COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2012
Conference USA ALL-PURPOSE RUNNING Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Trey Watts, Tulsa 13 1108 343 154 586 2191 168.54 2. Charles Sims, Houston 9 851 373 0 0 1224 136.00 3. Latavius Murray, UCF 11 1106 231 0 0 1337 121.55 4. Zach Line, SMU 13 1278 229 0 0 1507 115.92 5. Darrin Reaves, UAB 12 1037 302 0 19 1358 113.17 6. Mike Edwards, UTEP 11 45 820 106 128 1099 99.91 7. Justin Hardy, East Carolina 13 0 110 175 0 1280 98.46 8. Vintavious Cooper, East Carolina 13 1049 229 0 0 1278 98.31 9. Jackie Williams, UAB 12 0 799 132 227 1158 96.50 10. Tommy Shuler, Marshall 12 0 113 15 0 1153 96.08 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Chris Boswell, Rice 13 29 23 .793 1.77 2. Cairo Santos, Tulane 12 21 21 1.000 1.75 3. Matt Hogan, Houston 12 25 20 .800 1.67 4. Chase Hover, SMU 13 29 18 .621 1.38 5. Ty Long, UAB 12 17 14 .824 1.17 6. Warren Harvey, East Carolina 13 20 15 .750 1.15 7. Justin Haig, Marshall 12 16 13 .813 1.08 8. Corey Acosta, Southern Miss. 12 17 11 .647 .92 9. Daniel Schwarz, Tulsa 14 18 12 .667 .86 10. Steven Valadez, UTEP 12 15 10 .667 .83 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPg 1. D.J. Hayden, Houston 9 4 171 2 .44 2. Lorenzo Doss, Tulane 12 5 79 0 .42 2. Zach McMillian, Houston 12 5 8 0 .42 4. Dexter McCoil, Tulsa 14 5 38 0 .36 5. Lonnie Ballentine, Memphis 12 3 14 0 .25 5. Phillip Steward, Houston 12 3 -1 0 .25 7. Taylor Reed, SMU 13 3 82 2 .23 7. Randall Joyner, SMU 13 3 23 0 .23 7. Chip Thompson, East Carolina 13 3 28 0 .23 7. Kenneth Acker, SMU 13 3 82 1 .23 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Quincy McDuffie, UCF 14 17 582 3 34.24 1.21 2. Autrey Golden, UTEP 12 29 822 2 28.34 2.42 3. Trey Watts, Tulsa 13 21 586 1 27.90 1.62 4. Bobby McCain, Memphis 12 28 721 0 25.75 2.33 5. Der'Rikk Thompson, SMU 13 16 411 0 25.69 1.23 6. Justin Sims, Southern Miss. 12 19 429 0 22.58 1.58 7. Ryan Jackson, Houston 11 14 304 0 21.71 1.27 8. Andre Snipes-Booker, Marshall 9 31 644 0 20.77 3.44 9. Tracy Lampley, Southern Miss. 12 19 393 1 20.68 1.58 10. Derrick Harris, East Carolina 13 22 454 0 20.64 1.69 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Rakeem Cato, Marshall 12 584 406 69.52 11 4201 7.19 37 147.09 2. Blake Bortles, UCF 14 399 251 62.91 7 3059 7.67 25 144.48 3. Shane Carden, East Carolina 13 413 273 66.10 10 3116 7.54 23 143.01 4. Crawford Jones, Houston 12 131 76 58.02 6 972 7.42 11 138.89 5. Jacob Karam, Memphis 12 274 176 64.23 3 1895 6.92 14 137.00 6. Ryan Griffin, Tulane 9 394 245 62.18 11 2771 7.03 20 132.43 7. Austin Brown, UAB 12 355 205 57.75 12 2673 7.53 15 128.18 8. Taylor McHargue, Rice 12 325 194 59.69 5 2209 6.80 12 125.89 9. David Piland, Houston 11 448 256 57.14 12 2929 6.54 16 118.49 10. Nick Lamaison, UTEP 10 252 126 50.00 9 1686 6.69 12 114.77 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntG 1. Richie Leone, Houston 12 60 2730 45.50 5.00 2. Hunter Mullins, UAB 12 50 2239 44.78 4.17 