most passing touchdowns by a freshman quarterback in a single college football game

13 players are tied for the most passing touchdowns by a freshman quarterback in a game, with 6 touchdowns. The first three are Jaylen Raynor on September 30, 2023, Dequan Finn on October 15, 2022 and C.J. Stroud on October 8, 2022, on January 1, 2022 and on November 20, 2021.

NAMETDDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jaylen Raynor
J. Raynor
6
9/30/2023
ARST ARST
@
MASS MASS
20
25
80.0
383
15.3
0
287.9
24.0
0.0
1
4
2Dequan Finn
D. Finn
6
10/15/2022
TOL TOL
vs
KENT KENT
16
22
72.7
263
12.0
0
263.1
27.3
0.0
1
11
3C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
6
10/8/2022
OSU OSU
@
MSU MSU
21
26
80.8
361
13.9
1
265.9
23.1
3.8
1
4
4Will Rogers
W. Rogers
6
9/24/2022
MSST MSST
vs
BGSU BGSU
39
50
78.0
409
8.2
0
186.3
12.0
0.0
1
9
5C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
6
1/1/2022
OSU OSU
@
UTAH UTAH
37
46
80.4
573
12.5
1
223.8
13.0
2.2
0
0
6C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
6
11/20/2021
OSU OSU
vs
MSU MSU
32
35
91.4
432
12.3
0
251.7
17.1
0.0
2
11
7Will Rogers
W. Rogers
6
11/13/2021
MSST MSST
@
AUB AUB
44
55
80.0
415
7.5
0
179.4
10.9
0.0
2
11
8Emory Jones
E. Jones
6
11/13/2021
FLA FLA
vs
SAM SAM
28
34
82.4
464
13.6
0
255.2
17.6
0.0
0
0
9Casey Thompson
C. Thompson
6
11/13/2021
TEX TEX
vs
KU KU
30
43
69.8
358
8.3
1
181.1
14.0
2.3
1
1
10Caleb Williams
C. Williams
6
10/30/2021
OKLA OKLA
vs
TTU TTU
23
30
76.7
402
13.4
0
255.2
20.0
0.0
1
6
11Carson Strong
C. Strong
6
10/9/2021
NEV NEV
vs
NMSU NMSU
25
32
78.1
377
11.8
1
232.7
18.8
3.1
2
11
12Sam Howell
S. Howell
6
11/14/2020
UNC UNC
vs
WAKE WAKE
32
45
71.1
550
12.2
1
213.3
13.3
2.2
2
13
13Matt Corral
M. Corral
6
10/31/2020
MISS MISS
@
VAN VAN
31
34
91.2
412
12.1
0
251.2
17.6
0.0
0
0
14Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
6
10/21/2016
ORE ORE
@
CAL CAL
22
40
55.0
258
6.5
1
153.7
15.0
2.5
1
10
15Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
6
11/29/2014
TTU TTU
vs
BAY BAY
30
56
53.6
598
10.7
1
175.1
10.7
1.8
1
3
16J.T. Barrett
J.T. Barrett
6
9/13/2014
OSU OSU
vs
KENT KENT
23
30
76.7
312
10.4
1
223.4
20.0
3.3
0
0
17Cutter Boley
C. Boley
5
10/25/2025
UK UK
vs
TENN TENN
26
35
74.3
330
9.4
1
194.9
14.3
2.9
1
3
18Micah Alejado
M. Alejado
5
11/30/2024
HAW HAW
vs
UNM UNM
37
57
64.9
469
8.2
0
163.0
8.8
0.0
0
0
19LaNorris Sellers
L. Sellers
5
11/16/2024
SC SC
vs
MIZ MIZ
21
30
70.0
353
11.8
1
217.2
16.7
3.3
1
5
20Evan Bullock
E. Bullock
5
10/10/2024
LT LT
vs
MTSU MTSU
18
25
72.0
290
11.6
0
235.4
20.0
0.0
3
17
21Caden Veltkamp
C. Veltkamp
5
12/18/2023
WKU WKU
@
ODU ODU
40
52
76.9
383
7.4
1
166.7
9.6
1.9
3
23
22Noah Fifita
N. Fifita
5
11/25/2023
ARIZ ARIZ
@
ASU ASU
30
41
73.2
527
12.9
1
216.5
12.2
2.4
0
0
23Byrum Brown
B. Brown
5
11/4/2023
USF USF
@
MEM MEM
31
39
79.5
357
9.2
1
193.6
12.8
2.6
0
0
24E.J. Warner
E.J. Warner
5
10/7/2023
TEM TEM
vs
UTSA UTSA
42
65
64.6
472
7.3
0
151.0
7.7
0.0
1
15
25Noah Fifita
N. Fifita
5
10/7/2023
ARIZ ARIZ
@
USC USC
25
35
71.4
303
8.7
1
185.6
14.3
2.9
3
18
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1995 season.

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