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Marcus Gaines

Overall

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Career	29	35	74	1.2	585	16.7	20.2	4	72	5	0.2	32	6.4	1.1	0	19	648	4	2	1

Location

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Home	16	27	40	1.7	502	18.6	31.4	4	72	3	0.2	18	6.0	1.1	0	19	543	4	1	1
Road	13	8	34	0.6	83	10.4	6.4	0	24	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.1	0	12	105	0	1	0

Result

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Wins	21	28	50	1.3	427	15.3	20.3	4	72	4	0.2	20	5.0	1.0	0	19	478	4	2	1
Losses	8	7	24	0.9	158	22.6	19.8	0	58	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.5	0	12	170	0	0	0

Month

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
September	11	10	20	0.9	206	20.6	18.7	2	58	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	214	2	0	0
October	12	18	40	1.5	286	15.9	23.8	2	72	3	0.3	33	11.0	2.8	0	19	342	2	1	0
November	4	6	10	1.5	87	14.5	21.8	0	21	2	0.5	-1	-0.5	-0.3	0	2	86	0	1	1
December	2	1	4	0.5	6	6.0	3.0	0	6								6	0

Conference

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Big 10	1
Big 12	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Conference USA	17	18	42	1.1	222	12.3	13.1	1	37	5	0.3	32	6.4	1.9	0	19	262	1	2	1
Independent	1
Southeastern	3	4	11	1.3	128	32.0	42.7	0	58								128	0
Sun Belt	3	9	15	3.0	171	19.0	57.0	1	72								194	1

Opponent

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
ARK	1	1	1	1.0	24	24.0	24.0	0	24								24	0
ARST	1	1	4	1.0	6	6.0	6.0	0	6								6	0
FIU	1	1	2	1.0	10	10.0	10.0	0	10								10	0
ILL	1
KSU	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MASS	1
MSST	2	3	10	1.5	104	34.7	52.0	0	58								104	0
MTSU	2	2	6	1.0	41	20.5	20.5	0	37								41	0
NWST	1	1	2	1.0	9	9.0	9.0	0	9								9	0
RICE	1	0	4	0.0	0		0.0	0	0								0	0	1	0
SCST	1	1	1	1.0	24	24.0	24.0	1	24								24	1
SOU	1	2	2	2.0	31	15.5	31.0	1	27								31	1
UAB	2	2	9	1.0	16	8.0	8.0	0	11	1	0.5	12	12.0	6.0	0	12	28	0
UL	2	8	11	4.0	165	20.6	82.5	1	72								188	1
UNT	2	3	3	1.5	45	15.0	22.5	0	17								53	0	1	1
USM	2	5	9	2.5	60	12.0	30.0	0	21								60	0
UTEP	2	2	3	1.0	27	13.5	13.5	1	18	1	0.5	19	19.0	9.5	0	19	46	1
UTSA	2	1	3	0.5	4	4.0	2.0	0	4	1	0.5	2	2.0	1.0	0	2	6	0
WKU	3	2	3	0.7	19	9.5	6.3	0	10	2	0.7	-1	-0.5	-0.3	0	2	18	0

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More Louisiana Tech Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,504

Baker

RUSH

385

Burnette

REC

628

Mickens

Team Rankings

PPG

33.6

31st

OPP PPG

20.4

41st

RUSH YDS/G

142.3

103rd

PASS YDS/G

242.2

56th

2026 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Louisiana Tech	5-0	7-2
2	Georgia Southern	4-1	5-4
3	Louisiana	3-2	6-3
4	James Madison	5-2	8-2
5	South Alabama	2-3	4-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	USM	@	LT	5:00 PM
Sat 11/21	ARST	@	LT	7:00 PM
Sat 11/28	LT	@	GASO	1:00 PM

Last Game

Louisiana Tech

7 - 2

Final

Troy

4 - 5

Sat 7 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

10.5

Simmons

10.5

Dean

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	7	.300
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333