RUSHING
Most Carries
Game:
36 by Tommy Compton vs. West Alabama,
Oct. 29, 1988 (136 yards)
Season:
237 by Tyrone Rush in 1993
Career:
791 by Tyrone Rush, 1989, 91-93
Most Yards Gained
Game:
248 by Tyrone Rush vs. Fort Valley
State, Sept. 4, 1993 (22 carries)
Regular Season:
1,155 by Tyrone Rush in 1993 (167 carries in 10 games)
Entire Season:
1,466 by Tyrone Rush in 1993 (237
carries in 14 games)
Career:
4,421 by Tyrone Rush, 1989, 91-93 (791
carries)
Best Rushing Average
Game:
21.3 by Clarence Johnson vs. Valdosta
State, Oct. 30, 1982 (6 carries for 128 yards)
Season: 8.0 by Kenyatta
Jones in 1993 (111 carries for 892 yards)
Career:
(min. 250 carries) 7.0 by Kenyatta
Jones, 1993-94 (285 carries, 2,007 yards. (min. 400 carries) 6.5 by
A.J. Lamar, 1993-96 (401 carries for 2,587 yards)
Most 100-Yard Games
Regular Season:
7 by Tyrone Rush in 1992
Entire Season: 8 by Tyrone
Rush in 1992
Consecutive Games:
5 by Tyrone Rush in 1992
Career:
21 by Tyrone Rush, 1989, 91-93
PASSING
Most Yards Gained
Game:
398 by Will Hall vs. Southern Arkansas,
Oct. 5, 2002
Season:
3,531 by Will Hall in 2003
Career:
6,166 by Will Hall, 2002-03
Most Attempts
Game:
42 by Craig Bryant vs. Jacksonville
State, Nov. 17, 1990 (NCAA playoff), 42 by Will Hall vs. Southern
Arkansas, Oct. 5, 2002
Season:
372 by Will Hall in 2003
Career:
693 by Will Hall, 2002-03
Most Completions
Game:
30 by Will Hall vs. Southern Arkansas,
Oct. 5, 2002; 30 by Will Hall vs. North Dakota, Dec. 6, 2003
Season:
267 by Will Hall in 2003
Career:
471 by Will Hall 2002-03
Consecutive Pass
Attempts Without an Interception
Season:
168 by Will Hall, 2002 (began against
S. Arkansas and ended with int vs. Valdosta State on Nov. 2)
Most Interceptions
Game:
6 by Phil Logan vs. Henderson State,
Oct. 18, 1969
Season:
21 by Randy Elmore in 1970 and Tommy
Compton in 1988
Career:
42 by Don Cornelius, 1964-67
Best Completion
Percentage
Season:
(Minimum 50 attempts) 71.8 by Will Hall
in 2003 (267 of 372)
Career:
(Minimum 150 attempts) 68.0 by Will
Hall, 2002-03(471 of 693)
Passing Efficiency
Season:
166.9 by Cody Gross in 1993
Most Touchdown
Passes
Game:
4 by Steve Clark vs. Jacksonville
State, Nov. 23, 1974; Fred Riley vs. Southwest Missouri State, Nov.
7, 1981; Will Hall vs. Jacksonville State, Sept. 13, 2003; Will Hall
vs. Central Arkansas, Oct. 25, 2003
Season: 30 by Will Hall,
2003
Career: 42 by Will Hall,
2002-03
PASS RECEIVING
Most Receptions
Game:
10 Ernest Breland vs. Jacksonville
State, Nov. 12, 1955; Ricky Lindsey vs. Troy State, Oct. 22, 1966;
Michael Edwards vs. West Alabama, Nov. 16, 1996; Marcus Lewis vs.
Southern Arkansas, Oct. 5, 2002
Season:
57 by Marcus Lewis in 2002
Career:
151 by Michael Edwards, 1993-96
Most Yards Gained
Game:
187 by Jerry Hill vs. Jacksonville
State, Nov. 22, 1980
Season: 955 by Michael
Edwards in 1994
Career: 2,844 by Michael
Edwards, 1993-1996
Most Touchdown
Receptions
Game:
4 by Roger Ralph in 1974
Season:
8 by Michael Edwards in 1994
Career:
20 by Michael Edwards, 1993-96
TOTAL OFFENSE
Most Yards
Game: 427 by Will Hall vs.
