Defense - Individual Records

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Most Interceptions

  Game      4   Jimmy Glisson vs. Virginia..............11/19/49  Season    9   Jimmy Glisson...............................1949            9   Paul Ellis..................................1970  Career   18   Paul Ellis...............................1969-71

Most Interception Return Yardage

  Game    110   Arthur Green vs. Army...................10/16/76  Season  167   Joe Bullard.................................1970  Career  268   Bobby Jones..............................1947-50

Highest Yard-Per-Interception Return Avg.

  Season  39.3  Charlie Daigle (3-for-118)..................1951          36.3  Mitchell Price (3-for-109)..................1987

Longest Interception Return Game 100 David Hebert vs. Rice (touchdown)........9/25/71 Most Interceptions Returned For Touchdowns

  Game      2   Ernest Crouch vs. SMU...................10/27/45  Season    2   George Ewing................................1972            2   Ernest Crouch...............................1945  Career    2   Lynaris Elpheage.........................2000-02            2   Mitchell Price...........................1987-89            2   George Ewing.............................1970-72            2   David Hebert.............................1969-71            2   Ernest Crouch...............................1945

Most Total Tackles

  Season  172   Burnell Dent................................1983  Career  492   Burnell Dent.............................1982-85

Most Solo Tackles

  Season  121   Frank Robinson..............................1980  Career  311   Frank Robinson...........................1977-80

Most Quarterback Sacks

  Season   14   Mark Olivari................................1973  Career 22.5   Kenan Blackmon.........................1999-2002

Most Tackles For Loss

  Season   23   Brian Douglas...............................1981  Career   50   Kenan Blackmon.........................1999-2002

Most Passes Broken Up

  Season   21   Lynaris Elpheage............................2002  Career   49   Lynaris Elpheage.........................2000-02

Most Fumble Recoveries

  Season    4   Tony Hannah.................................1985            4   Curt Baham..................................1985  Career    7   Jay Rink.................................1987-90

Longest Fumble Return

 1.  95  Floyd Dorsey vs. Houston..........9/7/2002 2.  87  Cedric Thomas vs. LSU.............11/19/94 3.  77  Tom Latos vs. Syracuse.............11/9/96 4.  76  Sean Lucas vs. Southern..........8/31/2002 5.  47  Delando Davis vs. Army.............9/18/99

CAREER RECORDS

Pass Interceptions

    Player             Seasons   Yards Yds/Ret  Int 1.  Paul Ellis         1969-71    181   10.06   18 2.  Lynaris Elpheage   2000-02    227   16.21   14 3.  Mitchell Price     1987-89    145   11.15   13 4.  Ellsworth Kingery  1949-51     60    5.00   12     Don Zimmerman      1930-32    145   12.08   12 6.  David Skehan       2005-08    109    9.90   11 7.  Bobby Jones        1947-50    268   26.80   10     Homer Dedeaux      1947-50    118   11.80   10     Lou Thomas         1940-42    151   15.10   1010.  Tra Boger*         2001-05    168   18.78    9     David Lee          1972-74     54    6.00    9     Joe Bullard        1969-71    172   19.11    9     Jimmy Glisson      1948-49    141    15.7    9     *received a medical redshirt in 2004 after playing just two games

Total Tackles

    Player             Seasons   Solo   Asst  Total 1.  Burnell Dent       1982-85   295    197    492 2.  Mike Staid         1991-94   274    207    481 3.  Frank Robinson     1977-80   311    131    442 4.  Anthony Cannon     2002-05   235    202    437 5.  Wilfred Simon      1977-80   244    169    413 6.  Marty Wetzel       1977-80   242    150    392 7.  Ray Hester         1968-70   209    160    369 8.  Brian Williams     1994-97   209    158    367 9.  Rick Kingrea       1968-70   221    130    35110.  Jerry Phillips     1997-00   204    140    344

