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The Southern Miss Golden Eagles football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 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 Eagles represent the University of Southern Mississippi in the NCAA 's Conference USA .
Although Southern Miss began competing in intercollegiate football in 1912,[ 1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1947. 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 1947, 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 Eagles have played in 11 bowl games since then, giving players in recent seasons an extra game to accumulate statistics.
These lists are updated through the end of the 2015 season .
Passing
Passing yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Austin Davis
10,892
2008 2009 2010 2011
2
Nick Mullens
8,722[ 3]
2013 2014 2015
3
Brett Favre
7,695
1987 1988 1989 1990
4
Dustin Almond
7,342
2002 2003 2004 2005
5
Jeff Kelly
7,095
1998 1999 2000 2001
6
Lee Roberts
6,289
1995 1996 1997 1998
7
Heath Graham
4,053
1994 1995 1996
8
Rick Donegan
3,753
1969 1970 1971
9
Tommy Waters
3,681
1991 1992 1993 1994
10
Reggie Collier
3,662
1979 1980 1981 1982
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Nick Mullens
4,476[ 3]
2015
2
Austin Davis
3,496
2011
3
Austin Davis
3,128
2008
4
Austin Davis
3,103
2010
5
Dustin Almond
2,860
2005
6
Lee Roberts
2,680
1998
7
Jeff Kelly
2,613
2001
8
Brett Favre
2,588
1989
9
Nick Mullens
2,470
2014
10
Jeff Kelly
2,381
2000
Passing touchdowns
Rushing
Rushing yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Damion Fletcher
5,302
2006 2007 2008 2009
2
Ben Garry
3,595
1974 1975 1976 1977
3
Derrick Nix
3,584
1998 1999 2000 2002
4
Sammy Winder
3,114
1978 1979 1980 1981
5
Sam Dejarnette
2,908
1982 1983 1984
6
Vincent Alexander
2,648
1983 1984 1985 1986
7
Shelton Gandy
2,504
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
8
Reggie Collier
2,304
1979 1980 1981 1982
9
Harold Shaw
2,219
1994 1995 1996 1997
10
Jalen Richard
2,076[ 14]
2012 1993 2014 2015
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Damion Fletcher
1,586
2007
2
Sam Dejarnette
1,545
1982
3
Damion Fletcher
1,388
2006
4
Damion Fletcher
1,313
2008
5
Ben Garry
1,236
1976
6
Hugh Laurin Pepper
1,227
1952
7
Derrick Nix
1,194
2002
8
Ben Garry
1,134
1977
9
Ito Smith
1,128[ 15]
2015
10
Jalen Richard
1,098[ 14]
2015
Rushing touchdowns
Receiving
Receptions
Receiving yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Sherrod Gideon
3,214
1996 1997 1998 1999
2
Todd Pinkston
2,366
1996 1997 1998 1999
3
DeAndre Brown
2,207
2008 2009 2010
4
Shawn Nelson
2,054
2005 2006 2007 2008
5
LeRoy Handy
1,890
1999 2000 2001 2002
6
Michael Thomas
1,793
2014 2015
7
Marvin Young
1,717
2001 2002 2003 2004
8
Antwon Courington
1,561
2002 2003 2004 2005
9
Darryl Tillman
1,478
1986 1987 1988 1989
10
Louis Lipps
1,477
1980 1981 1982 1983
Receiving touchdowns
Total offense
Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[ 31]
Total offense yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Austin Davis
12,267
2008 2009 2010 2011
2
Nick Mullens
8,566 [ 3]
2013 2014 2015
3
Brett Favre
7,606
1987 1988 1989 1990
4
Dustin Almond
7,602
2002 2003 2004 2005
5
Jeff Kelly
7,113
1998 1999 2000 2001
6
Lee Roberts
5,777
1995 1996 1997 1998
7
Reggie Collier
5,966
1979 1980 1981 1982
8
Damion Fletcher
5,305
2006 2007 2008 2009
9
Jeremy Young
4,147
2004 2005 2006 2007
10
Jeff Bower
4,062
1973 1974 1975
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Nick Mullens
4,384 [ 3]
2015
2
Austin Davis
3,848
2011
3
Austin Davis
3,636
2008
4
Austin Davis
3,555
2010
5
Dustin Almond
2,763
2005
6
Jeff Kelly
2,645
2001
7
Brett Favre
2,563
1989
8
Lee Roberts
2,532
1998
9
Nick Mullens
2,509
2014
10
Jeff Kelly
2,435
2000
Total touchdowns
Defense
Note: The 2014 Southern Miss Football Media Guide does not give a full top 10 for defensive statistics.[ 1]
Interceptions
Single game
Rank
Player
Ints
Year
Opponent
1
Larry Ussery
4
1967
Louisiana Tech
2
George Sekul
3
1957
Houston
David Odom
3
1979
Louisville
Labarion Rankins
3
1992
East Carolina
Etric Pruitt
3
2002
Army
Tackles
Sacks
Kicking
Field goals made
Field goal percentage
Single season
Rank
Player
FG%
Year
1
Darren McCaleb
84.2%
2004
2
Danny Hrapmann
83.9%
2010
3
Chris Pierce
82.4%
1995
Darren McCaleb
82.4%
2003
5
Darren McCaleb
82.1%
2005
6
Tim Hardaway
81.3%
1997
7
Stephen Brauchle
78.6%
2015
8
Lance Nations
77.8%
1992
9
Justin Estes
76.9%
2009
10
Corey Acosta
76.0%
2014
References
^ a b c "2014 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Media Guide" (PDF) . SouthernMiss.com . Retrieved 2014-11-16 .
