Utah Utes football statistical leaders

The Utah Utes football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Utah Utes 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 Utes represent the University of Utah in the NCAA's Pac-12 Conference.

Although Utah began competing in intercollegiate football in 1892,[1] the school's official record book does not generally have entries from before the 1960s, as records from before this period are often incomplete and inconsistent.

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

• Since the 1960s, 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 Utes have played in 11 bowl games since then, giving many recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2016 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Scott Mitchell 8,981 1987 1988 1989 2 Brian Johnson 7,853 2004 2005 2007 2008 3 Mike McCoy 7,404 1992 1993 1994 4 Travis Wilson 7,403 2012 2013 2014 2015 5 Tyler Huntley 7,351 2016 2017 2018 2019 6 Larry Egger 5,749 1985 1986 7 Alex Smith 5,203 2002 2003 2004 8 Mike Fouts 5,107 1995 1996 9 Frank Dolce 4,813 1991 1992 10 Jordan Wynn 4,637 2009 2010 2011 2012

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Scott Mitchell 4,322 1988 2 Mike McCoy 3,860 1993 3 Scott Mitchell 3,211 1989 4 Tyler Huntley 3,092 2019 5 Mike McCoy 3,035 1994 6 Larry Egger 2,988 1985 7 Brian Johnson 2,972 2008 8 Alex Smith 2,952 2004 9 Brian Johnson 2,892 2005 10 Brett Ratliff 2,796 2006

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Scott Mitchell 620 1988 Air Force 2 Scott Mitchell 511 1988 Idaho State 3 Larry Egger 492 1986 UTEP 4 Larry Egger 476 1986 Air Force 5 Mike Fouts 476 1996 Kansas 6 Mike McCoy 459 1993 Air Force 7 Scott Mitchell 453 1988 UTEP 8 Mike McCoy 447 1993 Hawaii 9 Brett Elliott 440 2002 New Mexico 10 Mike McCoy 434 1993 BYU

Passing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Scott Mitchell 69 1987 1988 1989 2 Brian Johnson 57 2004 2005 2007 2008 3 Travis Wilson 54 2012 2013 2014 2015 4 Mike McCoy 49 1992 1993 1994 5 Alex Smith 47 2002 2003 2004 6 Tyler Huntley 46 2016 2017 2018 2019 7 Don Van Galder 39 1971 1972 1973 Larry Egger 39 1985 1986 Mike Fouts 39 1995 1996 10 Jordan Wynn 33 2009 2010 2011 2012

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Alex Smith 32 2004 2 Scott Mitchell 31 1989 3 Scott Mitchell 29 1988 4 Mike McCoy 28 1994 5 Brian Johnson 27 2008 6 Brett Ratliff 23 2006 7 Larry Egger 21 1986 Mike McCoy 21 1993 Mike Fouts 21 1996 10 Randy Gomez 19 1978 Tyler Huntley 19 2019

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Ricky Hardin 6 1980 New Mexico Scott Mitchell 6 1989 UTEP 3 Larry Egger 5 1986 UTEP Scott Mitchell 5 1988 Air Force Scott Mitchell 5 1989 Utah State Mike McCoy 5 1994 Wyoming Alex Smith 5 2004 San Diego State Brian Johnson 5 2008 San Diego State Travis Wilson 5[3] 2014 Fresno State

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Zack Moss 4,067 2016 2017 2018 2019 2 Eddie Johnson 3,219 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 3 Tony Lindsay 2,995 1977 1978 1979 1980 4 Devontae Booker 2,773 2014 2015 5 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 2,630 1995 1996 1997 6 Del Rodgers 2,616 1978 1979 1980 1981 7 Juan Johnson 2,601 1994 1995 1996 1997 8 John White 2,560 2011 2012 9 Eddie Lewis 2,179 1982 1983 1984 1985 10 Mike Anderson 2,150 1998 1999

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 John White 1,519 2011 2 Devontae Booker 1,512 2014 3 Carl Monroe 1,507 1982 4 Zack Moss 1,416 2019 5 Joe Williams 1,407 2016 6 Dameon Hunter 1,396 2001 7 Devontae Booker 1,261 2015 8 Darrell Mack 1,204 2007 9 Zack Moss 1,173 2017 Mike Anderson 1,173 1998

