COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2006
Mountain West Conference Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Curtis Brown, Brigham Young 13 1010 566 0 288 1864 143.38 2. Rodney Ferguson, New Mexico 13 1234 291 0 0 1525 117.31 3. Damon Morton, Colorado St. 12 17 722 204 368 1311 109.25 4. Aaron Brown, TCU 13 801 455 0 145 1401 107.77 5. Marcus Smith, New Mexico 13 22 859 0 335 1216 93.54 6. Lonta Hobbs, TCU 10 665 148 0 0 813 81.30 7. Casey Flair, UNLV 12 0 816 141 0 957 79.75 8. Devin Moore, Wyoming 12 574 113 0 245 932 77.67 9. Brent Casteel, Utah 13 262 600 0 143 1005 77.31 10. Ryan Wolfe, UNLV 12 0 911 0 0 911 75.92 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Kenny Byrd, New Mexico 13 23 19 .826 1.46 2. Louie Sakoda, Utah 13 20 16 .800 1.23 3. Jared McLaughlin, BYU 13 18 14 .778 1.08 4. Chris Manfredini, TCU 13 14 12 .857 .92 5. Aric Goodman, Wyoming 12 16 10 .625 .83 6. Sergio Aguayo, UNLV 10 16 8 .500 .80 7. Zach Sasser, Air Force 12 14 9 .643 .75 8. Peter LoCoco, TCU 13 12 9 .750 .69 9. Jason Smith, Colorado St. 12 15 8 .533 .67 9. Garrett Palmer, San Diego St. 12 14 8 .571 .67 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Eric Weddle, Utah 13 7 80 2 .54 2. Dorsey Golston, Wyoming 12 4 45 0 .33 3. Marvin White, TCU 13 4 45 0 .31 3. Justin Robinson, Brigham Young 13 4 69 1 .31 3. DeAndre Wright, New Mexico 13 4 22 0 .31 6. Donny Baker, San Diego St. 10 3 24 0 .30 7. Darryl Williams, Colorado St. 12 3 6 0 .25 7. Torrey Stewart, TCU 12 3 20 1 .25 7. Jay Staggs, UNLV 12 3 39 0 .25 10. Nick Sanders, TCU 13 3 18 1 .23 10. Cameron Jensen, Brigham Young 13 3 20 0 .23 10. Quincy Black, New Mexico 13 3 138 1 .23 10. Eric Shyne, Utah 13 3 76 1 .23 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Eric Wright, UNLV 9 18 430 0 23.89 2.00 2. Brice McCain, Utah 13 18 404 0 22.44 1.38 3. Donald Massey, TCU 13 16 342 0 21.38 1.23 4. Damon Morton, Colorado St. 12 18 368 0 20.44 1.50 5. Marcus Smith, New Mexico 13 18 335 0 18.61 1.38 6. Devin Moore, Wyoming 12 15 245 0 16.33 1.25 7. Justin Amaral, San Diego St. 9 21 339 0 16.14 2.33 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. John Beck, Brigham Young 12 417 289 69.30 8 3885 9.32 32 169.05 2. Shaun Carney, Air Force 12 137 82 59.85 3 1192 8.70 12 157.47 3. Jeff Ballard, TCU 13 307 190 61.89 5 2394 7.80 13 138.11 4. Brett Ratliff, Utah 13 391 228 58.31 9 2796 7.15 23 133.19 5. Caleb Hanie, Colorado St. 12 342 209 61.11 12 2427 7.10 11 124.32 6. Chris Nelson, New Mexico 10 216 112 51.85 6 1435 6.64 12 120.44 7. Karsten Sween, Wyoming 9 212 128 60.38 8 1304 6.15 9 118.51 8. Kevin Craft, San Diego St. 9 121 69 57.02 6 737 6.09 4 109.18 9. Rocky Hinds, UNLV 12 359 194 54.04 13 2148 5.98 8 104.41 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Kip Facer, UNLV 12 46 2078 45.17 3.83 2. Louie Sakoda, Utah 13 59 2598 44.03 4.54 3. Jim Kaylor, Colorado St. 12 63 2754 43.71 5.25 4. Billy Vinnedge, Wyoming 12 61 2634 43.18 5.08 5. Michael Hughes, San Diego St.10 48 1971 41.06 4.80 6. Jordan Scott, New Mexico 13 70 2815 40.21 5.38 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Brian Bonner, TCU 13 24 305 0 12.71 1.85 2. Marquis Wilson, Utah 13 22 246 0 11.18 1.69 3. Nathan Meikle, Brigham Young 12 29 324 0 11.17 2.42 4. Damon Morton, Colorado St. 12 21 