most passing touchdowns by a qb in a college football game

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

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	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	Mason Heintschel M. Heintschel	7	9/5/2026	PITT	vs	M-OH	31	41	75.6	453	11.0	0	224.8	17.1	0.0	1	3
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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More SMU Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,588

Jennings

RUSH

418

Raphael

REC

367

Knight

Team Rankings

PPG

34.6

47th

OPP PPG

23.0

71st

RUSH YDS/G

138.2

110th

PASS YDS/G

341.0

3rd

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Clemson	2-1	3-2
4	Pittsburgh	2-1	5-1
5	SMU	2-1	4-1
6	Virginia	2-1	4-2
7	California	2-1	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	UVA	@	SMU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	CAL	@	SMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	SMU	@	SYR	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	VT	@	SMU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	WAKE	@	SMU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Boston College

2 - 3

Final

SMU

4 - 1

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333