NCAA FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) Football Records

FIELD GOALS
  • Most Field Goals Attempted:
    • Game: 9
      • Mike Prindle, Western Mich. vs. Marshall, Sept. 29, 1984 (7 made);
      • Denis Hopovac, North Texas vs. FIU, Oct. 7, 2006 (5 made)
    • Season: 38
      • Jerry DePoyster, Wyoming, 1966 (13 made in 10 games);
      • Billy Bennett, Georgia, 2003 (31 made in 14 games)
    • Season Per Game: 3.8—Jerry DePoyster, Wyoming, 1966 (38 in 10)
    • Career: 112—Dustin Hopkins, Florida St., 2009-12 (88 made)
    • Career Per Game: (Min. 90 att.) 3.1—Jerry DePoyster, Wyoming, 1965-67 (93 in 30)
  • Most Field Goals Made
    • Quarter; 4—By 5 players. Most recent: Jose Cortez, Oregon St. vs. California, Oct. 31, 1998 (2nd)
    • Half: 5
      • Dale Klein, Nebraska vs. Missouri, Oct. 19, 1985 (1st);
      • Dat Ly, New Mexico St. vs. Kansas, Oct. 1, 1988 (1st)
    • Game: 7
      • Mike Prindle, Western Mich. vs. Marshall, Sept. 29, 1984 (32, 44, 42, 23, 48, 41, 27 yards), 9 attempts;
      • Dale Klein, Nebraska vs. Missouri, Oct. 19, 1985 (32, 22, 43, 44, 29, 43, 43 yards), 7 attempts
    • Season: 31—Billy Bennett, Georgia, 2003 (38 attempts in 14 games)
    • Season Per Game: 2.6—John Lee, UCLA, 1984 (29 in 11)
    • Career: 88—Dustin Hopkins, Florida St., 2009-12 (112 attempts)
    • Career Per Game: (Min. 50 FG) 1.94—Sebastian Janikowski, Florida St., 1997-99 (66 in 34)
  • Most Field Goals Made by a Freshman
    • Game: 6
      • Mickey Thomas, Virginia Tech vs. Vanderbilt, Nov. 4, 1989 (6 attempts);
      • Matt Hogan, Houston vs. UAB, Oct. 13, 2012 (6 attempts);
      • Jaden Oberkrom, TCU vs. Texas Tech, Oct. 20, 2012 (6 attempts)
    • Season: 25—Kai Forbath, UCLA, 2007 (30 attempts)
  • Best Perfect Record of Field Goals Made
    • Game: 7 of 7—Dale Klein, Nebraska vs. Missouri, Oct. 19, 1985
    • Season: 21 of 21—Cairo Santos, Tulane, 2012
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made
    • Season: (Min. 1.5 FGM per game and 15 made) 100.0%
      • Cairo Santos, Tulane, 2012 (21 of 21);
      • Marc Primanti, North Carolina St., 1996 (20 of 20)
    • Career:
      • (Min. 45 atts.) 90.0%—Brett Baer, La.-Lafayette, 2009-12 (45 of 50)
      • (Min. 55 atts.) 89.5%—Alex Henery, Nebraska, 2007-10 (68 of 76)
  • Most Consecutive Field Goals Made
    • Season: 25—Chuck Nelson, Washington, 1982 (first 25, missed last attempt of season vs. Washington St., Nov. 20)
    • Career: 30—Chuck Nelson, Washington, 1981-82 (last 5 in 1981, from vs. Southern California, Nov. 14, and first 25 in 1982, ending with last attempt vs. Washington St., Nov. 20)
  • Most Games Kicking a Field Goal Career: 45
    • Blair Walsh, Georgia, 2008-11 (53 games);
    • Dustin Hopkins, Florida St., 2009-12 (54 games)
  • Most Consecutive Games Kicking a Field Goal: 31—Kevin Kelly, Penn St., 2006-08
  • Most Field Goals Made, 60 Yards or More
    • Game: 2—Tony Franklin, Texas A&M vs. Baylor, Oct. 16, 1976 (65 & 64 yards)
    • Season: 3—Russell Erxleben, Texas, 1977 (67 vs. Rice, Oct. 1; 64 vs. Baylor, Oct. 16; 60 vs. Texas Tech, Oct. 29) (4 attempts)
