COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2006
Conference USA Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr., UTEP 12 -2 131 281 275 1873 156.08 2. Ahmad Bradshaw, Marshall 12 1523 129 6 0 1658 138.17 3. Matt Forte, Tulane 9 859 360 0 0 1219 135.44 4. Anthony Alridge, Houston 14 959 274 0 603 1836 131.14 5. Quinton Smith, Rice 13 1096 410 0 102 1608 123.69 6. Kevin Smith, UCF 9 934 158 0 0 1092 121.33 7. Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss. 13 1388 142 0 0 1530 117.69 8. Idris Moss, Tulsa 13 63 803 197 378 1441 110.85 9. Jarett Dillard, Rice 13 5 124 0 33 1285 98.85 10. Mike Walker, UCF 12 0 117 0 0 1178 98.17 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Michael Torres, UCF 11 24 17 .708 1.55 2. Robert Lee, East Caro. 10 23 14 .609 1.40 3. Reagan Schneider, UTEP 12 20 16 .800 1.33 4. Matt Reagan, Memphis 10 17 12 .706 1.20 5. Darren McCaleb, Southern Miss. 14 24 16 .667 1.14 6. Thomas Morstead, Southern Methodist 12 18 13 .722 1.08 7. Ben Bell, Houston 13 18 14 .778 1.08 8. Jarod Tracy, Tulsa 13 12 11 .917 .85 9. Swayze Waters, UAB 12 12 9 .750 .75 9. Ross Thevenot, Tulane 12 15 9 .600 .75 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Quintin Demps, UTEP 12 7 61 0 .58 2. Will Gulley, Houston 13 5 43 0 .38 3. LeVance Richmond, Southern Miss. 12 4 69 0 .33 3. Brandon McDonald, Memphis 12 4 83 0 .33 3. Sha'reff Rashad, UCF 12 4 65 0 .33 3. David Skehan, Tulane 12 4 41 1 .33 7. Pierre Parker, East Caro. 13 4 5 0 .31 7. Kasey Ross, East Caro. 13 4 128 2 .31 7. Bobby Blackshire, Tulsa 13 4 26 0 .31 10. Caleb Hendrix, Southern Miss. 14 4 8 0 .29 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Michael Grandberry, Memphis 12 21 517 0 24.62 1.75 2. Marculus Elliott, UAB 12 27 638 0 23.63 2.25 3. Chris Johnson, East Caro. 12 21 482 1 22.95 1.75 4. Anthony Alridge, Houston 14 27 603 0 22.33 1.93 5. Brandon Sumrall, Southern Miss. 14 19 401 0 21.11 1.36 6. Idris Moss, Tulsa 13 18 378 0 21.00 1.38 7. Curtis Francis, UCF 12 21 434 0 20.67 1.75 8. Chubb Small, Marshall 12 18 361 0 20.06 1.50 9. Fred Smith, Tulane 12 25 487 0 19.48 2.08 10. Chris Douglas, Rice 10 15 290 0 19.33 1.50 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Kevin Kolb, Houston 14 432 292 67.59 4 3809 8.82 30 162.72 2. Justin Willis, SMU 11 270 182 67.41 6 2047 7.58 26 158.43 3. Jordan Palmer, UTEP 12 429 282 65.73 14 3595 8.38 26 149.60 4. Jimmy Skinner, Marshall 10 104 62 59.62 4 878 8.44 8 148.22 5. Kyle Israel, UCF 12 166 108 65.06 5 1420 8.55 6 142.82 6. Paul Smith, Tulsa 13 350 233 66.57 9 2727 7.79 15 141.02 7. Lester Ricard, Tulane 12 400 229 57.25 10 2795 6.99 18 125.80 8. Martin Hankins, Memphis 12 377 226 59.95 13 2550 6.76 18 125.62 9. Bernard Morris, Marshall 11 188 116 61.70 12 1346 7.16 8 123.12 10. James Pinkney, East Caro. 13 397 232 58.44 10 2783 7.01 12 122.26 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Thomas Morstead, Southern Methodist 12 50 2191 43.82 4.17 2. Ryan Dougherty, East Caro. 13 51 2226 