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

Drew Mestemaker has the most passing yards by a freshman quarterback in a game, with 608 yards against Charlotte on October 24, 2025.

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	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	608	10/24/2025	UNT	@	CHAR	37	49	75.5	12.4	4	1	202.6	8.2	2.0	3	25
2	Alan Bowman A. Bowman	605	9/15/2018	TTU	vs	HOU	43	59	72.9	10.3	5	0	187.0	8.5	0.0	1	9
3	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	601	10/17/2020	UCF	@	MEM	35	49	71.4	12.3	5	0	208.1	10.2	0.0	3	13
4	Luke Falk L. Falk	601	11/22/2014	WSU	@	ASU	45	74	60.8	8.1	3	4	131.6	4.1	5.4	6	32
5	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	598	11/29/2014	TTU	vs	BAY	30	56	53.6	10.7	6	1	175.1	10.7	1.8	1	3
6	C.J. Stroud	573	1/1/2022	OSU	@	UTAH	37	46	80.4	12.5	6	1	223.8	13.0	2.2	0	0
7	Bryce Young B. Young	559	11/20/2021	ALA	vs	ARK	31	40	77.5	14.0	5	0	236.1	12.5	0.0	4	33
8	Hayden Moore H. Moore	557	9/24/2015	CIN	@	MEM	31	53	58.5	10.5	4	2	164.1	7.5	3.8	0	0
9	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	554	9/18/2021	UVA	@	UNC	39	54	72.2	10.3	4	1	179.1	7.4	1.9	3	15
10	Sam Howell S. Howell	550	11/14/2020	UNC	vs	WAKE	32	45	71.1	12.2	6	1	213.3	13.3	2.2	2	13
11	Kurtis Rourke K. Rourke	537	9/24/2022	OHIO	vs	FOR	41	50	82.0	10.7	4	0	198.6	8.0	0.0	3	15
12	Noah Fifita N. Fifita	527	11/25/2023	ARIZ	@	ASU	30	41	73.2	12.9	5	1	216.5	12.2	2.4	0	0
13	E.J. Warner	527	11/26/2022	TEM	vs	ECU	45	63	71.4	8.4	5	1	164.7	7.9	1.6	0	0
14	Anu Solomon A. Solomon	520	9/20/2014	ARIZ	vs	CAL	47	73	64.4	7.1	5	2	141.3	6.8	2.7	3	20
15	Kedon Slovis K. Slovis	515	11/23/2019	USC	vs	UCLA	37	47	78.7	11.0	4	0	198.9	8.5	0.0	3	21
16	Matt Corral M. Corral	513	11/14/2020	MISS	vs	SC	28	32	87.5	16.0	4	0	263.4	12.5	0.0	1	4
17	Jared Goff J. Goff	504	10/5/2013	CAL	vs	WSU	33	59	55.9	8.5	2	1	135.5	3.4	1.7	3	23
18	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	503	11/14/2015	BSU	vs	UNM	40	74	54.1	6.8	2	3	112.0	2.7	4.1	3	13
19	Tyler Van Dyke T. Van Dyke	496	10/8/2022	MIA	vs	UNC	42	57	73.7	8.7	3	1	160.6	5.3	1.8	2	12
20	Brett Gabbert B. Gabbert	492	11/2/2021	M-OH	@	OHIO	32	55	58.2	8.9	5	1	159.7	9.1	1.8	1	2
21	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	491	11/21/2020	IND	@	OSU	27	51	52.9	9.6	5	1	162.2	9.8	2.0	2	11
22	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	489	10/29/2016	ORE	vs	ASU	31	42	73.8	11.6	4	0	203.0	9.5	0.0	4	33
23	Will Rogers W. Rogers	487	9/23/2023	MSST	@	SC	30	48	62.5	10.1	1	1	150.4	2.1	2.1	3	16
24	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	487	11/20/2021	UVA	@	PITT	36	49	73.5	9.9	3	1	173.1	6.1	2.0	5	31
25	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	487	10/9/2021	UVA	@	LOU	40	60	66.7	8.1	3	2	144.7	5.0	3.3	5	31

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More North Texas Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,868

Jackson

RUSH

687

White

REC

453

Stevenson

Team Rankings

PPG

42.2

9th

OPP PPG

29.2

122nd

RUSH YDS/G

186.8

49th

PASS YDS/G

347.0

2nd

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Memphis	2-0	5-1
2	UTSA	2-0	5-1
3	North Texas	2-0	4-2
4	Florida Atlantic	1-0	4-1
5	Army	2-1	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	UNT	@	NAVY	3:30 PM
Thu 10/29	FAU	@	UNT	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	RICE	@	UNT	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	UNT	@	UTSA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UNT	@	TULN	1:00 PM

Last Game

Charlotte

0 - 6

Final

North Texas

4 - 2

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

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

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

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	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
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

	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	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	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	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
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