Record: 43-44-1, .494 W-L% (10th of 14) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: -6.36 (11th of 14) ▪ SOS: -6.53 (13th of 14)
Conference Champion: Chattanooga
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Joe Burke | Chattanooga | 26 | 581 | 22.3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1 | 29 | 591 | 20.4 | 6 |
| 2 | Mark Slawson | Citadel | 22 | 448 | 20.4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 25 | 450 | 18.0 | 5 |
| 3 | Arnold Thomas | East Tennessee State | 40 | 737 | 18.4 | 5 | 40 | 737 | 18.4 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Gerald Harp | Western Carolina | 57 | 1009 | 17.7 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 61 | 1045 | 17.1 | 10 |
| 5 | Rick Beasley | Appalachian State | 74 | 1205 | 16.3 | 12 | 74 | 1205 | 16.3 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Jeff Dean | Western Carolina | 31 | 456 | 14.7 | 1 | 31 | 456 | 14.7 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Byron Walker | Citadel | 22 | 303 | 13.8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 24 | 327 | 13.6 | 2 |
| 8 | Mark Grainger | Furman | 28 | 378 | 13.5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | 36 | 393 | 10.9 | 4 |
| 9 | Johnny McFall | East Tennessee State | 33 | 394 | 11.9 | 5 | 125 | 393 | 3.1 | 9 | 158 | 787 | 5.0 | 14 |
| 10 | Mike Natale | Marshall | 21 | 247 | 11.8 | 1 | 21 | 247 | 11.8 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Brian Quisenberry | Virginia Military Institute | 23 | 265 | 11.5 | 0 | 23 | 265 | 11.5 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Myron Chestnut | East Tennessee State | 36 | 393 | 10.9 | 1 | 36 | 393 | 10.9 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | Earl Ferrell | East Tennessee State | 27 | 260 | 9.6 | 3 | 118 | 648 | 5.5 | 4 | 145 | 908 | 6.3 | 7 |