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Joe Williams 332[4] 2016 UCLA 2 Mike Anderson 254 1999 Fresno State 3 Eddie Johnson 248 1984 UTEP 4 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 236 1996 UTEP 5 Del Rodgers 232 1981 Wyoming 6 Marty Johnson 229 2002 Indiana Devontae Booker 229[5] 2014 Oregon State 8 Dameon Hunter 226 2001 Air Force 9 Eddie Johnson 224 1984 Colorado State 10 Devontae Booker 222[6] 2015 California Joe Williams 222[7] 2016 Indiana (bowl)

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Zack Moss 38 2016 2017 2018 2019 2 Del Rodgers 31 1978 1979 1980 1981 3 Eddie Johnson 26 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 4 Matt Asiata 24 2007 2008 2009 2010 5 Mark Stevens 23 1983 1984 Eddie Wide 23 2007 2008 2009 2010 John White 23 2011 2012 8 Juan Johnson 22 1994 1995 1996 1997 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 22 1995 1996 1997 Mike Anderson 22 1998 1999 2000 2001

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 John White 15 2011 Zack Moss 15 2019 3 Marty Johnson 14 2004 4 Del Rodgers 13 1981 Mark Stevens 13 1984 6 Eddie Johnson 12 1988 Mike Anderson 12 1998 Adam Tate 12 2001 Darrell Mack 12 2007 Matt Asiata 12 2008 Eddie Wide 12 2009

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Del Rodgers 4 1980 UTEP Eddie Johnson 4 1988 BYU Charlie Brown 4 1994 UTEP Juan Johnson 4 1996 Fresno State Mike Anderson 4 1999 UNLV Marty Johnson 4 2004 Air Force Joe Williams 4[4] 2016 UCLA

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rk Player Rec Years 1 Kevin Dyson 192 1994 1995 1996 1997 2 Bryan Rowley 177 1989 1990 1991 1992 3 Dennis Smith 156 1986 1987 1988 1989 Paris Warren 156 2003 2004 5 Jereme Brooks 152 2007 2008 2009 2010 6 Carl Harry 149 1986 1987 1988 7 Loren Richey 140 1985 1986 8 Travis LaTendresse 135 2002 2003 2004 2005 Derrek Richards 135 2004 2005 2006 2007 10 Dres Anderson 134 2011 2012 2013 2014

Single season Rk Player Rec Year 1 David Reed 81 2009 2 Paris Warren 80 2004 3 Freddie Brown 77 2008 4 Paris Warren 76 2003 5 Loren Richey 73 1985 Dennis Smith 73 1989 7 Loren Richey 67 1986 Steve Savoy 67 2004 9 Carl Harry 65 1988 10 Craig McEwen 64 1986

Single game Rk Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Loren Richey 17 1986 UTEP 2 Travis LaTendresse 16 2005 Georgia Tech 3 Paris Warren 15 2004 Pittsburgh 4 Rodney Wells 14 1987 Idaho State 5 Danny Huey 13 1983 Wyoming Bryan Bero 13 1988 Idaho State Daniel Jones 13 1998 Fresno State Paris Jackson 13 2002 San Diego State 9 Lance Robbins 12 1972 Utah State Aaron Grimm 12 1988 Hawaii John Madsen 12 2005 Wyoming Freddie Brown 12 2008 Alabama

Receiving yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Bryan Rowley 3,143 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 2 Kevin Dyson 2,726 1994 1995 1996 1997 3 Carl Harry 2,283 1986 1987 1988 4 Dennis Smith 2,168 1986 1987 1988 1989 5 Dres Anderson 2,077 2011 2012 2013 2014 6 Paris Warren 1,885 2003 2004 7 James Teahan 1,872 1978 1979 1980 1981 8 Cliff Russell 1,862 1998 1999 2000 2001 9 Jereme Brooks 1,843 2007 2008 2009 2010 10 Henry Lusk 1,807 1991 1992 1993 1995

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 David Reed 1,188 2009 2 Carl Harry 1,145 1988 3 Dennis Smith 1,091 1989 4 Paris Warren 1,076 2004 5 Bryan Rowley 1,011 1991 6 Louis Thomas 1,006 1968 7 Dres Anderson 1,002 2013 8 Loren Richey 971 1985 9 Steve Savoy 961 2004 10 Freddie Brown 900 2008