3. Tom Hornsey, Memphis 12 60 2606 43.43 5.00 4. Trent Tignor, East Carolina 13 65 2779 42.75 5.00 5. Ian Campbell, UTEP 12 66 2814 42.64 5.50 6. Mike Loftus, SMU 13 52 2177 41.87 4.00 7. Peter Picerelli, Tulane 12 69 2846 41.25 5.75 8. Jamie Boyle, UCF 14 60 2434 40.57 4.29 9. Peter Boehme, Southern Miss. 12 63 2520 40.00 5.25 10. Cole Way, Tulsa 14 77 3009 39.08 5.50 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Keiwone Malone, Memphis 12 22 261 0 11.86 1.83 2. J.J. Worton, UCF 14 25 266 0 10.64 1.79 3. Justin Hardy, East Carolina 13 20 175 0 8.75 1.54 4. Mike Edwards, UTEP 11 14 106 0 7.57 1.27 5. Trey Watts, Tulsa 13 22 154 1 7.00 1.69 6. Andre Snipes-Booker, Marshall 9 11 57 0 5.18 1.22 7. Dewayne Peace, Houston 9 11 48 0 4.36 1.22 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Tommy Shuler, Marshall 12 110 1138 6 9.17 10.35 94.83 2. Justin Hardy, East Carolina 13 88 1105 11 6.77 12.56 85.00 3. Ryan Grant, Tulane 12 76 1149 6 6.33 15.12 95.75 4. Dewayne Peace, Houston 9 54 603 2 6.00 11.17 67.00 5. Darius Johnson, SMU 11 64 787 5 5.82 12.30 71.55 6. Antavious Wilson, Marshall 12 69 741 9 5.75 10.74 61.75 7. Aaron Dobson, Marshall 10 57 679 3 5.70 11.91 67.90 8. Jeremy Johnson, SMU 13 67 679 3 5.15 10.13 52.23 9. Keyarris Garrett, Tulsa 14 67 845 9 4.79 12.61 60.36 10. Mike Edwards, UTEP 11 51 820 8 4.64 16.08 74.55 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Ryan Grant, Tulane 12 76 1149 6 6.33 15.12 95.75 2. Tommy Shuler, Marshall 12 110 1138 6 9.17 10.35 94.83 3. Justin Hardy, East Carolina 13 88 1105 11 6.77 12.56 85.00 4. Jordan Leslie, UTEP 12 51 973 6 4.25 19.08 81.08 5. Mike Edwards, UTEP 11 51 820 8 4.64 16.08 74.55 6. Darius Johnson, SMU 11 64 787 5 5.82 12.30 71.55 7. Aaron Dobson, Marshall 10 57 679 3 5.70 11.91 67.90 8. Dewayne Peace, Houston 9 54 603 2 6.00 11.17 67.00 9. Jackie Williams, UAB 12 52 799 1 4.33 15.37 66.58 10. Jordan Taylor, Rice 13 57 826 3 4.38 14.49 63.54 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Ryan Grant, Tulane 12 76 1149 6 6.33 15.12 95.75 2. Tommy Shuler, Marshall 12 110 1138 6 9.17 10.35 94.83 3. Justin Hardy, East Carolina 13 88 1105 11 6.77 12.56 85.00 4. Jordan Leslie, UTEP 12 51 973 6 4.25 19.08 81.08 5. Keyarris Garrett, Tulsa 14 67 845 9 4.79 12.61 60.36 6. Jordan Taylor, Rice 13 57 826 3 4.38 14.49 63.54 7. Mike Edwards, UTEP 11 51 820 8 4.64 16.08 74.55 8. Jackie Williams, UAB 12 52 799 1 4.33 15.37 66.58 9. Darius Johnson, SMU 11 64 787 5 5.82 12.30 71.55 10. Antavious Wilson, Marshall 12 69 741 9 5.75 10.74 61.75 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm 1. Latavius Murray, UCF 11 198 1106 15 100.55 2. Zach Line, SMU 13 277 1278 13 98.31 3. Charles Sims, Houston 9 142 851 11 94.56 4. Darrin Reaves, UAB 12 215 1037 13 86.42 5. Trey Watts, Tulsa 13 186 1108 3 85.23 6. Nathan Jeffery, UTEP 11 184 897 7 81.55 7. Vintavious Cooper, East Carolina 13 200 1049 7 80.69 8. Kevin Grooms, Marshall 11 121 737 8 67.00 9. Ja'Terian Douglas, Tulsa 14 137 936 7 66.86 