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Marshall record book

The school’s records in every stat, career, season and game, and its record year by year, as Marshall’s Wikipedia lists give them from the school’s media guide. Names lead to each player’s page where he has one.

Retired numbers

  • Frank Gatski1940–⁠1941, retired 2005

Passing

Passing yards

Career

  1. 14,079Rakeem Cato 2011–⁠14
  2. 13,143Chad Pennington 1995–⁠99
  3. 11,903Byron Leftwich 1998–⁠02
  4. 9,411Michael Payton 1989–⁠92
  5. 8,335Chase Litton 2015–⁠17

Season

  1. 4,902Tony Petersen 1987
  2. 4,268Byron Leftwich 2002
  3. 4,201Rakeem Cato 2012
  4. 4,132Byron Leftwich 2001
  5. 3,916Rakeem Cato 2013

Game

  1. 576Byron Leftwich 2001 vs. East Carolina
  2. 496Michael Payton 1991 vs. VMI
  3. 486Chase Litton 2015 vs. Charlotte
  4. 481Tony Petersen 1987 vs. Western Carolina
  5. 474Tony Petersen 1987 vs. Northeast Louisiana

Passing touchdowns

Career

  1. 131Rakeem Cato 2011–⁠14
  2. 115Chad Pennington 1995–⁠99
  3. 89Byron Leftwich 1998–⁠02
  4. 72Chase Litton 2015–⁠17
  5. 69Michael Payton 1989–⁠92

Game

  1. 7Rakeem Cato 2014 vs. Western Kentucky
  2. 6Byron Leftwich 2001 vs. Ohio
  3. 6Chase Litton 2016 vs. Morgan State

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career

  1. 5,924Chris Parker 1992–⁠95
  2. 4,016Doug Chapman 1996–⁠99
  3. 3,903Ron Darby 1986–⁠89
  4. 3,900Jackie Hunt 1939–⁠41
  5. 2,982Ahmad Bradshaw 2004–⁠06

Season

  1. 1,833Chris Parker 1995
  2. 1,767Devon Johnson 2014
  3. 1,750Chris Parker 1993
  4. 1,728Chris Parker 1994
  5. 1,523Ahmad Bradshaw 2006

Game

  1. 272Devon Johnson 2014 vs. Florida Atlantic
  2. 262Ron Darby 1988 vs. Western Carolina
  3. 261Ahmad Bradshaw 2006 vs. UTEP
  4. 245Larry Fourqurean 1981 vs. Appalachian State
  5. 242Ahmad Bradshaw 2006 vs. UAB

Rushing touchdowns

Career

  1. 68Chris Parker 1992–⁠95
  2. 52Doug Chapman 1996–⁠99
  3. 43Jackie Hunt 1939–⁠41
  4. 41Tom Stark 1927–⁠30
  5. 39Rasheen Ali 2020–⁠23

Season

  1. 27Jackie Hunt 1940
  2. 23Chris Parker 1993
  3. 23Chris Parker 1994
  4. 23Rasheen Ali 2021
  5. 19Ahmad Bradshaw 2006

Game

  1. 5Jackie Hunt 1940 vs. Detroit Tech
  2. 5Ahmad Bradshaw 2006 vs. UTEP

Receiving

Receptions

Career

  1. 322Tommy Shuler 2011–⁠14
  2. 306Josh Davis 2001–⁠04
  3. 272Darius Watts 2000–⁠03
  4. 249Mike Barber 1985–⁠88
  5. 221Tim Martin 1993–⁠96

Season

  1. 110Tommy Shuler 2012
  2. 106Mike Barber 1987
  3. 106Tommy Shuler 2013
  4. 101Troy Brown 1992
  5. 96Sean Doctor 1987

Game

  1. 19Tommy Shuler 2012 vs. Purdue
  2. 18Tommy Shuler 2014 vs. Northern Illinois
  3. 15David Foye 2000 vs. Kent State
  4. 15Denero Marriott 2001 vs. East Carolina
  5. 15Josh Davis 2001 vs. Akron

Receiving yards

Career

  1. 4,262Mike Barber 1985–⁠88
  2. 4,031Darius Watts 2000–⁠03
  3. 3,889Josh Davis 2001–⁠04
  4. 3,563Tommy Shuler 2011–⁠14
  5. 3,467Randy Moss 1996–⁠97

Season

  1. 1,757Mike Barber 1987
  2. 1,709Randy Moss 1996
  3. 1,654Troy Brown 1992
  4. 1,647Randy Moss 1997
  5. 1,417Darius Watts 2001

Game

  1. 288Randy Moss 1996 vs. Delaware
  2. 264Josh Davis 2002 vs. Appalachian State
  3. 262Andre Motley 1990 vs. Chattanooga
  4. 248Troy Brown 1991 vs. VMI
  5. 248Tyre Brady 2017 vs. NC State

