Texas Longhorns football statistical leaders

The Texas Longhorns football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Texas Longhorns 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 Longhorns represent the University of Texas in the NCAA's Big 12 Conference.

Although Texas began competing in intercollegiate football in 1893,^[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1950. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.

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

• Since 1950, 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 Longhorns have played in a bowl game in all but one season since then, allowing players to have an additional game to accumulate statistics.
• Similarly, the Longhorns played in the Big 12 Championship Game five times between 1996 and 2010, until the game stopped being held due to the Big 12 dropping to only 10 teams.
• All ten of the Longhorns' ten highest seasons in offensive yards and point scored came under former head coach Mack Brown,^[1] who coached Texas from 1998 through 2013.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2016 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Colt McCoy 13,253 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Major Applewhite 8,353 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 James Brown 7,638 1994 1995 1996 1997 4 Peter Gardere 7,396 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 Chris Simms 7,097 1999 2000 2001 2002 6 Vince Young 6,040 2003 2004 2005 7 Bret Stafford 4,735 1984 1985 1986 1987 8 David Ash 4,728 2011 2012 2013 2014 9 Shea Morenz 3,774 1993 1994 10 Case McCoy 3,689 2010 2011 2012 2013

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Colt McCoy 3,859 2008 2 Colt McCoy 3,521 2009 3 Major Applewhite 3,357 1999 4 Colt McCoy 3,303 2007 5 Chris Simms 3,207 2002 6 Vince Young 3,036 2005 7 Shane Buechele 2,958 2016 8 Garrett Gilbert 2,744 2010 9 David Ash 2,699 2012 10 Chris Simms 2,603 2001

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Major Applewhite 473 2001 Washington[3] 2 Colt McCoy 470[4] 2009 UCF 3 Chris Simms 419 2002 Nebraska 4 Colt McCoy 414[5] 2008 Ohio State[6] 5 Major Applewhite 408 1998 Oklahoma State 6 James Brown 397 1997 Texas Tech 7 Colt McCoy 396[7] 2009 Kansas 8 Colt McCoy 391[8] 2008 Oklahoma State 9 Chris Simms 383 2000 Texas A&M 10 David Ash 364[9] 2012 Iowa State Jerrod Heard 364[10] 2015 California

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Colt McCoy 112 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Major Applewhite 60 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 Chris Simms 58 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 James Brown 53 1994 1995 1996 1997 5 Vince Young 44 2003 2004 2005 6 Peter Gardere 37 1989 1990 1991 1992 7 David Ash 31 2011 2012 2013 2014 8 Bobby Layne 25 1944 1945 1946 1947 9 Shea Morenz 25 1993 1994 10 Case McCoy 24 2010 2011 2012 2013

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Colt McCoy 34 2008 2 Colt McCoy 29 2006 3 Colt McCoy 27 2009 4 Chris Simms 26 2002 Vince Young 26 2005

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Colt McCoy 6[11] 2006 Baylor 2 James Brown 5 1994 Baylor Chris Simms 5 2001 Oklahoma State Colt McCoy 5[12] 2008 Baylor

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Ricky Williams 6,279 1995 1996 1997 1998 2 Cedric Benson 5,540 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Earl Campbell 4,443 1974 1975 1976 1977 4 Jamaal Charles 3,328 2005 2006 2007 5 Chris Gilbert 3,231 1966 1967 1968 6 Vince Young 3,127 2003 2004 2005 7 Roosevelt Leaks 2,923 1972 1973 1974 8 A.J. “Jam” Jones 2,874 1978 1979 1980 1981 9 D'Onta Foreman 2,782 2014 2015 2016 10 Malcolm Brown 2,678 2011 2012 2013 2014

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Ricky Williams 2,124 1998 2 D'Onta Foreman 2,028 2016 3 Ricky Williams 1,893 1997 4 Cedric Benson 1,834 2004 5 Earl Campbell 1,744 1977 6 Jamaal Charles 1,619 2007 7 Roosevelt Leaks 1,415 1973 8 Cedric Benson 1,360 2003 9 Hodges Mitchell 1,343 1999 10 Cedric Benson 1,293 2002

