COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2007
Conference USA Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Chris Johnson, East Caro. 13 1423 528 0 100 2960 227.69 2. Matt Forte, Tulane 12 2127 282 0 11 2420 201.67 3. Kevin Smith, UCF 14 2567 242 0 0 2809 200.64 4. Anthony Alridge, Houston 13 1597 428 0 233 2258 173.69 5. Donnie Avery, Houston 13 0 145 0 424 1880 144.62 6. Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss. 13 1586 227 0 47 1860 143.08 7. Marcus Thomas, UTEP 11 1166 268 0 23 1457 132.45 8. Tarrion Adams, Tulsa 14 1225 301 0 36 1562 111.57 9. Darius Marshall, Marshall 12 631 119 0 556 1306 108.83 10. Trae Johnson, Tulsa 14 0 108 109 254 1451 103.64 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Swayze Waters, UAB 12 28 22 .786 1.83 2. Michael Torres, UCF 13 24 20 .833 1.54 3. Jose Martinez, UTEP 12 20 17 .850 1.42 4. Justin Estes, Southern Miss. 13 22 15 .682 1.15 4. Matt Reagan, Memphis 13 22 15 .682 1.15 6. Thomas Morstead, Southern Methodist 12 20 13 .650 1.08 6. Ross Thevenot, Tulane 12 18 13 .722 1.08 6. Anthony Binswanger, Marshall 12 18 13 .722 1.08 9. T.J. Lawrence, Houston 13 22 13 .591 1.00 9. Ben Hartman, East Caro. 13 22 13 .591 1.00 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Brandon Sumrall, Southern Miss. 13 6 101 1 .46 2. Johnell Neal, UCF 14 6 159 1 .43 2. Joe Burnett, UCF 14 6 40 0 .43 4. Quintin Demps, UTEP 12 5 220 2 .42 4. Andrew Sendejo, Rice 12 5 92 1 .42 6. Cornelius Brown, UTEP 12 4 102 0 .33 6. Bryan McCann, Southern Methodist 12 4 63 0 .33 6. David Skehan, Tulane 12 4 9 0 .33 9. Kenneth Fontenette, Houston 13 4 21 0 .31 10. Sha'reff Rashad, UCF 14 4 16 0 .29 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Darius Marshall, Marshall 12 19 556 1 29.26 1.58 2. Curtis Francis, UCF 14 22 643 1 29.23 1.57 3. Chris Johnson, East Caro. 13 36 1009 1 28.03 2.77 4. Roy Roberts, Tulsa 13 21 507 1 24.14 1.62 5. Ade Tuyo, Tulane 12 30 697 0 23.23 2.50 6. Tory Harrison, Southern Miss. 13 38 870 0 22.89 2.92 7. Quintin Demps, UTEP 12 22 492 0 22.36 1.83 8. John Williams, East Caro. 10 14 312 0 22.29 1.40 9. Frantrell Forrest, UAB 12 26 573 1 22.04 2.17 10. Fred Rouse, UTEP 10 23 502 0 21.83 2.30 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Paul Smith, Tulsa 14 544 327 60.11 19 5065 9.31 47 159.85 2. Blake Joseph, Houston 11 155 100 64.52 4 1324 8.54 9 150.27 3. Case Keenum, Houston 13 273 187 68.50 10 2259 8.27 14 147.60 4. Bernard Morris, Marshall 12 398 253 63.57 10 3149 7.91 17 139.10 5. Martin Hankins, Memphis 11 428 261 60.98 12 3220 7.52 25 137.85 6. Trevor Vittatoe, UTEP 12 407 224 55.04 7 3101 7.62 25 135.87 7. Patrick Pinkney, East Caro. 13 200 121 60.50 4 1358 6.79 11 131.69 8. Justin Willis, SMU 12 414 242 58.45 18 2944 7.11 25 129.42 9. Kyle Israel, UCF 14 298 174 58.39 11 2173 7.29 15 128.87 10. Chase Clement, Rice 12 508 300 59.06 16 3377 6.65 29 127.43 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Thomas Morstead, Southern Methodist 12 57 2545 44.65 4.75 2. Britt Barefoot, Southern Miss. 13 48 2039 42.48 3.69 3. Swayze Waters, UAB 