Syracuse Orange football statistical leaders

The Syracuse Orange football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Syracuse Orange football program in various categories,[1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Orange represent Syracuse University in the NCAA's Atlantic Coast Conference.

Although Syracuse began competing in intercollegiate football in 1889,[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1946. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.

These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

• Since 1946, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
• The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
• Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[2] The Orange have played in five bowl games since then, giving many recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics.

These lists are updated through Syracuse's game against Duke University on November 16, 2019.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Eric Dungey 9,340[3] 2015 2016 2017 2018 2 Ryan Nassib 9,190 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Marvin Graves 8,466 1990 1991 1992 1993 4 Donovan McNabb 8,389 1995 1996 1997 1998 5 Don McPherson 5,812 1984 1985 1986 1987 6 Perry Patterson 5,220 2003 2004 2005 2006 7 R. J. Anderson 4,698 2000 2001 2002 2003 8 Troy Nunes 4,578 1999 2000 2001 2002 9 Bill Hurley 3,398 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 10 Tommy DeVito 2,885[4] 2018 2019

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Ryan Nassib 3,749 2012 2 Eric Dungey 2,868[3] 2018 3 Ryan Nassib 2,685 2011 4 Eric Dungey 2,679[3] 2016 5 Marvin Graves 2,547 1993 6 Eric Dungey 2,495[3] 2017 7 Donovan McNabb 2,488 1997 8 Tommy DeVito 2,360[4] 2019 9 Don McPherson 2,341 1987 10 Ryan Nassib 2,334 2010

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Ryan Nassib 482[5] 2012 Northwestern 2 Zack Mahoney 440[6] 2016 Pittsburgh 3 Eric Dungey 434[7] 2016 Boston College 4 Marvin Graves 425 1992 Rutgers 5 Andrew Robinson 423 2007 Louisville 6 Andrew Robinson 419 2007 Cincinnati 7 Eric Dungey 411[8] 2018 NC State 8 Eric Dungey 407[9] 2016 Connecticut 9 Troy Nunes 403 2002 Virginia Tech 10 Ryan Nassib 385[10] 2012 Missouri

Passing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Donovan McNabb 77 1995 1996 1997 1998 2 Ryan Nassib 70 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Eric Dungey 58[3] 2015 2016 2017 2018 4 Marvin Graves 48 1990 1991 1992 1993 5 Don McPherson 46 1984 1985 1986 1987 6 Troy Nunes 32 1999 2000 2001 2002 7 Perry Patterson 25 2003 2004 2005 2006 8 Dave Sarette 23 1959 1960 1961 Tommy Devito 23[4] 2018 2019 10 R. J. Anderson 21 2000 2001 2002 2003

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Ryan Nassib 26 2012 2 Don McPherson 22 1987 Donovan McNabb 22 1998 Ryan Nassib 22 2011 5 Donovan McNabb 20 1997 6 Donovan McNabb 19 1996 Ryan Nassib 19 2010 Tommy Devito 19[4] 2019 9 Eric Dungey 18[3] 2018 10 Todd Philcox 16 1988 Donovan McNabb 16 1995

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Ryan Nassib 5 2010 Maine Zack Mahoney 5[6] 2016 Pittsburgh Eric Dungey 5[3] 2018 Wagner

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Joe Morris 4,299 1978 1979 1980 1981 2 Walter Reyes 3,424 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Delone Carter 3,104 2006 2008 2009 2010 4 Larry Csonka 2,934 1965 1966 1967 5 James Mungro 2,869 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 Floyd Little 2,704 1964 1965 1966 7 David Walker 2,643 1989 1990 1991 1992 8 Dee Brown 2,626 1997 1998 1999 2000 9 Moe Neal 2,560[11] 2016 2017 2018 2019 10 Bill Hurley 2,551 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Joe Morris 1,372 1979 2 Walter Reyes 1,347 2003 3 Delone Carter 1,233 2010 4 Joe Morris 1,194 1981 5 Jerome Smith 1,171 2012 6 James Mungro 1,170 2001 7 Curtis Brinkley 1,164 2008 8 Walter Reyes 1,135 2002 9 Larry Csonka 1,127 1967 10 Floyd Little 1,065 1965