204 1 9.71 1.75 5. Hoost Marsh, Wyoming 12 24 205 0 8.54 2.00 6. Thomas Wilson, New Mexico 13 20 158 0 7.90 1.54 7. Marcus Brock, TCU 11 14 107 0 7.64 1.27 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm 1. Casey Flair, UNLV 12 67 816 4 5.58 12.18 68.00 2. Michael Ford, Wyoming 12 60 674 4 5.00 11.23 56.17 3. Travis Brown, New Mexico 13 64 867 4 4.92 13.55 66.69 4. Johnny Walker, Colorado St. 12 58 586 0 4.83 10.10 48.83 5. Curtis Brown, Brigham Young 13 62 566 3 4.77 9.13 43.54 6. Derrek Richards, Utah 13 60 717 6 4.62 11.95 55.15 7. Ryan Wolfe, UNLV 12 55 911 5 4.58 16.56 75.92 8. Jonny Harline, Brigham Young 13 58 935 12 4.46 16.12 71.92 9. Brian Hernandez, Utah 11 47 424 1 4.27 9.02 38.55 10. Marcus Smith, New Mexico 13 53 859 9 4.08 16.21 66.08 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Ryan Wolfe, UNLV 12 55 911 5 4.58 16.56 75.92 2. Jonny Harline, Brigham Young 13 58 935 12 4.46 16.12 71.92 3. Casey Flair, UNLV 12 67 816 4 5.58 12.18 68.00 4. Travis Brown, New Mexico 13 64 867 4 4.92 13.55 66.69 5. Marcus Smith, New Mexico 13 53 859 9 4.08 16.21 66.08 6. Quentily Harmon, TCU 13 52 791 3 4.00 15.21 60.85 7. Damon Morton, Colorado St. 12 48 722 4 4.00 15.04 60.17 8. Michael Ford, Wyoming 12 60 674 4 5.00 11.23 56.17 9. Derrek Richards, Utah 13 60 717 6 4.62 11.95 55.15 10. Johnny Walker, Colorado St. 12 58 586 0 4.83 10.10 48.83 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Jonny Harline, Brigham Young 13 58 935 12 4.46 16.12 71.92 2. Ryan Wolfe, UNLV 12 55 911 5 4.58 16.56 75.92 3. Travis Brown, New Mexico 13 64 867 4 4.92 13.55 66.69 4. Marcus Smith, New Mexico 13 53 859 9 4.08 16.21 66.08 5. Casey Flair, UNLV 12 67 816 4 5.58 12.18 68.00 6. Quentily Harmon, TCU 13 52 791 3 4.00 15.21 60.85 7. Damon Morton, Colorado St. 12 48 722 4 4.00 15.04 60.17 8. Derrek Richards, Utah 13 60 717 6 4.62 11.95 55.15 9. Michael Ford, Wyoming 12 60 674 4 5.00 11.23 56.17 10. Brent Casteel, Utah 13 39 600 10 3.00 15.38 46.15 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Avg Yds/gm 1. Rodney Ferguson, New Mexico 13 252 1234 7 4 94.92 2. Curtis Brown, Brigham Young 13 201 1010 7 5 77.69 3. Lonta Hobbs, TCU 10 145 665 7 4 66.50 4. Chad Hall, Air Force 12 155 784 5 5 65.33 5. Atiyyah Henderson, San Diego St. 12 174 764 1 4 63.67 6. Aaron Brown, TCU 13 154 801 9 5 61.62 7. Wynel Seldon, Wyoming 11 156 610 1 3 55.45 8. Shaun Carney, Air Force 12 188 618 8 3 51.50 9. Devin Moore, Wyoming 12 80 574 3 7 47.83 10. David Peeples, UNLV 12 133 519 7 3 43.25 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Jared McLaughlin, BYU 13 0 58 62 14 18 100 7.69 2. Louie Sakoda, Utah 13 0 43 43 16 20 91 7.00 3. Kenny Byrd, New Mexico 13 0 31 31 19 23 88 6.77 4. Jonny Harline, Brigham Young 13 12 0 0 0 0 72 5.54 4. Chris Manfredini, TCU 13 0 36 41 12 14 72 5.54 6. Fui Vakapuna, Brigham Young 12 11 0 0 0 0 66 5.50 7. Zach Sasser, Air Force 12 0 32 34 9 14 59 4.92 8. Aaron Brown, TCU 13 10 0 0 0 0 60 4.62 8. Curtis Brown, Brigham Young 13 10 0 0 0 0 60 4.62 8. Brent Casteel, Utah 13 10 0 0 0 0 60 4.62 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. John Beck, Brigham Young 12 50 -8 3885 467 3877 8.30 323.08 2. Brett Ratliff, Utah 13 97 256 2796 488 3052 6.25 234.77 3. Jeff Ballard, TCU 13 110 423 2394 417 2817 6.76 216.69 4. Caleb