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C-USA All Games W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp %TULANE 6-0 1.000 3-0 3-0 239 149 11-0 1.000 6-0 5-0 499 268 SOUTHERN MISS 5-1 .833 2-0 2-1 207 80 7-4 .636 4-1 3-3 349 196 LOUISVILLE 4-2 .600 3-0 1-2 238 203 7-4 .636 5-1 2-3 444 387 EAST CAROLINA 3-3 .500 1-2 2-1 171 215 6-5 .545 3-2 3-3 274 297 ARMY 2-4 .333 1-2 1-2 171 199 3-8 .272 1-4 2-4 257 325 HOUSTON 2-4 .333 1-2 1-2 175 196 3-8 .272 1-4 3-3 254 317 MEMPHIS 1-5 .167 1-2 0-3 152 213 2-9 .182 2-4 0-5 226 340 CINCINNATI 1-5 .167 1-2 0-3 161 259 2-9 .182 1-5 1-4 259 456
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•1 BO_WL_GA_M_E_S_ ___. LAST WEEK'S RESULT INDNIDUAL AWARDS WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23 THURSDAY. NOV. 26 COACH OF THE YEAR Tommy Bowden, Tulane Motor City Bowl (Pontiac, Mich.) Army 34, Navy 30 Louisville vs. Marshall OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (ESPN2) 8:00 p.m. EST Shaun King, QB, Tulane
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Adalius Thomas, DE, Southern Miss Humanitarian Bowl (Boise, Idaho) Southern Miss vs. Idaho SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (ESPN2) 1 :00 p.m. MST Ryan White, K, Memphis FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR THURSDAY, DEC. 31 Derrick Nix, RB, Southern Miss AXA/Equitable Liberty Bowl (Memphis, Tenn.) (9) Tulane vs. Brigham Young (ESPN) 12:30 p.m. CST • 1998 C-USA FOOTBALL ALlrCONFERENCE TEAMS
FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OFFENSE • Quarterback - Shaun King, Sr., Tulane Quarterback - Chris Redman, Jr., Louisville Running Back- Leroy Collins, Jr., Louisville Running Back- Gerard Arnold, Jr., Memphis Running Back- Derrick Nix, Fr., Southern Miss Running Back- Ketric Sanford, Jr., Houston Offensive Lineman- Danny Moore, Jr., East Carolina Offensive Lineman- Wilbert Brown, Sr., Houston Offensive Lineman- Henry McClendon, Sr., Southern Miss Offensive Lineman- Jerry Godfrey, Jr., Tulane Offensive Lineman- Rick Nord, Sr., Louisville Offensive Lineman- O'Lester Pope, Sr., Southern Miss Offensive Lineman- Bernard Robertson, So., Tulane Offensive Lineman- Neil Ravitz, Sr., Army Offensive Lineman- Brian Uhl, Sr., Cincinnati Offensive Lineman- Ron Sells, Sr., Memphis Tight End- lbn Green, Jr., Louisvillle Tight End- Buck Collins, Sr., East Carolina Wide Receiver- Arnold Jackson, Jr., Louisville Wide Receiver- JaJuan Dawson, Jr., Tulane Wide Receiver- Sherrod Gideon, Jr., Southern Miss Wide Receiver- P.J. Franklin, Sr., Tulane DEFENSE DEFENSE Defensive Lineman- Marquis Bowling, Sr., Memphis Defensive Lineman- Mike Gantous, Jr., Louisville Defensive Lineman- Roderick Coleman, Sr., East Carolina Defensive Lineman- Louis Hampton, Sr., Houston Defensive Lineman- Travis Darden, Sr., East Carolina Defensive Lineman- Dennis O'Sullivan, Sr., Tulane Defensive Lineman- Adalius Thomas, Jr., Southern Miss Defensive Lineman- Cedric Scott, So., Southern Miss Linebacker- Jeff Kerr, Jr., East Carolina Linebacker- Hassan Champion, Sr., Cincinnati Linebacker- T.J. Slaughter, Jr., Southern Miss Linebacker- Bud Herring, So., Louisville Linebacker- Ty Trahan, Jr., Southern Miss Linebacker- Brett Timmons, Sr., Tulane Defensive Back- Michael Jordan, Sr.,Tulane Defensive Back- Jose Gonzalez, Sr., Southern Miss Defensive Back- Mike McKenzie, Jr., Memphis Defensive Back- Mike James, Jr., Houston • Defensive Back- Kenny Dale Rowland, Sr., Army Defensive Back- DaShone Mallard, Sr., Southern Miss Defensive Back- Antonio Roundtree, So., Louisville Defensive Back- Kelvin Suggs, Sr., East Carolina SPECIAL TEAMS SPECIAL TEAMS Placekicker- Ryan White, Fr., Memphis Placekicker- Eric Olsen, Sr., Army Punter- Graham White, Jr., Army Punter- Andrew Bayes, Jr., East Carolina Return Specialist- Rod Richardson, Sr., Army Return Specialist- Ketric Sanford, Jr., Houston
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AXA/Equitable Louisville to Motor City Bowl Polling Place Liberty Bowl Louisville has accepted a bid to the second annual Here are the Dec. 6 Associated Press and Motor City Bowl in Pontiac, Mich. The game will ESPNJIJSA Today Coaches Polls: • Conference USA's champion earns a bid to the be played at the Pontiac Silverdome on AXA/Equitable Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Wednesday, December 23 at 8:00 p.m. EST and Associated Press ESPN/USA Today Tennessee. In July, C-USA and the bowl will be televised by ESPN 2. The Cardinals will 1 - Tennessee 1- Tennessee announced an extension that will send the face the winner of the Marshall-Toledo Mid• 2 - Florida State 2-Florida State league's champion to Memphis at least through American Conference Championship game, which 3 - Ohio State 3-Ohio State the 2001 season. will be played on Friday, December 4 in 4 - Kansas State 4-Kansas State 5 -Arizona 5-UCLA Huntington, W. Va. This year's game will be played on Wednesday, 6 -UCLA 6-Arizona December 31 and televised by ESPN at 12:30 7 -Florida ?-Florida CST. No. 9 Tulane, one of four remaining TU's Tide Drought Ends 8 -TexasA&M 8-Wisconsin unbeaten teams in Division I-A, will face Tulane's regular season championship was the 9 - Wisconsin 9-TexasA&M Brigham Young in this year's game. BYU will first in 49 years for the Green Wave. Here's a look 10-TULANE 10-TULANE play Air Force for the WAC Championship this at the longest conference title droughts entering 11 -Arkansas 11-Arkansas Saturday. A win by the Cougars would give the this season: 12 -Georgia Tech 12-Virginia Liberty Bowl a pair of conference champions 13 -Virginia 13-Air Force facing each other in the bowl for the second Iowa State 1912 86 years 14-Nebraska 14-Georgia Tech 15-Michigan time in three years (C-USA champion Houston Kansas State 1934 64 years 15 - Michigan 16-Air Force 16-Nebraska faced Big East tri-champion Syracuse in 1996). Mississippi State 1941 57 years 17 -Notre Dame 17 -Syracuse Tulane 1949 49 years 18 - Syracuse 18-Notre Dame C-USA SCHOOLS IN THE LIBERTY BOWL 19 -Georgia 19-Georgia 1998 Tulane vs. Brigham Young SceUo new TU Mentor 20-Texas 20-Penn State 1997 Southern Miss 41, Pittsburgh 7 On December 7, Tulane named Chris Scelfo as 21 -Oregon 21-Oregon 1996 Syracuse 30, Houston 17 its new head coach. Scelfo comes to New 22 - Penn State 22-Texas 1995 East Carolina 19, Stanford 13 Orleans from Georgia where he served as 23-Missouri 23-Mississippi State 1994 Illinois 30, East Carolina 0 assistant head coach for the past three seasons, 24-Miami (Fla.) 24-Virginia Tech 1993 Louisville 18, Michigan State 7 while also coaching the offensive line. Prior to 25 -Mississippi State 25-West Virginia 1979 Penn State 9, Tulane 6 that, he served as offensive coordinator at ARV: Southern Miss • 1970 Tulane 17, Colorado 3 Marshall for three years.
USM in Humanitarian Bowl Freshman All-Americans BCS Rankings On July 31, Conference USA and the Three Conference USA players have been named In the final Bowl Championship Series rankings, Humanitarian Bowl reached an agreement to Freshman All-Americans by Football News: released on Dec. 6, Tulane was ranked No. 10 for send a team from C-USA to Boise to face the Memphis kicker Ryan White, Tulane offensive champion of the Big West Conference in the the second straight week, its highest ranking of the lineman Corey Sewell and East Carolina bowl for the next two seasons. year. linebacker Pernell Griffin. This year's game will be played on December National Leaders 30 and will be televised by ESPN2. Idaho has Conference USA finished the 1998 season with captured the Big West title and will be the one individual and two team statistical NCAA conference representative in the bowl. champions. Louisville led the nation in total Southern Miss has been selected as the C-USA C·USA offense, averaging 559.6 yards per game. Army team and will be making its second consecutive topped the nation in rushing, averaging 293.8 bowl trip for just the second time in school yards per game on the ground. Individually, history. Tulane quarterback SHAUN KING set a new Division I-A record for pass efficiency at 183.3. FINAL BIG WEST ST AN DINGS Louisville quarterback CHRIS REDMAN finished Team Big West Overall second in Division I-A in total offense at 400.9 Idaho 4-1 8-3 yards per game, while Tulane was second ~n Nevada 3-2 6-5 scoring offense at 45.4. In addition, Memphis North Texas 3-2 3-8 kicker Ryan White was the only kicker in any Boise State 2-3 6-5 Division of college football that did not miss a kick Utah State 2-3 3-8 the entire season, hitting all 16 field goal attempts New Mexico State 1-4 3-8 and all 22 extra-points . • 1998 CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL
The Final Two C-USA All-Freshman Team Players of the Weak • Following the results of the final day of the OFFENSE Here's a look at this year's C-USA Players regular season, Tulane is one of just two teams QB - David Garrard, East Carolina the Week as voted on by a panel of media from in Division I-A that remain unbeaten. The RB- DeMarco McCleskey, Cincinnati each of the league's cities. Green Wave will go for a perfect season against RB- Derrick Nix, Southern Miss OFFENSE BYU in the AXA/Equitable Liberty Bowl, while OL- Kirt Doolin, Cincinnati S7 P.J. Franklin WR Tulane Tennessee puts its perfect season on the line in OL- Artis Hicks, Memphis S 14 Shaun King QB Tulane the T ostitos Fiesta Bowl against Florida State. OL- Corey Sewell, Tulane S21 Leroy Collins RB Louisville OL- David Sherrod, Memphis S28 Chris Redman QB Louisville OL- Torie Taulli, Tulane 05 Chris Redman QB Louisville C-USA on TV TE- Jonathan Pritchett, Houston 012 Derrick Nix RB Southern Miss Conference USA just completed the third of a WR- Terrell Harris, Tulane 019 Chris Redman QB Louisville five-year contract with Fox Sports Net. A total WR- Zander Robinson, Tulane 026 Shaun King QB Tulane of 12 games appeared on Fox Sports Net this DEFENSE N2 Leroy Collins RB Louisville fall, with two additional games appearing on the DL- Andre Arnold, Memphis N9 Shaun King QB Tulane N16 Chris Redman QB Louisville FX Network. Paul Kennedy provided the play• DL- Ryan Brewer, Tulane N23 David Garrard QB East Carolina by-play, with former NFL offensive linemen DL- Jeremy Griffith, Houston DEFENSE Brian Baldinger and Trevor Malich serving as DL- Ben Peining, Cincinnati LB- Pernell Griffin, East Carolina S7 Brett Timmons LB Tulane analysts. S14 Nate Hunterton LB Army LB- Arthur Gissendanner, Houston S21 Kenny Dale Rowland DB Army LB- Tony Stallings, Louisville Here's a look at the reamining schedule of S28 Ty Trahan LB Southern Miss DB- Danny Adams, Cincinnati games that will be televised: 05 Alphonso Roundtree DB Tulane DB- ldrees Bashir, Memphis 012 Lyle Weaver LB Army CBS