COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2006
Western Athletic Conference Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 53 141 92 301 1861 155.08 2. Ian Johnson, Boise St. 12 1714 55 0 0 1769 147.42 3. Patrick Jackson, Louisiana Tech 12 854 181 0 702 1737 144.75 4. Nate Ilaoa, Hawaii 13 990 837 0 0 1827 140.54 5. Dwayne Wright, Fresno St. 12 1462 221 0 0 1683 140.25 6. Kevin Robinson, Utah St. 12 35 582 74 641 1332 111.00 7. Robert Hubbard, Nevada 12 996 243 0 21 1260 105.00 8. Ross Dickerson, Hawaii 14 13 726 0 650 1389 99.21 9. Davone Bess, Hawaii 14 0 122 83 0 1303 93.07 10. Yonus Davis, San Jose St. 13 1007 86 0 69 1162 89.38 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Tino Amancio, Idaho 12 17 12 .706 1.00 1. Anthony Montgomery, Boise St. 13 14 13 .929 1.00 3. Dan Kelly, Hawaii 14 17 13 .765 .93 4. Clint Stitser, Fresno St. 12 16 11 .688 .92 5. Jared Strubeck, San Jose St. 13 12 9 .750 .69 6. Danny Horwedel, Louisiana Tech 12 12 8 .667 .67 7. Brett Jaekle, Nevada 13 11 8 .727 .62 8. Matt Pratt, New Mexico St. 12 8 3 .375 .25 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Stanley Franks, Idaho 12 9 220 1 .75 2. Dwight Lowery, San Jose St. 13 9 111 0 .69 3. Joe Garcia, Nevada 13 6 76 1 .46 3. Korey Hall, Boise St. 13 6 108 0 .46 3. Marty Tadman, Boise St. 13 6 176 2 .46 6. Nick Hawthrone, Nevada 12 4 87 1 .33 6. Damon Jenkins, Fresno St. 9 3 70 1 .33 6. Courtney Bryan, New Mexico St. 12 4 35 1 .33 9. Christopher Owens, San Jose St. 13 4 72 0 .31 10. Chris Smith, Idaho 11 3 4 0 .27 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Dwayne Sanders, Nevada 11 22 550 0 25.00 2.00 1. Ross Dickerson, Hawaii 14 26 650 1 25.00 1.86 3. Patrick Jackson, Louisiana Tech 12 29 702 1 24.21 2.42 4. Chastin West, Fresno St. 12 24 527 1 21.96 2.00 5. Kevin Robinson, Utah St. 12 31 641 0 20.68 2.58 6. Quinton Jones, Boise St. 12 24 483 0 20.13 2.00 7. Raymond Fry, Idaho 11 26 475 0 18.27 2.36 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Colt Brennan, Hawaii 14 559 406 72.63 12 5549 9.93 58 185.96 2. Jared Zabransky, Boise St. 13 288 191 66.32 8 2587 8.98 23 162.57 3. Adam Tafralis, San Jose St. 13 276 181 65.58 7 2284 8.28 21 155.13 4. Chase Holbrook, New Mexico St. 12 567 397 70.02 9 4619 8.15 34 155.06 5. Jeff Rowe, Nevada 12 266 172 64.66 8 1907 7.17 17 139.96 6. Zac Champion, Louisiana Tech 13 364 190 52.20 18 2466 6.77 14 111.91 7. Tom Brandstater, Fresno St. 11 268 146 54.48 14 1490 5.56 13 106.74 8. Steven Wichman, Idaho 12 319 155 48.59 14 2158 6.76 8 104.91 9. Leon Jackson III, Utah St. 12 150 73 48.67 7 694 4.63 3 84.80 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Kyle Stringer, Boise St. 13 47 2097 44.62 3.62 2. Waylon Prather, San Jose St. 13 63 2771 43.98 4.85 3. T.J. Conley, Idaho 12 67 2640 39.40 5.58 4. Zacary Whited, Nevada 11 40 1564 39.10 3.64 5. Chris Keagle, Louisiana Tech 13 66 2534 38.39 5.08 6. Leon Jackson III, Utah St. 12 74 2791 37.72 6.17 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. DeAngelo Wilson, Nevada 13 16 228 0 14.25 1.23 2. Marty Tadman, Boise St. 13 16 143 0 8.94 1.23 3. Clifton Smith, Fresno St. 10 19 139 0 7.32 1.90 4. Myron Newberry, Hawaii 13 22 130 0 5.91 1.69 5. Wes Williams, Idaho 9 15 53 0 3.53 1.67 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/Gm 1. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 92 1415 12 7.67 15.38 117.92 2. Davone Bess, Hawaii 14 96 1220 15 6.86 12.71 87.14 3. A.J. Harris, New Mexico St. 12 71 789 7 5.92 11.11 65.75 4. James Jones, San Jose St. 13 70 893 10 5.38 12.76 68.69 5. Nate Ilaoa, Hawaii 13 67 837 5 5.15 12.49 64.38 6. Jason Rivers, Hawaii 14 72 1178 10 5.14 16.36 84.14 7. Derek Dubois, New Mexico St. 12 53 800 7 4.42 15.09 66.67 8. Caleb Spencer, Nevada 13 56 570 2 4.31 10.18 43.85 9. Nick Cleaver, New Mexico St. 12 50 684 4 4.17 13.68 57.00 10. John Broussard, San Jose St. 13 52 844 7 4.00 16.23 64.92 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 92 1415 12 7.67 15.38 117.92 2. Davone Bess, Hawaii 14 96 1220 15 6.86 12.71 87.14 3. Jason Rivers, Hawaii 14 72 1178 10 5.14 16.36 84.14 4. James Jones, San Jose St. 13 70 893 10 5.38 12.76 68.69 5. Derek Dubois, New Mexico St. 12 53 800 7 4.42 15.09 66.67 6. A.J. Harris, New Mexico St. 12 71 789 7 5.92 11.11 65.75 7. John Broussard, San Jose St. 13 52 844 7 4.00 16.23 64.92 8. Nate Ilaoa, Hawaii 13 67 837 5 5.15 12.49 64.38 9. Nick Cleaver, New Mexico St. 12 50 684 4 4.17 13.68 57.00 10. Ross Dickerson, Hawaii 14 54 726 7 3.86 13.44 51.86 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 92 1415 12 7.67 15.38 117.92 2. Davone Bess, Hawaii 14 96 1220 15 6.86 12.71 87.14 3. Jason Rivers, Hawaii 14 72 1178 10 5.14 16.36 84.14 4. James Jones, San Jose St. 13 70 893 10 5.38 12.76 68.69 5. John Broussard, San Jose St. 13 52 844 7 4.00 16.23 64.92 6. Nate Ilaoa, Hawaii 13 67 837 5 5.15 12.49 64.38 7. Derek Dubois, New Mexico St. 12 53 800 7 4.42 15.09 66.67 8. A.J. Harris, New Mexico St. 12 71 789 7 5.92 11.11 65.75 9. Ross Dickerson, Hawaii 14 54 726 7 3.86 13.44 51.86 10. Ian Sample, Hawaii 14 54 690 10 3.86 12.78 49.29 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm 1. Ian Johnson, Boise St. 12 276 1714 25 142.83 2. Dwayne Wright, Fresno St. 12 261 1462 11 121.83 3. Robert Hubbard, Nevada 12 209 996 6 83.00 4. Yonus Davis, San Jose St. 13 163 1007 6 77.46 5. Nate Ilaoa, Hawaii 13 131 990 13 76.15 6. Patrick Jackson, Louisiana Tech 12 170 854 7 71.17 7. Marcus Cross, Utah St. 11 176 650 3 59.09 8. Brian Flowers, Idaho 12 128 561 4 46.75 9. Jayson Bird, Idaho 12 137 506 7 42.17 10. Jeremiah Williams, New Mexico St. 11 95 426 4 38.73 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Ian Johnson, Boise St. 12 25 0 0 0 0 152 12.67 2. Nate Ilaoa, Hawaii 13 18 0 0 0 0 108 8.31 3. Anthony Montgomery, Boise St. 13 0 61 63 13 14 100 7.69 4. Davone Bess, Hawaii 14 15 0 0 0 0 92 6.57 5. Dan Kelly, Hawaii 14 0 47 50 13 17 86 6.14 6. Chris Williams, New Mexico St. 12 12 0 0 0 0 72 6.00 6. Dwayne Wright, Fresno St. 12 12 0 0 0 0 72 6.00 8. Brett Jaekle, Nevada 13 0 47 51 8 11 71 5.46 9. Clint Stitser, Fresno St. 12 0 31 33 11 16 64 5.33 10. James Jones, San Jose St. 13 11 0 0 0 0 66 5.08 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Colt Brennan, Hawaii 14 86 366 5549 645 5915 9.17 422.50 2. Chase Holbrook, New Mexico St. 12 80 -78 4619 647 4541 7.02 378.42 3. Jared Zabransky, Boise St. 13 98 197 2587 386 2784 7.21 214.15 4. Zac Champion, Louisiana Tech 13 68 88 2466 432 2554 5.91 196.46 5. Adam Tafralis, San Jose St. 13 89 230 2284 365 2514 6.89 193.38 6. Steven Wichman, Idaho 12 