12 69 2859 41.43 5.75 4. Matt Dodge, East Caro. 13 80 3307 41.34 6.15 5. Blake Clingan, UCF 13 59 2404 40.75 4.54 6. Kyle Petersen, UTEP 12 51 2075 40.69 4.25 7. Brent Sutherland, Memphis 13 52 2115 40.67 4.00 8. Anthony Binswanger, Marshall 12 44 1742 39.59 3.67 9. Luke Juist, Rice 12 67 2618 39.07 5.58 10. Ross Thevenot, Tulane 12 44 1713 38.93 3.67 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Quintin Demps, UTEP 12 15 200 0 13.33 1.25 2. Joe Burnett, UCF 14 31 331 1 10.68 2.21 3. Kevin Sanders, UAB 12 15 159 1 10.60 1.25 4. Emmanuel Sanders, Southern Methodist 12 20 183 0 9.15 1.67 5. Teric Williams, Houston 11 19 157 0 8.26 1.73 6. Dwayne Harris, East Caro. 13 31 250 0 8.06 2.38 7. Ja'Corey Shepherd, Rice 12 22 120 0 5.45 1.83 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm 1. Donnie Avery, Houston 13 91 1456 7 7.00 16.00 112.00 2. Jarett Dillard, Rice 12 79 1057 14 6.58 13.38 88.08 3. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 12 74 889 9 6.17 12.01 74.08 4. Cody Slate, Marshall 12 66 818 5 5.50 12.39 68.17 5. Jeff Moturi, UTEP 12 65 891 13 5.42 13.71 74.25 6. Duke Calhoun, Memphis 12 62 890 5 5.17 14.35 74.17 7. Trae Johnson, Tulsa 14 70 1088 13 5.00 15.54 77.71 8. Charles Clay, Tulsa 14 69 1024 7 4.93 14.84 73.14 9. Jeron Harvey, Houston 13 55 673 3 4.23 12.24 51.77 10. Lorne Sam, UTEP 10 42 589 1 4.20 14.02 58.90 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Donnie Avery, Houston 13 91 1456 7 7.00 16.00 112.00 2. Brennan Marion, Tulsa 14 39 1244 11 2.79 31.90 88.86 3. Jarett Dillard, Rice 12 79 1057 14 6.58 13.38 88.08 4. Trae Johnson, Tulsa 14 70 1088 13 5.00 15.54 77.71 5. Jeff Moturi, UTEP 12 65 891 13 5.42 13.71 74.25 6. Duke Calhoun, Memphis 12 62 890 5 5.17 14.35 74.17 7. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 12 74 889 9 6.17 12.01 74.08 8. Charles Clay, Tulsa 14 69 1024 7 4.93 14.84 73.14 9. Cody Slate, Marshall 12 66 818 5 5.50 12.39 68.17 10. Jeremy Williams, Tulane 12 46 773 5 3.83 16.80 64.42 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Donnie Avery, Houston 13 91 1456 7 7.00 16.00 112.00 2. Brennan Marion, Tulsa 14 39 1244 11 2.79 31.90 88.86 3. Trae Johnson, Tulsa 14 70 1088 13 5.00 15.54 77.71 4. Jarett Dillard, Rice 12 79 1057 14 6.58 13.38 88.08 5. Charles Clay, Tulsa 14 69 1024 7 4.93 14.84 73.14 6. Jeff Moturi, UTEP 12 65 891 13 5.42 13.71 74.25 7. Duke Calhoun, Memphis 12 62 890 5 5.17 14.35 74.17 8. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 12 74 889 9 6.17 12.01 74.08 9. Cody Slate, Marshall 12 66 818 5 5.50 12.39 68.17 10. Jeremy Williams, Tulane 12 46 773 5 3.83 16.80 64.42 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm 1. Kevin Smith, UCF 14 450 2567 29 183.36 2. Matt Forte, Tulane 12 361 2127 23 177.25 3. Anthony Alridge, Houston 13 259 1597 14 122.85 4. Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss. 13 295 1586 15 122.00 5. Chris Johnson, East Caro. 13 236 1423 17 109.46 6. Marcus Thomas, UTEP 11 227 1166 16 106.00 7. Tarrion Adams, Tulsa 14 219 1225 8 87.50 8. Joseph Doss, Memphis 12 174 806 5 67.17 9. Justin Willis, Southern Methodist 12 180 699 3 58.25 10. Darius Marshall, Marshall 12 123 631 3 52.58 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Kevin Smith, UCF 14 30 0 0 0 0 180 12.86 2. Matt Forte, Tulane 12 23 0 0 0 0 140 11.67 3. Chris Johnson, East Caro. 13 24 0 0 0 0 144 11.08 4. Marcus Thomas, UTEP 11 18 0 0 0 0 108 9.82 5. Anthony Alridge, Houston 13 19 0 0 0 0 114 8.77 6. Michael Torres, UCF 13 0 50 51 20 24 110 8.46 7. Jose Martinez, UTEP 12 0 44 46 17 20 95 7.92 8. Swayze Waters, UAB 12 0 21 23 22 28 87 7.25 9. T.J. Lawrence, Houston 13 0 54 55 13 22 93 7.15 10. Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss. 13 15 0 0 0 0 92 7.08 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Paul Smith, Tulsa 14 105 119 5065 649 5184 7.99 370.29 2. Chase Clement, Rice 12 144 535 3377 652 3912 6.00 326.00 3. Justin Willis, SMU 12 180 699 2944 594 3643 6.13 303.58 4. Bernard Morris, Marshall 12 130 488 3149 528 3637 6.89 303.08 5. Martin Hankins, Memphis 11 35 -1 3220 463 3219 6.95 292.64 6. Trevor Vittatoe, UTEP 12 42 -132 3101 449 2969 6.61 247.42 7. Case Keenum, Houston 13 103 412 2259 376 2671 7.10 205.46 8. Kevin Smith, UCF 14 450 2567 0 450 2567 5.70 183.36 9. Sam Hunt, UAB 12 68 287 1905 399 2192 5.49 182.67 10. Jeremy Young, Southern Miss. 10 81 349 1464 305 1813 5.94 181.30 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. UCF 14 528 290 54.92 24 3266 6.19 26 4.92 114.02 2. Southern Miss. 13 439 250 56.95 17 3017 6.87 24 5.47 124.92 3. Houston 13 390 203 52.05 14 2935 7.53 28 7.18 131.83 4. UAB 12 360 211 58.61 10 2769 7.69 18 5.00 134.15 5. East Caro. 13 520 334 64.23 17 3757 7.23 26 5.00 134.85 6. Southern Methodist 12 490 306 62.45 12 3617 7.38 28 5.71 138.36 7. Tulsa 14 486 292 60.08 11 3733 7.68 28 5.76 139.11 8. UTEP 12 470 291 61.91 18 3622 7.71 29 6.17 139.34 9. Memphis 13 415 262 63.13 13 3107 7.49 25 6.02 139.60 10. Marshall 12 396 253 63.89 4 3118 7.87 23 5.81 147.19 11. Tulane 12 431 280 64.97 8 3452 8.01 26 6.03 148.47 12. Rice 12 438 254 57.99 12 3749 8.56 37 8.45 152.30 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. East Caro. 13 62 1506 1 24.29 2. UCF 14 63 1479 2 23.48 3. Memphis 13 69 1525 0 22.10 4. Southern Miss. 13 52 1136 0 21.85 5. Marshall 12 69 1492 1 21.62 6. Houston 13 57 1192 1 20.91 7. UAB 12 74 1514 1 20.46 8. Tulsa 14 69 1409 1 20.42 9. UTEP 12 66 1327 0 20.11 10. Southern Methodist 12 70 1292 0 18.46 11. Tulane 12 62 1137 0 18.34 12. Rice 12 67 1223 0 18.25 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. Southern Methodist 58 43 25 184 39.33 2545 2. Southern Miss. 49 41 21 159 36.98 2051 3. UCF 63 40 22 207 36.35 2557 4. UAB 69 41 22 260 35.64 2859 5. UTEP 58 40 26 205 35.40 2358 6. Marshall 61 38 20 199 33.84 2363 7. Tulsa 61 39 24 292 33.34 2386 8. Tulane 75 38 34 287 33.17 2875 9. East Caro. 82 40 29 400 32.77 3307 10. Rice 69 37 26 288 31.74 2618 11. Houston 52 40 27 394 31.19 2096 12. Memphis 62 37 17 302 31.13 2332 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Tulsa 14 564 336 19 59.57 5194 9.21 49 371.00 15.46 2. Memphis 13 551 323 12 58.62 3975 