43.65 3.92 3. Chris Beckman, Tulane 12 52 2207 42.44 4.33 4. Parker Mullins, UAB 12 58 2314 39.90 4.83 5. Aaron Horne, UCF 12 44 1742 39.59 3.67 6. Jared Scruggs, Rice 13 63 2444 38.79 4.85 7. Britt Barefoot, Southern Miss. 14 52 2007 38.60 3.71 8. Ryan Hotchkiss, UTEP 12 50 1813 36.26 4.17 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Brandon King, Rice 10 13 115 0 8.85 1.30 2. Fred Smith, Tulane 12 22 191 0 8.68 1.83 3. Jasper Faulk, Southern Miss. 14 23 197 0 8.57 1.64 4. Blake Warren, Southern Methodist 12 21 174 0 8.29 1.75 5. Idris Moss, Tulsa 13 25 197 0 7.88 1.92 6. Vincent Marshall, Houston 14 20 148 0 7.40 1.43 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm 1. Mike Walker, UCF 12 90 1178 7 7.50 13.09 98.17 2. Jarett Dillard, Rice 13 91 1247 21 7.00 13.70 95.92 3. Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr., UTEP 12 82 1319 13 6.83 16.09 109.92 4. Vincent Marshall, Houston 14 80 979 8 5.71 12.24 69.93 5. Aundrae Allison, East Caro. 11 62 708 4 5.64 11.42 64.36 6. Idris Moss, Tulsa 13 58 803 1 4.46 13.84 61.77 7. Damarcus Davis, Tulane 12 51 607 4 4.25 11.90 50.58 8. Donnie Avery, Houston 14 57 852 5 4.07 14.95 60.86 9. Preston Brown, Tulane 11 44 467 2 4.00 10.61 42.45 10. Ryan Scott, Memphis 12 47 520 3 3.92 11.06 43.33 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr., UTEP 12 82 1319 13 6.83 16.09 109.92 2. Mike Walker, UCF 12 90 1178 7 7.50 13.09 98.17 3. Jarett Dillard, Rice 13 91 1247 21 7.00 13.70 95.92 4. Vincent Marshall, Houston 14 80 979 8 5.71 12.24 69.93 5. Aundrae Allison, East Caro. 11 62 708 4 5.64 11.42 64.36 6. Idris Moss, Tulsa 13 58 803 1 4.46 13.84 61.77 7. Donnie Avery, Houston 14 57 852 5 4.07 14.95 60.86 8. Willie Edwards, UAB 12 39 719 2 3.25 18.44 59.92 9. Cody Slate, Marshall 12 43 684 6 3.58 15.91 57.00 10. Duke Calhoun, Memphis 12 42 681 6 3.50 16.21 56.75 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr., UTEP 12 82 1319 13 6.83 16.09 109.92 2. Jarett Dillard, Rice 13 91 1247 21 7.00 13.70 95.92 3. Mike Walker, UCF 12 90 1178 7 7.50 13.09 98.17 4. Vincent Marshall, Houston 14 80 979 8 5.71 12.24 69.93 5. Donnie Avery, Houston 14 57 852 5 4.07 14.95 60.86 6. Idris Moss, Tulsa 13 58 803 1 4.46 13.84 61.77 7. Willie Edwards, UAB 12 39 719 2 3.25 18.44 59.92 8. Aundrae Allison, East Caro. 11 62 708 4 5.64 11.42 64.36 9. Cody Slate, Marshall 12 43 684 6 3.58 15.91 57.00 10. Duke Calhoun, Memphis 12 42 681 6 3.50 16.21 56.75 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm 1. Ahmad Bradshaw, Marshall 12 249 1523 19 126.92 2. Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss. 13 276 1388 11 106.77 3. Kevin Smith, UCF 9 206 934 7 103.78 4. Matt Forte, Tulane 9 163 859 8 95.44 5. Quinton Smith, Rice 13 211 1096 10 84.31 6. Joseph Doss, Memphis 12 224 910 7 75.83 7. Jackie Battle, Houston 13 184 943 15 72.54 8. Anthony Alridge, Houston 14 95 959 8 68.50 9. Courtney Tennial, Tulsa 13 171 845 14 65.00 10. Brandon Fractious, East Caro. 13 155 660 4 50.77 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Ahmad Bradshaw, Marshall 12 21 0 0 0 0 126 10.50 2. Jarett Dillard, Rice 13 21 0 0 0 0 126 9.69 3. Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr., UTEP 12 15 0 0 0 0 90 7.50 4. Courtney Tennial, Tulsa 13 16 0 0 0 0 96 7.38 5. Ben Bell, Houston 13 0 51 53 14 18 93 7.15 6. Jackie Battle, Houston 13 15 0 0 0 0 90 6.92 7. Michael Torres, UCF 11 0 25 25 17 24 76 6.91 8. Reagan Schneider, UTEP 12 0 34 37 16 20 82 6.83 9. Matt Forte, Tulane 9 10 0 0 0 0 60 6.67 10. Darren McCaleb, Southern Miss. 14 0 42 42 16 24 90 6.43 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Jordan Palmer, UTEP 12 47 -86 3595 476 3509 7.37 292.42 2. Kevin Kolb, Houston 14 111 154 3809 543 3963 7.30 283.07 3. Paul Smith, Tulsa 13 101 288 2727 451 3015 6.69 231.92 4. James Pinkney, East Caro. 13 105 216 2783 502 2999 5.97 230.69 5. Lester Ricard, Tulane 12 60 -112 2795 460 2683 5.83 223.58 6. Justin Willis, SMU 11 132 354 2047 402 2401 5.97 218.27 7. Martin Hankins, Memphis 12 33 -12 2550 410 2538 6.19 211.50 8. Bernard Morris, Marshall 11 82 324 1346 270 1670 6.19 151.82 9. Jeremy Young, Southern Miss. 14 81 224 1769 362 1993 5.51 142.36 10. Steven Moffett, UCF 10 31 -7 1385 246 1378 5.60 137.80 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. Southern Miss. 14 393 206 52.42 17 2524 6.42 14 3.56 109.45 2. Tulsa 13 345 188 54.49 8 2070 6.00 14 4.06 113.65 3. East Caro. 13 376 222 59.04 16 2394 6.37 17 4.52 118.89 4. Houston 14 404 232 57.43 12 2912 7.21 21 5.20 129.16 5. Southern Methodist 12 418 268 64.11 11 2950 7.06 19 4.55 133.12 6. UTEP 12 396 256 64.65 15 2910 7.35 18 4.55 133.75 7. Marshall 12 398 254 63.82 12 3020 7.59 20 5.03 138.09 8. UCF 12 392 244 62.24 10 2986 7.62 22 5.61 139.60 9. UAB 12 317 200 63.09 12 2550 8.04 19 5.99 142.88 10. Tulane 12 386 247 63.99 8 3002 7.78 23 5.96 144.85 11. Rice 13 358 202 56.42 11 2946 8.23 32 8.94 148.88 12. Memphis 12 307 200 65.15 10 2768 9.02 24 7.82 160.12 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Southern Methodist 12 44 1010 1 22.95 2. UAB 12 43 937 0 21.79 3. Houston 14 50 1072 0 21.44 4. Memphis 12 47 993 0 21.13 5. Marshall 12 44 892 0 20.27 6. East Caro. 13 36 708 1 19.67 7. Tulsa 13 36 706 0 19.61 8. UCF 12 43 831 0 19.33 9. Southern Miss. 14 44 845 0 19.20 10. Rice 13 58 1096 0 18.90 11. UTEP 12 45 835 1 18.56 12. Tulane 12 49 853 0 17.41 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. Southern Methodist 51 42 22 226 36.96 2191 2. Memphis 43 42 14 156 35.84 1817 3. East Caro. 52 42 22 271 35.29 2226 4. Tulane 63 41 37 392 34.44 2602 5. Southern Miss. 53 38 26 213 33.91 2030 6. Rice 66 38 19 197 33.79 2527 7. UCF 46 37 17 129 33.76 1742 8. UTEP 51 35 21 73 33.73 1813 9. Marshall 40 38 12 94 33.65 1520 10. UAB 59 39 19 203 33.41 2314 11. Tulsa 48 38 21 175 33.33 1835 12. Houston 41 37 25 281 30.02 1552 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. UTEP 12 447 290 17 64.88 3754 8.40 29 312.83 12.94 2. Houston 14 445 300 5 67.42 3889 8.74 30 277.79 12.96 