michigan wolverines qbs by highest passer rating minimum 60 pass attempts single season since 1968

Since 1968, Demetrius Brown has the highest passer rating for Michigan by a quarterback in a season when throwing 60+ pass attempts, with a 177.5 rating in 1988.

	NAME	RTG	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Demetrius Brown D. Brown	177.5	60	1988	MICH	11	37	61.7	631	10.5	57.4	5	0	8.3	0.0
2	Michael Taylor M. Taylor	172.0	102	1989	MICH	11	64	62.7	966	9.5	87.8	11	3	10.8	2.9
3	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	169.0	228	1991	MICH	11	152	66.7	1,955	8.6	177.7	24	5	10.5	2.2
4	J.J. McCarthy	167.4	332	2023	MICH	15	240	72.3	2,991	9.0	199.4	22	4	6.6	1.2	19	153
5	Jim Harbaugh J. Harbaugh	163.7	212	1985	MICH	11	139	65.6	1,913	9.0	173.9	18	6	8.5	2.8
6	Devin Gardner D. Gardner	161.7	126	2012	MICH	13	75	59.5	1,219	9.7	93.8	11	5	8.7	4.0
7	Rick Leach R. Leach	159.4	93	1976	MICH	11	46	49.5	897	9.6	81.5	13	8	14.0	8.6
8	Jim Harbaugh J. Harbaugh	157.0	254	1986	MICH	12	167	65.7	2,557	10.1	213.1	10	8	3.9	3.1
9	J.J. McCarthy	155.0	322	2022	MICH	14	208	64.6	2,719	8.4	194.2	22	5	6.8	1.6	12	107
10	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	154.2	169	1992	MICH	9	112	66.3	1,465	8.7	162.8	15	12	8.9	7.1
11	Drew Henson D. Henson	152.7	217	2000	MICH	8	131	60.4	1,852	8.5	231.5	16	4	7.4	1.8
12	Rick Leach R. Leach	152.6	137	1978	MICH	11	68	49.6	1,146	8.4	104.2	16	4	11.7	2.9
13	John Wangler J. Wangler	151.0	122	1979	MICH	11	72	59.0	1,228	10.1	111.6	7	7	5.7	5.7
14	Todd Collins T. Collins	150.2	274	1993	MICH	11	178	65.0	2,320	8.5	210.9	16	7	5.8	2.6
15	Shea Patterson S. Patterson	149.8	325	2018	MICH	13	210	64.6	2,600	8.0	200.0	22	7	6.8	2.2	21	145
16	Denard Robinson D. Robinson	149.6	291	2010	MICH	13	182	62.5	2,570	8.8	197.7	18	11	6.2	3.8
17	Todd Collins T. Collins	148.6	264	1994	MICH	11	172	65.2	2,356	8.9	214.2	11	7	4.2	2.7
18	John Navarre J. Navarre	147.2	77	2000	MICH	6	40	51.9	583	7.6	97.2	8	1	10.4	1.3
19	Dennis Franklin D. Franklin	146.9	104	1974	MICH	11	58	55.8	933	9.0	84.8	8	5	7.7	4.8
20	Devin Gardner D. Gardner	146.1	345	2013	MICH	12	208	60.3	2,960	8.6	246.7	21	11	6.1	3.2	35	267
21	Chad Henne C. Henne	143.4	328	2006	MICH	13	203	61.9	2,508	7.6	192.9	22	8	6.7	2.4
22	Cade McNamara C. McNamara	141.9	327	2021	MICH	14	210	64.2	2,576	7.9	184.0	15	6	4.6	1.8	11	81
23	Jake Rudock J. Rudock	141.5	389	2015	MICH	13	249	64.0	3,017	7.8	232.1	20	9	5.1	2.3	17	89
24	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	140.2	116	1989	MICH	11	73	62.9	824	7.1	74.9	8	3	6.9	2.6
25	Todd Collins T. Collins	139.9	101	1992	MICH	7	66	65.3	693	6.9	99.0	7	3	6.9	3.0

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3	Iowa	0-0	2-0
4	Maryland	0-0	2-0
5	Michigan	0-0	2-0
6	Michigan State	0-0	2-0
7	Nebraska	0-0	2-0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	UTEP	@	MICH	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	IOWA	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	PSU	@	MICH	1:00 PM
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Rush Yards Rankings

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CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333