Northern Michigan University Football

Team Records

Scoring   
    Season
    Most points:  1976--11 games 473
    Least points:  1933--6 games 6   
    Most opponent points:  1989--10 games 328
    Least opponent points:  1929--6 games 12
    Most Touchdowns:  1976 65
    Most PATs:  1976 58
    Most field goals:  1983--10 games 14
    Game
    Most points:  1976 vs Nebraska-Omaha 82   
    Most opponent points:  1989 vs Central State-Ohio 78
    Most touchdowns:  1976 vs Nebraska-Omaha 12
    Most PATs:  1982 vs Ferris State 11
    Most field goals:  1983 vs Northeast Missouri 4

Total Offense
    Season:  1976--11 games 5,108
    Game:  1988 vs Northwood Institute 673

Yards Rushing
    Season:  1976--11 games 2,510
    Game:  1959 vs UW-Milwaukee 477

Yards Passing
    Season:  1984--10 games 2,961
    Game:  1994 vs Ashland 459

Passing
    Season
    Most attempts: 2003--11 games 486
    Most completions:  2003--11 games 273
    Most touchdowns:  1984--10 games 25
    Game
    Most attempts:  1994 vs Ashland 70
    Most completions:  1979 vs Drake and 1990 vs Ferris State 33
    Most touchdowns:  1984 vs Michigan Tech 6

Interceptions
Most in one season:  1981 & 1987 23
Most in one game:  6, 1978 vs UW-Whitewater  2003 vs. Ferris State

Consecutive
    Victories:1975-76 18
    Games without loss: 1975-76 18
    Defeats:  1973-74 11
    Shutouts by NMU:  1948-49, 1958 4
    Shutouts by opponents:  1922-23, 1923-24, 1932-33 5
    Games in which NMU kicked field goals:  1971 7
    Games in which NMU scored:  1974-1984 111

Miscellaneous
    Greatest winning margin: 75, 1978 vs Nebraska-Omaha
    Greatest losing margin 78, 1989 vs Central State-Ohio
    Most shutouts by NMU, one season: 4, 1929, 1949, 1958, 1960, 1971
    Most shutouts suffered, one season: 5, 1923, 1933
    Most wins, one season: 10, 1975, 1976, 1981
    Most losses, one season: 10, 1974
    Undefeated seasons since 1916: 4, 1929:  4-0-2, 1958:  7-0-1, 1967:  9-0-1
        (Does not include playoff loss), 1981:  10-0-0 (Does not include playoff loss)
    Winless seasons since 1916: 4, 1920:  0-3-0, 1933:  0-6-0, 1955:  0-7-0, 1974:  0-10-0
    Most first downs, one game: 35, 1988 vs Northwood Institute
    Most first downs rushing, one game: 22, 1968 vs Quantico and 1988 vs Northwood Institute
    Most first downs passing, one game 17, 1982 vs Ferris State
    Most opponent first downs, one game: 38, 1986 vs Texas El Paso
    Most opponent first downs rushing, one game: 24, 1989 vs Central State of Ohio
    Most opponent first downs passing, one game: 25, 1986 vs Texas El Paso
    Total offense by opponent: 683, 1986 vs Texas El Paso
    Yards rushing by opponent 437, 1955 vs Central Michigan

Attendance
    Largest home crowd: 15,844, Oct. 23, 1976 vs Central Michigan
    Largest road crowd: 40.166, Sept. 17, 1966 vs Akron
    Largest single season at home: 48,077, 1976, 5 games

Northern Michigan University Football

Individual Records

Scoring
    Career
    Most Points:  George Works (78-80-81-82) *354
    Most Touchdowns:  George Works *59
    Most PATS:  Andrew Coster (98-99-00-01) 98
    Most Field Goals:  Kyle Marotz (2002-03-04-05) 41
    Season
    Most Points:  George Works (1982) #138
    Most Touchdowns:  George Works (1982) #23
    Most PATS:  Dan Harves (1976) 51
    Most Field Goals:  Pat Veselik (1983) 14, Kyle Marotz (2005) 14
    Game
    Most Points:  Olaf Vicklund & George Works 30
    -Vicklund (1928 vs Northland)
    -Works (1981 vs UW-Superior and 1982 vs Minn-Duluth & Michigan Tech)
    Most Touchdowns: Olaf Vicklund & George Works 5
    -Vicklund (1928 vs Northland)
    -Works (1981 vs UW-Superior)
    -Works (1982 vs Minn-Duluth & Michigan Tech)
    Most PATS:  Mario Ferretti (1982 vs Ferris State) 10
    Most Field Goals:  John Duginski & Kyle Marotz 5
    -Duginski (1997 vs. Wayne State)
    -Kyle Marotz (2005 vs. Wayne State)

Total Offense
    Career: Buddy Rivera (2004-05-06-07) 7,781
    Season: Kyle Swenor (2003) 3,107
    Game: Matt LaTour  459, 1994 vs Ashland, all passing