DB- Meldoo Barnes, Tulane 019 Shawn Ferguson DB Cincinnati Dec. 5 Army vs. Navy (Philadelphia) Noon EST DB- Jason Parker, Houston 026 Ty Trahan LB Southern Miss ESPN SPECIAL TEAMS N2 David Williams DB Houston Dec. 31 AXA/Equitable Liberty Bowl 12:30p CST PK- Ryan White, Memphis N9 Jeff Kerr LB East Carolina ESPN 2 P- Adam Wulfeck, Cincinnati N16 T.J. Slaughter LB Southern Miss Dec. 23 Motor City Bowl 7:00p CST RS- Leif Penn, Houston N23 Meldon Barnes DB Tulane Dec. 30 Humanitarian Bowl 3:00pCST SPECIAL TEAMS Saven-Thousand S7 Arthur Gissendanner LB Housto• National Sack Leaders After having one 1,000-yard rusher (Harold S14 Graham White P Army Here's a look at the Conference USA players and Shaw, USM) and one 1,000-yard receiver S21 Eric Olsen K Army teams that rank among the nation's leaders in (Sherrod Gideon, USM} last season, Conference S28 Zek Parker WR Louisville 05 Graham White P Army sacks, as compiled by Florida State University USA has produced four 1,000-yard rushers and 012 Brandon Francis KR Southern Miss (through games of Nov. 21). three 1,000-yard receivers this season. Here's a 019 Ryan White K Memphis look at those players: 026 Mike Smith KR Houston 61. Adalius Thomas, USM 1.16 spg N2 Louis Hampton Houston 6!. Roderick Coleman, ECU 1.16 spg LB Rushers N9 Brad Palazzo Tulane 141. Cedric Scott. USM 0.94 spg K Derrick Nix, Southern Miss 1, 180 N16 John Wilson KR/PR Tulane 231. Louis Hampton, HOU 0.78 spg Leroy Collins, Louisville 1,134 N23 Jamie Purser p Southern Miss 4. SOUTHERN MISS 3.8 SPG Gerard Arnold, Memphis 1,059 12T. HOUSTON 3.3 SPG Ketric Sanford, Houston 1,054 23T. EAST CAROLINA 3.1 SPG Receivers 27T. TULANE 2.9 SPG Sherrod Gideon, Southern Miss 1, 186 ~A~arter member of Arnold Jackson, Louisville 1,175 Conference USA in all other High Octane Offense P.J. Franklin, Tulane 1,169 sports, UAB will begin football With more than 4,000 yards passing from • competition in C-USA CHRIS REDMAN and over 1,000 yards rushing beginning with the 1999 National Tight End Leaders season. The Blazers just completed their third from LEROY COLLINS, Louisville became just Here's a look at the Conference USA players that season as a Division I-A independent this year, the third team and second program in NCAA rank among the nation's tight end leaders, as compiling a 4-7 record. history to have a 4,000-yard passer and a compiled by the University of Mississippi 1,000-yard runner in the same season. U of L 1998 UAB Schedule (through games of Nov. 21 ). joins a pair of Houston Cougar teams in Sept 5 at (3) Nebraska L, 7-38 Receptions Sept 19 TENNESSEE TECH w, 38-6 accomplishing this feat. The 1989 Cougars saw 1 lbn Green, Louisville 55 ANDRE WARE throw for 4,699 yards and Sept 26 KANSAS L, 37-39 (4ot) 13. Buck Collins, East Carolina 22 Oct 3 SOUTHWESTERN LA. w, 24-13 CHUCK WEATHERSPOON run for 1,146, while Receiving Yards Oct 10 at East Carolina L, 7-26 the 1990 Houston club had DAVID KLINGLER 1. lbn Green, Louisville 884 Oct 17 at Louisiana Tech L,23.5 pass for 5,140 yards and Weatherspoon run for 13. Buck Collins, East Carolina 325 Oct 24 VIRGINIA TECH L,O 1,097. Touchdowns Oct 31 at Northeast Louisiana L, 14-2 1. lbn Green, Louisville 12 Nov. 7 at (2) Tennessee L, 13-37 11. Buck Collins, East Carolina 3 Nov. 14 MIDDLE TENN. STATE W26-17 Nov. 21 TENNESSEE-MARTIN W,48-17 1998 CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL
NCAA Leaders RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Bowl Teleconfaranca - Here's C- USA's NCAA leaders (thru Nov. 28). 8- Sherrod Gideon, USM 107.8 The head football coaches of the Conference 9- P.J. Franklin, TUL 106.7 USA schools that will be participating in bowl SCORING 12- Arnold Jackson, LOU 105.9 games will be available for a teleconference on 2- TULANE 45.4 ppg 27- lbn Green, LOU 88.4 Monday December 7, beginning at 2:00 p.m. 6- LOUISVILLE 40.4 ppg 30- JaJuan Dawson, TUL 86.1 EST/1:00 p.rn. CST. The call-in number is 25- SOUTHERN MISS 31.7 ppg 32- Jerrian James, HOU 84.6 (913) 981-5508. A replay of the call will be 5- Leroy Collins, LOU 10.6 ppg 42- Chad Plummer, CIN 77.5 available from 4:00 p.m. CST on Monday until 291- Brad Palazzo, TUL 8.1 ppg 44- Todd Pinkston USM 77.1 the end of that week by dialing (402) 633-6903. 411- Sherrod. Gideon, USM 7.45 ppg 45- DeMarco McCleskey, GIN 7.33 ppg TOT AL DEFENSE 49t- lbn Green, LOU 7.20 ppg 34- SOUTHERN MISS 335.5 ypg Fax On Demand Conference USA produces a weekly football TOTAL OFFENSE SCORING DEFENSE release each Monday. It will be available via fax 2- Chris Redman, LOU 400.9ypg 18- SOUTHERN MISS 17.8 ppg on demand. The access number is (201) 585- 6- Shaun King, TUL 334.2 ypg 48- TULANE 24.4 ppg 5404. The C-USA release is document #1130. 27- Lee Roberts, USM 230.2 ypg A directory for selected schools weekly releases 35- Jason McKinley, HOU 210.9 ypg RUSHING DEFENSE (including notes, stats and results) are listed 38- Deontey Kenner, CIN 206.7 ypg 41- HOUSTON 142.2 ypg below: 45- David Garrard, ECU 201.5 ypg C-USA 1130 1- LOUISVILLE 559.6 ypg PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE East Carolina 2430 4- TULANE 507.1 ypg 30- SOUTHERN MISS 110.8 Louisville 1630 25- CINCINNATI 418.1 ypg Southern Miss 2230 33- SOUTHERN MISS 397.9 ypg INTERCEPTIONS Tulane 2330 43- EAST CAROLINA 382.1 ypg 131- Kenny Dale Rowland, ARMY 0.45 ipg 371- Danny Adams, CIN 0.36 ipg PASSING OFFENSE/EFFICIENCY 371- Forrest Foster, ECU 0.36 ipg C-USA on the Web 1- Shaun King, TUL 183.3 371- Kevin Monroe, ECU 0.36 ipg 12- Chris Redman, LOU 151.0 Information and statistics regarding all 17 22- Lee Roberts, USM 143.8 TURNOVER MARGIN Conference USA spcrts are available at C-USA's 23- David Garrard, ECU 143.1 5- TULANE +1.36 official site on the internet. 3- LOUISVILLE • 408.9 ypg 151- EAST CAROLINA +0.91 13- TULANE 302.2 ypg 46!- MEMPHIS +0.09 Log in at www.c-usa.org. 25- SOUTHERN MISS 251.5 ypg 31- CINCINNATI 244.3 ypg NET PUNTING 35- EAST CAROLINA 235.7 ypg 9- Graham White, ARMY 44.7 41- HOUSTON 224.5 ypg 17- Andrew Bayes, ECU 42.9 46- Jamie Purser, USM 41.3 ALL-PURPOSE RUNNERS 10- SOUTHERN MISS 39.0 22- Arnold Jackson, LOU 140.5 ypg 30- ARMY 37.1 CONFERENCE 23- Ketric Sanford, HOU 139.1 ypg 31- EAST CAROLINA 37.0 31- Leroy Collins, LOU 132.7 ypg 48- P.J. Franklin, TUL 123.6 ypg PUNT RETURNS USA 19- Marcellus Harris, ECU 11.9 RUSHING 35- Rod Richardson, ARMY 10.5 17- Derrick Nix, USM 107.3 ypg 38- Eddie Shaw, USM 9.8 26- Leroy Collins, LOU 103.1 ypg 4- CINCINNATI 15.5 36- Gerard Arnold, MEM 96.3 ypg 11- EAST CAROLINA 13.5 37- Ketric Sanford, HOU 95.8 ypg 46- SOUTHERN MISS 9.8 38- DeMarco McCleskey, CIN 95.7 ypg 1- ARMY 293.8 ypg KICKOFF RETURNS 23- TULANE 192.3 ypg 25- Rod Richardson, ARMY 24.8 40- CINCINNA Tl 173.8 ypg 43- Lamont Chappell, ECU 22.9 45- Keith Cobb, MEM 22.7 RECEPTIONS PER GAME 50- Zek Parker, LOU 22.4 4- Arnold Jackson, LOU 8.2 8- ARMY 24.5 8- Jerrian James, HOU 7.3 23- HOUSTON 22.4 121- P.J. Franklin, TUL 6.7 33- SOUTHERN MISS 22.0 20t- JaJuan Dawson, TUL 6.2 221- Sherrod Gideon, USM 6.0 FIELD GOALS 30!- Orlando Iglesias, HOU 5.7 161- Ryan White, MEM 1.45 pg 331- Lavell Boyd, LOU 5.6 331- Eric Olsen. ARMY 1.18 pg • 331- Chad Plummer, GIN 5.6 41- Tim Hardaway, USM 1.11 pg 36!- lbn Green, LOU 5.5 431- Mike Waddell, HOU 1.09 pg 1998 CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL ARMY 1 Army defeated Navy, 34-30, at Veterans Stadium in , ~!! !s!dl~3~~ win over Army on NovembA Philadelphia in the 99th meeting between the two 21 to finish the regular season 4-2 in C-USA and 7~ teams. The 64 points were the most ever scored in the ' overall, an improvement of six games under first-year • IA series .... Senior fullback TY AMEY scored the winning head coach JOHN L. SMITH. Following the game, the touchdown on a 70-yard run midway through the fourth quarter .... For the Cardinals accepted a bid to the Motor City Bowl in Pontiac, Mich. The second straight game, the Cadets had a pair of rushers go over the 100- bowl trip will be the sixth overall for U of Land the first since 1993 .... With yard mark, as Amey gained 134 yards on 13 carries, while senior fullback junior quarterback CHRIS REDMAN out with a sprained medial collateral CRAIG STUCKER, who also had a 70-yard TD run, finished with seven ligament, sophomore quarterback MIKE WATKINS stepped in and carries for 106 yards .... Senior running back BOBBY WILLIAMS finished completed 20-of-30 passes for 338 yards and three touchdowns, All his career eighth on Army'(s all-time rushing list with 1,925 yards .... Army three of his touchdowns went to junior wide receiver ARNOLD totaled a season-high 401 yards in the game to finish with an average of JACKSON, who had eight receptions for 182 yards .... With Jackson 293.8 yards rushing per game. That rushing average gave the Cadets going over the 1,000-yard mark in receiving yards, Louisville became the their fourth national rushing title in the wishbone era. 14th team in NCAA Division I-A history to have a 3,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard rusher Gunior LEROY COLLINS) and a 1,000-yard receiver. CINCINNATI The Bearcats closed the 1998 season on a two-game MEMPHIS winning streak with a 51-7 win at Arkansas State. The Tigers closed the season with a 34-31 defeat at Freshman running back DeMARCO McCLESKEY the hands of East Carolina on Nov. 21 .... Junior running continued his tremendous late-season surge, rushing for back GERARD ARNOLD became just the second back 164 yards (his fourth straight 100-yard game) and scoring four - in Memphis history to gain 1,000 yards in a season touchdowns for the second straight week. His totals for the final four after rushing for 160 against ECU. He finished the season with a school• weeks of the season are 701 yards and nine TD's, the second-best four• record 1,059 yards rushing on 208 carries (5.1 avg.), breaking a 36-year game stretch in UC history .... With a pair of interceptions at Arkansas old school record set by DAVE CASINELLI in 1962 .... Sophomore State, comerback DANNY ADAMS tied a Cincinnati freshman school quarterback NEIL SUBER threw an 82-yard TD pass to junior DAMIEN record for INTs in a season with four, all of which came in the last four DODSON, which was the fifth-longest pass in school history .... Freshman games .... Senior linebacker HASSAN CHAMPION had eight tackles at kicker RYAN WHITE finished his debut season as the only kicker in any Arkansas State to finish with 131 stops this season, making him just the division of college football that did not miss a kick. He hit all 16 of his fifth player in UC history to record back-to-back 100 tackle seasons. field goal attempts and was 22-for-22 on PATs. On Saturday, he set thA school record for most consecutive field goals made, set by 0019 GLOSSON in 1984.
