Missouri Southern Football Career Leaders

Missouri Southern Football

Missouri Southern Lions Football
Career Leaders

Total Offense
8,801 - Josh Chapman, 99-02 (1,509 plays, 3,233 rushing, 5,368 passing #)
7,000 - Matt Cook, 89-93 (1,110 plays, 170 rushing, 6,830 passing)
6,671 - Brad Cornelsen, 95-98 (1,110 plays, 2,273 rushing, 4,398 passing *)
3,864 - Harold Noirfalise, 81-84 (687 plays, 3,864 rushing, 0 passing)
3,754 - Ray Harding, 70-72 (na plays, 0 rushing, 3,618 passing)
3,547 - Rusty Shelley, 75-77 (723 plays, 285 rushing, 3,262 passing)
3,514 - Nathan Emert, 2004- (596 plays, 108 rushing, 3406 passing)
3,421 - Albert Bland, 93-95 (617 plays, 3,315 rushing, 12 passing)
3,319 - Larry Barnes, 75-78 (563 plays, 3,322 rushing, -3 passing)
3,288 - Alan Brown, 88-89 (640 plays, 212 rushing, 3,076 passing)
* = First NCAA Division II player to pass for 4,000 yards and rush for 2,000 in a career.
# = First NCAA Division II player to pass for 5,000 yards and rush for 3,000 in a career.

Rushing
3,864 - Harold Noirfalise, 81-84 (687, 5.6 avg., 42 TD)
3,409 - Albert Bland, 93-95 (637, 5.4 avg., 37 TD)
3,322 - Larry Barnes, 75-78 (558, 6.0 avg., 26 TD)
3,233 - Josh Chapman, 99-02 (602 carries, 5.4 avg., 28 TD)
2,273 - Brad Cornelsen, 95-98 (540, 4.2 avg., 35 TD)
2,267 - Antonio Whitney, 98-01 (511 carries, 4.4 avg., 13 TD)
2,249 - Tom Laughlin, 81-84 (464, 4.8 avg., 20 TD)
2,091 - Lydell Williams, 72-75 (323, 6.1 avg., 10 TD)
1,945 - Robert Davis, 74-75 (358, 5.4 avg., 22 TD)
1,877 - Terry Starks, 71-73 (416, 4.5 avg., 14 TD)

Pass Completions
484 - Josh Chapman, 99-02 (907 attempts, 5,568 yards, 41 INT, 45 TD)
422 - Matt Cook, 89-93 (852 attempts, 6,830 yards, 32 INT, 64 TD)
302 - Nathan Emert, 2004- (485 attempts, 3406 yards, 17 INT, 24 TD)
293 - Brad Cornelsen, 95-98 (563 attempts, 4,398 yards, 29 INT, 28 TD)
261 - Ray Harding, 70-72 (573 attempts, 3,754 yards, 40 INT, 28 TD)
237 - Rusty Shelley, 75-77 (517 attempts, 3,262 yards, 31 INT, 34 TD)
232 - Marty Schoenthaler, 81-82 (465 attempts, 2,607 yards, 25 INT, 17 TD)
232 - Alan Brown, 88-89 (456 attempts, 3,076 yards, 20 INT, 17 TD)
196 - Rich Williams, 83-84 (378 attempts, 3,164 yards, 18 INT, 19 TD)
145 - Ray Hamilton, 85-86 (354 attempts, 1,745 yards, 22 INT, 10 TD)

Passing Yardage
6,830 - Matt Cook, 89-93 (422 completions, 852 attempts, 32 INT, 64 TD)
5,568 - Josh Chapman, 99-02 (484 completions, 907 attempts, 41 INT, 45 TD)
4,398 - Brad Cornelsen, 95-98 (293 completions, 563 attempts, 29 INT, 28 TD)
3,754 - Ray Harding, 70-72 (261 completions, 573 attempts, 40 INT, 28 TD)
3,406 - Nathan Emert, 2004- (302 completions, 485 attmpts, 17 INT, 24 TD)
3,262 - Rusty Shelley, 75-77 (237 completions, 517 attempts, 31 INT, 34 TD)
3,164 - Rich Williams, 83-84 (196 completions, 378 attempts, 18 INT, 19 TD)
3,076 - Alan Brown, 88-89 (232 completions, 456 attempts, 20 INT, 17 TD)
2,607 - Marty Schoenthaler, 81-82 (232 completions, 465 attempts, 25 INT, 17 TD)
2,110 - Steve Hamilton, 72-74 (144 completions, 287 attempts, 19 INT, 14 TD)

Pass Receptions
166 - Colin Bado, 2004-present (1,884 yards, 11.3 avg. 10 TD)
158 - Rod Smith, 88, 90-93 (3,122 yards, 19.8 avg., 35 TD)
138 - Heath Helsel, 88-91 (2,222 yards, 16.1 avg., 21 TD)
134 - DeMarcus Mathes, 2002-04 (1,822 yards, 13.6 avg, 9 TD)
123 - Craig winfrey, 2001-04 (1,386 yards, 11.3 avg, 11 TD)
99 - Joey Ballard, 98-01 (1, 048 yards, 10.6 avg., 3 TD)
98 - Bruce Long, 80-83 (1,574 yards, 16.1 avg., 8 TD)
98 - Bernie Busken, 72-74 (1,440 yards, 14.7 avg., 9 TD)
90 - Kerry Anders, 72-75 (1,736 yards, 19.3 avg., 18 TD)
84 - Ken Howard, 72-73, 75-76 (1,125 yards, 13.4 avg., 11 TD)
82 - Kelly Young, 82-85 (1,674 yards, 20.4 avg., 11 TD)

