Football Team Punting and Punt Return Records

Rank	Total Punts (Game)	Opponent	Year
1	13	Oklahoma State	1946
2	12	TCU (442 for 36.8 average)	1959
3	11	at SMU (506 for 46.0 average)	1965
4	10	at Auburn (415 for 41.5 average)	2016
	10	at Alabama (402 for 40.2 average)	2015
	10	at Alabama (358 for 35.8 average)	2009
	10	UNLV (434 for 43.4 average)	2001
	10	at Texas A&M (379 for 37.9 average)	1987
	10	Texas Tech (495 for 49.5 average)	1986
	10	at Rice (349 for 34.9 average)	1963
	10	Tulsa (301 for 30.1 average)	1961
	10	Texas (350 for 35.0 average)	1959
	10	at Baylor (330 for 33.0 average)	1955

Rank	Total Punts (Season)	Average	Year
1	76	40.5 average	1992
2	74	36.9 average	2002
3	73	37.5 average	1955
4	70	36.7 average	1957
5	69	40.3 average	1996
6	68	42.2 average	1991
	68	36.8 average	1958
	68	37.9 average	1949
9	67	42.5 average	2001
	67	41.7 average	2000
	67	38.1 average	1950

Rank	Total Punting Yards (Game)	Opponent	Year
1	506	SMU (11 punts)	1965
2	495	Texas Tech (10 punts)	1986
3	442	TCU (12 punts)	1959
4	434	UNLV (10 punts)	2001
5	419	Texas A&M (8 punts)	1976
6	415	at Auburn (10 punts)	2016
7	402	at Alabama (10 punts)	2015
8	401	Houston (8 punts)	1983
9	389	Alabama (8 punts)	2002
10	387	at Baylor (9 punts)	1986
11	379	at Texas A&M (10 punts)	1987
12	378	at Texas (9 punts)	1976

Rank	Total Punting Yards (Season)	Average	Year
1	3,075	76 for 40.5 average	1992
2	2,867	68 for 42.2 average	1991
3	2,848	67 for 42.5 average	2001
4	2,801	65 for 43.1 average	1976
5	2,793	67 for 41.7 average	2000
6	2,791	64 for 43.6 average	1983
7	2,777	69 for 40.3 average	1996
8	2,737	73 for 37.5 average	1955
9	2,729	74 for 36.9 average	2002
10	2,626	59 for 44.5 average	2016
11	2,577	68 for 37.9 average	1949

Rank	Punting Average (Game)	Opponent	Year
1	61	at Texas (3 punts)	1980
2	59	at Baylor (2 punts)	1988
3	58.3	Tulsa (3 punts)	2012
4	54	Texas A&M (1 punt)	1959
5	53.5	vs. South Carolina (4 punts)	2013
6	52.8	Alabama (4 punts)	2016
7	52.5	at TCU (2 punts)	1985
8	52.4	Texas A&M (8 punts)	1976
9	52.3	at Rice (3 punts)	1977
10	52	Texas A&M (1 punt)	1959
11	51.5	at LSU (4 punts)	2013
	51.5	at Texas A&M (2 punts)	1977
13	51.2	at Rice (4 punts)	1975
14	51	Auburn (5 punts)	2012
15	50.8	at Texas Tech (5 punts)	1983

Rank	Punting Average (Season)	Punts/Yards	Year
1	46.2	54 for 2493 yards	1986
2	45.3	53 for 2400 yards	2001
3	44.9	51 for 2234 yards	1984
4	44.7	54 for 2416 yards	2012
5	44.5	59 for 2626 yards	2016
6	44.3	48 for 2127 yards	1977
7	43.6	64 for 2791 yards	1983
8	43.3	54 for 2340 yards	1980
9	43.1	65 for 2801 yards	1976
10	43	37 for 1590 yards	1975
11	42.6	58 for 2468 yards	2008
	42.6	54 for 2301 yards	1985
13	42.5	67 for 2848 yards	2001

Rank	Punt Returns (Game)	Opponent	Year
1	9	North Texas (165 yards)	1971
	9	Rice (89 yards)	1964
3	8	Missouri State (188 yards)	2011
	8	at Ole Miss (53 yards)	1985
	8	at Texas Tech (130 yards)	1979
	8	TCU (107 yards)	1967
	8	Tulsa (137 yards)	1961
8	7	Baylor (110 yards)	1970
	7	Wichita State (159 yards)	1969
	7	TCU (59 yards)	1968
	7	Oklahoma State (33 yards)	1967
	7	Tulsa (95 yards)	1957

Rank	Punt Returns (Season)	Punt Return Yards	Year
1	45	700 yards	1950
2	44	544 yards	1985
3	43	319 yards	1982
	43	423 yards	1957
5	41	300 yards	1992
6	40	305 yards	1977
7	37	439 yards	2002
	37	433 yards	1967
9	36	247 yards	1994
	36	291 yards	1979
11	35	318 yards	1971
	35	389 yards	1951
	35	401 yards	1949

Rank	Punt Return Yards (Game)	Opponent	Year
1	188	Missouri State (8 returns)	2011
2	165	North Texas (9 returns)	1971
3	159	Wichita State (7 returns)	1969
4	144	Ole Miss (4 returns)	2010
5	137	Tulsa (8 returns)	1961
6	127	at Kentucky (5 returns)	2003
7	110	Baylor (7 returns)	1970
8	107	TCU (8 returns)	1967
9	95	Tulsa (7 returns)	1957

Rank	Punt Return Yards (Season)	Punt Returns	Year
1	700	45 returns	1950
2	544	44 returns	1985
3	536	27 returns	1948
4	534	32 returns	1964
5	463	33 returns	1962
6	441	34 returns	2003
7	439	37 returns	2002
8	433	37 returns	1967
9	423	43 returns	1957
10	421	26 returns	1963
11	420	31 returns	2011
12	413	28 returns	1960

Rank	Punt Return Average (Season)	Punt Returns/Yards	Year
1	19.85	27 for 536 yards	1948
2	16.69	32 for 534 yards	1964
	16.19	26 for 421 yards	1963
4	15.96	25 for 399 yards	1955
5	15.56	45 for 700 yards	1950
6	15.55	20 for 311 yards	2010
7	15.00	27 for 405 yards	1966
8	14.75	28 for 413 yards	1960
9	14.03	33 for 463 yards	1962
10	13.67	12 for 164 yards	1954
11	13.55	31 for 420 yards	2011
12	13.48	27 for 364 yards	1969