2009
Conference USA Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Damaris Johnson, Tulsa 12 175 113 256 113 2693 224.42 2. Donald Buckram, UTEP 12 1594 453 0 0 2047 170.58 3. Darius Marshall, Marshall 10 1131 27 0 486 1644 164.40 4. Tyron Carrier, Houston 14 125 102 73 986 2213 158.07 5. Dwayne Harris, East Carolina 14 149 978 7 100 2134 152.43 6. Jeremy Williams, Tulane 12 167 111 0 483 1763 146.92 7. Curtis Steele, Memphis 10 1239 123 0 0 1362 136.20 8. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 13 6 133 275 0 1620 124.62 9. Joe Webb, UAB 12 1427 12 0 0 1439 119.92 10. Shawnbrey McNeal, SMU 13 1188 283 0 66 1537 118.23 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Ben Hartman, East Carolina 13 30 20 .667 1.54 2. Josh Zahn, UAB 12 21 14 .667 1.17 3. Craig Ratanamorn, Marshall 13 17 15 .882 1.15 4. Logan Barrett, UTEP 12 18 13 .722 1.08 4. Kevin Fitzpatrick, Tulsa 12 14 13 .929 1.08 6. Nick Cattoi, UCF 13 20 14 .700 1.08 7. Matt Hogan, Houston 13 12 12 1.000 .92 8. Matt Reagan, Memphis 12 16 11 .688 .92 9. Matt Szymanski, SMU 13 16 11 .688 .85 10. Ross Thevenot, Tulane 12 13 9 .692 .75 11. Clark Fangmeier, Rice 12 15 8 .533 .67 12. Daniel Hrapmann, Southern Miss. 13 7 4 .571 .31 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Josh Robinson, UCF 13 6 84 1 .46 2. Van Eskridge, East Carolina 14 6 126 0 .43 3. John Destin, Tulsa 10 4 83 0 .40 4. Eddie Hicks, Southern Miss. 13 5 62 0 .38 4. Rock Dennis, SMU 13 5 82 1 .38 6. Jamal Robinson, Houston 14 5 42 1 .36 7. Brandon Brinkley, Houston 14 4 108 1 .29 8. DeQuan Bembry, Marshall 12 3 0 0 .25 8. Marquis Coleman, UAB 12 3 100 1 .25 10. Bryan McCann, SMU 13 3 43 0 .23 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Tyron Carrier, Houston 14 34 986 4 29.00 2.43 2. Tracy Lampley, Southern Miss. 13 17 469 1 27.59 1.31 3. Dwayne Harris, East Carolina 14 37 1000 3 27.03 2.64 4. Freddie Parham, Southern Miss. 13 38 961 1 25.29 2.92 5. Damaris Johnson, Tulsa 12 46 1131 0 24.59 3.83 6. Bryan McCann, SMU 13 34 824 0 24.24 2.62 7. Quincy McDuffie, UCF 13 39 944 1 24.21 3.00 8. Jeremy Williams, Tulane 12 20 483 1 24.15 1.67 9. Marlon McClure, UTEP 9 27 641 0 23.74 3.00 10. Marcus Hightower, Memphis 9 24 535 0 22.29 2.67 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Case Keenum, Houston 14 700 492 70.29 15 5671 8.10 44 154.79 2. Joe Webb, UAB 12 271 162 59.78 8 2299 8.48 21 150.71 3. Martevious Young, USM 10 230 132 57.39 3 1861 8.09 16 145.71 4. G.J. Kinne, Tulsa 12 345 210 60.87 10 2732 7.92 22 142.63 5. Brett Hodges, UCF 12 329 197 59.88 13 2438 7.41 17 131.27 6. Trevor Vittatoe, UTEP 12 409 224 54.77 13 3308 8.09 17 130.07 7. Ryan Griffin, Tulane 9 222 141 63.51 6 1382 6.23 9 123.78 8. Patrick Pinkney, East Carolina 14 440 259 58.86 12 2947 6.70 15 120.92 9. Will Hudgens, Memphis 9 236 143 60.59 6 1544 6.54 7 120.25 10. Brian Anderson, Marshall 13 398 231 58.04 13 2646 6.65 14 118.96 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Matt Dodge, East Carolina 14 67 3069 45.81 4.79 2. Matt