Big Central Conference Defense (Team)

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*indicates season leader

Fewest Points Allowed, Single Season

1. St. Thomas Aquinas, 54 (2021)*
2. St. Thomas Aquinas, 69 (2023)*
3. South Hunterdon, 80 (2022)*
4. North Brunswick, 86 (2023)
5. Bernards, 90 (2022)
6. Belvidere, 94 (2024)*
7. Brearley, 98 (2022)
8. Bernards, 100 (2025)*
9. Dayton, 105 (2025)
10. Union, 106 (2021); Johnson, 106 (2022); Bernards, 106 (2023)

Note: The COVID-shortened 2020 season is not included in the list above, as some teams did not play a full schedule. Westfield allowed the fewest points all year (45) but only played two games (0-2). Hillside had the next lowest points allowed total at 59, having played 6 games (4-2), which was around the average number of games in that season.

Shutouts, Single Season (minimum 4)

1. St. Thomas Aquinas, 7 (2021)*
2. Bernards, 6 (2022)*
3. Spotswood, 5 (2023)* (tie)
   St. Thomas Aquinas, 5 (2023)* (tie)
   Belvidere, 5 (2024)
4. Phillipsburg, 4 (2021)
   Brearley, 4 (2022)
   Spotswood, 4 (2024)
   Manville, 4 (2025)

• Additional shutouts:
  • Three in a season: 24 teams
  • Two in a season: 35 teams
  • One in a season: 105 teams

Shutouts, All-Time (since formation of BCC only)

1. St. Thomas Aquinas, 15
2. Bernards, 13
3. Spotswood, 12
4. Phillipsburg, 11
5. Manville, 10
6. Brearley, Somerville, Woodbridge, 9
7. Belvidere, Delaware Valley, Johnson, Roselle, South Hunterdon, Westfield, 7
8. Cranford, Governor Livingston, Linden, New Providence, Old Bridge, Plainfield, Watchung Hills, 6
9. JFK, Middlesex, Ridge, Sayreville, 5
10. Carteret, North Plainfield, 4

Team Sacks

1. North Hunterdon, 41 (2022)*
2. North Hunterdon, 34 (2021)*
3. North Plainfield, 32 (2021)
4. St. Thomas Aquinas, 31 (2023)*
5. Roselle Park, 30 (2025)*
6. Rahway, 29 (2025)
7. Linden, 28 (2021)
8. Old Bridge, 27.5 (2025)
9. Plainfield, 27 (2025)
10. Cranford, 26 (2021)
    St. Thomas Aquinas, 26 (2022)

Team TFLs

1. South Plainfield, 134.5 (2025)*
2. Carteret, 125 (2023)*
3. North Plainfield, 112 (2021)*
4. Carteret, 109.5 (2022)*
5. Carteret, 109 (2021)
6. St. Thomas Aquinas, 105 (2024)*
7. Carteret, 95 (2025)
8. St. Thomas Aquinas, 93 (2023)
9. North Hunterdon, 92 (2021)
   Edison, 92 (2022)
   Rahway, 92 (2022)
10. Hillside, 91 (2022)

Team Fumble Recoveries (minimum 10)

1. South Hunterdon, 17 (2023)*
2. South River, 14 (2021)*
   Middlesex, 14 (2023)
   Watchung Hills, 14 (2023)
   Rahway, 14 (2024)*
3. Phillipsburg, 13 (2022)* (tie)
   Watchung Hills, 13 (2022)* (tie)
   St. Thomas Aquinas, 13 (2024)
   Bernards, 13 (2024)
   JFK, 13 (2025)*
4. Manville, 12 (2022)
   Johnson, 12 (2022)
   Linden, 12 (2023)
   Phillipsburg, 12 (2024)
   Old Bridge, 12 (2025)
   North Plainfield, 12 (2025)
5. Edison, 11 (2020)*
   Phillipsburg, 11 (2021)
   Roselle Park, 11 (2022)
   Roselle Park, 11 (2023)
   Edison, 11 (2023)
   Metuchen, 11 (2023)
   Carteret, 11 (2023)
6. North Plainfield, 10 (2020)
   Brearley, 10 (2021)
   Bernards, 10 (2021)
   Elizabeth, 10 (2022)
   Middlesex, 10 (2022)
   Colonia, 10 (2022)
   Edison, 10 (2022)
   Delaware Valley, 10 (2022)
   Old Bridge, 10 (2023)
   Spotswood, 10 (2024)
   Sayreville, 10 (2025)

Team Interceptions

1. Ridge, 18 (2022)* (tie)
   Watchung Hills, 18 (2022)* (tie)
2. Bernards, 17 (2025)*
3. Phillipsburg, 16 (2023)* (tie)
   Plainfield, 16 (2023)* (tie)
   St. Thomas Aquinas, 16 (2024)*
   New Brunswick, 16 (2025)
4. North Hunterdon, 15 (2022)
5. Carteret, 14 (2021)* (tie)
   Cranford, 14 (2021)* (tie)
   Somerville, 14 (2024)
   Metuchen, 14 (2025)
6. North Plainfield, 13 (2020)*
   Delaware Valley, 13 (2021)
   South Brunswick 13 (2021)
   Phillipsburg, 13 (2022)
   Watchung Hills, 13 (2023)
   St. Thomas Aquinas, 13 (2023)
   Phillipsburg, 13 (2025)
   Woodbridge, 13 (2025)
   Old Bridge, 13 (2025)
7. New Providence, 12 (2021)
   North Hunterdon, 12 (2021)
   Phillipsburg, 12 (2021)
   North Brunswick, 12 (2021)
   Hillside, 12 (2022)
   Voorhees, 12 (2022)
   Old Bridge, 12 (2024)
   Summit, 12 (2025)
8. North Brunswick, 11 (2020)
   Bernards, 11 (2021)
   Ridge, 11 (2021)
   Hillsborough, 11 (2021)
   Spotswood, 11 (2022)
   New Providence, 11 (2022)
   Bernards, 11 (2022)
9. Ridge, 11 (2023)
   Voorhees, 11 (2023)
   Woodbridge, 11 (2023)
   Colonia, 11 (2024)
   Rahway, 11 (2024)
   North Hunterdon, 11 (2024)
   Delaware Valley, 11 (2024)
10. Bound Brook, 10 (2020)
    South Brunswick, 10 (2020)
    Hillside, 10 (2021)
    Hunterdon Central, 10 (2022)
    South Brunswick, 10 (2022)
    Delaware Valley, 10 (2022)
    Carteret, 10 (2022)
    Bernards, 10 (2023)
    Carteret, 10 (2023)
    Summit, 10 (2023)
    Bernards, 10 (2024)
    Spotswood, 10 (2025)
    Montgomery, 10 (2025)