SEC Football by the numbers: 2010 season

biguglyjoe · Jan 22, 2011

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Alabama
quarterback Greg McElroy looks for a receiver during the Crimson Tide's
victory over Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1.
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0 Times
that the Ole Miss defense prevented an SEC opponent from scoring once
it penetrated the Rebels' 20-yard line in 2010. In eight conference
games, Ole Miss' opponents were 22-for-22 in the red zone, scoring 16
TDs and kicking six field goals. 

1 SEC player
who has completed a higher percentage of his passes than Alabama QB
Greg McElroy did in 2010 (among players with at least 200 attempts).
McElroy connected on 222 of his 313 passes -- 70.9 percent -- this
season. The only SEC QB who has bettered that in a single season was
Kentucky's Tim Couch at 72.3 percent in 1998, when he completed 400 of
553 passes. 

1 SEC player
who has had more receiving yards in a season than South Carolina WR
Alshon Jeffery had in 2010. Jeffery caught 88 passes (tied for fourth on
the SEC's single-season list) for 1,517 yards in 2010. In 2001, LSU's
Josh Reed picked up 1,740 yards on 94 receptions. 

1 Touchback
on 68 kickoffs by Tennessee this season. Only one team in the nation had
a worse touchback percentage than the Volunteers' 0.147. Syracuse did
not have a touchback on any of its 64 kickoffs. 

1 Freshman
in SEC history who has passed for more yards than Aaron Murray did in
2010, when the Georgia QB piled up 3,049 passing yards. In 2000,
Kentucky QB Jared Lorenzen set the SEC freshman mark with 3,687. 

2 Teams in
SEC history that have given up more points in a season than Ole Miss did
in 2010. The Rebels were torched for 422 points in 2010. In 2003,
Mississippi State gave up 471 points. In 1979, Vanderbilt gave up 457
points. 

2 Of the
five times an SEC player returned eight kickoffs in a game that occurred
on Oct. 16, the second time in conference history that two players
returned eight kickoffs in a game on the same date. On Oct. 16,
Arkansas' Cobi Hamilton returned eight kickoffs against Auburn, and
Vanderbilt's Warren Norman did the same against Georgia. On Nov. 3,
2007, Alabama's Javier Arenas had eight kickoff returns against LSU, as
did South Carolina's Chris Culliver against Arkansas. The only other
time an SEC player has had eight kickoff returns in a game came in 2002,
when Vanderbilt's Kwane Doster did it against Ole Miss. 

2 SEC teams
with at least 6,000 yards of total offense in 2010 after the conference
had had five such teams in its previous 77 seasons. Auburn set a league
record with 6,989 yards of total offense in 2010, while Arkansas had
6,273. The other teams with at least 6,000 yards of total offense
include the Florida squads of 1995, 1996, 2008 and 2009 and LSU in 2007.


2
Consecutive seasons that an SEC QB has won the first 14 starts of his
career and guided his team to the BCS national championship. Auburn's
Cam Newton did it in 2010 after Alabama's Greg McElroy did it in 2009. 

2 Seasons
needed by Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett to break the school's career record
for passing yardage. Mallett threw for 3,869 yards in 2010 (the
fourth-highest total in SEC history) and 3,624 in 2009 (ninth-most in
SEC history) to break Clint Stoerner's school record of 7,422 passing
yards, compiled from 1996 through 1999, by 171 yards. 

2 SEC teams
that blocked two kicks in one game this season, and it happened in the
same game. In Florida's 55-14 victory over Vanderbilt on Nov. 6, the
Gators blocked two punts, and the Commodores blocked a punt and an
extra-point attempt. 

2 Of the
three teams in the nation that had at least six plays that gained at
least 70 yards this season are in the SEC -- Arkansas, which had seven,
and Auburn, which had six, according to cfbstats.com. Michigan also had
six. Twenty-two NCAA FBS teams, including Georgia, did not have a single
play that gained at least 70 yards this season. 

