.55 16 2540 5.84 11 2.53 106.64
2. Ohio St. 12 405 246 60.74 6 2495 6.16 8 1.98 116.00
3. Michigan 12 391 223 57.03 12 2494 6.38 14 3.58 116.26
4. Wisconsin 13 476 246 51.68 16 3248 6.82 25 5.25 119.63
5. Northwestern 12 425 247 58.12 20 3148 7.41 20 4.71 126.44
6. Indiana 11 301 166 55.15 7 2228 7.40 14 4.65 127.97
7. Iowa 12 445 276 62.02 10 3080 6.92 18 4.04 128.99
8. Minnesota 12 410 233 56.83 8 3085 7.52 19 4.63 131.40
9. Purdue 11 393 231 58.78 14 3160 8.04 21 5.34 136.85
10. Michigan St. 11 378 229 60.58 8 2694 7.13 25 6.61 138.06
11. Illinois 11 309 204 66.02 4 2588 8.38 27 8.74 162.60
KICKOFF RETURNS
Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg
1. Michigan 12 40 936 1 23.40
2. Ohio St. 12 36 841 1 23.36
3. Indiana 11 31 716 0 23.10
4. Michigan St. 11 35 781 1 22.31
5. Penn St. 12 28 612 0 21.86
6. Minnesota 12 35 763 0 21.80
7. Purdue 11 32 679 1 21.22
8. Illinois 11 34 684 0 20.12
9. Wisconsin 13 44 881 0 20.02
10. Northwestern 12 38 729 0 19.18
11. Iowa 12 28 454 0 16.21
NET PUNTING
Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd
1. Wisconsin 58 44 31 303 37.57 2582
2. Ohio St. 43 40 12 63 37.56 1738
3. Purdue 62 39 20 129 36.73 2446
4. Michigan 55 37 17 85 35.84 2076
5. Penn St. 61 41 25 294 34.89 2522
6. Iowa 58 38 16 86 34.47 2225
7. Minnesota 38 38 16 158 34.16 1456
8. Michigan St. 42 39 15 172 33.14 1664
9. Indiana 77 41 37 496 32.94 3172
10. Illinois 69 41 31 475 31.90 2856
11. Northwestern 56 38 30 352 31.05 2171
PASSING OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt Td YdsGm YdsCmp
1. Northwestern 12 512 320 9 62.50 3681 7.19 22 306.75 11.50
2. Michigan St. 11 381 252 13 66.14 3250 8.53 24 295.45 12.90
3. Iowa 12 404 245 8 60.64 3093 7.66 23 257.75 12.62
4. Purdue 11 428 241 13 56.31 2659 6.21 10 241.73 11.03
5. Wisconsin 13 337 200 9 59.35 2969 8.81 22 228.38 14.85
6. Ohio St. 12 302 196 5 64.90 2708 8.97 18 225.67 13.82
7. Michigan 12 409 238 8 58.19 2672 6.53 23 222.67 11.23
8. Minnesota 12 323 185 10 57.28 2660 8.24 20 221.67 14.38
9. Indiana 11 403 223 16 55.33 2416 6.00 24 219.64 10.83
10. Penn St. 12 331 175 10 52.87 2505 7.57 18 208.75 14.31
11. Illinois 11 371 222 14 59.84 2161 5.82 12 196.45 9.73
PASS DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm
1. Indiana 11 301 166 55.15 13.42 7 2228 7.40 14 202.55
2. Michigan 12 391 223 57.03 11.18 12 2494 6.38 14 207.83
3. Ohio St. 12 405 246 60.74 10.14 6 2495 6.16 8 207.92
4. Penn St. 12 435 246 56.55 10.33 16 2540 5.84 11 211.67
5. Illinois 11 309 204 66.02 12.69 4 2588 8.38 27 235.27
6. Michigan St. 11 378 229 60.58 11.76 8 2694 7.13 25 244.91
7. Wisconsin 13 476 246 51.68 13.20 16 3248 6.82 25 249.85
8. Iowa 12 445 276 62.02 11.16 10 3080 6.92 18 256.67
9. Minnesota 12 410 233 56.83 13.24 8 3085 7.52 19 257.08
10. Northwestern 12 425 247 58.12 12.74 20 3148 7.41 20 262.33
11. Purdue 11 393 231 58.78 13.68 14 3160 8.04 21 287.27
PASSING EFFICIENCY
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating
1. Ohio St. 12 302 196 64.90 5 2708 8.97 18 5.96 156.58
2. Michigan St. 11 381 252 66.14 13 3250 8.53 24 6.30 151.72
3. Wisconsin 13 337 200 59.35 9 2969 8.81 22 6.53 149.51
4. Minnesota 12 323 185 57.28 10 2660 8.24 20 6.19 140.72
5. Iowa 12 404 245 60.64 8 3093 7.66 23 5.69 139.74
6. Northwestern 12 512 320 62.50 9 3681 7.19 22 4.30 133.56
7. Penn St. 12 331 175 52.87 10 2505 7.57 18 5.44 128.37
8. Michigan 12 409 238 58.19 8 2672 6.53 23 5.62 127.72
9. Indiana 11 403 223 55.33 16 2416 6.00 24 5.96 117.37
10. Illinois 11 371 222 59.84 14 2161 5.82 12 3.23 111.85
11. Purdue 11 428 241 56.31 13 2659 6.21 10 2.34 110.12
PUNT RETURNS
Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg
1. Northwestern 12 18 264 1 14.67
2. Wisconsin 13 33 484 3 14.67
3. Iowa 12 26 340 1 13.08
4. Michigan 12 36 423 0 11.75
