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Football Single-Game and Single-Season Records


Individual Single-Game Records

Category Stat Player Season or Other Information
Total Offense Yards 503 Tim Hardy vs. Illinois Wesleyan, 10/24/98
Rushing Attempts 40 Bill Scholl vs. Valparaiso, 11/16/68
Rushing Yards (Half) 287 Pedro Arruza vs. North Central, 10/30/93
Rushing Yards (Game) 313 Pedro Arruza vs. North Central, 10/30/93
Yards per Rush Attempt 21.2 Sola Olateju (8-170) vs. Benedictine, 9/2/2017
20.9 Giovanni Weeks (8-167) vs. Illinois Wesleyan, 11/6/2021
19.1 George MacKenzie (10-191) vs. Millikin, 11/9/57
Rushing TDs 5 Chuck Schoenherr vs. Lake Forest, 11/22/47
Longest TD Run 94 George MacKenzie vs. Elmhurst, 9/26/56
Pass Attempts 75 Keith Bishop vs. Millikin, 9/14/85
Completions 42 Keith Bishop vs. Millikin, 9/14/85
Passing Yards 506 Keith Bishop vs. Millikin, 11/12/83
Touchdown Passes 6 Keith Bishop vs. Carroll, 10/15/83; vs. North Park, 10/12/85
6 Garrett Meador vs. Albion, 9/10/11
6 Luke Anthony vs. Aurora, 11/20/21
6 Ben Thorson vs. Carroll, 10/22/23
Completion Pct. .944 Sean Norris vs. North Park, 10/4/08 (17-18)
Consecutive Completions 17 Jordan Roberts vs. Carthage, 10/6/2013
Longest TD Pass 98 Keith Bishop to David Lauber vs. North Central, 9/21/85
Touchdowns 5 Chuck Schoenherr vs. Lake Forest, 11/22/47
5 Caleb Titherington vs. Carroll, 10/21/2023
Points 30 Chuck Schoenherr vs. Lake Forest, 11/22/47
30 Caleb Titherington vs. Carroll, 10/21/2023
Receptions 16 Mark Loeffler vs. Mount Union, 11/25/95
16 Pete Bylsma vs. Millikin, 10/19/74
16 Colin Sinclair vs. Carthage, 10/30/2004
Receiving Yards 245 Mark Loeffler vs. Mount Union, 11/25/95
Yards per Reception 58.3 Steve Thonn vs. North Park, 10/9/82 (175-3)
TD Receptions 5 Caleb Titherington vs. Carroll, 10/21/2023
4 Mark Loeffler vs. North Park, 11/2/96
4 Teddy Watkins vs. Millikin, 11/12/2011
Longest TD Reception 98 David Lauber vs. North Central, 9/21/85
Longest INT Return 98 John Peays vs. North Central, 9/26/98
Interceptions 3 Seven players
Punts 14 Greg Holmgren vs. Washington (Mo.), 10/6/79
Punt Yards 530 Greg Holmgren vs. Washington (Mo.), 10/6/79
Longest Punt 74 Greg Holmgren vs. North Central, 11/3/79
Punt Avg. (5+ Punts) 50.5 John White (6-303) vs. Carroll, 9/20/69
PATs 10 Tim Ellingsen vs. North Park, 10/21/2006
10 Griffin Bowes vs. Elmhurst, 11/10/18
Field Goals 5 Bob Unruh vs. Millikin, 10/22/77
Longest Field Goal 53 Sam Cote vs. Illinois Wesleyan, 10/26/2013
Field Goal Attempts 6 Bob Unruh vs. Millikin, 10/22/77
Kickoff Returns 7 Clark Gilbert vs. Millikin, 11/12/83
KO Return Yards 155 Brian Lazear vs. Illinois Wesleyan, 9/21/91
Yards per KO Return 61.5 John Tuin vs. Augustana, 11/13/79
Longest KO Return 100 John Tuin vs. Augustana, 9/20/80
Punt Returns 8 Phillip Nichols vs. Carroll, 11/11/2017
Punt Return Yards 157 Ed Davies vs. Illinois College, 10/11/52
Longest Punt Return 94 Joel Detwiler vs. DePauw, 9/16/67

Ben Thorson
Ben Thorson (Michael Hudson Photography)

Individual Single-Season Records

Category Athlete Stat Season
Total Offense Sean Norris 3383 2008
Ben Thorson 3289 2023
Keith Bishop 3186 1983
Chad Bradley 3159 2003
Jeff Brown 3152 1995
Will Bowers 3150 2022
Total Offense Per Game Keith Bishop 354.0 1983
Rushing Attempts Rocky Gingg 280 2008
Rushing Yards Giovanni Weeks 1687 2023
Garrett Granberg 1371 2004
Giovanni Weeks 1365 2021
Rushing Touchdowns Giovanni Weeks 24 2022
Yards per Rush Kermit Ellison 12.5 (35-439) 1991
Passing Yards Ben Thorson 3289 2023
Keith Bishop 3267 1983
Jeff Brown 3247 1995
Passing Touchdowns Ben Thorson 36 2023
Luke Anthony 35 2019
Completion Percentage Will Bowers .768 (249-326) 2022
Fewest INTs Thrown Kyle Bradley 1 2007
Receiving Yards Alex Pokorny 1428 2008
Brad Musso 1338 2003
Touchdown Receptions Alex Pokorny 19 2008
Ben Bonga 19 2024
Tackles for Loss Andy Studebaker 24.5 2006
Sacks Andy Studebaker 17-1/2 2006
David Hoover 17-1/2 1995*
Chase Greenlee 15-1/2 2017
Chase Greenlee 14 2016
Jeff Peltz 14 1978*
Dallas McRae 13 2021
Drew Pearson 11 1999*
Jeff Peltz 11 1979*
Peter Johanik 11 2024
Punts Greg Holmgren 66 1979
Punt Yards Bob Unruh 2407 1978
Yards per Punt John Bickle 40.6 (50-2030) 2019
Kickoff Returns Muhammad Weusi 38 2003
KO Return Yards Muhammad Weusi 822 2003
KO Returns for TDs Brian Lazear 2 1991
Punt Return Yards Pete Ittersagen 464 2008
Punt Returns for TDs Pete Ittersagen 2 2008, 2007
Brian Lazear 2 1993
Brad Musso 2 2003

*sacks did not become an offical NCAA stat until 2000