University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee vs. Texas A&M - Cotton Bowl Preview
December 09, 2004 | Football
Dec. 20, 2004
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SERIES HISTORY Legendary Vols football coach Gen. Robert R. Neyland (for whom Neyland Stadium is named) studied engineering at Texas A&M for one year before being appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1912 by Texas congressman Sam Rayburn. Neyland has more wins than any other coach in Tennessee history, with a record 173-31-12 (.829) in 21 seasons. Tennessee defensive backs coach Larry Slade worked as the secondary coach at Texas A&M from 1994-98.
VOLS IN THE COTTON BOWL Tennessee's first Cotton Bowl berth came in 1951, when it defeated Texas 20-14. That victory set the stage for the Vols' 1951 national championship the following season. In 1953, Texas exacted revenge on the Vols with a 16-0 toppling of the Big Orange. UT managed only six first downs, while the Longhorns reeled off more than 300 yards of total offense. The 1969 Cotton Bowl again pitted the Vols vs. the Longhorns, and Texas emerged victorious by a score of 36-13. Tennessee was unable to overcome a 28-0 halftime deficit, and helped Texas by tossing three interceptions. Arkansas was Tennessee's 1990 foe, and the Volunteers returned to the Cotton Bowl win column by downing the Southwest Conference champion Razorbacks 31-27. Tennessee finished the season 11-1 and claimed the SEC title. UT's most recent Cotton Bowl appearance was a 35-21 loss at the hands of Kansas State. The frigid Dallas conditions contrasted the Wildcats' hot offensive output, as KSU totaled 507 yards of offense. Vols tailback Travis Henry set a UT bowl record for the longest run from scrimmage when he broke loose for an 81-yard TD in the fourth quarter. Current Vols who stood on the sidelines that day include Kevin Burnett, Michael Munoz and Jason Respert (all 2004 co-captains).
TENNESSEE VS. THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE The Vols are 3-8 against Big 12 teams in bowl games, including a 1-3 mark against the league at the Cotton Bowl. Tennessee defeated Texas in the 1951 Classic before dropping its next two games to the Longhorns (1953, 1969) and one to Kansas State (2001). UT head coach Phillip Fulmer is 2-3 lifetime against Big 12 teams. UT last played a team from the Big 12 four years ago in the Cotton Bowl, losing 35-21 to Kansas State. Tennessee's only previous meeting against Texas A&M occurred in the 1957 Gator Bowl, a 3-0 Vols win.
TENNESSEE'S BOWL FORTUNES UNDER FULMER Counting the 2004 season, Tennessee has reached postseason play in 23 of the last 24 years. Last year, Tennessee fell to Clemson 27-14 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
VOLS POST 100 VICTORIES OVER LAST 10 YEARS The Vols are 100-25 since the start of the 1995 season and assured themselves of ending this season as the conference's top team over the last 10 years for the second year in a row. Tennessee went 99-26 in the 10-year period that ended last season. Florida sports the second-best record in the last decade, entering bowl play at 96-29. Georgia follows at 87-35 and LSU at 81-39. Auburn is 79-42 over that span. Other SEC schools in order: Mississippi 69-49, Alabama 69-51, Arkansas 69-52, Mississippi State 52-64, South Carolina 49-64, Kentucky 43-71 and Vanderbilt 25-87.
UT AIMS FOR 8th 10-WIN SEASON UNDER FULMER Fulmer guided the Big Orange to double-digit victories in 1993 (10), 1995 (11), 1996 (10), 1997 (11), 1998 (13), 2001 (11) and 2003 (10). Tennessee's perfect 13-win season in 1998 culminated with a Tostitos Fiesta Bowl victory over Florida State for the national championship. The Vols have posted 18 seasons with at least 10 wins in school history. Fulmer's seven are more than any other coach in UT history. Neyland (5), Battle (3), Majors (2) and Wyatt (1) also recorded 10-win seasons.
