Tulsa Golden Hurricane football statistical leaders

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane 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 Golden Hurricane represent the University of Tulsa in the NCAA's American Athletic Conference.

Dane Evans is Tulsa's career leader in passing yards and touchdowns.

Although Tulsa began competing in intercollegiate football in 1895,[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1941. 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 1941, 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 Golden Hurricane have played in 10 bowl games since this decision, giving many recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics.

However, the passing and receiving lists also see many entries during the 1961-1968 tenure of head coach Glenn Dobbs, whose teams led the NCAA in passing yards five times in an era before today's modern spread offenses.[3]

These lists are updated through the end of the 2016 season. Note that the Tulsa official record book does not include any information for some of these statistics.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Dane Evans 11,680[4] 2013 2014 2015 2016 2 Paul Smith 10,936 2003 2005 2006 2007 3 G. J. Kinne 9,472 2009 2010 2011 4 T. J. Rubley 9,324 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 John Fitzgerald 5,822 1994 1996 1997 1998 6 Gus Frerotte 5,480 1990 1991 1992 1993 7 Josh Blankenship 5,273 1999 2000 2001 8 James Kilian 4,865 2001 2002 2003 2004 9 Jerry Rhome 4,779 1963 1964 10 David Johnson 4,531 2005 2006 2007 2008

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Paul Smith 5,065 2007 2 Dane Evans 4,332 2015 3 David Johnson 4,059 2008 4 G. J. Kinne 3,650 2010 5 Billy Guy Anderson 3,464 1965 6 Dane Evans 3,348[4] 2016 7 Zach Smith 3,279 2019 8 Dane Evans 3,102 2014 9 G. J. Kinne 3,090 2011 10 Gus Frerotte 2,871 1993

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Billy Guy Anderson 502 1965 Colorado State 2 Jerry Rhome 488 1964 Oklahoma State 3 Billy Guy Anderson 477 1965 Southern Illinois Billy Guy Anderson 477 1965 Memphis 5 David Johnson 469[5] 2008 New Mexico 6 Paul Smith 454 2007 BYU 7 Billy Guy Anderson 451 1965 Cincinnati 8 Paul Smith 441 2007 Rice 9 Dane Evans 438[6] 2014 Tulane 10 David Johnson 434[7] 2008 UTEP

Passing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Dane Evans 84[4] 2013 2014 2015 2016 2 Paul Smith 83 2003 2005 2006 2007 3 G. J. Kinne 81 2009 2010 2011 4 T. J. Rubley 73 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 David Johnson 48 2005 2006 2007 2008 6 Jerry Rhome 42 1963 1964 7 James Kilian 36 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Jeb Blount 35 1973 1974 1975 9 Ronnie Morris 32 1950 1951 1952 Gus Frerotte 32 1990 1991 1992 1993

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Paul Smith 47 2007 2 David Johnson 46 2008 3 Jerry Rhome 32 1964 Dane Evans 32[4] 2016 5 G. J. Kinne 31 2010 6 Billy Guy Anderson 30 1965 7 G. J. Kinne 28 2011 8 Dane Evans 25 2015 9 Dane Evans 23 2014 10 T. J. Rubley 22 1989 G. J. Kinne 22 2009

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Jerry Rhome 7 1964 Louisville

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 D'Angelo Brewer 3,917[8] 2014 2015 2016 2017 2 Tarrion Adams 3,651 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 Mike Gunter 3,536 1980 1981 1982 1983 4 Trey Watts 3,515 2010 2011 2012 2013 5 Shamari Brooks 2,700 2017 2018 2019 6 Eric Richardson 2,645 2000 2001 2002 2003 7 Howard Waugh 2,597 1950 1951 1952 8 Solomon White 2,553 1993 1994 1995 1996 9 Ja’Terian Douglas 2,533 2010 2011 2012 2013 10 Uril Parrish 2,465 2002 2003 2004 2005

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 James Flanders 1,629[9] 2016 2 Tarrion Adams 1,523 2008 3 D'Angelo Brewer 1,517 2017 4 Mike Gunter 1,464 1982 5 D'Angelo Brewer 1,435[8] 2016 6 Howard Waugh 1,372 1952 7 Trey Watts 1,329 2013 8 Chris Hughley 1,326 1991 9 Tarrion Adams 1,225 2007 10 Gordon Brown 1,201 1985

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Tarrion Adams 323[10] 2008 Tulane 2 Mark Brus 312 1990 New Mexico State 3 Solomon White 265 1994 UNLV 4 D'Angelo Brewer 262 2017 Louisiana 5 D'Angelo Brewer 255 2017 Temple 6 D'Angelo Brewer 252[11] 2016 Fresno State 7 Howard Waugh 250 1952 Arkansas 8 James Flanders 249[12] 2016 Memphis 9 Mike Gunter 240 1982 Air Force 10 Chris Hughley 231 1991 Texas A&M