3
Consecutive undefeated records for Auburn in the season after the Tigers
lost five regular-season games. Auburn had a 7-5 regular-season record
in 2009, then went 14-0 in 2010. After posting a 7-5 regular-season
record in 2003, the Tigers went 13-0 in 2004. Auburn followed the 5-5-1
record of 1992 with an 11-0 mark in 1993. Before that, Auburn's most
recent five-loss regular season was 1973, and the 1974 Tigers managed
only a 10-2 record. 

3
Consecutive seasons in which Alabama has led the SEC in total defense
(as measured by yards given up per game). The Crimson Tide became the
first team to lead the SEC in that category for three consecutive
seasons in 2010 (based on league records dating to 1948). On the other
side of the stat sheet, Florida had led the SEC in total offense in each
of the previous three seasons, and only one team had led the SEC in
total offense for at least four straight years -- Ole Miss, which did so
for five consecutive seasons from 1959 through 1963. The Rebels' record
is safe for at least four more years, however, since Florida finished
10th in the conference in total offense in 2010. 

3 Times that
different schools in the same state have produced Heisman Trophy
winners in consecutive years, including 2010, when Auburn QB Cam Newton
followed Alabama RB Mark Ingram as the Heisman Trophy winner. In 1967,
UCLA QB Gary Beban won the award, followed by Southern Cal RB O.J.
Simpson in 1968. In 1992, Miami (Fla.) QB Gino Torretta was the Heisman
Trophy winner, followed by Florida State QB Charlie Ward in 1993. 

3 SEC
coaches who have won at least 11 games in a season more than three times
-- Paul "Bear" Bryant (nine times at Alabama, once at Kentucky),
Phillip Fulmer (four times at Tennessee) and Les Miles (four times at
LSU, including this season). 

3 SEC
players with at least 1,000 receiving yards in 2010, the third time that
has happened in league history. In 2010, South Carolina's Alshon
Jeffery had 1,517 receiving yards, Alabama's Julio Jones 1,133 and
Kentucky's Randall Cobb 1,017. In 2001, LSU's Josh Reed, Florida's Jabar
Gaffney and Vanderbilt's Dan Stricker reached 1,000 receiving yards. In
2006, Tennessee's Robert Meachem, Vanderbilt's Earl Bennett and South
Carolina's Sidney Rice did it. 

3
Consecutive seasons in which Georgia has won fewer games than it did in
the previous year, the second time that has happened in the Bulldogs'
history. Georgia won 11 games in 2007 and followed that with 10
victories in 2008, eight in 2009 and six in 2010. In 1933, Georgia won
eight games and followed that with seven victories in 1934, six in 1935
and five in 1936. The Bulldogs won six games in 1937. 

3
Consecutive seasons in which Alabama was ranked No. 1 in the AP poll,
the third time that has happened to an SEC team. Alabama was No. 1 in
the first six polls of 2010, for three polls in 2009 (including the
final one) and for five polls in 2008. Alabama also held the No. 1 spot
at some point in the 1978, 1979 and 1980 polls and the 1964, 1965 and
1966 polls. 

3 South
Carolina teams that have won as many as nine games in a season,
including the 2010 squad, which went 9-5. In 2001, South Carolina posted
a 9-3 record, and the 1984 team set the school record for victories by
going 10-2. 

3 100-yard
kickoff returns for Georgia's Brandon Boykin, who became the first SEC
player with more than two when he took one the length of the field
against Kentucky on Oct. 23. Boykin had two 100-yard kickoff returns in
2009. Boykin has a total of kickoff-return TDs, tied for the SEC career
record with Willie Gault of Tennessee and Felix Jones of Arkansas. 

3 Of the top
four players in the nation in average yards per catch in 2010 who
played in the SEC (among players with at least two catches per game).
UTEP's Kris Adams led the nation with a 22.77-yard average. Tennessee's
Denarius Moore was second at 20.87, Georgia's Kris Durham third at 20.59
and Ole Miss' Markeith Summers fourth at 20.54. 