TENNESSEE SIXTH ALL-TIME IN 10-WIN SEASONS The Vols' 10-win campaigns came in 1938 (11-0), 1939 (10-1), 1940 (10-1), 1950 (11- 1), 1951 (10-1), 1956 (10-1), 1970 (11-1), 1971 (10-2), 1972 (10-2), 1987 (10-2-1), 1989 (11-1), 1993 (10-2), 1995 (11-1), 1996 (10-2), 1997 (11-2), 1998 (13-0), 2001 (11-2) and 2003 (10-3). The top-5 schools on the all-time 10-win list are Alabama (27), Oklahoma (25), Michigan (24), Nebraska (23) and USC (21). Tennessee is tied with Florida State and Penn State for sixth place. A win over Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl would give the Vols sole possession of the No. 6 spot.
TENNESSEE ROSTER INCLUDES TWO FROM LONE STAR STATE Junior offensive guard Cody Douglas is from La Marque, Texas, and sophomore strong safety Corey Campbell is from Spring, Texas. Both players have started for the Vols this season. First-year running backs coach Trooper Taylor is from Cuero, Texas.
THREE VOLS EARN FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA HONORS Munoz garnered first-team honors from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Associated Press and was also included on the Walter Camp second team. Burnett joined Munoz on the AFCA first team and AP second team, and Mahelona's All-America status was bestowed by The Sporting News. Free safety Jason Allen was tabbed as a third-team selection by the AP.
ALL-SEC VOLS Six additional Vols claimed second-team or honorable mentions. Senior punter Dustin Colquitt was a second-team pick by both the coaches and AP, while senior tailback Cedric Houston and junior linebacker Omar Gaither joined Munoz on the coaches' second team. The writers tabbed junior defensive end Parys Haralson and Allen for second team and then included senior center Jason Respert and junior tailback Gerald Riggs Jr. for honorable mention.
VOLS PLACE THREE ON FRESHMAN LISTS
MUNOZ WINS PRESTIGIOUS DRADDY TROPHY Munoz, who came to UT from Mason, Ohio, is the University of Tennessee's second Draddy Trophy winner, following in the footsteps of former Vols quarterback Peyton Manning, who won the Trophy in 1997. As a Scholar-Athlete, Munoz received an $18,000 scholarship award. By receiving the Draddy, the award increased to $25,000. Munoz has already graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science, and is in the masters program in public administration.
ALLEN CONTINUES TO LEAD SEC IN TACKLES The junior co-captain's 118 total stops is tops among all UT defenders, and he is tied for the team lead with two forced fumbles. Since 1970, when defensive statistics were first kept, a defensive back has never led the Vols in tackles for an entire season (all have been linebackers). Allen has garnered first-team All-SEC honors from league coaches and second-team status from the AP this season. As a starting corner last season, Allen tallied 57 tackles to rank seventh on the team.
HOUSTON, RIGGS LOOK TO BE UT's FIRST 1,000-YARD DUO With junior tailback Gerald Riggs Jr. having already netted 1,005 yards, senior tailback Cedric Houston needs at least 57 net yards in the Cotton Bowl to give UT its first same-season 1,000-yard rushing tandem. Houston is averaging 78.6 rushing yards per game this season.
TAILBACK TANDEM RANKS THIRD IN NCAA RUSHING
RIGGS REACHES 1,000 RUSHING YARDS Riggs has carried the ball 175 times this season for 1,005 yards and five touchdowns. He is averaging a team-best 5.7 yards per carry and has recorded five 100-yard games.
HOUSTON 57 YARDS SHY OF 1,000
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A UT landmark will be met, because the Vols have never had two players rush for 1,000 yards in the same season.
Through 12 games this year, Houston has racked up a career-best 943 yards on the ground, including a career-best seven touchdowns.
Houston needs only 38 rushing yards to move past former Vol Jay Graham (2,609 yards from 1993-96) into fifth place on Tennessee's all-time rushing-yardage list.
Travis Henry (1997-2000) sits atop the list with 3,078 yards, 506 ahead of Houston.
Houston is the 11th Vol to gain more than 2,000 career rushing yards, and he also ranks tied for sixth place on UT's all-time rushing attempts list with 488.
The 2003 second team All-SEC selection has 10 100-yard rushing games in his career. He has rushed for more than 700 yards in each of the last two seasons and is averaging 5.3 yards per carry in his career.
The Clarendon, Ark., native is trying to be the first UT running back since Watson to lead the Vols in rushing three consecutive seasons (Houston currently trails Gerald Riggs Jr. by 62 yards this year).
