NCAA FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) Football Records

FIELD GOALS
  • Most Field Goals Attempted:
    • Game: 8—Goran Lingmerth, Northern Ariz. vs. Idaho, Oct. 25,
      1986 (made 8)
    • Season: 35—Brian Pate, William & Mary, 2009 (made 23)
    • Career: 105—Chris Snyder, Montana, 2000-03 (made 70)
  • Most Field Goals Made Quarter: 4
    • Tony Zendejas, Nevada vs. Northern Ariz., Oct. 16, 1982 (4th);
    • Ryan Weeks, Tennessee Tech vs. Chattanooga,
      Sept. 9, 1989 (3rd)
  • Most Field Goals Made Half: 5
    • Dean Biasucci, Western Caro. vs. Mars Hill, Sept. 18, 1982 (1st);
    • Tony Zendejas, Nevada vs. Northern Ariz., Oct. 16, 1982 (2nd);
    • Ryan Weeks, Tennessee Tech vs. Chattanooga, Sept. 9, 1989 (2nd);
    • Drew Hareza, Old Dominion vs. Chowan, Sept. 5, 2009 (1st)
  • Most Field Goals Made Game: 8—Goran Lingmerth, Northern Ariz. vs. Idaho, Oct. 25, 1986 (39, 18, 20, 33, 46, 27, 22, 35 yards; by quarters—1,
    3, 2, 2), 8 attempts
  • Most Field Goals Made Season: 26
    • Tony Zendejas, Nevada, 1982 (33 attempts);
    • Brian Mitchell, UNI, 1990 (27 attempts)
  • Most Field Goals Made Season Per Game: 2.4
    • Tony Zendejas, Nevada, 1982 (26 in 11);
    • Brian Mitchell, UNI, 1990 (26 in 11)
  • Most Field Goals Made Career: 75—Dan Carpenter, Montana, 2004-07 (103 attempts)
  • Most Field Goals Made Career Per Game: 2.1—Tony Zendejas, Nevada, 1981-83 (70 in 33)
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made Season: (Min. 20 atts.) 96.3%—Brian Mitchell, UNI, 1990 (26 of 27)
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made Career (Min. 50 atts.) 82.6%—Adrian Mora, Ga. Southern, 2008-11 (57 of 69)
  • Best Perfect Record of Field Goals Made Season: 100% - Jon Scifres, Missouri St., 2004 (15 of 15)
  • Most Consecutive Field Goals Made
    • Game: 8—Goran Lingmerth, Northern Ariz. vs. Idaho, Oct. 25, 1986
    • Season: 21—Brian Mitchell, UNI, 1990
    • Career: 26—Brian Mitchell, UNI, 1990-91
  • Most Consecutive Games Kicking a Field Goal Career: 33—Tony Zendejas, Nevada, 1981-83 (at least one in every game played)
  • Most Field Goals Made, 50 Yards or More Game: 3
    • Jesse Garcia, La.-Monroe vs. McNeese St., Oct. 29, 1983 (52, 56, 53 yards);
    • Terry Belden, Northern Ariz. vs. Cal St. Northridge, Sept. 18, 1993 (60, 50, 54 yards)
  • Most Field Goals Made, 50 Yards or More Season: 7
    • Jesse Garcia, La.-Monroe, 1983 (12 attempts);
    • Kirk Roach, Western Caro., 1987 (12 attempts)
  • Most Field Goals Made, 50 Yards or More Career: 11
    • Kirk Roach, Western Caro., 1984-87 (26 attempts);
    • Pete Garces, Idaho St., 1998-99 (16 attempts)
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made, 50 Yards or More:
    • Season (Min. 5 atts.) 100.0%—Wayne Boyer, Missouri St., 1996 (5 of 5)
    • Career (Min. 10 atts.) 90.9%—Tim Foley, Ga. Southern, 1984-87 (10 of 11)
  • Most Field Goals Made, 40 Yards or More
    • Season: 12—Marty Zendejas, Nevada, 1985 (15 attempts)
    • Career: 30—Marty Zendejas, Nevada, 1984-87 (45 attempts)
