College Football Stat Leaders

Conference USA Tackles For Loss Per Game Leaders

Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

UAB (10.43)

Best Season

UAB 2019 (10.43)

Scope

Conference USA

Browse Metrics

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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 Tackles For Loss Per Game Reads

Tackles for loss per game measures how often a defense creates negative snaps before an offense can stay on schedule. On this Conference USA leaderboard, the visible range runs 10.43 to 8.42, with UAB setting the pace.

Conference USA Context

Conference USA teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and UTEP is the latest winner at 6.83.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 UAB to No. 5 Middle Tennessee is 2.01, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 7.08 in 2024 to 6.83 in 2025, a swing of 0.25. UAB's current mark of 10.43 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 7.08 held by UAB.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.

1UABConference USA201910.43
2Florida AtlanticConference USA20199.00
3Louisiana TechConference USA20198.85
4Southern MissConference USA20198.54
5Middle TennesseeConference USA20198.42
6CharlotteConference USA20198.23
7RiceConference USA20198.08
8UABConference USA20187.64
9North TexasConference USA20187.46
10Middle TennesseeConference USA20177.46
11MarshallConference USA20217.38
12Southern MissConference USA20177.38
13MarshallConference USA20177.23
14Southern MissConference USA20167.23
15Florida InternationalConference USA20207.20
16UTEPConference USA20247.08
17North TexasConference USA20197.08
18Jacksonville StateConference USA20237.00
19UABConference USA20177.00
20Florida InternationalConference USA20196.92
21Middle TennesseeConference USA20216.85
22UTEPConference USA20256.83
23North TexasConference USA20216.77
24MarshallConference USA20186.77
25Louisiana TechConference USA20186.69

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

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

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025UTEPConference USA6.83
2024UTEPConference USA7.08
2023Jacksonville StateConference USA7.00
2022Middle TennesseeConference USA6.38
2021MarshallConference USA7.38
2020Florida InternationalConference USA7.20
2019UABConference USA10.43
2018UABConference USA7.64
2017Middle TennesseeConference USA7.46
2016Southern MissConference USA7.23

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1UAB2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 20177.082019 (10.43)
2Southern Miss2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.482019 (8.54)
3Marshall2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.172021 (7.38)
4Delaware20256.152025 (6.15)
5Middle Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.122019 (8.42)
6Jacksonville State2025, 2024, 20236.102023 (7.00)
7Florida Atlantic2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.982019 (9.00)
8North Texas2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.912018 (7.46)
9Louisiana Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.852019 (8.85)
10Kennesaw State2025, 20245.632025 (6.43)
11Western Kentucky2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.452016 (6.29)
12Rice2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.352019 (8.08)
13Florida International2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.282020 (7.20)
14UTEP2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.272024 (7.08)
15Sam Houston2025, 2024, 20235.042024 (5.62)
16Charlotte2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20164.882019 (8.23)
17Liberty2025, 2024, 20234.862024 (5.42)
18New Mexico State2025, 2024, 20234.742023 (5.47)
19Missouri State20254.082025 (4.08)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Conference USA tackles for loss per game leaderboard?

UAB ranks first at 10.43.

Which Conference USA program has the best long-term tackles for loss per game profile?

UAB owns the strongest all-time average at 7.08 across 6 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Conference USA race compare with the recent trend?

UTEP 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.