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Dan Cole

Daniel A. Cole

  • Class
    2004
  • Induction
    2012
  • Sport(s)
    Football
Quarterback * Albany, NY/Bishop Maginn * B.S. in Electronic Media, Arts & Communication

FOOTBALL - 2000: Played on junior varsity … 2001: Started all nine games … Completed 164 of a school-record 357 passes (45.9%) for school-record 2,362 yards and 18 touch-downs … Pass efficiency rating was 114.23 … Intercepted just seven times … Had five games of three-or-more touchdowns … Had five games with no interceptions … Ran for a team-high 235 yards and six touchdowns on 93 carries … Set the school-record with 2,597 yards of total offense … Caught one pass for 25 yards … Averaged 29.0 all-purpose yards and 288.8 yards of total offense per game … Team finished 8-1 overall, including an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs (first-ever in school history), and won the UCAA Championship … Team earned top seed in NCAA Playoff Tournament … Led the UCAA in total offense (292.4 yards) and was second in pass efficiency during the regular season … Second in Upstate New York in passing yards per game (269.5) and total offense (292.4 yards) … Seventeenth in the NCAA in total offense (294.8 yards per game) … Team’s Offensive Most Valuable Player … All-UCAA First Team … UCAA Offensive Player of the Year … All-ECAC Northwest Honorable Mention … 2002: Captain … Started all ten games… Completed 204 of 331 attempts (61.6%) for 2,861 yards and 29 touchdowns … Averaged 286.1 yards per game … Intercepted only eight times … Recorded a passing efficiency rating of 158.32 … Had at least of touchdown pass in nine games … Recorded multiple touchdown passes in seven games, including five contests with four-or-more … Rushed a team-high 107 times for 312 yards and five touchdowns … Averaged 2.9 yards per carry and 31.2 yards per game … First on team in rushing touchdowns and third in rushing yards … Caught one pass for nine yards … Had 3,173 yards of total offense for an average of 317.3 yards per game … First on the team in total offense and fourth in scoring (30 points) … Set nine school records … Team finished 8-2 overall, including a victory in ECAC Championship Game ... First in the UCAA in passing yards per game, total offense and pass efficiency … First in Upstate New York in total offense and passing efficiency and second in passing yards per game … Fourth in the nation in total offense and eighth in passing efficiency … Team’s Co-Offensive Most Valuable Player … All-UCAA Second team … 2003: Captain … Started all eight games … Completed 182 of 291 attempts (62.5%) for 2,177 yards and 25 touchdowns … Averaging 272.1 yards per game … Intercepted only six times … Recorded a passing efficiency rating of 149.61 … Had at least one touchdown pass in all eight games … Recorded multiple touchdown passes in last seven games, including six contests with three-or-more … Did not throw an interception in four games … Rushed 84 times for 184 yards and two touchdowns … Averaged 2.2 yards per carry and 23.0 yards per game … Third on team in rushing touchdowns and third in rushing yards … Had 2,361 yards of total offense for an average of 295.1 yards per game … First on the team in total offense … Set seven school records … First in the UCAA in passing yards per game, total offense and pass efficiency … First in Upstate New York in total offense and passing yards per game … Ninth in the nation in total offense and 16th in passing efficiency … Team advanced to NCAA National Semi-Finals … Team won ECAC Team of the Year Award … Team won Division III Lambert Trophy … Team ranked fifth in final D3Football.com Top 25 Poll … Team ranked sixth in final Don Dansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette Top 40 … Team ranked ninth in final AFCA Coaches’ Poll ... Named to Pre-Season National All-American Second Team by Lindy’s National College Football magazine ... UCAA Offensive Player of the Year ... All-UCAA First Team ... ECAC Northwest Offensive Player of the Year ... D3Football.com All-America Second Team ... All-ECAC Northwest First Team ... Football Gazette All-East Region First Team ... Football Gazette National All-American Second Team ... CoSIDA National All-America Third Team ... Football Gazette East Region Offensive Player of the Year.

Year-By-Year Statistics
 
Passing
 
Year Att.-Cmp-Int. Pct. Yds TD Lg Yds/G Eff.
2001 357-164-7 45.9 2362 18 72 262.4 114
2002 331-204-8 61.6 2861 29 79 286.1 158
2003 291-182-6 62.5 2177 25 62 272.1 150
Totals 979-550-21 56.2 7400 72 79 274.1 141
 
Rushing
 
Year No. Yds TD Lg
2001 93 235 6 25
2002 107 312 5 40
2003 84 184 2 57
Totals 284 731 13 57


School Records
Most pass attempts in a game (68) … Most pass attempts in a season (514) … Most completions in a game (35) … Most completions in a season (303) … Most yards gained in a single game (474) … Most yards gained in a single season (3,769) … Most touchdown passes in a single game (6) … Most touchdown passes in a single season (40) … Most career touchdown passes (87) … Most yards gained (rush + pass) in a single game (516) … Most yards gained (rush + pass) in a single season (3,955)
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