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Football Championship Subdivision Records Individual Records ....................................... 2 Team Records ................................................ 9 Annual Champions, All-Time Leaders ....................................... 13 Team Champions ......................................... 36 Toughest-Schedule Annual Leaders ......................................... 38 Annual Most-Improved Teams............... 39 All-Time Team Won-Lost Records ......... 40 National Poll Rankings ............................... 45 Streaks and Rivalries ................................... 50 Overtime Games .......................................... 52 FCS Stadiums ................................................. 55 FCS Statistics Trends ................................... 57 Black College National Champions...... 59 2 INDIVIDUal REcorDS Individual Records Under a three-division reorganization plan ad- offensive statistics after a contest. Any changes to MOST YARDS GAINED PER GAME opted by the special NCAA Convention of August press box numbers must be obvious errors, such Season 1973, teams classified major-college in football on as misidentified players, and this should not be 527.2—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 (5,799 in 11) August 1, 1973, were placed in Division I. College- interpreted as a way for press box statistics to be division teams were divided into Division II and later “updated” by the coaching films. Changes Career Division III. At the NCAA Convention of January should be made within one week after the game 400.5—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1991-94 (16,823 in 42) 1978, Division I was divided into Division I-A and is played. Statisticians also are reminded that MOST SEASONS GAINING 3,000 YARDS Division I-AA for football only. (In 2006, I-A was re- NCAA policy does not permit changes to away- OR MORE named Football Bowl Subdivision, and I-AA was game statistics unless approved by the home renamed Football Championship Subdivision.) sports information director. 4—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1991-94; Armanti Edwards, Appalachian St., 2006-09 Beginning in 1979, passers were rated in all di- It is important to note that this policy applies visions on “pass efficiency rating points,” which ONLY to official NCAA statistics and national rank- MOST YARDS GAINED BY A FRESHMAN are derived from a formula that compares pass- ings, and does not mean a coaching staff cannot Game ers with the national averages for 14 seasons of compile separate defensive statistics for institu- 538—Ricky Santos, New Hampshire vs. Villanova, Oct. 2, two-platoon Division I football starting with the tional use. Those compilations also could appear 2004 (61 plays) 1965 season. One hundred points equals the 14- in the institution’s press releases and/or Web site, Season year averages for all players in Division I. Those as long as they are identified as coaching film averages break down to 6.29 yards per attempt, numbers rather than official statistics as used by 3,738—Scott Riddle, Elon, 2007 (508 plays) 47.14 percent completions, 3.97 percent touch- the NCAA. Also holds per-game record with 339.8 (3,738 in 11) down passes and 6.54 percent interceptions. The The NCAA statistics staff reserves the right to MOST YARDS GAINED IN TWO, THREE AND formula assumes that touchdowns are as good review any statistics provided to the national of- FOUR CONSECUTIVE GAMES as interceptions are bad; therefore, these two fice and may withhold publishing/posting those figures offset each other for the average player. 2 Games numbers until the accuracy of those statistics can 1,280—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 (633 vs. Grambling, To determine efficiency rating points, multiply a be substantiated. passer’s yards per attempt by 8.4, add his comple- Sept. 3; 647 vs. Chattanooga, Sept. 10) tion percentage, add his touchdown percentage 3 Games times 3.3, then subtract his interception percent- Total Offense 1,859—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 (649 vs. Samford, age times two. Oct. 29; 624 vs. Mississippi Val., Nov. 5; 586 vs. Troy, Passers must have a minimum of 15 attempts per (Rushing Plus Passing) Nov. 12) game to determine rating points because fewer MOST PLAYS 4 Games attempts could allow a player to win the cham- Quarter 2,423—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 (649 vs. Samford, pionship with fewer than 100 attempts in a sea- 33—Mickey Fein, Maine vs. Connecticut, Oct. 11, 1997 son. A passer must play in at least 75 percent of (4th) Oct. 29; 624 vs. Mississippi Val., Nov. 5; 586 vs. Troy, Nov. his team’s games to qualify for the rankings (for Half 12; 564 vs. Jackson St., Nov. 19) example, a player on a team with a nine-game 59—Joe Walland, Yale vs. Harvard, Nov. 20, 1999 (2nd) MOST GAMES GAINING 300 YARDS OR MORE season could qualify by playing in seven games); Game thus, a passer with 105 attempts could qualify for 93—Jeremy Moses, Stephen F. Austin vs. Sam Houston St., Season the national rankings. Nov. 1, 2008 (446 yards) 