52 33 2158 371 2191 5.91 182.58 7. Jeff Rowe, Nevada 12 93 207 1907 359 2114 5.89 176.17 8. Tom Brandstater, Fresno St. 11 32 86 1490 300 1576 5.25 143.27 9. Ian Johnson, Boise St. 12 276 1714 0 276 1714 6.21 142.83 10. Dwayne Wright, Fresno St. 12 261 1462 0 261 1462 5.60 121.83 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. Boise St. 13 397 227 57.18 20 2534 6.38 17 4.28 114.87 2. Nevada 13 364 217 59.62 20 2560 7.03 15 4.12 121.29 3. San Jose St. 13 390 240 61.54 16 2680 6.87 18 4.62 126.25 4. Hawaii 14 446 244 54.71 14 3384 7.59 29 6.50 133.61 5. Idaho 12 356 223 62.64 16 2753 7.73 26 7.30 142.67 6. Fresno St. 12 365 233 63.84 5 2666 7.30 26 7.12 145.92 7. New Mexico St. 12 332 195 58.73 14 2802 8.44 28 8.43 148.99 8. Louisiana Tech 13 366 225 61.48 10 3352 9.16 31 8.47 160.92 9. Utah St. 12 314 202 64.33 6 2997 9.54 33 10.51 175.33 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Nevada 13 33 783 0 23.73 2. Louisiana Tech 13 71 1541 1 21.70 3. Boise St. 13 33 661 0 20.03 4. Fresno St. 12 48 954 1 19.88 5. Hawaii 14 46 909 1 19.76 6. New Mexico St. 12 33 642 0 19.45 7. Utah St. 12 52 958 0 18.42 8. Idaho 12 53 944 0 17.81 9. San Jose St. 13 31 552 0 17.81 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. New Mexico St. 33 40 7 55 38.33 1340 2. San Jose St. 64 43 26 236 36.89 2797 3. Boise St. 48 43 22 220 36.60 2097 4. Idaho 71 39 35 304 34.85 2798 5. Hawaii 17 38 8 62 34.35 646 6. Louisiana Tech 71 38 27 257 33.15 2711 7. Nevada 54 37 25 202 32.30 2046 8. Utah St. 81 36 42 318 32.07 2976 9. Fresno St. 63 36 21 331 30.00 2321 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Hawaii 14 615 444 12 72.20 6178 10.05 62 441.29 13.91 2. New Mexico St. 12 607 421 12 69.36 4792 7.89 34 399.33 11.38 3. Louisiana Tech 13 413 214 19 51.82 2787 6.75 17 214.38 13.02 4. Boise St. 13 306 204 9 66.67 2684 8.77 25 206.46 13.16 5. Idaho 12 346 168 16 48.55 2353 6.80 8 196.08 14.01 6. Nevada 13 342 216 12 63.16 2436 7.12 23 187.38 11.28 7. San Jose St. 13 294 187 8 63.61 2361 8.03 23 181.62 12.63 8. Fresno St. 12 322 178 15 55.28 1898 5.89 16 158.17 10.66 9. Utah St. 12 298 155 14 52.01 1676 5.62 9 139.67 10.81 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. Boise St. 13 397 227 57.18 11.16 20 2534 6.38 17 194.92 2. Nevada 13 364 217 59.62 11.80 20 2560 7.03 15 196.92 3. San Jose St. 13 390 240 61.54 11.17 16 2680 6.87 18 206.15 4. Fresno St. 12 365 233 63.84 11.44 5 2666 7.30 26 222.17 5. Idaho 12 356 223 62.64 12.35 16 2753 7.73 26 229.42 6. New Mexico St. 12 332 195 58.73 14.37 14 2802 8.44 28 233.50 7. Hawaii 14 446 244 54.71 13.87 14 3384 7.59 29 241.71 8. Utah St. 12 314 202 64.33 14.84 6 2997 9.54 33 249.75 9. Louisiana Tech 13 366 225 61.48 14.90 10 3352 9.16 31 257.85 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Hawaii 14 615 444 72.20 12 6178 10.05 62 10.08 185.95 2. Boise St. 13 306 204 66.67 9 2684 8.77 25 8.17 161.46 3. San Jose St. 13 294 187 63.61 8 2361 8.03 23 7.82 151.43 4. New Mexico St. 12 607 421 69.36 12 4792 7.89 34 5.60 150.24 5. Nevada 13 342 216 63.16 12 2436 7.12 23 6.73 138.21 6. Louisiana Tech 13 413 214 51.82 19 2787 6.75 17 4.12 112.87 7. Fresno St. 12 322 178 55.28 15 1898 5.89 16 4.97 111.89 8. Idaho 12 346 168 48.55 16 2353 6.80 8 2.31 104.11 9. Utah St. 12 298 155 52.01 14 1676 5.62 