West Virginia Mountaineers football statistical leaders

The West Virginia Mountaineers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the West Virginia Mountaineers 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 Mountaineers represent the University of West Virginia in the NCAA's Big 12 Conference.

Although West Virginia began competing in intercollegiate football in 1891,^[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1933. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists. However, the West Virginia Football Media Guide does include the touchdown statistics, although not the yards, of Ira Errett Rodgers, who played for the Mountaineers from 1915 to 1919.^[2]

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

• Since 1933, 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.^[3] The Mountaineers have played in 12 bowls games since the decision, giving players an extra game to accumulate statistics.
• The Mountaineers ran a high-octane spread option offense under head coaches Rich Rodriguez (2001-2007) and Bill Stewart (2008-2010), which emphasized mobile quarterbacks and no huddling, allowing the teams to rack up very large numbers of yards. Since Dana Holgorsen took over in 2011, the Mountaineers have run more of an air raid spread attack, emphasizing passing on most plays. This has led to many school passing and receiving records being set. In particular, a 70-63 win over Baylor in 2012^[4] saw more than 1,500 offensive yards between the two teams combined, and 10 single-game entries on the lists below.

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

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Geno Smith 11,662 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Marc Bulger 8,153 1996 1997 1998 1999 3 Pat White 6,049 2005 2006 2007 2008 4 Chad Johnston 5,954 1993 1994 1995 1996 5 Oliver Luck 5,765 1978 1979 1980 1981 6 Rasheed Marshall 5,558 2001 2002 2003 2004 7 Major Harris 5,173 1987 1988 1989 8 Clint Trickett 4,890[5] 2013 2014 9 Dan Kendra 4,781 1974 1975 1976 10 Bernie Galiffa 4,426 1970 1971 1972	Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Geno Smith 4,385 2011 2 Geno Smith 4,205 2012 3 Marc Bulger 3,607 1998 4 Clint Trickett 3,285[5] 2014 5 Geno Smith 2,763 2010 6 Bernie Galiffa 2,496 1972 7 Marc Bulger 2,465 1997 8 Oliver Luck 2,448 1981 9 Jeff Hostetler 2,345 1983 10 Jarrett Brown 2,144 2009	Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Geno Smith 656[4] 2012 Baylor 2 Clint Trickett 511[6] 2012 Maryland 3 Geno Smith 463[7] 2011 LSU 4 Geno Smith 450[8] 2011 Connecticut 5 Marc Bulger 429 1998 Missouri 6 Mike Sherwood 416 1968 Pittsburgh 7 Geno Smith 411[9] 2012 James Madison 8 Geno Smith 410[10] 2011 Louisville 9 Marc Bulger 409 1998 Pittsburgh 10 Geno Smith 407[11] 2012 Kansas Geno Smith 407[12] 2011 Clemson[13]

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Geno Smith 98 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Marc Bulger 59 1996 1997 1998 1999 3 Pat White 56 2005 2006 2007 2008 4 Rasheed Marshall 45 2001 2002 2003 2004 5 Oliver Luck 43 1978 1979 1980 1981 Chad Johnston 43 1993 1994 1995 1996 7 Major Harris 41 1987 1988 1989 8 Mike Sherwood 34 1968 1969 1970 9 Dan Kendra 31 1974 1975 1976 10 Bernie Galiffa 28 1970 1971 1972 Brad Lewis 28 1998 1999 2000 2001	Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Geno Smith 42 2012 2 Marc Bulger 31 1998 Geno Smith 31 2011 4 Geno Smith 24 2010 5 Pat White 21 2008 6 Oliver Luck 19 1980 Rasheed Marshall 19 2004 8 Clint Trickett 18[5] 2014 9 Bernie Galiffa 17 1972 Major Harris 17 1989	Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Geno Smith 8[4] 2012 Baylor 2 Marc Bulger 6 1998 Pittburgh Geno Smith 6[12] 2011 Clemson[13] 4 Allen McCune 5 1965 Pittsburgh Brad Lewis 5 2000 Ole Miss[14] Pat White 5[15] 2008 Villanova Geno Smith 5[9] 2012 James Madison 8 various 4

