The game was the high point for a season that ended in a 4-6 finish and 125 total points scored.Only 13 of the 128 FBS teams in 2014 (or 10 percent) finished the Army rushed 424 times for 3,238 yards in 1945, the same season it went 9-0 and captured the second of its three consecutive national titles.The closest any team has come to the mark since 2000 is Nevada, rushing 607 times for 4,484 yards in 2009, an average of 7.39 yards per carry.Maryland was the only team to attempt a pass in the entire 60 minutes of its 1944 game with Michigan State.
Passing Rushing Receiving 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 All Conferences ACC American Big 12 Big Ten C-USA FBS Indep. The missteps came during the final season of the Rip Engle era and the first of Joe Paterno’s tenure.The Nittany Lions finished ranked in one of the major polls 28 of the 49 years of the streak (57 percent) and won national championships twice (1982 and 1986).Tennessee’s 17 consecutive regular-season shutouts might be the most impressive record in the bunch. That works out to 4.4 returns per game, or 10 fewer than the record.The Aggies returned 10 punts for a whopping 319 yards in their 47-0 shellacking of North Texas in the 1946 season opener.
He’s a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame. He racked up 2,850 yards during the 1988 campaign.The next closest was former Wisconsin star Melvin Gordon, who was still about 300 yards short of catching Sanders.Who has the best shot at cracking the top 10 this season? To compare, Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon just wrapped up his impressive career with 4,915 yards on 631 carries. Illinois went 3-7 that year.Since 2008, no FBS team has turned the ball over more than Idaho’s 2012 product, posting 39 turnovers. That’s 7.79 yards per carry, a half yard per rush off Glenn’s all-world mark.Davis also holds the record for the most yards gained per rush, season (minimum 75 rushes), set in 1945 with 11.51 yards per rush.The Mountaineers threw 18 passes without a completion in their 6-0 loss to Temple back in 1946. Is it the wideness of the gap between the old record and the new, or how rare it is for a player/team to even come close to breaking it?Think about it, if a record hasn’t been broken in 50 or 75 years, does that make it more unbreakable?Age may be the only quantifiable way to define the likeliness of shattering an all-time mark.Even though the game of college football has changed immeasurably since 1869, when Rutgers and Princeton squared off in what looked more like a Rugby match, certain records have stood the test of time.Syracuse passed for 60 yards and rushed for minus-107 in its 40-0 loss to No. He racked up 2,850 yards during the 1988 campaign. That’s double the average of seven that Kansas—the nation’s top punting team—managed in 2014. As pointed out by Fox College Football, Sanders still holds the record more than 30 years later for the most rushing yards in a season. North Carolina won the game 19-0 on the way to a 6-3 finish, Penn State went on to post a 5-3-1 record.Purdue coughed up nine fumbles and two interceptions in its 1943 clash with Illinois but still managed to win, 40-21. The Aggies finished the season 7-2-1, losing 19-14 to LSU in the Orange Bowl.No linebacker has scored more interceptions in a single season than Texas A&M’s Bill Sibley, who hauled in nine in 1941. Pingel was an All-American halfback for the Spartans in 1938 and 1939, selected seventh overall by the Detroit Lions in the 1939 NFL draft.Compare that to Idaho’s Bobby Cowan, the only guy since 2008 to crest the 4,000-yard mark, he needed 88 punts in 12 games to hit 4,084 in 2011.A record that will never be broken due to the overtime rule being added in 1996, Temple had four games end in a 0-0 draw during in its 1937 campaign.The Owls enjoyed scoreless draws with Ole Miss, Boston College, Holy Cross and Bucknell that year, finishing 3-2-4 under then-coach Pop Warner.Tennessee punted the ball away a record 139 times in its 10 games in 1939. Sixty-seven punts (34 by Texas Tech and 33 by Centenary) occurred on first-down plays, including 22 consecutively in the third and fourth quarters.The Red Raiders hold the single-game record for fewest plays (12).
The Sun Devils were outscored 313-93 that year, finishing 2-7-2, including a 67-0 loss to Arizona.To compare, Bowling Green returned 62 kicks in 14 games in 2014, more than any other team in the FBS. The next closest was former Wisconsin star Melvin Gordon, who was still about 300 yards … The Tar Heels went 1-of-7 for minus-seven yards through the air while the Nittany Lions went 2-of-12 for minus-six yards in their blockbuster 1943 meeting.