colorado buffaloes leading passing yards all-time

The Colorado Buffaloes had their most passing yards in a game against the Louisiana-Monroe Indians on September 16, 1995, with 533 yards.

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colorado buffaloes leading passing yards in a game all-time

	TEAM	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Colorado	533	9/16/1995	COLO	vs	ULM	W 66-14	28	43	65.1	12.4	0	1	164.6	0.0	2.3
2	Colorado	510	9/2/2023	COLO	@	TCU	W 45-42	38	47	80.9	10.9	4	0	200.1	8.5	0.0	4	32
3	Colorado	474	9/11/1999	COLO	vs	SJSU	W 63-35	27	37	73.0	12.8	2	0	198.4	5.4	0.0
4	Colorado	457	11/2/1996	COLO	@	MIZ	W 41-13	19	33	57.6	13.8	3	1	197.8	9.1	3.0
5	Colorado	455	9/27/2014	COLO	@	CAL	L 56-59	46	67	68.7	6.8	7	1	157.2	10.4	1.5	0	0
6	Colorado	445	8/29/2024	COLO	vs	NDSU	W 31-26	26	34	76.5	13.1	4	1	219.4	11.8	2.9	1	6
7	Colorado	438	11/29/2024	COLO	vs	OKST	W 52-0	34	42	81.0	10.4	5	1	203.1	11.9	2.4	6	61
8	Colorado	419	10/11/2003	COLO	vs	KU	W 50-47	38	54	70.4	7.8	2	1	144.1	3.7	1.9
9	Colorado	402	8/30/2003	COLO	vs	CSU	W 42-35	21	34	61.8	11.8	4	0	199.9	11.8	0.0
10	Colorado	402	10/12/1996	COLO	vs	OKST	W 35-13	21	32	65.6	12.6	3	1	195.8	9.4	3.1
11	Colorado	401	10/10/2015	COLO	@	ASU	L 23-48	26	41	63.4	9.8	1	1	148.7	2.4	2.4	8	42
12	Colorado	401	10/8/2005	COLO	vs	TAMU	W 41-20	29	38	76.3	10.6	3	0	191.0	7.9	0.0	0
13	Colorado	401	11/9/1996	COLO	vs	ISU	W 49-42	27	47	57.4	8.5	5	1	160.0	10.6	2.1
14	Colorado	400	10/13/2023	COLO	vs	STAN	L 43-46	33	47	70.2	8.5	5	1	172.6	10.6	2.1	4	49
15	Colorado	400	9/1/2013	COLO	@	CSU	W 41-27	33	46	71.7	8.7	3	0	166.3	6.5	0.0	1	11
16	Colorado	399	10/4/2003	COLO	@	BAY	L 30-42	19	37	51.4	10.8	2	2	149.0	5.4	5.4
17	Colorado	396	9/9/2023	COLO	vs	NEB	W 36-14	32	44	72.7	9.0	2	0	163.3	4.5	0.0	8	65
18	Colorado	389	10/28/2000	COLO	vs	OKST	W 37-21	24	37	64.9	10.5	3	0	179.9	8.1	0.0
19	Colorado	388	10/12/2024	COLO	vs	KSU	L 28-31	34	40	85.0	9.7	3	1	186.2	7.5	2.5	6	74
20	Colorado	383	9/18/2004	COLO	vs	UNT	W 52-21	28	35	80.0	10.9	3	0	200.2	8.6	0.0
21	Colorado	382	10/30/1999	COLO	vs	OKLA	W 38-24	22	31	71.0	12.3	0	1	168.0	0.0	3.2
22	Colorado	376	11/11/2017	COLO	vs	USC	L 24-38	27	49	55.1	7.7	2	2	124.9	4.1	4.1	2	10
23	Colorado	375	9/7/2019	COLO	vs	NEB	W 34-31	28	41	68.3	9.1	2	1	156.3	4.9	2.4	3	25
24	Colorado	371	9/30/2023	COLO	vs	USC	L 41-48	30	45	66.7	8.2	4	1	160.8	8.9	2.2	3	26
25	Colorado	364	11/16/2013	COLO	vs	CAL	W 41-24	23	36	63.9	10.1	3	1	170.8	8.3	2.8	0	0

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More Colorado Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,414

Salter

RUSH

384

Welch

REC

808

Miller

Team Rankings

PPG

20.9

126th

OPP PPG

30.5

122nd

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

123rd

PASS YDS/G

202.8

115th

2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Kansas	3-6	5-7
13	UCF	2-7	5-7
14	West Virginia	2-7	4-8
15	Colorado	1-8	3-9
16	Oklahoma State	0-9	1-11

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/3	COLO	@	GT	8:00 PM
Sat 9/12	WEB	@	COLO	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	COLO	@	NW	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	COLO	@	BAY	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TTU	@	COLO	1:00 PM

Last Game

Colorado

3 - 9

Final

Kansas State

6 - 6

Sat 29 Nov 2025

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