Reagan, Memphis 12 63 2868 45.52 5.25 3. Michael Such, Tulsa 12 57 2538 44.53 4.75 4. Kyle Martens, Rice 9 48 2094 43.63 5.33 5. Greg Hiett, UTEP 12 49 2101 42.88 4.08 6. Trey Ragland, UAB 12 55 2352 42.76 4.58 7. Matt Szymanski, SMU 13 70 2930 41.86 5.38 8. Ross Thevenot, Tulane 12 49 2028 41.39 4.08 9. Kase Whitehead, Marshall 13 63 2469 39.19 4.85 10. Peter Boehme, Southern Miss. 12 54 2078 38.48 4.50 11. Blake Clingan, UCF 13 65 2422 37.26 5.00 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Tracy Lampley, Southern Miss. 13 23 334 1 14.52 1.77 2. Damaris Johnson, Tulsa 12 18 256 1 14.22 1.50 3. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 13 20 275 1 13.75 1.54 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm 1. James Cleveland, Houston 12 104 1214 14 8.67 11.67 101.17 2. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 13 98 1339 7 7.54 13.66 103.00 3. Jeremy Williams, Tulane 12 84 1113 7 7.00 13.25 92.75 4. Damaris Johnson, Tulsa 12 78 1131 3 6.50 14.50 94.25 4. Tyron Carrier, Houston 14 91 1029 7 6.50 11.31 73.50 6. Patrick Edwards, Houston 14 85 1021 6 6.07 12.01 72.93 7. Dwayne Harris, East Carolina 14 83 978 7 5.93 11.78 69.86 8. Duke Calhoun, Memphis 12 68 923 5 5.67 13.57 76.92 9. Cody Slate, Marshall 10 50 607 4 5.00 12.14 60.70 9. Charles Sims, Houston 14 70 759 1 5.00 10.84 54.21 9. Toren Dixon, Rice 12 60 660 6 5.00 11.00 55.00 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 13 98 1339 7 7.54 13.66 103.00 2. James Cleveland, Houston 12 104 1214 14 8.67 11.67 101.17 3. Damaris Johnson, Tulsa 12 78 1131 3 6.50 14.50 94.25 4. Jeremy Williams, Tulane 12 84 1113 7 7.00 13.25 92.75 5. Jeff Moturi, UTEP 12 53 974 4 4.42 18.38 81.17 6. Duke Calhoun, Memphis 12 68 923 5 5.67 13.57 76.92 7. Tyron Carrier, Houston 14 91 1029 7 6.50 11.31 73.50 8. Patrick Edwards, Houston 14 85 1021 6 6.07 12.01 72.93 9. DeAndre Brown, Southern Miss. 11 47 785 9 4.27 16.70 71.36 10. Dwayne Harris, East Carolina 14 83 978 7 5.93 11.78 69.86 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 13 98 1339 7 7.54 13.66 103.00 2. James Cleveland, Houston 12 104 1214 14 8.67 11.67 101.17 3. Damaris Johnson, Tulsa 12 78 1131 3 6.50 14.50 94.25 4. Jeremy Williams, Tulane 12 84 1113 7 7.00 13.25 92.75 5. Tyron Carrier, Houston 14 91 1029 7 6.50 11.31 73.50 6. Patrick Edwards, Houston 14 85 1021 6 6.07 12.01 72.93 7. Dwayne Harris, East Carolina 14 83 978 7 5.93 11.78 69.86 8. Jeff Moturi, UTEP 12 53 974 4 4.42 18.38 81.17 9. Duke Calhoun, Memphis 12 68 923 5 5.67 13.57 76.92 10. Aldrick Robinson, SMU 13 47 800 5 3.62 17.02 61.54 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm 1. Donald Buckram, UTEP 12 259 1594 18 132.83 2. Curtis Steele, Memphis 10 198 1239 15 123.90 3. Joe Webb, UAB 12 227 1427 11 118.92 4. Darius Marshall, Marshall 10 227 1131 11 113.10 5. Dominique Lindsay, East Carolina 12 239 1180 6 98.33 6. Brynn Harvey, UCF 12 261 1109 14 92.42 7. Shawnbrey McNeal, SMU 13 236 1188 12 91.38 8. Andre Anderson, Tulane 12 238 1016 8 84.67 9. Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss. 12 219 1015 8 84.58 10. Bryce Beall, Houston 13 139 670 7 51.54 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Donald Buckram, UTEP 12 21 0 0 0 0 126 10.50 2. Curtis Steele, Memphis 10 16 0 0 0 0 96 9.60 3. Ben Hartman, East Carolina 13 0 34 34 20 30 94 7.23 4. Brynn Harvey, UCF 12 14 0 0 0 0 84 7.00 4. James Cleveland, Houston 12 14 0 0 0 0 84 7.00 6. Kevin Fitzpatrick, Tulsa 12 0 42 44 13 14 81 6.75 7. Darius Marshall, Marshall 10 11 0 0 0 0 66 6.60 8. Logan Barrett, UTEP 12 0 39 41 13 18 78 6.50 9. Shawnbrey McNeal, SMU 13 14 0 0 0 0 84 6.46 10. Dwayne Harris, East Carolina 14 15 0 0 0 0 90 6.43 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Case Keenum, Houston 14 60 158 5671 760 5829 7.67 416.36 2. Joe Webb, UAB 12 227 1427 2299 498 3726 7.48 310.50 3. Trevor Vittatoe, UTEP 12 45 -83 3308 454 3225 7.10 268.75 4. G.J. Kinne, Tulsa 12 150 399 2732 495 3131 6.33 260.92 5. Patrick Pinkney, East Carolina 14 48 81 2947 488 3028 6.20 216.29 6. Martevious Young, Southern Miss 10 72 294 1861 302 2155 7.14 215.50 7. Brian Anderson, Marshall 13 64 20 2646 462 2666 5.77 205.08 8. Brett Hodges, UCF 12 59 -18 2438 388 2420 6.24 201.67 9. Will Hudgens, Memphis 9 16 -58 1544 252 1486 5.90 165.11 10. Nick Fanuzzi, Rice 10 38 -1 1598 308 1597 5.19 159.70 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. SMU 13 435 243 55.86 17 2995 6.89 20 4.60 121.09 2. East Carolina 14 535 326 60.93 17 3612 6.75 24 4.49 126.06 3. Marshall 13 442 257 58.14 9 3080 6.97 20 4.52 127.49 4. Southern Miss. 13 482 299 62.03 12 3401 7.06 21 4.36 130.67 5. Houston 14 428 268 62.62 11 3146 7.35 15 3.50 130.77 6. UCF 13 455 281 61.76 12 3481 7.65 20 4.40 135.30 7. Tulsa 12 392 227 57.91 9 3002 7.66 23 5.87 137.00 8. UTEP 12 401 247 61.60 11 2953 7.36 25 6.23 138.55 9. UAB 12 446 290 65.02 11 3738 8.38 27 6.05 150.45 10. Memphis 12 382 233 60.99 9 3401 8.90 29 7.59 156.13 11. Tulane 12 302 204 67.55 5 2616 8.66 19 6.29 157.71 12. Rice 12 361 240 66.48 6 3281 9.09 28 7.76 165.12 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. UCF 13 53 1314 1 24.79 2. Southern Miss. 13 64 1586 2 24.78 3. East Carolina 14 56 1308 3 23.36 4. Houston 14 67 1555 5 23.21 5. Tulsa 12 64 1424 0 22.25 6. SMU 13 55 1206 0 21.93 7. Rice 12 77 1653 0 21.47 8. UTEP 12 61 1304 0 21.38 9. UAB 12 52 1078 0 20.73 10. Memphis 12 66 1357 0 20.56 11. Tulane 12 76 1486 1 19.55 12. Marshall 13 49 957 0 19.53 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. East Carolina 68 45 26 277 39.12 3077 2. Memphis 65 44 21 272 38.83 2896 3. Rice 77 43 29 295 38.17 3354 4. UTEP 52 43 16 213 37.83 2240 5. Tulsa 69 42 28 175 37.13 2957 6. Southern Miss. 54 38 14 53 36.39 2078 7. UAB 57 41 24 217 36.00 2369 8. UCF 65 37 14 32 35.54 2422 9. SMU 70 41 26 286 35.20 2930 10. Houston 45 41 13 158 34.44 1888 11. Marshall 68 38 25 200 33.37 2609 12. Tulane 53 38 25 442 28.79 2028 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Houston 14 747 525 15 70.28 6072 8.13 47 433.71 11.57 2. SMU 13 472 286 