Solo Tackles

    Player             Seasons  Total   Asst   Solo 1.  Frank Robinson     1977-80   442    131    311 2.  Burnell Dent       1982-85   492    197    295 3.  Mike Staid         1991-94   481    207    274 4.  Wilfred Simon      1977-80   413    169    244 5.  Anthony Cannon     2002-05   437    202    235 6.  Marty Wetzel       1977-80   392    150    242 7.  Richard Harvey     1985-88   313     92    221     Rick Kingrea       1968-70   351    130    221 9.  Adrian Mitchell    1999-02   311     92    21910.  Brian Williams     1994-97   367    158    209     Ray Hester         1968-70   369    160    209

Assisted Tackles

    Player             Seasons   Solo   Asst  Total 1.  Mike Staid         1991-94   481    274    207 2.  Anthony Cannon     2002-05   437    235    202 3.  Burnell Dent       1982-85   492    295    197 4.  Wilfred Simon      1977-80   413    244    169 5.  Ray Hester         1968-70   369    209    160 6.  Brian Williams     1994-97   367    209    158 7.  Jim Gueno          1973-75   342    185    157 8.  Rusty Chambers     1972-74   328    174    154 9.  Marty Wetzel       1977-80   392    242    15010.  Jerry Phillips     1997-00   344    204    140

Quarterback Sacks

    Player             Seasons  Yards  Sacks 1.  Kenan Blackmon     1999-02   153   22.5 2.  Floyd Dorsey       1999-02   184   21.5 3.  Mark Olivari       1973-75   135   16.0 4.  Brian Douglas      1978-81    59   15.0 5.  Logan Kelley       2006-09    87   14.0     Antonio Harris     2004-07    87   14.0 7.  Dennis O'Sullivan  1995-98    88   13.0     Jay Rink           1988-90    93   13.0 9.  Jeff Roberts       1979-81   114   12.010.  Dwight Jones       1993-97    77   11.0

Tackles For Loss

    Player             Seasons    Yards   TFL 1.  Kenan Blackmon     1999-02     231    50 2.  Floyd Dorsey       1999-02     223    43 3.  Mark Olivari       1973-75     124    42 4.  Brett Timmons      1995-98     110    32 5.  Anthony Cannon     2002-05     106    29     Dennis O'Sullivan  1995-98     107    29     Bryan Alexander    1973-75     121    29 8.  Noel Ellis         1996,98-00  103    28     Brian Williams     1994-97      74    2810.  Antonio Harris     2004-07     118    27     Derrick Singleton  1994-97     125    27

Passes Broken Up

    Player             Seasons    PBU 1.  Lynaris Elpheage   2000-02    49 2.  Michael Jordan     1995-98    43 3.  Israel Route       2003-06    29 4.  Elijah Freeman     1993-96    26 5.  David Skehan       2005-08    25 6.  Jeff Sanchez       1999-02    24 7.  Sean Lucas         2002-05    23     Rod McDowell       1989-92    23 9.  Cedric Anderson    1992-95    22     Mark Thornhill     1989-92    22     Mitchell Price     1987-89    22

SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS

Interceptions

    Player             Season  Yards  Yds/Ret  Int 1.  Paul Ellis         1970     109    12.1     9     Jimmy Glisson      1949     141    15.7     9 3.  Lynaris Elpheage   2002     133    16.6     8     Joe Bullard        1970     167    20.9     8     Les Kennedy        1951     103    12.9     8 6.  George Kinek       1950      82    13.7     6 7.  15 Tied with 5, most recently by     Sean Lucas         2003      51    10.2     5

Avg. Yards Per Interception Return (Minimum 3)

    Player             Season  Int  Yards  Yds/Ret 1.  Charlie Daigle     1951     3    118    39.33 2.  Mitchell Price     1987     3    109    36.33 3.  Steve Hubbell      1977     3    103    34.33 4.  Lynaris Elpheage   2001     3     87    29.00 5.  Fred Wilcox        1954     4    113    28.25 6.  Gene Newton        1957     4    107    26.75 7.  Wyatt Washington   1975     4    105    26.25 8.  Tra Boger          2005     3     73    24.33 9.  Cedric Anderson    1995     4     96    24.0010.  Ernest Crouch      1945     4     89    22.25