Midwest Conference Football Table of Contents INDIVIDUAL RECORDS TEAM RECORDS OFFENSE OFFENSE PAGE CONTENTS 16-17 Rushing 2-3 Passing 17 Passing 3-5 Rushing 17 First Downs 6-7 Receiving 7-8 All-Purpose/Scoring COACHING RECORDS 17 Season/Career Victories SPECIAL TEAMS 18 Current Records 8-9 Kick Returns 18 All-Time Program Records 9-10 Punt Returns 18 Undefeated Conference Seasons 10-12 Field Goals 12 Extra Points AWARDS 12-13 Punting 19 MWC Players/Coaches of the Year 20 Newcomer/Sportsmanship/Elite 20 DEFENSE 20-22 All-Americans 13-14 Tackles/Sacks/TFL 14-15 Interceptions 15-16 Forced Fumbles/Fumble Recovered 16 Passes Defended Midwest Conference Football INDIVIDUAL RECORDS INDIVIDUAL TOUCHDOWN PASSES - SEASON INDIVIDUAL PASSING YARDS - GAME TDs Player, School, Year Yards Player, School, Opponent, Year 50 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2008 653 Brady Huber, Illinois College vs. Cornell, 11/7/15 44 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2009 580 MIchael Bates, Illinois College vs. Grinnell, 9/8/12 38 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2011 549 Luke Barthelmess, Lawrence vs. Knox 9/10/11 36 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell, 1998 535 Michael Bates, Illinois College at Rose-Hulman, 9/13/14 33 Mitch Tanney, Monmouth, 2005 532 Bob Monroe, Knox vs. Cornell in 1986 32 Michael Bates, Illinois College, 2014 510 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell vs. Lawrence in 1994 32 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell, 1997 470 Mike McCabe, Grinnell vs. St. Norbert 10/22/11 32 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2008 470 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell vs. St. Norbert in 1998 31 Brady Huber, Illinois College, 2015 467 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College vs. St. Norbert in 2008 31 Pete Scaffidi, Lake Forest, 2011 466 Bill McNamara, Lawrence vs. Coe in 1986 INDIVIDUAL TOUCHDOWN PASSES - CAREER INDIVIDUAL PASSING YARDS - SEASON TDs Player, School, Years Yards Player, School, Year 157 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2007-11 3,867 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2011 109 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell, 1994, 1997-99 3,856 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2009 107 Michael Bates, Illinois College, 2011-14 3,624 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2008 87 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2007-10 3,310 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell, 1998 83 Rob Purlee, Monmouth, 2000-03 3,206 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2008 71 Ryan Hartman, St. Norbert, 2001-04 3,129 Michael Bates, Illinois College, 2011 70 Cody Craig, St. Norbert 2004-2007 3,008 Michael Bates, Illinois College, 2014 67 Eric Rich, Ripon, 1994-97 3,000 Brady Huber, Illinois College, 2015 62 Luke Barthelmess, Lawrence, 2010-13 2,910 Pete Scaffidi, Lake Forest, 2011 62 Pete Jennings, Illinois College, 2004-2007 2,819 Jeff Pederson, Grinnell, 2001 61 Brock Bauer, Ripon, 1997-01 INDIVIDUAL PASSING YARDS - CAREER INDIVIDUAL COMPLETIONS - GAME Yards Player, School, Years Comp. Player, School, Opponent, Year 14,249 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2007-11 44 Derek Leonard, Illinois College (vs St. Norbert in 2001) 10,787 Michael Bates, Illinois College, 2011-14 42 Michael Bates, Illinois College (at Rose-Hulman 9/13/14) 10,200 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell, 1994, 1997-99 41 Brady Huber, Illinois College (vs Cornell 11/7/15) 9,251 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2007-10 41 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell (vs. Lawrence in 1994) 8,190 Luke Barthelmess, Lawrence, 2010-13 41 Todd Monken, Knox (vs. Cornell in 1988) 8,017 Rob Purlee, Monmouth, 2000-03 41 Alex Tanney, Monmouth (vs. Wartburg in 2008) 7,696 Brian Maughn, Beloit, 2008-11 36 Drew Chance, Illinois College (at Lake Forest 11/3/18) 7,582 Drew Chance, Illinois College, 2016-19 36 Pete Scaffidi, Lake Forest (vs. Monmouth 10/15/11) 7,450 Eric Rich, Ripon, 1994-97 36 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College (vs. Millikin 9/4/10) 7,320 Paul Brandenburg, Ripon, 1984-87 36 Alex Tanney, Monmouth (vs. Knox in 2009) 7,315 Matt McCaffrey, Knox, 2014-17 36 Alex Tanney, Monmouth (vs. Loras in 2009) 36 Sam Poulos, Grinnell (vs. Carleton, 9/7/13) INDIVIDUAL TOUCHDOWN PASSES - GAME TDs Player, School, Opponent, Year INDIVIDUAL COMPLETIONS - SEASON 8 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell (vs. Illinois College in 1997) Comp. Player, School, Year 7 Hayden Nelson, Monmouth (vs. Lawrence, 9/29/18) 339 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2009 7 Brady Huber, Illinois College (at Cornell, 11/7/15) 318 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2008 7 Michael Bates, Illinois College (vs. Grinnell, 9/8/12) 281 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2011 6 Cody Petrich, Macalester (vs. Carleton, 9/1/18) 267 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2008 6 Jagan Cleary, Lake Forest (vs. Illinois College, 11/3/18) 261 Michael Bates, Illinois College, 2011 6 Daniel Brown, Cornell (vs. Grinnell, 10/10/15) 242 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2007 6 Luke Barthelmess, Lawrence (vs. Knox 9/10/11) 238 Pete Scaffidi, Lake Forest, 2011 6 Chris Casper, Carroll (vs. Grinnell 11/6/10) 235 Drew Chance, Illinois College, 2018 6 Alex Tanney, Monmouth (vs. Carroll in 2008) 235 Michael Bates, Illinois College, 2014 6 Mitch Tanney, Monmouth (vs. Knox in 2004) 234 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2010 6 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell (vs. Illinois College in 1999) 228 Adam Buckley, Knox, 1999 6 Griffin Prochnow, Ripon (vs. Illinois College in 1998) 6 Eric Rich, Ripon (vs. Grinnell in 1996) INDIVIDUAL COMPLETIONS - CAREER 6 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College (vs. Knox in 2008) Comp. Player, School, Years 6 Alex Tanney, Monmouth (vs. Knox in 2009) 1,205 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2007-11 6 Alex Tanney, Monmouth (vs. Lake Forest in 2009) 836 Michael Bates, Illinois College, 2011-14 6 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College (vs. Knox in 2009) 774 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2007-10 6 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College (vs. Beloit in 2009) 734 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell, 1994, 1997-99 716 Matt McCaffrey, Knox, 2014-17 Midwest Conference Football (Individual Completions - Career, cont’d.) (Individual Completion Percentage - Game, cont’d.) 648 Luke Barthelmess, Lawrence, 2010-13 84.4 (27-32) Alex Tanney, Monmouth (vs. Knox 11/5/11) 644 Drew Chance, Illinois College, 2016-19 607 Paul Bradenburg, Ripon, 1984-87 INDIVIDUAL COMPLETION PERCENTAGE - SEASON 605 Sam Poulos, Grinnell, 2012-2015 Comp. % Player, School, Year 603 Eric Rich, Ripon, 1994-97 75.0 Bruce Bigford, Lawrence, 1952 565 Ryan Hartman, St. Norbert, 2001-04 73.6 Mitch Tanney, Monmouth, 2005 71.5 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2011 INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTS - GAME 70.1 Tanner Matlick, Monmouth, 2016 Att. Player, School, Opponent, Year 70.0 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2009 74 