    • Career: 3—Russell Erxleben, Texas, 1975-78 (see Season Record above)
  • Most Field Goals Attempted, 60 Yards or More
    • Season: 5—Tony Franklin, Texas A&M, 1976 (2 made)
    • Career: 11—Tony Franklin, Texas A&M, 1975-78 (2 made)
  • Most Field Goals Made, 50 Yards or More
    • Game: 3
      • Jerry DePoyster, Wyoming vs. Utah, Oct. 8, 1966 (54, 54, 52 yards);
      • Sergio Lopez-Chavero, Wichita St. vs. Drake, Oct. 27, 1984 (54, 54, 51 yards);
      • Tim Douglas, Iowa vs. lllinois, Sept. 26, 1998 (51, 58, 51 yards);
      • Dan Orner, North Carolina vs. Syracuse, Sept. 7, 2002 (52, 51, 51 yards);
      • Sam Swank, Wake Forest vs. North Carolina St., Oct. 14, 2006 (51, 53, 53 yards)
    • Season: 8—Fuad Reveiz, Tennessee, 1982 (10 attempts)
    • Career: 20—Jason Hanson, Washington St., 1988-91 (35 attempts)
  • Most Field Goals Attempted, 50 Yards or More
    • Season: 17—Jerry DePoyster, Wyoming, 1966 (5 made)
    • Career: 38—Tony Franklin, Texas A&M, 1975-78 (16 made)
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made, 50 Yards or More
    • Season: (Min. 10 atts.) 80.0%—Fuad Reveiz, Tennessee, 1982 (8 of 10)
    • Career: (Min. 15 atts.) 60.9%—Max Zendejas, Arizona, 1982-85 (14 of 23)
  • Most Field Goals Made, 40 Yards or More
    • Game: 5—Alan Smith, Texas A&M vs. Arkansas St., Sept. 17, 1983 (44, 45, 42, 59, 57 yards)
    • Season: 14—Chris Jacke, UTEP, 1988 (16 attempts)
    • Career: 39—Jason Hanson, Washington St., 1988-91 (66 attempts) (19 of 31, 40-49 yards; 20 of 35, 50 or more yards)
  • Most Field Goals Attempted, 40 Yards or More
    • Season: 25—Jerry DePoyster, Wyoming, 1966 (6 made)
    • Career: 66—Jason Hanson, Washington St., 1988-91 (39 made)
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made, 40 Yards or More
    • Season: (Min. 10 made) 93.3%—Matt Payne, BYU, 2004 (14 of 15)
    • Career: (Min. 20 made) 78.8%—Alex Henery, Nebraska, 2007-10 (26 of 33)
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made, 40-49 Yards
    • Season: (Min. 10 made) 100%—John Carney, Notre Dame, 1984 (10 of 10)
    • Career: (Min. 15 made) 95.5%—Alex Henery, Nebraska, 2007-10 (21 of 22)
  • Most Consecutive Field Goals Made, 40-49 Yards Career: 14—Matt Payne, BYU, 2003-04
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made, Under 40 Yards
    • Season (Min. 16 made) 100%
      • Paul Woodside, West Virginia, 1982 (23 of 23);
      • Randy Pratt, California, 1983 (16 of 16);
      • John Lee, UCLA, 1984 (16 of 16);
      • Bobby Raymond, Florida, 1984 (18 of 18);
      • Scott Slater, Texas A&M, 1986 (16 of 16);
      • Philip Doyle, Alabama, 1989 (19 of 19);
      • Michael Reeder, TCU, 1995 (19 of 19);
      • Kai Forbath, UCLA, 2009 (19 of 19)
  • Career
    • (Min. 30 made) 97.0%—Bobby Raymond, Florida, 1983-84 (32 of 33)
    • (Min. 40 made) 97.7%—Alex Henery, Nebraska, 2007-10 (42 of 43)
  • Longest Average Distance Field Goals Made
    • Game: (Min. 4 made) 49.5—Jeff Heath, East Carolina vs. Texas- Arlington, Nov. 6, 1982 (58, 53, 42, 45 yards)
    • Season: (Min. 10 made) 50.9—Jason Hanson, Washington St., 1991 (10 made)
