last time a player had 500 passing yards in a game college football

Drew Mestemaker had 608 passing yards versus Charlotte on October 24.

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last time a player had 500 or more passing yards in a game college football

	NAME	DATE	YDS	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	10/24/2025	608	UNT	@	CHAR	37	49	75.5	12.4	4	1	202.6	8.2	2.0	3	25
2	Jaxson Dart J. Dart	11/2/2024	515	MISS	@	ARK	25	31	80.6	16.6	6	0	284.1	19.4	0.0	1	8
3	Noah Fifita N. Fifita	11/25/2023	527	ARIZ	@	ASU	30	41	73.2	12.9	5	1	216.5	12.2	2.4	0	0
4	John Paddock J. Paddock	11/11/2023	507	ILL	vs	IND	24	36	66.7	14.1	4	1	216.1	11.1	2.8	1	8
5	Shedeur Sanders S. Sanders	9/2/2023	510	COLO	@	TCU	38	47	80.9	10.9	4	0	200.1	8.5	0.0	4	32
6	Jalon Daniels J. Daniels	12/28/2022	544	KU	@	ARK	37	55	67.3	9.9	5	2	173.1	9.1	3.6	3	16
7	E.J. Warner	11/26/2022	527	TEM	vs	ECU	45	63	71.4	8.4	5	1	164.7	7.9	1.6	0	0
8	Clayton Tune C. Tune	11/5/2022	527	HOU	@	SMU	36	53	67.9	9.9	7	3	183.7	13.2	5.7	2	12
9	Kyle Vantrease K. Vantrease	10/15/2022	578	GASO	vs	JMU	38	64	59.4	9.0	4	1	152.7	6.3	1.6	0	0
10	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	10/15/2022	516	WASH	vs	ARIZ	36	44	81.8	11.7	4	0	210.3	9.1	0.0	0	0
11	Kurtis Rourke K. Rourke	9/24/2022	537	OHIO	vs	FOR	41	50	82.0	10.7	4	0	198.6	8.0	0.0	3	15
12	Jack Coan J. Coan	1/1/2022	509	ND	vs	OKST	38	68	55.9	7.5	5	1	140.1	7.4	1.5	2	10
13	C.J. Stroud	1/1/2022	573	OSU	@	UTAH	37	46	80.4	12.5	6	1	223.8	13.0	2.2	0	0
14	Aidan O'Connell A. O'Connell	12/30/2021	534	PUR	vs	TENN	26	46	56.5	11.6	5	3	176.9	10.9	6.5	2	15
15	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	12/3/2021	577	WKU	@	UTSA	36	59	61.0	9.8	4	2	158.8	6.8	3.4	3	18
16	Bryce Young B. Young	11/20/2021	559	ALA	vs	ARK	31	40	77.5	14.0	5	0	236.1	12.5	0.0	4	33
17	Todd Centeio T. Centeio	11/20/2021	527	CSU	@	HAW	29	48	60.4	11.0	5	2	178.7	10.4	4.2	5	31
18	Aidan O'Connell A. O'Connell	11/6/2021	536	PUR	vs	MSU	40	54	74.1	9.9	3	0	175.8	5.6	0.0	3	16
19	Rocky Lombardi R. Lombardi	11/3/2021	532	NIU	@	KENT	33	57	57.9	9.3	3	0	153.7	5.3	0.0	1	4
20	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	10/30/2021	519	PITT	vs	MIA	39	55	70.9	9.4	3	2	160.9	5.5	3.6	4	35
21	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	10/9/2021	523	WKU	vs	UTSA	38	60	63.3	8.7	5	1	160.7	8.3	1.7	1	7
22	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	9/18/2021	554	UVA	@	UNC	39	54	72.2	10.3	4	1	179.1	7.4	1.9	3	15
23	Dennis Grosel D. Grosel	12/5/2020	520	BC	@	UVA	32	46	69.6	11.3	4	3	180.2	8.7	6.5	4	39
24	Sam Howell S. Howell	11/14/2020	550	UNC	vs	WAKE	32	45	71.1	12.2	6	1	213.3	13.3	2.2	2	13
25	Matt Corral M. Corral	11/14/2020	513	MISS	vs	SC	28	32	87.5	16.0	4	0	263.4	12.5	0.0	1	4

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PASS

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RUSH

1,434

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REC

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Team Rankings

PPG

44.8

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OPP PPG

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RUSH YDS/G

181.1

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323.2

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2025 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	North Texas	7-1	12-2
2	Tulane	7-1	11-3
3	Navy	7-1	11-2
4	South Florida	6-2	9-4
5	East Carolina	6-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	UNT	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	UNLV	@	UNT	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UNT	@	TXST	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	HCU	@	UNT	1:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	1:00 PM

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0 - 1

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Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

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1,649

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Pass TD Leaders

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Mensah

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Rush TD Leaders

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Lacy

18

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Rec TD Leaders

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14

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

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170.4

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Sack Leaders

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14.5

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PPG Rankings

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488.7

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266.3

261.4

254.9

246.7

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Pass Yards Rankings

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318.0

313.3

309.6

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Sack Leaders

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45.0

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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