COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2008
Conference USA Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Damaris Johnson, Tulsa 14 327 743 23 138 2475 176.79 2. Darius Marshall, Marshall 12 1099 98 0 790 1987 165.58 3. Tyron Carrier, Houston 13 140 102 77 601 1844 141.85 4. Bryce Beall, Houston 13 1247 496 0 9 1752 134.77 5. Frantrell Forrest, UAB 10 43 536 0 746 1325 132.50 6. Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss. 12 1313 246 0 0 1559 129.92 7. James Casey, Rice 13 241 132 112 0 1682 129.38 8. Tarrion Adams, Tulsa 14 1523 213 0 19 1755 125.36 9. Curtis Steele, Memphis 13 1223 187 0 50 1460 112.31 10. Aldrick Robinson, SMU 10 0 104 0 0 1047 104.70 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Ben Hartman, East Carolina 11 31 21 .677 1.91 2. Jose Martinez, UTEP 12 27 20 .741 1.67 3. Swayze Waters, UAB 12 24 19 .792 1.58 4. Thomas Morstead, SMU 12 15 11 .733 .92 5. Ben Bell, Houston 11 15 10 .667 .91 6. Jarod Tracy, Tulsa 13 13 10 .769 .77 7. Ross Thevenot, Tulane 12 20 9 .450 .75 8. Craig Ratanamorn, Marshall 10 11 7 .636 .70 9. Britt Barefoot, Southern Miss. 13 15 9 .600 .69 10. Clark Fangmeier, Rice 13 10 6 .600 .46 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Kevin Sanders, UAB 12 7 55 0 .58 2. Sha'reff Rashad, UCF 12 5 87 0 .42 3. Joe Burnett, UCF 12 4 103 0 .33 3. Maurice Kitchens, Marshall 12 4 18 0 .33 3. Johnell Neal, UCF 12 4 88 1 .33 6. Brandon Brinkley, Houston 13 4 32 1 .31 6. Eddie Hicks, Southern Miss. 13 4 10 0 .31 6. Justin Wilson, Southern Miss. 13 4 3 0 .31 9. Emanuel Davis, East Carolina 14 4 58 1 .29 9. Van Eskridge, East Carolina 14 4 89 1 .29 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Joe Burnett, UCF 12 26 745 2 28.65 2.17 2. Darius Marshall, Marshall 12 30 790 0 26.33 2.50 3. Damaris Johnson, Tulsa 14 54 1382 1 25.59 3.86 4. Josh Ferguson, UTEP 12 24 572 0 23.83 2.00 5. Tyron Carrier, Houston 13 27 601 1 22.26 2.08 6. Freddie Parham, Southern Miss. 13 28 620 0 22.14 2.15 7. Jessie Henderson, SMU 12 48 1056 0 22.00 4.00 8. Ja'Corey Shepherd, Rice 13 41 885 0 21.59 3.15 9. Frantrell Forrest, UAB 10 35 746 1 21.31 3.50 10. D.A. Griffin, Memphis 13 18 383 0 21.28 1.38 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. David Johnson, Tulsa 14 400 258 64.50 18 4059 10.15 46 178.69 2. Chase Clement, Rice 13 490 326 66.53 7 4119 8.41 44 163.92 3. Case Keenum, Houston 13 589 397 67.40 11 5020 8.52 44 159.91 4. Trevor Vittatoe, UTEP 12 418 246 58.85 9 3274 7.83 33 146.39 5. Patrick Pinkney, East Carolina 14 363 223 61.43 7 2675 7.37 13 131.29 6. Austin Davis, Southern Miss. 13 454 261 57.49 8 3128 6.89 23 128.56 7. Bo Levi Mitchell, SMU 12 410 236 57.56 23 2865 6.99 24 124.36 8. Arkelon Hall, Memphis 11 335 191 57.01 7 2275 6.79 12 121.70 9. Joe Webb, UAB 12 353 208 58.92 16 2367 6.71 10 115.53 10. Kevin Moore, Tulane 12 323 181 56.04 13 2150 6.66 8 112.07 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Ross Thevenot, Tulane 12 45 2061 45.80 3.75 2. Matt Dodge, East Carolina 