COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2005
Big East Conference
Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm
1. Andre Hall, South Fla. 12 1374 321 0 0 1695 141.25
2. Michael Bush, Louisville 10 1143 253 0 0 1396 139.60
3. Steve Slaton, West Virginia 10 1128 95 0 0 1223 122.30
4. Brian Leonard, Rutgers 12 740 568 0 0 1308 109.00
5. Damien Rhodes, Syracuse 11 900 270 0 0 1170 106.36
6. Montrell Jones, Louisville 12 0 574 311 389 1274 106.17
7. Ray Rice, Rutgers 12 1120 65 0 0 1185 98.75
8. Willie Foster, Rutgers 12 21 129 164 736 1050 87.50
9. Greg Lee, Pittsburgh 11 0 962 0 0 962 87.45
10. Pat White, West Virginia 12 952 0 0 0 952 79.33
FIELD GOALS
Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm
1. Jeremy Ito, Rutgers 12 27 20 .741 1.67
2. Josh Cummings, Pittsburgh 9 19 14 .737 1.56
3. Arthur Carmody, Louisville 12 16 14 .875 1.17
4. Kyle Bronson, South Fla. 12 16 11 .688 .92
4. Pat McAfee, West Virginia 12 18 11 .611 .92
6. Matt Nuzie, Connecticut 11 19 10 .526 .91
7. Kevin Lovell, Cincinnati 11 9 4 .444 .36
8. Ricky Krautman, Syracuse 9 2 1 .500 .11
INTERCEPTIONS
Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm
1. Anthony Smith, Syracuse 11 6 73 0 .55
2. Darrelle Revis, Pittsburgh 11 4 12 0 .36
2. Darius Butler, Connecticut 11 4 140 1 .36
4. Dee McCann, West Virginia 12 4 6 0 .33
5. Sam Bryant, Pittsburgh 11 3 37 0 .27
5. Bernard Lay, Pittsburgh 11 3 17 0 .27
7. Mike Lorello, West Virginia 12 3 7 0 .25
7. Ron Girault, Rutgers 12 3 68 0 .25
9. Danny Lansanah, Connecticut 10 2 21 0 .20
10. Haruki Nakamura, Cincinnati 11 2 0 0 .18
10. Steve Gregory, Syracuse 11 2 12 0 .18
10. Dominic Ross, Cincinnati 11 2 2 0 .18
10. D'Juan Brown, South Fla. 11 2 23 1 .18
10. Marvin Taylor, Connecticut 11 2 0 0 .18
10. Tyvon Branch, Connecticut 11 2 15 0 .18
10. Dowayne Davis, Syracuse 11 2 37 0 .18
10. J.J. Horne, Pittsburgh 11 2 4 0 .18
10. Anthony Mims, West Virginia 11 2 32 0 .18
KICKOFF RETURN
Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm
1. Chad Simpson, South Fla. 10 16 404 1 25.25 1.60
2. Willie Foster, Rutgers 12 30 736 1 24.53 2.50
3. Kareem Jones, Syracuse 11 17 398 0 23.41 1.55
4. Montrell Jones, Louisville 12 17 389 0 22.88 1.42
5. Antonio Lewis, West Virginia 12 17 376 0 22.12 1.42
6. Mike Daniels, Cincinnati 10 14 279 0 19.93 1.40
7. Dominick Goodman, Cincinnati 9 21 393 0 18.71 2.33
PASSING EFFICIENCY
Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating
1. Brian Brohm, Louisville 10 301 207 68.77 5 2883 9.58 19 166.73
2. Ryan Hart, Rutgers 10 255 155 60.78 8 2135 8.37 18 148.13
3. Tyler Palko, Pittsburgh 11 341 193 56.60 9 2392 7.01 17 126.69
4. Dustin Grutza, Cincinnati 11 300 168 56.00 11 1799 6.00 11 111.14
5. Pat Julmiste, South Fla. 12 252 124 49.21 11 1489 5.91 6 97.97
6. Mike Teel, Rutgers 9 101 51 50.50 10 683 6.76 2 94.03
7. Perry Patterson, Syracuse 11 273 130 47.62 11 1504 5.51 6 93.09
PUNTING
Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm
1. Brendan Carney, Syracuse 11 82 3491 42.57 7.45
2. Adam Graessle, Pittsburgh 11 60 2532 42.20 5.45
3. Brandon Baker, South Fla. 12 65 2630 40.46 5.42
4. Phil Brady, West Virginia 12 51 2029 39.78 4.25
5. Joe Radigan, Rutgers 11 55 2170 39.45 5.00
6. Chet Ervin, Cincinnati 10 68 2680 39.41 6.80
PUNT RETURN
Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm
1. Darrelle Revis, Pittsburgh 11 28 324 1 11.57 2.55
