The Memphis Tigers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Memphis Tigers football program in various categories,[ 1] passing , rushing , receiving , total offense , defensive stats, and kicking . Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Tigers represent the University of Memphis in the NCAA 's American Athletic Conference .
Although Memphis began competing in intercollegiate football in 1912,[ 1]
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 Tigers have played in the American Championship Game twice, in 2017 and 2018. Normally, this gives players in those seasons yet another game to accumulate statistics. However, the Tigers were unable to play one of their originally scheduled games in 2017 due to disruptions resulting from Hurricane Irma . These lists are updated through the 2018 American Championship Game .
Career
Rk
Player
Yards
Years
1
Seth Henigan 10,776[ 3]
2021 2022 2023
2
Brady White
10,690[ 4]
2018 2019 2020
3
Danny Wimprine 10,215
2001 2002 2003 2004
4
Paxton Lynch 8,863
2013 2014 2015
5
Riley Ferguson 7,955[ 5]
2016 2017
6
Martin Hankins
5,770
2006 2007
7
Danny Sparkman
4,311
1983 1984 1985
8
Lloyd Patterson 4,201
1975 1976 1977 1978
9
Steve Matthews 3,980
1992 1993
10
Bernard Oden
2,686
1995 1996 1997
Single season
Rk
Player
Yards
Year
1
Riley Ferguson 4,257[ 5]
2017
2
Brady White 4,014[ 4]
2019
3
Seth Henigan 3,883[ 3]
2023
4
Paxton Lynch 3,776
2015
5
Riley Ferguson 3,698[ 5]
2016
6
Seth Henigan 3,571[ 3]
2022
7
Brady White
3,380[ 4]
2020
8
Seth Henigan 3,322[ 3]
2021
9
Brady White 3,296[ 4]
2018
10
Martin Hankins
3,220
2007
Career
Rk
Player
Yards
Years
1
DeAngelo Williams 6,026
2002 2003 2004 2005
2
Darrell Henderson 3,545[ 21]
2016 2017 2018
3
Patrick Taylor Jr
2,884[ 22]
2016 2017 2018 2019
4
Dave Casinelli 2,636
1960 1961 1962 1963
5
Curtis Steele 2,462
2008 2009
6
Brandon Hayes
2,385
2012 2013 2014
7
Gerard Arnold
2,378
1997 1998 1999
8
Joseph Doss
2,339
2004 2005 2006 2007
9
Paul Gowen
2,227
1969 1970 1971
10
Larry Porter 2,194
1990 1991 1992 1993
Single season
Rk
Player
Yards
Year
1
DeAngelo Williams 1,964
2005
2
DeAngelo Williams 1,948
2004
3
Darrell Henderson 1,909[ 21]
2018
4
Kenneth Gainwell 1,459[ 23]
2019
5
DeAngelo Williams 1,430
2003
6
Curtis Steele 1,239
2009
7
Curtis Steele 1,223
2008
8
Darrell Henderson 1,154[ 21]
2017
9
Blake Watson 1,152[ 24]
2023
10
Patrick Taylor Jr. 1,122[ 22]
2018
Career
Rk
Player
Yards
Years
1
Anthony Miller 3,590[ 29]
2015 2016 2017
2
Duke Calhoun 2,981
2006 2007 2008 2009
3
Damonte Coxie
2,948[ 30]
2017 2018 2019 2020
4
Calvin Austin III 2,541[ 31]
2018 2019 2020 2021
5
Carlos Singleton 2,365
2006 2007 2008 2009
6
Earnest Gray 2,123
1975 1976 1977 1978
7
Phil Mayhue
2,110[ 32]
2014 2015 2016 2017
8
Damien Dodson
2,096
1996 1997 1998 1999
9
Sean Dykes
1,826[ 33]
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
10
Russell Copeland 1,753
1989 1990 1991 1992
Receiving touchdowns
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Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[ 42]
Career
Rk
Player
Yards
Years
1
Seth Henigan 11,486 [ 3] 2021 2022 2023
2
Brady White
10,664 [ 4] 2018 2019 2020
3
Danny Wimprine 10,634 2001 2002 2003 2004
4
Paxton Lynch 9,550 2013 2014 2015
5
Riley Ferguson 7,907 [ 5] 2016 2017
6
DeAngelo Williams 6,026 2002 2003 2004 2005
7
Martin Hankins
5,757 2006 2007
8
Lloyd Patterson 4,568 1975 1976 1977 1978
9
Danny Sparkman
4,365 1983 1984 1985
10
Steve Matthews 3,591 1992 1993
Single season
Rk
Player
Yards
Year
1
Riley Ferguson 4,279 [ 5] 2017
2
Seth Henigan 4,157 [ 3] 2023
3
Paxton Lynch 4,015 2015
4
Brady White
3,943 [ 4] 2019
5
Seth Henigan 3,860 [ 3] 2022
6
Riley Ferguson 3,628 [ 5] 2016
7
Seth Henigan 3,469 [ 3] 2021
8
Brady White
3,468 [ 4] 2020
9
Paxton Lynch 3,352 2014
10
Martin Hankins
3,219 2007
Single game
Rk
Player
Tackles
Year
Opponent
1
Pete Scatamacchia
25
1979 Louisville
2
Alex Dees
21
1968 Southern Miss
Tommy James
21
1970 Utah State
Jamon Hughes
21
2010 Southern Miss
5
John Allen
20
1968 Houston
Glenn Whittemore
20
1973 Southern Miss
Todd Ondra
20
1979 Texas A&M
Mike Kleimeyer
20
1981 Tennessee
Kamal Shakir
20
1999 Army
Single game
Rk
Player
Sacks
Year
Opponent
1
Marlon Brown
4.0
1987 Louisville
James Logan
4.0
1994 Arkansas State
Clinton McDonald 4.0
2008 Arkansas State
Field goal percentage
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