most passing yards by a qb in a college football game

Patrick Mahomes and Connor Halliday are tied for the most passing yards by a quarterback in a game, with 734 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	734	10/22/2016	TTU	vs	OKLA	52	88	59.1	8.3	5	1	145.6	5.7	1.1	1	2
2	Connor Halliday C. Halliday	734	10/4/2014	WSU	vs	CAL	49	70	70.0	10.5	6	0	186.4	8.6	0.0	0	0
3	B.J. Symons	661	9/27/2003	TTU	@	MISS	44	64	68.8	10.3	6	1	183.3	9.4	1.6
4	Geno Smith G. Smith	656	9/29/2012	WVU	vs	BAY	45	51	88.2	12.9	8	0	248.0	15.7	0.0
5	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	646	9/22/2007	TTU	@	OKST	46	67	68.7	9.6	5	0	174.3	7.5	0.0
6	Cody Hodges C. Hodges	643	10/15/2005	TTU	vs	KSU	44	65	67.7	9.9	5	2	170.0	7.7	3.1
7	Brian Lindgren B. Lindgren	637	10/6/2001	IDHO	@	MTSU	49	71	69.0	9.0	5	2	162.0	7.0	2.8
8	K.J. Costello	623	9/26/2020	MSST	@	LSU	36	60	60.0	10.4	5	2	168.1	8.3	3.3	5	38
9	David Neill D. Neill	611	10/10/1998	NEV	vs	NMSU	30	57	52.6	10.7	5	4	157.6	8.8	7.0
10	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
11	Anthony Gordon A. Gordon	606	11/23/2019	WSU	vs	ORST	50	70	71.4	8.7	6	3	163.9	8.6	4.3	1	11
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Daniel Meager D. Meager	601	9/8/2007	UNT	@	SMU	46	64	71.9	9.4	3	3	156.9	4.7	4.7
16	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	598	11/4/2017	OKLA	@	OKST	24	36	66.7	16.6	5	2	240.9	13.9	5.6	5	33
17	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
18	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	597	10/7/2017	BUFF	vs	WMU	35	61	57.4	9.8	7	0	177.5	11.5	0.0	0	0
19	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	593	9/13/2014	WKU	@	MTSU	43	66	65.2	9.0	4	1	157.6	6.1	1.5	2	14
20	Chris Redman C. Redman	592	11/14/1998	LOU	@	ECU	44	56	78.6	10.6	6	1	199.2	10.7	1.8
21	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	591	10/1/2016	USM	vs	RICE	25	36	69.4	16.4	4	1	238.5	11.1	2.8	2	9
22	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	590	8/29/1998	LT	@	NEB	46	68	67.6	8.7	4	1	157.0	5.9	1.5
23	Blake Frohnapfel B. Frohnapfel	589	9/27/2014	MASS	vs	BGSU	36	61	59.0	9.7	5	1	163.9	8.2	1.6	5	32
24	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	586	11/25/2016	TTU	vs	BAY	30	46	65.2	12.7	6	0	215.3	13.0	0.0	2	16
25	B.J. Symons	586	9/20/2003	TTU	@	NCST	39	63	61.9	9.3	2	1	147.3	3.2	1.6

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More Texas Tech Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

968

Hammond

RUSH

285

Williams

REC

290

Johnson

Team Rankings

PPG

36.3

38th

OPP PPG

18.5

41st

RUSH YDS/G

178.8

54th

PASS YDS/G

250.8

57th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Cincinnati	1-0	4-0
2	Texas Tech	1-0	4-0
3	Utah	1-0	4-0
4	BYU	1-0	3-0
5	Baylor	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	TTU	@	COLO	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ASU	@	TTU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	TTU	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ARIZ	@	TTU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WVU	@	TTU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Sam Houston

1 - 3

Final

Texas Tech

4 - 0

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250