List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders
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The list of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders identifies the NCAA major college scoring leaders. Beginning with the 1937 college football season, when the NCAA began maintaining official records, the list includes each year's leaders both in total points scored and in points scored per game. The list is limited to players for major college programs, which includes the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (2006 – present), NCAA Division I-A (1978 – 2005), and NCAA University Division (1956 – 1977).
Scoring leaders since 1937
Year | Name | Points | Name | Points/Game[1] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1937 | Byron White[2] Colorado |
122 | Byron White[3] | 15.25 |
1938 | Parker Hall[4][5] (Mississippi) |
73 | ||
1939 | Tom Harmon[6][7] (Michigan) |
102 | ||
1940 | Tom Harmon[8][9] (Michigan) |
117 | Tom Harmon | 14.63 |
1941 | Bill Dudley[10][11] (Virginia) |
134 | Bill Dudley[3] | 14.89 |
1942 | Bob Steuber[12][13] (Missouri) |
121 | ||
1943 | Bob Steuber[14][15] (DePauw) Steve Van Buren[16] (LSU) |
129 98 |
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1944 | Glenn Davis[17][18] (Army) |
120 | ||
1945 | Doc Blanchard[19] (Army) |
115 | ||
1946 | Gene Roberts[20] (Chattanooga) |
117 | ||
1947 | Lu Gambino[21] (Maryland) |
96 | ||
1948 | Fred Wendt[3] (UTEP) |
152 | Fred Wendt[3] | 15.20 |
1949 | George Thomas[22] (Oklahoma) |
117 | ||
1950 | Bobby Reynolds[3] (Nebraska) |
157 | Bobby Reynolds[3] | 17.44 |
1951 | Ollie Matson[23] (San Francisco) |
126 | ||
1952 | Jackie Parker[24] (Mississippi St.) |
120 | ||
1953 | Earl Lindley[25] (Utah St.) |
81 | ||
1954 | Art Luppino[3][26] (Arizona) |
166 | Art Luppino[3] | 16.60 |
1955 | Jim Swink[27] (TCU) |
125 | ||
1956 | Clendon Thomas[28] (Oklahoma) |
108 | ||
1957 | Leon Burton[29] (Oklahoma) |
96 | ||
1958 | Dick Bass[30] (Pacific) |
116 | ||
1959 | Pervis Atkins[31] (New Mexico St.) |
107 | ||
1960 | Bob Gaiters[3] (N. Mexico St.) |
145 | Bob Gaiters[3] | 14.50 |
1961 | Preacher Pilot[32] (N. Mexico St.) |
138 | Preacher Pilot[3] | 13.80 |
1962 | Jerry Logan[33] (W. Texas St.) |
110 | ||
1963 | Cosmo Iacavazzi[34] (Princeton) Dave Casinelli (Memphis St.) |
84 84 |
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1964 | Brian Piccolo[35] (Wake Forest) |
111 | ||
1965 | Howard Twilley[36] (Tulsa) |
127 | ||
1966 | Ken Hebert[37] (Houston) |
113 | ||
1967 | Leroy Keyes[38] (Purdue) |
114 | ||
1968 | Jim O'Brien[39] (Cincinnati) |
142 | Jim O'Brien[3] | 14.20 |
1969 | Steve Owens[40] (Oklahoma) |
138 | Steve Owens[3] | 13.80 |
1970 | Don McCauley[41] (North Carolina) |
126 | Brian Bream[41] (Air Force) Gary Kosins[41] (Dayton) |
12.0 12.0 |
1971 | Lydell Mitchell[3][42] (Penn St.) |
174 | Ed Marinaro[3] | 16.44 |
1972 | Harold Henson[41] (Ohio St.) |
120 | Harold Henson[41] | 12.0 |
1973 | Jim Jennings[43] (Rutgers) |
128 | Jim Jennings[43] | 11.6 |
1974 | Keith Barnette[44] (Boston College) |
134 | Billy Marek[44] (Wisconsin) |
12.7 |