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Joe Morris 252 1979 Kansas 2 Walter Reyes 241 2003 UCF 3 Dee Brown 239 2000 Rutgers 4 Walter Reyes 237 2004 Rutgers 5 Damien Rhodes 236 2005 Buffalo 6 Larry Csonka 216 1965 West Virginia Floyd Little 216 1966 Tennessee 8 Prince-Tyson Gulley 213[12] 2012 West Virginia 9 Larry Csonka 204 1967 California 10 Joe Morris 203 1978 Navy

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Walter Reyes 45 2001 2002 2003 2004 2 Floyd Little 35 1964 1965 1966 Eric Dungey 35[3] 2015 2016 2017 2018 4 James Mungro 29 1998 1999 2000 2001 5 Ernie Davis 28 1959 1960 1961 Dee Brown 28 1997 1998 1999 2000 7 Joe Morris 25 1978 1979 1980 1981 8 Damien Rhodes 24 2002 2003 2004 2005 Delone Carter 24 2006 2008 2009 2010 10 Jim Brown 23 1954 1955 1956

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Walter Reyes 20 2003 2 Walter Reyes 17 2002 3 Eric Dungey 15[3] 2018 4 Floyd Little 14 1965 James Mungro 14 2001 6 Jim Brown 13 1956 Jim Nance 13 1964 8 Ernie Davis 12 1961 Floyd Little 12 1966 Bill Hurley 12 1979 Jerome Smith 12 2013

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Jim Brown 6 1956 Colgate 2 Floyd Little 5 1964 Kansas Walter Reyes 5 2003 Notre Dame 4 Floyd Little 4 1965 West Virginia David Walker 4 1991 Pittsburgh Walter Reyes 4 2003 Central Florida Damien Rhodes 4 2005 Buffalo Delone Carter 4 2006 Wyoming Delone Carter 4 2010 Colgate

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rk Player Rec Years 1 Ervin Philips 223[13] 2014 2015 2016 2017 2 Steve Ishmael 219[14] 2014 2015 2016 2017 3 Alec Lemon 201 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 Scott Schwedes 139 1983 1984 1985 1986 5 Shelby Hill 139 1990 1991 1992 1993 6 Marvin Harrison 135 1992 1993 1994 1995 7 Jarrod West 134 2011 2012 2013 2014 8 Mike Williams 133 2006 2007 2009 9 Marcus Sales 132 2008 2009 2010 2012 10 Sean Riley 119[15] 2016 2017 2018 2019

Single season Rk Player Rec Year 1 Steve Ishmael 105 2017 2 Amba Etta-Tawo 94[16] 2016 3 Ervin Philips 90[13] 2016 4 Ervin Philips 89[13] 2017 5 Alec Lemon 72 2012 6 Alec Lemon 68 2011 7 Trishton Jackson 66 2019 8 Marcus Sales 64 2012 Sean Riley 64[15] 2018 10 Kevin Johnson 60 1998 Mike Williams 60 2007

Single game Rk Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Ervin Philips 17[17] 2017 NC State 2 Art Monk 14 1977 Navy Ervin Philips 14[18] 2016 Colgate Steve Ishmael 14 2017 Middle Tennessee State Steve Ishmael 14 2017 Wake Forest 4 Mike Williams 13 2009 South Florida Amba Etta-Tawo 13[6] 2016 Pittsburgh 6 Marcus Sales 12[5] 2012 Northwestern Alec Lemon 12[10] 2012 Missouri Amba Etta-Tawo 12[18] 2016 Colgate Amba Etta-Tawo 12[9] 2016 Connecticut Steve Ishmael 12 2017 Central Connecticut State Steve Ishmael 12 2017 Florida State