14 60.59 3666 7.77 22 282.00 12.82 3. UTEP 12 422 229 13 54.27 3331 7.89 17 277.58 14.55 4. Tulsa 12 389 228 10 58.61 3112 8.00 25 259.33 13.65 5. Southern Miss. 13 391 242 6 61.89 3055 7.81 27 235.00 12.62 6. East Carolina 14 452 265 12 58.63 3043 6.73 15 217.36 11.48 7. Memphis 12 405 242 15 59.75 2578 6.37 13 214.83 10.65 8. UCF 13 379 223 13 58.84 2734 7.21 21 210.31 12.26 9. Tulane 12 373 234 14 62.73 2486 6.66 13 207.17 10.62 10. Marshall 13 404 233 13 57.67 2683 6.64 14 206.38 11.52 11. UAB 12 291 169 8 58.08 2352 8.08 22 196.00 13.92 12. Rice 12 452 248 17 54.87 2344 5.19 14 195.33 9.45 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. Tulane 12 302 204 67.55 12.82 5 2616 8.66 19 218.00 2. Houston 14 428 268 62.62 11.74 11 3146 7.35 15 224.71 3. SMU 13 435 243 55.86 12.33 17 2995 6.89 20 230.38 4. Marshall 13 442 257 58.14 11.98 9 3080 6.97 20 236.92 5. UTEP 12 401 247 61.60 11.96 11 2953 7.36 25 246.08 6. Tulsa 12 392 227 57.91 13.22 9 3002 7.66 23 250.17 7. East Carolina 14 535 326 60.93 11.08 17 3612 6.75 24 258.00 8. Southern Miss. 13 482 299 62.03 11.37 12 3401 7.06 21 261.62 9. UCF 13 455 281 61.76 12.39 12 3481 7.65 20 267.77 10. Rice 12 361 240 66.48 13.67 6 3281 9.09 28 273.42 11. Memphis 12 382 233 60.99 14.60 9 3401 8.90 29 283.42 12. UAB 12 446 290 65.02 12.89 11 3738 8.38 27 311.50 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Houston 14 747 525 70.28 15 6072 8.13 47 6.29 155.33 2. Southern Miss. 13 391 242 61.89 6 3055 7.81 27 6.91 147.25 3. UAB 12 291 169 58.08 8 2352 8.08 22 7.56 145.44 4. Tulsa 12 389 228 58.61 10 3112 8.00 25 6.43 141.87 5. SMU 13 472 286 60.59 14 3666 7.77 22 4.66 135.29 6. UCF 13 379 223 58.84 13 2734 7.21 21 5.54 130.82 7. UTEP 12 422 229 54.27 13 3331 7.89 17 4.03 127.74 8. Tulane 12 373 234 62.73 14 2486 6.66 13 3.49 122.68 9. East Carolina 14 452 265 58.63 12 3043 6.73 15 3.32 120.79 10. Marshall 13 404 233 57.67 13 2683 6.64 14 3.47 118.49 11. Memphis 12 405 242 59.75 15 2578 6.37 13 3.21 116.45 12. Rice 12 452 248 54.87 17 2344 5.19 14 3.10 101.16 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. Tulsa 12 20 282 1 14.10 2. Rice 12 16 210 0 13.13 3. SMU 13 21 275 1 13.10 4. Marshall 13 26 312 1 12.00 5. UCF 13 26 311 0 11.96 6. Southern Miss. 13 32 367 1 11.47 7. East Carolina 14 18 204 0 11.33 8. Houston 14 16 141 0 8.81 9. UTEP 12 13 110 0 8.46 10. Tulane 12 9 52 0 5.78 11. UAB 12 13 59 0 4.54 12. Memphis 12 20 60 0 3.00 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. UAB 12 463 2759 5.96 17 229.92 2. Southern Miss. 13 512 2358 4.61 23 181.38 3. Memphis 12 436 1899 4.36 20 158.25 4. East Carolina 14 529 2129 4.02 24 152.07 5. UTEP 12 401 1813 4.52 27 151.08 6. Tulsa 12 480 1809 3.77 19 150.75 7. Marshall 13 471 1855 3.94 18 142.69 8. UCF 13 480 1697 3.54 20 130.54 9. Houston 14 403 1815 4.50 23 129.64 10. SMU 13 378 1427 3.78 23 109.77 11. Rice 12 407 1311 3.22 14 109.25 12. Tulane 12 395 1264 3.20 10 105.33 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. UCF 13 416 1076 2.59 12 82.77 