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MSU Football Record Book

MSU Football Record Book

Individual Records: Rushing | Passing | Receiving | Total Offense | All Purpose | Scoring | Kicking | Punting | Punt Return | Kick Return | Interceptions | Fumble Returns | Tackles
Milestones: 100-yard Rushing Games | 100-yard Receiving Games | 200-yard Passing Games
Yearly Leaders: Total Offense | Rushing | Passing | Receptions | Scoring | Punting | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Interceptions | Tackles
Season Records: Rushing | Passing | Total Yards | All Purpose | Scoring | Kicking | Punting | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | Interceptions | Fumble Returns | Tackles
Team Records: Single Game | Postseason | Memorial Stadium

Updated through 2024 season.

Most Total Yards
Yards Opponent Date
740 Abilene Christian (73 plays) 10/22/2011
737 Southeastern Okla. (90 plays) 10/20/2001
704 Angelo State (63 plays) 10/15/2011
678 Adams State (93 plays) 8/25/2007
676 Tarleton State (83 plays) 9/25/2015
671 Western New Mexico (78 plays) 10/13/2001
668 Eastern New Mexico (66 plays) 10/29/2005
668 McMurry (79 plays) 10/12/2013
667 UT Permian Basin (62 plays) 10/28/2017
666 East Central (58 plays) 9/22/2007
656 Eastern New Mexico (80 plays) 10/31/2009
654 Abilene Christian (80 plays) 11/10/2007
654 Angelo State (69 plays) 9/22/2018
618 West Texas A&M (79 plays) 10/3/2004
615 Texas A&M-Kingsville (70 plays) 9/22/2012
613 Western New Mexico (68 plays) 10/30/2021
609 UT Permian Basin (59 plays) 10/29/2016
607 Quincy (Ill.) (58 plays) 8/31/2017
606 Texas A&M-Kingsville (58 plays) 10/19/2019
600 Northeastern State (59 plays) 9/16/2006
600 Texas A&M-Kingsville (76 plays) 10/20/2007

Fewest Total Yards
Yards Opponent Date
17 Texas A&M-Kingsville 10/18/1997
66 Sul Ross State (61 plays) 10/18/1988
101 West Texas A&M (52 plays) 9/14/1996
103 West Texas A&M (56 plays) 9/16/2023
105 Texas A&M-Commerce (35 plays) 10/4/1997
108 Tarleton State (50 plays) 10/1/1988
132 Texas A&M-Kingsville (58 plays) 10/16/1999
139 Texas State (53 plays) 9/2/1999
147 Northwest Missouri State (51 plays) 11/25/2006
148 Texas A&M-Kingsville (63 plays) 10/17/1998

Most Net Rushing Yards
Yards Opponent Date
522 McMurry (56 carries) 10/26/1991
476 McMurry (62 carries) 10/12/2013
470 West Georgia (52 carries) 11/10/2012
468 Quincy (Ill.) (39 carries) 8/31/2017
467 Abilene Christian (57 carries) 11/10/2007
463 Eastern New Mexico (45 carries) 10/29/2005
456 Texas A&M-Kingsville (54 carries) 10/21/2006
436 Abilene Christian (48 carries) 10/22/2011
431 East Central (29 carries) 9/22/2007
426 Texas A&M-Kingsville (53 carries) 10/20/2007
421 Texas A&M-Kingsville (49 carries) 9/22/2012
412 Menlo (58 carries) 11/2/2013
403 Southwestern Okla. (55 carries) 9/3/2005

Fewest Net Rushing Yards
Yards Opponent Date
-26 Texas A&M-Kingsville (29 carries) 10/18/1997
-3 Angelo State (21 carries) 9/28/2019
12 Sul Ross State (43 carries) 9/17/1988
19 Tarleton State (26 carries) 9/5/1996
20 Texas A&M-Commerce (24 carries) 10/4/1997
25 Minnesota State (13 carries) 11/25/2017
27 Tarleton State (35 carries) 9/10/1994
28 Texas A&M-Kingsville (32 carries) 10/17/1998
29 McMurry (41 carries) 10/28/1989
32 Western New Mexico (25 carries) 10/12/1996