3 Of the top
four quarterbacks in the nation in 2010 as rated by yards gained per
pass that played in the SEC. Auburn's Cam Newton led the nation with an
average of 10.2 yards per passing attempt. Alabama's Greg McElroy
finished third at 9.5, with Arkansas' Ryan Mallett fourth at 9.4. Boise
State QB Kellen Moore averaged 10.0 yards per pass. 

3 SEC teams
that returned at least four interceptions for TDs in 2010, with South
Carolina doing it five times and Florida and Tennessee with four
pick-sixes apiece. Before this season, 16 teams in SEC history had
returned at least four interceptions for TDs in a season. 

3 Interceptions returned for TDs by Tennessee DB Prentiss Waggner this season, the most in the nation. 

4 Games
missed due to injury in 2010 by Vanderbilt RB Warren Norman -- one-third
of the season -- but he still finished as the Commodores' leader in
rushing, all-purpose and kickoff-return yards. 

4 SEC teams
that did not return as many punts in 2010 as Mississippi State did in
one game against TCU in 1936. The Bulldogs set the conference
single-game standard with 20 punt returns against the Horned Frogs, with
A.B. Stubbs returning 17 of them, in a 0-0 tie on Oct. 24, 1936, in
Dallas. In 2010, Mississippi State returned 17 punts, Tennessee 18 and
Ole Miss and South Carolina 19 apiece. 

5 Pairs of
SEC teammates who have rushed for 1,000 yards apiece in the same season,
with Auburn QB Cam Newton and RB Mike Dyer joining the group in 2010.
Newton ran for 1,473 yards and Dyer 1,093. The SEC's other twin
1,000-yard rushers have been Auburn's James Brooks and Joe Cribbs in
1979, Tennessee's Gerald Riggs Jr. and Cedric Houston in 2004, and
Arkansas' Darren McFadden and Felix Jones, who did it twice, in 2006 and
2007. 

5 SEC teams
that set school records for yards of total offense during the 2010
season, with Auburn setting the conference record with 6,989 yards. The
Tigers broke the record of 6,413 yards established by Florida in 1995.
The Auburn school record had been set just last year at 5,613 yards.
Other teams setting school records for total offense in 2010 were
Alabama (5,773 yards, breaking the record of 5,642 set in 2009),
Arkansas (6,273 yards, breaking the record of 5,850 yards set in 2007),
Mississippi State (5,217 yards, breaking the record of 4,642 yards set
in 1982) and South Carolina (5,499 yards, breaking the record of 5,135
set in 2006). 

5
Consecutive seasons in which Alabama has scored more points than it did
the previous year, tying an SEC record. After scoring 263 points in
2005, the Crimson Tide scored 298 in 2006, 352 in 2007, 422 in 2008, 449
in 2009 and 464 in 2010. The other SEC teams that have increased their
scoring for five consecutive seasons are Alabama from 1969 through 1973,
Florida from 1980 through 1984, LSU from 1993 through 1997 and Ole Miss
from 1997 through 2001. 

5
Consecutive victories for SEC teams in the BCS national championship
game, with Auburn taking this season's crown. Florida won after the 2006
and 2008 seasons, LSU after the 2007 season and Alabama after the 2009
season. 

5 Teams in
the NCAA era that have won 14 games in a season in major-college
football, with Auburn joining the list this season. The other 14-game
winners have been BYU in 1996, Ohio State in 2002 and Alabama and Boise
State in 2009. 

5 Bowl
losses for the SEC in the 2010 postseason, equaling the most ever
suffered by the conference. The league also had five bowl losses in 1973
and 2000. Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee
lost in bowls as the SEC compiled a 5-5 record this season. In 1973, the
SEC had a 1-5 bowl record. In 2000, it was 4-5. 