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made, 40 Yards or More
    • Season: (Min. 8 made) 100.0%—Tim Foley, Ga. Southern, 1985 (8 of 8)
    • Career: (Min. 15 made) 72.0%—Tim Foley, Ga. Southern, 1984-87
      (18 of 25)
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made, 40-49 Yards
    • Season (Min. 8 made) 90.0%—Marty Zendejas, Nevada, 1985 (9 of 10)
    • Career (Min. 12 made) 72.0%—Tony Zendejas, Nevada, 1981-83 (18 of 25)
  • Highest Percentage of Field Goals Made, Under 40 Yards
    • Season (Min. 15 made) 100.0%
      • Matt Stover, Louisiana Tech, 1986 (15 of 15);
      • Kirk Roach, Western Caro., 1986 (17 of 17);
      • Brian Mitchell, UNI, 1990 (23 of 23)
    • Career (Min. 25 made) 93.3%—Marty Zendejas, Nevada, 1984-87 (42 of 45)
  • Most Times Kicking Two or More Field Goals in a Game
    • Season: 10—Brian Mitchell, UNI, 1991
    • Career: 25—Kirk Roach, Western Caro., 1984-87
  • Most Times Kicking Three or More Field Goals in a Game
    • Season: 7—Brian Mitchell, UNI, 1991
    • Career: 11—Brian Mitchell, Marshall/UNI, 1987, 1989-91
  • Most Consecutive Quarters Kicking a Field Goal Season: 7—Scott Roper, Arkansas St., 1986 (last 3 vs. McNeese St., Oct. 25; all 4 vs. North Texas, Nov. 1)
  • Longest Average Distance Field Goals Made
    • Game (Min. 3 made) 54.7—Terry Belden, Northern Ariz. vs. Sacramento St., Sept. 18, 1993 (60, 50, 54 yards)
    • Season (Min. 14 made) 45.0—Jesse Garcia, La.-Monroe, 1983 (15 made)
    • Career (Min. 35 made) 37.5—Roger Ruzek, Weber St., 1979-82 (46 made)
  • Longest Average Distance Field Goals Attempted
    • Game (Min. 4 atts.) 55.5—Pete Garces, Idaho St. vs. Sacramento St., Nov. 7, 1998 (made 53, 54; missed 54, 61)
    • Season (Min. 20 atts.) 45.9—Jesse Garcia, La.-Monroe, 1983 (26 attempts)
    • Career (Min. 60 atts.) 40.5—Kirk Roach, Western Caro., 1984-87 (102 attempts)
  • Longest Field Goal Made: 63
    • Scott Roper, Arkansas St. vs. North Texas, Nov. 7, 1987;
    • Tim Foley, Ga. Southern vs. James Madison, Nov. 7, 1987;
    • Bill Gramatica, South Fla. vs. Austin Peay, Nov. 18, 2000
  • Longest Field Goal Made by a Freshman: 60—David Cool, Ga. Southern vs. James Madison, Nov. 5, 1988
  • Most Field Goals Made by a Freshman
    • Game 6—Drew Stewart, Appalachian St. vs. Western Caro., Nov. 12, 2011 (6 attempts)
    • Season 22—Marty Zendejas, Nevada, 1984 (27 attempts)
  • Most Field Goals Made in First game of Career: 5
    • Mike Powers, Colgate vs. Army, Sept. 10, 1983 (6 attempts);
    • Patrick Jacob, Princeton vs. Lehigh, Sept. 18, 2010 (6 attempts)
  • Most games in Which Field Goals(s) Provided Winning Margin Career: 11—John Dowling, Youngstown St., 1984-87
SCORING
  • Most Points Scored by Kicking Game: 24—Goran Lingmerth, Northern Ariz. vs. Idaho, Oct. 25, 1986 (8 FGs)
  • Most Points Scored by Kicking Season: 133—Miguel Antonio, Sam Houston St., 2012 (20 of 25 FGs, 73 of 74 PATs)
  • Most Points Scored by Kicking Season Per Game: 10.1—Rob Hart, Murray St., 1996 (112 in 11)