2. East Carolina 14 449 1684 3.75 11 120.29 3. Southern Miss. 13 468 1701 3.63 18 130.85 4. Marshall 13 405 1753 4.33 18 134.85 5. UAB 12 411 1724 4.19 21 143.67 6. Tulsa 12 456 1764 3.87 9 147.00 7. SMU 13 494 2167 4.39 22 166.69 8. Memphis 12 472 2089 4.43 22 174.08 9. Rice 12 483 2287 4.73 36 190.58 10. UTEP 12 479 2410 5.03 25 200.83 11. Tulane 12 502 2458 4.90 33 204.83 12. Houston 14 621 3172 5.11 37 226.57 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. East Carolina 14 307 21.93 38 32 1 0 0 15 0 2. UCF 13 293 22.54 37 32 0 0 0 13 0 3. Marshall 13 316 24.31 41 38 1 0 0 10 0 4. Southern Miss. 13 336 25.85 40 36 1 2 0 18 0 5. Tulsa 12 328 27.33 38 33 2 0 0 21 0 6. SMU 13 359 27.62 48 39 1 0 0 10 0 7. Houston 14 421 30.07 56 49 0 0 0 12 0 8. UAB 12 388 32.33 50 47 1 0 0 13 0 9. UTEP 12 402 33.50 53 49 0 0 0 11 1 10. Memphis 12 418 34.83 53 49 0 0 0 17 0 11. Tulane 12 440 36.67 57 49 2 0 0 15 0 12. Rice 12 517 43.08 70 64 0 0 0 11 0 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Houston 14 7887 77 591 42.21 65 1 1 0 20 0 2. Southern Miss. 13 5413 57 428 32.92 42 1 0 0 14 0 3. UTEP 12 5144 46 358 29.83 39 2 0 0 13 0 4. Tulsa 12 4921 45 351 29.25 42 0 0 0 13 0 5. SMU 13 5093 50 380 29.23 47 0 0 0 11 0 6. UAB 12 5111 42 333 27.75 35 2 0 0 14 0 7. East Carolina 14 5172 45 378 27.00 44 0 1 0 20 1 8. UCF 13 4431 43 340 26.15 38 1 0 0 14 0 9. Memphis 12 4477 33 262 21.83 31 0 0 0 11 0 10. Marshall 13 4538 34 283 21.77 34 0 0 0 15 0 11. Rice 12 3655 28 219 18.25 25 1 0 0 8 0 12. Tulane 12 3750 24 193 16.08 22 0 0 0 9 0 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. UCF 13 5.23 871 4557 37 350.54 2. Marshall 13 5.71 847 4833 41 371.77 3. East Carolina 14 5.38 984 5296 38 378.29 4. Southern Miss. 13 5.37 950 5102 40 392.46 5. SMU 13 5.56 929 5162 48 397.08 6. Tulsa 12 5.62 848 4766 38 397.17 7. Tulane 12 6.31 804 5074 57 422.83 8. UTEP 12 6.09 880 5363 53 446.92 9. Houston 14 6.02 104 6318 56 451.29 10. UAB 12 6.37 857 5462 50 455.17 11. Memphis 12 6.43 854 5490 53 457.50 12. Rice 12 6.60 844 5568 70 464.00 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Houston 14 115 7887 6.86 77 563.36 2. UTEP 12 823 5144 6.25 46 428.67 3. UAB 12 754 5111 6.78 42 425.92 4. Southern Miss. 13 903 5413 5.99 57 416.38 5. Tulsa 12 869 4921 5.66 45 410.08 6. SMU 13 850 5093 5.99 50 391.77 7. Memphis 12 841 4477 5.32 33 373.08 8. East Carolina 14 981 5172 5.27 45 369.43 9. Marshall 13 875 4538 5.19 34 349.08 10. UCF 13 859 4431 5.16 43 340.85 11. Tulane 12 768 3750 4.88 24 312.50 12. Rice 12 859 3655 4.25 28 304.58 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. East Carolina 14 17 17 34 11 12 23 .79 2. Southern Miss. 13 15 12 27 11 6 17 .77 3. UAB 12 11 11 22 5 8 13 .75 4. UCF 13 16 12 28 7 13 20 .62 5. Houston 14 19 11 30 11 15 26 .29 6. SMU 13 11 17 28 12 14 26 .15 7. Tulsa 12 12 9 21 13 10 23 -.17 8. UTEP 12 7 11 18 8 13 21 -.25 9. Marshall 13 9 9 18 9 13 22 -.31 10. Rice 12 12 6 18 10 17 27 -.75 10. Memphis 12 8 9 17 11 15 26 -.75 12. Tulane 12 5 5 10 12 14 26 -1.33