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

2,173

Jackson

RUSH

861

White

REC

662

Stevenson

Team Rankings

PPG

43.1

2nd

OPP PPG

30.6

126th

RUSH YDS/G

184.7

48th

PASS YDS/G

341.0

2nd

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UTSA	4-0	7-1
2	North Texas	3-0	5-2
3	Army	4-1	5-2
4	Memphis	3-1	6-2
5	Florida Atlantic	2-1	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	RICE	@	UNT	4:00 PM
Sat 11/14	UNT	@	UTSA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UNT	@	TULN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	UAB	@	UNT	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Texas

5 - 2

Final

Navy

2 - 5

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125