Yards Rushing
    Career: Steve Avery (1985-86-87-88) *3,686
    Season: Nelson Edmonds (1991) 1,469
    Game: Mark Bossuah 317 (2007 vs Hillsdale, 35 carries)

Yards Passing
    Career: Tom Bertoldi (1980-81-82-83) 7,330
    Season: Kyle Swenor (2003) 2,950
    Game: Buddy Rivera (2005 at Ferris State) 473

Passing
   Career
    Most Attempts:  Tom Bertoldi (1980-81-82-83) 987
    Most Completions:  Kyle Swenor (2001-04) 557
    Most Touchdowns:  Buddy Rivera (2004-05-06-07)
    Season
    Most Attempts:  Kyle Swenor (2002) 462
    Most Completions:  Kyle Swenor (2002) 269
    Most Touchdowns:  Matt Hoard (1996) 22
    Game
    Most Attempts:  Matt LaTour 70, 1994 vs Ashland
    Most Completions:  Kyle Swenor 35, 2003 vs. MTU
    Most Touchdowns:  Keith Nelsen 6, 1984 vs Michigan Tech

Pass Receiving
    Career
    Most Receptions:  Vincent Mayfield (2002-03-04-05) 238
    Most Yards:  Jeremy Wilkinson (95-96-97-99) 3,367
    Most Touchdowns:  Jeremy Wilkinson (95-96-97-99) 35
    Season
    Most Receptions:  Vincent Mayfield (2003) 85
    Most Yards:  Scott Sible (1979) 1,219
    Most Touchdowns:  Jeremy Wilkinson (1986) 12
    Game
    Most Receptions:  Vincent Mayfield 15, 2003 vs MTU
    Most Yards:  Vincent Mayfield 255, 2005 vs Gannon
    Most Touchdowns:  Bob Stefanski, Joel Yaggie, D.J. Rein, Jeremy Wilkinson 3
    -Stefanski 1983 vs Michigan Tech, Saginaw Valley & Northern Iowa
    -Yaggie 1986 vs Texas El Paso
    -Rein 1989 vs UW-Stout
    -Wilkinson 1997 vs St. Francis

Pass Interceptions
    Career
    Most Interceptions:  Bob Kroll (1969-70-71) 20
    Most Yards Returned:  Jim Danilko (1968-69) 330
    Season
    Most Interceptions:  Bob Kroll (1971) 13
    Most Yards Returned:  Jim Danilko (1969) +296
    Game
    Most Interceptions:  Many 3   
    Most Recent, 1981, Mercer Bryson vs Northern Iowa
    Most Yards Returned:  Morgan Gingrass +160, 1938 vs UW-Oshkosh

Punt Returns
    Career
    Most Returns:  Brian Pinks  (1994-95-96-97) 105
    Most Yards Returned:  Brian Pinks 1,228+
   Season
    Most Returns:  Brian Pinks (1996) 32
       Phil DePerro (1967), Steve Hermsen (1981)
    Most Yards Returned:  Brian Pinks (1997) 533
    Game
    Most Returns: Phil DePerro (1967) 7
    Most Yards Returned: Phil DePerro (1967) 137

Kickoff Returns
    Career
    Most Returns:  Andy Andrade (1971-72-73) 58
    Most Yards Returned:  Jerry Woods (1985-86-87-88)  1,475
    Season
    Most Returns:  Phil DePerro (1967) 32
    Most Yards Returned:  Andy Andrade (1972) 695
    Game
    Most Returns: Chad Sievert (1993) 6
    Most Yards Returned: Loren Primm (1974) 161

Longest
    Touchdown run from scrimmage: 95 yards, 1981, George Works vs Northern Iowa
    Touchdown pass: 92 yards, 1981, Tom Bertoldi to Greg McClain vs Wichita State
    Kick-off return: 98 yards, 2004, Vincent Mayfield at Northwood, 2004, Dion Brown at Mercyhurst
    Pass interception return: 103 yards, 2000, Jason Bluck, vs. Hillsdale
    Lateral Interception return: 92 yards, 1954, Harvey Fletcher vs Lakeland
    Field Goal: 55 yards, 1986, Greg Guthrie vs Northeast Missouri
    Punt: 89 yards, 2001, Ryan Wettstein vs. Findlay
    Punt Return: 89 yards, 1997, Brian Pinks vs. Michigan Tech

*Career totals which are affected by NCAA-II post season games:
Steve Avery, 3842 career yards rushing
George Works, 378 career points
George Works, 63 career touchdowns
Scott Sible, 193 career pass receptions
Scott Sible, 3,444 career pass receiving yards
Dan Harves, 98 career point after touchdowns
Steve Mariucci, 7,523 career yards in total offense
Steve Mariucci, 47 career touchdown passes

*Single game records surpassed in a post-season game:
Tom Bertoldi, 443 yards passing vs Elizabeth City, 1981
Mario Ferretti, 4 field goals vs Elizabeth City, 1981

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