Record: 13-1, .929 W-L% (1st of 117) ▪ Rank: 10th in Final AP Poll
Conference: MAC (East Division)
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Terry Hoeppner (13-1)
PS/G: 43.0 (1st of 117) ▪ PA/G: 19.4 (22nd of 117)
SRS: 14.21 (11th of 117) ▪ SOS: -3.29 (83rd of 117)
Bowl Game: Won GMAC Bowl 49-28 versus Louisville
| Passing | Rushing | Total Offense | First Downs | Penalties | Turnovers | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | G | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | Pass | Rush | Pen | Tot | No. | Yds | Fum | Int | Tot |
| Offense | 14 | 25.9 | 38.2 | 67.9 | 340.9 | 2.7 | 37.0 | 160.3 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 75.2 | 501.1 | 6.7 | 16.1 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 26.4 | 6.7 | 59.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| Defense | 14 | 18.0 | 34.4 | 52.4 | 229.5 | 1.6 | 32.6 | 111.6 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 66.9 | 341.1 | 5.1 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 16.9 | 7.1 | 61.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| Difference | +7.9 | +3.8 | +15.5 | +111.4 | +1.1 | +4.4 | +48.7 | +0.9 | +1.7 | +8.3 | +160.0 | +1.6 | +7.1 | +2.2 | +0.1 | +9.5 | -0.4 | -2.1 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -1.4 | |
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Ben Roethlisberger | 342 | 495 | 69.1 | 4486 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 37 | 10 | 165.8 |
| 2 | Josh Betts | 19 | 36 | 52.8 | 263 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 1 | 1 | 117.8 |
| 3 | Ryne Robinson | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 20 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 |
| 4 | J.D. Vonderheide | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 125.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Cal Murray | 186 | 1030 | 5.5 | 12 | 26 | 273 | 10.5 | 2 | 212 | 1303 | 6.1 | 14 |
| 2 | Mike Smith | 175 | 802 | 4.6 | 17 | 19 | 125 | 6.6 | 1 | 194 | 927 | 4.8 | 18 |
| 3 | Ben Roethlisberger | 67 | 111 | 1.7 | 3 | 67 | 111 | 1.7 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Adam Ciborowski | 49 | 234 | 4.8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 50 | 249 | 5.0 | 2 |
| 5 | Luke Clemens | 16 | 28 | 1.8 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 6 | Jimmy Murray | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Josh Betts | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Ryne Robinson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 28 | 468 | 16.7 | 2 | 31 | 480 | 15.5 | 2 |
| 9 | Ryan Busing | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 28 | 386 | 13.8 | 1 | 29 | 386 | 13.3 | 1 |
| 10 | Derek Rehage | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | J.D. Vonderheide | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | R.J. Corbin | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 35 | 357 | 10.2 | 2 | 36 | 351 | 9.8 | 2 |
| 13 | Martin Nance | 90 | 1498 | 16.6 | 11 | 90 | 1498 | 16.6 | 11 | ||||
| 14 | Michael Larkin | 67 | 832 | 12.4 | 11 | 67 | 832 | 12.4 | 11 | ||||
| 15 | Matt Brandt | 35 | 485 | 13.9 | 7 | 35 | 485 | 13.9 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | Dan Tyler | 15 | 158 | 10.5 | 1 | 15 | 158 | 10.5 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | Korey Kirkpatrick | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Josh Williams | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Calvin Blackmon | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Jamie Cooper | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Darren Paige | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Tyler Vogel | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 1 | John Busing | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Darrell Hunter | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | Terna Nande | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Matt Pusateri | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Ryan Redd | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 6 | John Glavin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Derek Rehage | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Ryan Sprague | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Alphonso Hodge | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Phil Smith | 1 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Darrell Hunter | 12 | 198 | 16.5 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Alphonso Hodge | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | Mike Smith | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Ryan Redd | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Korey Kirkpatrick | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | John Busing | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 7 | Michael Larkin | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Ryne Robinson | 38 | 654 | 17.2 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | Adam Ciborowski | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Joey Card | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Jared Parseghian | 61 | 62 | 98.4 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 79 | |||
| 2 | Todd Soderquist | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 31 | |||
| 3 | Michael Wafzig | 32 | 1316 | 41.1 | |||||||
| 4 | Ben Roethlisberger | 12 | 454 | 37.8 | |||||||
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| 1 | Mike Smith | 17 | 1 | 18 | 108 | |||||||||
| 2 | Cal Murray | 12 | 2 | 14 | 84 | |||||||||
| 3 | Jared Parseghian | 61 | 6 | 79 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Michael Larkin | 11 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Martin Nance | 11 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Matt Brandt | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Todd Soderquist | 19 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Ryne Robinson | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
| 9 | Ben Roethlisberger | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 10 | R.J. Corbin | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Josh Betts | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 12 | John Busing | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Adam Ciborowski | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Dan Tyler | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Matt Pusateri | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Darrell Hunter | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Ryan Busing | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Terna Nande | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||