SMU Mustangs football statistical leaders

The SMU Mustangs football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the SMU Mustangs football program in various categories,[1][2][3] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Mustangs represent Southern Methodist University in the NCAA's American Athletic Conference.

Emmanuel Sanders entered the 2019 season as the Mustangs' career leader in all major receiving categories, but James Proche surpassed all of these records in 2019.

Although SMU began competing in intercollegiate football in 1915,[3] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1945. 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 1945, 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.[4] The Mustangs have played in six bowl games since this decision, giving many recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics.

These lists are updated through SMU's game against East Carolina on November 28, 2020.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Ben Hicks 9,081 2016 2017 2018 2 Chuck Hixson 7,179 1968 1969 1970 3 Shane Buechele 7,024[5][lower-alpha 1] 2019 2020 4 Garrett Gilbert 6,460 2012 2013 5 Mike Ford 6,239 1977 1978 1979 1980 6 Mike Romo 6,041 1989 1990 1991 1992 7 Kyle Padron 5,902 2009 2010 2011 8 Ramon Flanigan 5,640 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 9 Justin Willis 4,991 2006 2007 2008 10 Bo Levi Mitchell 4,590 2008 2009

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Shane Buechele 3,929 2019 2 Kyle Padron 3,828 2010 3 Ben Hicks 3,569 2017 4 Garrett Gilbert 3,528 2013 5 J. J. McDermott 3,421 2011 6 Chuck Hixson 3,103 1968 7 Shane Buechele 3,095[5] 2020 8 Mike Ford 3,007 1978 9 Justin Willis 2,944 2007 10 Garrett Gilbert 2,932 2012

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Garrett Gilbert 538 2013 Temple 2 Garrett Gilbert 484 2013 Rutgers 3 Shane Buechele 474[6] 2020 Memphis 4 Kyle Padron 460 2009 Nevada 5 Shane Buechele 457 2019 Temple 6 Shane Buechele 456 2019 Memphis 7 Mike Romo 450 1989 North Texas 8 Mike Romo 449 1990 Rice 9 Bo Levi Mitchell 424 2009 Washington State 10 Josh McCown 420 2000 UTEP

Passing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Ben Hicks 71 2016 2017 2018 2 Shane Buechele 57[5][lower-alpha 1] 2019 2020 3 Justin Willis 51 2006 2007 2008 4 Kyle Padron 41 2009 2010 2011 5 Chuck Hixson 40 1968 1969 1970 6 Bo Levi Mitchell 36 2008 2009 Garrett Gilbert 36 2012 2013 8 Mike Romo 35 1989 1990 1991 1992 9 Mike Ford 34 1977 1978 1979 1980 10 Lance McIlhenny 33 1980 1981 1982 1983

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Shane Buechele 34 2019 2 Ben Hicks 32 2017 3 Kyle Padron 31 2010 4 Justin Willis 26 2006 5 Justin Willis 25 2007 6 Bo Levi Mitchell 24 2008 7 Shane Buechele[5] 23 2020 8 Chuck Hixson 21 1968 Garrett Gilbert 21 2013 10 Mike Romo 19 1990 Ben Hicks 19 2016

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Mike Romo 6 1990 Vanderbilt Shane Buechele 6 2019 Temple 3 Justin Willis 5 2006 Sam Houston State Bo Levi Mitchell 5 2008 Texas State Garrett Gilbert 5 2013 Rutgers Shane Buechele 5 2019 East Carolina

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Eric Dickerson 4,450 1979 1980 1981 1982 2 Zach Line 4,185 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Reggie Dupard 3,772 1982 1983 1984 1985 4 Craig James 3,743 1979 1980 1981 1982 5 Xavier Jones 3,438 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 6 Jeff Atkins 3,260 1983 1984 1985 1986 7 Wayne Morris 3,044 1972 1973 1974 1975 8 Keylon Kincade 3,038 2000 2001 2002 2003 9 Donte Womack 2,790 1994 1995 1996 1997 10 Alvin Maxson 2,734 1971 1972 1973

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Eric Dickerson 1,617 1982 2 Zach Line 1,494 2010 3 Eric Dickerson 1,428 1981 4 Keylon Kincade 1,280 2003 5 Keylon Kincade 1,279 2002 6 Reggie Dupard 1,278 1985 Zach Line 1,278 2012 8 Xavier Jones 1,276 2019 9 Reggie Dupard 1,249 1983 10 Zach Line 1,224 2011

