most passing td in single game ncaa football

Tanner Mordecai, Anthony Gordon and Case Keenum are tied for the most passing touchdowns in a game, with 9 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:

most passing td by a player in single game ncaa football

	NAME	TD	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tanner Mordecai T. Mordecai	9	11/5/2022	SMU	vs	HOU	28	37	75.7	379	10.2	0	242.0	24.3	0.0	1	1
2	Anthony Gordon A. Gordon	9	9/21/2019	WSU	vs	UCLA	41	61	67.2	570	9.3	2	187.8	14.8	3.3	2	11
3	Case Keenum C. Keenum	9	10/27/2011	HOU	vs	RICE	24	37	64.9	534	14.4	1	261.0	24.3	2.7
4	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	8	11/28/2014	WKU	@	MRSH	34	50	68.0	491	9.8	2	195.3	16.0	4.0	2	15
5	Geno Smith G. Smith	8	9/29/2012	WVU	vs	BAY	45	51	88.2	656	12.9	0	248.0	15.7	0.0
6	Giovanni Vizza G. Vizza	8	11/10/2007	UNT	vs	NAVY	40	50	80.0	478	9.6	2	205.1	16.0	4.0
7	B.J. Symons	8	10/4/2003	TTU	vs	TAMU	34	46	73.9	505	11.0	0	223.5	17.4	0.0
8	Nick Rolovich N. Rolovich	8	12/8/2001	HAW	vs	BYU	29	52	55.8	543	10.4	1	190.4	15.4	1.9
9	Jason Martin J. Martin	8	10/19/1996	LT	vs	TOL	28	36	77.8	542	15.1	0	277.6	22.2	0.0
10	Clayton Tune C. Tune	7	11/5/2022	HOU	@	SMU	36	53	67.9	527	9.9	3	183.7	13.2	5.7	2	12
11	Tanner Mordecai T. Mordecai	7	9/4/2021	SMU	vs	ACU	24	30	80.0	317	10.6	0	245.8	23.3	0.0	0	0
12	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	7	9/2/2021	WKU	vs	UTM	28	35	80.0	424	12.1	1	242.0	20.0	2.9	0	0
13	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	7	12/28/2019	LSU	vs	OKLA	29	39	74.4	493	12.6	0	239.8	17.9	0.0	1	5
14	Mason Fine M. Fine	7	11/2/2019	UNT	vs	UTEP	24	39	61.5	332	8.5	0	192.3	17.9	0.0	1	3
15	Gardner Minshew II G. Minshew II	7	11/17/2018	WSU	vs	ARIZ	43	55	78.2	473	8.6	0	192.4	12.7	0.0	2	7
16	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	7	10/7/2017	BUFF	vs	WMU	35	61	57.4	597	9.8	0	177.5	11.5	0.0	0	0
17	Riley Ferguson R. Ferguson	7	10/6/2017	MEM	@	CONN	34	48	70.8	431	9.0	0	194.4	14.6	0.0	1	11
18	Drew Lock D. Lock	7	9/2/2017	MIZ	vs	MOST	21	34	61.8	521	15.3	1	252.5	20.6	2.9	1	6
19	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	7	10/22/2016	OKLA	@	TTU	27	36	75.0	545	15.1	0	266.3	19.4	0.0	0	0
20	Paxton Lynch P. Lynch	7	11/28/2015	MEM	vs	SMU	9	14	64.3	222	15.9	0	362.5	50.0	0.0	0	0
21	Brandon Allen B. Allen	7	11/21/2015	ARK	vs	MSST	30	43	69.8	406	9.4	0	202.8	16.3	0.0	0	0
22	Cooper Rush C. Rush	7	12/24/2014	CMU	@	WKU	28	45	62.2	493	11.0	1	201.1	15.6	2.2	4	19
23	Rakeem Cato R. Cato	7	11/28/2014	MRSH	vs	WKU	29	46	63.0	417	9.1	4	172.0	15.2	8.7	3	25
24	Trevone Boykin T. Boykin	7	10/25/2014	TCU	vs	TTU	22	39	56.4	433	11.1	0	208.9	17.9	0.0	2	11
25	Cody Kessler C. Kessler	7	10/18/2014	USC	vs	COLO	19	26	73.1	319	12.3	0	265.0	26.9	0.0	2	20

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,641

Jennings

RUSH

787

Harden

REC

766

Hudson

Team Rankings

PPG

32.9

30th

OPP PPG

20.7

34th

RUSH YDS/G

135.6

107th

PASS YDS/G

283.5

17th

2025 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Miami	6-2	13-2
4	Pittsburgh	6-2	8-5
5	SMU	6-2	9-4
6	Georgia Tech	6-2	9-4
7	California	4-4	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/7	SMU	@	FSU	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	UCD	@	SMU	4:00 PM
Sat 9/19	SMU	@	LOU	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	MOSU	@	SMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	BC	@	SMU	1:00 PM

Last Game

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0 - 1

Final

SMU

1 - 0

Fri 2 Jan 2026

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

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Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

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Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

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Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

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Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

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CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

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9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

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Sack Leaders

50.0

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45.0

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CFB 2025 Standings

	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
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
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