6 Consensus
All-Americans from the SEC for the 2010 season: Auburn DT Nick Fairley,
Florida P Chas Henry, LSU PK Josh Jasper, Auburn QB Cam Newton, LSU CB
Patrick Peterson and Auburn OT Lee Ziemba. Last season, the SEC had 10
consensus All-Americans. Four SEC players were first-team choices for at
least one of the major All-American team selectors but did not earn
consensus status: South Carolina WR Alshon Jeffery, Georgia LB Justin
Houston, Alabama S Mark Barron and Kentucky WR Randall Cobb, who was the
all-purpose player on the AP team. 

6 Plays that
gained at least 70 yards against the Ole Miss defense this season, the
most given up by any team in the nation, according to cfbstats.com. 

6 SEC
players who rushed for at least 1,000 yards in 2010 -- Auburn's Cam
Newton and Mike Dyer, Arkansas' Knile Davis, South Carolina's Marcus
Lattimore, LSU's Stevan Ridley and Tennessee's Tauren Poole. In only one
season -- 2007 with seven -- has the SEC had more 1,000-yard rushers.
The conference also had six 1,000-yard rushers in 1987 and 1995. 

7 Losses for
Tennessee in 2010, equaling the school record for most defeats in a
season set in 1977 and matched in 2008. The Volunteers, who had a 7-6
record in 2009, lost at least six games for the third consecutive season
for the first time in school history. 

7 Of eight
fourth-down attempts converted into first downs against Kentucky in
2010. While the eight times that the Wildcats' opponents went for it on
fourth down was tied for the national low this season, Kentucky's
ability to stop those plays was the worst, by percent, in the nation,
since its opponents succeeded 87.5 percent of the time. 

8 SEC QBs
who have been consensus All-Americans, including Auburn's Cam Newton
this season. The SEC's other consensus All-American QBs have been
Auburn's Pat Sullivan in 1971, LSU's Bert Jones in 1972, Florida's Danny
Wuerrfel in 1996, Tennessee's Peyton Manning in 1997, Kentucky's Tim
Couch in 1998, Florida's Rex Grossman in 2001 and Florida's Tim Tebow in
2007. Only Sullivan was a unanimous selection. (Other SEC quarterbacks
have been consensus All-Americans, but were named when the team had four
backs not differentiated by position.) 

8 Turnovers
in the red zone by the Florida offense in 2010. While inside their
opponents' 20-yard line in 2010, the Gators lost five fumbles and threw
three interceptions. They also were stopped on downs five times and
missed four field-goal attempts in the red zone. Florida failed to
scored on 17 of its 58 red-zone series. No other SEC team had more than
10 failures. 

8 SEC teams
that have had at least three consensus All-American players in the same
season, including Auburn in 2010 with DT Nick Fairley, QB Cam Newton and
OT Lee Ziemba. Alabama's five consensus All-Americans last season is
the league record. Florida had four consensus All-Americans in 2001.
Other SEC teams with three consensus All-Americans were 1934 Alabama,
1996 Florida, 2007 Arkansas, 2008 Alabama and 2009 Florida. 

8.53 Yards
gained per carry by Auburn RB Onterrio McCalebb in 2010, the best
average in the nation for any player who carried the ball at least five
times a game. McCalebb gained 810 yards on 95 rushing attempts. 

9 Times in
the past 16 seasons that Vanderbilt has finished with two victories. The
Commodores went 2-10 for the second straight season in 2010. Vanderbilt
also won just two games in 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1998, 1996 and 1995.


9 Freshmen
in SEC history who have run for at least 1,000 yards in a season, with
South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore and Auburn RB Mike Dyer joining the
list in 2010. The SEC's other 1,000-yard rushers as freshmen are
Georgia's Herschel Walker in 1980, Tennessee's Reggie Cobb in 1987,
Florida's Emmitt Smith in 1987, Tennessee's Chuck Webb in 1989,
Tennessee's Jamal Lewis in 1997, Georgia's Justin Vincent in 2003 and
Arkansas' Darren McFadden in 2005. 