MAHELONA APPROACHES VOLS' TFL RECORD
| SINGLE-SEASON BALL-CARRIER LOSS (TFLs excluding sacks) | ||
| 1. | Leonard Little, 1995 | 14 |
| 2. | Jesse Mahelona, 2004 | 13.5 |
| 3. | Greg Jones, 1976 | 13 |
| 4. | Marion Hobby, 1989 | 12 |
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| 1. | Leonard Little, 1995 | 25 |
| 2. | Reggie White, 1983 | 24 |
| 3t. | Todd Kelly, 1992 | 21 |
| 3t. | John Henderson, 2000 | 21 |
| 5. | Shaun Ellis, 1999 | 19.5 |
| 6. | Jesse Mahelona, 2004 | 18.5 |
Through 12 career games as a Vol, Mahelona has 18.5 total TFLs. That places him in sixth place on UT's single-season TFL chart. Leonard Little's 25 total TFLs in 1995 is the most of any Vols defender in a single season.
Mahelona's 13.5 tackles behind the line (tackles for loss that do not include sacks) are enough to place the juco transfer in second place on Tennessee's single-season chart for ball-carrier loss tackles. Little also tops that chart, courtesy of his 14 tackles behind the line in 1995.
Mahelona has recorded multiple TFLs in six games this season. His five TFLs vs. Notre Dame Nov. 6 helped him earn SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors.
FULMER LOOKS TO CLIMB SEC COACHING CHART
Tennessee's win over Kentucky last month gave UT head coach Phillip Fulmer his 122nd career coaching victory, tying him with Steve Spurrier (Florida) and Mike Donahue (Auburn/LSU) for 10th place on the SEC's all-time wins list.
With a victory over Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl, Fulmer would move into ninth place on the conference's wins chart.
Charlie McClendon (LSU) is eighth with 137 victories.
Fulmer, the Dean of SEC coaches, has 79 career wins over league teams (including SEC Championship games).
HARALSON HARASSES OPPOSING SIGNAL CALLERS
Junior defensive end Parys Haralson's two quarterback hurries vs. Auburn in the SEC Championship Game gave him 21 on the season, which tie for the most QB hurries by a Vol in a single season. The hard-charging co-captain will pass Steve White, who also caused 21 quarterback pressures in 1995, and stand atop UT's all-time single-season chart with just one QB hurry in the Cotton Bowl.
Haralson also leads all Vols defenders with seven sacks this season, and his 12.5 career sacks are more than any other current Vol.
VOLS SUCCEED WITH THREE STARTING QBs
Tennessee has had three different quarterbacks make multiple starts this season for the first time since 1981.
Freshman Brent Schaeffer started the Vols' first three outings and went a perfect 3-0.
Fellow frosh Erik Ainge started six games -- from the Auburn contest to the Notre Dame game -- and led UT to a 4-2 mark, including a perfect 3-0 road record.
Junior signal caller Rick Clausen stepped in when Schaeffer and Ainge were both sidelined with injuries and led the Vols to a 2-1 mark in Tennessee's last three games.
COTTON BOWL START TO GIVE COLQUITT UT RECORD
With a starting appearance in the Cotton Bowl, senior punter Dustin Colquitt will break the all-time UT record for career starts with 51.
Former placekicker Jeff Hall (1995-98) currently holds the games-started record with 51.
The Cotton Bowl will also mark Colquitt's 52nd career game played, which will break former defensive back Jabari Greer's (2000-03) record of 51.
Other UT records already owned by Colquitt include career punts (236) and career punt yardage (10,080).
QUARTERBACKS
The SEC Championship Game vs. Auburn marked junior QB Rick Clausen's third consecutive start in place of injured freshmen Erik Ainge (shoulder) and Brent Schaeffer (collarbone) ... Clausen owns a 2-1 mark as a starter and has completed 63-of-109 passes for 727 yards, five TDs and five INTs ... Schaeffer started UT's first three games and went 3-0 ... Ainge started six contests, posted a 4-2 mark (3-0 on the road) and threw a Tennessee freshman QB-record 17 TD passes ... Ainge garnered second-team freshman All-America and SEC Offensive Freshman of the Year honors from The Sporting News ... Sixth-year senior C.J. Leak and freshman Bo Hardegree are listed Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, on the Vols' current QB depth chart.
