Gateway Football Conference
Western Kentucky
Game Results
Gateway Football Conference
Western Kentucky Game Results (Final 2003 Season)
All games
Overall Conference
Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend
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8-28 UNION (KY.) W 51-3 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 3:03 9325
9-6 W. VIRGINIA TECH W 67-3 2- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 3:06 10325
9-20 #22 #22 EASTERN KY. W 36-3 3- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 3:18 18317
9-27 at Auburn 3-48 L 3- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 2:25 85046
**10-4 at #2 Western Illinois 28-33 L 3- 2- 0 0- 1- 0 3:50 18263
* 10-11 SMS W 9-6 4- 2- 0 1- 1- 0 2:37 8383
* 10-18 at Illinois State W 27-24 5- 2- 0 2- 1- 0 3:05 8945
* 10-25 at Indiana State W 59-14 6- 2- 0 3- 1- 0 2:57 3708
* 11-1 #3 #3 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 24-28 L 6- 3- 0 3- 2- 0 3:09 13430
* 11-8 #6 #6 UNI W 24-3 7- 3- 0 4- 2- 0 2:43 7518
* 11-15 at Youngstown State W 37-13 8- 3- 0 5- 2- 0 12858
! 11-29 #17 #17 JACKSONVILLE ST. W 45-7 9- 3- 0 5- 2- 0 3:01 3573
12-6 at #2 Wofford 17-34 L 9- 4- 0 5- 2- 0 3:04 7500
* indicates conference game
Overall Team Statistics
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Western Kentucky Overall Team Statistics (Final 2003 Season)
All games
TEAM STATISTICS WKU OPP
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SCORING....................... 427 219
Points Per Game............. 32.8 16.8
FIRST DOWNS................... 233 217
Rushing..................... 149 104
Passing..................... 74 98
Penalty..................... 10 15
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 3155 1719
Yards gained rushing........ 3415 2261
Yards lost rushing.......... 260 542
Rushing Attempts............ 605 551
Average Per Rush............ 5.2 3.1
Average Per Game............ 242.7 132.2
TDs Rushing................. 34 21
PASSING YARDAGE............... 1974 1969
Att-Comp-Int................ 229-119-7 300-163-14
Average Per Pass............ 8.6 6.6
Average Per Catch........... 16.6 12.1
Average Per Game............ 151.8 151.5
TDs Passing................. 13 4
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 5129 3688
Total Plays................. 834 851
Average Per Play............ 6.1 4.3
Average Per Game............ 394.5 283.7
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 38-935 52-1066
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 38-498 32-240
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 14-145 7-78
KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 24.6 20.5
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 13.1 7.5
INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 10.4 11.1
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 35-12 22-15
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 85-692 65-504
Average Per Game............ 53.2 38.8
PUNTS-YARDS................... 55-2224 74-2889
Average Per Punt............ 40.4 39.0
Net punt average............ 36.1 32.3
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 30:41 29:19
3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 73/176 58/184
3rd-Down Pct................ 41% 32%
4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 8/17 9/20
4th-Down Pct................ 47% 45%
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 39-283 13-88
MISC YARDS.................... 18 81
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 51 27
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 23-29 10-17
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 48-50 21-25
ATTENDANCE.................... 70871 136320
Games/Avg Per Game.......... 7/10124 6/22720
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
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Western Kentucky.... 117 104 105 101 - 427
Opponents........... 62 53 49 55 - 219
