Rice Owls football statistical leaders

The Rice Owls football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Rice Owls football program in various categories,^[1] including passing, rushing, total offense, and receiving, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Owls represent Rice University in the NCAA's Conference USA.

Although Rice began competing in intercollegiate football in 1912,^[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1951. 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 1951, 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 Owls have played in 5 bowl games since this decision, allowing players to accumulate additional statistics in the extra game.
• All of Rice's top 9 seasons by offensive yards and scoring have come since the 2001 season.^[1]

These lists are updated through the end of the 2014 season.

Passing

Passing Yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Chase Clement 9,785 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Tommy Kramer 6,197 1973 1974 1975 1976 3 Randy Hertel 6,161 1977 1978 1979 1980 4 Taylor McHargue 6,122 2010 2011 2012 2013 5 Mark Comalander 4,810 1984 1985 1986 1987 6 Nick Fanuzzi 4,402 2009 2010 2011 7 Donald Hollas 4,039 1987 1988 1989 1990 8 Quentis Roper 3,895 1985 1986 1987 1988 9 Driphus Jackson 3,564[3] 2012 2013 2014 10 Bruce Gadd 3,454 1970 1971 1972	Single-Season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Chase Clement 4,119 2008 2 Chase Clement 3,377 2007 3 Tommy Kramer 3,317 1976 4 Driphus Jackson 2,842[3] 2014 5 Taylor McHargue 2,345 2013 6 Taylor McHargue 2,209 2012 7 Bruce Gadd 2,064 1972 8 Donald Hollas 1,815 1989 9 Donald Hollas 1,808 1990 10 Chase Clement 1,707 2006	Single Game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Chase Clement 541[4] 2007 Tulsa 2 Chase Clement 444[5] 2008 Southern Miss 3 Tommy Kramer 409 1976 Houston 4 Nick Fanuzzi 405[6] 2011 UTEP 5 Tommy Kramer 397 1976 Texas 6 Chase Clement 395[7] 2007 UTEP 7 Tommy Kramer 386 1976 SMU 8 Chase Clement 384[8] 2008 Army 9 Chase Clement 381[9] 2008 Houston 10 Tommy Kramer 376 1976 Texas A&M

Passing Touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Chase Clement 99 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Taylor McHargue 43 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 Randy Hertel 38 1977 1978 1979 1980 4 Tommy Kramer 37 1973 1974 1975 1976 5 Driphus Jackson 30[3] 2012 2013 2014 6 Mark Comalander 27 1984 1985 1986 1987 7 Michael Calhoun 26 1981 1982 8 Quentis Roper 23 1985 1986 1987 1988 Josh LaRocca 23 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 10 Nick Fanuzzi 22 2009 2010 2011	Single-Season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Chase Clement 44 2008 2 Chase Clement 29 2007 3 Driphus Jackson 24[3] 2014 4 Michael Calhoun 21 1981 Tommy Kramer 21 1976 Chase Clement 21 2006 7 Taylor McHargue 17 2013 8 Randy Hertel 12 1978 Bert Emanuel 12 1993 Taylor McHargue 12 2012	Single Game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Chase Clement 6[7] 2007 UTEP Chase Clement 6[10] 2008 SMU Chase Clement 6[5] 2008 Southern Miss 4 Chase Clement 5[11] 2006 Army Chase Clement 5[12] 2008 UTEP Chase Clement 5[9] 2008 Houston 7 Vernon Glass 4 1950 Santa Clara Tommy Kramer 4 1976 Utah Michael Calhoun 4 1981 TCU Michael Calhoun 4 1981 Texas Tech Michael Calhoun 4 1981 Texas A&M Chase Clement 4[13] 2008 Marshall Taylor McHargue 4[14] 2013 UTEP Driphus Jackson 4[15] 2014 Louisiana Tech

Rushing

Rushing Yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Trevor Cobb 4,948 1989 1990 1991 1992 2 Charles Ross 2,689 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 Quinton Smith 2,505 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Michael Perry 2,496 1995 1996 5 Chad Nelson 2,415 1994 1995 1996 1997 6 Robbie Beck 2,218 2000 2001 2002 2003 7 Kyle Herm 2,028 2000 2001 2002 2003 8 Chad Richardson 2,024 1996 1997 1998 1999 9 Greg Henderson 1,995 2001 2002 2003 2004 10 Kosse Johnson 1,917 1951-1953	Single-Season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Trevor Cobb 1,692 1991 2 Trevor Cobb 1,386 1992 3 Trevor Cobb 1,325 1990 4 Charles Ross 1,270 2013 5 Quinton Smith 1,096 2006 6 Michael Perry 1,034 1997 7 Ed Bailey 1,021 2004 8 Jowan Davis 956[16] 2014 9 Chad Nelson 953 1997 10 Stahle Vincent 945 1971	Single Game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Dicky Maegle 265 1954 Alabama 2 Antonio Brinkley 244 1985 Lamar 3 Trevor Cobb 240 1991 Iowa State 4 Ed Bailey 234[17] 2004 Hawai`i 5 Chad Richardson 224 1998 Colorado State 6 Trevor Cobb 223 1992 Sam Houston State 7 Trevor Cobb 216 1991 Tulane 8 Larry Cardwell 215 1970 TCU Charles Ross 215[18] 2013 Louisiana Tech 10 Trevor Cobb 210 1992 SMU

