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

1,122

Manning

RUSH

237

Smothers

REC

318

Coleman

Team Rankings

PPG

31.4

59th

OPP PPG

16.0

24th

RUSH YDS/G

142.2

102nd

PASS YDS/G

237.0

73rd

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Oklahoma	1-1	3-2
9	Florida	2-2	4-2
10	Texas	1-1	4-1
11	LSU	1-2	4-2
12	Auburn	1-2	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	FLA	@	TEX	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MISS	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	MSST	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	TEX	@	MIZZ	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	TEX	@	LSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Texas

4 - 1

Final

Oklahoma

3 - 2

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Stokes

18

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Iowa	5	1	.833
7	Nebraska	5	1	.833
8	Minnesota	4	2	.667
9	Purdue	3	4	.429
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	3	2	.600
15	Rutgers	1	4	.200
16	Penn State	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	4	.333
10	South Florida	4	2	.667
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333