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Carl Harry 255 1988 Idaho State 2 Travis LaTendresse 214 2005 Georgia Tech 3 Loren Richey 213 1986 UTEP 4 Bryan Rowley 200 1991 Hawaii 5 Danny Huey 199 1984 San Diego State 6 Paris Warren 198 2004 Pittsburgh 7 Daniel Jones 197 1998 Fresno State 8 Jack Steptoe 194 1976 New Mexico 9 Travis LaTendresse 192 2005 New Mexico 10 Curt Jones 190 1987 San Diego State

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Bryan Rowley 25 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 2 Dennis Smith 24 1986 1987 1988 1989 3 Carl Harry 20 1986 1987 1988 4 Steve Odom 19 1971 1972 1973 5 Kevin Dyson 18 1994 1995 1996 1997 Steve Savoy 18 2003 2004 7 Jack Steptoe 17 1976 1977 Brent Casteel 17 2005 2006 2007 2008 Dres Anderson 17 2011 2012 2013 2014 10 Paris Warren 16 2003 2004

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Dennis Smith 18 1989 2 Carl Harry 14 1988 3 Paris Warren 12 2004 4 Steve Odom 11 1972 Bryan Rowley 11 1991 Curtis Marsh 11 1994 Steve Savoy 11 2004 8 Brent Casteel 10 2006 9 Jack Steptoe 9 1976

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Dennis Smith 4 1989 Utah State Dennis Smith 4 1989 Air Force Travis LaTendresse 4 2005 Georgia Tech

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[8]

Total offense yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Scott Mitchell 8,836 1987 1988 1989 2 Brian Johnson 8,701 2004 2005 2007 2008 3 Travis Wilson 8,628 2012 2013 2014 2015 4 Tyler Huntley 8,201 2016 2017 2018 2019 5 Mike McCoy 7,559 1992 1993 1994 6 Alex Smith 6,275 2002 2003 2004 7 Larry Egger 5,515 1985 1986 8 Mike Fouts 4,891 1995 1996 9 Mark Stevens 4,861 1983 1984 10 Frank Dolce 4,831 1991 1992

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Scott Mitchell 4,299 1988 2 Mike McCoy 3,969 1993 3 Alex Smith 3,583 2004 4 Brian Johnson 3,370 2005 5 Scott Mitchell 3,133 1989 6 Mike McCoy 3,104 1994 7 Brian Johnson 3,100 2008 8 Brett Ratliff 3,056 2006 9 Troy Williams 2,992 2016 10 Larry Egger 2,890 1985

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Scott Mitchell 614 1988 Air Force 2 Scott Mitchell 513 1988 Idaho State 3 Larry Egger 489 1986 UTEP 4 Brian Johnson 483 2005 San Diego State 5 Larry Egger 468 1986 Air Force 6 Mike McCoy 461 1993 BYU 7 Mike Fouts 458 1996 Kansas 8 Brian Johnson 451 2005 Wyoming 9 Mike McCoy 446 1993 Hawaii 10 Scott Mitchell 443 1988 UTEP

Total touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Travis Wilson 75 2012 2013 2014 2015 2 Scott Mitchell 72 1987 1988 1989 3 Brian Johnson 69 2004 2005 2007 2008 4 Alex Smith 62 2002 2003 2004 5 Tyler Huntley 60 2016 2017 2018 2019 6 Don Van Galder 52 1971 1972 1973 7 Mike McCoy 51 1992 1993 1994 8 Mark Stevens 46 1983 1984 9 Larry Egger 42 1985 1986 Frank Dolce 42 1991 1992

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Alex Smith 42 2004 2 Scott Mitchell 33 1989 3 Scott Mitchell 29 1988 4 Mike McCoy 29 1994 5 Brian Johnson 28 2008 6 Brian Johnson 26 2005 7 Don Van Galder 25 1973 8 Mark Stevens 24 1984 9 Brett Ratliff 24 2006 10 Travis Wilson 23 2014

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Steve Marshall 7 1972 Colorado State 2 Ricky Hardin 6 1980 New Mexico Mark Stevens 6 1983 Wyoming Scott Mitchell 6 1989 Utah State Scott Mitchell 6 1989 UTEP