TAILBACKS
Junior TB Gerald Riggs Jr. ran for a career-high 182 yards on 11 carries in the SEC Championship Game ... Riggs has rushed for a career-best 1,005 yards and five TDs this year ... Senior TB Cedric Houston needs 38 rushing yards to pass Jay Graham (2,609 yards from 1993-96) and break into the top five on the Vols' all-time rushing list ... Houston ranks fifth in the SEC with 82.4 rushing-yards per game, and Riggs ranks eighth in the league with 74.8 yards per contest ... Between them, Houston and Riggs have netted 1,948 rushing yards to rank as the third-highest rushing tandem in Division I-A (trailing Auburn's highly-touted duo of Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown by just one yard).
WIDE RECEIVERS
Senior WR Tony Brown is Tennessee's leading receiver with 30 catches this year, and he is the only Vol with a catch in every game this season ... Freshman WR Robert Meachem has more receiving yardage (429 yards) than any other Vol this season ... Meachem's 412 receiving yards this season leads all UT receivers ... Wideouts C.J Fayton, Jayson Swain and Bret Smith have all set career-highs for receptions, yards and touchdowns this season ... Smith's five receiving TDs are the most on the squad.
OFFENSIVE LINE
Hampered by injuries in recent weeks, UT's offensive line has seen regular starters Jason Respert, Cody Douglas and Michael Munoz all miss games since mid- November ... Munoz, whose play this year has earned him AP and AFCA All-America acclaim, underwent season-ending shoulder surgery Dec. 3 ... Munoz also recently received the Draddy Trophy as the nation's top scholar-athlete ... LG Rob Smith is the only Vols lineman to start every game this season ... Tennessee is fifth in the SEC with 181.4 yards of rushing offense per game.
DEFENSIVE LINE
Junior DE Parys Haralson's team-high seven sacks this year are the most by a Vol since 2000, when Anthony Sessions had 9.5 and John Henderson had 12 ... Haralson's 21 QB hurries this year tie for the most by a Vol in single-season ... DT Jesse Mahelona earned All-America honors from The Sporting News and leads the team and the SEC with 18.5 TFLs this season ... Mahelona's 13.5 tackles for ball-carrier loss (TFLs excluding sacks) are second-most for a Vol in a single season.
LINEBACKERS
Senior Kevin Burnett made 13 tackles vs. Auburn in the SEC title game and ranks second in the SEC with 9.5 tackles per game ... Burnett earned AFCA and AP (2nd) All- America honors and was a semifinalist for the Butkus and Bednarik awards; he has 114 tackles (86 solo), six TFLs, one sack, one interception, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries this season ... Burnett's 86 solo tackles are second-most in NCAA Division I-A ... Junior Omar Gaither tallied a career-high 18 total tackles, including three for loss, vs. Auburn in the SEC title game ... Gaither ranks third on the squad in tackles (88) and is tied for sixth in the SEC in tackles per game (7.3) ... Junior Jason Mitchell has 53 tackles this season to rank fifth on the team.
SECONDARY
Junior FS Jason Allen leads the SEC with 9.8 tackles per game ... Allen is the Vols' leading tackler this season with 118 stops ... Freshman CB Jonathan Hefney is the Vols' fourth leading tackler with 61 on the season ... CB Roshaun Fellows is the team leader in passes defensed with 13 and has earned Freshman All-America honors ... Sophomore safety Corey Campbell made his team-leading fourth interception of the season in the Vols' SEC championship game loss to Auburn.
SPECIAL TEAMS
All-America P Dustin Colquitt is averaging 41.3 yards on 52 punts this season ... Sophomore PK James Wilhoit leads the Vols in scoring with 66 points this season (9-for- 15 on FGs and 39-for-40 on PATs).
TENNESSEE'S BOWL HISTORY
Tennessee faces Texas A&M at the SBC Cotton Bowl for its 45th bowl game, ranking second in all-time bowl appearances behind Alabama's 52. The Volunteers hold a 23-21 all-time bowl record and are tied with Penn State and Oklahoma for third in bowl victories. Only Alabama's 29 and USC's 27 bowl wins rank ahead of Tennessee. UT is 11-7 in its last 18 bowl games.
This is the 16th straight bowl game for the Vols -- a school record and the third-longest current streak behind Michigan (30) and Florida State (23). UT has appeared in a bowl game in 23 of the last 24 years.
