michigan wolverines qbs by highest passer rating single season minimum 60 pass attempts 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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4	Iowa	0-0	1-0
5	Maryland	0-0	1-0
6	Michigan	0-0	1-0
7	Michigan State	0-0	1-0
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Sat 9/12	OKLA	@	MICH	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UTEP	@	MICH	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	IOWA	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	1:00 PM
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Rec Yards Leaders

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CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	0	1.000
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000