Receiving touchdowns

Career

  1. 53Randy Moss 1996–⁠97
  2. 47Darius Watts 2000–⁠03
  3. 28Gator Hoskins 2010–⁠13
  4. 26Mike Barber 1985–⁠88
  5. 25Tommy Shuler 2011–⁠14

Season

  1. 28Randy Moss 1996
  2. 25Randy Moss 1997
  3. 18Darius Watts 2001
  4. 16Troy Brown 1992
  5. 15Gator Hoskins 2013

Game

  1. 5Randy Moss 1997 vs. Ball State
  2. 4Randy Moss 1996 vs. Montana
  3. 4Denero Marriott 2001 vs. Toledo

Total offense

Total offense yards

Career

  1. 14,918Rakeem Cato 2011–⁠14
  2. 13,048Chad Pennington 1995–⁠99
  3. 12,084Byron Leftwich 1998–⁠02
  4. 9,704Michael Payton 1989–⁠92
  5. 7,057Todd Donnan 1991–⁠94

Season

  1. 4,737Tony Petersen 1987
  2. 4,385Rakeem Cato 2014
  3. 4,267Byron Leftwich 2002
  4. 4,232Rakeem Cato 2012
  5. 4,224Byron Leftwich 2001

Game

  1. 566Byron Leftwich 2001 vs. East Carolina
  2. 497Chase Litton 2015 vs. Charlotte
  3. 495Byron Leftwich 2001 vs. Central Michigan

Touchdowns responsible for

Career

  1. 146Rakeem Cato 2011–⁠14
  2. 104Chad Pennington 1995–⁠99
  3. 95Byron Leftwich 1998–⁠02

Season

  1. 48Rakeem Cato 2014
  2. 45Rakeem Cato 2013
  3. 40Byron Leftwich 2001
  4. 38Rakeem Cato 2012
  5. 36Tony Petersen 1987

Game

  1. 7Rakeem Cato 2014 vs. Western Kentucky

Defense

Interceptions

Career

  1. 19Reggie Giles 1985–⁠88
  2. 13Larry Coyer 1962–⁠64
  3. 13Joe Chirico 1990–⁠92
  4. 13Danny Derricott 1997–⁠00
  5. 12Melvin Cunningham 1993–⁠96

Season

  1. 10Mark Snyder 1987
  2. 8Reggie Giles 1986
  3. 7Reggie Giles 1987
  4. 6Von Woodson 1988
  5. 6Shannon Morrison 1994

Game

  1. 3Jackie Hunt 1941 vs. Wake Forest
  2. 3George Barlow 1989 vs. East Tennessee State
  3. 3Joe Chirico 1990 vs. Appalachian State

Tackles

Career

  1. 548Roger Johnson 1991–⁠94
  2. 471Bill Yanossy 1973–⁠76
  3. 451Larry McCloud 1994–⁠97
  4. 443William King 1990–⁠93
  5. 420Mario Harvey 2007–⁠10

Season

  1. 189John Spellacy 1987
  2. 178William King 1993
  3. 160Duran Smith 2002
  4. 159Max Yates 2001
  5. 157Bill Yanossy 1974

Game

  1. 30Charles Henry 1972 vs. Miami (Ohio)

Sacks

Career

  1. 51.0B.J. Cohen 1994–⁠97
  2. 30.0Billy Lyon 1993–⁠96
  3. 27.5Johnathan Goddard 2001–⁠04
  4. 26.5Vinny Curry 2008–⁠11
  5. 23.0Cecil Fletcher 1985–⁠87

Season

  1. 17.0Cecil Fletcher 1987
  2. 17.0Mike Green 2024
  3. 16.0B.J. Cohen 1995
  4. 16.0Johnathan Goddard 2004
  5. 14.0Tony Bolland 1987

Game

  1. 4.0Johnathan Goddard 2004 vs. Miami (Ohio)

Kicking

Field goals made

Career

  1. 54Dewey Klein 1988–⁠91

Season

  1. 21Lorcan Quinn 2025
  2. 19Dewey Klein 1988
  3. 19David Merrick 1993
  4. 19Tim Openlander 1995
  5. 18Nick Smith 2015

Game

  1. 4David Merrick 1993 vs. East Tennessee State
  2. 4Tim Openlander 1995 vs. The Citadel
  3. 4Billy Malashevich 1999 vs. Miami (Ohio)
  4. 4Justin Haig 2014 vs. Louisiana Tech
  5. 4Justin Rohrwasser 2019 vs. Western Kentucky

From Wikipedia’s record book and season list for the program (CC BY-SA), which cite the school’s media guide. Browse every program’s in the data.