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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More Texas Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

862

Manning

RUSH

198

Smothers

REC

239

Wingo

Team Rankings

PPG

33.3

58th

OPP PPG

13.3

21st

RUSH YDS/G

147.3

103rd

PASS YDS/G

231.3

82nd

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Georgia	2-0	4-0
4	Mississippi State	2-0	4-0
5	Texas	1-0	4-0
6	Ole Miss	1-1	3-1
7	Auburn	1-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	TEX	@	OKLA	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	FLA	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MISS	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MSST	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	TEX	@	MIZZ	1:00 PM

Last Game

Texas

4 - 0

Final

Tennessee

3 - 1

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