Football Championship Subdivision Records
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FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION RECORDS Individual Records 2 Team Records 13 All-Time Leaders on Offense 19 All-Time Leaders on Defense (Since 2000) 37 All-Time Leaders on Special Teams 46 All-Time Team Season Leaders 53 Team Champions 58 Toughest-Schedule Annual Leaders 61 Most-Improved Teams 63 All-Time Team Won-Lost Records 65 Winningest Teams by Decade 67 National Poll Rankings 70 Streaks and Rivalries 79 FCS Stadiums 81 FCS Statistics Trends 84 Classification History 86 Black College National Champions 87 1 INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Under a three-division reorganization plan adopt- championship with fewer than 100 attempts in a college personnel using game film will not be con- ed by the special NCAA Convention of August season. A passer must play in at least 75 percent sidered “official” NCAA statistics. 1973, teams classified major-college in football on of his team’s games to qualify for the rankings (for This policy does not preclude a conference or August 1, 1973, were placed in Division I. College- example, a player on a team with a nine-game institution from making after-the-game changes to division teams were divided into Division II and season could qualify by playing in seven games); press box numbers. This is consistent with exist- Division III. At the NCAA Convention of January thus, a passer with 105 attempts could qualify for ing NCAA policies involving corrections to any 1978, Division I was divided into Division I-A and the national rankings. offensive statistics after a contest. Any changes Division I-AA for football only. (In 2006, I-A was In 2000, defensive stats became a part of the sta- to press box numbers must be obvious errors, renamed Football Bowl Subdivision, and I-AA was tistics. Individual and team records and rankings such as misidentified players, and this should not renamed Football Championship Subdivision.) included only regular-season games through the be interpreted as a way for press box statistics to Beginning in 1979, passers were rated in all divi- 2001 season. Career records of players include be later “updated” by the coaching films. Changes sions on “pass efficiency rating points,” which are only those years in which they competed in FCS. should be made within one week after the game is derived from a formula that compares passers played. Statisticians also are reminded that NCAA with the national averages for 14 seasons of two- Collegiate Records policy does not permit changes to away-game platoon Division I football starting with the 1965 Individual and team collegiate records are deter- statistics unless approved by the home sports season. One hundred points equals the 14-year mined by comparing the best records in all four information director. averages for all players in Division I. Those aver- divisions (FBS, FCS, II and III) in comparable It is important to note that this policy applies ONLY ages break down to 6.29 yards per attempt, 47.14 categories. Included are career records of play- to official NCAA statistics and national rankings, percent completions, 3.97 percent touchdown ers who played parts of their careers in different and does not mean a coaching staff cannot com- passes and 6.54 percent interceptions. The for- divisions (such as Dennis Shaw of San Diego pile separate defensive statistics for institutional mula assumes that touchdowns are as good as State, Howard Stevens of Randolph-Macon and use. Those compilations also could appear in interceptions are bad; therefore, these two figures Louisville, and Doug Williams of Grambling). For the institution’s press releases and/or Web site, offset each other for the average player. To deter- individual collegiate career leaders and team as long as they are identified as coaching film mine efficiency rating points, multiply a passer’s records, see the collegiate section. numbers rather than official statistics as used by yards per attempt by 8.4, add his completion the NCAA. percentage, add his touchdown percentage times NCAA Defensive Football Statistics 3.3, then subtract his interception percentage The NCAA statistics staff reserves the right to times two. Compilation Policies review any statistics provided to the national office All individual defensive statistics reported to the and may withhold publishing/posting those num- Passers must have a minimum of 15 attempts NCAA must be compiled by the press box sta- bers until the accuracy of those statistics can be per game to determine rating points because tistics crew during the game. Defensive numbers substantiated. fewer attempts could allow a player to win the compiled by the coaching staff or other university/ OFFENSE OST