7.21 33 305.77 12.31 3. Rice 12 526 311 17 59.13 3517 6.69 29 293.08 11.31 4. Houston 13 437 291 15 66.59 3614 8.27 24 278.00 12.42 5. UTEP 12 440 242 9 55.00 3302 7.50 28 275.17 13.64 6. Marshall 12 432 266 13 61.57 3253 7.53 17 271.08 12.23 7. Southern Methodist 12 432 250 19 57.87 3025 7.00 26 252.08 12.10 8. UAB 12 448 220 15 49.11 2584 5.77 15 215.33 11.75 9. East Caro. 13 395 224 9 56.71 2633 6.67 21 202.54 11.75 10. Tulane 12 360 184 12 51.11 2339 6.50 10 194.92 12.71 11. Southern Miss. 13 380 217 16 57.11 2445 6.43 14 188.08 11.27 12. UCF 14 346 198 12 57.23 2476 7.16 15 176.86 12.51 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. Houston 13 390 203 52.05 14.46 14 2935 7.53 28 225.77 2. UAB 12 360 211 58.61 13.12 10 2769 7.69 18 230.75 3. Southern Miss. 13 439 250 56.95 12.07 17 3017 6.87 24 232.08 4. UCF 14 528 290 54.92 11.26 24 3266 6.19 26 233.29 5. Memphis 13 415 262 63.13 11.86 13 3107 7.49 25 239.00 6. Marshall 12 396 253 63.89 12.32 4 3118 7.87 23 259.83 7. Tulsa 14 486 292 60.08 12.78 11 3733 7.68 28 266.64 8. Tulane 12 431 280 64.97 12.33 8 3452 8.01 26 287.67 9. East Caro. 13 520 334 64.23 11.25 17 3757 7.23 26 289.00 10. Southern Methodist 12 490 306 62.45 11.82 12 3617 7.38 28 301.42 11. UTEP 12 470 291 61.91 12.45 18 3622 7.71 29 301.83 12. Rice 12 438 254 57.99 14.76 12 3749 8.56 37 312.42 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Tulsa 14 564 336 59.57 19 5194 9.21 49 8.69 158.89 2. Houston 13 437 291 66.59 15 3614 8.27 24 5.49 147.33 3. UTEP 12 440 242 55.00 9 3302 7.50 28 6.36 134.95 4. Memphis 13 551 323 58.62 12 3975 7.21 33 5.99 134.61 5. Marshall 12 432 266 61.57 13 3253 7.53 17 3.94 131.82 6. Southern Methodist 12 432 250 57.87 19 3025 7.00 26 6.02 127.78 7. Rice 12 526 311 59.13 17 3517 6.69 29 5.51 127.00 8. East Caro. 13 395 224 56.71 9 2633 6.67 21 5.32 125.68 9. UCF 14 346 198 57.23 12 2476 7.16 15 4.34 124.68 10. Southern Miss. 13 380 217 57.11 16 2445 6.43 14 3.68 114.88 11. Tulane 12 360 184 51.11 12 2339 6.50 10 2.78 108.18 12. UAB 12 448 220 49.11 15 2584 5.77 15 3.35 101.90 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. UTEP 12 22 299 0 13.59 2. UCF 14 33 388 2 11.76 3. UAB 12 21 242 1 11.52 4. Memphis 13 14 131 0 9.36 5. Marshall 12 12 110 0 9.17 6. Tulsa 14 14 123 0 8.79 7. Houston 13 28 246 0 8.79 8. Southern Methodist 12 25 216 0 8.64 9. East Caro. 13 34 258 0 7.59 10. Southern Miss. 13 24 159 0 6.63 11. Rice 12 23 125 0 5.43 12. Tulane 12 18 79 0 4.39 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. UCF 14 670 3287 4.91 41 234.79 2. Houston 13 599 2911 4.86 32 223.92 3. Southern Miss. 13 566 2621 4.63 30 201.62 4. Tulane 12 489 2412 4.93 26 201.00 5. East Caro. 13 484 2378 4.91 29 182.92 6. Tulsa 14 562 2421 4.31 28 172.93 7. Southern Methodist 12 470 2042 4.34 15 170.17 8. UTEP 12 416 1772 4.26 20 147.67 9. Marshall 12 408 1701 4.17 19 141.75 10. Memphis 13 466 1792 3.85 13 137.85 11. Rice 12 383 1331 3.48 20 110.92 12. UAB 12 358 1323 3.70 6 110.25 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. Tulane 12 409 1591 3.89 17 132.58 2. UCF 14 497 