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Mike Richardson 244 1968 Texas A&M 2 ShanDerrick Charles 243 2001 San Jose State 3 Eric Dickerson 241 1982 Houston 4 Ulysses Bentley IV 227[7] 2020 North Texas 5 Craig James 225 1980 BYU 6 Braeden West 220 2016 Liberty 7 Jeff Atkins 218 1983 Rice 8 Donte Womack 212 1997 Arkansas ShanDerrick Charles 212 2001 UTEP 10 Wayne Morris 202 1975 Texas Zach Line 202 2010 Marshall

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Eric Dickerson 47 1979 1980 1981 1982 Zach Line 47 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Xavier Jones 45 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 4 Reggie Dupard 41 1982 1983 1984 1985 5 Doak Walker 31 1945 1947 1948 1949 6 Ramon Flanigan 27 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 7 Ke'Mon Freeman 26 2016 2017 2018 2019 8 Kyle Rote 24 1948 1949 1950 Alvin Maxson 24 1971 1972 1973 10 Craig James 23 1979 1980 1981 1982

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Xavier Jones 23 2019 2 Eric Dickerson 19 1981 3 Eric Dickerson 17 1982 Zach Line 17 2011 4 Redman Hume 16 1927 Reggie Dupard 16 1984 7 Reggie Dupard 14 1985

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Zach Line 5 2011 Northwestern State 2 Multiple players 4 Most recent: ShanDerrick Charles, 2001 vs. UTEP

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rk Player Rec Years 1 James Proche 301 2016 2017 2018 2019 2 Emmanuel Sanders 285 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Cole Beasley 255 2008 2009 2010 2011 4 Jason Wolf 235 1989 1990 1991 1992 5 Darius Johnson 232 2009 2010 2011 2012 6 Jeremy Johnson 196 2010 2011 2012 2013 7 Mick Rossley 186 1991 1992 1993 1994 8 Aldrick Robinson 181 2007 2008 2009 2010 9 Darius Joseph 174 2012 2013 2014 2015 10 Emanuel Tolbert 171 1976 1977 1978 1979

Single season Rk Player Rec Year 1 Trey Quinn 114 2017 2 Jeremy Johnson 112 2013 3 James Proche 111 2019 4 Darius Joseph 103 2013 5 Emmanuel Sanders 98 2009 6 James Proche 93 2018 7 Cole Beasley 87 2010 8 Cole Beasley 86 2011 9 Mick Rossley 83 1994 10 Jerry LeVias 80 1968

Single game Rk Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Emmanuel Sanders 18 2009 Washington State Jeremy Johnson 18 2013 Rutgers 3 Trey Quinn 17 2017 Houston Trey Quinn 17 2017 Cincinnati 5 Jerry LeVias 15 1968 Ohio State Trey Quinn 15 2017 UConn 7 Emanuel Tolbert 14 1977 Arkansas Jason Wolf 14 1992 Arkansas James Proche 14 2019 East Carolina 10 Emanuel Tolbert 13 1978 Baylor Michael Bowen 13 1990 Rice Jason Wolf 13 1990 Arkansas Emmanuel Sanders 13 2007 Memphis Darius Joseph 13 2014 East Carolina Courtland Sutton 13 2016 South Florida James Proche 13 2019 Memphis

Receiving yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 James Proche 3,949 2016 2017 2018 2019 2 Emmanuel Sanders 3,791 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Aldrick Robinson 3,314 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 Courtland Sutton 3,220 2014 2015 2016 2017 5 Cole Beasley 2,959 2008 2009 2010 2011 6 Darius Johnson 2,854 2009 2010 2011 2012 7 Emanuel Tolbert 2,784 1976 1977 1978 1979 8 Ron Morris 2,410 1983 1984 1985 1986 9 Jerry LeVias 2,275 1966 1967 1968 10 Jason Wolf 2,232 1989 1990 1991 1992

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Emmanuel Sanders 1,339 2009 2 Aldrick Robinson 1,301 2010 3 Courtland Sutton 1,246 2016 4 James Proche 1,225 2019 5 James Proche 1,199 2018 6 Trey Quinn 1,191 2017 7 Jerry LeVias 1,131 1968 8 Darius Johnson 1,118 2011 9 Jeremy Johnson 1,112 2013 10 Courtland Sutton 1,085 2017

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Courtland Sutton 252 2016 South Florida 2 Reggie Roberson Jr. 250 2019 Temple 3 Reggie Roberson Jr. 243[6] 2020 Memphis 4 Jeremy Johnson 217 2013 Rutgers 5 Jerry LeVias 213 1968 NC State 6 Aldrick Robinson 210 2008 UCF 7 Keenan Holman 209 2013 Temple 8 Aldrick Robinson 186 2008 Houston Trey Quinn 186 2017 Cincinnati 10 James Proche 183 2018 Tulsa

