College Football Stat Leaders

2023 American Sacks Per Game Leaders

Average defensive sacks recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

UTSA (3.54)

Best Season

SMU 2019 (5.46)

Scope

American • 2023

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 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 3.54 to 2.33, with UTSA 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 UTSA to No. 5 Navy is 1.21, 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. UTSA's current mark of 3.54 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 2.80 held by SMU.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1UTSAAmerican Athletic20233.54
2SMUAmerican Athletic Conference20233.21
3TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference20232.50
4Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic Conference20232.33
5NavyAmerican Athletic Conference20232.33
6UABAmerican Athletic Conference20232.25
7TempleAmerican Athletic Conference20231.83
8MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference20231.77
9South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20231.77
10TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference20231.75
11CharlotteAmerican Athletic Conference20231.58
12East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference20231.50
13RiceAmerican Athletic Conference20231.46
14North TexasAmerican Athletic Conference20231.42

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 2023?

UTSA ranks first at 3.54 in 2023.

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.