10. Brandon Hayes, Memphis 9 118 576 6 64.00 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Alex Singleton, Tulsa 14 25 0 0 0 0 150 10.71 2. Latavius Murray, UCF 11 19 0 0 0 0 114 10.36 3. Charles Sims, Houston 9 14 0 0 0 0 84 9.33 4. Chris Boswell, Rice 13 0 45 47 23 29 114 8.77 5. Matt Hogan, Houston 12 0 45 45 20 25 105 8.75 6. Justin Haig, Marshall 12 0 60 60 13 16 99 8.25 7. Chase Hover, SMU 13 0 47 49 18 29 101 7.77 8. Cairo Santos, Tulane 12 0 26 27 21 21 89 7.42 9. Warren Harvey, East Carolina 13 0 50 50 15 20 95 7.31 10. Darrin Reaves, UAB 12 14 0 0 0 0 84 7.00 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Rakeem Cato, Marshall 12 57 31 4201 641 4232 6.60 352.67 2. Ryan Griffin, Tulane 9 32 -127 2771 426 2644 6.21 293.78 3. David Piland, Houston 11 45 190 2929 493 3119 6.33 283.55 4. Garrett Gilbert, SMU 13 94 346 2932 600 3278 5.46 252.15 5. Shane Carden, East Carolina 13 85 74 3116 498 3190 6.41 245.38 6. Taylor McHargue, Rice 12 164 667 2209 489 2876 5.88 239.67 7. Blake Bortles, UCF 14 87 285 3059 486 3344 6.88 238.86 8. Cody Green, Tulsa 13 78 283 2592 497 2875 5.78 221.15 9. Austin Brown, UAB 12 62 -237 2673 417 2436 5.84 203.00 10. Jacob Karam, Memphis 12 101 221 1895 375 2116 5.64 176.33 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. Tulsa 14 481 269 55.93 12 3195 6.64 19 3.95 119.74 2. UCF 14 480 288 60.00 11 3048 6.35 16 3.33 119.76 3. SMU 13 540 300 55.56 21 3616 6.70 27 5.00 120.57 4. Houston 12 510 302 59.22 19 3483 6.83 25 4.90 125.29 5. Memphis 12 435 269 61.84 8 2947 6.77 25 5.75 133.99 6. UTEP 12 386 231 59.84 7 2952 7.65 18 4.66 135.80 7. Tulane 12 380 212 55.79 15 3116 8.20 23 6.05 136.76 8. Rice 13 378 213 56.35 11 3058 8.09 21 5.56 136.77 9. East Carolina 13 475 279 58.74 10 3584 7.55 28 5.89 137.32 10. Marshall 12 426 277 65.02 9 3042 7.14 30 7.04 144.00 11. Southern Miss. 12 338 219 64.79 5 2628 7.78 23 6.80 149.61 12. UAB 12 356 232 65.17 6 2935 8.24 22 6.18 151.48 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Tulsa 14 36 959 1 26.64 2. UCF 14 38 943 3 24.82 3. UTEP 12 46 1096 2 23.83 4. SMU 13 30 692 0 23.07 5. Rice 13 38 876 1 23.05 6. Memphis 12 50 1141 0 22.82 7. Southern Miss. 12 53 1137 1 21.45 8. UAB 12 33 687 0 20.82 9. Marshall 12 51 1014 0 19.88 10. East Carolina 13 49 972 1 19.84 11. Houston 12 41 801 0 19.54 12. Tulane 12 44 847 0 19.25 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. UTEP 66 42 21 65 40.14 2814 2. Houston 61 45 21 205 39.74 2769 3. Memphis 61 42 22 191 38.93 2606 4. Tulane 71 41 35 202 37.70 2919 5. Marshall 46 43 18 176 37.57 1984 6. East Carolina 65 42 20 199 36.92 2779 7. SMU 71 41 34 317 35.89 2925 8. Southern Miss. 64 39 21 190 35.84 2544 9. Rice 65 37 14 48 35.37 2407 10. UCF 61 39 16 151 35.13 2434 11. Tulsa 80 37 23 226 34.54 3009 12. UAB 52 43 22 358 33.48 2239 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Marshall 12 607 424 12 69.85 4381 7.22 39 365.08 10.33 2. Houston 12 591 337 20 57.02 3941 6.67 27 328.42 11.69 3. UAB 12 479 