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Avon Cobourne 5,164 1999 2000 2001 2002 2 Pat White 4,480 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 Noel Devine 4,315 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 Amos Zereoue 4,086 1996 1997 1998 5 Steve Slaton 3,923 2005 2006 6 Arthur Owens 2,648 1972 1973 1974 1975 7 Robert Walker 2,620 1993 1994 1995 8 Quincy Wilson 2,608 1999 2001 2002 2003 9 Robert Alexander 2,456 1978 1979 1980 10 Undra Johnson 2,211 1986 1987 1988	Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Steve Slaton 1,744 2006 2 Avon Cobourne 1,710 2002 3 Amos Zereoue 1,589 1997 4 Noel Devine 1,465 2009 5 Amos Zereoue 1,462 1998 6 Quincy Wilson 1,380 2003 7 Pat White 1,335 2007 8 Avon Cobourne 1,298 2001 9 Robert Walker 1,250 1993 10 Robert Gresham 1,155 1969	Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Tavon Austin 344[16] 2012 Oklahoma 2 Kay-Jay Harris 337[17] 2004 East Carolina 3 Dustin Garrison 291[18] 2011 Bowling Green 4 Kerry Marbury 291 1971 Temple 5 Avon Cobourne 260 2002 East Carolina 6 Pat White 247[19] 2006 Syracuse 7 Amos Zereoue 234 1997 Notre Dame 8 Amos Zereoue 228 1998 Rutgers 9 Pat White 220[20] 2005 Pittsburgh Pat White 220[21] 2006 Pittsburgh Noel Devine 220[22] 2009 Colorado

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Steve Slaton 50 2005 2006 2 Pat White 47 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 Ira Errett Rodgers 42 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 Avon Cobourne 42 1999 2000 2001 2002 5 Amos Zereoue 40 1996 1997 1998 6 Noel Devine 29 2007 2008 2009 2010 7 Rasheed Marshall 24 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Kerry Marbury 22 1971 1972 9 Undra Johnson 21 1985 1986 1987 1988 10 Fred Wyant 20 1952 1953 1954 1955 Quincy Wilson 20 1999 2001 2002 2003	Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Ira Errett Rodgers 19 1919 2 Amos Zereoue 18 1997 Steve Slaton 18 2006 4 Avon Cobourne 17 2002 Steve Slaton 17 2005 Steve Slaton 17 2007 7 Kerry Marbury 16 1972 Pat White 16 2006 9 Pat White 14 2007 10 Amos Zereoue 13 1998 Rasheed Marshall 13 2002 Noel Devine 13 2009	Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 George Allen 5 1932 Marquette Steve Sloan 5[23] 2005 Louisville

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Tavon Austin 288 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Stedman Bailey 210 2010 2011 2012 3 Jock Sanders 206 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 David Saunders 191 1995 1996 1997 1998 5 Shawn Foreman 169 1995 1996 1997 1998 6 Khori Ivy 160 1997 1998 1999 2000 7 Antonio Brown 155 1998 1999 2000 2001 8 Kevin White 144[24] 2013 2014 9 Darius Reynaud 133 2005 2006 2007 10 Rahsaan Vanterpool 126 1993 1994 1995 1996	Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Stedman Bailey 114 2012 Tavon Austin 114 2012 3 Kevin White 109[24] 2014 4 Tavon Austin 101 2011 5 Shawn Foreman 77 1997 David Saunders 77 1998 6 David Saunders 76 1996 7 Jock Sanders 72 2009 Stedman Bailey 72 2011 10 Jock Sanders 69 2010	Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Kevin White 16[25] 2014 Texas 2 Tavon Austin 14[4] 2012 Baylor Stedman Bailey 14[26] 2012 Oklahoma State 4 Stedman Bailey 13[16] 2012 Oklahoma Stedman Bailey 13[4] 2012 Baylor J.D. Woods 13[4] 2012 Baylor Stedman Bailey 13[9] 2012 James Madison Tavon Austin 13[27] 2012 Maryland Kevin White 13[6] 2014 Maryland Kevin White 13[28] 2014 Texas Tech

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Tavon Austin 3,413 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Stedman Bailey 3,218 2010 2011 2012 3 David Saunders 2,608 1995 1996 1997 1998 4 Khori Ivy 2,402 1997 1998 1999 2000 5 Shawn Foreman 2,347 1995 1996 1997 1998 6 Rahsaan Vanterpool 2,022 1993 1994 1995 1996 7 Jock Sanders 1,980 2007 2008 2009 2010 8 Rich Hollins 1,968 1980 1981 1982 1983 9 Kevin White 1,954[24] 2013 2014 10 Cedric Thomas 1,930 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980	Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Stedman Bailey 1,622 2012 2 Kevin White 1,447[24] 2014 3 Tavon Austin 1,289 2012 4 Stedman Bailey 1,279 2011 5 Tavon Austin 1,186 2011 6 David Saunders 1,043 1996 7 Chris Henry 1,006 2003 8 Shawn Foreman 948 1998 9 Mario Alford 945[29] 2014 10 Shawn Foreman 928 1997	Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Stedman Bailey 303[4] 2012 Baylor 2 Stedman Bailey 225[26] 2012 Oklahoma State 3 Kevin White 216[6] 2014 Maryland 4 Mario Alford 215[30] 2013 Iowa State 5 Tavon Austin 215[4] 2012 Baylor 6 Stedman Bailey 205[16] 2012 Oklahoma 7 Chris Henry 209[31] 2003 Syracuse 8 Pat Greene 205 1997 Pittsburgh 9 Rahsaan Vanterpool 205 1994 Pittsburgh 10 David Saunders 191 1996 Boston College

