college football team most penalties in a game

The Miami Hurricanes have been charged with the most penalties by a team in a game, with 23 penalties against Duke on October 31, 2015.

	TEAM	PEN	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Miami	23	10/31/2015	MIA	@	DUKE	W 30-27	4	21	391	440	57.1
2	UNLV	22	11/6/2004	UNLV	vs	WYO	L 45-53	6	26	432	323
3	Marshall	20	9/20/2014	MRSH	@	AKR	W 48-17	6	28	526	343	53.3	100.0
4	Clemson	20	10/13/2001	CLEM	@	NCST	W 45-37	6	28	567	352
5	UCF	19	9/26/2020	UCF	@	ECU	W 51-28	6	29	632	459	50.0	0.0
6	South Florida	19	10/31/2013	USF	@	HOU	L 23-35	2	21	364	388	25.0	50.0
7	Nevada	19	11/29/2003	NEV	@	BSU	L 3-56	0	12	276	577
8	Toledo	19	9/8/2001	TOL	@	TEM	W 33-7	4	20	410	139
9	Oregon State	19	9/2/2001	ORST	@	FRES	L 24-44	3	16	323	462
10	Georgia Tech	19	9/9/2000	GT	vs	FSU	L 21-26	3	18	298	536
11	Arkansas	18	11/1/2025	ARK	vs	MSST	L 35-38	4	25	433	388	43.8	66.7
12	Kansas	18	12/26/2023	KU	@	UNLV	W 49-36	7	22	591	386	50.0	50.0
13	Boston College	18	9/16/2023	BC	vs	FSU	L 29-31	4	20	457	351	42.1	80.0
14	Syracuse	18	9/3/2022	SYR	vs	LOU	W 31-7	4	23	449	334	54.5
15	UCF	18	10/3/2020	UCF	vs	TLSA	L 26-34	3	23	455	438	38.9	100.0
16	USC	18	9/29/2018	USC	@	ARIZ	W 24-20	3	18	450	330	31.3	50.0
17	Arkansas State	18	9/16/2016	ARST	@	USU	L 20-34	2	16	357	334	16.7
18	Louisiana-Monroe	18	9/12/2015	ULM	vs	NICH	W 47-0	6	29	593	260	56.3	100.0
19	Baylor	18	10/18/2014	BAY	@	WVU	L 27-41	3	24	318	456	18.8	0.0
20	South Florida	18	11/19/2005	USF	vs	CIN	W 31-16	4	19	345	362
21	UCF	18	10/21/2005	UCF	vs	TULN	W 34-24	4	23	488	440
22	Nevada	18	11/20/2004	NEV	@	FRES	L 17-54	2	21	352	450
23	South Florida	18	9/25/2004	USF	@	TCU	W 45-44	6	26	407	324
24	Houston	18	9/13/2003	HOU	@	UL	W 21-14	3	18	413	196
25	Georgia	18	9/6/2003	UGA	vs	MTSU	W 29-10	3	25	467	240

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Team Leaders

PASS

653

Mensah

RUSH

173

Mallory

REC

330

Toney

Team Rankings

PPG

61.0

4th

OPP PPG

6.5

12th

RUSH YDS/G

275.5

16th

PASS YDS/G

427.0

3rd

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Miami	1-0	2-0
2	Virginia	1-0	2-0
3	SMU	1-0	2-0
4	Duke	0-0	2-0
5	North Carolina	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	CMU	@	MIA	6:30 PM
Sat 10/3	MIA	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	FSU	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	PITT	@	MIA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Florida A&M

0 - 1

Final

Miami

2 - 0

Thu 10 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

795

Stokes

767

Jennings

677

Creel

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

296

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

326

Harris

Pass TD Leaders

9

Hejny

8

Boley

8

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

281.3

Baker

271.7

Mensah

Sack Leaders

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

3.5

Kinsler

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

66.5

66.0

61.0

59.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

3.0

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

671.0

645.0

644.0

638.0

633.0

Rush Yards Rankings

506.0

431.0

394.0

364.0

336.0

329.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

434.0

427.0

376.5

376.0

373.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

8.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	1	.500
7	James Madison	2	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
10	Troy	2	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
13	Marshall	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	1	.500
2	Arizona State	1	1	.500
3	BYU	2	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
5	Colorado	2	0	1.000
6	Houston	2	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	1	.500
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	1	.500
3	Boise State	1	1	.500
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	Buffalo	1	1	.500
3	UMass	2	0	1.000
4	Akron	1	1	.500
5	Ball State	1	1	.500
6	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	1	1	.500
11	Toledo	1	1	.500
12	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	1	.667
2	Army	1	1	.500
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	1	.500
5	South Florida	2	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	1	.500
7	Tulane	1	1	.500
8	UTSA	2	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	2	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	1	1	.500
13	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
14	UAB	1	1	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Duke	2	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	1	.500
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	1	1	.500
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Missouri	2	0	1.000
2	Alabama	2	0	1.000
3	Arkansas	1	0	1.000
4	Auburn	1	0	1.000
5	Florida	2	0	1.000
6	Georgia	2	0	1.000
7	Kentucky	1	1	.500
8	LSU	1	0	1.000
9	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
11	Ole Miss	1	0	1.000
12	South Carolina	1	0	1.000
13	Tennessee	1	0	1.000
14	Texas	1	0	1.000
15	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	2	.333
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
7	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	1	.500
3	Indiana	2	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan	2	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	1	.500
9	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	1	.500
13	Penn State	2	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	1	.500
15	UCLA	2	0	1.000
16	Washington	2	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
4	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	1	1	.500
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	1	1	.500
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000