most passing yards in a college football game for a texas player

Colt McCoy has the most passing yards for Texas in a game, with 470 yards against UCF on November 7, 2009.

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	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	470	11/7/2009	TEX	vs	UCF	33	42	78.6	11.2	2	1	183.5	4.8	2.4
2	Quinn Ewers Q. Ewers	452	12/2/2023	TEX	vs	OKST	35	46	76.1	9.8	4	1	183.0	8.7	2.2	1	7
3	Sam Ehlinger S. Ehlinger	426	9/12/2020	TEX	vs	UTEP	25	33	75.8	12.9	5	0	234.2	15.2	0.0	0	0
4	Chris Simms C. Simms	419	11/2/2002	TEX	@	NEB	29	47	61.7	8.9	2	1	146.4	4.3	2.1
5	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	414	1/5/2009	TEX	vs	OSU	41	58	70.7	7.1	2	1	138.6	3.4	1.7
6	Major Applewhite M. Applewhite	408	11/7/1998	TEX	vs	OKST	29	40	72.5	10.2	3	1	177.9	7.5	2.5
7	Sam Ehlinger S. Ehlinger	401	9/7/2019	TEX	vs	LSU	31	47	66.0	8.5	4	0	165.7	8.5	0.0	5	28
8	Sam Ehlinger S. Ehlinger	399	10/19/2019	TEX	vs	KU	31	44	70.5	9.1	4	1	172.1	9.1	2.3	3	24
9	James Brown J. Brown	397	11/8/1997	TEX	vs	TTU	25	45	55.6	8.8	0	2	120.8	0.0	4.4
10	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	396	11/21/2009	TEX	vs	KU	32	41	78.0	9.7	4	0	191.4	9.8	0.0
11	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	391	10/25/2008	TEX	vs	OKST	38	45	84.4	8.7	2	1	167.7	4.4	2.2
12	Arch Manning A. Manning	389	11/22/2025	TEX	vs	ARK	18	30	60.0	13.0	4	0	212.9	13.3	0.0	0	0
13	Casey Thompson C. Thompson	388	10/9/2021	TEX	vs	OKLA	20	34	58.8	11.4	5	0	203.2	14.7	0.0	4	27
14	Chris Simms C. Simms	383	11/24/2000	TEX	vs	TAMU	16	24	66.7	16.0	3	0	242.0	12.5	0.0
15	Sam Ehlinger S. Ehlinger	380	10/7/2017	TEX	vs	KSU	30	50	60.0	7.6	2	1	133.0	4.0	2.0	0	0
16	Shane Buechele S. Buechele	375	9/2/2017	TEX	vs	MD	34	52	65.4	7.2	2	1	134.8	3.8	1.9	5	24
17	Quinn Ewers Q. Ewers	369	12/29/2022	TEX	@	WASH	31	47	66.0	7.9	1	0	138.9	2.1	0.0	2	12
18	Jerrod Heard J. Heard	364	9/19/2015	TEX	vs	CAL	20	31	64.5	11.7	0	1	156.7	0.0	3.2	2	13
19	David Ash D. Ash	364	11/10/2012	TEX	vs	ISU	25	31	80.6	11.7	2	0	200.6	6.5	0.0
20	Quinn Ewers Q. Ewers	358	12/7/2024	TEX	vs	UGA	27	46	58.7	7.8	1	2	122.5	2.2	4.3	6	27
21	Casey Thompson C. Thompson	358	11/13/2021	TEX	vs	KU	30	43	69.8	8.3	6	1	181.1	14.0	2.3	1	1
22	Case McCoy C. McCoy	356	12/3/2011	TEX	@	BAY	24	39	61.5	9.1	3	4	143.1	7.7	10.3
23	Sam Ehlinger S. Ehlinger	354	11/3/2018	TEX	vs	WVU	25	36	69.4	9.8	3	0	179.5	8.3	0.0	1	9
24	Major Applewhite M. Applewhite	353	9/4/1999	TEX	vs	STAN	17	27	63.0	13.1	0	0	172.8	0.0	0.0
25	James Brown J. Brown	353	12/7/1996	TEX	vs	NEB	19	28	67.9	12.6	1	2	171.3	3.6	7.1

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,507

Manning

RUSH

422

Brown

REC

456

Wingo

Team Rankings

PPG

30.7

57th

OPP PPG

19.1

33rd

RUSH YDS/G

146.1

99th

PASS YDS/G

224.3

87th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Oklahoma	2-2	4-3
9	Missouri	2-2	5-2
10	Texas	2-2	5-2
11	Mississippi State	2-3	4-3
12	Auburn	2-3	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	MSST	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	TEX	@	MIZZ	12:00 PM
Sat 11/14	TEX	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	ARK	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	TEX	@	TXAM	7:30 PM

Last Game

Ole Miss

5 - 2

Final

Texas

5 - 2

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	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