College Football Stat Leaders

2021 Conference USA Tackles For Loss Per Game Leaders

Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Marshall (7.38)

Best Season

UAB 2019 (10.43)

Scope

Conference USA • 2021

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 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs 7.38 to 5.93, with Marshall 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 Marshall to No. 5 Western Kentucky is 1.46, 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. Marshall's current mark of 7.38 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 7.08 held by UAB.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1MarshallConference USA20217.38
2Middle TennesseeConference USA20216.85
3North TexasConference USA20216.77
4UABConference USA20216.15
5Western KentuckyConference USA20215.93
6Southern MissConference USA20215.67
7UTEPConference USA20215.54
8Florida AtlanticConference USA20215.42
9Louisiana TechConference USA20215.42
10RiceConference USA20215.00
11Florida InternationalConference USA20214.58
12CharlotteConference USA20214.25

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 in 2021?

Marshall ranks first at 7.38 in 2021.

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.