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

Sam Howell has the most passing yards for North Carolina in a game, with 550 yards against Wake Forest on November 14, 2020.

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	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
2	Marquise Williams M. Williams	494	11/7/2015	UNC	vs	DUKE	23	35	65.7	14.1	4	0	222.0	11.4	0.0	0	0
3	Jacolby Criswell J. Criswell	475	9/21/2024	UNC	vs	JMU	28	48	58.3	9.9	3	2	153.8	6.3	4.2	3	21
4	Mitch Trubisky M. Trubisky	453	9/24/2016	UNC	vs	PITT	35	46	76.1	9.8	5	0	194.7	10.9	0.0	4	36
5	Drake Maye D. Maye	448	11/12/2022	UNC	@	WAKE	31	49	63.3	9.1	3	0	160.3	6.1	0.0	3	21
6	Sam Howell S. Howell	443	10/31/2020	UNC	@	UVA	23	28	82.1	15.8	4	0	262.2	14.3	0.0	5	32
7	Drake Maye D. Maye	442	10/7/2023	UNC	vs	SYR	33	47	70.2	9.4	3	0	170.3	6.4	0.0	2	5
8	T.J. Yates	439	11/6/2010	UNC	@	FSU	24	35	68.6	12.5	3	0	202.2	8.6	0.0
9	Mitch Trubisky M. Trubisky	432	9/17/2016	UNC	vs	JMU	24	27	88.9	16.0	3	0	260.0	11.1	0.0	0	0
10	Darian Durant D. Durant	417	10/5/2002	UNC	@	ASU	25	40	62.5	10.4	5	2	181.3	12.5	5.0
11	Chris Keldorf C. Keldorf	415	10/4/1997	UNC	@	TCU	25	41	61.0	10.1	3	1	165.3	7.3	2.4
12	Drake Maye D. Maye	414	9/16/2023	UNC	vs	MINN	29	40	72.5	10.4	2	2	165.9	5.0	5.0	2	11
13	T.J. Yates	412	9/4/2010	UNC	@	LSU	28	46	60.9	9.0	3	0	157.6	6.5	0.0
14	T.J. Yates	411	11/20/2010	UNC	vs	NCST	33	44	75.0	9.3	2	0	168.5	4.5	0.0
15	Marquise Williams M. Williams	409	11/23/2013	UNC	vs	ODU	20	27	74.1	15.1	5	0	262.4	18.5	0.0	0	0
16	Mitch Trubisky M. Trubisky	405	10/1/2016	UNC	@	FSU	31	38	81.6	10.7	3	0	197.2	7.9	0.0	3	12
17	Sam Howell S. Howell	401	11/30/2019	UNC	@	NCST	23	33	69.7	12.2	3	1	195.7	9.1	3.0	3	20
18	Marquise Williams M. Williams	390	10/18/2014	UNC	vs	GT	38	47	80.9	8.3	4	1	174.4	8.5	2.1	1	1
19	Drake Maye D. Maye	388	10/29/2022	UNC	vs	PITT	34	44	77.3	8.8	5	0	188.8	11.4	0.0	2	11
20	Ronald Curry R. Curry	388	9/30/2000	UNC	vs	GT	17	31	54.8	12.5	3	2	179.0	9.7	6.5
21	Drake Maye D. Maye	380	10/15/2022	UNC	@	DUKE	28	38	73.7	10.0	3	0	183.7	7.9	0.0	3	18
22	Sam Howell S. Howell	376	10/5/2019	UNC	@	GT	33	51	64.7	7.4	4	1	148.6	7.8	2.0	1	7
23	Sam Howell S. Howell	374	10/17/2020	UNC	@	FSU	20	36	55.6	10.4	3	1	164.8	8.3	2.8	4	28
24	Bryn Renner B. Renner	366	9/28/2013	UNC	vs	ECU	28	46	60.9	8.0	3	1	144.9	6.5	2.2	3	37
25	Drake Maye D. Maye	363	10/1/2022	UNC	vs	VT	26	36	72.2	10.1	3	0	184.4	8.3	0.0	0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

476

Edwards

RUSH

85

Hall

REC

165

Thurman

Team Rankings

PPG

25.0

96th

OPP PPG

6.5

5th

RUSH YDS/G

125.5

123rd

PASS YDS/G

249.0

60th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	California	1-0	1-1
5	Duke	0-0	2-0
6	North Carolina	0-0	2-0
7	Pittsburgh	0-0	2-0
8	Virginia Tech	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	UNC	@	CLEM	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UNC	@	PITT	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	UNC	@	DUKE	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	SYR	@	UNC	1:00 PM

Last Game

East Tennessee State

0 - 1

Final

North Carolina

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333