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Ricky Williams 350 1998 Iowa State 2 Roosevelt Leaks 342 1973 SMU 3 D'Onta Foreman 341[13] 2016 Texas Tech 4 Ricky Williams 318 1998 Rice 5 Jamaal Charles 290[14] 2007 Nebraska 6 Cedric Benson 283[15] 2003 Texas A&M 7 Chris Warren III 276[16] 2015 Texas Tech 8 Vince Young 267[17] 2005 Oklahoma State 9 Hodges Mitchell 264 2000 Kansas 10 Ricky Williams 259 1998 Baylor Ricky Williams 259 1998 Texas A&M

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Ricky Williams 72 1995 1996 1997 1998 2 Cedric Benson 64 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Earl Campbell 40 1974 1975 1976 1977 4 Vince Young 37 2003 2004 2005 5 Steve Worster 36 1968 1969 1970 Jamaal Charles 36 2005 2006 2007 Cody Johnson 36 2008 2009 2010 2011 8 Jim Bertelsen 33 1969 1970 1971 9 Chris Gilbert 28 1966 1967 1968 10 A.J. “Jam” Jones 27 1978 1979 1980 1981

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Ricky Williams 27 1998 2 Ricky Williams 25 1997 3 Cedric Benson 21 2003 4 Cedric Benson 19 2004 5 Earl Campbell 18 1977 Jamaal Charles 18 2007 7 Joe Bergeron 16 2012 8 D'Onta Foreman 15 2016 9 Byron Townsend 14 1950 Steve Worster 14 1970 Donnie Wigginton 14 1971 Roosevelt Leaks 14 1973 Vince Young 14 2004

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Ricky Williams 6 1998 Rice Ricky Williams 6 1998 New Mexico State 3 Ricky Williams 5 1997 Rice Ricky Williams 5 1998 Iowa State Cedric Benson 5[18] 2004 Oklahoma State Joe Bergeron 5[19] 2012 Baylor

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Jordan Shipley 248 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Roy Williams 241 2000 2001 2002 2003 3 Jaxon Shipley 218 2011 2012 2013 2014 4 Quan Cosby 212 2005 2006 2007 2008 5 Mike Davis 200 2010 2011 2012 2013 6 Mike Adams 177 1992 1993 1994 1995 7 Kwame Cavil 174 1997 1998 1999 8 BJ Johnson 152 2000 2001 2002 2003 9 Eric Metcalf 125 1985 1986 1987 1988 10 Limas Sweed 124 2004 2005 2006 2007

Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Jordan Shipley 116 2009 2 Kwame Cavil 100 1999 3 Quan Cosby 92 2008 4 Jordan Shipley 89 2008 5 Roy Williams 70 2003 Nate Jones 70 2007 7 John Harris 68 2014 8 Roy Williams 67 2001 9 Roy Williams 64 2002 Quan Cosby|60 2007

Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Jordan Shipley 15[8] 2008 Oklahoma State 2 Quan Cosby 14[5] 2008 Ohio State[6] 3 Roy Williams 13 2002 Nebraska 4 Eric Metcalf 12 1988 Arkansas 5 Eric Metcalf 11 1987 Arkansas Kwame Cavil 11 1999 Iowa State Roy Williams 11 2001 Washington[3] Jordan Shipley 11[20] 2008 Oklahoma Jordan Shipley 11[4] 2009 UCF Jordan Shipley 11[21] 2009 Colorado Mike Davis 11[22] 2010 Kansas State

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Roy Williams 3,866 2000 2001 2002 2003 2 Jordan Shipley 3,191 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Mike Adams 3,032 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 4 Mike Davis 2,753 2010 2011 2012 2013 5 Quan Cosby 2,598 2005 2006 2007 2008 6 Jaxon Shipley 2,510 2011 2012 2013 2014 7 BJ Johnson 2,389 2000 2001 2002 2003 8 Kwame Cavil 2,279 1997 1998 1999 9 Limas Sweed 1,915 2004 2005 2006 2007 10 Tony Jones 1,842 1986 1987 1988 1989

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Jordan Shipley 1,485 2009 2 Kwame Cavil 1,188 1999 3 Roy Williams 1,142 2002 4 Quan Cosby 1,123 2008 5 Wane McGarity 1,087 1998 6 Roy Williams 1,079 2003 7 Jordan Shipley 1,060 2008 8 John Harris 1,051 2014 9 Mike Adams 942 1996 10 Mike Davis 939 2012

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Jordan Shipley 273[4] 2009 UCF 2 Tony Jones 242 1987 Pittsburgh[23] 3 Johnny “Lam” Jones 198 1979 Baylor 4 BJ Johnson 187 2000 Texas A&M BJ Johnson 187[24] 2003 Iowa State 6 Malcolm Williams 182[25] 2008 Texas Tech 7 Eric Metcalf 181 1986 Houston 8 Kwame Cavil 180 1999 Stanford Roy Williams 180 2000 Kansas Jordan Shipley 180[26] 2009 Louisiana-Monroe