14 73 3207 43.93 5.21 3. Swayze Waters, UAB 12 55 2396 43.56 4.58 4. Kyle Petersen, UTEP 11 46 1978 43.00 4.18 5. Thomas Morstead, SMU 12 59 2465 41.78 4.92 6. Brent Sutherland, Memphis 13 52 2127 40.90 4.00 7. Britt Barefoot, Southern Miss. 13 49 1987 40.55 3.77 8. Blake Clingan, UCF 12 88 3560 40.45 7.33 9. Kase Whitehead, Marshall 12 63 2438 38.70 5.25 10. Kyle Martens, Rice 13 52 2002 38.50 4.00 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Joe Burnett, UCF 12 26 378 0 14.54 2.17 2. D.A. Griffin, Memphis 13 23 190 0 8.26 1.77 3. Andre Watson, Southern Miss. 13 22 170 0 7.73 1.69 4. Trae Johnson, Tulsa 14 21 143 0 6.81 1.50 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm 1. James Casey, Rice 13 111 1329 13 8.54 11.97 102.23 2. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 10 67 958 9 6.70 14.30 95.80 3. Jarett Dillard, Rice 13 87 1310 20 6.69 15.06 100.77 4. Mark Hafner, Houston 13 86 907 11 6.62 10.55 69.77 5. Tyron Carrier, Houston 13 80 1026 9 6.15 12.83 78.92 6. Aldrick Robinson, SMU 10 59 1047 11 5.90 17.75 104.70 7. DeAndre Brown, Southern Miss. 13 67 1117 12 5.15 16.67 85.92 8. Darius Passmore, Marshall 12 56 945 7 4.67 16.88 78.75 9. Jeff Moturi, UTEP 12 51 655 9 4.25 12.84 54.58 10. Frantrell Forrest, UAB 10 42 536 2 4.20 12.76 53.60 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Aldrick Robinson, SMU 10 59 1047 11 5.90 17.75 104.70 2. James Casey, Rice 13 111 1329 13 8.54 11.97 102.23 3. Jarett Dillard, Rice 13 87 1310 20 6.69 15.06 100.77 4. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 10 67 958 9 6.70 14.30 95.80 5. DeAndre Brown, Southern Miss. 13 67 1117 12 5.15 16.67 85.92 6. Brennan Marion, Tulsa 13 43 1112 8 3.31 25.86 85.54 7. Kris Adams, UTEP 12 50 958 14 4.17 19.16 79.83 8. Tyron Carrier, Houston 13 80 1026 9 6.15 12.83 78.92 9. Darius Passmore, Marshall 12 56 945 7 4.67 16.88 78.75 10. Mark Hafner, Houston 13 86 907 11 6.62 10.55 69.77 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. James Casey, Rice 13 111 1329 13 8.54 11.97 102.23 2. Jarett Dillard, Rice 13 87 1310 20 6.69 15.06 100.77 3. DeAndre Brown, Southern Miss. 13 67 1117 12 5.15 16.67 85.92 4. Brennan Marion, Tulsa 13 43 1112 8 3.31 25.86 85.54 5. Aldrick Robinson, SMU 10 59 1047 11 5.90 17.75 104.70 6. Tyron Carrier, Houston 13 80 1026 9 6.15 12.83 78.92 7. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 10 67 958 9 6.70 14.30 95.80 7. Kris Adams, UTEP 12 50 958 14 4.17 19.16 79.83 9. Darius Passmore, Marshall 12 56 945 7 4.67 16.88 78.75 10. Mark Hafner, Houston 13 86 907 11 6.62 10.55 69.77 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm 1. Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss. 12 219 1313 10 109.42 2. Tarrion Adams, Tulsa 14 247 1523 14 108.79 3. Bryce Beall, Houston 13 198 1247 13 95.92 4. Curtis Steele, Memphis 13 218 1223 7 94.08 5. Darius Marshall, Marshall 12 224 1099 5 91.58 6. Joe Webb, UAB 12 198 1021 11 85.08 7. C.J. Ugokwe, Rice 13 167 809 2 62.23 8. Chase Clement, Rice 13 154 693 12 53.31 9. Brynn Harvey, UCF 10 125 519 1 51.90 10. Norman Whitley, East Carolina 14 142 698 4 49.86 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Jarett Dillard, Rice 13 20 0 0 0 0 120 9.23 2. James Casey, Rice 13 19 0 0 0 0 114 8.77 3. Jose Martinez, UTEP 12 0 45 46 20 27 105 8.75 4. Jarod Tracy, Tulsa 13 0 78 80 10 13 108 8.31 5. Ben Hartman, East Carolina 11 0 24 26 21 31 87 7.91 6. Bryce Beall, Houston 13 17 0 0 0 0 102 7.85 7. Ben Bell, Houston 11 0 48 50 10 15 78 7.09 8. Kris Adams, UTEP 12 14 0 0 0 0 84 7.00 8. Clark Fangmeier, Rice 13 0 73 73 6 10 91 7.00 10. Swayze Waters, UAB 12 0 24 27 19 24 81 6.75 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Case Keenum, Houston 13 76 221 5020 665 5241 7.88 403.15 2. Chase Clement, Rice 13 154 693 4119 644 4812 7.47 370.15 3. David Johnson, Tulsa 14 92 186 4059 492 4245 8.63 303.21 4. Joe Webb, UAB 12 198 1021 2367 551 3388 6.15 282.33 5. Austin Davis, Southern Miss. 13 155 508 3128 609 3636 5.97 279.69 6. Trevor Vittatoe, UTEP 12 45 -31 3274 463 3243 7.00 270.25 7. Bo Levi Mitchell, SMU 12 51 -140 2865 461 2725 5.91 227.08 8. Arkelon Hall, Memphis 11 76 200 2275 411 2475 6.02 225.00 9. Patrick Pinkney, East Carolina 14 90 50 2675 453 2725 6.02 194.64 10. Kevin Moore, Tulane 12 27 -54 2150 350 2096 5.99 174.67 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. UCF 12 398 208 52.26 18 2492 6.26 14 3.52 107.46 2. East Carolina 14 439 263 59.91 22 2761 6.29 18 4.10 116.24 3. Southern Miss. 13 447 260 58.17 17 2942 6.58 25 5.59 124.34 4. Marshall 12 425 249 58.59 9 3044 7.16 18 4.24 128.50 5. Memphis 13 349 190 54.44 7 2612 7.48 19 5.44 131.22 6. Rice 13 478 271 56.69 16 3503 7.33 34 7.11 135.04 7. Houston 13 419 252 60.14 13 3098 7.39 27 6.44 137.27 8. Tulane 12 288 184 63.89 9 2074 7.20 18 6.25 138.77 9. Tulsa 14 451 265 58.76 9 3495 7.75 32 7.10 143.32 10. UAB 12 360 226 62.78 16 3155 8.76 22 6.11 147.69 11. UTEP 12 390 244 62.56 14 3243 8.32 34 8.72 154.04 12. SMU 12 340 218 64.12 8 3047 8.96 33 9.71 166.70 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. UCF 12 47 1172 2 24.94 2. Tulsa 14 64 1577 1 24.64 3. Marshall 12 64 1338 0 20.91 4. East Carolina 14 47 982 1 20.89 5. Houston 13 61 1249 1 20.48 6. Rice 13 58 1182 0 20.38 7. UTEP 12 67 1365 0 20.37 8. Tulane 12 63 1283 0 20.37 9. SMU 12 69 1392 0 20.17 10. Southern Miss. 13 55 1093 0 19.87 11. UAB 12 61 1176 1 19.28 12. Memphis 13 57 1069 0 18.75 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. East Carolina 73 43 26 183 37.86 3207 2. UAB 59 43 16 185 37.80 2555 3. SMU 59 41 19 209 37.22 2465 4. Marshall 66 37 12 63 36.48 2491 5. Houston 41 45 16 209 36.46 1864 6. Memphis 60 41 25 142 36.30 2460 7. UTEP 54 41 19 195 35.98 2218 8. UCF 90 39 33 132 35.87 3560 9. Rice 56 38 24 230 33.80 2143 10. Tulane 51 43 29 358 33.10 2206 11. Tulsa 34 39 10 120 32.06 1330 12. Southern Miss. 60 39 22 329 30.70 2391 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Houston 13 610 411 11 67.38 5221 8.56 45 401.62 12.70 2. Rice 13 516 339 7 65.70 