Rushing Touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Trevor Cobb 38 1989 1990 1991 1992 2 Charles Ross 36 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 Robbie Beck 34 2000 2001 2002 2003 4 Chase Clement 25 2005 2006 2007 2008 5 Chad Nelson 24 1994 1995 1996 1997 6 Ed Bailey 22 2001 2002 2003 2004 Benji Wood 22 1996 1997 8 Chad Richardson 20 1996 1997 1998 1999 9 Donald Hollas 19 1987 1988 1989 1990 10 Michael Perry 18 1995 1996	Single-Season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Benjie Wood 16 1997 2 Charles Ross 15 2013 3 Trevor Cobb 14 1991 4 Ed Bailey 12 2004 Chase Clement 12 2008 6 Dicky Maegle 11 1954 Trevor Cobb 11 1992 Chad Nelson 11 1996 Chad Richardson 11 1999 Kyle Herm 11 2001 Taylor McHargue 11 2012 Darik Dillard 11[19] 2014	Single Game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Charles Ross 5[18] 2013 Louisiana Tech 2 Dicky Maegle 4 1954 Cornell Butch Blume 4 1961 Texas Tech Lester Lehman 4 1967 Baylor Donald Hollas 4 1990 Texas Tech Benji Wood 4 1997 Tulane Robbie Beck 4 2003 Fresno State Ed Bailey 4 2004 SMU Jeremy Eddington 4[20] 2010 East Carolina 10 various 3

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.^[21]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Chase Clement 11,526 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Taylor McHargue 7,533 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 Tommy Kramer 6,336 1973 1974 1975 1976 4 Randy Hertel 5,751 1977 1978 1979 1980 5 Trevor Cobb 4,948 1989 1990 1991 1992 6 Quentis Roper 4,924 1985 1986 1987 1988 7 Donald Hollas 4,832 1987 1988 1989 1990 8 Mark Comalander 4,561 1984 1985 1986 1987 9 Nick Fanuzzi 4,486 2009 2010 2011 10 Kyle Herm 4,360 2000 2001 2002 2003	Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Chase Clement 4,812 2008 2 Chase Clement 3,912 2007 3 Driphus Jackson 3,243 2014 4 Tommy Kramer 3,272 1976 5 Taylor McHargue 2,874 2012 6 Taylor McHargue 2,809 2013 7 Donald Hollas 2,246 1989 8 Bert Emanuel 2,238 1992 9 Kyle Herm 2,018 2001 10 Donald Hollas 2,003 1990	Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Chase Clement 601[4] 2007 Tulsa 2 Chase Clement 491[7] 2007 UTEP 3 Chase Clement 488[22] 2007 Memphis 4 Taylor McHargue 467[23] 2012 Marshall 5 Chase Clement 466[5] 2008 Southern Miss 6 Chase Clement 459[8] 2008 Army 7 Chase Clement 439[9] 2008 Houston Nick Fanuzzi 439[6] 2011 UTEP 9 Tommy Kramer 398 1976 SMU 10 Chase Clement 398[24] 2008 Memphis

Total touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Chase Clement 124 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Taylor McHargue 60 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 Tommy Kramer 48 1973 1974 1975 1976 4 Randy Hertel 42 1977 1978 1979 1980 5 Trevor Cobb 38 1989 1990 1991 1992 Mark Comalander 36 1984 1985 1986 1987 7 Charles Ross 36 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 8 Kyle Herm 35 2000 2001 2002 2003 Donald Hollas 34 1987 1988 1989 1990 10 Bert Emanuel 34 1992 1993 Robbie Beck 34 2000 2001 2002 2003	Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Chase Clement 56 2008 2 Chase Clement 37 2007 3 Tommy Kramer 25 1976 Chase Clement 25 2006 Driphus Jackson 25 2014 6 Taylor McHargue 23 2012 7 Michael Calhoun 22 1981 Taylor McHargue 22 2013 9 Donald Hollas 19 1990 Kyle Herm 19 2001	Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Chase Clement 8[7] 2007 UTEP 2 Chase Clement 6[10] 2008 SMU Chase Clement 6[5] 2008 Southern Miss Chase Clement 6[12] 2008 UTEP Chase Clement 6[9] 2008 Houston 6 Donald Hollas 5 1990 Texas Tech Greg Henderson 5[17] 2004 Hawai`i Chase Clement 5[11] 2006 Army Chase Clement 5[22] 2007 Memphis Charles Ross 5[18] 2013 Louisiana Tech

