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 last Friday.

NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Mestemaker
D. Mestemaker
608
10/24/2025
UNT UNT
@
CHAR CHAR
37
49
75.5
12.4
4
1
202.6
8.2
2.0
3
25
2Alan Bowman
A. Bowman
605
9/15/2018
TTU TTU
vs
HOU HOU
43
59
72.9
10.3
5
0
187.0
8.5
0.0
1
9
3Dillon Gabriel
D. Gabriel
601
10/17/2020
UCF UCF
@
MEM MEM
35
49
71.4
12.3
5
0
208.1
10.2
0.0
3
13
4Luke Falk
L. Falk
601
11/22/2014
WSU WSU
@
ASU ASU
45
74
60.8
8.1
3
4
131.6
4.1
5.4
6
32
5Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
598
11/29/2014
TTU TTU
vs
BAY BAY
30
56
53.6
10.7
6
1
175.1
10.7
1.8
1
3
6C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
573
1/1/2022
OSU OSU
@
UTAH UTAH
37
46
80.4
12.5
6
1
223.8
13.0
2.2
0
0
7Bryce Young
B. Young
559
11/20/2021
ALA ALA
vs
ARK ARK
31
40
77.5
14.0
5
0
236.1
12.5
0.0
4
33
8Hayden Moore
H. Moore
557
9/24/2015
CIN CIN
@
MEM MEM
31
53
58.5
10.5
4
2
164.1
7.5
3.8
0
0
9Brennan Armstrong
B. Armstrong
554
9/18/2021
UVA UVA
@
UNC UNC
39
54
72.2
10.3
4
1
179.1
7.4
1.9
3
15
10Sam Howell
S. Howell
550
11/14/2020
UNC UNC
vs
WAKE WAKE
32
45
71.1
12.2
6
1
213.3
13.3
2.2
2
13
11Kurtis Rourke
K. Rourke
537
9/24/2022
OHIO OHIO
vs
FOR FOR
41
50
82.0
10.7
4
0
198.6
8.0
0.0
3
15
12Noah Fifita
N. Fifita
527
11/25/2023
ARIZ ARIZ
@
ASU ASU
30
41
73.2
12.9
5
1
216.5
12.2
2.4
0
0
13E.J. Warner
E.J. Warner
527
11/26/2022
TEM TEM
vs
ECU ECU
45
63
71.4
8.4
5
1
164.7
7.9
1.6
0
0
14Anu Solomon
A. Solomon
520
9/20/2014
ARIZ ARIZ
vs
CAL CAL
47
73
64.4
7.1
5
2
141.3
6.8
2.7
3
20
15Kedon Slovis
K. Slovis
515
11/23/2019
USC USC
vs
UCLA UCLA
37
47
78.7
11.0
4
0
198.9
8.5
0.0
3
21
16Matt Corral
M. Corral
513
11/14/2020
MISS MISS
vs
SC SC
28
32
87.5
16.0
4
0
263.4
12.5
0.0
1
4
17Jared Goff
J. Goff
504
10/5/2013
CAL CAL
vs
WSU WSU
33
59
55.9
8.5
2
1
135.5
3.4
1.7
3
23
18Brett Rypien
B. Rypien
503
11/14/2015
BSU BSU
vs
UNM UNM
40
74
54.1
6.8
2
3
112.0
2.7
4.1
3
13
19Tyler Van Dyke
T. Van Dyke
496
10/8/2022
MIA MIA
vs
UNC UNC
42
57
73.7
8.7
3
1
160.6
5.3
1.8
2
12
20Brett Gabbert
B. Gabbert
492
11/2/2021
M-OH M-OH
@
OHIO OHIO
32
55
58.2
8.9
5
1
159.7
9.1
1.8
1
2
21Michael Penix Jr.
M. Penix Jr.
491
11/21/2020
IND IND
@
OSU OSU
27
51
52.9
9.6
5
1
162.2
9.8
2.0
2
11
22Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
489
10/29/2016
ORE ORE
vs
ASU ASU
31
42
73.8
11.6
4
0
203.0
9.5
0.0
4
33
23Will Rogers
W. Rogers
487
9/23/2023
MSST MSST
@
SC SC
30
48
62.5
10.1
1
1
150.4
2.1
2.1
3
16
24Brennan Armstrong
B. Armstrong
487
11/20/2021
UVA UVA
@
PITT PITT
36
49
73.5
9.9
3
1
173.1
6.1
2.0
5
31
25Brennan Armstrong
B. Armstrong
487
10/9/2021
UVA UVA
@
LOU LOU
40
60
66.7
8.1
3
2
144.7
5.0
3.3
5
31
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1995 season.

More North Texas Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

46.1

1st

OPP PPG

25.0

83rd

RUSH YDS/G

178.1

49th

PASS YDS/G

317.6

9th

2025 AAC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
1
Navy Navy
5-0
7-0
2
Memphis Memphis
3-1
7-1
3
North Texas North Texas
3-1
7-1
4
South Florida South Florida
3-1
6-2
5
Tulane Tulane
3-1
6-2
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/1
NAVY NAVY
@
UNT UNT
12:00 PM
Sat
11/15
UNT UNT
@
UAB UAB
1:00 PM
Sat
11/22
UNT UNT
@
RICE RICE
1:00 PM
Fri
11/28
TEM TEM
@
UNT UNT
3:30 PM
Last Game

54

Final

20

CHAR Charlotte

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CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
6
2
.750
2
San Diego State San Diego State
6
1
.857
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
8
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
7
1
.875
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
8
0
1.000
2
Virginia Virginia
7
1
.875
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
7
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
8
0
1.000
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
3
.625
2
Central Michigan Central Michigan
5
3
.625
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
5
2
.714
2
UConn UConn
5
3
.625
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Texas A&M Texas A&M
8
0
1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
7
1
.875
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Navy Navy
7
0
1.000
2
Memphis Memphis
7
1
.875
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
4
4
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
1
7
.125
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
7
1
.875
2
Southern Miss Southern Miss
6
2
.750
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
6
2
.750
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
5
3
.625

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/3
ARMY ARMY
@
UAB UAB
31-13
Fri
10/3
ILL ILL
@
PUR PUR
43-27
Fri
10/3
KSU KSU
@
BAY BAY
34-35
Fri
10/3
ISU ISU
@
CIN CIN
30-38
Fri
10/3
UK UK
@
UGA UGA
14-35

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
10/31
MEM MEM
@
RICE RICE
7:00 PM
Fri
10/31
UNC UNC
@
SYR SYR
7:30 PM
Fri
10/31
SHSU SHSU
@
LT LT
8:00 PM
Sat
11/1
BUFF BUFF
@
BGSU BGSU
12:00 PM
Sat
11/1
PSU PSU
@
OSU OSU
12:00 PM