michigan football single season passing leaders

John Navarre has the most passing yards for Michigan in a season, with 3,331 yards in 2003.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	John Navarre J. Navarre	3,331	2003	MICH	13	270	456	59.2	7.3	256.2	24	10	133.6	5.3	2.2
2	Shea Patterson S. Patterson	3,061	2019	MICH	13	214	381	56.2	8.0	235.5	23	8	139.4	6.0	2.1	25	200
3	Jake Rudock J. Rudock	3,017	2015	MICH	13	249	389	64.0	7.8	232.1	20	9	141.5	5.1	2.3	17	89
4	J.J. McCarthy	2,991	2023	MICH	15	240	332	72.3	9.0	199.4	22	4	167.4	6.6	1.2	19	153
5	Devin Gardner D. Gardner	2,960	2013	MICH	12	208	345	60.3	8.6	246.7	21	11	146.1	6.1	3.2	35	267
6	John Navarre J. Navarre	2,905	2002	MICH	13	248	448	55.4	6.5	223.5	21	7	122.2	4.7	1.6
7	Chad Henne C. Henne	2,743	2004	MICH	12	240	399	60.2	6.9	228.6	25	12	132.6	6.3	3.0
8	J.J. McCarthy	2,719	2022	MICH	14	208	322	64.6	8.4	194.2	22	5	155.0	6.8	1.6	12	107
9	Shea Patterson S. Patterson	2,600	2018	MICH	13	210	325	64.6	8.0	200.0	22	7	149.8	6.8	2.2	21	145
10	Cade McNamara C. McNamara	2,576	2021	MICH	14	210	327	64.2	7.9	184.0	15	6	141.9	4.6	1.8	11	81
11	Denard Robinson D. Robinson	2,570	2010	MICH	13	182	291	62.5	8.8	197.7	18	11	149.6	6.2	3.8
12	Jim Harbaugh J. Harbaugh	2,557	1986	MICH	12	167	254	65.7	10.1	213.1	10	8	157.0	3.9	3.1
13	Wilton Speight W. Speight	2,538	2016	MICH	12	204	331	61.6	7.7	211.5	18	7	139.8	5.4	2.1	20	136
14	Chad Henne C. Henne	2,526	2005	MICH	12	223	382	58.4	6.6	210.5	23	8	129.6	6.0	2.1
15	Chad Henne C. Henne	2,508	2006	MICH	13	203	328	61.9	7.6	192.9	22	8	143.4	6.7	2.4
16	Bryce Underwood B. Underwood	2,428	2025	MICH	13	202	335	60.3	7.2	186.8	11	9	126.6	3.3	2.7	20	114
17	Tom Brady T. Brady	2,427	1998	MICH	12	200	323	61.9	7.5	202.3	14	10	133.1	4.3	3.1
18	Todd Collins T. Collins	2,356	1994	MICH	11	172	264	65.2	8.9	214.2	11	7	148.6	4.2	2.7
19	Todd Collins T. Collins	2,320	1993	MICH	11	178	274	65.0	8.5	210.9	16	7	150.2	5.8	2.6
20	Tom Brady T. Brady	2,217	1999	MICH	11	180	295	61.0	7.5	201.5	16	6	138.0	5.4	2.0
21	John Navarre J. Navarre	2,195	2001	MICH	11	186	346	53.8	6.3	199.5	17	12	116.3	4.9	3.5
22	Denard Robinson D. Robinson	2,173	2011	MICH	13	142	258	55.0	8.4	167.2	20	15	139.7	7.8	5.8
23	Tate Forcier T. Forcier	2,050	2009	MICH	12	165	281	58.7	7.3	170.8	13	10	128.1	4.6	3.6
24	Brian Griese B. Griese	2,042	1997	MICH	11	175	277	63.2	7.4	185.6	14	5	138.2	5.1	1.8
25	Scott Dreisbach S. Dreisbach	2,025	1996	MICH	11	149	269	55.4	7.5	184.1	12	9	126.7	4.5	3.3

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More Michigan Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

780

Underwood

RUSH

194

Marshall

REC

396

Buchanan

Team Rankings

PPG

25.3

98th

OPP PPG

14.8

26th

RUSH YDS/G

149.0

100th

PASS YDS/G

200.8

120th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Wisconsin	1-0	3-1
9	USC	1-1	4-1
10	Michigan	0-1	3-1
11	Penn State	0-1	3-1
12	Washington	0-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	12:00 PM
Sat 10/17	PSU	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	IND	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MICH	@	RUTG	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MSU	@	MICH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Iowa

4 - 0

Final

Michigan

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250