Paul Hornung had 917 passing yards in 1956.

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	NAME	YDS	HEISMAN	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Paul Hornung P. Hornung	917	1	1956	ND	10	59	111	53.2	8.3	91.7	3	13	108.0	2.7	11.7
2	John David Crow J. David Crow	84	1	1957	TA&M	10	6	10	60.0	8.4	8.4	0	0	130.6	0.0	0.0
3	Pete Dawkins P. Dawkins	12	1	1958	ARMY	9	2	4	50.0	3.0	1.3	0	1	25.2	0.0	25.0
4	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	20	1	1959	LSU	10	2	6	33.3	3.3	2.0	0	2	-5.3	0.0	33.3
5	Joe Bellino J. Bellino	112	1	1960	NAVY	10	5	14	35.7	8.0	11.2	2	2	121.5	14.3	14.3
6	Ernie Davis E. Davis	74	1	1961	SYR	10	1	1	100.0	74.0	7.4	1	0	1,051.6	100.0	0.0
7	Terry Baker T. Baker	1,738	1	1962	ORST	10	112	203	55.2	8.6	173.8	15	5	146.5	7.4	2.5
8	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	1,474	1	1963	NAVY	10	107	161	66.5	9.2	147.4	7	6	150.3	4.3	3.7
9	John Huarte J. Huarte	2,062	1	1964	ND	10	114	205	55.6	10.1	206.2	16	11	155.1	7.8	5.4
10	Steve Spurrier S. Spurrier	2,012	1	1966	FLA	10	179	291	61.5	6.9	201.2	16	8	132.2	5.5	2.7
11	Gary Beban G. Beban	1,359	1	1967	UCLA	10	87	156	55.8	8.7	135.9	8	7	136.9	5.1	4.5
12	O.J. Simpson	15	1	1968	USC	10	1	3	33.3	5.0	1.5	0	0	75.3	0.0	0.0
13	Steve Owens S. Owens	25	1	1969	OKLA	10	2	3	66.7	8.3	2.5	0	0	136.7	0.0	0.0
14	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	2,715	1	1970	STAN	11	191	358	53.4	7.6	246.8	18	18	123.6	5.0	5.0
15	Pat Sullivan P. Sullivan	2,012	1	1971	AUB	10	162	281	57.7	7.2	201.2	20	11	133.5	7.1	3.9
16	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	17	1	1973	PSU	11	1	2	50.0	8.5	1.5	0	0	121.4	0.0	0.0
17	Doug Flutie D. Flutie	3,454	1	1984	BC	11	233	386	60.4	8.9	314.0	27	11	152.9	7.0	2.8
18	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	2,557	1	1986	MIA	11	175	276	63.4	9.3	232.5	26	9	165.8	9.4	3.3
19	Andre Ware A. Ware	4,699	1	1989	HOU	11	365	578	63.1	8.1	427.2	46	15	152.5	8.0	2.6
20	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	5,188	1	1990	BYU	12	361	562	64.2	9.2	432.3	41	28	155.9	7.3	5.0
21	Gino Torretta G. Torretta	3,060	1	1992	MIA	11	228	402	56.7	7.6	278.2	19	7	132.8	4.7	1.7
22	Charlie Ward C. Ward	3,032	1	1993	FSU	11	264	380	69.5	8.0	275.6	27	4	157.8	7.1	1.1
23	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	3,625	1	1996	FLA	12	207	360	57.5	10.1	302.1	39	13	170.6	10.8	3.6
24	Charles Woodson C. Woodson	28	1	1997	MICH	11	1	1	100.0	28.0	2.5	0	0	335.2	0.0	0.0
25	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	4,167	1	2000	FSU	12	266	431	61.7	9.7	347.3	33	11	163.1	7.7	2.6

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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

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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

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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
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14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
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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
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8	Air Force	4	8	.333
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10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

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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
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2	UConn	9	4	.692

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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

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1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

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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
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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
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13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
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1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
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4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
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