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Alex Singleton 43 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Mike Gunter 32 1980 1981 1982 1983 Tarrion Adams 32 2005 2006 2007 2008 4 Steve Gage 30 1983 1984 1985 1986 5 Paul Smith 28 2003 2005 2006 2007 6 Eric Richardson 26 2000 2001 2002 2003 7 Solomon White 25 1993 1994 1995 1996 Ken Bohanon 25 1998 1999 2000 2001 Uril Parrish 25 2002 2003 2004 2005 10 Zack Langer 24 2012 2013 2014 2015

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Alex Singleton 24 2012 2 Zack Langer 18 2015 James Flanders 18[9] 2016 4 Steve Gage 17 1985 5 Mike Gunter 14 1983 Courtney Tennial 14 2006 Tarrion Adams 14 2008 8 Paul Smith 13 2007 9 Ken Lacy 12 1982 Eric Richardson 12 2003

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rk Player Rec Years 1 Howard Twilley 261 1963 1964 1965 2 Keevan Lucas 240[13] 2013 2014 2015 2016 3 Keyarris Garrett 219 2011 2012 2013 2014 4 Damon Savage 212 1996 1997 1998 1999 5 Josh Atkinson 202[14] 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 6 Garrett Mills 201 2002 2003 2004 2005 7 Wes Caswell 196 1993 1994 1996 1997 8 Charles Clay 189 2007 2008 2009 2010 9 Damaris Johnson 188 2008 2009 2010 10 Donald Shoals 185 1999 2000 2001

Single season Rk Player Rec Year 1 Howard Twilley 134 1965 2 Chris Penn 105 1993 3 Keevan Lucas 101 2014 4 Keyarris Garrett 96 2015 5 Howard Twilley 95 1964 6 Garrett Mills 87 2005 7 Keevan Lucas 81[13] 2016 8 Donald Shoals 80 2000 9 Rick Eber 78 1967 Damaris Johnson 78 2009 Josh Atkinson 78[14] 2016

Single game Rk Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Rick Eber 20 1967 Idaho State 2 Howard Twilley 19 1965 Colorado State 3 Howard Twilley 18 1965 Southern Illinois 4 Damaris Johnson 17[15] 2009 Southern Miss 5 Howard Twilley 16 1965 Memphis Chris Penn 16 1993 East Carolina 7 Howard Twilley 15 1964 Oklahoma State Howard Twilley 15 1965 Louisville

Receiving yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Howard Twilley 3,343 1963 1964 1965 2 Dan Bitson 3,300 1987 1988 1989 1991 3 Keevan Lucas 3,250[13] 2013 2014 2015 2016 4 Keyarris Garrett 3,209 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 5 Damon Savage 2,952 1996 1997 1998 1999 6 Damaris Johnson 2,746 2008 2009 2010 7 Josh Atkinson 2,654[14] 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 8 Wes Caswell 2,562 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 9 Justin Hobbs 2,546 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 10 Charles Clay 2,544 2007 2008 2009 2010

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Howard Twilley 1,779 1965 2 Keyarris Garrett 1,588 2015 3 Chris Penn 1,578 1993 4 Dan Bitson 1,425 1989 5 Brennan Marion 1,244 2007 6 Garrett Mills 1,235 2005 7 Keevan Lucas 1,219 2014 8 Donald Shoals 1,195 2000 9 Keevan Lucas 1,180[13] 2016 10 Howard Twilley 1,178 1964

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Rick Eber 322 1967 Idaho State 2 Harry Wood 318 1967 Idaho State 3 Donald Shoals 271 2000 New Mexico State 4 Keyarris Garrett 268[16] 2015 Memphis 5 Howard Twilley 267 1965 Memphis State 6 Chris Penn 259 1993 East Carolina 7 Brennan Marion 244 2007 Rice 8 Howard Twilley 242 1965 Southern Illinois 9 Dan Bitson 238 1989 Bowling Green 10 Dan Bitson 237 1988 Colorado State

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Howard Twilley 32 1963 1964 1965 Steve Largent 32 1973 1974 1975 Keevan Lucas 32[13] 2013 2014 2015 2016 4 Dan Bitson 29 1987 1988 1989 1991 5 Charles Clay 28 2007 2008 2009 2010 6 Trae Johnson 27 2007 2008 2009 2010 7 Garrett Mills 23 2002 2003 2004 2005 8 Keyarris Garrett 22 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 9 Harry Wood 20 1966 1967 1968 10 Brennan Marion 19 2007 2008

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Howard Twilley 16 1965 2 Dan Bitson 16 1989 3 Keevan Lucas 15[13] 2016 4 Howard Twilley 13 1964 Trae Johnson 13 2007 6 Chris Penn 12 1993 7 Brennan Marion 11 2007 Keevan Lucas 11 2014 9 Rick Eber 10 1967

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Howard Twilley 5 1965 Duke Steve Largent 5 1974 Drake

