College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Colorado State (10.50)
Best Season
Colorado State 2020 (10.50)
Scope
Mountain West • 2020
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Tackles for loss per game measures how often a defense creates negative snaps before an offense can stay on schedule. On this 2020 leaderboard, the visible range runs 10.50 to 6.78, with Colorado State setting the pace.
Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Boise State is the latest winner at 6.00.
The gap from No. 1 Colorado State to No. 5 Hawai'i is 3.72, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 7.93 in 2024 to 6.00 in 2025, a swing of 1.93. Colorado State's current mark of 10.50 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 6.29 held by Colorado State.
Top 11 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Colorado State | Mountain West Conference | 2020 | 10.50 |
| 2 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 2020 | 8.00 |
| 3 | Wyoming | Mountain West Conference | 2020 | 7.67 |
| 4 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 2020 | 7.29 |
| 5 | Hawai'i | Mountain West Conference | 2020 | 6.78 |
| 6 | San José State | Mountain West | 2020 | 6.63 |
| 7 | Utah State | Mountain West Conference | 2020 | 6.33 |
| 8 | Nevada | Mountain West Conference | 2020 | 5.78 |
| 9 | UNLV | Mountain West Conference | 2020 | 5.17 |
| 10 | New Mexico | Mountain West Conference | 2020 | 4.71 |
| 11 | Air Force | Mountain West Conference | 2020 | 2.83 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 6.00 |
| 2024 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 7.93 |
| 2023 | Colorado State | Mountain West Conference | 7.17 |
| 2022 | San José State | Mountain West | 7.00 |
| 2021 | Utah State | Mountain West Conference | 7.57 |
| 2020 | Colorado State | Mountain West Conference | 10.50 |
| 2019 | Colorado State | Mountain West Conference | 8.08 |
| 2018 | Nevada | Mountain West Conference | 7.92 |
| 2017 | Nevada | Mountain West Conference | 6.75 |
| 2016 | Hawai'i | Mountain West Conference | 6.57 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.29 | 2020 (10.50) |
| 2 | Boise State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.28 | 2024 (7.93) |
| 3 | Utah State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.06 | 2021 (7.57) |
| 4 | San José State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.00 | 2019 (7.58) |
| 5 | San Diego State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.81 | 2020 (8.00) |
| 6 | Nevada | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.72 | 2018 (7.92) |
| 7 | Wyoming | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.63 | 2019 (8.00) |
| 8 | Hawai'i | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.55 | 2020 (6.78) |
| 9 | UNLV | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.25 | 2024 (6.86) |
| 10 | New Mexico | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.10 | 2019 (6.17) |
| 11 | Air Force | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 4.45 | 2019 (5.62) |
Colorado State ranks first at 10.50 in 2020.
Colorado State owns the strongest all-time average at 6.29 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Boise State 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.