5. Ohio St. 12 38 424 2 11.16
6. Penn St. 12 38 401 1 10.55
7. Minnesota 12 24 251 1 10.46
8. Michigan St. 11 21 197 0 9.38
9. Purdue 11 30 238 1 7.93
10. Indiana 11 22 138 0 6.27
11. Illinois 11 16 73 0 4.56
RUSHING OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm
1. Minnesota 12 610 3277 5.37 34 273.08
2. Penn St. 12 503 2553 5.08 29 212.75
3. Michigan St. 11 453 2220 4.90 22 201.82
4. Ohio St. 12 506 2360 4.66 23 196.67
5. Northwestern 12 462 2323 5.03 25 193.58
6. Purdue 11 416 2054 4.94 31 186.73
7. Iowa 12 436 2096 4.81 19 174.67
8. Wisconsin 13 572 2186 3.82 31 168.15
9. Michigan 12 499 1939 3.89 16 161.58
10. Illinois 11 438 1740 3.97 9 158.18
11. Indiana 11 425 1443 3.40 9 131.18
RUSHING DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm
1. Ohio St. 12 375 881 2.35 12 73.42
2. Penn St. 12 442 1116 2.52 12 93.00
3. Iowa 12 470 1512 3.22 10 126.00
4. Michigan 12 430 1648 3.83 12 137.33
5. Purdue 11 445 1578 3.55 14 143.45
6. Minnesota 12 428 1867 4.36 21 155.58
7. Michigan St. 11 397 1811 4.56 15 164.64
8. Wisconsin 13 471 2178 4.62 13 167.54
9. Indiana 11 471 2367 5.03 28 215.18
10. Northwestern 12 504 2617 5.19 26 218.08
11. Illinois 11 471 2574 5.46 27 234.00
SCORING DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf
1. Ohio St. 12 183 15.25 21 18 1 0 1 11 1
2. Penn St. 12 204 17.00 24 16 4 0 0 12 0
3. Iowa 12 240 20.00 32 30 0 0 0 6 0
4. Michigan 12 244 20.33 28 24 2 0 0 16 0
5. Wisconsin 13 309 23.77 38 35 1 0 0 14 1
6. Purdue 11 309 28.09 38 35 1 0 0 14 1
7. Michigan St. 11 316 28.73 43 41 0 0 0 5 1
8. Minnesota 12 348 29.00 44 43 1 0 0 13 0
9. Indiana 11 361 32.82 46 37 5 1 0 12 0
10. Northwestern 12 407 33.92 52 48 1 0 0 15 0
11. Illinois 11 435 39.55 58 53 0 0 0 10 2
SCORING OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf
1. Minnesota 12 5937 56 429 35.75 45 3 0 0 14 0
2. Penn St. 12 5058 52 413 34.42 49 1 0 0 16 1
3. Wisconsin 13 5155 58 446 34.31 56 0 0 0 14 0
4. Michigan St. 11 5470 50 372 33.82 43 5 1 0 5 1
5. Ohio St. 12 5068 47 392 32.67 44 0 0 0 22 0
6. Northwestern 12 6004 51 388 32.33 46 0 0 0 12 0
7. Iowa 12 5189 44 360 30.00 43 0 0 0 17 1
7. Purdue 11 4713 44 330 30.00 40 1 0 0 8 0
9. Michigan 12 4611 41 345 28.75 35 2 0 0 20 0
10. Indiana 11 3859 34 248 22.55 31 0 0 0 3 2
11. Illinois 11 3901 21 187 17.00 20 0 0 1 13 0
TOTAL DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm
1. Ohio St. 12 4.33 780 3376 21 281.33
2. Penn St. 12 4.17 877 3656 24 304.67
3. Michigan 12 5.05 821 4142 28 345.17
4. Iowa 12 5.02 915 4592 32 382.67
5. Michigan St. 11 5.81 775 4505 43 409.55
6. Minnesota 12 5.91 838 4952 44 412.67
7. Wisconsin 13 5.73 947 5426 38 417.38
8. Indiana 11 5.95 772 4595 46 417.73
9. Purdue 11 5.65 838 4738 38 430.73
10. Illinois 11 6.62 780 5162 58 469.27
11. Northwestern 12 6.21 929 5765 52 480.42
TOTAL OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm
1. Northwestern 12 974 6004 6.16 51 500.33
2. Michigan St. 11 834 5470 6.56 50 497.27
3. Minnesota 12 933 5937 6.36 56 494.75
4. Iowa 12 840 5189 6.18 44 432.42
5. Purdue 11 844 4713 5.58 44 428.45
6. Ohio St. 12 808 5068 6.27 47 422.33
7. Penn St. 12 834 5058 6.06 52 421.50
8. Wisconsin 13 909 5155 5.67 58 396.54
9. Michigan 12 908 4611 5.08 41 384.25
10. Illinois 11 809 3901 4.82 21 354.64
11. Indiana 11 828 3859 4.66 34 350.82
TURNOVER MARGIN
Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn
1. Wisconsin 13 11 16 27 5 9 14 1.00
2. Northwestern 12 10 20 30 12 9 21 .75
3. Michigan 12 11 12 23 10 8 18 .42
4. Purdue 11 10 14 24 8 13 21 .27
5. Penn St. 12 9 16 25 12 10 22 .25
6. Iowa 12 6 10 16 9 8 17 -.08
6. Minnesota 12 7 8 15 6 10 16 -.08
8. Michigan St. 11 11 8 19 7 13 20 -.09
9. Indiana 11 10 7 17 9 16 25 -.73
10. Ohio St. 12 6 6 12 16 5 21 -.75
11. Illinois 11 4 4 8 5 14 19 -1.00