Receiving Yardage
3,122 - Rod Smith, 88, 90-93 (158 receptions, 19.8 avg., 35 TD)
2,222 - Heath Helsel, 88-91 (138 receptions, 16.1 avg., 21 TD)
1,822 - DeMarcus Mathes, 2002-04 (134 receptions, 13.6 avg., 9 TD)
1,736 - Kerry Anders, 72-75 (90 receptions, 19.3 avg., 18 TD)
1,674 - Kelly Young, 82-85 (82 receptions, 20.4 avg., 11 TD)
1,574 - Bruce Long, 80-83 (98 receptions, 16.1 avg., 8 TD)
1,440 - Bernie Busken, 72-74 (98 receptions, 14.7 avg., 9 TD)
1,386 - Craig Winfrey, 2001-04 (123 receptions, 11.3 avg., 11 TD)
1,326 - Vincent Featherson, 76-79 (72 receptions, 18.4 avg., 11 TD)
1,241 - Brent Cook, 77-79 (80 receptions, 15.5 avg., 14 TD)

Scoring
266 - Harold Noirfalise, 81-84 (43 TD, 8 XP, 0 FG)
236 - Albert Bland, 93-95 (39 TD, 2 XP, 0 FG)
214 - Rod Smith, 88, 90-93 (34 TD, 4 XP, 0 FG)
210 - Brad Cornelsen, 95-98 (35 TD, 0 XP, 0 FG)
200 - Larry Barnes, 75-78 (33 TD, 2 XP, 0 FG)
192 - Terry Dobbs, 81-84 (0 TD, 102 XP, 30 FG)
188 - Harvey Derrick, 74-77 (0 TD, 98 XP, 30 FG)
168 - Josh Chapman, 99-02 (28 TD, 0 XP, 0 FG)
158 - Joey Ballard, 98-01 (26 TD, 1 2XP, 0 FG)
138 - Robert Davis, 74-75 (23 TD, 0 XP, 0 FG)

Kick Scoring
192 - Terry Dobbs, 81-84 (102-na PAT, 30-na FG)
188 - Harvey Derrick, 74-77 (98-na PAT, 30-na FG)
129 - Rick Lairmore, 88-91 (78-82 PAT, 17-28 FG)
118 - Max Mourglia, 71-73 (na PAT, na FG)
105 - Mark Lewandowski, 96-99 (51-65 PAT, 18-28 FG)
98 - Caleb Lewis, 96-98 (59-63 PAT, 13-23 FG)
93 - David Thaman, 85-87 (42-49 PAT, 17-32 FG)
92 - Eric Jackson, 94-95 (59-61 PAT, 11-24 FG)
74 - Craig Crader, 92-93 (56-69 PAT, 6-11 FG)
58 - Brandon Hawkins, 2003- (25-34 PAT, 11-16 FG)

Punting *
43.4 - Terry Joyce, 1975 (51 punts, 2,214 yards, 72 long)
39.6 - Mark Stufflebeam, 80-82 (168 punts, 6,655 2,214 yards, 63 long)
39.1 - Caleb Lewis, 96-98 (94 punts, 3,629 yards, 66 long)
38.9 - Marty Nagel, 82-85 (187 punts, 7,275 yards, 60 long)
38.8 - Mike Creekmore, 99-00 (46 punts, 1,784 yards, 65 long)
36.2 - Branton Dawson, 92-95 (191 punts, 6,9311 yards, 84 long)
36.2 - Jon Moore, 1979 (24 punts, 869 yards, 48 long)
36.0 - Nick Wilkowski, 2000-present (20 punts, 721 yards, 51 long)
35.6 - Larry Lawyer, 78 (40 punts, 1,425 yards, 55 long)
34.9 - David Thaman, 85-87 (113 punts, 3,942 yards, 59 long)
*minimum 20 punts

Interceptions
26 - Glen Baker, 80-83 (227 yards, 8.7 avg., 0 TD)
21 - Tom Cox, 73-76 (180 yards, 8.6 avg., 0 TD)
17 - Jack Duda, 69, 71-72 (na yards, na avg., na TD)
12 - Chris Cawyer, 73, 75-77 (117 yards, 9.8 avg., 0 TD)
12 - John Busalacki, 72-74 (217 yards, 19.7 avg., 1 TD)
11 - Tom Warren, 73-75 (132 yards, 12.0 avg., 2 TD)
11 - Alan Dunaway, 80-83 (117 yards, 10.6 avg., 0 TD)
11 - Cedric Florence, 91-94 (111 yards, 10.1 avg., 0 TD)
10 - Darrell Scott, 77-80 (47 yards, 4.7 avg., 0 TD)
10 - Rob Townsend, 95-96 (44 yards, 4.4 avg., 0 TD)
10 - Matt Reid, 98-01 (53 yards, 5.3 avg., 0 TD)

Sacks
23 - Kent Shorten, 1992-95
20 - Richard Jordan, 1993-96
15 - Chuck Dake, 1988-91
13.5 - Mike King, 1987-88
12.5 - Jay Pride, 1989-92
11.5 - Tony Hughes, 1989-92
10 - Kevin Dunbin, 1986-88
10 - Reggie Smith, 1999-2000
10 - Kevin LaRue, 1996-2000
10 - Ron Burton, 1990-93

Tackles
416 - Ron Burton, 1990-93
406 - Richard Jordan, 1993-96
365 - Steve Forbis, 1983-85
363 - Greg Prosak, 1989-92
361 - Don Stone, 1985-87
336 - Melvin Monet, 1993-95
280 - Jarrett Cook, 1996-2000
261 - Greg Stoneberger, 1985-88
256 - Jay Pride, 1989-92
254 - Jason Wright, 1988-91

Leaders updated to include all playoff games. Previous marks did not include postseason competition, per NCAA guidelines.