2. Jackie Chambers, South Fla. 12 32 370 0 11.56 2.67
3. Willie Foster, Rutgers 12 15 164 1 10.93 1.25
4. Montrell Jones, Louisville 12 30 311 0 10.37 2.50
5. Mike Daniels, Cincinnati 10 13 75 0 5.77 1.30
RECEPTIONS PER GAME
Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm
1. Joshua Tinch, Louisville 12 67 855 4 5.58 12.76 71.25
2. Brian Leonard, Rutgers 12 55 568 6 4.58 10.33 47.33
3. Greg Lee, Pittsburgh 11 49 962 7 4.45 19.63 87.45
4. Tres Moses, Rutgers 12 45 758 5 3.75 16.84 63.17
5. Montrell Jones, Louisville 12 43 574 5 3.58 13.35 47.83
6. Mario Urrutia, Louisville 11 37 797 7 3.36 21.54 72.45
6. Derek Kinder, Pittsburgh 11 37 374 3 3.36 10.11 34.00
8. Clark Harris, Rutgers 12 38 584 4 3.17 15.37 48.67
9. Derick Ross, Cincinnati 11 33 338 1 3.00 10.24 30.73
10. Jason Williams, Connecticut 11 32 315 5 2.91 9.84 28.64
10. Brent Celek, Cincinnati 11 32 361 3 2.91 11.28 32.82
RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME
Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm
1. Greg Lee, Pittsburgh 11 49 962 7 4.45 19.63 87.45
2. Mario Urrutia, Louisville 11 37 797 7 3.36 21.54 72.45
3. Joshua Tinch, Louisville 12 67 855 4 5.58 12.76 71.25
4. Tres Moses, Rutgers 12 45 758 5 3.75 16.84 63.17
5. Clark Harris, Rutgers 12 38 584 4 3.17 15.37 48.67
6. Montrell Jones, Louisville 12 43 574 5 3.58 13.35 47.83
7. Brian Leonard, Rutgers 12 55 568 6 4.58 10.33 47.33
8. Brandon Myles, West Virginia 12 34 536 3 2.83 15.76 44.67
9. Shawn Tucker, Rutgers 12 32 484 1 2.67 15.13 40.33
10. Harry Douglas, Louisville 12 27 457 2 2.25 16.93 38.08
TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS
Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm
1. Greg Lee, Pittsburgh 11 49 962 7 4.45 19.63 87.45
2. Joshua Tinch, Louisville 12 67 855 4 5.58 12.76 71.25
3. Mario Urrutia, Louisville 11 37 797 7 3.36 21.54 72.45
4. Tres Moses, Rutgers 12 45 758 5 3.75 16.84 63.17
5. Clark Harris, Rutgers 12 38 584 4 3.17 15.37 48.67
6. Montrell Jones, Louisville 12 43 574 5 3.58 13.35 47.83
7. Brian Leonard, Rutgers 12 55 568 6 4.58 10.33 47.33
8. Brandon Myles, West Virginia 12 34 536 3 2.83 15.76 44.67
9. Shawn Tucker, Rutgers 12 32 484 1 2.67 15.13 40.33
10. Harry Douglas, Louisville 12 27 457 2 2.25 16.93 38.08
RUSHING
Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm
1. Andre Hall, South Fla. 12 270 1374 13 114.50
2. Michael Bush, Louisville 10 205 1143 23 114.30
3. Steve Slaton, West Virginia 10 205 1128 17 112.80
4. Ray Rice, Rutgers 12 195 1120 5 93.33
5. Damien Rhodes, Syracuse 11 219 900 7 81.82
6. Pat White, West Virginia 12 131 952 7 79.33
7. Brian Leonard, Rutgers 12 173 740 11 61.67
8. Terry Caulley, Connecticut 11 141 659 6 59.91
9. George Stripling, Louisville 11 79 621 7 56.45
10. Bradley Glatthaar, Cincinnati 11 139 620 7 56.36
SCORING
Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm
1. Michael Bush, Louisville 10 24 0 0 0 0 144 14.40
2. Steve Slaton, West Virginia 10 19 0 0 0 0 114 11.40
3. Arthur Carmody, Louisville 12 0 63 65 14 16 105 8.75
4. Brian Leonard, Rutgers 12 17 0 0 0 0 102 8.50
5. Jeremy Ito, Rutgers 12 0 40 40 20 27 100 8.33
6. Andre Hall, South Fla. 12 15 0 0 0 0 90 7.50
7. Josh Cummings, Pittsburgh 9 0 19 19 14 19 61 6.78
8. Pat McAfee, West Virginia 12 0 48 49 11 18 81 6.75
9. Matt Nuzie, Connecticut 11 0 27 29 10 19 57 5.18
