Bearkat Football Records Watch
10/28/2012 5:28:00 PM | Football
Those 26 victories (six in 2010, 14 in 2011 and six so far in 2012) stand as the most by the Bearkats in any three consecutive years in the 97 seasons of Sam Houston State football. Ron Randleman put together 25 victories in three seasons in the late 1980s.
Just as in last year's incredible run to a Southland Conference championship and the NCAA Division I football title game in Frisco, Bearkat records continue to fall or are in jeopardy.
All-America running back and Walter Payton Award candidate Timothy Flanders heads the pack.
Saturday in Beaumont the junior produced his 20th career 100-yard rushing performance, scoring four touchdowns. The Bearkats' all-time leading rusher moved up to No. 3 in Southland career rush TDs (47) and total TDs (50) and now stands No. 6 in Southland all-time rushing yards (3,395).
Flanders and Miguel Antonio now rank as Sam Houston's all-time top scorers. With eight successful PAT attempts, Antonio became Sam Houston's all-time leader in kick scoring with 264 points (42 FG, 138 PAT). Antonio broke Billy Hayes' career record (258 points in 1985-88). Only Flanders (300 points on 50 TDs) has scored more points for the Bearkats.
Junior quarterback Brian Bell threw his 40th career TD pass Saturday vs. Lamar to become Sam Houston's all-time leader in career TD pass. Dustin Long previously held the mark with 39 TD passes in 2004.
Bell, now with 4,924 yards, ranks behind only Rhett Bomar (5,964 yards in 2007-08) in career passing at Sam Houston. Bell passed Arthur Louis (4,902 yards in 1977-80) with 84 yards in the air Saturday. Bell stands No. 2 in all-time SHSU career total offense with a total of 5,694 yards now. Bomar rolled up the school record of 6,160.
Senior safety and last year's Southland "Defensive Player of the Year" Darnell Taylor totaled four solo and one assisted tackles in the Lamar victory to become only the fourth Bearkat defender to chalk up more than 200 career solo stops. Taylor has 209 solo tackles. The school career record is 215 by Stan Blinka (1975-78).
