Drake Bulldogs

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	211	3,477	798	4.4	1,729	531	3.3	1,748	267	6.5
Team Rank		84th	85th	61st	92nd	101st	89th	107th	42nd	39th	66th
Opponent	11	264	4,014		4.9	2,250	583	3.9	1,764	228	7.7
Opponent Rank		101st	106th		103rd	88th	94th	76th	112th	62nd	127th
Net		-53	-537	+798	-0.6	-521	-52	-0.6	-16	+39	-1.2
Net Rank		95th	101st	61st	103rd	97th	97th	99th	71st	37th	107th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Rick Casko R. Casko	8	49	114	43.0	14.3	671	5.9	83.9	1	6	84.8	0.9	5.3
Steve Drexler S. Drexler	8	45	78	57.7	9.8	655	8.4	81.9	7	4	147.6	9.0	5.1
Jerry Smith J. Smith	8	35	68	51.5	8.5	353	5.2	44.1	0	4	83.3	0.0	5.9
Dwaine Ball D. Ball	11	3	4	75.0	0.4	38	9.5	3.5	1	0	237.3	25.0	0.0
Calvin Hill C. Hill	8	2	3	66.7	0.4	31	10.3	3.9	0	0	153.5	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dwaine Ball D. Ball	11	118	10.7	526	4.5	47.8	4	148	863
Wardell Wright W. Wright	10	104	10.4	407	3.9	40.7	6	112	437
Steve Drexler S. Drexler	8	76	9.5	217	2.9	27.1	1
Jerry Smith J. Smith	8	66	8.3	155	2.3	19.4	1
Rob Forbes R. Forbes	11	63	5.7	212	3.4	19.3	1	65	234
Rick Casko R. Casko	8	47	5.9	50	1.1	6.3	1
Alton Battle A. Battle	7	32	4.6	122	3.8	17.4	4	34	134
Wayne Williams W. Williams	6	11	1.8	57	5.2	9.5	0	15	83
Calvin Hill C. Hill	8	9	1.1	1	0.1	0.1	0	17	38
Mark Flaker M. Flaker	5	2	0.4	23	11.5	4.6	0	6	120
Craig Pershall C. Pershall	2	1	0.5	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0	2	5
Tim McManus T. McManus	11	1	0.1	-13	-13.0	-1.2	0	20	325

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dwaine Ball D. Ball	11	30	2.7	337	11.2	30.6	2	148	863
Tim McManus T. McManus	11	19	1.7	338	17.8	30.7	1	20	325
Pat Tuttle P. Tuttle	9	19	2.1	208	10.9	23.1	1
Dwight Johnson D. Johnson	10	10	1.0	283	28.3	28.3	1
Calvin Hill C. Hill	8	8	1.0	37	4.6	4.6	0	17	38
Wardell Wright W. Wright	10	8	0.8	30	3.8	3.0	0	112	437
Rich Suchanuk R. Suchanuk	11	7	0.6	81	11.6	7.4	1
Tony Thompson T. Thompson	7	7	1.0	67	9.6	9.6	0
Tim Hockensmith T. Hockensmith	8	5	0.6	82	16.4	10.3	1
Marc Kirkland M. Kirkland	8	5	0.6	79	15.8	9.9	0
Mark Flaker M. Flaker	5	4	0.8	97	24.3	19.4	2	6	120
Wayne Williams W. Williams	6	4	0.7	26	6.5	4.3	0	15	83
Rob Forbes R. Forbes	11	2	0.2	22	11.0	2.0	0	65	234
Ed Wallace E. Wallace	6	2	0.3	22	11.0	3.7	0
Alton Battle A. Battle	7	2	0.3	12	6.0	1.7	0	34	134
Ron Gander R. Gander	10	1	0.1	21	21.0	2.1	0
Craig Pershall C. Pershall	2	1	0.5	6	6.0	3.0	0	2	5

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Ric Martin R. Martin	8	2	31	15.5
Derrick Goddard D. Goddard	11	2	0	0
Felix Wright F. Wright	10	2	0	0
Greg Benton G. Benton	11	1	17	17
George Ferguson G. Ferguson	10	1	9	9
Alex Williams A. Williams	7	1	8	8
Herc Payton H. Payton	8	1	5	5
Carlton Naughton C. Naughton	7	1	3	3
Joel Jones J. Jones	10	1	0	0
Steve Pegram S. Pegram	10	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Steve Drexler S. Drexler	8	1		8			48
Dwaine Ball D. Ball	11	4	2	7			42
Mark Mendenhall M. Mendenhall	11				8	17	41
Wardell Wright W. Wright	10	6	0	6			36
Alton Battle A. Battle	7	4	0	4			24
Rick Casko R. Casko	8	1		2			12
Mark Flaker M. Flaker	5	0	2	2			12
Rob Forbes R. Forbes	11	1	0	1			6
Tim Hockensmith T. Hockensmith	8		1	1			6
Dwight Johnson D. Johnson	10		1	1			6
Tim McManus T. McManus	11	0	1	1			6
Jerry Smith J. Smith	8	1		1			6
Rich Suchanuk R. Suchanuk	11		1	1			6
Pat Tuttle P. Tuttle	9		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Dwaine Ball D. Ball	11	14	290	20.7	0
George Ferguson G. Ferguson	10					11	17	1.5	0
Tim McManus T. McManus	11	9	123	13.7	0
Ric Martin R. Martin	8					9	73	8.1	0
Ron Gander R. Gander	10	2	16	8.0	0
Dwight Johnson D. Johnson	10	2	6	3.0	0
Felix Wright F. Wright	10					2	5	2.5	0
Marc Kirkland M. Kirkland	8	1	24	24.0	0
Steve Pegram S. Pegram	10					1	17	17.0	0
Wayne Williams W. Williams	6	1	10	10.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mark Mendenhall M. Mendenhall	11	8	16	50.0						17	19	89.5	41

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Pat King P. King	11	60	2,372	39.5

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
9	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
10	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
11	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
12	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
13	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

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

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Duke	3	0	1.000
3	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
4	California	2	1	.667
5	Clemson	2	1	.667
6	Louisville	2	1	.667
7	Virginia	2	1	.667
8	SMU	2	1	.667
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	2	.333
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	1	2	.333
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333