2012 WVU Football Guide

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TEAM RECORDS Single Game Total Offense

Single Game Fumbles

Season Kickoff Returns

• Most Plays: 110 vs. Washington & Lee, 1923

• Most: 11 vs. Penn State, 1989

• Most Returns: 57 in 2011

• Most Yards Gained: 674 vs. Washington & Lee, 1923

• Most Lost: 6 vs. Virginia, 1954; vs. Virginia Military, 1969

• Fewest Returns: 22 in 1985

• Most Touchdowns: 13 vs. Geneva, 1951

• Most Caused: 11 vs. William & Mary, 1955

• Most Yards: 1,349 in 2011

• Fewest Opponent Plays: 12 vs. Maryland, 1919

• Most Recovered: 7 vs. Virginia, 1949

• Most Touchdowns: 3 in 2000

• Fewest Opponent Yards: 14 vs. Maryland, 1919

Single Game Turnovers Single Game Rushing • Most Carries: 99 vs. Washington & Lee, 1923 • Most Yards: 569 vs. Washington & Lee, 1923

• Most Points: 515 in 2007 • Most Points per Game: 41.1 in 1988

Single Game Penalties

• Most Touchdowns: 68 in 2007

• Most Touchdowns: 11 vs. Geneva, 1951

• Most Extra Points Made: 66 in 2007

• Fewest Opponent Rushes: 12 by Washington & Lee, 1923; by West Virginia Wesleyan, 1922; by Maryland, 1919

• Most Yards Penalized: 170 vs. Drexel, 1945; vs. Colorado State, 1978

• Most Field Goals Made: 30 in 1982

• Fewest Opponent Yards: 30 by Florida, 1981

• Most Two Teams: 28 vs. Florida State, 2005; vs. Miami, 1994; vs. Colorado State, 1978

• Fewest Opponent Points (6 games): 10 in 1895

• Most Completions: 38 vs. LSU, 2011 • Most Attempts: 65 vs. LSU, 2011

• Most Yards/Two Teams: 303 vs. Colorado State, 1978

Season Total Offense

• Most Interceptions: 6 vs. Ohio State, 1987; vs. Colorado State, 1978; vs. Richmond, 1973; vs. Maryland, 1950; vs. Washington & Lee, 1950; vs. Ohio, 1949

• Most Yards: 6,104 in 2011

• Most Yards Gained: 469 vs. Connecticut, 2011

• Most Touchdowns: 65 in 2007

• Most Touchdowns: 6 vs. Clemson, 2011; vs. Pitt, 1998 • Most Interception Return Yards: 175 vs. Louisiana Tech, 1994 • Fewest Completions: 0 vs. Temple, 1946; vs. Washington & Lee, 1946 • Fewest Attempts: 1 vs. Washington & Lee, 1946 • Fewest Opponent Pass Attempts: 0 by Maryland, 1919 • Fewest Opponent Pass Completions: 0 by Pitt, 1981; by Maryland, 1919

• Most Yards per Game: 469.5 in 2011 • Highest Average per Play: 7.3 in 2006 • Fewest Opponent Yards: 934 in 1923 • Fewest Opponent Yards per Game: 103.8 in 1923 • Lowest Opponent Average per Play: 3.0 in 1923 • Fewest Opponent Touchdowns: 2 in 1925

Season Rushing • Most Yards: 3,939 in 2006

• Lowest Opponent Completion Percentage: 0% by Pitt, 1981; by Maryland, 1919

• Most Yards per Game: 303.0 in 2006

• Fewest Opponent Yards Allowed: 0 vs. Pitt, 1981; Maryland, 1919

• Most Touchdowns: 49 in 2007

Single Game Punting • Most Punts: 13 vs. Penn State, 1973 • Highest Average: 60.1 (9-541) vs. Nebraska, 1994

Single Game Punt Returns • Most Returns: 10 vs. Richmond, 1965; Eastern Michigan, 1993

• Highest Average per Play: 6.7 in 2006 • Fewest Opponent Yards: 508 in 1925 • Fewest Opponent Yards per Game: 56.4 in 1925 • Lowest Opponent Average per Play: 1.9 in 1925 • Fewest Opponent Touchdowns: 1 in 1925

Season Passing • Most Attempts: 542 in 2011 • Most Completions: 353 in 2011

• Most Yards Gained: 201 vs. The Citadel, 1965

• Most Yards: 4,509 in 2011

• Most Touchdowns: 1 vs. many opponents; most recently vs. East Carolina, 2005

• Most Yards per Game: 346.8 in 2011

Single Game Kickoff Returns

• Highest Completion Percentage: 66.4% in 2007 • Most Touchdowns: 32 in 2011 • Most Interceptions: 27 in 1973