Hanie, Colorado St. 12 108 55 2427 450 2482 5.52 206.83 5. Rocky Hinds, UNLV 12 49 -49 2148 408 2099 5.14 174.92 6. Shaun Carney, Air Force 12 188 618 1192 325 1810 5.57 150.83 7. Chris Nelson, New Mexico 10 40 -62 1435 256 1373 5.36 137.30 8. Karsten Sween, Wyoming 9 55 -88 1304 267 1216 4.55 135.11 9. Rodney Ferguson, New Mexico 13 252 1234 0 253 1234 4.88 94.92 10. Kevin Craft, San Diego St. 9 29 -15 737 150 722 4.81 80.22 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. TCU 13 386 207 53.63 16 2263 5.86 9 2.33 102.25 2. Wyoming 12 319 166 52.04 11 1876 5.88 10 3.13 104.85 3. Brigham Young 13 445 245 55.06 18 2666 5.99 12 2.70 106.23 4. Colorado St. 12 312 180 57.69 7 2175 6.97 11 3.53 123.41 5. Utah 13 366 221 60.38 17 2804 7.66 19 5.19 132.60 6. New Mexico 13 427 256 59.95 14 3086 7.23 28 6.56 135.79 7. San Diego St. 12 295 175 59.32 9 2060 6.98 22 7.46 136.47 8. Air Force 12 303 202 66.67 9 2561 8.45 20 6.60 153.54 9. UNLV 12 315 211 66.98 9 2711 8.61 21 6.67 155.58 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Utah 13 31 676 0 21.81 2. TCU 13 29 607 0 20.93 3. UNLV 12 51 1055 0 20.69 4. New Mexico 13 45 923 0 20.51 5. Brigham Young 13 28 571 0 20.39 6. Wyoming 12 37 679 0 18.35 7. Colorado St. 12 28 507 0 18.11 8. Air Force 12 34 605 0 17.79 9. San Diego St. 12 48 840 0 17.50 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. Utah 59 44 19 45 41.58 2598 2. UNLV 47 44 23 364 36.32 2111 3. Brigham Young 41 39 15 131 36.22 1636 4. Colorado St. 65 42 31 311 35.22 2760 5. New Mexico 71 39 23 269 34.73 2815 6. Wyoming 63 41 30 322 34.48 2634 7. Air Force 41 40 15 144 33.44 1655 8. San Diego St. 65 39 30 308 32.98 2592 9. TCU 57 36 27 176 32.60 2094 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Brigham Young 13 452 311 9 68.81 4206 9.31 33 323.54 13.52 2. Utah 13 411 238 12 57.91 2963 7.21 25 227.92 12.45 3. UNLV 12 441 242 17 54.88 2728 6.19 16 227.33 11.27 4. Colorado St. 12 363 221 13 60.88 2617 7.21 13 218.08 11.84 5. TCU 13 352 216 6 61.36 2780 7.90 15 213.85 12.87 6. New Mexico 13 390 204 9 52.31 2676 6.86 18 205.85 13.12 7. Wyoming 12 346 210 13 60.69 2148 6.21 17 179.00 10.23 8. San Diego St. 12 294 171 17 58.16 1804 6.14 8 150.33 10.55 9. Air Force 12 146 84 4 57.53 1215 8.32 12 101.25 14.46 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. Wyoming 12 319 166 52.04 11.30 11 1876 5.88 10 156.33 2. San Diego St. 12 295 175 59.32 11.77 9 2060 6.98 22 171.67 3. TCU 13 386 207 53.63 10.93 16 2263 5.86 9 174.08 4. Colorado St. 12 312 180 57.69 12.08 7 2175 6.97 11 181.25 5. Brigham Young 13 445 245 55.06 10.88 18 2666 5.99 12 205.08 6. Air Force 12 303 202 66.67 12.68 9 2561 8.45 20 213.42 7. Utah 13 366 221 60.38 12.69 17 2804 7.66 19 215.69 8. UNLV 12 315 211 66.98 12.85 9 2711 8.61 21 225.92 9. New Mexico 13 427 256 59.95 12.05 14 3086 7.23 28 237.38 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Brigham Young 13 452 311 68.81 9 4206 9.31 33 7.30 167.08 2. Air Force 12 146 84 57.53 4 1215 8.32 12 8.22 149.05 3. TCU 13 352 216 61.36 6 2780 7.90 15 4.26 138.39 4. Utah 13 411 238 57.91 12 2963 7.21 25 6.08 132.69 5. Colorado St. 12 363 221 60.88 13 2617 7.21 13 3.58 126.11 6. Wyoming 12 346 210 60.69 13 2148 6.21 17 4.91 121.55 7. New Mexico 13 390 204 52.31 9 2676 6.86 18 4.62 120.55 8. UNLV 12 441 242 54.88 17 