Receiving yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Steve Ishmael 2,891 2014 2015 2016 2017 2 Marvin Harrison 2,728 1992 1993 1994 1995 3 Alec Lemon 2,596 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 Shelby Hill 2,296 1990 1991 1992 1993 5 Rob Moore 2,122 1987 1988 1989 6 Scott Schwedes 2,111 1983 1984 1985 1986 7 Mike Williams 2,044 2006 2007 2009 8 Jarrod West 1,836 2011 2012 2013 2014 9 Marcus Sales 1,780 2008 2009 2010 2012 10 Rob Carpenter 1,656 1989 1990

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Amba Etta-Tawo 1,482[16] 2016 2 Steve Ishmael 1,347[16] 2017 3 Marvin Harrison 1,131 1995 4 Alec Lemon 1,070 2012 5 Rob Moore 1,064 1989 6 Trishton Jackson 1,023 2019 7 Tommy Kane 968 1987 8 Shelby Hill 937 1993 9 Rob Carpenter 895 1990 10 Kevin Johnson 894 1998

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Amba Etta-Tawo 270[9] 2016 Connecticut 2 Scott Schwedes 249 1985 Boston College 3 Alec Lemon 244[10] 2012 Missouri 4 David Tyree 229 2002 Virginia Tech 5 Marvin Harrison 213 1995 West Virginia 6 Amba Etta-Tawo 210[18] 2016 Colgate 7 Mike Williams 209 2009 Northwestern 8 Kevin Johnson 196 1998 West Virginia 9 Tommy Kane 193 1987 Colgate 10 Marvin Harrison 191 1994 Temple

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Rob Moore 22 1987 1988 1989 2 Marvin Harrison 20 1992 1993 1994 1995 Mike Williams 20 2006 2007 2009 4 Alec Lemon 18 2009 2010 2011 2012 Steve Ishmael 18 2014 2015 2016 2017 6 Tommy Kane 17 1985 1986 1987 7 Scott Schwedes 16 1983 1984 1985 1986 Marcus Sales 16 2008 2009 2010 2012 9 Quinton Spotwood 15 1996 1997 1998 1999 10 Amba Etta-Tawo 14[16] 2016

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Tommy Kane 14 1987 Amba Etta-Tawo 14[16] 2016 3 Rob Moore 11 1988 Trishton Jackson 11 2019 5 Mike Williams 10 2007 6 Rob Moore 9 1989 Kevin Johnson 9 1998 8 Mike Siano 8 1985 Marvin Harrison 8 1995 Quinton Spotwood 8 1997 Marcus Sales 8 2012

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Amba Etta-Tawo 5[6] 2016 Pittsburgh 2 Tony Gabriel 4 1970 Miami Tommy Kane 4 1987 Colgate 4 Mike Siano 3 1985 Rutgers Rob Moore 3 1988 Virginia Tech Rob Moore 3 1988 Rutgers Deval Glover 3 1988 Boston College Marcus Sales 3 2010 Kansas State Nick Provo 3[19] 2011 West Virginia

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[20]

Total offense yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Eric Dungey 11,333[3] 2015 2016 2017 2018 2 Donovan McNabb 9,950 1995 1996 1997 1998 3 Ryan Nassib 9,358 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 Marvin Graves 8,755 1990 1991 1992 1993 5 Don McPherson 7,063 1984 1985 1986 1987 6 Bill Hurley 5,949 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 7 R. J. Anderson 5,347 2000 2001 2002 2003 8 Perry Patterson 5,180 2003 2004 2005 2006 9 Troy Nunes 4,880 1999 2000 2001 2002 10 Joe Morris 4,299 1978 1979 1980 1981

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Ryan Nassib 3,891 2012 2 Eric Dungey 3,622[3] 2018 3 Eric Dungey 3,090[3] 2017 4 Eric Dungey 2,972[3] 2016 5 Donovan McNabb 2,892 1997 6 Ryan Nassib 2,724 2011 7 Marvin Graves 2,696 1993 8 Don McPherson 2,540 1987 9 Donovan McNabb 2,527 1998 10 Marvin Graves 2,429 1992