Most Passing Yards
Yards Opponent (Comp.-Att.-Int.) Date
470 Angelo State (25-40-0) 9/22/2018
446 West Texas A&M (29-39-1) 10/12/2002
433 Tarleton State (26-45-2) 11/4/2017
424 UT Permian Basin (25-35-0) 10/28/2017
414 Southwestern Okla. (24-41-0) 11/10/2001
395 at Western Colorado (30-51-2) 9/7/2024
393 Eastern New Mexico (28-46-0) 11/11/2017
392 Southeastern Okla. (25-40-1) 10/20/2001
391 Angelo State (20-33-0) 9/18/2021
384 East Central (32-49-2) 10/6/2001

Fewest Passing Yards
Yards Opponent (Comp.-Att.-Int.) Date
13 McMurry (2-9-0) 10/26/1991
14 Iowa Wesleyan (1-9-1) 9/14/1991
14 Southwestern Okla. (2-13-2) 9/19/1992
21 Sul Ross State (2-7-1) 9/16/1989
26 Austin College (4-14-4) 10/20/1990
27 Northeastern State (2-13-0) 9/13/2008
27 Central Washington (5-17-1) 10/14/2023
31 Tarleton State (6-16-0) 10/1/1988
37 McMurry (3-13-1) 9/24/1988
43 Texas A&M-Kingsville 10/18/1997
43 West Georgia (4-11-1) 10/11/2012

Most First Downs
First Downs Opponent Date
39 Southeastern Okla. 10/20/2001
34 Simon Fraser 9/24/2022
33 Adams State 8/25/2007
32 Abilene Christian 11/10/2007
31 Tarleton State 9/26/2015
30 Western New Mexico 10/13/2001
30 Angelo State 9/29/2007
30 Abilene Christian 10/20/2012
30 Tarleton State 9/27/2014
30 Angelo State 11/8/2014
30 Tarleton State 11/4/2017
30 Quincy 9/4/2021

Fewest First Downs
First Downs Opponent Date
5 Austin College 9/10/1988
6 Tarleton State 10/1/1988
6 Friends University 10/6/1990
6 Texas A&M-Kingsville 10/18/1997
7 Minnesota State 11/25/2017
8 Sul Ross State 10/22/1988
8 Abilene Christian 9/11/1993
8 Southwestern Okla. 9/17/1994
8 West Texas A&M 9/14/1996
8 Texas State 9/2/1999
8 Northeastern State 10/28/2000

Most Penalty Yardage
Yards Opponent Date
239 Eastern New Mexico (21 penalties) 11/14/1998
187 Okla. Panhandle State (18 penalties) 10/10/1992
187 Tarleton State (14 penalties) 9/27/2014
182 Southeastern Okla. (18 penalties) 9/18/2004
180 Eastern New Mexico (17 penalties) 9/11/2010
173 Eastern New Mexico (15 penalties) 10/31/2009
172 Southwestern Okla. (15 penalties) 9/20/2003
171 McMurry (18 penalties) 10/31/1992
167 Western New Mexico (13 penalties) 10/13/2001
165 East Central (15 penalties) 10/22/2005

Fewest Penalty Yards
Yards Opponent Date
5 Tarleton State (1 penalty) 10/1/1988
5 Southwestern Okla. (1 penalty) 9/18/1993
9 Angelo State (2 penalties) 10/4/2014
14 Minnesota State (2 penalties) 11/25/2017
15 Texas A&M-Kingsville (3 penalties) 10/17/2009
15 at Western Oregon (2 penalties) 10/21/2023
16 Sul Ross State (2 penalties) 10/22/1988
16 Harding (2 penalties) 10/28/1995
17 Southern Arkansas (2 penalties) 9/4/1993
20 Tarleton State (2 penalties) 11/4/1989
20 Iowa Wesleyan (3 penalties) 9/15/1990
20 Austin College (2 penalties) 10/20/1990
20 Peru State (3 penalties) 12/7/1991
20 Sul Ross State (4 penalties) 11/14/1992
20 McMurry (3 penalties) 10/30/1993
20 Tarleton State (2 penalties) 11/5/2016
20 Angelo State (4 penalties) 9/28/2019
20 Texas A&M-Commerce (2 penalties) 10/12/2019