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Jarett Dillard 292 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Eric Henley 186 1988 1989 1990 1991 3 Jordan Taylor 176[25] 2011 2012 2013 2014 4 Toren Dixon 161 2006 2007 2008 2009 5 James Casey 157 2007 2008 6 David Houser 152 1974 1976 1977 1978 7 Vance McDonald 119 2009 2010 2011 2012 8 Doug Cunningham 117 1975 1976 1977 1978 9 Ed Lofton 112 1973 1974 1975 10 Larry Davis 103 1967 1968 1969	Single-Season Rank Player Rec Year 1 James Casey 111 2008 2 Jarett Dillard 91 2006 3 Jarett Dillard 87 2008 4 Eric Henley 81 1989 5 Jarett Dillard 79 2007 6 James Sykes 76 1976 7 Doug Cunningham 57 1976 Jordan Taylor 57 2012 9 David Houser 55 1977 Jordan Taylor 55 2013	Single Game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 David Houser 14 1976 Florida

Receiving Yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Jarett Dillard 4,138 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Jordan Taylor 2,588[25] 2011 2012 2013 2014 3 David Houser 2,358 1974 1976 1977 1978 4 Eric Henley 2,199 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 James Casey 1,914 2007 2008 6 Toren Dixon 1,746 2006 2007 2008 2009 7 Doug Cunningham 1,522 1975 1976 1977 1978 8 Vance McDonald 1,513 2009 2010 2011 2012 9 Melvin Robinson 1,409 1981 1982 1983 1984 10 Ed Howard 1,344 1991 1992 1993 1994	Single-Season Rank Player Yards Year 1 James Casey 1,329 2008 2 Jarett Dillard 1,310 2008 3 Jarett Dillard 1,247 2006 4 Jarett Dillard 1,057 2007 5 David Houser 931 1976 6 Eric Henley 900 1989 7 Jordan Taylor 848 2013 8 Jordan Taylor 842[25] 2014 9 Jordan Taylor 826 2012 10 David Houser 795 1977	Single Game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 James Casey 208[24] 2008 Memphis 2 David Houser 196 1976 Florida 3 Jordan Taylor 185[14] 2013 UTEP 4 Doug Cunningham 175 1976 TCU 5 James Casey 172[9] 2008 Houston 6 Jarett Dillard 171[11] 2006 Army 7 David Houser 170 1976 Texas A&M 8 Ben Wiggins 168 2003 SMU 9 Jarett Dillard 168[7] 2007 UTEP 10 Jarett Dillard 158[26] 2008 Texas Toren Dixon 158[27] 2009 Tulane

Receiving Touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Jarett Dillard 60 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Jordan Taylor 20[25] 2011 2012 2013 2014 3 David Houser 18 1974 1976 1977 1978 4 James Casey 17 2007 2008 5 Eric Henley 16 1988 1989 1990 1991 6 Kenneth Roy 15 1973 1974 1975 1976 Vance McDonald 15 2009 2010 2011 2012 8 Froggy Williams 13 1946 1947 1948 1949 Buddy Dial 13 1956 1957 1958 Toren Dixon 13 2006 2007 2008 2009	Single-Season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Jarett Dillard 21 2006 2 Jarett Dillard 20 2008 2 Jarett Dillard 14 2007 4 James Casey 13 2008 5 Kenneth Roy 9 1976 6 Vance McDonald 8 2010 Jordan Taylor 8 2013 Mario Hull 8[28] 2014 9 Billy Howton 7 1951 David Houser 7 1978 Jordan Taylor 7[25] 2014	Single Game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Jarett Dillard 4[29] 2008 North Texas