Overall Individual Statistics
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Western Kentucky Overall Individual Statistics (Final 2003 Season)
All games
RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Lerron Moore 13 273 1548 58 1490 5.5 13 91 114.6
Chris Miller 12 81 487 8 479 5.9 5 36 39.9
Justin Haddix 13 106 436 143 293 2.8 8 36 22.5
Tony West 9 27 239 4 235 8.7 2 45 26.1
Ronnie Lilly 8 44 234 8 226 5.1 3 27 28.2
Blake Ladson 5 20 183 10 173 8.6 2 29 34.6
Maurice Bradley 11 27 161 3 158 5.9 1 22 14.4
Shannon Hayes 12 4 78 0 78 19.5 0 49 6.5
Jacques Johnson 3 9 23 5 18 2.0 0 7 6.0
Joe Washington 11 0 10 0 10 0.0 0 0 0.9
Gary Fessel 3 3 9 0 9 3.0 0 5 3.0
Alex Dukes 5 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 1.4
TEAM 13 10 0 21 -21 -2.1 0 0 -1.6
Total.......... 13 605 3415 260 3155 5.2 34 91 242.7
Opponents...... 13 551 2261 542 1719 3.1 21 60 132.2
PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
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Justin Haddix 13 134.26 223-113-7 50.7 1875 13 82 144.2
Blake Ladson 5 190.30 4-4-0 100.0 43 0 16 8.6
Brian Claybourn 13 310.00 1-1-0 100.0 25 0 25 1.9
Casey Rooney 13 360.40 1-1-0 100.0 31 0 31 2.4
Total.......... 13 136.99 229-119-7 52.0 1974 13 82 151.8
Opponents...... 13 104.53 300-163-14 54.3 1969 4 52 151.5
RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Casey Rooney 13 52 946 18.2 5 74 72.8
Shannon Hayes 12 30 607 20.2 5 82 50.6
Earl Clayton 13 16 223 13.9 0 72 17.2
Maurice Bradley 11 7 57 8.1 2 13 5.2
Rannen Roberson 6 3 30 10.0 0 16 5.0
Matt Rogers 8 3 17 5.7 1 10 2.1
Chris Miller 12 2 8 4.0 0 9 0.7
Lerron Moore 13 2 4 2.0 0 3 0.3
Justin Haddix 13 1 31 31.0 0 31 2.4
Erik Dandy 13 1 25 25.0 0 25 1.9
Karl Phillips 12 1 15 15.0 0 15 1.2
Ross Cassity 1 1 11 11.0 0 11 11.0
Total.......... 13 119 1974 16.6 13 82 151.8
Opponents...... 13 163 1969 12.1 4 52 151.5
PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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Antonio Veals 27 328 12.1 0 64
Shannon Hayes 7 87 12.4 0 30
Dennis Mitchell 3 59 19.7 0 28
Tony West 1 24 24.0 0 0
Robert Morand 0 0 0.0 1 0
Earl Clayton 0 0 0.0 1 0
Total.......... 38 498 13.1 2 64
Opponents...... 32 240 7.5 0 32
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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Jeremy Chandler 4 30 7.5 0 15
Erik Dandy 3 1 0.3 0 1
Dennis Mitchell 3 109 36.3 1 84
Antonio Thomas 2 5 2.5 0 5
Brandon Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0
Karl Maslowski 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total.......... 14 145 10.4 1 84
Opponents...... 7 78 11.1 0 47
KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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Antonio Veals 12 317 26.4 0 67
Casey Rooney 8 191 23.9 0 33
Jeremy Chandler 8 232 29.0 1 96
Dennis Mitchell 5 137 27.4 0 52
Shannon Hayes 2 33 16.5 0 20
Karl Maslowski 2 12 6.0 0 7
Getty Cavitt 1 13 13.0 0 13
Total.......... 38 935 24.6 1 96
Opponents...... 52 1066 20.5 0 43
FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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Brandon Smith 2 19 9.5 0 13
Antonio Veals 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Total.......... 3 18 6.0 0 13
Opponents...... 3 81 27.0 2 52
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Western Kentucky Overall Individual Statistics (Final 2003 Season)
All games
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SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
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Matt Lange 0 23-28 48-50 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 117
Lerron Moore 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 78
Justin Haddix 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48