^ "NCAA changes policy on football stats" . ESPN.com . AP. 2002-08-28. Retrieved 2014-09-11 .
^ a b c d e f g h "Nick Mullens" . ESPN.com . Retrieved 2015-12-27 .
^ a b c d e "Rice 45, Southern Miss. 40" . ESPN.com . 2008-10-18.
^ a b "Nebraska holds off Southern Miss in 4th quarter to win 36-28" . ESPN.com . 2015-09-27.
^ a b "Middle Tennessee beats Southern Miss 37-31" . ESPN.com . 2014-10-04.
^ a b "UAB 50, Southern Miss. 49, OT" . ESPN.com . 2010-10-30.
^ a b c "Mullens' 5 TD passes lead Southern Miss over Rice 65-10" . ESPN.com . 2015-11-14.
^ "Southern Miss beats La. Tech 58-24, clinches C-USA West" . ESPN.com . 2015-11-28.
^ a b c "Texas State tops Southern Mississippi 22-15" . ESPN.com . 2013-08-31.
^ a b "UTEP 34, Southern Miss. 33" . ESPN.com . 2012-11-17.
^ a b c "Southern Miss 52, Central Florida 31" . ESPN.com . 2005-10-15.
^ a b "Southern Miss wins to avoid second straight 0-12 year" . ESPN.com . 2013-11-30.
^ a b c "Jalen Richard" . ESPN.com . Retrieved 2015-12-27 .
^ "Ito Smith" . ESPN.com . Retrieved 2015-12-27 .
^ "UTEP 40, Southern Miss. 37, OT" . ESPN.com . 2008-10-04.
^ a b "Richard runs Southern Miss to 56-50 win over Texas State" . ESPN.com . 2015-09-19.
^ "Southern Miss. 51, Louisiana-Lafayette 21" . ESPN.com . 2008-08-30.
^ "Southern Miss. 56, UTEP 30" . ESPN.com . 2007-11-17.
^ a b c d "Southern Miss. 59, Houston 41" . ESPN.com . 2010-11-20.
^ a b "Southern Miss. 70, UAB 14" . ESPN.com . 2008-11-01.
^ "Southern Mississippi rallies to beat Old Dominion 56-31" . ESPN.com . 2015-11-21.
^ a b c d "Casey Martin" . ESPN.com . Retrieved 2015-12-27 .
^ a b c d e "Michael Thomas" . ESPN.com . Retrieved 2015-12-27 .
^ "DJ Thompson" . ESPN.com . Retrieved 2015-12-27 .
^ "Todd gives Auburn much needed lift against Southern Miss" . ESPN.com . 2008-09-06.
^ "Gaskin leads Washington past Southern Miss in Dallas" . ESPN.com . 2015-12-26.
^ Heart of Dallas Bowl
^ a b c "Keenum's last-minute TD helps Houston escape with win" . ESPN.com . 2009-10-31.
^ "Southern Miss trounces North Texas 49-14" . ESPN.com . 2015-10-03.
^ "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 .
^ "Smith, nation's No. 2 rusher, becomes UCF's career rushing leader" . ESPN.com . 2007-10-28.
^ "UAB 27, Southern Miss. 19" . ESPN.com . 2012-11-03.
^ "Offensive quartet leads Southern Miss over UTSA 32-10" . ESPN.com . 2015-10-17.
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