ARDS AINED (Min. 600 rushes) 7.25—Matt Cannon, Southern M Y G Utah, 1997-2000 (757 for 5,489) RUSHING Quarter 194—Otto Kelly, Nevada vs. Idaho, Nov. 12, MOST YARDS GAINED BY A MOST RUSHES 1983 (3rd, 8 rushes) FRESHMAN Half Quarter Game 20—Arnold Mickens, Butler vs. Dayton, Oct. 15, 282—Herb Donaldson, Western Ill. vs. Indiana St., Nov. 4, 2006 (2nd, 26 rushes) 393—Ryan Fuqua, Portland St. vs. Eastern 1994 (4th) Wash., Nov. 10, 2001 (45 rushes) Game Half Season 32—David Clark, Dartmouth vs. Penn, Nov. 437—Maurice Hicks, N.C. A&T vs. Morgan St., Oct. 6, 2001 (34 rushes) 1,932—Adrian Peterson, Ga. Southern, 1998 18, 1989 (2nd); Arnold Mickens, Butler vs. (257 rushes) Valparaiso, Oct. 8, 1994 (1st) Season Season Per Game Game 2,519—Terrance West, Towson, 2013 (16 games, 413 rushes) 175.6—Adrian Peterson, Ga. Southern, 1998 56—Arnold Mickens, Butler vs. Valparaiso, Oct. (1,932 in 11) 8, 1994 (295 yards) Season Per Game Season 225.5—Arnold Mickens, Butler, 1994 (2,255 in 10) MOST YARDS GAINED BY A 450—Jamaal Branch, Colgate, 2003 (2,326 Career UARTERBACK yards) (16 games) 6,559—Adrian Peterson, Ga. Southern, 1998- Q Season Per Game 2001 (996 rushes) Game 40.9—Arnold Mickens, Butler, 1994 (409 in 10) Career Per Game 316—Jerick McKinnon, Ga. Southern vs. Central Ark., Dec. 1, 2012 (34 rushes) Career (4 yrs.) 156.2—Adrian Peterson, Ga. Southern, 1,240—Jordan Scott, Colgate, 2005-08 (5,621 1998-2001 (6,559 in 42) Season yards) 1,844—Jayson Foster, Ga. Southern, 2007 (261 MOST YARDS GAINED PER RUSH rushes) Career Per Game 38.2—Arnold Mickens, Butler, 1994-95 (763 in 20) Game Season Per Game (Min. 15 rushes) 19.07—Gene Brown, Citadel 167.6—Jayson Foster, Ga. Southern, 2007 MOST RUSHES IN TWO vs. VMI, Nov. 12, 1988 (15 for 286) (1,844 in 11) ONSECUTIVE AMES (Min. 20 rushes) 17.25—Russell Davis, Idaho Career C G vs. Portland St., Oct. 3, 1981 (20 for 345) 4,852—Matt Cannon, Southern Utah, 1997- 110—Arnold Mickens, Butler, 1994 (56 vs. 2000 (674 rushes) Valparaiso, Oct. 8; 54 vs. Dayton, Oct. 15) Season (Min. 150 rushes) 8.68—Tim Hall, Robert Morris, Note: Also played as a slotback in 1997 and OST ONSECUTIVE ArrIES BY 1994 (154 for 1,336) those statistics are not included M C C (Min. 200 rushes) 7.55—Ryan Fuqua, Portland SAME PLAYER GAME St., 2001 (210 for 1,586) 26—Arnold Mickens, Butler vs. Valparaiso, Oct. Career 8, 1994 (during six series) (Min. 350 rushes) 7.40—Tim Hall, Robert Morris, 1994-95 (393 for 2,908) Individual Records 2 MOST GAMES GAINING 100 TWO PLAYERS, SAME TEAM, EACH LONGEST PLAY YARDS OR MORE GAINING 1,000 YARDS OR MORE 99—Hubert Owens, Mississippi Val. vs. Ark.- Pine Bluff, Sept. 20, 1980; Pedro Bacon, Season 34 times; Most recent: Chattanooga 2014—Keon Western Ky. vs. West Ala., Sept. 13, 1986 14—Marshaun Coprich, Illinois 2014 Williams (1,037) & Jacob Huesman (1,009); Illinois St. 2014—Marshaun Coprich (2,274) (only rush of the game); Phillip Collins, Career & Tre Roberson (1,029); Colgate, 2012— Missouri St. vs. Western Ill., Sept. 16, 1989; Jordan McCord (1,708) & Gavin McCarney Jim Varick, Monmouth vs. Sacred Heart, Oct. 40—Adrian Peterson, Ga. Southern, 1998-2001 29, 1994; Jermaine Creighton, St. John’s (42 games) (1,406); Ga. Southern, 2012—Jerick McKinnon (NY) vs. Siena, Nov. 2, 1996; Michael Hobbs, (1,817) & Dominique Swope (1,246); North Wofford vs. Ga. Southern, Nov. 4, 2006; David MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES Dakota St., 2012—Sam Ojuri (1,047) & John Crockett (1,038); Stony Brook, 2012—Miguel Sinisi, Monmouth vs. Sacred Heart, Oct. 6, GAINING 100 YARDS OR MORE 2007; Bobby Washington, Eastern Ky. vs. Maysonet (1,964) & Marcus Coker (1,018); Murray St., Oct. 27, 2007; Zach Zenner, South Season Villanova, 2012—Kevin Monangai (1,210) & Dakota St. vs. Kansas, Sept. 1, 2012; Lewis 11—Frank Hawkins, Nevada, 1980; Rich Lemon, John Robertson (1,021) Washington, Southeast Mo. St. vs. Tennessee Bucknell, 1994; Charles Roberts, Sacramento St., Oct. 5, 2013. St., 1998; Adrian Peterson, Ga. Southern, MOST YARDS GAINED BY TWO 1998-99; Jamaal Branch, Colgate, 2003; PLAYERS, SAME TEAM Jordan Scott, Colgate, 2007; Jordan Brown, Bryant, 2011; Eric Breitenstein, Wofford, 2012; Game ALL-PURPOSE YARDS Jordan McCord, Colgate, 2012 491—Gavin McCarney (288) & Jordan McCord (203), Colgate vs. Lafayette, Nov. 3, 2012 (Yardage Gained From Rushing, Receiving Career 36—Adrian Peterson, Ga. Southern, 1998-2001 Season and All Runbacks; Must Have One Attempt 3,138—Terrance West (2,519) & Darius Victor From at Least Two Categories) MOST GAMES GAINING 100 (629), Towson, 2013 MOST PLAYS YARDS OR MORE BY A FRESHMAN MOST 100-YARD RUSHERS, 11—Adrian Peterson, Ga. Southern, 1998 Game SAME TEAM 54—Ron Darby, Marshall vs. Western Caro., MOST GAMES GAINING 200 Game Nov. 12, 1988 (47 rushes, 4 receptions, 3 YARDS OR MORE 4—Jacksonville St.