Casey Rooney 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Chris Miller 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Shannon Hayes 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Ronnie Lilly 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Maurice Bradley 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Tony West 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Blake Ladson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Jeremy Chandler 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Earl Clayton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Matt Rogers 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Robert Morand 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Dennis Mitchell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 2 4
Brian Claybourn 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0
K. Garibaldi 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0
Total.......... 51 23-29 48-50 0-1 0 0-0 0 2 427
Opponents...... 27 10-17 21-25 1-1 1 1-1 0 1 219
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
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Justin Haddix 13 329 293 1875 2168 166.8
Lerron Moore 13 273 1490 0 1490 114.6
Chris Miller 12 81 479 0 479 39.9
Tony West 9 27 235 0 235 26.1
Ronnie Lilly 8 44 226 0 226 28.2
Blake Ladson 5 24 173 43 216 43.2
Maurice Bradley 11 27 158 0 158 14.4
Shannon Hayes 12 4 78 0 78 6.5
Casey Rooney 13 1 0 31 31 2.4
Brian Claybourn 13 1 0 25 25 1.9
Jacques Johnson 3 9 18 0 18 6.0
Joe Washington 11 0 10 0 10 0.9
Gary Fessel 3 3 9 0 9 3.0
Alex Dukes 5 1 7 0 7 1.4
TEAM 13 10 -21 0 -21 -1.6
Total.......... 13 834 3155 1974 5129 394.5
Opponents...... 13 851 1719 1969 3688 283.7
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk
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Matt Lange 23-28 82.1 1-1 7-7 9-10 6-10 0-0 46 1
Brian Claybourn 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1
FG SEQUENCE Western Kentucky OPPONENTS
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Union (Ky.) (46),(32) (47),43
W. Virginia Tech (32),(38) 33,(41)
#22 Eastern Ky. (26),(42),(38),(31),(30) (32),39
Auburn (24),30 (57),(22)
#2 Western Illinois 43,45 26,(42)
SMS (37),(42),(42) 48
Illinois State (33),(41) (32)
Indiana State (29) -
#3 Southern Illinois 43,44,(25) 25
#6 UNI (22),55 (47),49
Youngstown State (29),(18),(42) (42),(41)
#17 Jacksonville St. (37) -
#2 Wofford (22) -
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
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Brian Claybourn 54 2224 41.2 62 3 1 18 0
TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1
Total.......... 55 2224 40.4 62 3 1 18 1
Opponents...... 74 2889 39.0 58 8 4 11 2
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Western Kentucky Overall Individual Statistics (Final 2003 Season)
All games
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G
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Lerron Moore 13 1490 4 0 0 0 1494 114.9
Casey Rooney 13 0 946 0 191 0 1137 87.5
Shannon Hayes 12 78 607 87 33 0 805 67.1
Antonio Veals 12 0 0 328 317 0 645 53.8
Chris Miller 12 479 8 0 0 0 487 40.6
Justin Haddix 13 293 31 0 0 0 324 24.9
Dennis Mitchell 13 0 0 59 137 109 305 23.5
Jeremy Chandler 13 0 0 0 232 30 262 20.2
Tony West 9 235 0 24 0 0 259 28.8
Ronnie Lilly 8 226 0 0 0 0 226 28.2
Earl Clayton 13 0 223 0 0 0 223 17.2
Maurice Bradley 11 158 57 0 0 0 215 19.5
Blake Ladson 5 173 0 0 0 0 173 34.6
Rannen Roberson 6 0 30 0 0 0 30 5.0
Erik Dandy 13 0 25 0 0 1 26 2.0
Jacques Johnson 3 18 0 0 0 0 18 6.0
Matt Rogers 8 0 17 0 0 0 17 2.1
Karl Phillips 12 0 15 0 0 0 15 1.2
Getty Cavitt 12 0 0 0 13 0 13 1.1
Karl Maslowski 13 0 0 0 12 0 12 0.9
Ross Cassity 1 0 11 0 0 0 11 11.0
Joe Washington 11 10 0 0 0 0 10 0.9
Gary Fessel 3 9 0 0 0 0 9 3.0
Alex Dukes 5 7 0 0 0 0 7 1.4
Antonio Thomas 12 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.4
TEAM 13 -21 0 0 0 0 -21 -1.6
Total.......... 13 3155 1974 498 935 145 6707 515.9
Opponents...... 13 1719 1969 240 1066 78 5072 390.2
Game Superlatives