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[17]

Total offense yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Dane Evans 11,752[4] 2013 2014 2015 2016 2 Paul Smith 11,602 2003 2005 2006 2007 3 G. J. Kinne 10,831 2009 2010 2011 4 T. J. Rubley 9,080 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 John Fitzgerald 6,258 1994 1996 1997 1998 6 James Kilian 5,948 2001 2002 2003 2004 7 Gus Frerotte 5,553 1990 1991 1992 1993 8 Steve Gage 5,450 1983 1984 1985 1986 9 Josh Blankenship 5,267 1999 2000 2001 10 Jerry Rhome 5,104 1963 1964

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Paul Smith 5,184 2007 2 Dane Evans 4,323 2015 3 David Johnson 4,245 2008 4 G. J. Kinne 4,211 2010 5 G. J. Kinne 3,495 2011 6 Billy Guy Anderson 3,343 1965 7 Dane Evans 3,319[4] 2016 8 Dane Evans 3,160 2014 9 Jerry Rhome 3,128 1964 10 G. J. Kinne 3,125 2009

Total touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Paul Smith 111 2003 2005 2006 2007 2 G. J. Kinne 96 2009 2010 2011 3 Dane Evans 94[4] 2013 2014 2015 2016 4 T. J. Rubley 74 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 James Kilian 55 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 David Johnson 52 2005 2006 2007 2008 7 Jerry Rhome 52 1963 1964 8 Steve Gage 49 1983 1984 1985 1986 9 Alex Singleton 43 2009 2010 2011 2012 10 Mike Stripling 39 1966 1967 1968

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Paul Smith 60 2007 2 David Johnson 49 2008 3 Jerry Rhome 40 1964 4 G. J. Kinne 38 2010 5 Dane Evans 36[4] 2016 6 Billy Guy Anderson 35 1965 7 G. J. Kinne 31 2011 8 G. J. Kinne 27 2009 Dane Evans 27 2015 10 Paul Smith 26 2005 Dane Evans 26 2014

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rk Player Ints Years 1 Dexter McCoil 18 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Jeff Jordan 13 1962 1963 1964 Nate Harris 13 1981 1982 1983 1984

Single season Rk Player Ints Year 1 Nate Harris 8 1984

Tackles

Career Rk Player Tackles Years 1 Nelson Coleman 413 2004 2005 2006 2007 2 Michael Mudoh 406 2012 2013 2014 2015 3 Shawn Jackson 401 2010 2011 2012 2013 4 Michael White 389 1987 1989 1990 1991 5 Robert Tennon 388 1976 1978 1979 1980 6 Lovie Smith 367 1976 1977 1978 1979 7 Curnelius Arnick 356 2008 2009 2010 2011 8 Chris Chamberlain 352 2004 2005 2006 2007 9 Cooper Edmiston 343[18] 2016 2017 2018 2019 10 Don Blackmon 336 1976 1978 1979 1980

Single season Rk Player Tackles Year 1 Chris Chamberlain 165 2007 2 Curnelius Arnick 159 2011 3 Levi Gullen 148 1997 4 Robert Tennon 140 1979 5 Nelson Coleman 139 2007 6 Steve Nicholson 135 1977 Michael Mudoh 135 2015 8 Michael Mudoh 133 2013 9 Michael White 132 1991 10 Rich Young 131 1997

Sacks

Career Rk Player Sacks Years 1 Shawn Jackson 23.5 2010 2011 2012 2013 2 Dennis Byrd 20.0 1985 1986 1987 1988 Sedric Clark 20.0 1992 1993 1994 1995

Single season Rk Player Sacks Year 1 Salifu Abudulai 12.0 1996 2 Jared St. John 11.5 2012 3 Dennis Byrd 11.0 1988 4 Sedric Clark 10.0 1995 5 Alain Karatapeyan 9.0 2007 DeAundre Brown 9.0 2012 7 James Lockett 8.5 2008 Shawn Jackson 8.5 2010 9 Sedric Clark 8.0 1994 Tyrunn Walker 8.0 2011 Trevis Gipson 8.0[19] 2019

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rk Player FGs Years 1 Jason Staurovsky 53 1981 1983 1984 1985 2 David Fuess 51 1986 1987 1988 1989 3 James Anderson 50 1994 1995 1996 1997 Redford Jones 50[20] 2014 2015 2016 2017 5 Stu Crum 49 1978 1979 1980 1982 6 Brad DeVault 46 2002 2003 2004 2005 7 Kevin Fitzpatrick 45 2008 2009 2010 2011 8 Eric Lange 35 1991 1992 9 Jarod Tracy 28 2004 2006 2007 2008 Carl Salazar 28 2013 2014

Single season Rk Player FGs Year 1 Stu Crum 21 1982 Redford Jones 21[20] 2016

Single game Rk Player FGs Year Opponent 1 David Fuess 5 1989 Iowa

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