279 13 58.25 3706 7.74 21 308.83 13.28 4. Tulane 12 536 310 20 57.84 3359 6.27 23 279.92 10.84 5. East Carolina 13 488 319 14 65.37 3551 7.28 25 273.15 11.13 6. SMU 13 516 273 15 52.91 3059 5.93 16 235.31 11.21 7. Rice 13 401 236 5 58.85 2933 7.31 19 225.62 12.43 8. UCF 14 412 257 7 62.38 3158 7.67 28 225.57 12.29 9. UTEP 12 376 198 13 52.66 2688 7.15 16 224.00 13.58 10. Tulsa 14 471 248 13 52.65 2960 6.28 19 211.43 11.94 11. Southern Miss. 12 313 151 13 48.24 2019 6.45 9 168.25 13.37 12. Memphis 12 283 182 3 64.31 1999 7.06 16 166.58 10.98 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. UCF 14 480 288 60.00 10.58 11 3048 6.35 16 217.71 2. Southern Miss. 12 338 219 64.79 12.00 5 2628 7.78 23 219.00 3. Tulsa 14 481 269 55.93 11.88 12 3195 6.64 19 228.21 4. Rice 13 378 213 56.35 14.36 11 3058 8.09 21 235.23 5. UAB 12 356 232 65.17 12.65 6 2935 8.24 22 244.58 6. Memphis 12 435 269 61.84 10.96 8 2947 6.77 25 245.58 7. UTEP 12 386 231 59.84 12.78 7 2952 7.65 18 246.00 8. Marshall 12 426 277 65.02 10.98 9 3042 7.14 30 253.50 9. Tulane 12 380 212 55.79 14.70 15 3116 8.20 23 259.67 10. East Carolina 13 475 279 58.74 12.85 10 3584 7.55 28 275.69 11. SMU 13 540 300 55.56 12.05 21 3616 6.70 27 278.15 12. Houston 12 510 302 59.22 11.53 19 3483 6.83 25 290.25 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Marshall 12 607 424 69.85 12 4381 7.22 39 6.43 147.78 2. UCF 14 412 257 62.38 7 3158 7.67 28 6.80 145.82 3. Memphis 12 283 182 64.31 3 1999 7.06 16 5.65 140.17 4. East Carolina 13 488 319 65.37 14 3551 7.28 25 5.12 137.69 5. Rice 13 401 236 58.85 5 2933 7.31 19 4.74 133.48 6. UAB 12 479 279 58.25 13 3706 7.74 21 4.38 132.23 7. Houston 12 591 337 57.02 20 3941 6.67 27 4.57 121.32 8. UTEP 12 376 198 52.66 13 2688 7.15 16 4.26 119.88 9. Tulane 12 536 310 57.84 20 3359 6.27 23 4.29 117.14 10. Tulsa 14 471 248 52.65 13 2960 6.28 19 4.03 113.28 11. SMU 13 516 273 52.91 15 3059 5.93 16 3.10 107.12 12. Southern Miss. 12 313 151 48.24 13 2019 6.45 9 2.88 103.57 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. Memphis 12 25 300 1 12.00 2. Tulane 12 13 144 0 11.08 3. UCF 14 25 266 0 10.64 4. UTEP 12 19 191 1 10.05 5. UAB 12 26 261 2 10.04 6. SMU 13 21 205 0 9.76 7. East Carolina 13 22 188 0 8.55 8. Marshall 12 15 124 1 8.27 9. Tulsa 14 31 254 1 8.19 10. Southern Miss. 12 6 40 0 6.67 11. Rice 13 19 82 1 4.32 12. Houston 12 24 93 0 3.88 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. Tulsa 14 689 3440 4.99 41 245.71 2. Rice 13 625 2623 4.20 26 201.77 3. UCF 14 527 2545 4.83 33 181.79 4. Marshall 12 480 2030 4.23 24 169.17 5. Southern Miss. 12 479 1855 3.87 17 154.58 6. Memphis 12 489 1821 3.72 18 151.75 7. Houston 12 393 1814 4.62 18 151.17 8. UTEP 12 455 1782 3.92 13 148.50 9. East Carolina 13 459 1760 3.83 23 135.38 10. SMU 13 400 1716 4.29 22 132.00 11. UAB 12 416 1323 3.18 19 110.25 12. Tulane 12 280 475 1.70 3 39.58 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. SMU 13 418 1533 3.67 14 117.92 2. Tulsa 14 520 1674 3.22 20 119.57 