~~~~n~r~~!~~~~ deficit to win at Memphis, 34-31 in the season finale, as junior ,. ANDREW BAYES kicked a 41-yard field goal with ~~!~~~i~e~ th~e~!~eason with a 55-28 seven seconds remaining .... Freshman DAVID GARRARD threw for a win at Nevada. Freshman running back DERRICK NIX school-record 414 yards, completing 33-of-44 passes, including three posted his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the season touchdowns ..... Two of his touchdowns went to senior J.J. McQUEEN, with a career-best 219 yards, the third-best rushing who had a team-best six receptions .... Nine different Pirate receivers performance in school history .... Senior quarterback LEE ROBERTS caught passes in the game and no one topped the 100-yard mark, completed 22-of-37 passes for 344 yards and three touchdowns .... The although freshman AARON HARRIS had four receptions for 99 yards three TD's tied BRETT FAVRE's career record of 52 and Roberts also and senior tight end BUCK COLLINS caught five passes for 94 finished his career with 6,298 yards, joining Favre as the only USM yards .... The win at Memphis gave East Carolina a 6-5 regular season quarterbacks to throw for more than 6,000 yards .... Junior wide receiver record, giving the program its fourth winning season in five years. TODD PINKSTON caught 12 passes for a career-high 203 yards and two touchdowns against Nevada to finish the season with 52 receptions, second-highest total in school history, behind the 66 catches this year for HOUSTON junior wide receiver SHERROD GIDEON. Houston put a scare into No. 12 Tulane for a while in the Cougars season finale, before falling to the TULANE Green Wave, 48-20 .... Junior running back Tulane wrapped up its first undefeated regular KETRIC SANFORD had 21 carries for 138 yards season since 1931 with a 63-30 victory over (including a 50-yard TD run) to go over the 1,000- Louisiana Tech on Thanksgiving night.. .. ln the win, yard mark for the season. He became the 18th senior quarterback SHAUN KING became the first Cougar to rush for 1,000 yards in a season and finished his junior year player in Division I-A history to pass for more than ranked sixth on UH's all-time rushing list with 2,437 yards .... Junior wide 3,000 yards and rush for more than 500 yards in an 11-game receiver JERRIAN JAMES finished the season with 80 receptions for season .... Sophomore running back TONEY CONVERSE tied a school 931 yards, while sophomore ORLANDO IGLESIAS caught 63 passes for record with four rushing touchdowns as he ran for 182 yards on 24 772 yards on the season .... The Cougars have the distinction of facing carries .... The Green Wave has scored 40 or more points in s. three of the four remaining unbeaten teams. Kansas State was the only consecutive games and eight times in 1998 .... TU will make its first bo one that UH did not face in 1998 .... Houston blocked eight kicks in 1998. trip since 1987 and its ninth overall appearance when it takes on Brigham Young in the AXA/Equitable Liberty Bowl on Dec. 31. CONFERENCE USA 1998 Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Dec 05, 1998 RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD lnt/G ------NIX, Derrick ••• USM FR 11 226 1180 5.2 9 107.3 ROIJLAND, IC D ••• ARMY SR 11 5 79 1 0.45 tlLLINS, Leroy. LCXJ JR 11 218 1134 5.2 19 103. 1 MONROE, K •••••• ECU JR 11 4 103 1 0.36 NOLD, Gerard. MEM JR 11 208 1059 5.1 6 96.3 FOSTER, F •••••• ECU JR 11 4 50 1 0.36 NFORD, Ketric HCXJ JR 11 222 1054 4.7 6 95.8 SUGGS, K ••••••• ECU SR 11 4 43 0 0.36 MCCLESKEY, D ••• CIN FR 9 162 861 5.3 11 95.7 CARR, Tell ius •• TUL SR 11 3 31 0 0.27 CONVERSE, Toney TUL so 11 156 871 5.6 7 79.2 BARNES, L. ••••• USM so 11 3 31 0 0.27 \JILLIAMS, Bobby ARMY SR 11 127 783 6.2 6 71.2 McNALLY, Derick ARMY 11 3 11 0 0.27 DARTEZ, Jamaica TUL SR 10 129 651 5.0 7 65.1 FERGUSON, S •••• CIN 11 3 123 2 0.27 HENRY, L ••••••• ECU FR 10 125 628 5.0 4 62.8 \JHITE, Emile ••• HCXJ so 9 2 29 1 0.22 GOFF, Johnny ••• ARMY SR 9 125 552 4.4 2 61.3 TRAHAN, T •••••• USM JR 9 2 2 0 0.22
PASS EFFICIENCY Team Cl G Att Cq> Int Pct. Yds TD Eff. PUNT RETURNS Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg ------KING, Shaun •••• TUL SR 11 328 223 6 68.0 3232 36 183.3 BONNER, C •••••• CIN 9 9 122 0 13.6 REDMAN, Chris •• LCXJ JR 10 473 309 15 65.3 4042 29 151.0 SMITH, T ••••••• ECU SR 10 11 135 0 12.3 ROBERTS, L. •••• USM SR 11 325 185 11 56.9 2680 24 143.8 HARRIS, M ...... ECU so 11 14 167 0 11.9 GARRARD, D ••••• ECU FR 11 255 157 7 61.6 2091 14 143.1 RICHARDSON, Rod ARMY SR 9 12 126 0 10.5 McKINLEY, Jason HCXJ so 11 386 218 13 56.5 2437 18 118.2 \JI LSON, John ••• TUL so 10 13 136 0 10.5 KENNER, D •••••• CIN so 10 270 148 13 54.8 2047 6 116.2 SHAIJ, E •••••••• USM SR 11 30 293 1 9.8 GOFF, Johnny ••• ARMY SR 9 69 30 6 43.5 431 2 88.1 JACKSON, Arnold LCXJ JR 11 31 216 0 7.0 deGROOT, Jason. HCXJ SR 10 14 86 0 6.1 DODSON, Damien. HEM JR 10 12 56 0 4.7
TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G KICKOFF RETURNS Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg ------REDMAN, Chris •• LCXJ JR 10 -33 4042 513 4009 400.9 RICHARDSON, Rod ARMY SR 9 21 521 0 24.8 KING, Shaun •••• TUL SR 11 549 3232 468 3781 343.7 ROONEY, Brandan ARMY JR 11 11 253 0 23.0 ROBERTS, L. •.•• USM SR 11 -148 2680 360 2532 230.2 CHAPPELL, L. ••• ECU JR 10 16 366 0 22.9 McKINLEY, Jason HCXJ so 11 -117 2437 409 2320 210.9 COBB, Keith •••• HEM SR 11 19 432 0 22.7 KENNER, D •••••• CIN so 10 20 2047 295 2067 206.7 PARKER, Zele •••• LCXJ so 11 21 463 0 22.0 GARRARD, D ••••• ECU FR 11 125 2091 382 2216 201.5 \JILSON, John ..• TUL so 10 18 388 0 21.6 GOFF, Johnny ••• ARMY SR 9 552 431 194 983 109.2 RCXJNDTREE, Alph TUL SR 11 11 232 0 21.1 NIX, Derrick ••• USM FR 11 1180 0 226 1180 107.3 SANFORD, Ketric HCXJ JR 11 15 305 0 20.3 COLLINS, Leroy. LCXJ JR 11 1134 0 218 1134 103.1 COOPER, R ••.••• CIN 11 15 300 0 20.0 tlNFORD, Ketric HCXJ JR 11 1054 24 223 1078 98.0 McKNIGHT, D •••• CIN SR 10 33 647 0 19.6 CEPTIONS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Rec/G PUNTING Team Cl G Punt Yds Avg ------JACKSON, Arnold LCXJ JR 11 91 1175 10 12.9 8.27 \JHITE, Graham •• ARMY JR 11 47 2101 44.7 JAMES, Jerri an. HCXJ JR 11 80 931 5 11.6 7.27 BAYES, A ••••••• ECU JR 11 64 2745 42.9 FRANKLIN, P.J •• TUL SR 11 74 1174 11 15.9 6.73 PURSER, J •••••• USM JR 11 51 2105 41.3 DA\JSON, JaJuan. TUL JR 11 68 947 12 13.9 6.18 HILL, Brad •.••• TUL SR 10 34 1367 40.2 GIDEON, S •••••• USM JR 11 66 1186 13 18.0 6.00 \JULFECIC, Adam •• CIN FR 10 40 1586 39.7 IGLESIAS, 0 •••• HCXJ so 11 63 m 8 12.3 5.73 BORSETH, Jeremy LCXJ SR 11 49 1908 38.9 PLUMMER, C ••••• CIN SR 11 61 852 0 14.0 5.55 ROBINSON, J •••• HCXJ so 10 23 872 37.9 GREEN, Ibn ••••• LCXJ JR 10 55 884 12 16.1 5.50 \JADDELL, Mike .. HCXJ SR 11 2 66 33.0 BOYD, Lavell. •• LCXJ JR 11 60 794 1 13.2 5.45 PINKSTON, T. ••• USM JR 11 52 848 7 16.3 4.73
RECEIVE YDS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Yds/G FIELD GOALS Team Cl G FG FGA Pct. FG/G ------GIDEON, s ...... USM JR 11 66 1186 13 18.0 107.8 \JH !TE, Ryan •••• MEM FR 11 16 16 100.0 1.45 JACKSON, Arnold LCXJ JR 11 91 1175 10 12.9 106.8 OLSEN, Eric •••• ARMY SR 11 13 17 76.5 1. 18 FRANKLIN, P. J •• TUL SR 11 74 1174 11 15.9 106.7 HARDA\JAY, T •••• USM SR 9 10 16 62.5 1. 11 GREEN, Ibn ••••• LCXJ JR 10 55 884 12 16.1 88.4 \JADDELL, Mike .. HOO SR 11 12 19 63.2 1.09 DA\JSON, JaJuan. TUL JR 11 68 947 12 13.9 86.1 JUDGE, J •.••.•. CIN 10 9 15 60.0 0.90 JAMES, Jerrian. HCXJ JR 11 80 931 5 11.6 84.6 PALAZZO, Brad •• TUL SR 11 7 15 46.7 0.64 PLUMMER, c ..... CIN SR 11 61 852 0 14.0 77.5 BAYES, A .•..... ECU JR 11 6 11 54.5 0.55 BONNER, C •••••• CIN 9 38 695 3 18.3 77.2 HILBERT, Jon ••• LCXJ SR 11 5 8 62.5 0.45 PINKSTON, T. ••• USM JR 11 52 848 7 16.3 77.1 RIVERS, B •••••• ECU JR 11 5 8 62.5 0.45 DODSON, Damien. MEM JR 10 42 753 2 17.9 75.3 ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G Rush Rev PR KR Yds Avg/G SCORING Team Cl G TD XPT FG Pts Pts/G ------JACKSON, Arnold LCXJ JR 11 33 1175 216 131 1555 141.4 COLLINS, Leroy. LOO JR 11 19 2 0 116 10.5 SANFORD, Ketric HCXJ JR 11 1054 171 0 305 1530 139.1 PALAZZO, Brad •.. TUL SR 11 0 68 7 89 8. 1 COLLINS, Leroy. LCXJ JR 11 1134 326 0 0 1460 132. 7 GIDEON, s ...... USM JR 11 13 4 0 82 7.5 FRANKLIN, P.J •• TUL SR 11 55 1174 48 82 1359 123.5 McCLESKEY, D ••• CIN FR 9 11 0 0 66 7.3 _X, Derrick .•. USM FR 11 1180 103 0 12 1295 117.7 GREEN, Ibn ..... LCXJ JR 10 12 0 0 72 7.2 DEON, S •••••• USM JR 11 0 1186 33 0 1219 110.8 HARDA\JAY, T •••• USM SR 9 0 34 10 64 7. 1 CHARDSON, Rod ARMY SR 9 187 141 126 521 975 108.3 DA\JSON, JaJuan. TUL JR 11 12 0 0 72 6.5 McCLESKEY, D •.• CIN FR 9 861 34 0 19 914 101.6 FRANKLIN, P.J •• TUL SR 11 12 0 0 72 6.5 ARNOLD, Gerard. HEM JR 11 1059 30 0 0 1089 99.0 \JH !TE, Ryan •••. HEM FR 11 0 22 16 70 6.4 CHAPPELL, L .••. ECU JR 10 0 584 0 366 950 95.0 HILBERT, Jon ••• LOO SR 11 0 50 5 65 5.9 CONFERENCE USA 1998 Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Dec 05, 1998 TACKLES (All positions) SACKS Player Team Cl G Pas UA A Total Sacks Player Team Cl G Pas UA A Total ------SLAUGHTER, T J •• USM JR 11 LB 93 50 143 3 COLEMAN, R •••.• ECU SR 11 LB 12 2 14 CHAMPION, H •••• CIN 11 LB 72 60 132 0 THOMAS, A ..•••• USM JR 11 DE 10 3 13 HERRING, Bud ••• LOJ so 11 LB 72 53 125 1 HAMPTON, Louis. HOJ SR 11 LB 9 0 9 IJEAVER, Lyle ••• ARMY 11 78 39 117 4 SCOTT, C ••••••• USM so 11 OT 8 1 9 KERR, J .••....• ECU JR 8 LB 72 43 115 3 McCLEARY, N ..•• ECU SR 11 OT 5 1 6 • TRAHAN, T •••••• USM JR 9 LB 72 33 105 5 TRAHAN, T ••••.• USM JR 9 LB 4 1 5 RO\JLAND, K.D .•• ARMY SR 11 54 46 100 0 BO\JLING, M ••..• MEM SR 11 OT 5 0 5 GONZALEZ, J •••• USM SR 11 DB 61 36 97 0 SCOTT, OQ •••••• USM so 11 OT 4 1 5 GRIFFIN, P ••••• ECU FR 11 LB 51 46 97 2 O'SULLIVAN, D •• TUL SR 10 4 0 4 PHILLIPS, Jerry TUL 11 59 36 95 3 IJEAVER, Lyle ••• ARMY 11 4 0 4 HARRIS, Rashad. LOJ so 11 LB 57 36 93 3 DARDEN, T. ••••• ECU SR 10 NG 4 0 4 TIMMONS, Brett. TUL SR 11 54 34 88 1 HAGEMAN, David. ARMY 11 3 1 4 BURRELL, Xavier LOJ so 9 DB 42 44 86 0 BELLI, A ••.