highest passing yards per game in a cfb season

David Klingler has gained the most passing yards per game in a season, with 467.3 per game in 1990.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per game by a player in a cfb season
NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1David Klingler
D. Klingler
467.3
1990
HOU HOU
11
374
643
58.2
5,140
8.0
54
20
146.8
8.4
3.1
2B.J. Symons
B.J. Symons
448.7
2003
TTU TTU
13
470
719
65.4
5,833
8.1
52
22
151.3
7.2
3.1
3Graham Harrell
G. Harrell
438.8
2007
TTU TTU
13
512
713
71.8
5,705
8.0
48
14
157.3
6.7
2.0
4Ty Detmer
T. Detmer
432.3
1990
BYU BYU
12
361
562
64.2
5,188
9.2
41
28
155.9
7.3
5.0
5Connor Halliday
C. Halliday
430.3
2014
WSU WSU
9
354
526
67.3
3,873
7.4
32
11
145.0
6.1
2.1
19
163
6Anthony Gordon
A. Gordon
429.2
2019
WSU WSU
13
493
689
71.6
5,579
8.1
48
16
157.9
7.0
2.3
20
153
7Andre Ware
A. Ware
427.2
1989
HOU HOU
11
365
578
63.1
4,699
8.1
46
15
152.5
8.0
2.6
8Bailey Zappe
B. Zappe
426.2
2021
WKU WKU
14
475
686
69.2
5,967
8.7
62
11
168.9
9.0
1.6
16
114
9Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
421.0
2016
TTU TTU
12
388
591
65.7
5,052
8.5
41
10
157.0
6.9
1.7
27
242
10Tim Rattay
T. Rattay
411.9
1998
LT LT
12
380
559
68.0
4,943
8.8
46
13
164.8
8.2
2.3
11Case Keenum
C. Keenum
405.1
2009
HOU HOU
14
492
700
70.3
5,671
8.1
44
15
154.8
6.3
2.1
12Brennan Armstrong
B. Armstrong
404.5
2021
UVA UVA
11
326
500
65.2
4,449
8.9
31
10
156.4
6.2
2.0
30
195
13Chris Redman
C. Redman
404.2
1998
LOU LOU
10
309
473
65.3
4,042
8.5
29
15
151.0
6.1
3.2
14Case Keenum
C. Keenum
402.2
2011
HOU HOU
14
428
603
71.0
5,631
9.3
48
5
174.0
8.0
0.8
15Mike Maxwell
M. Maxwell
401.2
1995
NEV NEV
9
277
409
67.7
3,611
8.8
33
17
160.2
8.1
4.2
16Colt Brennan
C. Brennan
396.4
2006
HAW HAW
14
406
559
72.6
5,549
9.9
58
12
186.0
10.4
2.1
17Sonny Cumbie
S. Cumbie
395.2
2004
TTU TTU
12
421
642
65.6
4,742
7.4
32
18
138.5
5.0
2.8
18Graham Harrell
G. Harrell
393.2
2008
TTU TTU
13
442
626
70.6
5,111
8.2
45
9
160.0
7.2
1.4
19Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
392.9
1988
UTAH UTAH
11
323
533
60.6
4,322
8.1
29
15
141.0
5.4
2.8
20Tim Rattay
T. Rattay
392.2
1999
LT LT
10
342
516
66.3
3,922
7.6
35
12
147.9
6.8
2.3
21Derek Carr
D. Carr
391.4
2013
FRES FRES
13
454
659
68.9
5,088
7.7
50
8
156.4
7.6
1.2
9
68
22Tim Couch
T. Couch
388.6
1998
UK UK
11
400
553
72.3
4,275
7.7
36
15
153.3
6.5
2.7
23Chris Vargas
C. Vargas
387.7
1993
NEV NEV
11
331
490
67.6
4,265
8.7
34
18
156.2
6.9
3.7
24Case Keenum
C. Keenum
386.2
2008
HOU HOU
13
397
589
67.4
5,020
8.5
44
11
159.9
7.5
1.9
25Chase Holbrook
C. Holbrook
384.9
2006
NMSU NMSU
12
396
566
70.0
4,619
8.2
34
9
155.2
6.0
1.6
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1956 season.

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BYU BYU
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Cincinnati Cincinnati
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Houston Houston
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4
Texas Tech Texas Tech
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UCF UCF
8:00 PM
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11/22
TCU TCU
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HOU HOU
1:00 PM
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11/29
HOU HOU
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BAY BAY
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HOU Houston

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BYU BYU
8
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1.000
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Texas Tech Texas Tech
7
1
.875
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1.000
2
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.875
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.875
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Navy Navy
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.857
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Washington State Washington State
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7
.125
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JMU JMU
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.875
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