Southern Arkansas, Oct. 5, 2002 (398 passing, 29 rushing)
Season:
3,998 by Will Hall in 2003 (3,531
passing, 467 rushing)
Career: 6,616 by Tyler
Peterson, 1997-00
Most Touchdowns
Responsible For
Game:
5 by Don Cornelius vs. Livingston in
1965 and Troy State in 1966
Season:
22 by Don Cornelius in 1966 (12
passing, 10 rushing)
Career:
65 by Cody Gross 1992-95 (40 rushing,
25 passing)
ALL-PURPOSE YARDS
Career:
6,020 by Tyrone Rush, 1989, 91-93
(4,421 rushing, 307 receiving, 1,292 KO returns)
PUNTING
Most Punts
Game:
13 by Sparky Box vs. Troy State, Oct.
25, 1969
Season:
89 by Harlow Fikes in 1985
Career: 275 by Harlow Fikes,
1982-85
Most Yards Punted
Game:
515 by Sparky Box vs. Troy State, Oct.
25, 1969
Season:
3,573 by Harlow Fikes in 1985
Career:
10,925 by Harlow Fikes, 1982-85
Highest Punting
Average
Game:
54.6 (5 for 273 yards) by Tony Faggioni
vs. Central Arkansas, Oct. 14, 1995
Season: (Minimum of 20
punts) 43.24 by John Crittenden in 1991 (49 for 2,119 yards)
Career:
(Minimum of 70 punts) 42.9 by John
Crittenden, 1991-92 (96 for 4,119 yards)
Most Punts Over 50
Yards
Career:
30 by Tony Faggioni, 1995-98
PUNT RETURNS
Most Punts Returned
Season:
44 by Anthony Merritt, 2003
Career:
86 by Clayton Lundy, 1973-76
Most Yards Returned
Punts
Game:
154 by Anthony Merritt vs. West Georgia
on five returns, Nov. 8, 2003
Season:
548 by Anthony Merritt, 2003
Career:
728 by Clayton Lundy, 1973-76
Highest Average Per
Return
Season:
(Minimum of 10 returns) 14.9 by Leonard
Thomas in 1969 (15 for 224 yards)
Career:
(Minimum of 25 returns) 11.4 by Leonard
Thomas, 1968-71 (44 for 500 yards)
KICKOFF RETURNS
Most Kickoffs
Returned
Game:
7 by Jim Witt vs. Jacksonville State,
Nov. 20, 1971
Season:
33 by Troy Nelson in 1988
Career:
88 by Troy Nelson, 1988-91
Most Yards Returned
Kicks
Game:
196 by Burnis Rose in 1974
Season:
721 by Troy Nelson in 1988
Career:
1,959 by Troy Nelson, 1988-91
Highest Average Per
Return
Season:
(Minimum of 10 returns) 34.5 by Bobby
Joe Pride in 1970 (18 for 623 yards)
Career:
(Minimum of 20 returns) 27.1 by Burnis
Rose, 1974-76 (62 for 1,691 yards)
Most Return TDs in a
Game:
2 by Corey Harris vs. Henderson State,
1998 (53-yard punt return, 88-yard kickoff return)
SCORING
Most Touchdowns
Game:
5 by Don Cornelius vs. West Alabama in
1965
Season:
20 by DeMarcus Blount, 2002; 20 by
DeMarcus Blount, 2003
Career:
40 by Cody Gross, 1992-95; 40 by
DeMarcus Blount, 2002-03
Most Rushing
Touchdowns
Game:
5 by Don Cornelius vs. West Alabama in
1965
Season:
19 by Tyrone Rush in 1993
Career:
40 by Cody Gross, 1992-95
Most Touchdowns
Responsible For
Season: 35 by Will Hall in
2003
Career:
65 by Cody Gross, 1992-95 (40 rushing,
25 passing)
Extra-Points Made
Game:
8 by Jamie Stoddard vs. West Alabama, Oct. 30, 1993 (9
attempts)
Season:
62 by Jamie Stoddard in 1993 (68
attempts)
Career:
166 by Jamie Stoddard, 1993-95 (185
attempts) Consecutive Made, Season: 57 by Travis Johnston, 2003
Consecutive Made, Career: 62 by James Knowles, 1982-84
Extra-Points
Attempted
Game: 9 by Jamie Stoddard
vs. West Alabama, Oct. 30, 1993 (8 made)
Season:
68 by Jamie Stoddard in 1993 (62 made)
Career:
185 by Jamie Stoddard, 1993-95 (166