•... HOJ JR 11 DE 4 0 4 SHAKIR, Kamal.. MEM so 11 LB 54 32 86 0 MAGEE, R ••••... USM FR 11 DB 2 2 4 SUGGS, K •..••.. ECU SR 11 SAF 59 26 85 0 LAIJLESS, T ••••• MEM JR 8 DE 3 1 4 GOSSETT, 0 ••••• CIN 11 LB 50 28 78 1 HARRIS, Rashad. LOJ so 11 LB 3 0 3 HUNTERTON, Nate ARMY JR 11 44 33 77 0 PHILLIPS, Jerry TUL 11 3 0 3 MCKENZIE, Mike. MEM JR 10 DB 63 13 76 0 KERR, J •••••••• ECU JR 8 LB 3 0 3 DINKINS, Courtn LOJ JR 11 DB 34 42 76 1 SLAUGHTER, TJ •• USM JR 11 LB 3 0 3 COLEMAN, R •...• ECU SR 11 LB 54 18 72 14 CLEMONS, Cedric TUL 9 3 0 3 HO\JARD, Reg •••• MEM JR 10 LB 53 18 71 0 FLOYD, Otis •••• LOJ SR 11 LB 1 2 3 MONROE, K •••••• ECU JR 11 CB 49 22 71 0 LIGHT, T .J ••••• HOJ JR 9 LB 3 0 3 KNIGHT, Sam •••• TUL so 10 55 15 70 0 JOHNSON, B .•••. ECU SR 11 OT 2 1 3 FOSTER, F •••••• ECU JR 11 CB 38 32 70 0 HARGROVE, Reggi LOJ JR 7 DE 3 0 3 THOMAS, A .....• USM JR 11 DE 46 20 66 13 CHARLES, Ahmad. HOJ JR 11 LB 3 0 3 DeROJSELLE, M •• HOJ JR 10 DE 34 31 65 2 MAXON, Jeremy •• HOJ JR 11 LB 3 0 3 SUITONU, Chad •• ARMY 11 39 26 65 1 LEIJIS, Calvin •• MEM FR 11 OT 3 0 3 SCOTT, C ••••••• USM so 11 OT 32 32 64 9 REAVIS, Kevin •• TUL SR 11 3 0 3 JAMES, Mike ••.• HOJ JR 11 ss 53 11 64 0 SANTIBANEZ, M .• MEM SR 11 DE 3 0 3 ROJNDTREE, Anto LOJ so 11 DB 49 15 64 0 DUKES, Kevin ••• TUL SR 10 3 0 3 McNALLY, Derick ARMY 11 42 22 64 0 ROGERS, \Jayne •• HOJ so 11 LB 41 22 63 3 TACKLES FOR LOSS HAMPTON, Louis. HOJ SR 11 LB 36 27 63 9 Player Team Cl Nun IJATTS, L. •••••• USM SR 11 DB 42 17 59 0 ------McCLEARY, N •••• ECU SR 11 OT 41 16 57 6 THOMAS, A •.•••. USM JR 19 CARR, Tell ius .• TUL SR 11 41 16 57 0 SLAUGHTER, TJ •• USM JR 15 MAGEE, R ••••••• USM FR 11 DB 39 17 56 4 IJEAVER,, Lyle ••• ARMY 15 JORDAN, Michael TUL SR 11 46 9 55 0 HAMPTON, Louis. HOJ SR 14 SHANK, DeMorri o MEM so 11 LB 33 22 55 2 ROGERS, \Jayne •• HOJ so 12 - BARNES, L. ••••• USM so 11 DB 38 17 55 0 SCOTT, C ••••••• USM so 11 O\JENS, P ••••••• HOJ SR 11 DE 33 22 55 2 TRAHAH, T. ••••• USM JR 10 BELL, B.A .•••.• USM SR 11 DB 32 23 55 1 DeROOSELLE, M .. HOJ JR 9 ST! LES, Caspar. MEM JR 9 LB 33 21 54 1 01 SULLIVAN, D •• TUL SR 8 EVANS, P ••••••• CIN 11 OT 45 9 54 1 HERRING, Bud ••• LOJ so 8 BELLI, A •..•••• HOJ JR 11 DE 20 33 53 4 CLEMONS, Cedric TUL 9 27 26 53 3 FUMBLES FORCED HOLMAN, Rashad. LOJ so 10 DB 41 11 52 0 Player Team Cl Nun FLOYD, Otis •••• LOJ SR 11 LB 32 20 52 3 ------HAGEMAN, David. ARMY 11 23 28 51 4 TIMMONS, Brett. TUL SR 4 LUCAS, R ••••••• CIN 9 LB 24 26 50 0 TRAHAH, T •••••• USM JR 3 MAXON, Jeremy •• HOJ JR 11 LB 31 19 50 3 MCKENZIE, Mike. MEM JR 2 ELLIS, Noel. ••• TUL 11 27 23 50 0 MAXON, Jeremy •• HOO JR 2 STALLINGS, Tony LOJ FR 10 LB 31 19 50 3 BURRELL, Xavier LOO so 2 SMITH, Freddy •• CIN so 8 30 19 49 0 SHAKIR, Kamal.. MEM so 2 LEIJIS, Calvin •• MEM FR 11 OT 30 19 49 3 PHILLIPS, Jerry TUL 2 STEIJART, Jeremy MEM SR 11 DB 28 20 48 0 O\JENS, P ••••••• HOJ SR 2 REYES, E ••••••• ECU so 11 LB 32 16 48 1 ROJNOTREE, Anto LOJ so 2 \JI LLIAMS, David HOJ so 11 28 20 48 0 HERRING, Bud ••• LOJ so 2 HARPER, E •••••• CIN 10 ss 28 20 48 0 SCOTT, OQ •••••• USM so 11 OT 27 20 47 5 PASS BREAKUPS Player Team Cl Nun ------~------ROJNDTREE, Anto LOJ so 14 FOSTER, F •••••• ECU JR 13 FIELDS, IJ •••••• HOJ JR 13 HOLMAN, Rashad. LOU so 12 COAXUM, T any .•• ARMY JR 10 PARRISH, T ••..• USM JR 9 MALLARD, D ••••• USM SR 9 BARNES, L •••••• USM so 8 STEIJART, Jeremy MEM SR 7 JORDAN, Michael TUL SR 7 • CONFERENCE USA 1998 Conference Team Statistics Through games of Dec 05, 1998
SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G ------Tulane •••••••••••••• 11 68 68 0 0 7 1 499 45.4 Army ...•...••••..... 11 610 3232 5.3 25 293.8 • isville ••••....•• 11 62 51 3 0 5 0 444 40.4 Tulane •••••••.•.•... 11 477 2243 4.7 26 203.9 thern Miss ••...•• 11 46 39 2 0 10 0 349 31.7 Cincinnati .••.•.•••• 11 461 1912 4.1 18 173.8 t Carolina ••••••• 11 35 25 3 0 11 0 274 24.9 Louisville ••.•...••. 11 368 1658 4.5 29 150.7 Cincinnati •••.•...•• 11 34 24 2 0 9 0 259 23.5 Southern Miss .....•• 11 408 1615 4.0 18 146.8 Army •••••••••.•.•.•• 11 32 24 0 0 13 1 257 23.4 East Carolina ..•.••• 11 454 1610 3.5 12 146.4 Houston •••••...•..•• 11 31 28 1 1 12 0 254 23.1 Houston ••••...... ••• 11 412 1572 3.8 9 142.9 M~is •.••....••..• 11 25 22 3 0 16 0 226 20.5 M~is •.•••....••.• 11 396 1534 3.9 15 139.5
SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G ------Southern Miss .•.••.• 11 22 20 1 0 14 0 196 17.8 Houston ••.••...... • 11 436 1564 3.6 19 142.2 Tulane •••...... •••.• 11 34 25 3 0 11 0 268 24.4 Southern Miss .•....• 11 467 1787 3.8 13 162.5 East Carolina ..•.••• 11 38 34 2 1 9 1 297 27.0 Tulane .••..•...... • 11 431 1870 4.3 16 170.0 Houston ••.••.•••••.• 11 42 37 2 0 8 0 317 28.8 M~is •••.•••••..•. 11 447 1918 4.3 18 174.4 Army •••••••..•.••.•• 11 43 40 0 0 9 0 325 29.5 Army •...•...••••.... 11 457 1923 4.2 19 174.8 M~is ••••••.•...•• 11 44 40 0 0 12 0 340 30.9 East Carolina •••••.. 11 511 2099 4. 1 15 190.8 Louisville •••••..••. 11 so 44 2 0 13 0 387 35.2 Louisville ..••••••.. 11 506 2626 5.2 22 238.7 Cincinnati ••••••.••• 11 59 56 1 1 14 0 456 41.5 Cincinnati •••••••••• 11 464 2688 5.8 26 244.4
PASS OFFENSE G Att ~ Int Pct. Yds Avg TO Yds/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G ------Louisville •••••••••• 11 515 338 15 65.6 4498 8.7 33 408.9 Louisville .•••••••.. 11 1658 4498 883 6156 7.0 62 559.6 Tulane ••••••...•..•• 11 339 230 6 67.8 3352 9.9 38 304.7 Tulane •••..••••.•••. 11 2243 3352 816 5595 6.9 64 508.6 Southern Miss ..••••• 11 339 193 11 56.9 2762 8.1 24 251.1 Cincinnati ..••...•.. 11 1912 2687 828 4599 5.6 29 418.1 Cincinnati •••••••••• 11 367 198 21 54.0 2687 7.3 11 244.3 Southern Miss ...... • 11 1615 2762 747 4377 5.9 42 397.9 East Carolina •.••••. 11 319 199 12 62.4 2593 8.1 20 235. 7 East Carolina ...... • 11 1610 2593 m 4203 5.4 32 382. 1 Houston ...•.••••••.. 11 396 220 14 55.6 2469 6.2 19 224.5 Army •••••••...•...•• 11 3232 830 743 4062 5.5 31 369.3 M~is •••..•••..••. 11 320 147 12 45.9 2055 6.4 10 186.8 Houston ••••.•••.•.•• 11 1572 2469 808 4041 5.0 28 367.4 Army •••••••.•••..••• 11 133 61 8 45.9 830 6.2 6 75.5 M~is .•••..••..••. 11 1534 2055 716 3589 5.0 25 326.3 PASS DEFENSE G Att Cq:> Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G ------Southern Miss ••..••• 11 299 165 10 55.2 1903 6.4 8 173.0 Southern Miss •.•••.. 11 1787 1903 766 3690 4.8 21 335.5 East Carolina ••..••• 11 286 158 15 55.2 2029 7.1 18 184.5 Houston ••.•.•••.•••. 11 1564 2486 738 4050 5.5 41 368.2 .us~on •• :·········· 11 302 171 8 56.6 2486 8.2 22 226.0 East Carolina ••••••. 11 2099 2029 797 4128 5.2 33 375.3 nc1nnat1 •••••.•••• 11 284 165 9 58. 1 2640 9.3 30 240.0 Army ••..•••.•••••.•• 11 1923 2670 761 4593 6.0 42 417.5 ouisville •••••.•••• 11 315 177 10 56.2 2661 8.4 26 241.9 Tulane •••••.•••••••• 11 1870 2863 790 4733 6.0 32 430.3 Army ••••.••••••.•••• 11 304 174 12 57.2 2670 8.8 23 242.7 M~is .•••.••••.••• 11 1918 3090 817 5008 6.1 39 455.3 Tulane •••••••••••••• 11 359 205 14 57. 1 2863 8.0 16 260.3 Louisville •..••.•••• 11 2626 2661 821 5287 6.4 48 480.6 M~is ••.••••••.••. 11 370 224 8 60.5 3090 8.4 21 280.9 Cincinnati ••....•.•• · 11 2688 2640 748 5328 7. 1 56 484.4 Kl CKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TO Avg PUNT RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg ------Army .•.••.•••••••.•• 11 45 1078 0 24.0 Cincimati .•••...... 11 15 233 1 15.5 Houston •••..••.•••.• 11 44 987 1 22.4 East Carolina ••..•.. 11 26 352 1 13.5 Southern Miss ...... • 11 25 550 0 22.0 Southern Miss .••••.. 11 44 431 2 9.8 M~is ••••..•.•..•• 11 so 1025 0 20.5 Tulane ..••.••••.•••• 11 29 231 1 8.0 Cincinnati ...... •. 11 56 1091 0 19.5 Louisville •...... •• 11 36 256 0 7 .1 East Carolina •....•• 11 34 652 0 19.2 Army ...••••...... 11 24 162 0 6.8 Tulane •••••••.....•• 11 38 726 0 19. 1 Houston ..••••..••••• 11 35 234 0 6.7 Louisville ••...•.••• 11 51 959 0 18.8 M~is .•.•.•....••• 11 13 72 0 5.5
• CONFERENCE USA 1998 Conference Team Statistics Through games of Dec 05, 1998
PUNTING G Punts Avg Ret Yds Yds/P PASS EFFICIENCY G Att ~ Pct Int Yds TD Effie
Southern Hiss •.••••• 11 55 40.9 21 103 39.0 Tulane •••••••••••••• 11 339 230 .678 6 3352 38 184.4 Army •••••••••••••••• 11 48 44.5 31 355 37.1 Louisville •••••••••• 11 515 338 .656 15 4498 33 154 .• East Carolina ••••••• 11 66 41.6 31 302 37.0 East carolina ••••••• 11 319 199 .624 12 2593 20 143. Louisville •••••••••• 11 50 38.2 19 102 36.1 Southern Hiss ..•.•.• 11 339 193 .569 11 2762 24 142. Cincinnati •••••••••• 11 41 38.7 19 129 35.5 Houston ••••••••••••• 11 396 220 .556 14 2469 19 116.7 Tulane •••••••••••••. 11 35 39.1 14 126 35.5 Cincimati. 11 367 198 .540 21 2687 11 113.9 Heq)his .••..•••..... 11 71 39.4 36 293 35.3 Heq)his •.•..••...•.• 11 320 147 .459 12 2055 10 102.7 Houston ••••••••••••• 11 71 36.5 33 286 32.5 Army •••••••••••••••• 11 133 61 .459 8 830 6101.1
l··Gained·-11---Lost--·I PASS DEF EFFICIENCY G Att ~ Int Pct. Yds TD Effie TURNOVER MARGIN G Fun Int Tot Fun Int Tot Har Per/G Southern Hiss ••••••• 11 299 165 10 55.2 1903 8 110.8 Tulane •••••••••••••• 11 12 14 26 5 6 11 +15 1.36 East carolina ••• ; ••• 11 286 158 15 55.2 2029 18 125.1 East Carolina ••••••• 11 13 15 28 6 12 18 +10 0.91 Tulane •••••••••••••• 11 359 205 14 57.1 2863 16 131.0 Heq)his ••••••••..••• 11 12 8 20 7 12 19 +1 0.09 Houston ••••••••••••• 11 302 171 8 56.6 2486 22 144.5 Louisville •••••••••• 11 11 10 21 8 15 23 -2 -0.18 Heq)his •••.••••••... 11 370 224 8 60.5 3090 21 145.1 Army •••••••••••••••• 11 7 12 19 14 8 22 -3 -0.27 Louisville •••••••••• 11 31s 1n 10 56.2 2661 26 148.0 Southern Hiss ••••••• 11 6 10 16 9 11 20 -4 -0.36 Army •••••••••••••••• 11 304 174 12 57.2 2670 23 148.1 Houston ••••••••••••• 11 7 8 15 8 14 22 -7 -0.64 Cincimati 11 284 165 9 58.1 2640 30 164.7 Cincimati. .•••••••• 11 11 9 20 16 21 37 -17 -1.55
FIRST DO\JNS G Rush Pass Pen Total 3RD·DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct
Louisville •••••••••• 11 91 199 21 311 Tulane •••••••••••••• 11 74 142 52. 1 Tulane •••••••••••••• 11 139 138 17 294 Louisville •••••••••• 11 74 156 47.4 Cincimati. ••••..••• 11 108 115 23 246 Cincinnati. 11 63 157 40. 1 Houston ••••••••.•••• 11 85 107 29 221 East carolina., ••••• 11 63 170 37.1 Southern Miss ...... • 11 81 114 24 219 Houston •••••••••••.• 11 62 179 34.6 East Carolina .•..••. 11 90 113 10 213 Army •••••••••••••••• 11 52 151 34.4 Army •••••••••••••••• 11 161 35 10 206 Southern Miss •••••.• 11 51 149 34.2 Heq)his .•••.••...... 11 84 89 11 184 Meq:ihis .•....••.••.. 11 42 158 26.6 OPPONENT 1ST DO\JNS G Rush Pass Pen Total OPP 3RD·DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct
Southern Hiss •....•. 11 92 88 12 192 Southern Miss ••••••• 11 52 171 30.4 Army •••••••••••••••• 11 100 110 11 221 Louisville •••••••••• 11 50 155 32.3 East Carolina ••••••• 11 120 93 9 222 Houston ••••••••••••• 11 48 146 32.9 Houston ••••••••••••• 11 93 98 32 223 East carolina ••••••• 11 60 159 37.7 Cincinnati. ••••••••• 11 126 104 6 236 Tulane...... 11 66 166 39.8 Tulane •••••••••••••• 11 104 115 17 236 Meq:ihis •••••.•••••.. 11 72 168 ·42.9 • M~is •••••••.••••• 11 95 132 17 244 Army •••••••••••••••• 11 68 157;, 43.3 Louisville •••••••••• 11 126 106 25 257 Cincinnati •••••••••• 11 76 153 49.7
PENALTIES G No Yds FIELD GOALS: G Made Att Pct Army •••••••••••••••• 11 39 301 Meq:ihis ••••••••••••• 11 16 16 1.000 Cincinnati. ••••••••• 11 43 364 Army •••••••••••••••• 11 13 17 .765 East Carolina ••••••• 11 59 552 Houston ••••••••••••• 11 12 19 .632 Southern Hiss ••••••• 11 76 578 Southern Miss ••••••• 11 10 16 .625 Meq)his ••••••••••••• 11 75 651 Louisville •••••••••• 11 5 8 .625 Tulane •••••••••••••• 11 76 689 East Carolina •.••••• 11 11 19 .579 Louisville •.•••••••• 11 107 969 Cincirnati 11 9 17 .529 Houston ••••••••••••• 11 112 1009 Tulane •••••••••••••• 11 7 15 .467
OPPONENT PENALTIES G No Yds PAT ICICX:ING: G Made Att Pct
Southern Miss ....••. 11 101 884 Tulane •••••••••.•••. 11 68 68 1.000 M•is •.••...... •.. 11 93 794 Meq:ihis ••.•...•.•••• 11 22 22 1.000 Houston •••••••.••.•• 11 87 738 Houston ••••••.•••.•• 11 28 29 .966 Louisville •••••••••• 11 75 703 Louisville •.•••••••• 11 51 54 .944 Tulane ••••.•••..••.• 11 68 606 Army •••••••••••••••• 11 24 26 .923 Cincimati •••••.•••. 11 64 558 Southern Miss ..••... 11 39 43 .907 East Carolina ••••••• 11 67 541 Cincinnati. ••..••••• 11 24 29 .828 Army ••••••.••••....• 11 61 536 East Carolina •••••.• 11 25 31 .806 4TH·DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct SAClCS BY G Sacks Yards
Southern Hiss ••••.•• 11 13 17 76.5 Southern Miss ••.•... 11 43 258 East Carolina ••••..• 11 9 14 64.3 Houston ••••.•.•••••• 11 35 225 Tulane •••••••..•.•.• 11 6 10 60.0 East Carolina ••..•.• 11 30 179 Army ••••••••••...•.• 11 13 27 48.1 Tulane •••••.••••••.• 11 25 172 M•is ..•...... •.. 11 9 19 47.4 M•is ••...... •.. 11 25 190 Houston •...•.....••• 11 7 16 43.8 Louisville •••.••...• 11 14 70 Cincimati. •••••.••. 11 10 33 30.3 Army .•••.•.•..•.•••. 11 11 61 • Louisville ....•...•. 11 2 9 22.2 Cincinnati. •.•...•.. 11 5 26 CONFERENCE USA 1998 Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Dec 05, 1998
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER GAME HIGHS
Total offense...... 578 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) - 491 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) vs MEMPHIS (Oct 24, 1998) Rushing yards...... 234 McCLESKEY, D. (Cincinnati) vs EAST CAROLINA (Nov 05, 1998) 219 NIX, Derrick (Southern Miss) at Nevada Wolf Pack (11/21/98) Rushing att~ts...... 41 McCLESKEY, D. (Cincimati) vs EAST CAROLINA (Nov 05, 1998) 37 NIX, Derrick (Southern Miss) at Nevada Wolf Pack (11/21/98) Rushing TDs...... 5 COLLINS, Leroy (Louisville) vs WESTERN KENTUCKY (Oct 31, 1998) 4 MCCLESKEY, D. (CinciMati) VS HOUSTON (Nov 14, 1998) 4 McCLESKEY, D. (Cincinnati) at Arkansas State (Nov 21, 1998) 4 CONVERSE, Toney (Tulane) vs LOUISIANA TECH (Nov 26, 1998) Longest rush...... 75 SANFORD, Ketric (Houston) at Cincimati (Nov 14, 1998) 74 COOPER, R. (Cincinnati) vs INDIANA (Sep 26, 1998) Passing yards...... 592 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 506 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) vs MEMPHIS (Oct 24, 1998) Passing att~ts ••••••••• 57 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) at University of Utah (Sep 12, 1998) 56 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) at Tulane (Oct 17, 1998) 56 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) Passing TDs ••••••.•••.••. 6 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 5 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) vs BOSTON COLLEGE (Sep 26, 1998) 5 ROBERTS, L. (Southern Miss) vs SOUTHWESTERN LA (09/26/98) 5 McKINLEY, Jason (Houston) at Cincimati (Nov 14, 1998) 5 KING, Shaun (Tulane) vs HOUSTON (Nov 21, 1998) Longest pass ••••••••••••• 94 KING, Shaun (Tulane) at SMU (Sep 12, 1998) 92 GALBRAITH, S. (M~is) at Houston (Oct 03, 1998) Passes c°""leted •••••••• , 44 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 41 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) at Tulane (Oct 17, 1998) • Had intercepted •.•••.•••• 4 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) at University of Utah (Sep 12, 1998) 4 ROBERTS, L. (Southern Miss·) at Tulane (10/03/98) 4 REDMAN, Chris (Louisville) at Southern Miss (10/10/98) Receving yards...... 214 GREEN, lbn (Louisville) at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 203 PINKSTON, T. (Southern Miss) at Nevada Wolf Pack (11/21/98) Receptions...... 15 GREEN, lbn (Louisville) at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 13 GIDEON, S. (Southern Miss) at PeM State (09/05/98) Receiving TDs...... 3 GIDEON, S. (Southern Miss) vs SOUTHWESTERN LA (09/26/98) 3 GREEN, lbn (Louisville) at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 3 JACKSON, Arnold (Louisville) vs ARMY (Nov 21, 1998) Longest reception •••••••• 94 DAWSON, JaJuan (Tulane) at SMU (Sep 12, 1998) 92 DOOSON, Damien (M~is) at Houston (Oct 03, 1998) Field goal att~ts •••••• 4 JUDGE, J. (Cincinnati) vs MIAMI (FLA.) (Sep 12, 1998) 4 WHITE, Ryan (M~is) vs CINCINNATI (Oct 17, 1998) 4 HILBERT, Jon (Louisville) at Tulane (Oct 17, 1998) 4 WADDELL, Mike (Houston) VS SOUTHERN MISS (Nov. 7, 1998) Field goals made •••••••.• 4 WHITE, Ryan (M~is) vs CINCINNATI (Oct 17, 1998) 3 WADDELL, Mike (Houston) vs UCLA (Sep 19 1998) 3 OLSEN, Eric (Army) vs CINCINNATI (Sep 19, 1998) 3 WHITE, Ryan (M~is) vs ARKANSAS (Oct 10, 1998) 3 HARDAWAY, T. (Southern Miss) at Army (Oct 17, 1998) 3 HILBERT, Jon (Louisville) at Tulane (Oct 17, 1998) 3 WHITE, Ryan (M~is) at Louisville (Oct 24, 1998) 3 WADDELL, Mike (Houston) vs SOUTHERN MISS (Nov. 7, 1998) Longest field goal .•••••• 52 WADDELL, Mike (Houston) at CALIFORNIA (Sept. 5) 52 WHITE, Ryan (M~is) vs CINCINNATI (Oct 17, 1998) • Punts ••••••••••...••••.•• 10 SAAVEDRA, Joey (Houston) at CALIFORNIA (Sept. 5) 9 BORSETH, Jeremy (Louisville) vs KENTUCKY (Sep 05, 1998) 9 CANOE, Jim (Mefl1)1,is) VS MISSISSIPPI STATE (Sep 12, 1998) 9 BORSETH, Jeremy (Louisville) at Illinois (Sep 19, 1998) 9 PURSER, J. (Southern Miss) vs TEXAS A&M (09/19/98) Longest punt •••...••.•••. 78 PURSER, J. (Southern Miss) at Nevada Wolf Pack (11/21/98) 69 ROBINSON, J. (Houston) vs SOUTHERN MISS (Nov. 7, 1998) Punt returns ••.•••.••.••. 7 JACKSON, Arnold (Louisville) at Illinois (Sep 19, 1998) 7 SMITH, T. (East Carolina) vs ARMY (Oct. 3, 1998) Punt return yards .•.••.•• 97 SHAW, E. (Southern Miss) vs EAST CAROLINA (Oct 24, 1998) • 69 SMITH, T. (East Carolina) vs ARMY (Oct. 3, 1998) Longest punt return •••••• 54 SHAW, E. (Southern Miss) vs EAST CAROLINA (Oct 24, 1998) 38 JACKSON, B. (Cincimati) at Arkansas State (Nov 21, 1998) Kick returns...... 7 McKNIGHT, D. (Cincimati) at Syracuse (Oct 10, 1998) 7 COBB, Keith (Mefl1)1,is) vs TULANE (Nov 07, 1998) Kick return yards...... 154 CHAPPELL, L. (East Carolina) vs LOUISVILLE (Nov 14, 1998) 142 JACOBS, Birian (Army) at Louisville (Nov 21, 1998) Longest kick return...... 92 FREEMAN, Brian (Houston) at North Texas (Oct 24, 1998) 58 WILSON, John (Tulane) at Rutgers (Oct 24, 1998) 58 COBB, Keith (Mefl1)1,is) at Southern Miss (11/14/98) Interceptions...... 2 ROWLAND, K.D. (Army) vs CINCINNATI (Sep 19, 1998) 2 McNALLY, Derick (Army) at East Carolina (Oct. 3, 1998) 2 FERGUSON, S. (Cincimati) at Mefl1)1,is (Oct 17, 1998) 2 MONROE, K. (East Carolina) vs HOUSTON (Oct 31, 1998) 2 ROWLAND, K.D. (Army) vs AIR FORCE (Nov 07, 1998) 2 McCOOL, J. (Cincimati) at Arkansas State (Nov 21, 1998) Interception return yds.. 123 FERGUSON, S. (Cincimati) at Mefl1)1,is (Oct 17, 1998) 100 MONROE, K. (East Carolina) vs LOUISVILLE (Nov 14, 1998) Longest interception rtn. 100 MONROE, K. (East Carolina) vs LOUISVILLE (Nov 14, 1998) ~ FERGUSON, S. (Cincimati) at Mefl1)1,is (Oct 17, 1998) Interception return TDs.. 2 FERGUSON, s. (Cincimati) at Mefl1)1,is (Oct 17, 1998) Tackles ..••...... ••.•.••• 22 PHILLIPS, Jerry (Tulane) at Army (Nov 14, 1998) 21 KERR, J. (East Carolina) vs ARMY (Oct. 3, 1998) -
• CONFERENCE USA 1998 Conference Team Game Highs Through games of Dec 05, 1998
TEAM HIGHS (highest totals made by)