  • Most Points Scored by Kicking Career: 407—Dan Carpenter, Montana, 2004-07 (75 FGs, 182 PATs)
  • Most Points Scored by Kicking Career Per Game
    9.1—Tony Zendejas, Nevada, 1981-83 (300 in 33)
PUNTING
  • Most Punts Game: 16—Matt Stover, Louisiana Tech vs. La.-Monroe, Nov. 18, 1988 (567 yards)
  • Most Punts Season: 98—Barry Hickingbotham, Louisiana Tech, 1987 (3,821 yards)
  • Most Punts Career: 301—Barry Bowman, Louisiana Tech, 1983-86 (11,441 yards)
  • Most yards per Punt Game:
    • (5 punts) 61.5—Eddie Johnson, Idaho St. vs. Cal Poly, Nov. 16, 2002 (6 for 369)
    • (Min. 10 punts) 52.2—Stuart Dodds, Montana St. vs. Northern Ariz., Oct. 20, 1979 (10 for 522)
  • Most yards per Punt Season (Min. 60 punts) 48.2—Mark Gould, Northern Ariz., 2002 (62 for 2,987)
  • Most yards per Punt Career (Min. 150 punts) 45.1—Jonathan Plisco, Old Dominion, 2009-12 (184 for 8,298)
  • Longest Punt: 93—Tyler Grogan, Northeastern vs. Villanova, Sept. 8, 2001
EXTRA POINTS
  • Most Extra Points Attempted by Kicking
    • Game: 15—John Kincheloe, Portland St. vs. Delaware St., Nov. 8, 1980 (15 made)
    • Season: 81—Julian Rauch, Appalachian St., 2007 (76 made)
    • Season Per Game: 7.2—Jonathan Stokes, Mississippi Val., 1984 (72 in 10)
    • Career: 256—Julian Rauch, Appalachian St., 2004-07 (247 made)
  • Most Extra Points Made by Kicking
    • Game: 15—John Kincheloe, Portland St. vs. Delaware St., Nov. 8, 1980 (15 attempts)
    • Season: 76—Julian Rauch, Appalachian St., 2007 (81 attempts)
    • Season Per Game: 6.8—Jonathan Stokes, Mississippi Val., 1984 (68 in 10)
    • Career: 247—Julian Rauch, Appalachian St., 2004-07 (256
      attempts)
    • Career Per Game: 4.8—Tim Openlander, Marshall, 1994-96 (159 in 33)
  • Best Perfect Record of Extra Points Made Season: 73 of 73—Jarod Brown, Old Dominion, 2012
  • Highest Percentage of Extra Points Made Season: (Min. 50 atts.) 100%
    • Billy Hayes, Sam Houston St., 1987 (50 of 50);
    • Jim Hodson, Lafayette, 1988 (51 of 51);
    • Mike Hollis, Idaho, 1993 (68 of 68);
    • Chris Dill, Murray St., 1995 (56 of 56);
    • Tim Openlander, Marshall, 1996 (58 of 58);
    • Chris Snyder, Montana, 2002 (50 of 50);
    • Craig Coffin, Southern Ill., 2004 (66 of 66);
    • Dan Carpenter, Montana, 2004 (63 of 63);
    • Lance Garner, Sam Houston St., 2004 (57 of 57);
    • Craig Coffin, Southern Ill., 2006 (55 of 55);
    • Cory Long, Stephen F. Austin, 2008 (51 of 51);
    • Jason Vitaris, Appalachian St., 2009 (58 of 58);
    • Herb Glass, Albany (NY), 2011 (51 of 51);
    • Jarod Brown, Old Dominion, 2012 (73 of 73)
  • Highest Percentage of Extra Points Made Career:
    • (Min. 100 atts.) 100%—Anders Larsson, Montana St., 1985-88 (101 of 101)
    • (Min. 120 atts.) 99.2%—Brian Mitchell, Marshall/UNI, 1987, 1989-91 (130 of 131)
  • Most Consecutive Extra Points Made
    • Game: 15—John Kincheloe, Portland St. vs. Delaware St., Nov. 8, 1980
    • Season: 73—Jarod Brown, Old Dominion, 2012
    • Career: 151—Adrian Mora, Ga. Southern, 2008-11


Go to Records Home Page