2728 6.19 16 3.63 111.12 9. San Diego St. 12 294 171 58.16 17 1804 6.14 8 2.72 107.16 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. Air Force 12 11 143 1 13.00 2. Brigham Young 13 31 399 1 12.87 3. TCU 13 40 417 0 10.43 4. Colorado St. 12 34 347 2 10.21 5. UNLV 12 21 212 2 10.10 6. Wyoming 12 27 243 0 9.00 7. Utah 13 36 312 0 8.67 8. New Mexico 13 28 179 0 6.39 9. San Diego St. 12 17 98 0 5.76 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. Air Force 12 660 2753 4.17 22 229.42 2. TCU 13 557 2530 4.54 28 194.62 3. Brigham Young 13 437 1845 4.22 27 141.92 4. Utah 13 451 1826 4.05 14 140.46 5. Wyoming 12 441 1588 3.60 12 132.33 6. San Diego St. 12 422 1430 3.39 10 119.17 7. New Mexico 13 433 1444 3.33 10 111.08 8. UNLV 12 345 1074 3.11 11 89.50 9. Colorado St. 12 372 918 2.47 10 76.50 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. TCU 13 367 791 2.16 8 60.85 2. Utah 13 449 1384 3.08 11 106.46 3. Wyoming 12 404 1279 3.17 16 106.58 4. Brigham Young 13 408 1483 3.63 10 114.08 5. New Mexico 13 442 1535 3.47 11 118.08 6. Air Force 12 415 1695 4.08 15 141.25 7. Colorado St. 12 438 1789 4.08 21 149.08 8. UNLV 12 477 1937 4.06 23 161.42 9. San Diego St. 12 488 2161 4.43 14 180.08 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. TCU 13 160 12.31 19 19 0 0 0 9 0 2. Brigham Young 13 191 14.69 23 19 2 0 0 10 0 3. Utah 13 258 19.85 33 25 1 0 0 11 0 4. Colorado St. 12 263 21.92 33 32 0 0 0 11 0 5. Wyoming 12 264 22.00 32 27 3 0 0 13 0 6. New Mexico 13 312 24.00 40 37 1 0 0 11 0 7. Air Force 12 302 25.17 40 32 0 0 0 10 0 8. San Diego St. 12 325 27.08 41 37 0 0 0 14 0 9. UNLV 12 382 31.83 49 44 1 0 0 14 0 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Brigham Young 13 6051 63 478 36.77 58 0 0 0 14 0 2. TCU 13 5310 46 380 29.23 41 0 0 0 21 0 3. Utah 13 4789 45 363 27.92 43 1 0 0 16 0 4. Air Force 12 3968 36 279 23.25 32 1 0 0 9 1 5. New Mexico 13 4120 32 284 21.85 31 0 0 0 19 2 6. Wyoming 12 3736 32 258 21.50 30 0 0 0 12 0 7. UNLV 12 3802 30 238 19.83 20 4 0 0 10 0 8. Colorado St. 12 3535 26 202 16.83 22 0 0 0 8 0 9. San Diego St. 12 3234 21 170 14.17 20 0 0 0 8 0 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. TCU 13 4.06 753 3054 19 234.92 2. Wyoming 12 4.36 723 3155 32 262.92 3. Brigham Young 13 4.86 853 4149 23 319.15 4. Utah 13 5.14 815 4188 33 322.15 5. Colorado St. 12 5.29 750 3964 33 330.33 6. San Diego St. 12 5.39 783 4221 41 351.75 7. Air Force 12 5.93 718 4256 40 354.67 8. New Mexico 13 5.32 869 4621 40 355.46 9. UNLV 12 5.87 792 4648 49 387.33 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Brigham Young 13 889 6051 6.81 63 465.46 2. TCU 13 909 5310 5.84 46 408.46 3. Utah 13 862 4789 5.56 45 368.38 4. Air Force 12 806 3968 4.92 36 330.67 5. New Mexico 13 823 4120 5.01 32 316.92 6. UNLV 12 786 3802 4.84 30 316.83 7. Wyoming 12 787 3736 4.75 32 311.33 8. Colorado St. 12 735 3535 4.81 26 294.58 9. San Diego St. 12 716 3234 4.52 21 269.50 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. Brigham Young 13 9 18 27 4 9 13 1.08 2. Air Force 12 13 9 22 10 4 14 .67 3. Utah 13 11 17 28 8 12 20 .62 4. TCU 13 10 16 26 13 6 19 .54 5. New Mexico 13 11 14 25 14 9 23 .15 6. Wyoming 12 10 11 21 12 13 25 -.33 7. Colorado St. 12 5 7 12 6 13 19 -.58 7. San Diego St. 12 9 9 18 8 17 25 -.58 9. UNLV 12 9 9 18 12 17 29 -.92