1975 | Pete Johnson[3] (Ohio St.) |
150 | Pete Johnson[45] | 13.6 |
1976 | Tony Dorsett[46] (Pittsburgh) |
134 | Tony Dorsett[46] | 12.2 |
1977 | Earl Campbell[47] (Texas) |
114 | Earl Campbell[47] | 10.4 |
1978 | Billy Sims[48] (Oklahoma) |
120 | Billy Sims[48] | 10.9 |
1979 | Billy Sims[49] (Oklahoma) |
132 | Billy Sims[49] | 12.0 |
1980 | Sammy Winder[50] (Southern Miss.) |
120 | Sammy Winder[50] | 10.9 |
1981 | Marcus Allen[51] (USC) |
120 | Marcus Allen[51] | 12.5 |
1982 | Greg Allen[51] (Florida St.) |
126 | Greg Allen[51] | 11.5 |
1983 | Mike Rozier[3] (Nebraska) |
174 | Mike Rozier[3] | 14.50 |
1984 | Keith Byars[51] (Ohio St.) |
144 | Keith Byars[51] | 13.1 |
1985 | Bernard White[52] (Bowling Green) |
114 | Bernard White[52] | 10.4 |
1986 | Steve Bartalo[53] (Colorado St.) |
114 | Steve Bartalo[53] | 10.4 |
1987 | Paul Hewitt[54] (San Diego St.) |
144 | Paul Hewitt[54] | 12.0 |
1988 | Barry Sanders[55] (Oklahoma St.) |
234 | Barry Sanders | 21.27 |
1989 | Anthony Thompson[3] (Indiana) |
154 | Anthony Thompson[3] | 14.20 |
1990 | Stacey Robinson[56] (N. Illinois |
120 | Stacey Robinson[56] | 10.9 |
1991 | Marshall Faulk[57] (San Diego St.) |
140 | Marshall Faulk[3] (San Diego St.) |
15.56 |
1992 | Garrison Hearst[58] (Georgia) |
126 | Garrison Hearst[58] | 11.5 |
1993 | Marshall Faulk[59] (San Diego St.) |
144 | Bam Morris[59] (Texas Tech) |
12.2 |
1994 | Rashaan Salaam[60] (Colorado) |
144 | Rashaan Salaam[60] | 13.1 |
1995 | Eddie George[61] (Ohio St.) |
144 | Eddie George[60] | 12.0 |
1996 | Corey Dillon[62] (Washington) |
138 | Corey Dillon[60] | 12.6 |
1997 | Randy Moss[3] (Marshall) Ricky Williams[3] (Texas) |
152 152 |
Ricky Williams[3] | 13.82 |
1998 | Troy Edwards[63] (Louisiana Tech) |
188 | Troy Edwards[63] | 15.7 |
1999 | Shaun Alexander[64] (Alabama) |
144 | Shaun Alexander[64] | 13.1 |
2000 | Lee Suggs[65] (Virginia Tech) |
168 | Lee Suggs[3] | 15.27 |
2001 | Luke Staley[66] (BYU) |
170 | Luke Staley[3] | 15.45 |
2002 | Brock Forsey[67] (Boise St.) |
192 | Brock Forsey[3] | 14.77 |
2003 | Cedric Benson[68] (Texas) |
134 | Patrick Cobbs[69] | 11.5 |
2004 | Tyler Jones[70] (Boise St.) |
141 | Tyler Jones[71] | 11.8 |
2005 | LenDale White[72] (USC) |
156 | Steve Slaton (W. Virginia) |
16.3 |
2006 | Ian Johnson[73] (Boise St.) |
152 | Ian Johnson | 15.2 |
2007 | Kevin Smith[74] (Cent. Florida) |
180 | Kevin Smith | 15.0 |
2008 | Jeff Wolfert[75] (Missouri) |
133 | Dez Bryant (Oklahoma St.) |
16.0 |
2009 | Toby Gerhart[76] (Stanford) |
166 | Donald Buckram (UTEP) |
15.8 |
2010 | Dan Bailey[77] (Oklahoma St.) |
149 | Mikel Leshoure (Illinois) |
13.6 |
2011 | Montee Ball[78] (Wisconsin) |
236 | Montee Ball | 16.86 |
2012 | Kenneth Dixon[79] (Louisiana Tech) |
168 | Kenneth Dixon | 16.8 |
2013 | Keenan Reynolds[80] (Navy) |
188 | Kapri Bibbs (Colorado St.) |
18.6 |
2014 | Jarvion Franklin[81] (W. Michigan) |
150 | Samaje Perine (Oklahoma) |
14.0 |
2015[82] | Derrick Henry (Alabama) |
168 |
Pre-1937 unofficial data
Before 1937 the NCAA did not compile official statistics. This chart reflects unofficial scoring statistics for years prior to 1937.
