College Football Stat Leaders

2016 American Sacks Per Game Leaders

Average defensive sacks recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Houston (3.00)

Best Season

SMU 2019 (5.46)

Scope

American • 2016

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameYards Allowed Per GameSacks Per GameTackles For Loss Per GameThird Down Conversion RatePoints Per OpportunityOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Sacks Per Game Reads

Sacks per game captures pass-rush production and the ability to end opponent drives with negative plays, though it should be read with opponent pass volume and game script. On this 2016 leaderboard, the visible range runs 3.00 to 2.42, with Houston setting the pace.

American Context

American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Tulane is the latest winner at 2.57.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Houston to No. 5 Tulane is 0.58, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 3.23 in 2024 to 2.57 in 2025, a swing of 0.66. Houston's current mark of 3.00 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 2.80 held by SMU.

Leaderboard

Top 13 rows for the current route scope.

1HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference20163.00
2UCFAmerican Athletic Conference20162.85
3TempleAmerican Athletic Conference20162.79
4SMUAmerican Athletic Conference20162.42
5TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference20162.42
6South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20162.38
7TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference20162.38
8UTSAAmerican Athletic20162.08
9MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference20161.77
10CincinnatiAmerican Athletic Conference20161.58
11NavyAmerican Athletic Conference20161.43
12UConnAmerican Athletic Conference20161.42
13East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference20160.67

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Sacks Per Game. Categories include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 6 more.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference2.57
2024UTSAAmerican Athletic3.23
2023UTSAAmerican Athletic3.54
2022TempleAmerican Athletic Conference3.17
2021HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference3.21
2020HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference3.00
2019SMUAmerican Athletic Conference5.46
2018TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference3.15
2017South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference3.00
2016HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference3.00

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1SMU2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.802019 (5.46)
2Tulane2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.432018 (3.15)
3UCF2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.412019 (2.92)
4Houston2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.402021 (3.21)
5UTSA2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.372023 (3.54)
6Cincinnati2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.352019 (3.07)
7Temple2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.292019 (3.69)
8Memphis2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.072019 (3.00)
9Rice2025, 2024, 20232.022024 (2.67)
10South Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.962017 (3.00)
11Florida Atlantic2025, 2024, 20231.862023 (2.33)
12Navy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.812019 (3.46)
13East Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.792018 (2.92)
14UAB2025, 2024, 20231.722023 (2.25)
15Tulsa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.682020 (2.44)
16North Texas2025, 2024, 20231.662024 (1.85)
17UConn2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.632019 (2.25)
18Army2025, 20241.322024 (1.57)
19Charlotte2025, 2024, 20231.312023 (1.58)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the American sacks per game leaderboard in 2016?

Houston ranks first at 3.00 in 2016.

Which American program has the best long-term sacks per game profile?

SMU owns the strongest all-time average at 2.80 across 8 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the American race compare with the recent trend?

Tulane is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.