most pass td per game in a season before 1978

Before 1978, Dennis Shaw had the most passing touchdowns per game played in a season, with 3.9 in 1969.

Interpreted as:

most pass td per game by a player in a season before 1978

	NAME	TD/GP	TD	GP	SEASON	TM	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	3.9	39	10	1969	SDSU	199	335	59.4	3,185	9.5	318.5	26	162.2	11.6	7.8
2	Doug Williams D. Williams	3.45	38	11	1977	GRAM	181	352	51.4	3,286	9.3	298.7	18	155.2	10.8	5.1
3	Jerry Rhome J. Rhome	3.2	32	10	1964	TLSA	224	326	68.7	2,870	8.8	287.0	4	172.6	9.8	1.2
4	Bill Anderson B. Anderson	3	30	10	1965	TLSA	296	509	58.2	3,464	6.8	346.4	14	129.3	5.9	2.8
5	Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	2.64	29	11	1976	BYU	207	372	55.6	3,192	8.6	290.2	19	143.2	7.8	5.1
6	Greg Cook G. Cook	2.5	25	10	1968	CIN	219	411	53.3	3,272	8.0	327.2	17	132.0	6.1	4.1
7	Bill Cappleman B. Cappleman	2.5	25	10	1968	FSU	162	287	56.4	2,410	8.4	241.0	11	148.1	8.7	3.8
8	Steve Ramsey S. Ramsey	2.4	24	10	1969	UNT	195	414	47.1	2,828	6.8	282.8	31	108.6	5.8	7.5
9	John Reaves J. Reaves	2.4	24	10	1969	FLA	222	396	56.1	2,896	7.3	289.6	19	127.9	6.1	4.8
10	Steve Ramsey S. Ramsey	2.4	24	10	1968	UNT	177	332	53.3	2,516	7.6	251.6	17	130.6	7.2	5.1
11	Steve Ramsey S. Ramsey	2.33	21	9	1967	UNT	119	269	44.2	1,732	6.4	192.4	19	110.0	7.8	7.1
12	Mike Phipps M. Phipps	2.3	23	10	1969	PUR	169	321	52.6	2,527	7.9	252.7	18	131.2	7.2	5.6
13	Gary Huff G. Huff	2.27	25	11	1972	FSU	206	385	53.5	2,893	7.5	263.0	23	126.1	6.5	6.0
14	Bo Burris B. Burris	2.2	22	10	1966	HOU	98	204	48.0	1,666	8.2	166.6	21	131.6	10.8	10.3
15	Joe Davis J. Davis	2.18	24	11	1977	SDSU	174	290	60.0	2,360	8.1	214.5	12	147.4	8.3	4.1
16	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	2.18	24	11	1977	BYU	164	277	59.2	2,418	8.7	219.8	18	148.1	8.7	6.5
17	Frank Harris F. Harris	2.11	19	9	1969	BC	121	228	53.1	1,562	6.9	173.6	13	126.7	8.3	5.7
18	Brian Dowling B. Dowling	2.11	19	9	1968	YALE	92	160	57.5	1,554	9.7	172.7	10	165.8	11.9	6.3
19	Gordon Slade G. Slade	2.1	21	10	1969	DAV	198	322	61.5	2,177	6.8	217.7	13	131.7	6.5	4.0
20	Charlie Richards C. Richards	2.1	21	10	1969	RICH	175	356	49.2	2,556	7.2	255.6	15	120.5	5.9	4.2
21	Buster O'Brien B. O'Brien	2.1	21	10	1968	RICH	149	255	58.4	1,961	7.7	196.1	10	142.4	8.2	3.9
22	Chuck Hixson C. Hixson	2.1	21	10	1968	SMU	265	468	56.6	3,103	6.6	310.3	23	117.3	4.5	4.9
23	Virgil Carter V. Carter	2.1	21	10	1966	BYU	141	293	48.1	2,182	7.4	218.2	16	123.4	7.2	5.5
24	Billy Stevens B. Stevens	2.1	21	10	1965	UTEP	196	432	45.4	3,042	7.0	304.2	29	107.1	4.9	6.7
25	Gary Sheide G. Sheide	2.09	23	11	1974	BYU	181	300	60.3	2,174	7.2	197.6	19	133.8	7.7	6.3

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	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
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11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
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13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

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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

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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

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1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

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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

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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