Year | Name | Points | Name | Points/Game |
---|---|---|---|---|
1883 | Alex Moffat[83] (Princeton) |
136 | ||
1884 | ||||
1885 | ||||
1886 | Harry Beecher[84] (Yale) |
132 | ||
1887 | Snake Ames[83] (Princeton) |
219 | Snake Ames | 24.3 |
1888 | Snake Ames[83] (Princeton) |
234 | Snake Ames | 19.5 |
1889 | Bum McClung (Yale) |
176 | ||
1890 | Philip King (Princeton) |
145 | ||
1891 | Bernard Trafford[83] (Harvard) |
270 | ||
1892 | Philip King (Princeton) |
105 | ||
1893 | ||||
1894 | ||||
1895 | ||||
1896 | ||||
1897 | ||||
1898 | ||||
1899 | ||||
1900 | ||||
1901 | Bruce Shorts (Michigan) |
123 | ||
1902 | Al Herrnstein[83] (Michigan) |
130 | ||
1903 | Thomas S. Hammond (Michigan) |
163 | ||
1904 | ||||
1905 | ||||
1906 | ||||
1907 | ||||
1908 | Doc Fenton[83] (LSU) |
132 | ||
1909 | ||||
1910 | ||||
1911 | ||||
1912 | Jim Thorpe[83] (Carlisle) |
224 | ||
1913 | ||||
1914 | Buck Mayer (Virginia) |
142 | ||
1915 | Neno DaPrato (Michigan Aggies) |
185 | Neno Daprato | 30.8 |
1916 | Johnny Gilroy (Georgetown) |
160 | ||
1917 | Bill Ingram (Navy) |
162 | Bill Ingram | 20.25 |
1918 | ||||
1919 | Ira Rodgers (West Virginia) |
147 | ||
1920 | Jimmy Leech[85] (VMI) |
210 | Jimmy Leech | 23.3 |
1921 | Eddie Kaw[86] (Cornell) |
90 | ||
1922 | "Bots" Brunner[87] (Lafayette) |
86 | ||
1923 | George Pfann[88] (Cornell) |
98 | ||
1924 | Heinie Benkert[89] (Rutgers) |
100 | ||
1925 | Peggy Flournoy[90][91] (Tulane) |
128 | ||
1926 | Fred Koster[90] (Louisville) |
124 | ||
1927 | Jimmy Armistead[92] (Vanderbilt) |
138 | ||
1928 | Ken Strong[93][94] (NYU) |
161 | Ken Strong | 16.1 |
1929 | Gene McEver[95] (Tennessee) |
130 | ||
1930 | Leonard Macaluso[96] (Colgate) |
145 | ||
1931 | Bob Campiglio[97] (West Liberty) |
145 | ||
1932 | Lou Bush[98] (Mass. St.) |
114 | ||
1933 | Beattie Feathers[99] (Tennessee) |
78 | ||
1934 | Bill Shepherd[100] (Western Maryland) |
133 | ||
1935 | ||||
1936 | Norm Schoen[101] Baldwin-Wallace |
117 |
References
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