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Roy Williams 36 2000 2001 2002 2003 2 Jordan Shipley 33 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Limas Sweed 20 2004 2005 2006 2007 4 Quan Cosby 19 2005 2006 2007 2008 5 Mike Davis 18 2010 2011 2012 2013 6 Mike Adams 16 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 BJ Johnson 16 2000 2001 2002 2003 8 Lovell Pinkney 15 1992 1993 1994 David Thomas 15 2002 2003 2004 2005 10 Johnny “Lam” Jones 14 1976 1977 1978 1979 Wane McGarity 14 1995 1996 1997 1998

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Jordan Shipley 13 2009 2 Roy Williams 12 2002 Limas Sweed 12 2006 4 Jordan Shipley 11 2008 5 Herkie Walls 10 1982 Quan Cosby 10 2008 7 Wane McGarity 9 1998 Roy Williams 9 2003 9 Eric Jackson 8 1994 Pat Fitzgerald 8 1995 Roy Williams 8 2000 Mike Davis 8 2013

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Wane McGarity 4 1998 Texas Tech

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.^[27]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Colt McCoy 14,824 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Vince Young 9,167 2003 2004 2005 3 Major Applewhite 8,059 1998 1999 2000 2001 4 James Brown 8,049 1994 1995 1996 1997 5 Peter Gardere 7,409 1988 1989 1990 1991 6 Chris Simms 6,960 1999 2000 2001 2002 7 Ricky Williams 6,306 1995 1996 1997 1998 8 Cedric Benson 5,540 2001 2002 2003 2004 9 Bret Stafford 5,379 1984 1985 1986 1987 10 David Ash 5,125 2011 2012 2013 2014

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Colt McCoy 4,420 2008 2 Vince Young 4,086 2005 3 Colt McCoy 3,869 2009 4 Colt McCoy 3,795 2007 5 Major Applewhite 3,211 1999 6 Garrett Gilbert 3,124 2010 7 Shane Buechele 3,109 2016 8 Chris Simms 3,083 2002 9 Vince Young 2,928 2004 10 David Ash 2,840 2012

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Jerrod Heard 527[10] 2015 California 2 Vince Young 506[17] 2005 Oklahoma State 3 Colt McCoy 483[4] 2009 UCF 4 Colt McCoy 479[28] 2009 Texas A&M 5 Major Applewhite 476 2001 Washington[3] 6 Vince Young 467[29] 2005 USC[30] 7 David Ash 434[31] 2013 New Mexico State 8 Colt McCoy 432[8] 2008 Oklahoma State 9 Colt McCoy 425[7] 2009 Kansas 10 Tyrone Swoopes 416[32] 2014 Iowa State

Total touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Colt McCoy 132 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Vince Young 81 2003 2004 2005 3 Ricky Williams 73 1995 1996 1997 1998 4 Chris Simms 68 1999 2000 2001 2002 5 Cedric Benson 64 2001 2002 2003 2004 Major Applewhite 63 1998 1999 2000 2001 7 James Brown 59 1994 1995 1996 1997 8 Peter Gardere 49 1988 1989 1990 1991 9 Earl Campbell 40 1974 1975 1976 1977

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Colt McCoy 45 2008 2 Vince Young 38 2005 3 Colt McCoy 31 2006 4 Chris Simms 30 2002 Colt McCoy 30 2009 6 Chris Simms 28 2001 7 Ricky Williams 27 1998 8 Ricky Williams 26 1997 Vince Young 26 2004 Colt McCoy 26 2007

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Ricky Williams 6 1998 Rice Ricky Williams 6 1998 New Mexico State Colt McCoy 6[11] 2006 Baylor

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Noble Doss 17 1939 1940 1941 Nathan Vasher 17 2000 2001 2002 2003 3 Jerry Gray 16 1981 1982 1983 1984 4 Derrick Hatchett 15 1977 1978 1979 1980 5 Bobby Dillon 13 1949 1950 1951 Johnnie Johnson 13 1976 1977 1978 1979 Stanley Richard 13 1987 1988 1989 1990 Chris Carter 13 1993 1994 1995 1996 Dylan Haines 13 2014 2015 2016 9 William Graham 11 1979 1980 1981 Mossy Cade 11 1981 1982 1983 Quandre Diggs 11 2011 2012 2013 2014