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College (vs. St. Norbert in 2008) 68.8 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2008 73 Michael Bates, Illinois College (at Rose-Hulman 9/13/14) 67.8 Chris Rogers, Carroll, 2004 68 Derek Leonard, Illinois College (vs. St. Norbert in 2001) 67.6 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell, 1998 67 Mike McCabe, Grinnell (vs. Illinois College in 2009) 66.2 Juan Flores, Cornell, 2013 65 Bill McNamara, Lawrence (vs. Coe in 1986) 65.6 Jagan Cleary, Lake Forest, 2017 64 Todd Monken, Knox (vs. Illinois College in 1988) 64 Brock Bauer, Ripon (vs. Concordia Wis. in 2001) INDIVIDUAL COMPLETION PERCENTAGE - CAREER 62 Don Lackey, Lake Forest (vs. St. Norbert in 2001) Comp. % Player, School, Years 62 Todd Monken, Knox (vs. Cornell in 1988) 74.2 Bruce Bigford, Lawrence, 1951-53 61 Brady Huber, Illinois College (vs Cornell 11/7/15) 68.8 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2007-11 61 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College (vs. Millikin in 2009) 66.9 Mitch Tanney, Monmouth, 2004-05 64.0 Juan Flores, Cornell, 2012-2013 INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTS - SEASON 63.8 Danny May, Beloit, 2015-2016 Att. Player, School, Year 63.8 Chris Rogers, Carroll, 2004-07 484 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2009 63.3 Tanner Matlick, Monmouth, 2013-16 473 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2008 62.8 Jagan Cleary, Lake Forest, 2015-present 462 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2008 62.0 Tanner Matlick, Monmouth, 2013-16 423 Michael Bates, Illinois College, 2011 61.9 Matt McCaffrey, Knox, 2014-present 417 Don Lackey, Lake Forest, 2002 412 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2010 AVG. PASSING YARDS PER GAME - CAREER (min. 20 games) 405 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2009 Yards Player, School, Years 399 Eric Block, Carroll, 1999 303.1 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2007-11 395 Paul Brandenburg, Ripon, 1985 276.6 Michael Bates, Illinois College 2011-2014 393 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2011 275.7 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell, 1994, 97-99 248.9 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2007-10 INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTS - CAREER 243.5 Juan Flores, Cornell, 2012-13 Att. Player, School, Years 226.4 Brian Maughn, Beloit, 2008-11 1,756 Alex Tanney, Monmouth, 2007-11 222.7 Rob Purlee, Monmouth, 2000-03 1,406 Mitch Niekamp, Illinois College, 2007-10 216.1 Mitch Tanney, Monmouth, 2004-05 1,373 Michael Bates, Illinois College, 2011-14 215.5 Luke Barthelmess, Lawrence, 2010-13 1,192 Troy Dougherty, Grinnell, 1994, 1997-99 209.0 Pete Jennings, Illinois College, 2004-07 1,191 Matt McCaffrey, Knox, 2014-17 1,181 Luke Barthelmess, Lawrence, 2010-13 LONGEST PASS & CATCH PLAYS (Top-10) 1,181 Paul Brandenburg, Ripon, 1984-87 Yds Players School, Year 1,092 Eric Rich, Ripon, 1994-97 99 Nick Maxam to Aljay Wren, Lawrence vs. Monmouth in 2006 (TD) 1,078 Sam Poulos, Grinnell, 2012-2015 99 Eric Block to R.J. Hoppe, Carroll vs. Lake Forest in 1996 (TD) 1,053 Drew Chance, Illinois College, 2016-19 99 Mike Schultz to R.J. Hoppe, Carroll vs. Ripon in 1995 (TD) 1,048 Sean Pflazer, Grinnell, 2003-06 99 Mike Magistrelli to Jason Martin, Coe vs. Quincy in 1994 (TD) 1,022 Derek Leonard, Illinois College, 1999-2001 98 Mitch Niekamp to Brock Thompson, Illinois C. vs. Ripon (10/23/10) (TD) 97 Jim Braemer to Jeff Szymczak, Ripon vs. Beloit in 1980 (TD) INDIVIDUAL COMPLETION PERCENTAGE - GAME (min. 11 passes) 96 Jack Becker to Samuel Staehling, SNC vs. Grinnell, 9/23/17 (TD) Comp.