Monday, January 29, 2007

Great Performances 2006---- Liam Coen


In the race to the National Championship game, it was easy to loose track of individual performances in 2006.

Our QB Liam Coen had a banner year. The following statistics are unofficial . Remember he's just a sophomore...
  • Threw for 3,016 yards in 2006 (3rd all time for single season yard--dropping Jeff Krohn's 2961 in 2003 to 4th place)
  • 5,191 Career yards places him 3rd in total career yards passing ---behind Dave Palazzi's 5,402 career yards)
  • 65.0% completion average places him 1st in season average---he also holds 2nd place 63.9% in 2005)
  • 217 Completions in 2006 places him 4th---- just ahead of Tim Day's 194 in 2004)
  • 160.52 Efficiency rating places him 1st-----by a large margin over Greg Landry's 145.4 in 1965)
  • 26 TD Passes in 2006 makes him 3rd all time single season---behind Jeff Krohn's 28 in 2003)
  • 36 Career TD's places him 4th all time----behind Peil Pennington's 38 in '71-73
  • 1st in yards passing by a sophomore----destroying Tim Bryant's 1,430 in 1986
Hopefully he'll have another great season in 2007!