Most Combined Yards
Yards Game Date
1,287 Abilene Christian (547) at MSU (740) 10/22/2011
1,264 Central Oklahoma (673) at MSU (591) 9/29/2001
1,236 MSU (737) at Southeastern Okla. (499) 10/20/2001
1,215 Angelo State (561) at MSU (654) 9/22/2018
1,183 Abilene Christian (484) at MSU (654) 11/10/2007
1,179 Tarleton State (503) at MSU (676) 9/26/2015
1,152 MSU (618) at West Texas A&M (534) 10/2/2004
1,145 Tarleton State (571) at MSU (574) 11/4/2017
1,118 MSU (560) at Eastern New Mexico (558) 11/11/2017
1,114 MSU (656) at Eastern New Mexico (458) 10/31/2009
1,109 West Texas A&M (611) at MSU (498) 10/1/2005
1,097 MSU (615) at Texas A&M-Kingsville (482) 9/22/2012
1,090 MSU (565) at West Texas A&M (525) 11/3/2012
1,087 MSU (668) at Eastern New Mexico (419) 10/29/2005
1,075 McMurry (407) at MSU (668) 10/12/2013
1,048 Texas A&M-Commerce (509) at MSU (539) 10/7/2017
1,046 MSU (555) at Angelo State (491) 11/8/2014
1,034 MSU (704) at Angelo State (330) 10/15/2011
1,034 MSU (667) at UT Permian Basin (367) 10/28/2017
1,027 Angelo State (531) at MSU (496) 10/4/2014
1,024 MSU (385) at Howard Payne (639) 10/8/1988
1,023 MSU (401) at Colorado School of Mines (622) 11/13/2004
1,009 Texas A&M-Kingsville (403) at MSU (606) 10/19/2019
1,008 MSU (502) at Quincy (506) 9/4/2021
1,008 MSU (613) vs. Western New Mexico (395) 10/30/2021
1,002 MSU (586) at Harding (416) 9/18/1999

Fewest Combined Yards
Yards Game Date
302 Sul Ross State (236) at MSU (66) 9/17/1988
302 Austin College (130) at MSU (172) 9/9/1989
306 MSU (17) vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (289) 10/18/1997
330 East Central (64) at MSU (266) 9/11/1999
336 MSU (193) at Northeastern State (143) 9/13/2008
359 West Texas A&M (258) at MSU (101) 9/14/1996
366 MSU (217) at West Texas A&M (149) 10/30/1999
375 MSU (165) at Friends (210) 10/6/1990
377 Sul Ross State (140) at MSU (237) 10/13/1990
383 MSU (103) at West Texas A&M (280) 9/16/2023

Home Attendance
Attendance Opponent Date
13,025 West Texas A&M 10/6/2007
13,000 Houston 10/29/1949
11,000 Howard Payne 9/3/1988
10,820 West Texas A&M 11/5/2011
9,821 Abilene Christian 10/22/2011
9,500 Tarleton State 9/11/2004
9,265 Abilene Christian 11/14/2009
9,247 Tarleton State 10/27/2018
9,211 Tarleton State 9/26/2015
9,201 Texas A&M-Commerce 10/7/2017

Road Attendance
Attendance Opponent Date
50,000 University of Mexico 11/6/1954
18,739 West Texas A&M 10/4/1988
16,481 West Texas A&M 10/7/2006
16,216 Tarleton State 10/23/2021
13,486 Abilene Christian 10/9/2010
13,434 Texas State 8/31/2000
12,889 Texas State 9/2/1999
12,232 West Texas A&M 11/3/2012
11,756 Texas A&M-Kingsville 10/16/2004
10,776 Tarleton State 3/20/2021