3. Tulane 12 440 245 12 55.68 2958 6.72 18 246.50 12.07 4. UCF 12 381 227 10 59.58 2805 7.36 14 233.75 12.36 5. East Caro. 13 430 248 11 57.67 3024 7.03 13 232.62 12.19 6. Tulsa 13 365 243 9 66.58 2944 8.07 16 226.46 12.12 7. Memphis 12 394 234 14 59.39 2695 6.84 21 224.58 11.52 8. Rice 13 435 248 14 57.01 2783 6.40 29 214.08 11.22 9. Southern Methodist 12 316 203 10 64.24 2331 7.38 29 194.25 11.48 10. Marshall 12 295 180 16 61.02 2247 7.62 16 187.25 12.48 11. UAB 12 304 177 12 58.22 2214 7.28 12 184.50 12.51 12. Southern Miss. 14 353 198 7 56.09 2257 6.39 14 161.21 11.40 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. Tulsa 13 345 188 54.49 11.01 8 2070 6.00 14 159.23 2. Southern Miss. 14 393 206 52.42 12.25 17 2524 6.42 14 180.29 3. East Caro. 13 376 222 59.04 10.78 16 2394 6.37 17 184.15 4. Houston 14 404 232 57.43 12.55 12 2912 7.21 21 208.00 5. UAB 12 317 200 63.09 12.75 12 2550 8.04 19 212.50 6. Rice 13 358 202 56.42 14.58 11 2946 8.23 32 226.62 7. Memphis 12 307 200 65.15 13.84 10 2768 9.02 24 230.67 8. UTEP 12 396 256 64.65 11.37 15 2910 7.35 18 242.50 9. SMU 12 418 268 64.11 11.01 11 2950 7.06 19 245.83 10. UCF 12 392 244 62.24 12.24 10 2986 7.62 22 248.83 11. Tulane 12 386 247 63.99 12.15 8 3002 7.78 23 250.17 12. Marshall 12 398 254 63.82 11.89 12 3020 7.59 20 251.67 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Houston 14 445 300 67.42 5 3889 8.74 30 6.74 160.81 2. SMU 12 316 203 64.24 10 2331 7.38 29 9.18 150.12 3. UTEP 12 447 290 64.88 17 3754 8.40 29 6.49 149.25 4. Tulsa 13 365 243 66.58 9 2944 8.07 16 4.38 143.89 5. Marshall 12 295 180 61.02 16 2247 7.62 16 5.42 132.03 6. UCF 12 381 227 59.58 10 2805 7.36 14 3.67 128.32 7. Memphis 12 394 234 59.39 14 2695 6.84 21 5.33 127.34 8. Rice 13 435 248 57.01 14 2783 6.40 29 6.67 126.30 9. UAB 12 304 177 58.22 12 2214 7.28 12 3.95 124.51 10. East Caro. 13 430 248 57.67 11 3024 7.03 13 3.02 121.63 11. Tulane 12 440 245 55.68 12 2958 6.72 18 4.09 120.22 12. Southern Miss. 14 353 198 56.09 7 2257 6.39 14 3.97 118.93 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. UTEP 12 13 260 2 20.00 2. UCF 12 18 257 1 14.28 3. Marshall 12 15 176 1 11.73 4. Memphis 12 15 155 0 10.33 5. Southern Miss. 14 26 242 1 9.31 6. East Caro. 13 18 162 0 9.00 7. Tulane 12 22 191 0 8.68 8. SMU 12 23 180 0 7.83 9. Houston 14 21 160 0 7.62 10. Rice 13 28 201 0 7.18 11. Tulsa 13 29 206 0 7.10 12. UAB 12 16 73 0 4.56 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. Southern Miss. 14 535 2378 4.44 23 169.86 2. Houston 14 490 2356 4.81 29 168.29 3. Marshall 12 406 2005 4.94 23 167.08 4. Tulsa 13 484 2107 4.35 30 162.08 5. UCF 12 442 1673 3.79 11 139.42 6. Rice 13 438 1703 3.89 15 131.00 7. UAB 12 432 1507 3.49 14 125.58 8. SMU 12 404 1503 3.72 7 125.25 9. East Caro. 13 450 1502 3.34 16 115.54 10. Memphis 12 372 1340 3.60 12 111.67 11. Tulane 12 353 1106 3.13 10 92.17 12. UTEP 12 288 691 2.40 8 57.58 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. Southern Methodist 12 403 1290 3.20 16 107.50 