most ncaa passing tds in a game by a purdue freshman qb

David Blough and Danny Etling are tied for the most passing touchdowns for Purdue in a game by a freshman quarterback, with 4 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	David Blough D. Blough	4	10/31/2015	PUR	vs	NEB	28	43	65.1	274	6.4	0	149.3	9.3	0.0	1	1
2	Danny Etling D. Etling	4	11/30/2013	PUR	@	IND	33	49	67.3	485	9.9	0	177.4	8.2	0.0	2	13
3	Ryan Browne R. Browne	3	10/12/2024	PUR	@	ILL	18	26	69.2	297	11.4	0	203.3	11.5	0.0	1	11
4	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	3	12/5/2020	PUR	vs	NEB	33	47	70.2	334	7.1	0	151.0	6.4	0.0	3	21
5	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	3	11/20/2020	PUR	@	MINN	35	42	83.3	367	8.7	1	175.5	7.1	2.4	0	0
6	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	3	10/12/2019	PUR	vs	MD	33	41	80.5	420	10.2	0	190.7	7.3	0.0	1	11
7	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	2	9/4/2021	PUR	vs	ORST	29	41	70.7	313	7.6	0	151.0	4.9	0.0	1	11
8	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	2	11/28/2020	PUR	vs	RUTG	20	35	57.1	237	6.8	1	127.2	5.7	2.9	0	0
9	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	2	11/2/2019	PUR	vs	NEB	25	34	73.5	242	7.1	2	141.0	5.9	5.9	3	22
10	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	2	10/19/2019	PUR	@	IOWA	30	50	60.0	327	6.5	1	124.1	4.0	2.0	1	7
11	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	2	9/28/2019	PUR	vs	MINN	23	41	56.1	245	6.0	2	112.6	4.9	4.9	1	11
12	David Blough D. Blough	2	9/26/2015	PUR	vs	BGSU	29	39	74.4	340	8.7	1	159.4	5.1	2.6	3	22
13	Danny Etling D. Etling	2	9/28/2013	PUR	vs	NIU	19	39	48.7	241	6.2	2	107.3	5.1	5.1	3	17
14	Ryan Browne R. Browne	1	11/16/2024	PUR	vs	PSU	3	7	42.9	40	5.7	0	138.0	14.3	0.0	2	9
15	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	1	9/18/2021	PUR	@	ND	25	36	69.4	187	5.2	0	122.2	2.8	0.0	2	17
16	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	1	10/5/2019	PUR	@	PSU	13	27	48.1	119	4.4	0	97.4	3.7	0.0	10	86
17	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	1	9/14/2019	PUR	vs	TCU	13	29	44.8	181	6.2	2	94.8	3.4	6.9	3	18
18	David Blough D. Blough	1	11/14/2015	PUR	@	NW	26	45	57.8	287	6.4	1	114.2	2.2	2.2	2	6
19	David Blough D. Blough	1	11/7/2015	PUR	vs	ILL	29	47	61.7	174	3.7	2	91.3	2.1	4.3	3	28
20	David Blough D. Blough	1	10/10/2015	PUR	vs	MINN	21	49	42.9	207	4.2	3	72.8	2.0	6.1	3	15
21	David Blough D. Blough	1	10/3/2015	PUR	@	MSU	15	31	48.4	136	4.4	1	89.4	3.2	3.2	3	19
22	Danny Etling D. Etling	1	11/23/2013	PUR	vs	ILL	20	29	69.0	163	5.6	1	120.7	3.4	3.4	2	14
23	Danny Etling D. Etling	1	11/16/2013	PUR	@	PSU	21	33	63.6	223	6.8	1	124.3	3.0	3.0	6	42
24	Austin Appleby A. Appleby	1	11/9/2013	PUR	vs	IOWA	5	6	83.3	68	11.3	0	233.5	16.7	0.0	0	0
25	Danny Etling D. Etling	1	11/9/2013	PUR	vs	IOWA	15	28	53.6	145	5.2	0	108.9	3.6	0.0	2	6

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,390

Browne

RUSH

354

Ijeboi

REC

453

Waseem

Team Rankings

PPG

30.4

70th

OPP PPG

35.0

147th

RUSH YDS/G

99.2

164th

PASS YDS/G

306.6

16th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Iowa	1-1	4-1
10	Northwestern	1-1	3-1
11	Purdue	1-1	2-3
12	Michigan	0-2	3-2
13	Penn State	0-2	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	MINN	@	PUR	8:00 PM
Fri 10/16	WASH	@	PUR	8:00 PM
Sat 10/31	PUR	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MD	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	PUR	@	IOWA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Purdue

2 - 3

Final

Illinois

2 - 3

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200