11 Teams
that have led the SEC in rushing offense and rushing defense in the same
season, including Auburn in 2010, when the Tigers ran for 284.8 yards
per game (70 more than any other team in the conference) and gave up
109.1 yards per game on the ground. With its 14-0 record, Auburn became
the fifth of those teams to finish without a loss. The worst record that
any of the double leaders posted was 9-2. 

12 SEC
punters who have led the nation, including Ole Miss' Tyler Campbell this
season, when his 46.4-yard average was the best in the country (and the
fifth-best in SEC history for players with at least 50 punts). Other
SEC punters who have led the nation are Tennessee's Bobby Cifers in
1942, Georgia's Zeke Bratkowski in 1953, Florida's Don Chandler in 1955,
Georgia's Bobby Walden in 1958, Ole Miss' Frank Lambert in 1964,
Tennessee's Ron Widby in 1967, Ole Miss' Jim Miller in 1977,
Vanderbilt's Ricky Anderson in 1984, Vanderbilt's Bill Marinangel in
1996, LSU's Chad Kessler in 1997 and Georgia's Drew Butler in 2009. 

13
Consecutive seasons in which Georgia had won at least eight games until a
6-7 record in 2010 snapped that streak. Only two SEC teams have reached
at least eight victories annually for a longer stretch -- Florida for
14 seasons (1990 through 2003) and Tennessee for 16 (1989 through 2004).


14 Teams
that have finished the season with an 8-0 SEC record, which Auburn did
in 2010. Since the standardization of the eight-game league schedule
with the SEC's split into divisions starting with the 1992 season, 11
teams have posted 8-0 conference records -- Alabama in 1992, Auburn in
1993, Alabama in 1994, Florida in 1995, Florida in 1996, Tennessee in
1998, Auburn in 2004, Alabama in 2008 and Alabama and Florida in 2009,
in addition to Auburn this season. From the league's first season in
1933 through the 1991 season, 44 teams posted unbeaten and untied
conference records -- including three in 1939. However, only three of
those 44 played eight SEC games -- Tulane in 1934, Alabama in 1964 and
Alabama in 1973. 

15 Of its
opponents' 18 fumbles recovered by Mississippi State this season, a
national-best 83.3 percent. On the other end of the national rankings
was Alabama, which recovered four of its opponents' 19 fumbles -- 21.1
percent. 

16 Victories
for the SEC West in 19 games against the SEC East in 2010. Vanderbilt,
which beat Ole Miss Sept. 18; South Carolina, which beat Alabama Oct. 9;
and Tennessee, which beat Ole Miss Nov. 13, were the only SEC East
teams with victories in interdivision games this season. 

16 SEC teams
that have capped perfect seasons with a bowl victory, with Auburn
joining the list in 2010. The other teams are 1934 Alabama, 1938
Tennessee, 1945 Alabama, 1946 Georgia, 1952 Georgia Tech, 1958 LSU, 1961
Alabama, 1962 Ole Miss, 1966 Alabama, 1979 Alabama, 1980 Georgia, 1992
Alabama, 1998 Tennessee, 2004 Auburn and 2009 Alabama. 

16 SEC teams
that have been No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll of the season,
with Auburn topping the last poll for the 2010 season. The SEC's other
No. 1 teams have been 1951 Tennessee, 1957 Auburn, 1958 LSU, 1961
Alabama, 1964 Alabama, 1965 Alabama, 1978 Alabama, 1979 Alabama, 1980
Georgia, 1992 Alabama, 1998 Tennessee, 2006 Florida, 2007 LSU, 2008
Florida and 2009 Alabama. 