3. Memphis 12 425 1656 3.90 15 138.00 4. East Carolina 13 467 2015 4.31 21 155.00 5. UCF 14 544 2182 4.01 21 155.86 6. UAB 12 477 2192 4.60 33 182.67 7. Rice 13 506 2479 4.90 30 190.69 8. Houston 12 521 2313 4.44 23 192.75 9. UTEP 12 479 2330 4.86 24 194.17 10. Marshall 12 527 2437 4.62 30 203.08 11. Southern Miss. 12 500 2490 4.98 34 207.50 12. Tulane 12 528 2675 5.07 30 222.92 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. UCF 14 309 22.07 40 36 0 0 0 11 0 2. Tulsa 14 331 23.64 44 36 1 0 1 9 0 3. SMU 13 334 25.69 43 38 1 0 0 12 0 4. UTEP 12 357 29.75 46 43 0 1 0 12 0 5. Rice 13 390 30.00 53 44 2 0 0 8 0 6. Memphis 12 363 30.25 44 42 0 0 0 19 0 7. East Carolina 13 411 31.62 52 49 1 0 0 16 0 8. Houston 12 432 36.00 55 52 1 0 0 16 0 9. UAB 12 450 37.50 57 53 2 1 0 15 2 10. Southern Miss. 12 454 37.83 60 55 0 0 0 13 0 11. Tulane 12 461 38.42 59 56 0 0 0 17 0 12. Marshall 12 517 43.08 69 62 1 0 0 13 0 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Marshall 12 6411 65 491 40.92 60 0 0 1 13 0 2. UCF 14 5703 67 496 35.43 60 1 0 0 10 1 3. Tulsa 14 6400 65 486 34.71 52 3 0 0 12 1 4. Houston 12 5755 47 389 32.42 45 1 0 0 20 0 5. Rice 13 5556 50 414 31.85 45 0 0 0 23 0 6. East Carolina 13 5311 52 409 31.46 50 1 0 0 15 0 7. SMU 13 4775 49 397 30.54 47 0 0 0 18 1 8. UAB 12 5029 43 339 28.25 39 0 0 0 14 0 9. Memphis 12 3820 39 293 24.42 36 0 1 0 7 0 10. Tulane 12 3834 28 257 21.42 26 0 0 0 21 0 11. UTEP 12 4470 32 254 21.17 26 3 0 0 10 0 12. Southern Miss. 12 3874 29 236 19.67 27 0 0 0 11 1 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. Tulsa 14 4.86 1001 4869 44 347.79 2. UCF 14 5.11 1024 5230 40 373.57 3. Memphis 12 5.35 860 4603 44 383.58 4. SMU 13 5.37 958 5149 43 396.08 5. Rice 13 6.26 884 5537 53 425.92 6. Southern Miss. 12 6.11 838 5118 60 426.50 7. UAB 12 6.15 833 5127 57 427.25 8. East Carolina 13 5.94 942 5599 52 430.69 9. UTEP 12 6.11 865 5282 46 440.17 10. Marshall 12 5.75 953 5479 69 456.58 11. Tulane 12 6.38 908 5791 59 482.58 12. Houston 12 5.62 1031 5796 55 483.00 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Marshall 12 1087 6411 5.90 65 534.25 2. Houston 12 984 5755 5.85 47 479.58 3. Tulsa 14 1160 6400 5.52 65 457.14 4. Rice 13 1026 5556 5.42 50 427.38 5. UAB 12 895 5029 5.62 43 419.08 6. East Carolina 13 947 5311 5.61 52 408.54 7. UCF 14 939 5703 6.07 67 407.36 8. UTEP 12 831 4470 5.38 32 372.50 9. SMU 13 916 4775 5.21 49 367.31 10. Southern Miss. 12 792 3874 4.89 29 322.83 11. Tulane 12 816 3834 4.70 28 319.50 12. Memphis 12 772 3820 4.95 39 318.33 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. SMU 13 16 21 37 8 15 23 1.08 2. UCF 14 16 11 27 8 7 15 .86 3. Rice 13 16 11 27 17 5 22 .38 4. Tulsa 14 15 12 27 11 13 24 .21 5. East Carolina 13 12 10 22 8 14 22 .00 6. Memphis 12 15 8 23 21 3 24 -.08 7. Marshall 12 9 9 18 8 12 20 -.17 8. Houston 12 12 19 31 15 20 35 -.33 8. UTEP 12 12 7 19 10 13 23 -.33 10. UAB 12 12 6 18 14 13 27 -.75 10. Tulane 12 9 15 24 13 20 33 -.75 12. Southern Miss. 12 7 5 12 15 13 28 -1.33