10. Kyle Bronson, South Fla. 12 0 29 30 11 16 62 5.17
TOTAL OFFENSE
Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm
1. Brian Brohm, Louisville 10 41 -36 2883 342 2847 8.32 284.70
2. Ryan Hart, Rutgers 10 25 -18 2135 280 2117 7.56 211.70
3. Tyler Palko, Pittsburgh 11 70 -139 2392 411 2253 5.48 204.82
4. Dustin Grutza, Cincinnati 11 106 28 1799 406 1827 4.50 166.09
5. Pat Julmiste, South Fla. 12 126 336 1489 378 1825 4.83 152.08
6. Pat White, West Virginia 12 131 952 828 245 1780 7.27 148.33
7. Perry Patterson, Syracuse 11 72 -37 1504 345 1467 4.25 133.36
8. Andre Hall, South Fla. 12 270 1374 0 272 1374 5.05 114.50
9. Michael Bush, Louisville 10 205 1143 0 206 1143 5.55 114.30
10. Steve Slaton, West Virginia 10 205 1128 0 205 1128 5.50 112.80
PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating
1. Pittsburgh 11 295 147 49.83 14 1681 5.70 10 3.39 99.36
2. Connecticut 11 284 132 46.48 14 1743 6.14 10 3.52 99.81
3. South Fla. 12 308 160 51.95 13 1985 6.44 11 3.57 109.38
4. West Virginia 12 370 221 59.73 17 2413 6.52 12 3.24 116.00
5. Syracuse 11 293 161 54.95 14 2040 6.96 12 4.10 117.34
6. Louisville 12 367 199 54.22 9 2520 6.87 16 4.36 121.36
7. Cincinnati 11 320 184 57.50 7 2434 7.61 14 4.38 131.46
8. Rutgers 12 394 241 61.17 6 2872 7.29 20 5.08 136.14
KICKOFF RETURNS
Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg
1. Rutgers 12 43 1066 1 24.79
2. Connecticut 11 37 899 1 24.30
3. West Virginia 12 32 738 0 23.06
4. Pittsburgh 11 37 821 2 22.19
5. Syracuse 11 45 991 0 22.02
6. South Fla. 12 35 742 1 21.20
7. Louisville 12 38 789 0 20.76
8. Cincinnati 11 53 976 0 18.42
NET PUNTING
Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd
1. Syracuse 86 41 43 372 35.03 3565
2. West Virginia 57 38 21 162 34.53 2190
3. South Fla. 67 39 24 228 34.06 2630
4. Louisville 36 38 15 153 33.50 1399
5. Connecticut 77 38 23 257 32.34 2927
6. Rutgers 61 38 31 378 31.85 2361
7. Cincinnati 75 38 37 388 30.92 2867
8. Pittsburgh 63 40 25 428 30.48 2568
PASSING OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp
1. Louisville 12 376 246 10 65.43 3523 9.37 24 293.58 14.32
2. Rutgers 12 357 206 19 57.70 2818 7.89 20 234.83 13.68
3. Pittsburgh 11 347 194 9 55.91 2409 6.94 17 219.00 12.42
4. Cincinnati 11 348 197 13 56.61 2199 6.32 15 199.91 11.16
5. Syracuse 11 304 139 15 45.72 1659 5.46 6 150.82 11.94
6. Connecticut 11 307 156 10 50.81 1644 5.36 14 149.45 10.54
7. South Fla. 12 303 143 15 47.19 1735 5.73 8 144.58 12.13
8. West Virginia 12 193 122 7 63.21 1398 7.24 12 116.50 11.46
PASS DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm
1. Pittsburgh 11 295 147 49.83 11.44 14 1681 5.70 10 152.82
2. Connecticut 11 284 132 46.48 13.20 14 1743 6.14 10 158.45
3. South Fla. 12 308 160 51.95 12.41 13 1985 6.44 11 165.42
4. Syracuse 11 293 161 54.95 12.67 14 2040 6.96 12 185.45
5. West Virginia 12 370 221 59.73 10.92 17 2413 6.52 12 201.08
6. Louisville 12 367 199 54.22 12.66 9 2520 6.87 16 210.00
7. Cincinnati 11 320 184 57.50 13.23 7 2434 7.61 14 221.27
8. Rutgers 12 394 241 61.17 11.92 6 2872 7.29 20 239.33
PASSING EFFICIENCY
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating
1. Louisville 12 376 246 65.43 10 2.66 9.37 24 6.38 159.85
2. West Virginia 12 193 122 63.21 7 3.63 7.24 12 6.22 137.31
3. Rutgers 12 357 206 57.70 19 5.32 7.89 20 5.60 131.85
4. Pittsburgh 11 347 194 55.91 9 2.59 6.94 17 4.90 125.20