    • Career: (Min. 25 made) 42.4—Russell Erxleben, Texas, 1975-78 (49 made)
  • Longest Average Distance Field Goals Attempted
    • Season: (Min. 20 atts.) 51.2—Jason Hanson, Washington St., 1991 (22 attempts)
    • Career: (Min. 40 atts.) 44.7—Russell Erxleben, Texas, 1975-78 (78 attempts)
  • Most Times Making Two or More Field Goals in a Game
    • Season: 10
      • Paul Woodside, West Virginia, 1982;
      • John Sullivan, New Mexico, 2007;
      • Kai Forbath, UCLA, 2007;
      • Dan Bailey, Oklahoma St., 2010
    • Career: 31—Kai Forbath, UCLA, 2007-10
  • Most Times Making Three or More Field Goals in a Game
    • Season: 6
      • Luis Zendejas, Arizona St., 1983;
      • Joe Allison, Memphis, 1992
    • Career: 13
      • Luis Zendejas, Arizona St., 1981-84;
      • Leigh Tiffin, Alabama, 2006-09;
      • Kai Forbath, UCLA, 2007-10
  • Most Times Making Four Field Goals in a Game
    • Season: 4—Matt Bahr, Penn St., 1978
    • Career: 6
      • John Lee, UCLA, 1982-85;
      • Leigh Tiffin, Alabama, 2006- 09;
      • Alex Henery, Nebraska, 2007-10
  • Longest Field Goal Made: 67
    • Russell Erxleben, Texas vs. Rice, Oct. 1, 1977;
    • Steve Little, Arkansas vs. Texas, Oct. 15, 1977;
    • Joe Williams, Wichita St. vs. Southern Ill., Oct. 21, 1978
  • Longest Indoor Field Goal Made: 62—Chip Lohmiller, Minnesota vs. Iowa, Nov. 22, 1986 (in Minnesota’s Metrodome)
  • Longest Field Goal Made Without Use of a Kicking Tee: 65—Martin Gramatica, Kansas St. vs. Northern Ill., Sept. 12, 1998
  • Longest Field Goal Made by a Freshman: 61—Kyle Bryant, Texas A&M vs. Southern Miss., Sept. 24, 1994
  • Longest Field Goal Made on First Attempt of Career: 61—Ralf Mojsiejenko, Michigan St. vs. Illinois, Sept. 11, 1982
  • Most Field Goals Made in First Game of Career: 5
    • Joe Liljenquist, BYU vs. Colorado St., Sept. 20, 1969 (6 attempts);
    • Nathan Ritter, North Carolina St. vs. East Carolina, Sept. 9, 1978 (6 attempts);
    • Jose Oceguera, Long Beach St. vs. Kansas St., Sept. 3, 1983 (5 attempts)
  • Most Games in Which Field Goal(s) Provided the Winning Margin
    • Season: 6—Henrik Mike-Mayer, Drake, 1981
    • Career: 10
      • Dan Miller, Miami (FL), 1978-81;
      • John Lee, UCLA, 1982-85;
      • Jeff Ward, Texas, 1983-86
SCORING
  • Most Points Scored by Kicking
    • Game: 24—Mike Prindle, Western Mich. vs.  Marshall, Sept. 29, 1984 (7 FGs, 3 PATs)
    • Season: 156—Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma St., 2012 (28 FGs, 72 PATs)
    • Season Per Game: 12.0—Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma St., 2012 (156 in 13)
    • Career: 466—Dustin Hopkins, Florida St., 2009-12 (88 FGs, 202 PATs)
    • Career Per Game: 9.6—Roman Anderson, Houston, 1988-91 (70 FGs, 213 PATs; 423 in 44)
PUNTING
  • Most Punts
    • Game: 36—Charlie Calhoun, Texas Tech vs. Centenary (LA), Nov. 11, 1939 (1,318 yards; 20 were returned, 8 went out of bounds, 6 were downed, 1 was blocked [blocked kicks counted against the punter until 1955] and 1 went into the end zone for a touchback. Thirty-three of the punts occurred on first down during a heavy downpour in the game played at Shreveport, LA.