The Vols are earning their eighth January bowl bid in nine years. Since 1989, UT has made 14 January bowl trips in 16 seasons. Tennessee made a school record seven straight New Year's bowl appearances from 1995-2001. This is Tennessee's 29th January bowl appearance, with the Vols owning a 13-15 record. UT is 10-12 on Jan. 1, having rallied from a 2-9 mark at one point in its bowl history for this date. The Vols' most recent decision on New Year's Day was a 45-17 win over Michigan in the 2002 Florida Citrus Bowl.
Under Phillip Fulmer's
direction, the Vols are appearing in their 13th bowl game, compiling a 6-6 mark.
NON-CONFERENCE DOMINANCE
Since 1989, Tennessee has a 58-13-1 (.813) record in non-conference games.
Only five of those defeats have been in the regular season (Notre Dame in 1990 and 2004, at UCLA in 1994, at Memphis in 1996, and Miami [Fla.] in 2002). The other eight losses came in bowl games.
Under head coach Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee is 41-10 (.804) against non-conference foes. Fulmer's home record against non-conference teams is a daunting 29-2, with the two setbacks coming vs. Miami (Fla.) in 2002 and Notre Dame this year.
VOLS SECOND NATIONALLY IN ATTENDANCE AVG.; LEAD IN TOTAL
Tennessee's total season attendance for seven games of 746,507 led the nation. The Vols finished second nationally in average attendance at 106,644 -- a 1.5 percent increase over 2003 (105,038).
This marked the 31st consecutive year Tennessee paced the Southeastern Conference in football attendance. Crowds at Neyland Stadium have been among the top three in NCAA attendance for 28 straight years.
TENNESSEE MADE FOURTH APPEARANCE IN SEC TITLE GAME
Under head coach Phillip Fulmer, the Vols have either won or shared six SEC Eastern Division Championships, including an outright title this year.
The Vols' Dec. 4 appearance in the SEC Championship Game was their fourth in the past eight years (1997-2004), leading all conference schools during that span. Auburn ranks second with three since 1997.
In the 1997 SEC title game, the Vols rallied to defeat Auburn 30-29. The following year, UT again came from behind to beat Mississippi State 24-14. Tennessee dropped a 31-20 decision to LSU in the 2001 championship game and also lost in this year's title game to Auburn 38-28.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Shutouts - Since 1992, no SEC team has pitched more shutouts than Tennessee's 13. The Vols have recorded at least one shutout in each of the last three years, the longest current streak of any league team. Four times in the last 12 years UT has registered two shutouts in a season.
Road Success - Since 1992, the Vols have been a successful road team posting a 41-11 (.789) mark away from Neyland Stadium. Tennessee has not had a losing road record (including neutral sites) since 1982.
Scoring Streak - Tennessee has scored in 134 consecutive games dating back to a 31-0 shutout by Florida in Knoxville in 1994. It is the second-longest streak in the SEC, trailing Florida's 200. UT's home scoring streak is at 70, while it has scored in 135 straight games away from Neyland Stadium. The Vols' last road shutout was handed down by Georgia in 1981, 44-0.
Super Bowl Vols - Did you know that at least one former Vol has played in each of the last 13 Super Bowls?
NFL ROSTERS INCLUDE 38 FORMER VOLS
Tennessee led all Southeastern Conference schools with 38 former players on 2004 National Football League opening day rosters, according to an NFL release.
The Vols tied Notre Dame for third overall, trailing only Miami (43) and Florida State (39). The most popular position for former Vols is defensive tackle with five, tying for top honors at that playing spot with Texas and Texas A&M.
A total of 251 schools were represented on 2004 NFL opening-day rosters. The top-10 schools were: Miami 43, Florida State 39, Tennessee 38, Notre Dame 38, Florida 36, Georgia 36, Ohio State 36, Michigan 35, Penn State 32 and LSU 31.
SCORING STREAK = 134
Tennessee has scored in 134 consecutive games dating back to a 31-0 shutout by Florida in Knoxville in 1994. It is the second-longest streak in the SEC, trailing Florida's 200.
UT's home scoring streak is at 70, while it has scored in 135 straight games away from Neyland Stadium. The Vols' last road shutout was handed down by Georgia in 1981, 44-0.