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Bruce Henley 15 1971 1972 1973 2 Huey Keeney 13 1945 1946 1947 1948 3 Dan Dawson 13 1998 1999 2000 2001 4 Nathan Bennett 11 1990 1991 1992 1993 5 LaDouphyous McCalla 11 1994 1996 1997 1998 6 Bryce Callahan 11 2011 2012 2013 7 Jason Hebert 10 1998 1999 2000 2001 8 Michael Downs 9 1977 1978 1979 1980 9 Brian Patterson 9 1981 1982 1983 10 Andrew Sendejo 9 2006 2007 2008 2009	Single-Season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Bruce Henley 7 1972 2 Dan Dawson 7 2000 3 Rex Proctor 6 1950 4 Bruce Henley 6 1971 5 Larry Brune 6 1975 6 David Griffin 6 1989 7 Nathan Bennett 6 1993 8 Bryce Callahan 6 2011 9 various 5	Single Game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Don Anderson 3 1947 Texas A&M 2 Gerald Weatherly 3 1949 Clemson 3 Carl Johnson 3 1952 TCU 4 Dicky Maegle 3 1953 Baylor 5 Pinky Nesbit 3 1953 Texas A&M 6 Bucky Allshouse 3 1970 TCU 7 Michael Downs 3 1978 TCU 8 William McClay 3 1987 Texas State 9 Dan Dawson 3 2000 Hawai'i 10 various 2

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 O.J. Brigance 367 1987 1988 1989 1990 2 Dan Dawson 318 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 Andrew Sendejo 318 2006 2007 2008 2009 4 Danny Burgess 310 1983 1984 1985 1986 5 Richard Gray 306 1980 1981 1982 6 Larry Izzo 301 1992 1993 1994 1995 7 Jason Hebert 300 1998 1999 2000 2001 8 Paul Porras 295 2010 2011 2012 2013 9 Joe Davis 293 1992 1993 1994 1995 10 Travis Ortega 286 1997 1998 1999 2000 Travis Bradshaw 286 2008 2009 2010 2011

Single-Season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Robert Williamson 196 1980 2 Wayne Harpold 136 1982 3 Randy Piel 131 1974 4 O.J. Brigance 128 1988 5 Rodney Norton 127 1974 6 Richard Gray 127 1982 7 Tony Barker 127 1991 8 Larry Izzo 121 1995 9 Travis Bradshaw 121 2009 10 Brian Raines 118 2006

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Brandon Green 24.0 1999 2000 2001 2002 Scott Solomon 24.0 2007 2008 2009 2011 3 Ndukwe Kalu 20.0 1993 1994 1995 1996 4 John Syptak 16.0 2002 2003 2004 2005 5 Matt Sign 14.0 1989 1990 1991 1992 Courtney Gordon 14.0 2003 2004 2005 2006	Single-Season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Brandon Green 12.0 2001 2 Zack Patt 9.5 2014 3 Scott Solomon 9.0 2011 4 Ndukwe Kalu 8.0 1994 John Syptak 8.0 2004 Coutrney Gordon 8.0 2006 7 Tim Fitzpatrick 7.0 1989 Alonzo Williams 7.0 1991 Ndukwe Kalu 7.0 1995 Brandon Green 7.0 2002 Scott Solomon 7.0 2009 Brian Nordstrom 7.0 2014

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Chris Boswell 65 2010 2011 2012 2013 2 James Hamrick 33 1983 1984 1985 3 Mark Williams 30 1970 1971 1972 4 Clark Fangmeier 28 2006 2007 2008 2009 5 Derek Crabtree 27 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 Clint Parsons 24 1987 1988 1989 1990 7 Brennan Landry 22 2002 2003 2004 2005 8 Alan Pringle 19 1973 1974 9 Darrell Richardson 14 1991 1992 10 Joel Baxter 13 1981 1982 Mike Ruff 13 1994 1995 1996	Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Chris Boswell 23 2012 2 James Hamrick 17 1985 Chris Boswell 17 2011 4 Mark Williams 15 1972 5 Chris Boswell 14 2013 6 Mark Williams 13 1971 Clint Parsons 13 1990 8 Alan Pringle 12 1973 Matt Huelsman 12 1994 10 James Hamrick 11 1984 Chris Boswell 11 2010	Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Chris Boswell 5[30] 2012 SMU 2 Joel Baxter 4 1981 TCU Matt Huelsman 4 1994 TCU Chris Boswell 4 1994 North Texas Chris Boswell 4[31] 2012 Kansas

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Derek Crabtree 81.8% 1998 1999 2000 2001 2 Chris Boswell 73.9% 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 Alan Pringle 70.4% 1973 1974 4 James Hamrick 70.2% 1983 1984 1985 5 Clint Parsons 66.7% 1987 1988 1989 1990 6 Darrell Richardson 63.6% 1991 1992	Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Derek Crabtree 88.9% 1999 2 Clint Parsons 86.7% 1990 3 Chris Boswell 81.0% 2011 4 Alan Pringle 80.0% 1973 Alvaro Arenas 80.0% 1975 6 Chris Boswell 79.3% 2012 7 James Hamrick 77.3% 1985 8 Joel Baxter 75.0% 1981 9 Sammy Hartman 72.7% 1989 Darrell Richardson 72.7% 1992 Clark Fangmeier 72.7% 2006 James Farrimond 72.7% 2014

References

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