1864 3.75 15 133.14 3. Southern Miss. 13 454 1746 3.85 15 134.31 4. Houston 13 474 1818 3.84 21 139.85 5. East Caro. 13 472 1848 3.92 15 142.15 6. Tulsa 14 586 2593 4.42 28 185.21 7. Marshall 12 475 2292 4.83 27 191.00 8. Southern Methodist 12 470 2367 5.04 31 197.25 9. Rice 12 501 2381 4.75 30 198.42 10. Memphis 13 517 2632 5.09 27 202.46 11. UTEP 12 503 2435 4.84 26 202.92 12. UAB 12 540 3082 5.71 33 256.83 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Southern Miss. 13 314 24.15 39 37 1 0 0 13 1 2. UCF 14 372 26.57 44 38 0 0 0 22 2 3. Houston 13 379 29.15 49 45 1 0 0 12 1 4. East Caro. 13 395 30.38 48 40 2 0 0 21 0 5. Tulane 12 375 31.25 47 45 0 0 0 16 0 6. Memphis 13 419 32.23 56 51 1 0 0 10 0 7. Tulsa 14 467 33.36 60 53 2 1 0 16 0 8. Marshall 12 411 34.25 52 46 3 0 0 15 1 9. UAB 12 421 35.08 53 50 1 0 0 17 0 10. UTEP 12 445 37.08 57 49 1 1 1 16 0 11. Southern Methodist 12 477 39.75 65 61 1 0 0 8 0 12. Rice 12 515 42.92 68 61 4 0 0 12 1 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Tulsa 14 7615 79 576 41.14 73 2 0 1 7 1 2. UCF 14 5763 62 502 35.86 58 1 0 0 22 2 3. Houston 13 6525 59 449 34.54 54 1 0 0 13 0 4. UTEP 12 5074 51 403 33.58 44 1 0 0 17 0 5. Rice 12 4848 51 377 31.42 46 1 1 0 7 0 6. East Caro. 13 5011 52 403 31.00 50 0 1 0 13 0 7. Memphis 13 5767 47 380 29.23 37 5 0 0 17 0 8. Southern Methodist 12 5067 43 340 28.33 43 0 0 0 13 0 9. Southern Miss. 13 5066 45 361 27.77 39 2 0 0 16 0 10. Marshall 12 4954 37 298 24.83 33 1 0 0 13 1 11. Tulane 12 4751 36 293 24.42 34 1 0 0 13 1 12. UAB 12 3907 24 235 19.58 21 1 0 0 22 1 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. Houston 13 5.50 864 4753 49 365.62 2. Southern Miss. 13 5.33 893 4763 39 366.38 3. UCF 14 5.00 102 5130 44 366.43 4. Tulane 12 6.00 840 5043 47 420.25 5. East Caro. 13 5.65 992 5605 48 431.15 6. Memphis 13 6.16 932 5739 56 441.46 7. Marshall 12 6.21 871 5410 52 450.83 8. Tulsa 14 5.90 107 6326 60 451.86 9. UAB 12 6.50 900 5851 53 487.58 10. Southern Methodist 12 6.23 960 5984 65 498.67 11. UTEP 12 6.23 973 6057 57 504.75 12. Rice 12 6.53 939 6130 68 510.83 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Tulsa 14 112 7615 6.76 79 543.93 2. Houston 13 103 6525 6.30 59 501.92 3. Memphis 13 101 5767 5.67 47 443.62 4. UTEP 12 856 5074 5.93 51 422.83 5. Southern Methodist 12 902 5067 5.62 43 422.25 6. Marshall 12 840 4954 5.90 37 412.83 7. UCF 14 101 5763 5.67 62 411.64 8. Rice 12 909 4848 5.33 51 404.00 9. Tulane 12 849 4751 5.60 36 395.92 10. Southern Miss. 13 946 5066 5.36 45 389.69 11. East Caro. 13 879 5011 5.70 52 385.46 12. UAB 12 806 3907 4.85 24 325.58 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. East Caro. 13 14 17 31 5 9 14 1.31 2. Memphis 13 13 13 26 4 12 16 .77 3. UTEP 12 11 18 29 11 9 20 .75 4. UCF 14 4 24 28 15 12 27 .07 5. Southern Miss. 13 11 17 28 13 16 29 -.08 6. Rice 12 14 12 26 11 17 28 -.17 7. Tulane 12 11 8 19 10 12 22 -.25 8. UAB 12 5 10 15 5 15 20 -.42 9. Tulsa 14 13 11 24 11 19 30 -.43 10. Houston 13 9 14 23 15 15 30 -.54 11. Southern Methodist 12 10 12 22 12 19 31 -.75 12. Marshall 12 3 4 7 4 13 17 -.83