• Most Returns: 9 vs. Penn State, 1965; Maryland, 1951

• Fewest Opponent Yards: 300 in 1923

• Most Yards Gained: 221 vs. Louisville, 1993

• Fewest Opponent Yards Per Game: 33.3 in 1923

• Most Touchdowns: 1 vs. many opponents; most recently vs. USF, 2011

• Lowest Opponent Completion Percentage: 34.5 in 1953

Single Game Scoring • Most Points: 92 vs. Marshall, 1915 • Greatest Margin of Victory: 89 vs. Geneva, 1951 • Greatest Margin of Defeat: 130 vs. Michigan, 1904 • Most Touchdowns: 14 vs. Marshall, 1916 • Most Extra Points Made: 11 vs. vs. Rutgers, 2001; vs. Geneva, 1951 • Most Field Goals Made: 6 vs. Villanova, 1972 • Highest Losing Score: 38 vs. Pitt/3OT, 1997

• Fewest Opponent Touchdowns: 0 in 1925 • Most Opponent Interceptions: 24 in 1988; 1972 • Most Opponent Yards on Interceptions: 347 in 1993 • Most Opponent Touchdowns on Interceptions: 5 in 1922

Season Punting • Most Punts: 84 in 1996 • Fewest Punts: 34 in 1955 • Highest Average per Punt: 47.1 in 1994 • Most Blocked: 8 in 1934 • Returned for TD: 4 in 1934

Single Game First Downs • Most: 36 vs. Washington & Lee, 1923

Season Punt Returns

• Most Rushing: 33 vs. Washington & Lee, 1923

• Most Returns: 46 in 1993

• Most Passing: 24 vs. Missouri, 1998

• Fewest Returns: 16 in 1964

• Most By Penalty: 8 vs. Norfolk State, 2011; vs. Florida State, 2004

• Most Yards: 584 in 1965

• Fewest by Opponent: 0 by Maryland, 1919 • Fewest Rushing by Opponent: 0 by Western Michigan, 1996; by Maryland, 1919 • Fewest Passing by Opponent: 0 by Maryland, 1919

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Season Scoring

• Most: 17 vs. Drexel, 1945

Single Game Passing

TEAM RECORDS

• Most Forced: 10 vs. Geneva, 1951

• Most Touchdowns: 4 in 1934

• Fewest Points: 14 in 1896 • Fewest Opponent Points (7 games): 23 in 1898 • Fewest Opponent Points (8 games): 20 in 1915 • Fewest Opponent Points (9 games): 18 in 1925 • Fewest Opponent Points (10 games): 38 in 1907; 1928 • Fewest Opponent Points (11 games): 34 in 1922 • Fewest Opponent Points (12 games): 101 in 1896 • Fewest Opponent Points (13 games): 176 in 2010 • Fewest Opponent Points Per Game: 1.7 in 1895 • Most Opponent Points: 364 in 1978 • Most Opponent Shutouts: 8 in 1922

Season First Downs • Most: 301 in 2011 • Most Rushing: 178 in 2002 • Most Passing: 187 in 2011 • Most by Penalty: 27 in 2002 • Fewest Allowed: 51 in 1925 • Fewest Rushing Allowed: 26 in 1925 • Fewest Passing Allowed: 14 in 1923 • Fewest by Penalty Allowed: 2 in 1954

Season Fumbles • Most: 44 in 1955 • Most Lost: 27 in 1955 • Most Caused: 42 in 1973; 1959 • Most Recovered: 24 in 1977; 1958 • Fewest: 12 in 1996 • Fewest Lost: 5 in 1996

Team Streaks • Victories: 13 from 1952 53 • Defeats: 8 from 1959 60 • Home Victories: 14 from 1924 26 • Home Defeats: 5 in 1986 • Away Victories: 9 from 1952 53 • Away Defeats: 10 from 1959 60 • Shutouts: 7 from 1904 05 • Shutouts by Opponents: 5 from 1896 97 • Consecutive games without being shutout: 108, 2001-09 • Consecutive games without a defensive shutout: 70, 1987-93 • Winning Seasons: 12 from 1914 26 • Losing Seasons: 4 from 1958 61; 1976 79 • Conference Victories: 30 from 1952 59 • Conference Championships: 4 from 1953 56 • Games for Scoring: 84 from 1986-93 • Games Scored Against: 71 from 1987 93 • Games Blocked Punt Avoided: 31 from 1974 77


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