    • Season: 101—Jim Bailey, VMI, 1969 (3,507 yards)
    • Career: 322—Nick Harris, California, 1997-2000 (13,621 yards)
  • Highest Average per Punt Game
    • (Min. 5 punts) 60.4
      • Lee Johnson, BYU vs. Wyoming, Oct. 8, 1983 (5 for 302; 53, 44, 63, 62, 80 yards);
      • Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma St. vs. Nebraska, Oct. 23, 2010 (5 for 302; 78, 60, 44, 61, 59 yards)
    • (Min. 10 punts) 53.6—Jim Benien, Oklahoma St. vs. Colorado, Nov. 13, 1971 (10 for 536)
  • Highest Average per Punt Season
    • (Min. 36 punts) 50.3—Chad Kessler, LSU, 1997 (39 for 1,961)
    • (Min. 40 punts) 49.8—Reggie Roby, Iowa, 1981 (44 for 2,193)
    • (Min. 50 punts) 48.4—Todd Sauerbrun, West Virginia, 1994 (72 for 3,486)
    • (Min. 75 punts) 46.6—Bill Marinangel, Vanderbilt, 1996 (77 for 3,586)
  • Highest Average per Punt Career
    • (Min. 150 punts) 46.3—Todd Sauerbrun, West Virginia, 1991-94 (167 for 7,733)
    • (Min. 200 punts) 45.9—Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma St., 2009-12 (204 for 9,361)
    • (Min. 250 punts) 45.2—Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor, 2003-06 (277 for 12,531)
  • Highest Average per Punt by a Freshman Season
    (Min. 40 punts) 47.0—Tom Tupa, Ohio St., 1984 (41 for 1,927)
  • Most Yards on Punts
    • Game: 1,318—Charlie Calhoun, Texas Tech vs. Centenary (LA), Nov. 11, 1939 (36 punts)
    • Season: 4,138—Johnny Pingel, Michigan St., 1938 (99 punts)
    • Career: 13,621—Nick Harris, California, 1997-2000 (322 punts)
  • Most Games With a 40-Yard Average or More Career (Min. 4 punts): 37
    • Shane Lechler, Texas A&M, 1996-99 (punted in 48 games);
    • Ryan Plackemeier, Wake Forest, 2002-05 (punted in 42 games)
  • Most Punts, 50 Yards or More
    • Game: 7—Mark Mariscal, Colorado vs. Southern California, Sept. 14, 2002 (8 punts)
    • Season: 32—Todd Sauerbrun, West Virginia, 1994 (72 punts)
    • Career: 94—Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor, 2003-06 (277 punts)
  • Most Consecutive Games With at Least One Punt of
    50 Yards or More Career: 32—Bill Smith, Ole Miss, 1983-86
  • Most Punts, 60 Yards or More Season: 13—Ryan Plackemeier, Wake Forest, 2005 (67 punts)
  • Most Punts in a Career Without Having One Blocked: 300—Tony DeLeone, Kent St., 1981-84
  • Consecutive Punts in a Career Without Having One Blocked: 300—Tony DeLeone, Kent St., 1981-84
  • Longest Punt: 99—Pat Brady, Nevada vs. Loyola Marymount, Oct. 28, 1950
EXTRA POINTS
  • Most Extra Points Attempted by Kicking
    • Game: 14—Terry Leiweke, Houston vs. Tulsa, Nov. 23, 1968 (13 made)
    • Season: 99—Jimmy Stevens, Oklahoma, 2008 (94 made)
    • Career: 255
      • Art Carmody, Louisville, 2004-07 (253 made);
      • Ross Evans, TCU, 2008-11 (239 made)
  • Most Extra Points Made by Kicking
    • Game: 13
      • Terry Leiweke, Houston vs. Tulsa, Nov. 23, 1968 (14 attempts);
      • Derek Mahoney, Fresno St. vs. New Mexico, Oct. 5, 1991 (13 attempts)
    • Season: 94—Jimmy Stevens, Oklahoma, 2008 (99 attempted)
    • Season Per Game: 6.71—Jimmy Stevens, Oklahoma, 2008 (94 in 14)
    • Career: 253—Art Carmody, Louisville, 2004-07 (255 attempts)
    • Career Per Game: (Min. 100 PATs) 5.3—Bart Edmiston, Florida, 1993-96 (137 in 26)
  • Best Perfect Record of Extra Points Made Season: 77 of 77—Art Carmody, Louisville, 2004
  • Highest Percentage of Extra Points Made
    • Career (Min. 100 atts.) 100%—10 tied. Most recent: Eric Folk, Washington, 2009-11 (124 of 124)
  • Most Consecutive Extra Points Made
    • Game: 13—Derek Mahoney, Fresno St. vs. New Mexico, Oct. 5, 1991 (13 attempts in game)
    • Season: 78—Matt Hogan, Houston, 2011
    • Career: 233—Alex Trlica, Texas Tech, 2004-07

FIELD GOALS & EXTRA POINTS

  • Highest Percentage of Extra Points and Field Goals Made Season
    • (Min. 20 PATs and 12 FGs made) 100.0%
      • Marc Primanti, North Carolina St., 1996 (24 of 24 PATs, 20 of 20 FGs); 
      • Ryan White, Memphis, 1998 (22 of 22 PATs, 16 of 16 FGs)
    • (Min. 30 PATs and 15 FGs made) 98.6%
      • Alex Henery, Nebraska, 2010 (54 of 54 PATs, 18 of 19 FGs);
      • Jeff Budzien, Northwestern, 2012 (50 of 50 PATs, 19 of 20 FGs)
    • (Min. 40 PATs and 20 FGs made) 97.3%—Chris Jacke, UTEP, 1988 (48 of 48 PATs, 25 of 27 FGs)
  • Highest Percentage of Extra Points and Field Goals Made Career (Min. 100 PATs and 50 FGs made): 96.7%—Alex Henery, Nebraska, 2007-10 (193 of 194 PATs, 68 of 76 FGs)


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