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 James Proche 39 2016 2017 2018 2019 2 Emmanuel Sanders 34 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Courtland Sutton 31 2014 2015 2016 2017 4 Aldrick Robinson 30 2007 2008 2009 2010 5 Emanuel Tolbert 25 1976 1977 1978 1979 6 Jerry LeVias 22 1966 1967 1968 7 Darius Johnson 20 2009 2010 2011 2012 8 Jason Wolf 17 1989 1990 1991 1992 Reggie Roberson Jr. 17[8][lower-alpha 2] 2018 2019 2020 10 Ron Morris 15 1983 1984 1985 1986

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 James Proche 15 2019 2 Aldrick Robinson 14 2010 3 Trey Quinn 13 2017 4 Courtland Sutton 12 2017 James Proche 12 2018 6 Emanuel Tolbert 11 1978 Aldrick Robinson 11 2008 8 Zack Sledge 10 2007 Courtland Sutton 10 2016 10 Emmanuel Sanders 9 2006 Emmanuel Sanders 9 2007 Emmanuel Sanders 9 2008 Keenan Holman 9 2013 Courtland Sutton 9 2015 Kylen Granson 9[9] 2019

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Emanuel Tolbert 4 1978 Baylor Courtland Sutton 4 2017 North Texas 3 Multiple players 3 Most recent: Kylen Granson, 2019 vs. East Carolina

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[10]

Total offense yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Ben Hicks 8,977 2016 2017 2018 2 Ramon Flanigan 7,437 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 3 Shane Buechele 7,234[5][lower-alpha 1] 2019 2020 4 Garrett Gilbert 7,063 2012 2013 5 Chuck Hixson 6,884 1968 1969 1970 6 Kyle Padron 6,189 2009 2010 2011 7 Mike Ford 6,055 1977 1978 1979 1980 8 Justin Willis 6,054 2006 2007 2008 9 Mike Romo 5,699 1989 1990 1991 1992 10 Ricky Wesson 4,604 1973 1974 1975 1976

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Kyle Padron 4,072 2010 2 Shane Buechele 4,034 2019 3 J. J. McDermott 3,911 2011 4 Garrett Gilbert 3,795 2013 5 Justin Willis 3,643 2007 6 Ben Hicks 3,616 2017 7 Garrett Gilbert 3,278 2012 8 Shane Buechele 3,200[5] 2020 9 Matt Davis 3,024 2015 10 Chuck Hixson 2,995 1968

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Garrett Gilbert 635 2013 Temple 2 Shane Buechele 501[6] 2020 Memphis 3 Garrett Gilbert 498 2013 Rutgers 4 Justin Willis 489 2007 Memphis 5 Kyle Padron 467 2009 Nevada 6 Shane Buechele 453 2019 Temple 7 Garrett Gilbert 441 2013 Texas Tech 8 Shane Buechele 443 2019 Memphis 9 Josh McCown 439 2000 UTEP 10 Justin Willis 435 2007 North Texas

Total touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Ben Hicks 74 2016 2017 2018 2 Shane Buechele 61[5][lower-alpha 1] 2019 2020 3 Ramon Flanigan 57 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 Justin Willis 57 2006 2007 2008 5 Chuck Hixson 50 1968 1969 1970 Garrett Gilbert 50 2012 2013 7 Kyle Padron 48 2009 2010 2011 8 Eric Dickerson 47 1979 1980 1981 1982 Zach Line 47 2009 2010 2011 2012 10 Doak Walker 45 1945 1947 1948 1949

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Shane Buechele 36 2019 2 Kyle Padron 35 2010 3 Ben Hicks 33 2017 4 Justin Willis 29 2006 5 Justin Willis 28 2007 6 Chuck Hixson 27 1968 Garrett Gilbert 27 2013 8 Matt Davis 26 2015 9 Bo Levi Mitchell 25 2008 Shane Buechele 25[5] 2020

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Garrett Gilbert 7 2013 Rutgers 2 Mike Romo 6 1990 Vanderbilt Justin Willis 6 2006 Sam Houston State Garrett Gilbert 6 2013 Temple Shane Buechele 6 2019 Temple 6 9 times by 6 players 5 Most recent: Shane Buechele, 2020 vs. North Texas[7]

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rk Player Ints Years 1 Russell Carter 18 1980 1981 1982 1983 2 John Simmons 17 1977 1978 1979 1980 3 Paul Page 15 1945 1946 1947 1948 4 Wes Hopkins 14 1979 1980 1981 1982 5 Pat Curry 13 1969 1970 1971 David Hill 13 1975 1976 1977 1978 7 Tracy Hart 12 1996 1997 1998 1999