Points .....••..•••..••.•• 72 Tulane VS SOUTHWESTERN LA (Oct 31, 1998) - 63 Louisville vs ~STERN KENTUCKY (Oct 31, 1998) 63 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 63 Tulane vs LOUISIANA TECH (Nov 26, 1998) Total offense...... 769 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 742 Louisville vs CINCINNATI (Oct 03, 1998) Rushing yards...... 401 Army vs Navy (Dec OS, 1998) 364 Army at Louisville (Nov 21, 1998) Rushing att~ts...... 66 Cincimati vs EAST CAROLINA (Nov OS, 1998) 64 Army at East Carolina (Oct. 3, 1998) Rushing TDs...... 6 Louisville vs ~STERN KENTUCKY (Oct 31, 1998) 6 Cincimati at Arkansas State (Nov 21, 1998) 6 Tulane vs LOUISIANA TECH (Nov 26, 1998) Longest rush...... 75 Houston at Cincimati (Nov 14, 1998) 74 Cincimati vs INDIANA (Sep 26, 1998) Passing yards...... 615 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 506 Louisville vs MEMPHIS (Oct 24, 1998) Passing att~ts...... 58 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 57 Louisville at University of Utah (Sep 12, 1998) 57 Louisville at Tulane (Oct 17, 1998) Passing TDs ...... ••.••.• 6 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 5 Louisville vs BOSTON COLLEGE (Sep 26, 1998) 5 Southern Miss vs SOUTHWESTERN LA (09/26/98) 5 Louisville vs CINCINNATI (Oct 03, 1998) 5 Tulane vs SOUTH~STERN LA (Oct 31, 1998) 5 Houston at Cincimati (Nov 14, 1998) 5 Tulane VS HOUSTON (Nov 21, 1998) • Tulane at (Sep 12, 1998) Longest pass ..••..••••••• 94 SMU 92 M~is at Houston (Oct 03, 1998) Passes c~leted...... 46 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 41 Louisville at Tulane (Oct 17, 1998) Had intercepted...... 4 Louisville at University of Utah (Sep 12, 1998) 4 Southern Miss at Tulane (10/03/98) 4 Louisville at Southern Miss (10/10/98) Receiving yards...... 615 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 506 Louisville vs MEMPHIS (Oct 24, 1998) Receptions...... 46 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 41 Louisville at Tulane (Oct 17, 1998) Receiving TDs...... 6 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 5 Louisville vs BOSTON COLLEGE (Sep 26, 1998) 5 Southern Miss vs SOUTHWESTERN LA (09/26/98) 5 Louisville VS CINCINNATI (Oct 03, 1998) 5 Tulane vs SOUTHWESTERN LA (Oct 31, 1998) 5 Houston at Cincimati (Nov 14, 1998) 5 Tulane vs HOUSTON (Nov 21, 1998) Longest reception •..•.... 94 Tulane at SHU (Sep 12, 1998) 92 M~is at Houston (Oct 03, 1998) Field goal att~ts .•...• 4 Cincimati vs MIAMI (FLA.) (Sep 12, 1998) 4 M~is vs CINCINNATI (Oct 17, 1998) 4 Louisville at Tulane (Oct 17, 1998) 4 Houston vs SOUTHERN MISS (Nov. 7, 1998) Field goals made .•.....•• 4 M~is vs CINCINNATI (Oct 17, 1998) • 3 Houston vs UCLA (Sep 19 1998) 3 Army vs CINCINNATI (Sep 19, 1998) 3 Meq:ihis vs ARKANSAS (Oct 10, 1998) 3 Southern Miss at Army (Oct 17, 1998) 3 Louisville at Tulane (Oct 17, 1998) 3 Meq:ihis at Louisville (Oct 24, 1998) 3 Houston vs SOUTHERN MISS (Nov. 7, 1998) Longest field goal ••••••• 52 Houston at CALIFORNIA (Sept. 5) 52 Meq:ihis vs CINCINNATI (Oct 17, 1998) Punts •••••••••••.•••••••• 10 Houston at CALIFORNIA (Sept. 5) • 9 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Sep 05, 1998) 9 Meq:ihis vs MISSISSIPPI STATE (Sep 12, 1998) 9 Louisville at Illinois (Sep 19, 1998) 9 Southern Miss VS TEXAS A&M (09/19/98) 9 Meq:>his at Mimesota (Sep 19, 1998) Longest punt ••••••••••••• 78 Southern Miss at Nevada Wolf Pack (11/21/98) 69 Houston vs SClJTHERN MISS (Nov. 7, 1998) Punt returns ••••••••••••• 9 Louisville at Illinois (Sep 19, 1998) 8 Southern Miss VS SOUTHWESTERN LA (09/26/98) Punt return yards •••••••• 137 Southern Miss vs SClJTHWESTERN LA (09/26/98) 97 Southern Miss vs EAST CAROLINA (Oct 24, 1998) Longest punt return •••••• 54 Southern Miss vs EAST CAROLINA (Oct 24, 1998) 38 Cincimati at Arkan3as State (Nov 21, 1998) Punt return TDs •••••.•••• 1 Cincimati vs TULANE (Sep 05, 1998) Tulane at SHU (Sep 12, 1998) Southern Miss VS SOUTHWESTERN LA (09/26/98) Southern Miss vs EAST CAROLINA (Oct 24, 1998) East Carolina vs LClJISVILLE (Nov 14, 1998) Kick returns ••• ; ••••••••• 10 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Sep 05, 1998) 8 Cincimati at Syracuse (Oct 10, 1998) 8 Houston at Tulane (Nov 21, 1998) Kick return yards •••••.•• 181 Cincimati at Louisville (Oct 03, 1998) 168 East Carolina vs LClJISVILLE (Nov 14, 1998) Longest kick return •••••• 92 Houston at North Texas (Oct 24, 1998) 58 Tulane at Rutgers (Oct 24, 1998) - 58 Meq:ihis at Southern Miss (11/14/98) Kick return TDs •••••••••• Houston at North Texas (Oct 24, 1998) Interceptions •••••••••••• 4 East Carolina vs UT-CHATTANOOGA (Sep 12, 1998) 4 Tulane vs SClJTHERN MISS (10/03/98) 4 Southern Miss vs LClJISVILLE (10/10/98) Interception return yds •• 123 Cincimati at Meq:ihis (Oct 17, 1998) 100 East Carolina vs LClJISVILLE (Nov 14, 1998) Longest interception rtn. 100 East Carolina vs LClJISVILLE (Nov 14, 1998) 83 Cincimati at Meq:ihis (Oct 17, 1998) Interception return TDs •• 2 Cincimati at Meq:ihis (Oct 17, 1998) Army vs CINCINNATI (Sep 19, 1998) Tulane vs SClJTHERN MISS (10/03/98) Houston vs MEMPHIS (Oct 03, 1998) East Carolina at Alabama (Oct 17, 1998) Southern Miss vs EAST CAROLINA (Oct 24, 1998) East Carolina vs LClJISVILLE (Nov 14, 1998) Furbles lost ....••••••... 5 Cincimati at Meq:ihis (Oct 17, 1998) 3 Cincimati vs TULANE (Sep 05, 1998) 3 Houston vs MINNESOTA (Sep 12, 1998) 3 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) Furbles recovered •••••••• 5 Meq:ihis vs CINCINNATI (Oct 17, 1998) 3 Tulane at Cincinnati (Sep 05, 1998) 3 Louisville vs BOSTON COLLEGE (Sep 26, 1998) 3 East Carolina vs ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM (Oct 10, 1998) 3 East Carolina vs LClJISVILLE (Nov 14, 1998) 3 Cincimati at Arkansas State (Nov 21, 1998) • Sacked by opp •••••••••..• 8 Tulane vs SClJTHERN MISS (10/03/98) 8 M~is at Houston (OCt 03, 1998) QB sacks ••••••••••••••••• 8 East Carolina vs UT-CHATTANOOGA (Sep 12, 1998) 8 Southern Miss at Tulane (10/03/98) 8 Houston vs MEMPHIS (OCt 03, 1998) Turnovers cornnitted •••••• 7 Cincimati at M~is (Oct 17, 1998) 6 Southern Miss at Tulane (10/03/98) Turnovers caused ••••••••• 7 M~is vs CINCINNATI (Oct 17, 1998) • 6 Tulane VS SClJTHERN MISS (10/03/98) 6 Cincimati at Arkansas State (Nov 21, 1998) First downs •••••••••••••• 39 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 34 Louisville vs \IESTERN KENTUCKY (Oct 31, 1998) 34 Tulane vs SClJTH\IESTERN LA (Oct 31, 1998) 1st downs rushing •••••••• 20 Army VS TULANE (Nov 14, 1998) 19 M~is vs ARKANSAS STATE (OCt 31, 1998) 19 Cincimati vs EAST CAROLINA (Nov 05, 1998) 1st downs passing •••••••• 29 Louisville at East Carolina (Nov 14, 1998) 24 Louisville vs \IESTERN KENTUCKY (Oct 31, 1998) 1st downs by penalty ••••• 7 Cincinnati vs HOUSTON (Nov 14, 1998) 6 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Sep 05, 1998) Penal ti es •••••••••••••••• 18 Louisville vs CINCINNATI (Oct 03, 1998) 16 Houston vs MEMPHIS (Oct 03, 1998) Penalties yards...... 155 Louisville vs CINCINNATI (Oct 03, 1998) 149 Houston VS MEMPHIS (OCt 03, 1998) •
• CONFERENCE USA 1998 Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Nov 26, 1998 (Conference games)
RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Int/G ------NIX, Derrick ••• USM FR 6 159 853 5.4 6 142.2 FERGJSON, S •••• CIN 6 3 123 2 a.so McCLESKEY, D ••• CIN FR 5 100 561 5.6 7 112.2 McNALLY, Derick ARMY 6 3 11 0 a.so ARNOLD, Gerard. MEM JR 6 120 660 5.5 4 110.0 BARNES, L •••••• USM so 6 3 31 0 a.so SANFORD, ICetri C HOO JR 6 119 653 5.5 4 108.8 MONROE, IC •••••• ECU JR 6 3 103 1 a.so COLLINS, Leroy. LOO JR 6 126 650 5.2 9 108.3 FIELDS, II •••••• HOO JR s 2 0 0 0.40 IIILLIAMS, Bobby ARMY SR 6 71 539 7.6 5 89.8 PARRISH, T. •••• USM JR 6 2 38 1 0.33 • HENRY, L ••••••• EC1J FR 6 92 490 5.3 4 81.7 CARR, Tell ius •• TUL SR 6 2 31 0 0.33 DARTEZ, Jamaica TUL SR 6 80 392 4.9 3 65.3 Relll.AND I IC. D ••• ARMY SR 6 2 79 1 0.33 CONVERSE, Toney TUL so 6 83 392 4.7 2 65.3 HERRING, Bud ••• LOO so 6 2 14 0 0.33 GREEN, Mike •••• HOO JR s 74 315 4.3 3 63.0 CARTER, Tira .••• TUL so 6 2 4 0 0.33
PASS EFFICIENCY Team Cl G Att Cq> Int Pct. Yds TD Eff. PUNT RETURNS Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg ------ICING, Shaun •••. TUL SR 6 185 123 2 66.5 1610 20 173.1 BONNER, C •••••• CIN 6 7 99 0 14.1 REDMAN, Chris .• LOO JR 5 229 161 6 70.3 2213 15 167.9 SMITH, T ••••••• ECU SR 5 9 107 0 11.9 GARRARD, D •••.• EC1J FR 6 164 109 3 66.5 1380 9 151.6 JACKSON, Arnold LOU JR 6 13 133 0 10.2 ROBERTS, L ••••• USM SR 6 152 81 6 53.3 1284 14 146.7 SHAii, E •••••••• USM SR 6 19 179 1 9.4 McKINLEY, Jason HOO so 6 214 127 7 59.3 1519 12 130.9 Ill LSON, John ••• TUL so 5 10 88 0 8.8 PLUMMER, C ••••• CIN SR 6 32 18 4 56.3 241 3 125.4 deGROOT, Jason. HOO SR 6 11 65 0 5.9 KENNER, D •••••• CIN so 5 126 72 7 57.1 1021 4 124.6 DODSON, Damien. MEM JR 5 6 25 0 4.2 SUBER, Neil •••• MEM FR 5 92 40 3 43.5 655 4 111.1
TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G ICICICOFF RETURNS Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg ------REDMAN, Chris •• LOU JR 5 -28 2213 253 2185 437.0 JACOBS, Birian. ARMY 6 7 197 0 28.1 ICING, Shaun •••• TUL SR 6 270 1610 269 1880 313.3 FREEMAN, Brian. HOO so 9 11 257 0 23.4 McKINLEY, Jason HOO so 6 -44 1519 227 1475 245.8 CHAPPELL, L •••• ECU JR s 15 344 0 22.9 GARRARD, D ••••• EC1J FR 6 61 1380 225 1441 240.2 COBB, Keith •••• MEM SR 6 18 411 0 22.8 KENNER, D ••..•• CIN so 5 -1 1021 138 1020 204.0 COOPER, R ••••.• CIN 6 11 240 0 21.8 ROBERTS, L ••••• USM SR 6 -99 1284 173 1185 197.5 McKNIGHT, D •••• CIN SR 5 14 291 0 20.8 NIX, Derrick ••• USM FR 6 853 0 159 853 142.2 PARKER, Zek •••• LOU so 6 12 245 0 20.4 SUBER, Neil. ••• MEM FR 5 -69 655 110 586 117.2 COOPER, Rafael. LOU SR 6 7 138 0 19.7 SANFORD, ICetric HOO JR 6 653 24 120 6n 112.8 SANFORD, ICetric HOO JR 6 6 111 0 18.S McCLESKEY, D ••• CIN FR 5 561 0 100 561 112.2 PENN, Leif ••••• HOU FR 6 9 161 0 17.9 RECEPTIONS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Rec/G PUNTING Team Cl G Punt Yds Avg ------JACKSON, Arnold LOO JR 6 so 610 6 12.2 8.33 WHITE, Graham •• ARMY JR 6 24 1108 46.2 - FRANKLIN, P. J •• TUL SR 6 44 635 5 14.4 7.33 BAYES, A ••••••• ECU JR 6 35 1476 42.2 JAMES, Jerrian. HOO JR 6 44 502 3 11.4 7.33 WLFECX, Adalll •• CIN FR 5 21 837 39.9 IGLESIAS, 0 •••• HOO so 6 43 575 5 13.4 7.17 HILL, Brad .•••• TUL SR 6 22 875 39.8 DAIISON, JaJuan. TUL JR 6 41 527 8 12.9 6.83 BORSETH, Jeremy LOO SR 6 20 767 38.3 PLUMMER, C .•••• CIN SR 6 39 514 0 13.2 6.50 PURSER, J •••••• USM JR 6 24 917 38.2 BOYD, Lavell ••• LOU JR 6 33 466 0 14. 1 5.50 ROBINSON, J •••• HOU so 6 23 872 37.9 GREEN, Ibn ••••• LOO JR 6 31 484 7 15.6 5.17 IIADDELL, Mike •• HOU SR 6 2 66 33.0 GIDEON, S •••••• USM JR 6 29 57D 7 19.7 4.83 CHAPPELL, L. ••• ECU JR 5 23 341 3 14.8 4.60
