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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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
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Mon 9/7	SMU	@	FSU	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	UCD	@	SMU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	SMU	@	LOU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	MOSU	@	SMU	1:00 PM
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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
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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

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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

	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