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rk Player Ints Years 1 Harold Lusk 19 1993 1994 1995 1996 2 Eric Weddle 18 2003 2004 2005 2006 3 LaVon Edwards 17 1988 1989 1990 1991 4 Sean Knox 15 1987 1988 1989 1990 5 Jerry Pullman 13 1964 1965 1966 Jeff Griffin 13 1977 1978 1979 1980 Reggie Richardson 13 1982 1983 1984 1985 Andre Dyson 13 1997 1998 1999 2000 Robert Johnson 13 2007 2008 2009 10 Norm Thompson 12 1969 1970 Ernest Boyd 12 1993 1994

Single season Rk Player Ints Year 1 C.D. Lowery 8 1964 2 Gil Tobler 7 1948 Norm Thompson 7 1970 Eric Jacobsen 7 1987 Eric Weddle 7 2006

Single game Rk Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Frank Nelson 4 1946 Colorado 2 Norm Thompson 3 1970 UTEP Eric Jacobsen 3 1987 Hawaii Eric Weddle 3 2006 San Diego State Robert Johnson 3 2009 Colorado State

Tackles

Career Rk Player Tackles Years 1 Mark Blosch 495 1981 1982 1983 1984 2 Mike Bailey 401 1975 1976 1977 1978 3 Bill Gompf 380 1978 1979 1980 1981 4 Eric Jacobsen 338 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 5 John Huddleston 331 1974 1975 6 Garland Harris 324 1986 1987 1988 1989 7 Jay Fairman 322 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Greg Smith 308 1985 1986 1987 1988 9 Jeff Griffin 304 1977 1978 1979 1980 10 Spencer Toone 293 2003 2004 2005

Single season Rk Player Tackles Year 1 John Huddleston 174 1975 2 Mark Blosch 172 1982 3 Mark Blosch 162 1983 4 John Huddleston 157 1974 5 Bill Gompf 143 1979 6 Eric Jacobsen 141 1988 7 Reggie Alston 139 1991 8 Eric Jacobsen 138 1987 9 Mike Bailey 132 1977

Single game Rk Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Larry Stone 30 1968 Oregon State 2 Gary Keller 25 1968 Utah State 3 Elliott Hagood 23 1970 New Mexico Elliott Hagood 23 1972 Arizona Gary Keller 23 1973 New Mexico John Huddleston 23 1975 Utah State Mark Jackson 23 1985 New Mexico 8 Larry Stone 22 1968 Utah State 9 Fred McFarren 21 1968 Oregon State Elliott Hagood 21 1972 New Mexico

Sacks

Career Rk Player Sacks Years 1 Bradlee Anae 30.0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2 Hunter Dimick 29.5 2013 2014 2015 2016 3 John Frank 27.0 1996 1997 1998 1999 4 Filipo Mokofisi 26.0 1982 1983 1984 1985 5 Jeff Reyes 25.0 1980 1981 1982 1983 Jimmy Bellamy 25.0 1990 1991 Nate Orchard 25.0 2011 2012 2013 2014 8 Steve Clark 20.0 1978 1979 1980 1981 9 Jason Kaufusi 19.0 2000 2001 2002 10 Luther Elliss 18.0 1991 1992 1993 1994

Single season Rk Player Sacks Year 1 Nate Orchard 18.5 2014 2 Jimmy Bellamy 15.0 1991 3 Hunter Dimick 14.5 2016 4 Jeff Reyes 14.0 1983 5 John Frank 13.0 1999 Bradlee Anae 13.0 2019 7 Steve Clark 12.0 1981 Bronzell Miller 12.0 1994 9 Kevin Polston 11.0 1985 10 Jimmy Bellamy 10.0 1990 John Frank 10.0 1998 Garrett Smith 10.0 2000 Hunter Dimick 10.0 2014

Single game Rk Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Hunter Dimick 5.0[9] 2016 Arizona State 2 Jeff Reyes 4.0 1983 Hawaii Kevin Polston 4.0 1985 Utah State John Frank 4.0 1999 Boise State Paul Kruger 4.0 2008 Utah State Nate Orchard 4.0[10] 2014 UCLA Vilis Fauonuku 4.0[11] 2015 Colorado 8 Nate Orchard 3.5[12] 2014 Stanford