Single season Rk Player Ints Year 1 Jim Livingston 8 1968 2 Paul Page 7 1947 Pat Curry 7 1969 David Hill 7 1978 John Simmons 7 1980 Russell Carter 7 1981 Russell Carter 7 1983

Single game Rk Player Ints Year Opponent 1 John Hughes 4 1962 Rice Wes Hopkins 4 1981 Houston 3 Paul Page 3 1947 Texas A&M David Powell 3 1950 Oklahoma A&M Jim Livingston 3 1968 NC State David Hill 3 1978 Ohio State Cornell Parker 3 1995 Texas Devin Lowery 3 2006 Marshall

Tackles

Career Rk Player Tackles Years 1 Putt Choate 649 1975 1976 1977 1978 2 Gary Moten 455 1979 1980 1981 1982 3 Bill Kiely 445 1989 1990 1991 1992 4 Jason Bednarz 423 1989 1990 1991 1992 5 Chris Bordano 421 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Single season Rk Player Tackles Year 1 Putt Choate 253 1978 2 Putt Choate 186 1977 3 Craig Swann 167 1995 4 Louie Kelcher 161 1974 5 Putt Choate 150 1976

Single game Rk Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Champ Dickerson 32 1977 Ohio State 2 Putt Choate 31 1976 Texas A&M 3 Putt Choate 28 1978 Penn State 4 Putt Choate 27 1977 Texas A&M Clarence Bennett 27 1980 Houston

Sacks

Career Rk Player Sacks Years 1 Luke Johnson 23.5 1997 1998 1999 2 Ja'Gared Davis 20.5 2009 2010 2011 2012 Justin Lawler 20.5 2014 2015 2016 2017 4 Justin Rogers 19.5 2003 2004 2005 2006 5 Anthony Beverley 19.0 1981 1982 1983 1984 6 Chad Patton 18.0 1990 1991 1992 1993 Taylor Thompson 18.0 2008 2009 2010 2011 Delontae Scott 18.0 2016 2017 2018 2019 9 Jerry Ball 17.0 1983 1984 1985 1986

Single season Rk Player Sacks Year 1 Patrick Nelson 12.0 2019 2 Luke Johnson 11.5 1999 3 Victor Simon 11.0 1981 4 Gary Nelson 10.0 1978 Luke Johnson 10.0 1997 Delontae Scott 10.0 2019 7 Justin Rogers 9.5 2006 Justin Lawler 9.5 2017

Single game Rk Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Luke Johnson 4.0 1999 UTEP Justin Lawler 4.0 2017 UConn

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rk Player FGs Years 1 Eddie Garcia 44 1978 1979 1980 1981 Chase Hover 44 2011 2012 2013 3 Thomas Morstead 37 2005 2006 2007 2008 4 Chris McMurtray 36 2002 2003 2004 2005 5 Josh Williams 31 2016 2017 6 Brandy Brownlee 30 1984 1985 1986 7 Chipper Johnson 26 1969 1970 1971 Jeff Harrell 26 1982 1983

Single season Rk Player FGs Year 1 Eddie Garcia 18 1981 Chris McMurtray 18 2005 Chase Hover 18 2012 Chase Hover 18 2013 5 Josh Williams 17 2016 Chris Naggar 17[11] 2020 7 Brandy Brownlee 15 1985 Daniel Hernández 15 1996 9 Josh Williams 14 2017 10 Jeff Harrell 13 1982 Jeff Harrell 13 1983 John Stewart 13 1993 Jacob Crowley 13 2001 Thomas Morstead 13 2006 Thomas Morstead 13 2007

Single game Rk Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Eddie Garcia 4 1981 Arkansas Brandy Brownlee 4 1985 Rice Daniel Hernández 4 1996 TCU Chris McMurtray 4 2005 UTEP Chase Hover 4 2012 Tulane Josh Williams 4 2016 Tulsa

Field goal percentage

Career[lower-alpha 3] Rk Player FG% Years 1 Chris McMurtray 75.0% 2002 2003 2004 2005

Single season[lower-alpha 4] Rk Player FG% Year 1 Chase Hover 85.7% 2013 2 Eddie Garcia 81.8% 1981 Chris McMurtray 81.8% 2005

Footnotes

1. Buechele began his college career in 2016 at Texas, playing in three seasons (the last, in 2018, counting as a redshirt season because he played in only two games). He graduated from Texas in 2019 with two remaining seasons of athletic eligibility and transferred to SMU, becoming eligible to play immediately under NCAA graduate transfer regulations.
2. Roberson began his college career in 2017 at West Virginia. He transferred to SMU after that season, becoming immediately eligible at SMU after receiving an NCAA waiver of its normal transfer rules.
3. Minimum of 30 attempts.
4. Minimum of 10 attempts.

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