RECEIVE YDS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Yds/G FIELD GOALS Team Cl G FG FGA Pct. FG/G ------FRANKLIN, P.J •• TUL SR 6 44 635 5 14.4 105.8 IIH ITE, Ryan •••• MEM FR 6 10 10 100.0 1.67 JACKSON, Arnold LOO JR 6 so 610 6 12.2 101. 7 OLSEN, Eric •••• ARMY SR 6 8 9 88.9 1.33 IGLESIAS, 0 •••• HOO so 6 43 575 5 13.4 95.8 IIADDELL, Mike •• HOO SR 6 7 10 70.0 1. 17 GIDEON, S •.•••• USM JR 6 29 570 7 19.7 95.0 HARDAWAY, T •••• USM SR 6 6 8 75.0 1.00 DAWSON, JaJuan. TUL JR 6 41 527 8 12.9 87.8 Jll>GE, J ••••••• CIN 6 6 8 75.0 1.00 PLUMMER, C ••••• CIN SR 6 39 514 0 13.2 85.7 BAYES, A ••••.•• ECU JR 6 5 8 62.5 0.83 JAMES, Jerrian. HOU JR 6 44 502 3 11.4 83.7 PALAZZO, Brad •• TUL SR 6 5 10 so.a 0.83 GREEN, Ibn ••••• LOU JR 6 31 484 7 15.6 80.7 HILBERT, Jon ••• LOO SR 6 3 5 60.0 a.so DODSON, Damien. MEM JR 5 16 399 2 24.9 79.8 RIVERS, B ••••.• ECU JR 6 1 1 100.0 0. 17 BOYD, Lavell ••• LOU JR 6 33 466 0 14. 1 n.1
ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G Rush Rev PR ICR Yds Avg/G SCORING Team Cl G TD XPT FG Pts Pts/G ------NIX, Derrick ••. USM FR 6 853 66 0 12 931 155.2 COLLINS, Leroy. LOU JR 6 9 0 0 54 9.0 COLLINS, Leroy. LOU JR 6 650 242 0 0 892 148.7 McCLESICEY, D •.• CIN FR 5 7 0 0 42 8.4 SANFORD, Ketric HOO JR 6 653 112 0 111 876 146.0 DAWSON, JaJuan. TUL JR 6 8 0 0 48 8.0 JACKSON, Arnold LOU JR 6 5 610 133 111 859 143.2 PALAZZO, Brad .• TUL SR 6 0 32 5 47 7.8 CHAPPELL, L •••• ECU JR 5 -12 341 0 344 673 134.6 IIHITE, Ryan •••• MEM FR 6 0 14 10 44 7.3. McCLESKEY, D .•• CIN FR 5 561 13 0 19 593 118.6 GIDEON, S •••.•• USM JR 6 7 2 0 44 7.3 FRANKLIN, P. J .• TUL SR 6 34 635 26 16 711 118.5 HARDAWAY, T .••• USM SR 6 0 25 6 43 7.2 ARNOLD, Gerard. HEM JR 6 660 9 0 0 669 111.5 OLSEN, Eric •••• ARMY SR 6 0 19 8 43 7.2 IIILLIAMS, Bobby ARMY SR 6 539 87 0 0 626 104.3 NIX, Derrick ..• USM FR 6 7 0 0 42 7.0 PARKER, Zek ..•. LOO so 6 4 343 4 245 596 99.3 GREEN, lbn ••..• LOU JR 6 7 0 0 42 7.0 CONFERENCE USA 1998 Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Nov 26, 1998 (Conference games) TACKLES (All positions) SACKS Player Team Cl G Pos UA A Total Sacks Player Team Cl G Pos UA A Total ------SLAUGHTER, TJ •• USM JR 6 LB 54 31 85 1 COLEMAM, R •.••• ECU SR 6 LB 7 2 9 .AMPION, H •••• CIN 6 LB 41 34 75 0 SCOTT, C ••••••• USM so 6 DT 6 1 7 AVER, Lyle ••• ARMY 6 53 17 70 4 THOMAS, A •••••• USM JR 6 DE 6 1 7 KERR, J •••••••• ECU JR 4 LB 44 24 68 1 HAMPTON, Louis. HOO SR 6 LB 5 0 5 HERRING, Bud ••• LOO so 6 LB 36 30 66 1 SCOTT, DQ •••••• USM so 6 DT 3 1 4 SUGGS, K •...... ECU SR 6 SAF 46 15 61 0 \JEAVER, Lyle ••• ARMY 6 4 0 4 BURRELL, Xavier LOO so 6 DB 28 31 59 0 LEWIS, calvin •• MEM FR 6 DT 3 0 3 GONZALEZ, J •••• USM SR 6 DB 35 24 59 0 BOWLING, M •••.• HEM SR 6 DT 3 0 3 GRIFFIN, P .•••• ECU FR 6 LB 29 27 56 0 HAGEMAN, David. ARMY 6 2 1 3 PHILLIPS, Jerry TUL 6 33 19 52 1 McCLEARY, N •••• EC\J SR 6 DT 3 0 3 SHAKIR, Kamal •. MEM so 6 LB 32 19 51 0 CHARLES, Ahmad. HOU JR 6 LB 3 0 3 KNIGHT, Sam •••• TUL so 6 36 14 50 0 LAWLESS, T ••••• MEM JR 3 DE· 3 0 3 TRAHAN, T •••••• USM JR 4 LB 30 17 47 2 TRAIIA)I, T •••••• USM JR 4 LB 2 0 2 HARRIS, Rashad. LOO so 6 LB 25 21 46 1 HARGROVE, Reggi LOU JR 4 DE 2 0 2 CARR, Tell ius •• TUL SR 6 30 14 44 0 SANTIBANEZ, M •. MEM SR 6 DE 2 0 2 COLEMAN, R ••••• ECU SR 6 LB 35 9 44 9 SCOTT, D ••••••• USM so 6 DL 2 0 2 DINKINS, Courtn LOO JR 6 DB 18 25 43 1 LIGHT, T .J ••••• HOO JR 5 LB 2 0 2 HCl',IARD, Reg •••• MEM JR 5 LB 28 14 42 0 SEXTON, Matt ••• LOU so 5 DE 2 0 2 GOSSETT, D ••••• CIN 6 LB 27 15 42 1 STALLIIIGS, Tony LOO FR 6 LB 1 1 2 MCKENZIE, Mike. MEM JR 6 DB 37 5 42 0 ESKRIDGE, J •••• USM JR 4 DL 1 1 2 FOSTER, F •••••• ECU JR 6 CB 22 19 41 0 O'SULLIVAN, D •• TUL SR 6 2 0 2 MONROE, K •••.•. ECU JR 6 CB 30 11 41 0 NIX, J ••••••••• USM so 6 OT 1 1 2 THOMAS, A •••••• USM JR 6 DE 27 13 40 7 SHAHK, DeMorrio HEM so 6 LB 2 0 2 ROWLAND, IC.D ••• ARMY SR 6 23 17 40 0 MAXON, Jeremy •• HOO JR 6 LB 2 0 2 TIMMONS, Brett. TUL SR 6 19 20 39 0 KERR, J •••••••• EC\J JR 4 LB 1 0 1 ROUNDTREE, Anto LOO so 6 DB 26 12 38 0 HARRIS, Rashad. LOO so 6 Lil 1 0 1 HUNTERTON, Nate ARMY JR 6 23 15 38 0 DINKINS, Coortn too JR 6 DB 1 0 1 SCOTT, C ••••••• USM so 6 OT 21 17 38 7 GOSSETT, D ••••• CIN 6 LB 1 0 1 DeROOSELLE, M •• HOO JR 5 DE 19 18 37 0 PHILLIPS, Jerry TUL 6 1 0 1 STILES, Caspor. HEM JR 6 LB 24 12 36 0 HERRING, Bud .•• LOU so 6 LB 1 0 1 HAMPTON, Louis. HOO SR 6 LB 20 16 36 5 BELLI, A ••....• HOO JR 6 DE 11 24 35 1 TACKLES FOR LOSS WATTS, L. •••••• USM SR 6 DB 22 12 34 0 Player Team Cl Nun STEWART, Jeremy HEM SR 6 DB 18 16 34 0 ------fiIDAN, Michael TUL SR 6 25 9 34 0 \JEAVER, Lyle ••• ARMY 14 ANS, P ••••••• CIN 6 DT 27 6 33 1 THOMAS, A •••••• USM JR 10 OGERS, Wayne .• HOO so 6 LB 22 11 33 1 SLAUGHTER, TJ •• USM JR 8 McNALLY, Derick ARMY 6 23 9 32 0 HAMPTON, Louis. HOO SR 7 STALLINGS, Tony LOO FR 6 LB 22 10 32 2 SCOTT, C ••••••• USM so 7 McCLEARY, N •••• ECU SR 6 OT 22 10 32 3 ROGERS, Yayne •• HOU so 6 SHANK, OeMorrio HEM so 6 LB 22 10 32 2 0 1 SULLIVAII, D •• TUL SR 6 JAMES, Mike •••. HOO JR 6 ss 24 7 31 0 HAGEMAN, David. ARMY 6 SCOTT, DO •••••• USM so 6 OT 19 12 31 4 DINKINS, Courtn LOO JR 5 MAGEE, R ••••••• USM FR 6 DB 20 11 31 1 DeROUSELLE, M .• HOO JR 5 SU ITONU, Chad •• ARMY 6 21 10 31 1 BELL, B.A •.••.. USM SR 6 DB 19 11 30 1 FUMBLES FORCED WARD, IC •••••••• ECU FR 6 18 12 30 o Player Team Cl Nun MAXON, Jeremy •• HOO JR 6 LB 19 11 30 2 ------ELLIS, Noel. ••• TUL 6 14 15 29 o TRAIIA)I, T •••••• USM JR 2 HARPER, E •••••• CIN 5 ss 16 13 29 o MCKENZIE, Mike. HEM JR 2 KECK, T •••••••• CIN SR 2 23 5 28 0 SHAKIR, Kamal •• HEM so 2 HAGEMAN, David. ARMY 6 13 15 28 3 TIMMONS, Brett. TUL SR 2 SMITH, Freddy •• CIN so 5 17 11 28 0 PHILLIPS, Jerry TUL 2 NIX, J ••••••••• USM so 6 OT 14 14 28 2 SANTIBANEZ, M •• HEM SR 2 KING, Adisa •••. ARMY JR 5 19 8 27 0 O'SULLIVAII, D •• TUL SR 1 BARNES, L •••••• USM so 6 DB 22 4 26 0 SCOTT, C ••••••• USM so 1 CLEMONS, Cedric TUL 4 11 15 26 1 DINKINS, Courtn LOU JR 1 OWENS, P ••••..• HOO SR 6 DE 15 11 26 0 WEAVER, Lyle •.• ARMY 1 FERGUSON, S .•.• CIN 6 CB 18 7 25 0 REYES, E •.••... ECU so 6 LB 19 6 25 0 PASS BREAKlJPS Player Team Cl Nun ------FOSTER, F .••.•• EC\J JR 11 HOLMAN, Rashad. LOU so 7 COAXUM, Tony ••• ARMY JR 7 MALLARD, D ••••• USM SR 7 FIELDS, W •.••.• HOO JR 7 PARRISH, T. •••• USM JR 6 ROONDTREE, Anto LOU so 6 GOSSETT, D .•.•• CIN 5 WHITE, Emile .•• HOU so 5 • JORDAN, Michael TUL SR 5 CONFERENCE USA 1998 Conference Team Statistics Through games of Nov 26, 1998 (Conference games)
SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G ------Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 32 32 0 0 5 0 239 39.8 Army .••••...••..•••. 6 348 1975 5.7 15 329.2 Louisville •••••••••• 6 33 31 0 0 3 0 238 39.7 Southern Miss ••.•••• 6 255 1129 4.4 11 188.2 Southern Miss ....••• 6 27 25 1 0 6 0 207 34.5 Cincinnati •••.•••••• 6 265 1121 4.2 9 186.8 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 22 20 0 1 7 0 175 29.2 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 270 1107 4. 1 10 184.5 East Carolina ••.•••• 6 22 19 1 0 6 0 171 28.5 East Carolina ••••••• 6 246 1004 4. 1 9 167.3 Army ••••••.•••.•..•• 6 21 19 0 0 8 1 171 28.5 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 227 979 4.3 7 163.2 • Cincimati •••••••••• 6 21 13 2 0 6 0 161 26.8 Meqihis .•••••.•••••• 6 232 937 4.0 10 156.2 Meqihi s ••••••••••••• 6 17 14 3 0 10 0 152 25.3 Louisville •••••••••• 6 199 901 4.5 14 150.2 SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G ------Southern Miss •...••• 6 9 8 0 0 6 0 80 13.3 Army ••••••••••••.•.• 6 242 938 3.9 9 156.3 Tulane.: •••••••••••• 6 19 15 1 ·o 6 0 149 24.8 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 251 971 3.9 7 161.8 Houston ••••••.•••••• 6 26 21 2 0 5 0 196 32.7 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 253 978 3.9 14 163.0 Army •••.•••••••••••• 6 26 25 0 0 6 0 199 33.2 Meqihis •••••••••.•.• 6 255 1081 4.2 9 180.2 Louisville •••••••••• 6 26 22 2 0 7 0 203 33.8 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 228 1118 4.9 10 186.3 Meqihis •.••••••.•.•• 6 28 27 0 0 6 0 213 35.5 East Carolina ••••••• 6 284 1286 4.5 11 214.3 East Carolina ••••••• 6 28 25 1 0 6 1 215 35.8 Louisville •••••••••• 6 282 1306 4.6 12 217.7 Cincirnati •••••••••• 6 33 30 1 1 9 0 259 43.2 Cincinnati •••••••••• 6 247 1475 6.0 13 245.8 PASS OFFENSE G Att ~ Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Ycis/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G ------Louisville •••••••••• 6 269 188 6 69.9 2641 9.8 19 440.2 Louisville •••••••••• 6 901 2641 468 3542 7.6 33 590.3 East Carolina ••••••• 6 190 127 6 66.8 1664 8.8 11 277.3 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 1107 1655 459 2762 6.0 30 460.3 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 189 125 2 66.1 1655 8.8 20 275.8 East Carolina ••••••• 6 1004 1664 436 2668 6.1 20 444.7 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 220 129 8 58.6 1551 7.1 13 258.5 Cincinnati ••.•••••.. 6 1121 1496 456 2617 5.7 17 436.2 Cincinnati •••••••••• 6 191 106 .13 55.5 1496 7.8 8 249.3 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 979 1551 447 2530 5.7 20 421.7 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 154 81 6 52.6 1284 8.3 14 214.0 Army .••••••••.••.... 6 1975 503 420 2478 5.9 20 413.0 Meqihis ..•••••••••.• 6 152 66 6 43.4 1146 7.5 7 191.0 Southern Miss ••.•.•. 6 1129 1284 409 2413 5.9 25 402.2 Army .•••.•..•.•..•.• 6 72 31 3 43.1 503 7.0 5 83.8 Meqihis ••.•••••.•••. 6 937 1146 384 2083 5.4 17 347.2 PASS DEFENSE G Att ~ Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G ------Southern Miss ••••••• 6 158 85 9 53.8 885 5.6 1 147.5 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 971 885 409 1856 4.5 8 309.3 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 151 89 5 58.9 1314 8.7 12 219.0 Houston ••••••••••••. 6 978 1314 404 2292 5.7 Louisville •••••••••• 6 166 90 6 54.2 1383 8.3 12 230.5 Louisville •••••••••• 6 1306 1383 448 2689 6.0 246 ~ East Carolina ••••••• 6 173 103 8 59.5 1472 8.5 14 245.3 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 1118 1573 426 2691 6.3 17 448 Cincirnati •••••••••• 6 162 95 5 58.6 1501 9.3 18 250.2 East Carolina ••••••• 6 1286 1472 457 2758 6.0 25 459.7 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 198 117 7 59.1 1573 7.9 7 262.2 Army •• • •••••• • ••••.• 6 938 1820 445 2758 6.2 26 459.7 Army ••••.••.....•••• 6 203 124 7 61.1 1820 9.0 17 303.3 Cincimati ••.••••••• 6 1475 1501 409 2976 7.3 31 496.0 Meqihis •••••.••••••• 6 226 150 3 66.4 1992 8.8 16 332.0 Meqih is ••••••••••••• 6 1081 1992 481 3073 6.4 25 512.2
KICKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg PUNT RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg ------Army •••••• • • • ••••••• 6 25 586 0 23.4 East Carolina ••••••• 6 15 236 1 15.7 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 12 271 0 22.6 Cincinnati •••••••••• 6 10 155 1 15.5 Meqihis ••••••••••••• 6 29 625 0 21.6 Louisville •••••••••• 6 14 137 0 9.8 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 30 635 0 21.2 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 24 207 1 8.6 Louisville •••••••••• 6 24 494 0 20.6 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 13 102 0 7.8 Cincirnati •••••••••• 6 32 655 0 20.5 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 16 116 0 7.3 East Carolina ••••••• 6 27 546 0 20.2 Meqihis •.••••••••••• 6 6 25 0 4.2 Tulane •••••.•••••••• 6 16 275 0 17.2 Army •••••••••••••• • • 6 15 57 0 3.8
• CONFERENCE USA 1998 Conference Team Statistics Through games of Nov 26, 1998 (Conference games) PUNTING G P1.r1ts Avg Ret Yds Yds/P PASS EfflCIEJICY G Att ~ Pct Int Yds TD Eff ic ------Southern Miss ••••••• 6 26 38.7 7 4 38.6 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 189 125 .661 2 1655 20 172.5 .rmy •••••••••••••••• 6 25 45.8 17 214 37.2 Louisville •••••••••• 6 269 188 .699 6 2641 19 171.2 incimati •••••••••• 6 21 39.9 11 88 35.7 East carolina ••••••• 6 190 127 .668 6 1664 11 153.2 enp,is ••••••••••••• 6 36 39.0 21 157 34.6 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 154 81 .526 6 1284 14 144.8 East Carolina ••••••• 6 37 39.9 19 226 33.8 Houston ••••••••••.•• 6 220 129 .586 8 1551 13 130.1 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 23 38.0 10 98 33.8 Cincil'Tiati •••••••.•• 6 191 106 .555 13 1496 8 121.5 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 33 37.5 17 154 32.8 Army •••••••••••••••• 6 72 31 .431 3 503 5 116.3 Louisville •••••••••• 6 21 36.5 11 94 32.0 Menp,is ••••••••••••• 6 152 66 .434 6 1146 7 114. 1 l··Gained··ll···Lost···I PASS DEF EFFICIENCY G Att ~ Int Pct. Yds TD Effie TURNOVER MARGIN G Fl.Ill Int Tot Fun Int Tot Mar Per/G ------Southern Niss ••••••• 6 158 85 9 53.8 885 1 91.5 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 8 7 15 4 2 6 +9 1.50 Tulane ••••••••• ·• •••• 6 198 117 7 59.1 1573 7 130.4 Menp,is ••••••••••••• 6 10 3 13 2 6 8 +5 0.83 Louisville •••••••••• 6 166 90 6 54.2 1383 12 140.8 East carol ina ••••••• 6 7 8 15 5 6 11 +4 0.67 East carolina ••••••• 6 173 103 8 59.5 1472 14 148.5 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 4 9 13 6 6 12 +1 0.17 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 151 89 5 58.9 1314 12 151.6 Louisville •••••••••• 6 6 6 12 5 6 11 +1 0.17 Army •••••••••••••••• 6 203 124 7 61.1 1820 17 157.1 Army •••••••••••••••• 6 5 7 12 9 3 12 +O 0.00 Nenp,is ••••••••••••• 6 226 150 3 66.4 1992 16 161. 1 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 4 5 9 4 8 12 -3 -a.so Cincil'Tiati •••••••••• 6 162 95 5 58.6 1501 18 167.0 Cincinnati •••••••••• 6 4 5 9 13 13 26 -17 -2.83 FIRST DO\JIIS G Rush Pass Pen Total 3RO·ON CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct ------Loui svi l le •••••••••• 6 so 114 10 174 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 44 89 49.4 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 72 72 14 158 Louisville •••••••••• 6 36 75 48.0 Cincinnati •••••••••• 6 67 61 16 144 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 43 102 42.2 East Carolina ••••••• 6 47 73 5 125 CincilWl8ti •••••••••• 6 35 84 41.7 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 58 51 15 124 East Carolina ••••••• 6 32 89 36.0 Army •••••••••••••••• 6 99 21 4 124 Army •••••••••••••••• 6 29 82 35.4 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 47 64 10 121 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 27 79 34.2 Menp, is ••••••••••••• 6 48 43 7 98 Meq:ihis ••••••••••••• 6 21 83 25.3
OPPONENT 1ST DO\JNS G Rush Pass ?en Total OPP 3RD·l>N CONVERT G Conv Att Pct ------Southern Miss ••••••• 6 51 40 7 98 Southern Niss ••••••• 6 26 92 28.3 .lane •••••••••••••• 6 60 64 8 132 Louisville •••••••••• 6 28 84 33.3 uston ••••••••••••• 6 60 51 21 132 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 28 77 36.4 ncinnati •••••••••• 6" 67 60 6 133 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 32 86 37.2 Army •••••••••••••••• 6 52 75 7 134 Army •••••••••••••••• 6 34 87 39. 1 East Carolina ••••••• 6 67 63 5 135 East Carolina ••••••• 6 35 85 41.2 ·Louisville •••••••••• 6 72 53 17 142 CincilWl8ti •••••••••• 6 41 85 48.2 M• is ••••••••••••• 6 59 93 10 162 Meq:ihis ••••••••••••• 6 43 87 49.4
PENALTIES. G No Yds FIELD GOALS: G Made Att Pct ------Army ••••• ; •••••••••• 6 27 209 Meqihis ••••••••••••• 6 10 10 1.000 Cincinnati •••••••••• 6 21 212 Army •••••••••••••••• 6 8 9 .889 East Carolina ••••••• 6 33 314 Southern Niss ••••••• 6 6 8 .750 Menp,is ••••••••••••• 6 36 319 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 7 10 .700 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 46 365 CincirTIBti •••••••••• 6 6 9 .667 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 42 370 East carolina ••••••• 6 6 9 .667 Louisville •••••••••• 6 71 622 Louisville •••••••••. 6 3 5 .600 Houston ••••••••••••• 6 74 647 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 5 10 .500
OPPONENT PENALTIES G No Yds PAT lCJCUIIG: G Made Att Pct ------Southern Miss ••••••• 6 63 520 Army •••••••••••••••• 6 19 19 1.000 Menp,is •..•••.•••••• 6 56 474 Meq:ihis ••••••••••••• 6 14 14 1.000 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 44 436 Tulane •••••••••••••• 6 32 32 1.000 Cincimati. ••••••••• 6 45 386 Southern Miss ••••••• 6 25 26 .962 Louisville •••••••••• 6 37 383 Houston •••••••••.••• 6 20 21 .952 East Carolina ••••••• 6 37 299 Louisville •••••••••• 6 31 33 .939 Army ..•.••.•••••••.• 6 34 291 East Carolina .••.••• 6 19 21 .905 Houston .•••••••••••• 6 34 269 Cincimati. •••.••.•. 6 13 17 .765
4TH·ON CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct SACX:S BY G Sacks Yards ------Southern Miss ....•.. 6 7 10 70.0 Southern Miss ..••••. 6 24 135 East Carolina ••.•.•• 6 5 8 62.5 Houston •••••••.••••• 6 17 118 e:················ 6 8 17 47.1 Heflllhi s ••••••...•••• 6 13 88 ton ••••••..•.••• 6 6 13 46.2 East Carolina .••.••. 6 12 75 Cincimati ••••.•••.. 6 7 16 43.8 Loui svH le ••••.•.•.• 6 10 53 Me11p1is •.•••.•••..•• 6 5 12 41.7 Army •••••••••••••••• 6 10 57 Tulane •••..••..•..•. 6 2 6 33.3 Tulane ..••••..•.••.. 6 9 56 Louisville ..••..•... 6 1 6 16.7 Cincimati •...... •.. 6 4 26 1998 CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL
ARMY (3-8, 2-4 C-USA) LOUISVILLE (7-4, 4-2 C-USA) S12 MIAMI (OHIO) L 13-14 0-1 S5 KENTUCKY (Fox Sports Net) L 34-68 0-1 • S19 CINCINNATI (Fox Sports Net} w 37-20 1-1 S12 at Utah L 22-45 0-2 26 at Rutgers L 15-27 1-2 S19 at Illinois (espn2) w 35-9 1-2 03 at East Carolina L 25-30 1-3 S26 BOSTON COLLEGE w 52-28 2-2 010 at Houston w 38-28 2-3 03 CINCINNATI w 62-19 3-2 017 SOUTHERN MISS L 13-37 2-4 010 at Southern Miss L 21-56 3.3 024 at (18) Notre Dame (NBC) L 17-20 2-5 017 at (23) Tulane (Fox Sports) L 22-28 3-4 N7 (21) AIR FORCE (Fox Sports) L 7-35 2-6 024 MEMPHIS w 35-32 4-4 N14 TULANE (Fox Sports Net} L 35-49 2-7 031 WESTERN KENTUCKY w 63-34 5-4 N21 at Louisville L 23-35 2-8 N14 at East Carolina w 63-45 6-4 D5 vs. Navy in Philadelphia (CBS) w 34-30 3-8 N21 ARMY w 35-23 7-4 D23 #vs. Marshall 8:00 p.m. EST #Motor City Bowl (Pontiac, Mich.) CINCINNATI (2-9, 1-5 C-USA) S5 TULANE L 34-52 0-1 S12 MIAMI (FLA.) (Fox Sports Net) L 12-38 0-2 MEMPHIS (2-9, 1-5 C-USA) S19 at Army (Fox Sports Net} L 20-37 Q.3 S5 at Mississippi (Jefferson Pilot) L 10-30 0-1 S26 IND!ANA L 14-48 0-4 S12 MISS. STATE (Fox Sports Net) L 6-14 0-2 03 at Louisville L 19-62 0-5 S19 at Minnesota L 14-41 0-3 010 at (24) Syracuse (espn2) L 21-63 0-6 03 at Houston L 14-35 0-4 017 at Memphis L 23-41 0-7 010 (19) ARKANSAS (FX) L 9-23 0-5 024 MIAMI (OHIO) L 0-41 0-8 017 CINCINNATI w 41-23 1-5 NS EAST CAROLINA (ESPN} L 21-24 Q.9 024 at Louisville L 32-35 1-6 N14 HOUSTON w 44-43 1-9 031 ARKANSAS STATE w 35-19 2-6 N21 at Arkansas State w 51-7 2-9 N7 (15)TULANE L 31-41 2-7 N14 at Southern Miss L 3-45 2-8 N21 EAST CAROLINA L 31-34 2-9 EAST CAROLINA (6-5, 3-3 C-USA) S5 at Virginia Tech L 3-38 0-1 SOUTHERN MISS (7-4, 5-1 C-USA) S12 CHA TT ANOOGA w 31--0 1-1 S5 at (13) Penn State (ABC) L 6-34 0-1 S19 at Ohio w 21-14 2-1 S19 (17) TEXAS A&M (Fox Sports) L 6-24 0-2 03 ARMY w 30-25 3-1 • S26 SOUTHWESTERN LA. 55--0 1-2 010 UAB w 26-7 4-1 w 03 at (25) Tulane (Fox Sports} L 7-21 1-3 017 at Alabama (in Birmingham) L 22-23 4-2 010 LOUISVILLE 56-21 2-3 024 at Southern Miss (Fox} L 7-41 4-3 w 017 at Army 37-13 3-3 031 HOUSTON (Fox Sports South} L 31-34 4-4 w 024 EAST CAROLINA (Fox) 41-7 4-3 NS at Cincinnati (ESPNJ w 24-21 5-4 w 031 at Alabama L 20-30 4-4 N14 LOUISVILLE L 45-63 5-5 N7 at Houston 5-4 N21 at Memphis w 34-31 6-5 w 21-15 N14 MEMPHIS w 45.3 6-4 N21 at Nevada w 55-28 7-4 HOUSTON (3-8, 2-4 C-USA) D30 #vs. Idaho 2:00 p.m. CST #Humanitarian Bowl (Boise, Idaho) S5 at California L 10-14 0-1 S12 MINNESOTA L 7-14 0-2 S19 (4) UCLA (FX) L 24-42 0-3 TULANE (10-0, 6-0 C-USA) S27 at (4) Tennessee L 7-42 0-4 S5 at Cincinnati w 52-34 1-0 03 MEMPHIS w 35-14 1-4 S12 atSMU w 31-21 2--0 010 ARMY L 28-38 1-5 S26 NA VY (Fox Sports Net) w 42-24 3--0 024 at North Texas w 31-9 2-5 03 SOUTHERN MISS (Fox) w 21-7 4-0 031 at East Carolina (Fox SS) w 34-31 3.5 017 LOUISVILLE (Fox Sports) w 28-22 5-0 N7 SOUTHERN MISS L 15-21 3-6 024 at Rutgers w 52-24 6--0 N14 at Cincinnati L 43-44 3.7 031 SOUTHWESTERN LA. w 72-20 7--0 N21 at (12) Tulane (Fox Sports) L 20-48 3-8 N7 at Memphis w 41-31 8-0 N14 at Army (Fox Sports Net) w 49.35 9-0 N21 HOUSTON (Fox Sports Net) w 48-20 10-0 N26 LOUISIANA TECH w 63-30 11--0 D31 #vs. Brigham Young 12:30 p.m. CST • #AXA/Equitable Liberty Bowl (Memphis, Tenn.)
All times subject to change. Conference games in bold