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Stedman Bailey 41 2010 2011 2012 2 Tavon Austin 29 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Cedric Thomas 23 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 4 Chris Henry 22 2003 2004 5 Khori Ivy 19 1997 1998 1999 2000 Darius Reynaud 19 2005 2006 2007 7 Reggie Rembert 18 1988 1989 David Saunders 18 1995 1996 1997 1998 9 Rich Hollins 16 1980 1981 1982 1983 Shawn Foreman 16 1995 1996 1997 1998	Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Stedman Bailey 25 2012 2 Chris Henry 12 2004 Darius Reynaud 12 2007 Stedman Bailey 12 2011 Tavon Austin 12 2012 6 Reggie Rembert 11 1989 Mario Alford 11[29] 2014 8 Cedric Thomas 10 1980 Chris Henry 10 2003 Kevin White 10[24] 2014	Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Stedman Bailey 5[4] 2012 Baylor

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.^[32]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Geno Smith 12,004 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Pat White 10,529 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 Marc Bulger 7,827 1996 1997 1998 1999 4 Rasheed Marshall 7,598 2001 2002 2003 2004 5 Major Harris 7,334 1987 1988 1989 6 Oliver Luck 6,282 1978 1979 1980 1981 7 Chad Johnston 5,664 1993 1994 1995 1996 8 Avon Cobourne 5,164 1999 2000 2001 2002 9 Clint Trickett 4,755 2013 2014 10 Dan Kendra 4,752 1974 1975 1976 1977	Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Geno Smith 4,356 2012 2 Geno Smith 4,352 2011 3 Marc Bulger 3,515 1998 4 Clint Trickett 3,179 2007 5 Pat White 3,059 2007 6 Major Harris 2,994 1989 7 Geno Smith 2,980 2010 8 Pat White 2,874 2006 9 Pat White 2,816 2008 10 Rasheed Marshall 2,747 2004	Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Geno Smith 687[4] 2012 Baylor 2 Clint Trickett 507[6] 2014 Maryland 3 Geno Smith 468[7] 2011 LSU 4 Geno Smith 433[12] 2011 Clemson[13] 5 Geno Smith 431[8] 2011 Connecticut 6 Geno Smith 429[9] 2012 James Madison 7 Marc Bulger 424 1998 Missouri Pat White 424[21] 2006 Pittsburgh 9 Geno Smith 412[11] 2012 Kansas 10 Mike Sherwood 407 1968 Pittsburgh

Total touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Pat White 103 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Geno Smith 102 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Rasheed Marshall 69 2001 2002 2003 2004 4 Ira Errett Rodgers 66[2] 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 5 Marc Bulger 61 1996 1997 1998 6 Major Harris 59 1987 1988 1989 7 Oliver Luck 54 1978 1979 1980 1981 8 Steve Slaton 50 2005 2006 2007 9 Mike Sherwood 46 1968 1969 1970 10 Chad Johnston 44 1993 1994 1995 1996	Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Geno Smith 44 2012 2 Geno Smith 33 2011 3 Marc Bulger 31 1998 Pat White 31 2006 5 Ira Errett Rodgers 30 1919 6 Pat White 29 2008 7 Pat White 28 2007 8 Geno Smith 24 2010 9 Major Harris 23 1989 Rasheed Marshall 23 2004	Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Geno Smith 8[4] 2012 Baylor

Defense

Note: The 2014 West Virginia Football Media Guide does not generally list a top 10 in the defensive categories.

