most passing touchdowns in a bowl game by a sophomore quarterback

Cooper Rush has the most passing touchdowns by a sophomore quarterback in a bowl game, with 7 touchdowns against Western Kentucky in the Bahamas Bowl on December 24, 2014.

	NAME	TD	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	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
2	Miller Moss M. Moss	6	12/27/2023	USC	vs	LOU	23	33	69.7	372	11.3	1	218.3	18.2	3.0	0	0
3	Caleb Williams C. Williams	5	1/2/2023	USC	vs	TULN	37	52	71.2	462	8.9	1	173.7	9.6	1.9	0	0
4	Khalil Tate K. Tate	5	12/27/2017	ARIZ	@	PUR	17	26	65.4	302	11.6	1	218.7	19.2	3.8	4	17
5	Darian Mensah D. Mensah	4	12/31/2025	DUKE	vs	ASU	29	51	56.9	327	6.4	1	132.7	7.8	2.0	2	11
6	Demond Williams Jr. D. Williams Jr.	4	12/13/2025	WASH	vs	BSU	15	24	62.5	215	9.0	0	192.8	16.7	0.0	4	22
7	Josh Hoover J. Hoover	4	12/28/2024	TCU	vs	UL	20	32	62.5	252	7.9	1	163.7	12.5	3.1	2	14
8	Jayden Maiava J. Maiava	4	12/27/2024	USC	vs	TAMU	22	39	56.4	295	7.6	3	138.4	10.3	7.7	1	13
9	Grayson McCall G. McCall	4	12/17/2021	CCAR	vs	NIU	22	30	73.3	315	10.5	0	205.5	13.3	0.0	1	4
10	Chase Garbers C. Garbers	4	12/30/2019	CAL	@	ILL	22	31	71.0	272	8.8	0	187.3	12.9	0.0	3	25
11	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	4	12/29/2018	ALA	vs	OKLA	24	27	88.9	318	11.8	0	236.7	14.8	0.0	0	0
12	Sawyer Smith S. Smith	4	12/22/2018	TROY	vs	BUFF	31	44	70.5	320	7.3	0	161.5	9.1	0.0	1	5
13	Jordan Love J. Love	4	12/15/2018	USU	vs	UNT	21	43	48.8	359	8.3	1	145.0	9.3	2.3	1	6
14	Alex Hornibrook A. Hornibrook	4	12/30/2017	WIS	@	MIA	23	34	67.6	258	7.6	0	170.2	11.8	0.0	1	7
15	Nick Starkel N. Starkel	4	12/29/2017	TAMU	vs	WAKE	42	63	66.7	499	7.9	1	151.0	6.3	1.6	2	19
16	Elijah Sindelar E. Sindelar	4	12/27/2017	PUR	vs	ARIZ	33	53	62.3	396	7.5	1	146.2	7.5	1.9	3	26
17	Trace McSorley T. McSorley	4	1/2/2017	PSU	vs	USC	18	29	62.1	254	8.8	3	160.5	13.8	10.3	1	1
18	Dru Brown D. Brown	4	12/24/2016	HAW	@	MTSU	20	30	66.7	274	9.1	0	187.4	13.3	0.0	1	4
19	Brent Stockstill B. Stockstill	4	12/24/2016	MTSU	vs	HAW	30	51	58.8	432	8.5	2	148.0	7.8	3.9	1	3
20	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	4	1/11/2016	CLEM	vs	ALA	30	47	63.8	405	8.6	1	160.0	8.5	2.1	2	14
21	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	4	12/29/2015	TTU	vs	LSU	28	56	50.0	370	6.6	1	125.5	7.1	1.8	6	43
22	Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	4	12/27/2014	PSU	vs	BC	34	50	68.0	371	7.4	0	156.7	8.0	0.0	2	14
23	Paxton Lynch P. Lynch	4	12/22/2014	MEM	vs	BYU	24	46	52.2	306	6.7	3	123.7	8.7	6.5	1	9
24	Johnny Manziel J. Manziel	4	12/31/2013	TAMU	vs	DUKE	30	38	78.9	382	10.1	0	198.1	10.5	0.0	1	4
25	Cody Kessler C. Kessler	4	12/21/2013	USC	vs	FRES	22	31	71.0	345	11.1	1	200.6	12.9	3.2	1	17

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3	Ohio	6-2	9-4
4	Toledo	6-2	8-5
5	Central Michigan	5-3	7-6
6	Akron	4-4	5-7
7	Buffalo	4-4	5-7

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Sat 9/5	CMU	@	UNM	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	COLG	@	CMU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	WYO	@	CMU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	CMU	@	MIA	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
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