4254 8.24 48 327.23 12.55 3. Tulsa 14 423 270 21 63.83 4226 9.99 47 301.86 15.65 4. UTEP 12 448 258 9 57.59 3410 7.61 34 284.17 13.22 5. SMU 12 476 269 25 56.51 3275 6.88 29 272.92 12.17 6. Southern Miss. 13 457 262 9 57.33 3134 6.86 23 241.08 11.96 7. Memphis 13 437 247 12 56.52 2891 6.62 20 222.38 11.70 8. Tulane 12 409 228 15 55.75 2655 6.49 10 221.25 11.64 9. East Carolina 14 418 248 9 59.33 2996 7.17 15 214.00 12.08 10. UAB 12 353 208 16 58.92 2367 6.71 10 197.25 11.38 11. Marshall 12 351 176 14 50.14 2072 5.90 17 172.67 11.77 12. UCF 12 308 132 11 42.86 1395 4.53 12 116.25 10.57 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. Tulane 12 288 184 63.89 11.27 9 2074 7.20 18 172.83 2. East Carolina 14 439 263 59.91 10.50 22 2761 6.29 18 197.21 3. Memphis 13 349 190 54.44 13.75 7 2612 7.48 19 200.92 4. UCF 12 398 208 52.26 11.98 18 2492 6.26 14 207.67 5. Southern Miss. 13 447 260 58.17 11.32 17 2942 6.58 25 226.31 6. Houston 13 419 252 60.14 12.29 13 3098 7.39 27 238.31 7. Tulsa 14 451 265 58.76 13.19 9 3495 7.75 32 249.64 8. Marshall 12 425 249 58.59 12.22 9 3044 7.16 18 253.67 9. SMU 12 340 218 64.12 13.98 8 3047 8.96 33 253.92 10. UAB 12 360 226 62.78 13.96 16 3155 8.76 22 262.92 11. Rice 13 478 271 56.69 12.93 16 3503 7.33 34 269.46 12. UTEP 12 390 244 62.56 13.29 14 3243 8.32 34 270.25 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Tulsa 14 423 270 63.83 21 4226 9.99 47 11.11 174.46 2. Rice 13 516 339 65.70 7 4254 8.24 48 9.30 162.94 3. Houston 13 610 411 67.38 11 5221 8.56 45 7.38 160.03 4. UTEP 12 448 258 57.59 9 3410 7.61 34 7.59 142.56 5. Southern Miss. 13 457 262 57.33 9 3134 6.86 23 5.03 127.57 6. East Carolina 14 418 248 59.33 9 2996 7.17 15 3.59 127.04 7. SMU 12 476 269 56.51 25 3275 6.88 29 6.09 123.89 8. Memphis 13 437 247 56.52 12 2891 6.62 20 4.58 121.68 9. UAB 12 353 208 58.92 16 2367 6.71 10 2.83 115.51 10. Tulane 12 409 228 55.75 15 2655 6.49 10 2.44 110.96 11. Marshall 12 351 176 50.14 14 2072 5.90 17 4.84 107.69 12. UCF 12 308 132 42.86 11 1395 4.53 12 3.90 86.66 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. UCF 12 28 369 0 13.18 2. East Carolina 14 29 268 1 9.24 3. Marshall 12 13 103 0 7.92 4. Houston 13 21 163 0 7.76 5. Memphis 13 29 221 0 7.62 6. Southern Miss. 13 26 192 0 7.38 7. Tulane 12 16 117 0 7.31 8. Tulsa 14 29 202 1 6.97 9. UTEP 12 13 88 0 6.77 10. Rice 13 23 155 0 6.74 11. SMU 12 16 101 0 6.31 12. UAB 12 13 58 0 4.46 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. Tulsa 14 674 3752 5.57 40 268.00 2. Memphis 13 540 2533 4.69 25 194.85 3. Southern Miss. 13 531 2502 4.71 29 192.46 4. UAB 12 435 2027 4.66 19 168.92 5. Houston 13 406 2095 5.16 23 161.15 6. Marshall 12 423 1893 4.48 13 157.75 7. Rice 13 449 1868 4.16 21 143.69 8. East Carolina 14 518 1769 3.42 17 126.36 9. UTEP 12 371 1468 3.96 10 122.33 10. Tulane 12 399 1421 3.56 14 118.42 11. UCF 12 453 1359 3.00 8 113.25 12. SMU 12 217 497 2.29 3 41.42 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. UCF 12 449 1513 3.37 18 126.08 2. Tulsa 14 