9 3.02 99.81 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. New Mexico St. 12 6 92 0 15.33 2. Nevada 13 22 299 0 13.59 3. San Jose St. 13 17 179 1 10.53 4. Boise St. 13 34 286 0 8.41 5. Fresno St. 12 29 238 1 8.21 6. Hawaii 14 29 233 0 8.03 7. Utah St. 12 14 74 0 5.29 8. Idaho 12 21 109 0 5.19 9. Louisiana Tech 13 23 115 0 5.00 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. Boise St. 13 551 2784 5.05 39 214.15 2. Fresno St. 12 430 2160 5.02 15 180.00 3. San Jose St. 13 489 2283 4.67 19 175.62 4. Nevada 13 511 2212 4.33 26 170.15 5. Louisiana Tech 13 415 1692 4.08 13 130.15 6. Hawaii 14 298 1651 5.54 22 117.93 7. Utah St. 12 430 1377 3.20 6 114.75 8. Idaho 12 399 1370 3.43 14 114.17 9. New Mexico St. 12 323 910 2.82 16 75.83 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. Boise St. 13 361 1158 3.21 7 89.08 2. Nevada 13 413 1671 4.05 15 128.54 3. Hawaii 14 485 1905 3.93 13 136.07 4. Fresno St. 12 404 1689 4.18 18 140.75 5. San Jose St. 13 472 1929 4.09 15 148.38 6. New Mexico St. 12 414 1871 4.52 18 155.92 7. Idaho 12 408 1980 4.85 28 165.00 8. Utah St. 12 443 2235 5.05 22 186.25 9. Louisiana Tech 13 515 2930 5.69 38 225.38 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Boise St. 13 229 17.62 30 24 2 0 0 7 0 2. Nevada 13 249 19.15 33 33 0 0 0 6 0 3. San Jose St. 13 270 20.77 34 29 1 0 0 11 1 4. Hawaii 14 337 24.07 43 37 1 0 1 12 1 5. Fresno St. 12 339 28.25 48 39 0 0 0 4 0 6. New Mexico St. 12 369 30.75 50 37 3 1 0 8 0 7. Idaho 12 417 34.75 57 54 0 0 0 7 0 8. Utah St. 12 462 38.50 62 61 0 0 0 9 1 9. Louisiana Tech 13 542 41.69 73 68 0 0 0 12 0 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Hawaii 14 7829 89 656 46.86 75 3 0 0 13 1 2. Boise St. 13 5468 68 516 39.69 61 3 0 1 13 0 3. New Mexico St. 12 5702 53 374 31.17 42 1 0 0 4 0 4. Nevada 13 4648 53 391 30.08 47 0 0 0 8 1 5. San Jose St. 13 4644 43 324 24.92 37 1 0 0 9 0 6. Fresno St. 12 4058 35 276 23.00 31 0 0 0 11 1 7. Louisiana Tech 13 4479 31 242 18.62 30 0 1 0 8 0 8. Idaho 12 3723 24 203 16.92 23 0 0 0 12 0 9. Utah St. 12 3053 18 130 10.83 14 1 0 0 2 0 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. Boise St. 13 4.87 758 3692 30 284.00 2. Nevada 13 5.45 777 4231 33 325.46 3. San Jose St. 13 5.35 862 4609 34 354.54 4. Fresno St. 12 5.66 769 4355 48 362.92 5. Hawaii 14 5.68 931 5289 43 377.79 6. New Mexico St. 12 6.26 746 4673 50 389.42 7. Idaho 12 6.20 764 4733 57 394.42 8. Utah St. 12 6.91 757 5232 62 436.00 9. Louisiana Tech 13 7.13 881 6282 73 483.23 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Hawaii 14 913 7829 8.58 89 559.21 2. New Mexico St. 12 930 5702 6.13 53 475.17 3. Boise St. 13 857 5468 6.38 68 420.62 4. Nevada 13 853 4648 5.45 53 357.54 5. San Jose St. 13 783 4644 5.93 43 357.23 6. Louisiana Tech 13 828 4479 5.41 31 344.54 7. Fresno St. 12 752 4058 5.40 35 338.17 8. Idaho 12 745 3723 5.00 24 310.25 9. Utah St. 12 728 3053 4.19 18 254.42 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. Nevada 13 17 20 37 13 12 25 .92 2. Boise St. 13 11 20 31 11 9 20 .85 3. San Jose St. 13 14 16 30 13 8 21 .69 4. Hawaii 14 15 14 29 16 12 28 .07 5. Idaho 12 9 16 25 10 16 26 -.08 6. Fresno St. 12 9 5 14 5 15 20 -.50 6. Utah St. 12 13 6 19 11 14 25 -.50 8. Louisiana Tech 13 19 10 29 18 19 37 -.62 9. New Mexico St. 12 10 14 24 22 12 34 -.83