Total Offense
team records
individual career total offense leaders Name Years Rushes Yards Passes Yards Plays Total Yards 1. Jay Cutler 2002-05 453 1,256 1,242 8,697 1,695 9,953 2. Greg Zolman 1998-2001 228 -274 1,156 7,981 1,384 7,607 3. Whit Taylor 1979-82 331 420 1,016 6,307 1,347 6,727 4. Eric Jones 1986-88 389 1,211 661 5,029 1,050 6,240 5. Kurt Page 1981-84 116 -225 936 6,233 1,052 6,008 6. Chris Nickson 2005-08 348 1,463 541 3,406 889 4,869 7. Damian Allen 1994-97 241 29 699 3,704 940 3,888 8. Marcus Wilson 1989-92 444 1,468 320 2,036 764 3,504 9. Bill Wade 1949-51 121 -9 437 3,397 558 3,388 10. Mackenzi Adams 2006-09 198 571 492 2,789 690 3,360
individual single-season total offense leaders 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Name Jay Cutler Kurt Page Eric Jones Chris Nickson Whit Taylor Jay Cutler Eric Jones Greg Zolman Greg Zolman Kurt Page Whit Taylor Jay Cutler Greg Zolman Jay Cutler Fred Fisher Damian Allen Bill Wade Bill Wade John Gromos Mike Wright
Year 2005 1983 1988 2006 1982 2003 1987 2001 2000 1984 1981 2004 1999 2002 1973 1997 1951 1950 1989 1977
Rushes 106 60 144 146 153 115 179 69 46 41 64 109 79 123 130 104 59 47 43 159
Yards Passes 215 462 -144 493 305 360 694 292 198 406 299 327 665 229 -8 357 -62 354 -64 350 -65 357 349 241 -90 300 393 212 373 234 184 283 37 223 -1 177 -165 320 188 211
Yards 3,073 3,178 2,548 2,085 2,481 2,347 1,954 2,512 2,441 2,405 2,318 1,844 2,059 1,433 1,450 1,544 1,609 1,596 1,744 1,383
Plays Total Yards 568 3,288 553 3,034 504 2,853 438 2,779 559 2,679 442 2,646 408 2,619 426 2,504 400 2,379 391 2,341 421 2,253 350 2,193 379 1,969 335 1,826 364 1,823 387 1,728 282 1,646 224 1,595 363 1,579 370 1,571
Jay Cutler virtually rewrote the Commodore passing records during his 2002-05 career.
single-season all-purpose yardage leaders Name 1. Warren Norman 2. Corey Harris 3. Doug Mathews 4. Tony Jackson 5. Kwane Doster
Year All-Purpose Yards Description of Yardage 2009 1,941 yards (783 rushing; 108 receiving; 1050 KO returns) 1991 1,827 yards (1103 rushing; 283 receiving; 441 KO returns) 1969 1,744 yards (849 rushing; 218 receiving; 607 KO returns; 70 punt returns) 1992 1,560 yards (652 rushing; 114 receiving; 794 KO returns) 2002 1,523 yards (798 rushing; 109 receiving; 616 KO returns)
miscellaneous total offense records Individual Single-Game (Rushing & Passing) Most Plays Most Yards Highest Avg.
(79) Jay Cutler vs. Kentucky, 2005 (521) Whit Taylor vs. Tennessee, 1981 (14.8) Bill Wade vs. MTSU, 1950
Individual Single-Season (Rushing & Passing) Most Plays Highest Avg. (min. 95 plays)
(568) Jay Cutler, 2005 (7.1) Bill Wade, 1950
Individual Career (Rushing & Passing) Most Plays Highest Avg. (min. 250 plays)
(1,695) Jay Cutler, 2002-2005 (6.1) Bill Wade, 1949-51
Team Single-Game (Rushing & Passing) Most Plays Most Yards Highest Avg.
(94) vs. Kentucky, 2005 (798) vs. Northwestern, 1952 (8.7) vs. Miami, Fla., 1948
Team Single-Season (Rushing & Passing) Most Plays Most Yards Highest Avg. Per Game
92
(838) 1983 (4,570) 1974 (415.5) 1974
2011 Vanderbilt Fact Book
Whit Taylor ranks among the leaders in numerous Vanderbilt offensive categories, including career total offense and passing yards.