2. Southern Miss. 14 456 1789 3.92 19 127.79 3. Tulsa 13 422 1789 4.24 16 137.62 4. Marshall 12 406 1671 4.12 22 139.25 5. Houston 14 479 2008 4.19 18 143.43 6. East Caro. 13 476 1887 3.96 17 145.15 7. UAB 12 409 1761 4.31 15 146.75 8. UCF 12 400 1791 4.48 16 149.25 9. Tulane 12 428 1794 4.19 23 149.50 10. UTEP 12 439 1829 4.17 26 152.42 11. Memphis 12 478 2136 4.47 20 178.00 12. Rice 13 463 2442 5.27 19 187.85 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Southern Miss. 14 260 18.57 35 30 0 0 0 6 1 2. Tulsa 13 262 20.15 30 24 2 0 0 18 0 3. East Caro. 13 270 20.77 35 31 0 0 0 9 1 4. Houston 14 329 23.50 40 34 2 0 0 17 0 5. SMU 12 294 24.50 38 36 0 0 0 10 0 6. UAB 12 297 24.75 37 29 1 0 0 14 1 7. UCF 12 345 28.75 42 35 0 0 0 18 2 8. Marshall 12 351 29.25 43 39 2 0 0 16 1 9. Memphis 12 365 30.42 47 44 0 0 0 13 0 10. UTEP 12 375 31.25 46 41 3 0 0 16 2 11. Rice 13 432 33.23 54 49 1 0 0 19 0 12. Tulane 12 400 33.33 51 48 2 0 0 14 0 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Houston 14 6245 60 462 33.00 55 1 0 0 15 0 2. Tulsa 13 5051 47 360 27.69 45 0 0 0 11 0 3. UTEP 12 4445 41 328 27.33 34 0 0 0 16 0 4. SMU 12 3834 41 325 27.08 36 2 0 0 13 0 5. Rice 13 4486 45 350 26.92 38 1 0 0 12 2 6. Marshall 12 4252 43 311 25.92 36 1 0 0 5 0 7. Southern Miss. 14 4635 44 356 25.43 42 0 0 0 16 1 8. Memphis 12 4035 34 281 23.42 30 1 0 0 15 0 9. East Caro. 13 4526 33 280 21.54 31 0 0 0 17 0 10. UCF 12 4478 26 232 19.33 25 0 0 0 17 0 11. UAB 12 3721 28 225 18.75 22 1 0 0 11 0 12. Tulane 12 4064 29 224 18.67 23 0 0 0 9 0 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. Tulsa 13 5.03 767 3859 30 296.85 2. Southern Miss. 14 5.08 849 4313 35 308.07 3. East Caro. 13 5.02 852 4281 35 329.31 4. Houston 14 5.57 883 4920 40 351.43 5. SMU 12 5.16 821 4240 38 353.33 6. UAB 12 5.94 726 4311 37 359.25 7. Marshall 12 5.83 804 4691 43 390.92 8. UTEP 12 5.68 835 4739 46 394.92 9. UCF 12 6.03 792 4777 42 398.08 10. Tulane 12 5.89 814 4796 51 399.67 11. Memphis 12 6.25 785 4904 47 408.67 12. Rice 13 6.56 821 5388 54 414.46 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Houston 14 935 6245 6.68 60 446.07 2. Tulsa 13 849 5051 5.95 47 388.54 3. UCF 12 823 4478 5.44 26 373.17 4. UTEP 12 735 4445 6.05 41 370.42 5. Marshall 12 701 4252 6.07 43 354.33 6. East Caro. 13 880 4526 5.14 33 348.15 7. Rice 13 873 4486 5.14 45 345.08 8. Tulane 12 793 4064 5.12 29 338.67 9. Memphis 12 766 4035 5.27 34 336.25 10. Southern Miss. 14 888 4635 5.22 44 331.07 11. SMU 12 720 3834 5.33 41 319.50 12. UAB 12 736 3721 5.06 28 310.08 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. Houston 14 13 12 25 11 5 16 .64 2. Rice 13 18 11 29 7 14 21 .62 3. Southern Miss. 14 8 17 25 12 7 19 .43 4. UAB 12 14 12 26 9 12 21 .42 5. East Caro. 13 11 16 27 12 11 23 .31 6. SMU 12 12 11 23 12 10 22 .08 7. Memphis 12 10 10 20 6 14 20 .00 7. UTEP 12 10 15 25 8 17 25 .00 9. Tulsa 13 6 8 14 10 9 19 -.38 10. UCF 12 2 10 12 9 10 19 -.58 11. Marshall 12 10 12 22 15 16 31 -.75 12. Tulane 12 6 8 14 13 12 25 -.92