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Steve Newberry 20 1980 1981 1982 1983 2 Aaron Beasley 19 1992 1993 1994 3 Bob Snider 15 1951 1953 1956 4 Tom Pridemore 15 1975 1976 1977 5 Tim Agee 15 1980 1981 1982 1983	Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Aaron Beasley 10 1994 2 Bob Snider 7 1952 Mike Slater 7 1969 Tom Geishauser 7 1972 Tim Agee 7 1983 Preston Waters 7 1989	Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Andrew King 4 1915 Marietta Francis Fairley 4 1925 Pittsburgh Mike Slater 4 1969 Kentucky 4 various 3

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Grant Wiley 492 2000 2001 2002 2003 2 Darryl Talley 484 1979 1980 1981 1982 3 Dennis Fowlkes 459 1979 1980 1981 1982 4 Steve Grant 445 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 Jeff Macerelli 432 1975 1976 1977 1978	Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Steve Dunlap 190 1974 2 Chris Haering 185 1989 3 Ray Marshall 175 1975 4 Jeff Macerelli 172 1977 5 Charles Smith 170 1975	Single game Rank Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Steve Dunlap 28 1974 Boston College 2 Chris Haering 23 1989 Rutgers 3 Rick Sherrod 22 2001 Syracuse Grant Wiley 22 2001 Syracuse 5 various 21

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Canute Curtis 34.5 1993 1994 1995 1996 2 Julian Miller 27.5 2008 2009 2010 2011 3 Gary Stills 26.0 1996 1997 1998 4 Bruce Irvin 22.5 2010 2011 5 Renaldo Turnbull 22.0 1986 1987 1988 1989 6 Steve Hathaway 20.0 1980 1981 1982 1983 7 Darryl Talley 19.0 1979 1980 1981 1982	Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Canute Curtis 16.5 1996 2 Steve Hathaway 15.0 1983 3 Bruce Irvin 14.0 2010 4 Renaldo Turnbull 12.0 1988 Gary Stills 12.0 1997 6 Mike Fox 10.0 1989 Canute Curtis 10.0 1995 Gary Stills 10.0 1998 9 Julian Miller 9.0 2009 Julian Miller 9.0 2010	Single game Rank Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Steve Hathaway 4.0 1983 Virginia Tech Gary Stills 4.0 1997 Marshall James Davis 4.0 2000 East Carolina Julian Miller 4.0[33] 2011 Pittsburgh 5 various 3.0

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Paul Woodside 74 1981 1982 1983 1984 2 Pat McAfee 58 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 Jay Taylor 53 1996 1997 1998 1999 4 Charlie Baumann 52 1985 1986 1987 1988 5 Tyler Bitancurt 50 2009 2010 2011 2012 6 Josh Lambert 47[34] 2013 2014 7 Frank Nester 25 1971 1972 1973 Bill McKenzie 25 1974 1975 1976 1977 9 Steve Sinclair 24 1978 1979 1980 10 Bryan Baumann 23 1994 1995 1996	Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Josh Lambert 30[34] 2014 2 Paul Woodside 28 1982 3 Paul Woodside 21 1983 4 Charlie Baumann 20 1988 5 Pat McAfee 17 2006 Pat McAfee 17 2008 Josh Lambert 17 2013 8 Tyler Bitancurt 16 2011 9 Paul Woodside 15 1984 Mike Vanderjagt 15 1992 Jay Taylor 15 1996 Jay Taylor 15 1997	Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Paul Woodside 4 1982 Syracuse Paul Woodside 4 1982 Maryland Pat McAfee 4[35] 2006 Rutgers Tyler Bitancurt 4[36] 2009 Liberty Tyler Bitancurt 4[37] 2009 Pittsburgh

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Brenden Rauh 88.9% 1998 1999 2000 2001 2 Paul Woodside 79.6% 1981 1982 1983 1984 3 Mike Vanderjagt 75.0% 1991 1992 4 Josh Lambert 75.8%[34] 2013 2014 5 Charlie Baumann 74.3% 1985 1986 1987 1988 6 Jay Taylor 73.6% 1996 1997 1998 1999 7 Pat McAfee 73.4% 2005 2006 2007 2008 8 Tyler Bitancurt 68.5% 2009 2010 2011 2012 9 Frank Nester 65.8% 1971 1972 1973 10 Bryan Baumann 65.7% 1994 1995 1996

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Charlie Baumann 92.9% 1987 2 Paul Woodside 90.3% 1982 3 Jay Taylor 86.7% 1999 Brenden Rauh 86.7% 2001 Tyler Bitancurt 86.7% 2009 6 Pat McAfee 85.0% 2008 7 Paul Woodside 84.0% 1983 8 Jay Taylor 83.3% 1997 9 Pat McAfee 77.3% 2006 10 Josh Lambert 76.9%[34] 2014

References

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