cincinnati bearcats most passing touchdowns in a single season by a qb

Gunner Kiel and Ben Mauk are tied for the most passing touchdowns by a Cincinnati quarterback in a season, with 31 touchdowns.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Gunner Kiel G. Kiel	31	2014	CIN	13	233	390	59.7	3,254	8.3	250.3	13	149.4	7.9	3.3	12	109
2	Ben Mauk B. Mauk	31	2007	CIN	12	235	386	60.9	3,121	8.1	260.1	9	150.6	8.0	2.3
3	Desmond Ridder D. Ridder	30	2021	CIN	14	251	387	64.9	3,334	8.6	238.1	8	158.7	7.8	2.1	25	169
4	Tony Pike T. Pike	29	2009	CIN	10	211	338	62.4	2,520	7.5	252.0	6	149.8	8.6	1.8
5	Brendan Sorsby B. Sorsby	27	2025	CIN	12	207	336	61.6	2,800	8.3	233.3	5	155.1	8.0	1.5	7	36
6	Zach Collaros Z. Collaros	26	2010	CIN	11	225	383	58.7	2,902	7.6	263.8	14	137.5	6.8	3.7
7	Gino Guidugli G. Guidugli	26	2004	CIN	11	210	342	61.4	2,633	7.7	239.4	8	146.5	7.6	2.3
8	Greg Cook G. Cook	25	1968	CIN	10	219	411	53.3	3,272	8.0	327.2	17	132.0	6.1	4.1
9	Brendon Kay B. Kay	22	2013	CIN	13	261	394	66.2	3,304	8.4	254.2	12	149.0	5.6	3.0	15	130
10	Gino Guidugli G. Guidugli	22	2002	CIN	14	258	472	54.7	3,543	7.5	253.1	21	124.2	4.7	4.4
11	Ben Bryant B. Bryant	21	2022	CIN	11	213	348	61.2	2,732	7.9	248.4	7	143.0	6.0	2.0	25	206
12	Desmond Ridder D. Ridder	20	2018	CIN	13	194	311	62.4	2,445	7.9	188.1	5	146.4	6.4	1.6	21	155
13	Hayden Moore H. Moore	20	2017	CIN	12	239	424	56.4	2,562	6.0	213.5	9	118.4	4.7	2.1	15	124
14	Desmond Ridder D. Ridder	19	2020	CIN	10	186	281	66.2	2,296	8.2	229.6	6	152.9	6.8	2.1	18	112
15	Gunner Kiel G. Kiel	19	2015	CIN	10	206	316	65.2	2,777	8.8	277.7	11	151.9	6.0	3.5	1	41
16	Tony Pike T. Pike	19	2008	CIN	12	199	324	61.4	2,407	7.4	200.6	11	136.4	5.9	3.4
17	Brendan Sorsby B. Sorsby	18	2024	CIN	12	249	389	64.0	2,813	7.2	234.4	7	136.4	4.6	1.8	17	97
18	Emory Jones E. Jones	18	2023	CIN	12	197	322	61.2	2,219	6.9	184.9	10	131.3	5.6	3.1	26	147
19	Desmond Ridder D. Ridder	18	2019	CIN	13	179	325	55.1	2,164	6.7	166.5	9	123.7	5.5	2.8	28	178
20	Danny Barrett D. Barrett	17	1982	CIN	11	179	324	55.2	2,222	6.9	202.0	12	122.8	5.2	3.7
21	Gino Guidugli G. Guidugli	16	2001	CIN	10	185	317	58.4	2,573	8.1	257.3	9	137.5	5.0	2.8
22	Zach Collaros Z. Collaros	15	2011	CIN	10	166	272	61.0	1,934	7.1	193.4	10	131.6	5.5	3.7
23	Troy Bodine T. Bodine	15	1984	CIN	11	171	350	48.9	2,056	5.9	186.9	20	100.9	4.3	5.7
24	Gino Guidugli G. Guidugli	14	2003	CIN	12	227	425	53.4	2,704	6.4	225.3	10	113.0	3.3	2.4
25	Deontey Kenner D. Kenner	14	1999	CIN	10	208	379	54.9	2,430	6.4	243.0	15	113.0	3.7	4.0

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More Cincinnati Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,800

Sorsby

RUSH

709

Walker

REC

674

Allen

Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

38th

OPP PPG

24.8

76th

RUSH YDS/G

178.9

47th

PASS YDS/G

242.4

66th

2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Kansas State	5-4	6-6
9	TCU	5-4	9-4
10	Cincinnati	5-4	7-6
11	Baylor	3-6	5-7
12	Kansas	3-6	5-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	BC	@	CIN	3:30 PM
Sat 9/12	WCU	@	CIN	7:00 PM
Sat 9/19	M-OH	@	CIN	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	KSU	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	CIN	@	ARIZ	1:00 PM

Last Game

Navy

1 - 0

Final

Cincinnati

0 - 1

Fri 2 Jan 2026

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167