474 1813 3.82 13 129.50 3. East Carolina 14 503 1901 3.78 16 135.79 4. Southern Miss. 13 428 1817 4.25 13 139.77 5. Memphis 13 426 1987 4.66 20 152.85 6. Marshall 12 498 1973 3.96 20 164.42 7. UAB 12 420 2004 4.77 25 167.00 8. Houston 13 547 2277 4.16 23 175.15 9. Rice 13 461 2376 5.15 24 182.77 10. UTEP 12 464 2394 5.16 22 199.50 11. Tulane 12 463 2621 5.66 30 218.42 12. SMU 12 548 2707 4.94 24 225.58 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. East Carolina 14 295 21.07 37 32 0 1 0 13 0 2. Southern Miss. 13 313 24.08 39 34 0 0 0 15 0 3. UCF 12 289 24.08 34 33 1 0 0 16 1 4. Memphis 13 353 27.15 45 39 1 0 0 14 0 5. Marshall 12 332 27.67 39 35 1 0 0 19 2 6. Tulsa 14 391 27.93 50 45 1 0 0 14 1 7. Houston 13 402 30.92 52 50 1 0 1 12 0 8. UAB 12 375 31.25 49 48 0 0 0 11 0 9. Rice 13 433 33.31 59 55 0 0 0 8 0 10. Tulane 12 414 34.50 56 54 0 0 0 8 0 11. UTEP 12 444 37.00 60 54 0 0 0 10 0 12. SMU 12 458 38.17 59 49 2 0 0 17 0 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Tulsa 14 7978 90 661 47.21 86 1 0 0 11 0 2. Rice 13 6122 74 537 41.31 73 1 0 0 6 0 3. Houston 13 7316 71 528 40.62 62 2 0 0 12 0 4. UTEP 12 4878 48 395 32.92 45 0 0 1 20 0 5. Southern Miss. 13 5636 52 398 30.62 47 0 0 0 13 0 6. Memphis 13 5424 45 353 27.15 41 0 0 0 14 0 7. East Carolina 14 4765 38 328 23.43 34 0 0 0 22 0 8. UAB 12 4394 31 273 22.75 24 2 0 0 19 1 9. SMU 12 3772 32 256 21.33 29 0 1 0 11 0 10. Marshall 12 3965 31 246 20.50 30 0 0 0 10 0 11. Tulane 12 4076 25 200 16.67 23 0 0 0 9 0 12. UCF 12 2754 25 199 16.58 23 0 0 0 8 1 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. East Carolina 14 4.95 942 4662 37 333.00 2. UCF 12 4.73 847 4005 34 333.75 3. Memphis 13 5.93 775 4599 45 353.77 4. Southern Miss. 13 5.44 875 4759 39 366.08 5. Tulsa 14 5.74 925 5308 50 379.14 6. Tulane 12 6.25 751 4695 56 391.25 7. Houston 13 5.56 966 5375 52 413.46 8. Marshall 12 5.44 923 5017 39 418.08 9. UAB 12 6.61 780 5159 49 429.92 10. Rice 13 6.26 939 5879 59 452.23 11. UTEP 12 6.60 854 5637 60 469.75 12. SMU 12 6.48 888 5754 59 479.50 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Tulsa 14 109 7978 7.27 90 569.86 2. Houston 13 101 7316 7.20 71 562.77 3. Rice 13 965 6122 6.34 74 470.92 4. Southern Miss. 13 988 5636 5.70 52 433.54 5. Memphis 13 977 5424 5.55 45 417.23 6. UTEP 12 819 4878 5.96 48 406.50 7. UAB 12 788 4394 5.58 31 366.17 8. East Carolina 14 936 4765 5.09 38 340.36 9. Tulane 12 808 4076 5.04 25 339.67 10. Marshall 12 774 3965 5.12 31 330.42 11. SMU 12 693 3772 5.44 32 314.33 12. UCF 12 761 2754 3.62 25 229.50 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. Rice 13 15 16 31 9 7 16 1.15 2. UTEP 12 13 14 27 6 9 15 1.00 2. Southern Miss. 13 12 17 29 7 9 16 1.00 4. East Carolina 14 11 22 33 19 9 28 .36 5. UCF 12 8 18 26 14 11 25 .08 6. Memphis 13 11 7 18 5 12 17 .08 7. UAB 12 8 16 24 9 16 25 -.08 8. Marshall 12 9 9 18 8 14 22 -.33 9. Tulsa 14 16 9 25 9 21 30 -.36 10. Tulane 12 8 9 17 7 15 22 -.42 11. Houston 13 9 13 22 17 11 28 -.46 12. SMU 12 11 8 19 7 25 32 -1.08