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    INTERCEPTION RECORDS


    CAREER INTERCEPTIONS

    Player, Years IntRet Yds
    1 Al Brosky, 1950-52 30356
    2 Mike Gow, 1972-74 19 284
    3 George Donnelly, 1962-64 13 142
    Mike Heaven, 1981-84 13 106
    Craig Swoope, 1982-85 13 272
    Red Grange, 1923-25 11 247
    Henry Jones, 1987-90 11 77
    Eugene Wilson, 1999-02 11 51
    8 Phil Knell, 1964-68 10 140
    Ron Bess, 1965-67 10 na
    Trevor Starghill, 1994-97 10 22


    SEASON INTERCEPTIONS

    Player, Year IntRet Yds
    1 Al Brosky, 1950 11 96
    Al Brosky, 1951 11 197
    3 Mike Gow, 1973 10 142
    4 Al Brosky, 1952 8 77
    George Donnelly, 1964 8 54
    6 Willie Osley, 1971 7 127
    7 Red Grange, 1925 6 83
    Ron Bess, 1967 6 198
    Terry Miller, 1967 6 30
    Eugene Wilson, 2001 6 29


    SINGLE GAME INTERCEPTIONS

    Player, Year Int
    1 Mike Gow at Stanford, 9/21/74 4
    2 Mike Gow vs. Minnesota, 11/17/73 3
    Phil Knell at Purdue, 10/29/66 3
    Duane Lyle vs. East Carolina, 9/23/95 3
    Eugene Wilson vs. Penn State, 11/10/01 3
    6 Several (last by Kelvin Hayden vs. Florida A&M, 9/4/04) 2


    YEARLY INTERCEPTION LEADERS

    Year Player Int Yds Avg TD
    1949 @Ruck Steger 3 30 10.0 0
    1950 Al Brosky 11 96 8.7 1
    1951 Al Brosky 11 197 17.9 0
    1952 Al Brosky 8 77 9.6 0
    1953-58 na
    1959 @Marshall Starks 4 74 18.5 0
    1960-61 na
    1962 @Dick Butkus 2 10 5.0 0
    1963 George Donnelly 5 88 17.6 0
    1964 George Donnelly 8 54 6.8 0
    1965 @Don Hansen 3 20 6.7 0
    @Ron Acks 3 0 0.0 0
    1966 Phil Knell 7 83 11.9 0
    1967 Ron Bess 6 198 33.0 1
    1968 Charlie Bareither 3 63 21.0 0
    1969 John Ryan 2 33 16.5 0
    Bob Bucklin 2 1 0.5 0
    1970 Gary Windy 3 36 12.0 0
    1971 Willie Osley 7 127 18.1 1
    1972 Mike Gow 4 64 16.0 0
    1973 Mike Gow 10 142 14.2 1
    1974 Mike Gow 5 78 15.6 2
    1975 Bill Cerney 2 49 24.5 0
    Mac McCracken 2 30 15.0 0
    1976 Dale Hardy 3 115 38.3 0
    1977 David Blakely 3 40 13.3 0
    John Meyer 3 34 11.3 0
    1978 Lloyd Levitt 4 56 14.0 0
    1979 Jack Squirek 2 32 16.0 0
    Bonji Bonner 2 21 10.5 0
    Dave Kelly 2 9 4.5 0
    1980 6 players tied with one interception
    1981 Kelvin Atkins 2 7 3.5 0
    Craig Kirbel 2 0 0.0 0
    1982 Craig Swoope 5 112 22.4 0
    1983 David Edwards 5 95 19.0 2
    Mike Heaven 5 52 10.4 0
    1983 David Edwards 5 95 19.0 2
    Mike Heaven 5 52 10.4 0
    1984 Craig Swoope 3 101 33.7 1
    Mike Heaven 3 7 2.3 0
    1985 Craig Swoope 3 8 2.7 0
    Todd Avery 3 2 0.7 0
    1986 African Grant 2 4 2.0 0
    1987 Keith Taylor 4 37 9.3 0
    1988 Marlon Primous 3 11 3.7 0
    1989 Henry Jones 5 58 11.6 0
    1990 Romero Brice 3 17 5.7 0
    Henry Jones 3 16 5.3 0
    1991 Filmel Johnson 3 24 8.0 0
    1992 Filmel Johnson 2 28 14.0 0
    Jeff Arneson 2 14 7.0 0
    1993 Antwoine Patton 4 13 3.3 0
    1994 Robert Crumpton 4 (-4) (-1.0) 0
    1995 Kevin Hardy 3 26 8.7 0
    Dennis Stallings 3 58 19.3 0
    Duane Lyle 3 36 12.0 0
    Trevor Starghill 3 22 7.3 0
    1996 Asim Pleas 4 41 10.3 1
    Trevor Starghill 4 0 0.0 0
    1997 Trevor Starghill 2 0 0.0 0
    Ivan Benson 2 0 0.0 0
    1998 Asim Pleas 3 100 33.3 1
    1999 Muhammad Abdullah 5 52 10.4 0
    2000 Eugene Wilson 4 22 5.5 0
    2001 Eugene Wilson 6 29 4.8 0
    2002 Mike Hall 2 9 4.5 0
    2003 Marc Jackson 1 0 0.0 0
    Travis Williams 1 32 32.0 1
    2004 Kelvin Hayden 4 84 21.0 1
    2005 Alan Ball 1 0 0.0 0
    James Cooper 1 41 41.0 0
    Justin Harrison 1 30 30.0 0
    Remond Willis 1 27 27.0 0
    2006 Travon Bellamy 2 88 44.0 1
    Brit Miller 2 19 9.5 0
    Kevin Mitchell 2 0 0.0 0
    2007 Kevin Mitchell 5 1 0.2 0
    2008 Vontae Davis 2 12 6.0 0
    @ Big Ten games only


    LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURNS

    Yds Player, Game
    98 Willie Osley vs. Washington, 10/2/71
    98 Bruce Sullivan at Michigan, 11/5/66
    98 Julius Rykovich vs. Ohio State, 11/16/46
    95 Eddie McGovern at Iowa, 11/6/43
    93 Bruce Sullivan at Purdue, 10/29/66
    92 Brian Williams vs. Indiana, 11/18/89
    90 Red Grange vs. Northwestern, 10/27/23
    89 Asim Pleas vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/12/98
    83 Bobby Jackson at Purdue, 11/3/01
    80 Arnold Wolgast# vs. Army, 11/9/29
    77* Ron Bess vs. Notre Dame, 10/21/67
    75 Mondrian Long vs. Iowa, 11/14/00
    75 Ron Bess vs. Notre Dame, 10/21/67
    73 Craig Swoope vs. Indiana, 11/10/84
    72 Justin Harrison vs. Michigan, 10/16/04
    72* Phil Pezzoli at Notre Dame, 10/15/38
    65 Don Greenwood vs. Indiana, 9/23/44
    62 Christian Morton at Purdue, 11/3/01
    62 Phil Knell at Indiana, 10/15/66
    61* Dana Howard at Northwestern, 10/29/94
    60 Harold Pogue at Minnesota, 10/21/14
    59* Lance Harkey vs. Southern Illinois, 9/14/8
    56* Stan Wallace vs. Stanford, 1/1/52
    55 Nana Agyeman vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2/00
    54 Jack Kane at Wisconsin, 10/9/43
    53* Dale Hardy vs. Northwestern, 11/20/76
    52 Bob Mitchell vs. Iowa State, 10/1/55
    52 Sam Zatkoff at Michigan, 10/26/46
    52* Frank Walker at Michigan, 10/25/30
    51* Antwoine Patton at Ohio State, 10/8/94
    51* Mike Dundy at UCLA, 10/25/63
    * Non-scoring play
    # lateral pass


    (updated 5/09)

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