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Ryan Nassib 512[5] 2012 Northwestern 2 Zack Mahoney 489[6] 2016 Pittsburgh 3 Eric Dungey 488[7] 2016 Boston College 4 Marvin Graves 476 1992 Rutgers 5 Eric Dungey 443[8] 2018 NC State 6 Andrew Robinson 421 2007 Louisville 7 Eric Dungey 417[21] 2016 Virginia Tech 8 Eric Dungey 412[9] 2016 Connecticut Eric Dungey 412[22] 2016 Notre Dame 10 Ryan Nassib 404 2012 Missouri

Total touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Donovan McNabb 96 1995 1996 1997 1998 2 Eric Dungey 93[3] 2015 2016 2017 2018 3 Ryan Nassib 75 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 Don McPherson 65 1984 1985 1986 1987 Marvin Graves 65 1990 1991 1992 1993 6 Walter Reyes 45 2001 2002 2003 2004 7 Bill Hurley 38 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Troy Nunes 38 1999 2000 2001 2002

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Eric Dungey 33[3] 2018 2 Donovan McNabb 30 1998 3 Don McPherson 28 1987 Ryan Nassib 28 2012 5 Donovan McNabb 26 1997 6 Ryan Nassib 24 2011 7 Eric Dungey 23[3] 2017 8 Donovan McNabb 22 1996 9 Marvin Graves 21 1993 Eric Dungey 21[3] 2016

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Zack Mahoney 7[6] 2016 Pittsburgh 2 Jim Brown 6 1956 Colgate Eric Dungey 6[23] 2018 Boston College

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rk Player Ints Years 1 Markus Paul 19 1985 1986 1987 1988 2 Tommy Myers 18 1969 1970 1971 3 Anthony Smith 14 2002 2003 2004 2005 4 Walt Slovenski 13 1946 1947 1948 5 Avatus Stone 12 1950 1951 Cliff Ensley 12 1966 1967 1968 Ron Hobby 12 1981 1982 1983 1984 Donovin Darius 12 1994 1995 1996 1997 Andre Cisco 12 2018 2019 10 Jim Ridlon 11 1954 1955 1956

Single season Rk Player Ints Year 1 Tommy Myers 8 1971 2 Avatus Stone 7 1950 Markus Paul 7 1985 Rob Thomson 7 1989 Donovin Darius 7 1997 Andre Cisco 7 2018

Single game Rk Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Avatus Stone 3 1950 Penn State Tommy Myers 3 1970 Penn State Markus Paul 3 1985 Temple

Tackles

Career Rk Player Tackles Years 1 Jim Collins 624 1976 1978 1979 1980 2 Tony Romano 578 1980 1981 1982 1983 3 Rudy Reed 536 1982 1983 1984 1985 4 Antwaune Ponds 442 1994 1995 1996 1997 5 Clifton Smith 405 1999 2000 2001 2002 6 David Bavaro 402 1986 1987 1988 1989 7 Donovin Darius 379 1994 1995 1996 1997 8 Keith Bulluck 375 1996 1997 1998 1999 9 Glen Young 361 1989 1990 1991 1992 10 Mike Zunic 349 1978 1979 1980 1981

Single season Rk Player Tackles Year 1 Jim Collins 229 1979 2 Tony Romano 198 1982 3 Jim Collins 189 1978 4 Tony Romano 177 1981 5 Rudy Reed 172 1984 6 Tony Romano 169 1983 7 Tim Pidgeon 164 1985 8 Tim Pidgeon 158 1986 9 Rudy Reed 152 1985 10 Bernard King 151 1984

Single game Rk Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Jim Collins 42 1979 Penn State 2 Jim Collins 28 1979 West Virginia 3 Tony Romano 27 1982 Pittsburgh 4 Jim Collins 25 1980 Kansas Mike Gyetvay 25 1981 Penn State 6 Jim Collins 24 1979 Navy Tony Romano 24 1981 Navy Tim Pidgeon 24 1986 Mississippi State Derek Ward 24 1986 Rutgers 10 Mike Gyetvay 23 1981 West Virginia Rudy Reed 23 1985 Virginia Tech