11—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 Season Career In 2000, defensive stats became a part of the sta- 680—Bruce Eugene, Grambling, 2002 (5,018 yards) tistics. Individual and team records and rankings Career 32—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1991-94 included only regular-season games through the 2,140—Ricky Santos, New Hampshire, 2004-07 (14,615 MOST COnsECUTivE GAMES GAininG 300 yards) 2001 season. Career records of players include YARDS OR MORE only those years in which they competed in FCS. MOST PLAYS PER GAME Season Season A player whose career includes statistics from five 11—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 seasons (or an active player who will play in five 59.0—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 (649 in 11) Career Career seasons) because he was granted an additional 49.5—Tom Proudian, Iona, 1993-95 (1,337 in 27) season of competition for reasons of hardship or 13—Neil Lomax, Portland St., 1979-80; Willie Totten, MOST PLAYS BY A FRESHMAN Mississippi Val., 1984-85; Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1992- a freshman redshirt is denoted by “$.” Game 93; Dominic Randolph, Holy Cross, 2008-09 COLLEGIATE RECORDS 81—Kevin Glenn, Illinois St. vs. Western Ill., Nov. 8, 1997 (470 yards) MOST GAMES GAINING 400 YARDS OR MORE Individual and team collegiate records are deter- Season mined by comparing the best records in all four 632—Martin Hankins, Southeastern La., 2003 (3,390 Season divisions (FBS, FCS, II and III) in comparable cate- yards) 9—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 gories. Included are career records of players who Also holds per-game record with 52.7 (632 in 12) Career played parts of their careers in different divisions MOST YARDS GAINED 15—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1991-94 (such as Dennis Shaw of San Diego State, Howard Quarter Stevens of Randolph-Macon and Louisville, and 278—Willie Totten, Mississippi Val. vs. Kentucky St., Sept. MOST COnsECUTivE GAMES GAininG 400 1, 1984 (2nd) YARDS OR MORE Doug Williams of Grambling). For individual col- Half legiate career leaders and team records, see the 404—Todd Hammel, Stephen F. Austin vs. La.-Monroe, Season collegiate section. Nov. 11, 1989 (1st) 5—Willie Totten, Mississippi Val., 1984; Steve McNair, Game Alcorn St., 1994 NCAA DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL 668—Robert Kent, Jackson St. vs. Alabama St., Oct. 6, STATISTICS COMPILATION POLICIES 2001 (595 passing, 73 rushing) MOST GAMES GAINING 500 YARDS OR MORE All individual defensive statistics reported to the Season Season 5,799—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 (4,863 passing, 6—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 NCAA must be compiled by the press box statis- 936 rushing) tics crew during the game. Defensive numbers 2 Yrs Career compiled by the coaching staff or other univer- 9,629—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1993-94 (8,060 passing, 9—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1991-94 sity/college personnel using game film will not 1,569 rushing) be considered “official” NCAA statistics. 3 Yrs MOST YARDS GAINED AGAINST ONE 13,686—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1992-94 (11,601 pass- This policy does not preclude a conference or OPPONENT ing, 2,085 rushing) Career institution from making after-the-game changes Career to press box numbers. This is consistent with ex- (4 yrs.) 16,823—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1991-94 (14,496 1,772—Steve McNair, Alcorn St. vs. Jackson St., 1991-94 isting NCAA policies involving corrections to any passing, 2,327 rushing) Also holds per-game record with 443.0 (1,772 in 4) INDIVIDUAL REcorDS 3 GAINING 1,000 YARDS RUSHING AND Season Game 1,000 YARDS PASSING (Min. 2,500-3,299 yards) 9.6—Frank Baur, Lafayette, 1988 437—Maurice Hicks, N.C. A&T vs. Morgan St., Oct. 6, 2001 Season (285 for 2,727) (34 rushes) Tracy Ham (QB), Ga. Southern, 1986 (1,048 rushing, 1,772 (Min. 3,300 yards) 8.9—Steve McNair, Alcorn St., 1994 Season passing); Alcede Surtain (QB), Alabama St., 1995 (1,024 (649 for 5,799) 2,326—Jamaal Branch, Colgate, 2003 (450 rushes) (16 rushing, 1,224 passing); David Dinkins (QB), Morehead Career games) St., 1998 (1,169 rushing, 1,812 passing); Greg Hill (QB), (Min. 4,000 yards) 8.43—Josh Johnson, San Diego, 2004- Career Ga. Southern, 1998 (1,061 rushing, 1,193 passing); 07 (1,372 for 11,563) 6,559—Adrian Peterson, Ga. Southern, 1998-01 (996 Matt Cannon (QB), Southern Utah, 1999 (1,310 rush- MOST TOUCHDOWNS RESPONSIBLE FOR rushes) ing; 1,383 passing); Greg Hill (QB), Ga. Southern, 1999 (TDs Scored and Passed For) (1,084 rushing, 1,262 passing); David Dinkins (QB), MOST YARDS GAINED PER GAME Morehead St., 2000 (1,405 rushing, 1,704 passing); Chaz Game 9—Neil Lomax, Portland St. vs. Delaware St., Nov. 8, 1980 Season Williams (QB), Ga. Southern, 2002 (1,422 rushing, 1,022 (passed for 8, scored 1); Willie Totten, Mississippi Val. vs. 225.5—Arnold Mickens, Butler, 1994 (2,255 in 10) passing); Allen Suber (QB), Bethune-Cookman, 2002 Kentucky St., Sept.