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Earl Thomas 8 2009 2 Jack Crain 7 1940 Noble Doss 7 1940 William Graham 7 1981 Jerry Gray 7 1984 Nathan Vasher 7 2001

Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Bill Bradley 4 1968 Texas A&M 2 Bobby Layne 3 1946 Baylor Bill Pyle 3 1948 North Carolina Jerry Cook 3 1961 Ole Miss[33] Leslie Derrick 3 1966 Ole Miss[23] Stephen Braggs 3 1986 Texas Tech Tre Thomas 3 1995 Pittsburgh Aaron Humphrey 3 1997 Rutgers

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Britt Hager 499 1984 1985 1986 1987 2 Doug Shankle 478 1978 1979 1980 1981 3 Derrick Johnson 458 2001 2002 2003 2004 4 Anthony Curl 403 1989 1990 1991 1992 5 Chris Carter 401 1993 1994 1995 1996 6 Dusty Renfro 370 1995 1996 1997 1998 7 Steve McMichael 369 1976 1977 1978 1979 8 Michael Griffin 364 2003 2004 2005 2006 9 Bruce Scholtz 351 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 10 Tyson King 346 1993 1994 1995 1996

Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Britt Hager 195 1988 2 Britt Hager 187 1987 3 Lionel Johnson 175 1976 4 Winfred Tubbs 157 1992 5 Bill Hamilton 154 1976 6 Tony Edwards 149 1984 7 Tony Degrate 147 1984 Jordan Hicks 147 2014 9 Doug Shankle 144 1980 10 Steve McMichael 142 1978

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Kiki DeAyala 40.5 1980 1981 1982 2 Tim Campbell 39.5 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 3 Tony Degrate 31.0 1981 1982 1983 1984 4 Bill Acker 29.0 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Kenneth Sims 29.0 1978 1979 1980 1981 6 Steve McMichael 28.5 1976 1977 1978 1979 7 Jackson Jeffcoat 27.5 2010 2011 2012 2013 8 Ty Allert 27.0 1982 1983 1984 1985 9 Aaron Humphrey 24.5 1996 1997 1998 1999 10 Tony Brackens 24.0 1993 1994 1995

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Kiki DeAyala 22.5 1982 2 Tim Campbell 14.0 1977 Bill Acker 14.0 1978 Ken McCune 14.0 1980 5 Tim Campbell 13.0 1975 Dwight Jefferson 13.0 1978 Jackson Jeffcoat 13.0 2013 8 Alex Okafor 12.5 2012 9 Steve McMichael 12.0 1977 Kiki DeAyala 12.0 1981 Tony Degrate 12.0 1984

Single game Rank Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Shane Dronett 5.0 1990 Texas Tech 2 Alex Okafor 4.5[34] 2012 Oregon State[35] 3 Dwight Jefferson 4.0 1978 Arkansas Cedric Woodard 4.0 1998 Texas A&M Aaron Humphrey 4.0 1998 Texas Tech

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Phil Dawson 59 1994 1995 1996 1997 2 Jeff Ward 58 1983 1984 1985 1986 Kris Stockton 58 1996 1998 1999 2000 4 Dusty Mangum 50 2001 2002 2003 2004 5 Russell Erxleben 49 1975 1976 1977 1978

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Hunter Lawrence 24 2009 2 Justin Tucker 23 2010 3 Kris Stockton 22 2000 4 Michael Pollack 20 1990 Kris Stockton 20 1999 Anthony Fera 20 2013 7 Jeff Ward 19 1985 Phil Dawson 19 1996

Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Jeff Ward 5 1985 Arkansas Kris Stockton 5 2000 Texas Tech Ryan Bailey 5[36] 2007 UCF Justin Tucker 5[37] 2010 Baylor

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Hunter Lawrence 87.2% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Ryan Bailey 83.3% 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Justin Tucker 83.3% 2008 2009 2010 2011 4 Kris Stockton 75.3% 1983 1984 1985 1986 5 Phil Dawson 74.7% 1994 1995 1996 1997

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Jeff Ward 93.8% 1983 2 Anthony Fera 90.9% 2013 3 Hunter Lawrence 88.9% 2009 4 Justin Tucker 85.2% 2010 5 Kris Stockton 84.6% 2000 6 Justin Tucker 81.0% 2011

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