Sacks

Career Rk Player Sacks Years 1 Tim Green 45.5 1982 1983 1984 1985 2 Dwight Freeney 34.0 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 Duke Pettijohn 24.5 1997 1998 1999 2000 4 Terry Wooden 23.0 1986 1987 1988 1989 5 Kevin Mitchell 21.0 1990 1991 1992 1993 6 Jamie Kimmel 20.5 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 7 Louis Gachelin 18.5 2000 2001 2002 2003 Alton Robinson 18.5 2017 2018 2019 9 Rob Burnett 18.0 1986 1987 1988 1989 10 Ted Gregory 17.0 1984 1985 1986 1987 Cameron Lynch 17.0 2011 2012 2013 2014

Single season Rk Player Sacks Year 1 Dwight Freeney 17.5 2001 2 Tim Green 15.0 1984 3 Tim Green 14.5 1983 4 Tim Green 13.5 1985 5 Dwight Freeney 13.0 2000 6 Jamie Kimmel 11.0 1983 Jerry Kimmel 11.0 1985 Rob Burnett 11.0 1987 9 Duke Pettijohn 10.5 1999 10 Jay Bromley 10.0 2013 Kendall Coleman 10.0 2018 Alton Robinson 10.0 2018

Single game Rk Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Dwight Freeney 4.5 2000 Virginia Tech 2 Tim Green 4.0 1985 Virginia Tech Rob Burnett 4.0 1987 Pittsburgh Antwaune Ponds 4.0 1996 West Virginia Duke Pettijohn 4.0 1999 Pittsburgh Brandon Sharpe 4.0[24] 2012 Pittsburgh 7 Doug Hogue 3.5 2009 Rutgers

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rk Player FGs Years 1 John Biskup 57 1989 1990 1991 1992 2 Dave Jacobs 53 1975 1976 1977 1978 3 Nate Trout 49 1996 1997 1998 1999 4 Ross Krautman 49 2010 2011 2012 2013 5 Don McAulay 47 1983 1984 1985 Andre Szmyt 47[25] 2018 2019 7 Gary Anderson 42 1979 1980 1981 Collin Barber 42 2001 2002 2003 2004 9 Patrick Shadle 40 2006 2007 2008 10 Cole Murphy 39[26] 2014 2015 2016

Single season Rk Player FGs Year 1 Andre Szmyt 30[25] 2018 2 Gary Anderson 18 1981 Ross Krautman 18 2010 4 Don McAulay 17 1985 John Biskup 17 1991 Andre Szmyt 17[25] 2019 7 Dave Jacobs 16 1977 Dave Jacobs 16 1978 John Biskup 16 1992 Patrick Shadle 16 2006 Cole Murphy 16 2015

Single game Rk Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Don McAulay 5 1983 Kent State

Field goal percentage

Career Rk Player FG% Years 1 Andre Szmyt 87.0%[25] 2018 2019 2 Patrick Shadle 80.0% 2006 2007 2008 3 Ross Krautman 77.8% 2010 2011 2012 2013 4 Tim Vesling 75.7% 1985 1986 1987 5 Nate Trout 75.4% 1996 1997 1998 1999 6 Gary Anderson 75.0% 1979 1980 1981 7 Don McAulay 74.6% 1983 1984 1985 8 John Biskup 73.1% 1989 1990 1991 1992 9 Cole Murphy 69.6%[26] 2014 2015 2016 10 Collin Barber 65.6% 2001 2002 2003 2004

Single season Rk Player FG% Year 1 Gary Anderson 94.7% 1981 Ross Krautman 94.7% 2010 3 Patrick Shadle 88.9% 2006 4 Kevin Greene 88.2% 1988 Andre Szmyt 88.2%[25] 2018 6 Andre Szmyt 85.0%[25] 2019 7 Tim Vesling 83.3% 1987 8 Patrick Shadle 82.4% 2008 9 Cole Murphy 81.3% 2014 10 Don McAulay 78.9% 1984 Nate Trout 78.9% 1999 Ross Krautman 78.9% 2011

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