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Western Kentucky Game Superlatives (Final 2003 Season)
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INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Rushes.............. 34 Lerron Moore at Illinois State (10-18)
Yards Rushing....... 192 Lerron Moore vs SMS (10-11)
TD Rushes........... 3 Justin Haddix at Indiana State (10-25)
Long Rush........... 91 Lerron Moore vs #3 Southern Illinois (11-1)
Pass attempts....... 35 Justin Haddix at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Pass completions.... 15 Justin Haddix at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Yards Passing....... 226 Justin Haddix vs #6 UNI (11-8)
TD Passes........... 3 Justin Haddix vs #17 Jacksonville St. (11-29)
Long Pass........... 82 Justin Haddix at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Receptions.......... 8 Casey Rooney at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Yards Receiving..... 142 Casey Rooney vs #6 UNI (11-8)
TD Receptions....... 2 Shannon Hayes vs #17 Jacksonville St. (11-29)
Long Reception...... 82 Shannon Hayes at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Field Goals......... 5 Matt Lange vs #22 Eastern Ky. (9-20)
Long Field Goal..... 46 Matt Lange vs Union (Ky.) (8-28)
Punts............... 7 Brian Claybourn at Auburn (9-27)
Punting Avg......... 49.3 Brian Claybourn at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
Long Punt........... 62 Brian Claybourn vs #22 Eastern Ky. (9-20)
Long Punt Return.... 64 Antonio Veals at Indiana State (10-25)
Long Kickoff Return. 96 Jeremy Chandler at Youngstown State (11-15)
Tackles............. 15 Erik Dandy at Illinois State (10-18)
Erik Dandy vs #3 Southern Illinois (11-1)
Erik Dandy vs #6 UNI (11-8)
Sacks............... 3.0 Brandon Smith vs SMS (10-11)
Brandon Smith at Indiana State (10-25)
Dennis Mitchell vs #17 Jacksonville St. (11-29)
Tackles For Loss.... 4.0 Erik Dandy vs #3 Southern Illinois (11-1)
Chad Kincaid at Youngstown State (11-15)
Interceptions....... 1 Antonio Thomas vs W. Virginia Tech (9-6)
Erik Dandy vs #22 Eastern Ky. (9-20)
Antonio Thomas vs #22 Eastern Ky. (9-20)
Erik Dandy at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
Jeremy Chandler vs SMS (10-11)
Brandon Smith at Illinois State (10-18)
Jeremy Chandler at Indiana State (10-25)
Dennis Mitchell at Indiana State (10-25)
Karl Maslowski at Indiana State (10-25)
Erik Dandy at Youngstown State (11-15)
Jeremy Chandler at Youngstown State (11-15)
Dennis Mitchell at Youngstown State (11-15)
Jeremy Chandler vs #17 Jacksonville St. (11-29)
Dennis Mitchell at #2 Wofford (12-6)
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Western Kentucky Game Superlatives (Final 2003 Season)
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TEAM GAME HIGHS
Rushes.............. 61 at Indiana State (10-25)
Yards Rushing....... 443 at Indiana State (10-25)
Yards Per Rush...... 7.7 vs W. Virginia Tech (9-6)
TD Rushes........... 8 at Indiana State (10-25)
Pass attempts....... 36 at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Pass completions.... 16 at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Yards Passing....... 257 vs #6 UNI (11-8)
Yards Per Pass...... 18.1 vs #17 Jacksonville St. (11-29)
TD Passes........... 3 vs #17 Jacksonville St. (11-29)
Total Plays......... 77 at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
Total Offense....... 561 at Indiana State (10-25)
Yards Per Play...... 8.1 at Indiana State (10-25)
Points.............. 67 vs W. Virginia Tech (9-6)
Sacks By............ 5 vs #22 Eastern Ky. (9-20)
at Indiana State (10-25)
vs #6 UNI (11-8)
First Downs......... 30 vs W. Virginia Tech (9-6)
Penalties........... 11 vs Union (Ky.) (8-28)
at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
Penalty Yards....... 98 vs #3 Southern Illinois (11-1)
Turnovers........... 4 at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Interceptions By.... 3 at Indiana State (10-25)