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rk Player FGs Years 1 Andy Phillips 84 2013 2014 2015 2016 2 Louie Sakoda 57 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Matt Gay 56 2017 2018 3 Chris Yergensen 44 1991 1992 1993 4 Daniel Pulsipher 35 1994 1995 1996 5 Andre Guardi 34 1983 1984 1985 1986 6 Joe Phillips 33 2009 2010 7 Wayne Lammle 26 1987 1988 1989 1990 8 Coleman Petersen 26 2011 2012 9 Bryan Borreson 24 2002 2003 2004 10 Gil Alvarez 22 1979 1980 1981

Single season Rk Player FGs Year 1 Matt Gay 30 2017 2 Matt Gay 26 2018 3 Andy Phillips 23 2014 Andy Phillips 23 2015 5 Louie Sakoda 22 2008 6 Andy Phillips 21 2016 7 Joe Phillips 20 2009 8 Louie Sakoda 19 2007 9 Andre Guardi 18 1985 Coleman Petersen 18 2011

Single game Rk Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Matt Gay 6 2018 Oregon 2 Joe Phillips 5 2009 BYU 3 Matt Gay 4 2018 Stanford Matt Gay 4 2017 BYU Matt Gay 4 2017 San Jose State Andre Guardi 4 1985 Colorado State Tim Wagstaff 4 1988 Colorado State Wayne Lammle 4 1989 New Mexico Dan Pulsipher 4 1995 Utah State Bryan Borreson 4 2002 Indiana Louie Sakoda 4 2006 Tulsa Louie Sakoda 4 2008 Michigan Joe Phillips 4 2010 Iowa State Coleman Petersen 4[13] 2011 Pittsburgh Andy Phillips 4[14] 2014 Michigan

Field goal percentage

Career Rk Player FG% Years 1 Louie Sakoda 86.4% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Matt Gay 86.2% 2017 2018 3 Joe Phillips 84.6% 2009 2010 4 Andy Phillips 84.0% 2013 2014 2015 2016 5 Scott Lieber 70.0% 1985 1986 1987 1988 6 Andre Guardi 69.4% 1983 1984 1985 1986 7 Coleman Petersen 68.4% 2011 2012 8 Wayne Lammle 66.7% 1988 1989 1990 9 Chris Yergensen 66.7% 1991 1992 1993

Single season Rk Player FG% Year 1 Scott Lieber 93.3% 1987 2 Louie Sakoda 91.7% 2008 3 Joe Phillips 90.9% 2009 4 Louie Sakoda 86.4% 2007 5 Andy Phillips 85.2% 2015 6 Andy Phillips 85.0% 2013 7 Dan Beardall 84.2% 2005 8 Andy Phillips 84.0% 2016 9 Andy Phillips 82.1% 2014 10 Andre Guardi 81.8% 1985

References

1. "2016 Utah Utes Media Guide" (PDF). UtahUtes.com. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
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3. "Utah beats Fresno State 59-27". ESPN.com. 2014-09-06.
4. "Joe Williams, recently unretired, runs for 332 yards in Utah win". ESPN.com. 2016-10-22.
5. "Devontae Booker scores 3 TDs as Utah outlasts Oregon State in 2 OT". ESPN.com. 2014-10-16.
6. "Utah needs 6 takeaways to escape Cal, proceed as lone Pac-12 unbeaten". ESPN.com. 2015-10-10.
7. "Williams leads Utah past Indiana 26-24 in Foster Farms Bowl". ESPN.com. 2016-12-28.
8. "Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Record Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
9. "No. 15 Utah rolls to 49-26 win over Arizona State". ESPN.com. 2016-11-12.
10. "Utah clips No. 8 UCLA with last-minute field goal". ESPN.com. 2014-10-14.
11. "Joe Williams carries Utah past Colorado". ESPN.com. 2015-11-28.
12. "Utah ends two-game slide with double-overtime win over Stanford". ESPN.com. 2014-11-15.
13. "Kicker Coleman Petersen overcomes swirling winds in Utah's win". ESPN.com. 2011-10-15.
14. "Utah beats struggling Michigan after long lightning delay". ESPN.com. 2014-09-20.