University of Memphis Athletics
Stephen Gostkowski Earns C-USA Special Teams Honor
Nov 28, 2005 | Football
Nov. 28, 2005
MEMPHIS, TENN. - University of Memphis senior kicker Stephen Gostkowski was named Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week as released by the league office today.
This is the fourth time in his career that Gostkowski has been honored with the league's weekly award. He was selected twice last season, and once in 2003.
A native of Madison, Miss., Gostkowski was a key part in Memphis defeating Marshall this past weekend, 26-3, and becoming bowl eligible for the third consecutive season. Gostkowski hit four field goals in the victory, including a career-long and school-record 53 yarder. He also had makes from 49, 43 and 42 yards out.
A Lou Groza Award candidate the last two seasons, Gostkowski finished the regular season 19-of-22 on field goals and 32-of-32 on PATs. With the four made attempts against Marshall, he now holds the C-USA record for career field goals with 67. He is also the league's scoring leader with 357 career points and holds school and C-USA records in PATs made with 156. He has hit 133 of his last 134 PATs, including his last 45 consecutive attempts.
The Tigers ended the season 6-5 and are awaiting word on their bowl possibilities. Memphis has now had three straight winning seasons, marking the first time since 1992-94 (all three years were 6-5) that the Tigers had recorded three consecutive winning seasons.
