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Punting

Individual Records

Most Punts

Game: 14 Jack Simscak at Alabama - 1968
Season: 88 Brent Bowden - 2007
Season: 88 Gene Fisher - 1967
Career: 237 Vinnie Burns - 2000-2004

Most Yards Punting

Game: 564 Jack Simscak at Alabama - 1968
Season: 3742 Brent Bowden - 2007
Career: 9387 Vinnie Burns - 2000-2004

Best Punting Average

Season: 45.1 Jimmy Kibble - 1997
Career: 42.6 Nic Schmitt - 2002-2006
(min. 100 punts)

Career Punting Leaders

Name	Years Played	No.	Yds.	Avg
Nic Schmitt	2002-2006	114	4,862	42.6
Brent Bowden	2005-2009	214	9,022	42.2
George Roberts	1976-1977	128	5,345	41.8
Dave Smigelsky	1978-1980	172	7,068	41.1
Jimmy Kibble	1995-1999	180	7,368	40.9
Jack Williams	1951-1953	157	6,229	39.7
Vinnie Burns	2000-2004	237	9,387	39.6
Robbie Colley	1991-1994	169	6,677	39.5
Jack Simcsak	1968-1970	210	8,257	39.3
David Cox	1982-1985	173	6,785	39.2
Andy Hromyak	1970-1972	115	4,513	39.2
Bill Renner	1981-1982	141	5,492	39.0
Bruce McDaniel	1972-1975	171	6,675	39.0
Gene Fisher	1965-1967	205	7,840	38.2
(Minimum 100 punts)

Year-By-Year Punting Leaders

Year	Name	No. Punts	Average
1952	Jack Williams	66	40.7
1953	Jack Williams	30	40.9
1954	Tom Petty	40	35.6
1955	Bobby Wolfenden	29	39.9
1956	Bobby Wolfenden	30	37.3
1957	Bobby Conner	25	34.8
1958	Carroll Dale	28	33.6
1959	Carroll Dale	36	32.8
1960	Terry Strock	47	37.2
1961	Terry Strock	35	36.5
1962	Jake Adams	25	38.8
1963	Bob Schweickert	45	39.1
1964	Bob Schweickert	42	37.7
1965	Gene Fisher	49	40.6
1966	Gene Fisher	68	37.9
1967	Gene Fisher	88	37.1
1968	Jack Simcasak	82	38.7
1969	Jack Simcasak	66	41.2
1970	Jack Simcasak	62	38.1
1971	Andy Hromyak	57	39.3
1972	Andy Hromyak	42	41.4
1973	Bruce McDaniel	55	40.3
1974	Bruce McDaniel	53	39.6
1975	Bruce McDaniel	60	37.9
1976	George Roberts	68	41.5
1977	George Roberts	60	42.1
1978	Dave Smigelsky	58	41.0
1979	Dave Smigelsky	58	42.3
1980	Dave Smigelsky	53	39.8
1981	Bill Renner	62	39.5
1982	Bill Renner	79	38.6
1983	David Cox	61	41.0
1984	David Cox	56	41.9
1985	David Cox	55	34.9
1986	Tony Romero	47	36.0
1987	Tony Romero	52	38.0
1988	Kelly Fitzgerald	39	36.8
1989	Chris Baucia	77	37.5
1990	Chris Baucia	66	38.5
1991	Jack Wiltshire	55	37.2
1992	Robbie Colley	57	38.1
1993	Robbie Colley	51	38.4
1994	Robbie Colley	57	42.2
1995	John I.Thomas	61	38.9
1996	Jimmy Kibble	32	37.3
1997	Jimmy Kibble	50	45.1
1998	Jimmy Kibble	52	41.5
1999	Jimmy Kibble	46	38.4
2000	Robert Peaslee	43	35.3
2001	Vinnie Burns	59	37.8
2002	Vinnie Burns	64	40.5
2003	Vinnie Burns	57	39.8
2004	Vinnie Burns	57	40.3
2005	Nic Schmitt	52	43.2
2006	Nic Schmitt	61	42.2
2007	Brent Bowden	88	42.5
2008	Brent Bowden	69	40.4
2009	Brent Bowden	57	43.8
2010	Brian Saunders	60	44.0
2011	Michael Branthover	25	36.6

Principal Place-Kickers

Season(s)	Player	EP	FG	TP
1920 -1921	J.G. (Rip) Wallace	29		95
1922 -1924	Don Rutherford	31		107
1925	Paul Robertson	4		10
1926 -1928	J.B. (Scotty) MacArthur	26
1928 -1930	Bird Hooper	21		41
1931	Heinie Groth	3		3
1932	Gene Hite	8		8
1933	Ray Mills	5		5
1934	George Sodaro	5		5
1935	Herman (Foots) Dickerson	5		47
1936	George Sodaro	6	1	9
1937	C.L. Shockey	6		6
1938	Frank Pierce	6		12
1939	Ward Boswell	5		5
1940 -1942	Roger McClure	39	9	74
1945 -1948	Ross M. Orr, Jr.	35		35
1949	Ralph Beard	16		22
1950	Ronnie Raugh	5		5
1951
1952	Don (Duckie) Welsh	14	1	29
1953 -1955	Dickie Beard	43	1	46
1955 -1957	Barry Frazee	32	2	38
1958 -1959	Chuck Stephens	17 -27	2 -4	23
1960 -1962	Aster (Cat) Sizemore	39 -46	1 -9	42
1962 -1964	Dickie Cranwell	43 -49	8 -17	67
1965 -1967	Jon Utz	63 -69	20 -36	123
1968 -1970	Jack Simscak	59 -64	21 -48	122
1971 -1972	Dave Strock	50 -56	22 -42	116
1973 -1975	Wayne Latimer	72 -77	25 -55	147
1976 -1978	Paul Engle	54 -58	16 -42	102
1979 -1980	Dennis Laury	41 -47	12 -24	77
1981 -1984	Don Wade	98 -107	42 -70	224
1985	Tom Taricani	9 -10	3 -6	18
1985 -1988	Chris Kinzer	93 -95	47 -69	234
1989 -1991	Mickey Thomas	44 -45	31 -41	137
1991 -1994	Ryan J. Williams	137 -147	39 -57	254
1994 -1995	Atle Larsen	36 -37	15 -26	81
1996 -1999	Shayne Graham	167 -169	68 -93	371
2000 -2003	Carter Warley	190 -195	39 -63	307
2003 -2006	Brandon Pace	136 -140	58 -68	310
2007	Jud Dunlevy	45 -47	21 -26	108
2008	Dustin Keys	32 -34	23 -29	101
2009	Matt Waldron	48 -48	20 -23	108
2010	Chris Hazley	53 -56	21 -22	116
2011	Cody Journell	43 -44	14 -17	85

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