5. Cincinnati 11 348 197 56.61 13 3.74 6.32 15 4.31 116.43
6. Connecticut 11 307 156 50.81 10 3.26 5.36 14 4.56 104.32
7. South Fla. 12 303 143 47.19 15 4.95 5.73 8 2.64 94.11
8. Syracuse 11 304 139 45.72 15 4.93 5.46 6 1.97 88.19
PUNT RETURNS
Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg
1. West Virginia 12 23 358 2 15.57
2. South Fla. 12 43 538 0 12.51
3. Pittsburgh 11 30 338 1 11.27
4. Connecticut 11 37 384 0 10.38
5. Louisville 12 39 394 0 10.10
6. Syracuse 11 29 279 1 9.62
7. Rutgers 12 21 199 2 9.48
8. Cincinnati 11 25 171 0 6.84
RUSHING OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm
1. West Virginia 12 625 3269 5.23 34 272.42
2. South Fla. 12 579 2436 4.21 23 203.00
3. Louisville 12 472 2262 4.79 41 188.50
4. Connecticut 11 486 1923 3.96 17 174.82
5. Rutgers 12 454 1947 4.29 16 162.25
6. Cincinnati 11 426 1370 3.22 10 124.55
7. Pittsburgh 11 402 1285 3.20 9 116.82
8. Syracuse 11 396 1172 2.96 11 106.55
RUSHING DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm
1. West Virginia 12 452 1316 2.91 14 109.67
2. Louisville 12 460 1368 2.97 16 114.00
3. Rutgers 12 483 1596 3.30 16 133.00
4. Connecticut 11 447 1538 3.44 16 139.82
5. South Fla. 12 445 1758 3.95 15 146.50
6. Cincinnati 11 454 1984 4.37 27 180.36
7. Pittsburgh 11 477 2037 4.27 14 185.18
8. Syracuse 11 475 2060 4.34 17 187.27
SCORING DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf
1. West Virginia 12 214 17.83 26 22 0 0 0 12 0
2. South Fla. 12 216 18.00 28 25 0 0 0 7 1
3. Connecticut 11 211 19.18 28 26 0 0 0 5 1
4. Pittsburgh 11 243 22.09 30 28 0 0 0 11 1
5. Louisville 12 285 23.75 35 31 3 0 0 12 1
6. Rutgers 12 307 25.58 39 31 3 0 0 12 0
7. Syracuse 11 295 26.82 35 33 1 0 0 16 1
8. Cincinnati 11 345 31.36 43 37 1 0 0 16 0
SCORING OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf
1. Louisville 12 5785 69 521 43.42 63 0 0 0 14 1
2. West Virginia 12 4667 50 385 32.08 48 1 0 0 11 1
3. Rutgers 12 4765 40 344 28.67 40 0 0 0 20 2
4. Connecticut 11 3567 34 272 24.73 30 0 0 0 12 1
5. Pittsburgh 11 3694 31 267 24.27 25 4 0 0 16 0
6. South Fla. 12 4171 35 276 23.00 31 1 0 0 11 0
7. Cincinnati 11 3569 26 192 17.45 18 3 0 0 4 0
8. Syracuse 11 2831 18 152 13.82 17 0 0 0 9 0
TOTAL DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm
1. Connecticut 11 4.49 731 3281 28 298.27
2. West Virginia 12 4.54 822 3729 26 310.75
3. South Fla. 12 4.97 753 3743 28 311.92
4. Louisville 12 4.70 827 3888 35 324.00
5. Pittsburgh 11 4.82 772 3718 30 338.00
6. Rutgers 12 5.09 877 4468 39 372.33
7. Syracuse 11 5.34 768 4100 35 372.73
8. Cincinnati 11 5.71 774 4418 43 401.64
TOTAL OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm
1. Louisville 12 848 5785 6.82 69 482.08
2. Rutgers 12 811 4765 5.88 40 397.08
3. West Virginia 12 818 4667 5.71 50 388.92
4. South Fla. 12 882 4171 4.73 35 347.58
5. Pittsburgh 11 749 3694 4.93 31 335.82
6. Cincinnati 11 774 3569 4.61 26 324.45
7. Connecticut 11 793 3567 4.50 34 324.27
8. Syracuse 11 700 2831 4.04 18 257.36
TURNOVER MARGIN
Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn
1. West Virginia 12 14 17 31 10 7 17 1.17
2. Louisville 12 19 9 28 12 10 22 .50
3. South Fla. 12 17 13 30 10 15 25 .42
4. Connecticut 11 11 14 25 11 10 21 .36
5. Rutgers 12 14 6 20 4 19 23 -.25
6. Pittsburgh 11 6 14 20 15 9 24 -.36
6. Syracuse 11 9 14 23 12 15 27 -.36
8. Cincinnati 11 11 7 18 12 13 25 -.64