made)
Field Goals Made
Game:
5 by David Hogan vs. Tennessee-Martin,
Nov. 15, 1969
Season:
18 by James Knowles in 1985
Career:
51 by James Knowles, 1982-85 (83
attempts)
Field Goals
Attempted
Game:
5 by David Hogan vs. Tennessee-Martin,
Nov. 15, 1969; James Knowles vs. Alabama A&M, Oct. 12, 1985 and Mike
Berry vs. Albany State, Sept. 16, 1989
Season:
27 by Mike Berry in 1989 (made 14)
Career:
83 by James Knowles, 1982-85
Most Points Scored
Game:
30 by Don Cornelius vs. Livingston in
1965
Season:
122 by DeMarcus Blount, 2002; 122 by
DeMarcus Blount, 2003
Career:
292 by James Knowles, 1982-85
Points Scored by
Kicking
Game:
19 by David Hogan vs. Tennessee-Martin,
Nov. 15, 1969
Season:
105 by Travis Johnston, 2003
Career:
292 by James Knowles, 1982-85
INTERCEPTIONS
Most Interceptions
Game:
3 by Joe Thigpen vs. Mississippi
College, Oct. 8, 1966; Don Richard vs. Tennessee-Martin, Oct. 12,
1968; Palmer Byrd (three times) vs. Delta State, Sept. 28, 1968, vs.
Northwestern, La., Sept. 12, 1970 and vs. Arkansas Tech, Oct. 10,
1970; Rod Brooks vs. Tennessee-Martin, Oct. 10, 1982; Corey Harris
vs. Alabama A&M, Sept. 6, 1997
Season:
8 by Rod Brooks in 1983 and Robbie
Hudson in 1973
Career: 17 by Rod Brooks,
1980-83
Yards Returned
Interceptions
Game:
147 by Corey Harris vs. Alabama A&M,
Sept. 6, 1997
Season: 197 by Corey Harris,
1997
Career:
279 by Corey Harris (on 8
interceptions), 1997-98
DEFENSIVE RECORDS
Fumble Recoveries
Game:
3 by Harold Hoskins vs. Troy State,
Oct. 22, 1988
Season: 7 by Spry Mitchell in 1972
Career:
11 by Keith Humphrey, 1992-95
Blocked Punts
Season:
5 by Bruce Jones in 1985
Career: 6 by Bruce Jones,
1982-85
Most Total Blocked
Kicks
Season:
6 by Bruce Jones in 1985
Career:
9 by Israel Raybon, 1992-95
Total Tackles
Game:
24 by James Davis vs. Alabama A&M in
1988 and Jacksonville State in 1989
Season:
175 by Ronald McKinnon in 1993
Career:
621 by Ronald McKinnon, 1992-95
Primary Tackles
Season:
110 by Ronald McKinnon in 1994
Career:
407 by Ronald McKinnon, 1992-95
Assisted Tackles
Season:
84 by Steve Rogers in 1985
Career:
231 by James Davis, 1987-90
Tackles for Loss
Season:
21 by Keith Humphrey in 1994 (45 yards) and 1995 (65 yards)
Career: 49 by Keith
Humphrey, 1992-95
Pass Break-Ups
Season:
15 by Marcus Hill, 1997; 15 by Evan
Oglesby, 2003
Career:
45 by Gerald Smith, 1993-96
Quarterback Sacks
Game:
5 by Shawn Cash vs. Central Arkansas,
Sept. 26, 1998
Season:
11 by Reginald Ruffin in 1994
Career:
34 by Reginald Ruffin, 1994-1997
LONG PLAYS
Rushing:
97 by Brian Satterfield vs. Fort Valley
State, Sept. 4, 1993
Passing:
94, Travis Carswell to James Moore vs. Arkansas Tech (Away), Sept.
27, 1997)
Punt:
80 by John Crittenden vs. Central Missouri State, 1991 Field Goal:
51 by J.D. Lane vs. West Alabama and Central Florida in 1991 and
James Knowles vs. West Alabama in 1985
Punt Return:
91 by Anthony Merritt vs. West Georgia,
Away, Nov. 8, 2003 Kickoff Return: 100 by Bobby Joe Pride vs.
Tennessee-Martin in 1970
Interception Return:
90 by Lyle Underwood vs. Middle
Tennessee State in 1959
GAMES STARTED
Most Starts and
Consecutive Starts
Career 54 by Michael Williams and Jarius Hayes, 1992-95