22 Years
since Arkansas finished as high as it did in the AP poll in 2010. The
Razorbacks were ranked 12th in the final AP poll for this season,
matching their final ranking after the 1988 season. This season marked
the fifth time that Arkansas had appeared in the final poll since 1988. 

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Auburn
coach Gene Chizik poses with the Paul "Bear" Bryant College Coach of
the Year Award after being presented with the honor on Tuesday in
Houston by the National Sportcasters and Sportswriters Association.
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22 Victories
in his first two seasons at Auburn for coach Gene Chizik, tying the SEC
record. In 2005 and 2006, Florida's Urban Meyer and LSU's Les Miles won
22 games apiece to start their tenures with the Gators and Tigers,
respectively. Meyer was 9-3 and 13-1, and Miles 11-2 in both seasons.
Chizik went 8-5 last year, and the Tigers finished 14-0 this season. Two
coaches won 21 games in their first two seasons at SEC schools --
Tennessee's Bill Battle in 1970 and 1971, and Georgia's Mark Richt in
2001 and 2002. 

29 More
rushing yards for LSU RB Spencer Ware in the Tigers' 41-24 victory over
Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl than he had in the entire regular
season. Ware carried 10 times for 102 yards against the Aggies after
rushing 14 times for 73 yards in the regular season. Ware was one of 28
SEC players who produced a 100-yard rushing game this season. Combined,
SEC players totaled 68 100-yard rushing performances, with Arkansas RB
Knile Davis, Auburn QB Cam Newton and Tennessee RB Tauren Poole
accounting for six apiece. Ole Miss RB Brandon Bolden had the SEC's top
rushing performance of the season, with 228 yards against Fresno State.
Newton had the most rushing yards in a conference game with 217 against
LSU. 

29 More
points scored in the entire season by Vanderbilt than Auburn scored in
the second quarter in 2010. The Commodores totaled 209 points in 2010.
The Tigers scored 180 points in the second quarter, the most in one
period for any SEC team. Vanderbilt had the low-scoring period with just
27 points in the Commodores' 12 first quarters of 2010. 

31 Years
since Florida's leading rusher had fewer yards than Jeff Demps did this
season. Demps led the Gators with 551 rushing yards in 2010. The last
time that Florida's leading rusher had fewer yards than that was in
1979, when Johnell Brown topped the Gators with 306, and Florida
finished 0-10-1. 

37 Years
between schools other than Tennessee leading the SEC in attendance, a
streak that ended with Alabama averaging 101,821 spectators a game at
expanded Bryant-Denny Stadium in 2010. In 1973, LSU averaged 67,730
spectators (fifth in nation) to lead the SEC in attendance. Tennessee
averaged 65,806 (sixth nationally) that year, but had led the SEC in
attendance every season since until this year. In 2010, the Volunteers
attracted an average crowd of 99,781 to Neyland Stadium, the sixth-best
figure in the nation. Alabama finished fourth in attendance, behind
Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State. 

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Mississippi State running back Vick Ballard gains ground against Florida on Oct. 16. (Associated Press/John Raoux)</div>

58 Years
that QB Jackie Parker's Mississippi State single-season record for
rushing TDs stood before RB Vick Ballard broke it this season. Parker
rushed for 16 TDs in 1952, which held up as the best in school history
until Ballard ran for 19 this season. Ballard, who scored 20 TDs this
season, also tied Parker's school single-season record for points with
120. In addition to his 16 TDs in 1952, Parker also kicked 24 extra
points. 

76 Plays for
Vanderbilt QB Jared Funk in the Commodores' game against Wake Forest on
Nov. 27, a total that has been exceeded once in SEC history. Funk threw
61 passes and rushed 15 times in Vandy's 34-13 loss to the Demon
Deacons. In 1982 against Georgia, Vanderbilt QB Whit Taylor threw 58
passes and rushed 20 times for 78 plays, the only game in which an SEC
player has had more plays than Funk did. The Commodores also lost that
game to the Bulldogs 27-13. 