at Youngstown State (11-15)
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Western Kentucky Game Superlatives (Final 2003 Season)
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OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Rushes.............. 36 Sha-Ron Edwards, at Illinois State (10-18)
Yards Rushing....... 233 Sha-Ron Edwards, at Illinois State (10-18)
TD Rushes........... 3 Jeff Zolman, at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Long Rush........... 60 Sha-Ron Edwards, at Illinois State (10-18)
Pass attempts....... 37 Tom Petrie, vs #6 UNI (11-8)
Pass completions.... 21 Tom Petrie, vs #6 UNI (11-8)
Yards Passing....... 253 Tom Petrie, vs #6 UNI (11-8)
TD Passes........... 1 Jason Campbell, at Auburn (9-27)
Russ Michna, at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
Joel Sambursky, vs #3 Southern Illinois (11-1)
MULLINS, Mauric, vs #17 Jacksonville St. (11-29)
Long Pass........... 52 Joel Sambursky, vs #3 Southern Illinois (11-1)
Receptions.......... 8 James Norris, at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
Richard Carter, vs #6 UNI (11-8)
Yards Receiving..... 109 James Norris, at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
TD Receptions....... 1 Silas Daniels, at Auburn (9-27)
Terrence Hall, at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
Brent Little, vs #3 Southern Illinois (11-1)
RANDLE, Milas, vs #17 Jacksonville St. (11-29)
Long Reception...... 52 Courtney Abbott, vs #3 Southern Illinois (11-1)
Field Goals......... 2 Nick Terracina, at Youngstown State (11-15)
Long Field Goal..... 57 Philip Yost, at Auburn (9-27)
Punts............... 8 Jason Buster, vs Union (Ky.) (8-28)
Justin Underwoo, vs W. Virginia Tech (9-6)
Punting Avg......... 50.0 Ryan Hoffman, at Illinois State (10-18)
Long Punt........... 58 P. Jordan, at Indiana State (10-25)
Long Punt Return.... 32 PERKINS, Trema., vs #22 Eastern Ky. (9-20)
Long Kickoff Return. 43 Dominic Yuille, vs Union (Ky.) (8-28)
Tackles............. 20 Gean Gilot, at Illinois State (10-18)
Sacks............... 2.0 Marquies Gunn, at Auburn (9-27)
Mike O'Brien, at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
Tackles For Loss.... 3.0 J. Dellarose, at Youngstown State (11-15)
Interceptions....... 1 Pat Avrilien, vs Union (Ky.) (8-28)
Kevin Hobbs, at Auburn (9-27)
Kailan Williams, vs SMS (10-11)
Waymann Peters, at Youngstown State (11-15)
Craig Thomas, at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Alex Love, at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Justin Franklin, at #2 Wofford (12-6)
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Western Kentucky Game Superlatives (Final 2003 Season)
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OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS
Rushes.............. 72 at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Yards Rushing....... 311 at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Yards Per Rush...... 6.8 at Auburn (9-27)
TD Rushes........... 5 at Auburn (9-27)
at #2 Wofford (12-6)
Pass attempts....... 37 vs #6 UNI (11-8)
Pass completions.... 22 at Auburn (9-27)
Yards Passing....... 282 at Auburn (9-27)
Yards Per Pass...... 10.8 at Auburn (9-27)
TD Passes........... 1 at Auburn (9-27)
at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
vs #3 Southern Illinois (11-1)
vs #17 Jacksonville St. (11-29)
Total Plays......... 77 vs #6 UNI (11-8)
Total Offense....... 567 at Auburn (9-27)
Yards Per Play...... 8.3 at Auburn (9-27)
Points.............. 48 at Auburn (9-27)
Sacks By............ 4 at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
First Downs......... 29 at Auburn (9-27)
Penalties........... 9 vs W. Virginia Tech (9-6)
at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
at Illinois State (10-18)
Penalty Yards....... 81 vs #22 Eastern Ky. (9-20)
Turnovers........... 5 at #2 Western Illinois (10-4)
Interceptions By.... 3 at #2 Wofford (12-6)