The Vols had scored a touchdown in 104 straight games until the streak was snapped in a 26-3 loss to Miami, Nov. 9, 2002.
FRESHMAN QBs
History was made when the Vols opened the season against UNLV. For the first time in Tennessee history, a true freshman quarterback directly out of high school started his first career game in the opener.
In the SEC, former Georgia All-America quarterback John Rauch started every game for four years (1945-48), becoming the first player in league history to start as a true freshman directly out of high school.
Since freshmen became eligible in 1973, Tennessee has had six quarterbacks start games during their true freshman seasons, but only Brent Schaeffer started the season opener. Listed below are the freshmen quarterbacks who have started.
- Alan Cockrell (1981) - Went 2-0 as a starter. Vols finished 8-4.
- Peyton Manning (1994) - Went 7-1 as a starter. Vols finished 8-4.
- Casey Clausen (2000) - Went 6-1 as a starter. Vols finished 8-4.
- James Banks (2002) - Went 1-0 as starter. Vols finished 8-5.
- Erik Ainge (2004) - Is 4-2 as a starter.
- Brent Schaeffer (2004) - Is 3-0 as a starter.
WORKING OVERTIME
Since the NCAA established a tiebreaker system for Division I in 1996, Tennessee is 4-1 overtime contests. The Vols have won the coin toss three times and chosen to play defense twice. The only time UT chose offense after winning the toss was against Florida in 1998.
Tennessee has played the second and third-longest overtime games in NCAA history at six (Arkansas 2002) and five periods (Alabama 2003).
| Date | Opponent | OTs | Coin Toss | Game Winning Play | Final Score |
| 9/19/1998 | Florida | 1 | W (off) | Hall 41 field goal | 20-17 W |
| 9/30/2000 | at LSU | 1 | W (def) | Royal 25 pass from Davey | 31-38 L |
| 10/5/2002 | Arkansas | 6 | L (off) | Witten 25 pass from Clausen | 41-38 W |
| 9/27/2003 | S. Carolina | 1 | W (def) | Banks 4 pass from Clausen | 23-20 W |
| 10/25/2003 | at Alabama | 5 | L (off) | Clausen 1 run (2pt conv.) | 51-43 W |
Most Wins by UT Starting Quarterbacks Since 1964
(Quarterback not listed as position prior to 1964)
| Name (years lettered) | at Neyland Stadium | Neutral | Road | Overall | Pct. |
| Peyton Manning (1994-97) | 22-2-0 | 4-1-0 | 13-3-0 | 39-6-0 | .867 |
| Casey Clausen (2000-03) | 18-5-0 | 2-4-0 | 14-1-0 | 34-10 | .773 |
| Andy Kelly (1988-91) | 14-2-0 | 2-1-1 | 8-2-1 | 24-5-2 | .790 |
| Condredge Holloway (1972-74) | 13-3-1 | 4-1-0 | 6-5-1 | 23-9-2 | .705 |
| Tee Martin (1996-99) | 13-0-0 | 2-1-0 | 7-2-0 | 22-3-0 | .880 |
| Bobby Scott (1968-70) | 11-0-0 | 2-1-0 | 7-2-0 | 20-3-0 | .869 |
| Jeff Francis (1985-88) | 10-7-1 | 3-0-0 | 7-5-0 | 20-12-1 | .621 |
| Heath Shuler (1991-93) | 11-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 7-2-0 | 19-5-0 | .792 |
| Dewey Warren (1965-67) | 9-2-0 | 4-1-0 | 6-3-0 | 19-6-0 | .760 |
| Tony Robinson (1983-85) | 6-2-1 | 0-1-0 | 4-2-0 | 10-5-1 | .656 |
| Alan Cockrell (1981-83) | 11-4-0 | 2-1-0 | 4-3-1 | 17-8-1 | .673 |
| Jimmy Streater (1977-79) | 11-5-1 | 0-1-0 | 2-7-0 | 13-12-2 | .646 |
| Randy Wallace (1974-76) | 8-6-0 | 0-0-0 | 4-4-0 | 12-10-0 | .545 |
| Bubba Wyche (1967-68) | 6-0-1 | 0-1-0 | 4-1-0 | 10-2-1 | .807 |