171 Interception-return
yards by Florida S Ahmad Black in 2010, the most in the nation. Black
picked up his yardage on five interceptions. Of the 23 players in the
nation who had at least 100 interception-return yards in 2010, six
played in the SEC. The others were LSU's Patrick Peterson and Morris
Claiborne, Tennessee's Janzen Jackson, Alabama's Robert Lester and
Florida's Will Hill. 

176 Points
given up by Alabama this season, the fewest in the SEC, but the most
that the conference's defensive scoring leader has yielded in a season.
Previously, the most points that the SEC's defensive leader had given up
was 147 by Ole Miss in 1997. 

182.05 Passing
efficiency rating for Auburn QB Cam Newton in 2010, the best for one
season in SEC history. Before Newton's performance, the highest passing
efficiency rating for one season in SEC history belonged to Florida QB
Danny Wuerffel, who reached 178.4 in 1995, when he completed 210 of 325
passes for 3,266 yards with 35 TDs and 10 interceptions. Newton's
passing stats for 2010 were 185 of 280 for 2,854 yards with 30 TDs and
seven interceptions. The passing efficiency rating measures how well QBs
have thrown the ball based on completion percentage, yards gained per
pass, percentage of TDs and percentage of interceptions. 

425 Yards of
total offense for Ole Miss QB Jeremiah Masoli against Arkansas on Oct.
23, the single-game high in the SEC this season, even though Auburn QB
Cam Newton set a conference record for most yards of total offense in a
season and Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett had two 400-yard passing games in
2010. Masoli had 327 passing yards and 98 rushing yards against the
Razorbacks, but the Rebels still lost the game. 

538
Interception-return yards for Florida, the most in the nation this
season. The Gators ran back four of their 22 interceptions for TDs. At
the other end of the national rankings is Kentucky, which had 4 return
yards on nine interceptions in 2010. 

1,117
Kickoff-return yards for Auburn CB Demond Washington in 2010, an SEC
single-season record. Washington returned 46 kickoffs this season, also
an SEC single-season record. The previous SEC record of 1,050
kickoff-return yards was set last year by Vanderbilt's Warren Norman.
This marks the fourth straight season that the SEC kickoff-return record
has been broken. In 2007, Florida's Brandon James broke the record of
820 yards set by Kentucky's Kio Sanford in 1994 with 841. Arkansas'
Dennis Johnson broke James' record in 2008 with 905 kickoff-return
yards. 

2,302 Yards
given up both rushing and passing by Kentucky's defense in 2010. Every
other team in the SEC gave up more yards on passes than on runs. The
Wildcats' defense yielded league highs of 4.6 yards per rushing attempt
and 30 rushing TDs. 

2,396 All-purpose
yards in 2010 for Kentucky WR Randall Cobb, breaking the SEC
single-season record. Cobb had 424 rushing yards, 1,017 receiving yards,
219 punt-return yards and 736 kickoff-return yards to eclipse the 2,310
all-purpose yards totaled by Arkansas RB Darren McFadden in 2007. 

3,511 Punting
yards this season for Vanderbilt's Richard Kent, the most in the
nation. Kent punted 84 times for a 41.8-yard average. Only five SEC
players have punted more times in one season than Kent did in 2010. 

4,327 Yards
of total offense in 2010 compiled by Auburn QB Cam Newton to break the
SEC single-season record. Florida QB Tim Tebow had held the mark with
4,181 yards in 2007. Newton had 1,473 rushing yards (an SEC record for a
quarterback) and 2,854 passing yards. By yards of total offense per
game, Newton's 2010 output ranks ninth in league history as he became
the ninth player to average at least 300 yards per game. Kentucky QB Tim
Couch set the per-game record with an average of 377.4 yards in 1998. 

6,989 Yards gained this season by Auburn, the most in SEC history. The Tigers broke the record of 6,413 yards set by Florida in 1995.

SEC Football by the numbers: 2010 season

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