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.

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	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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More North Carolina Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

611

Edwards

RUSH

215

Hall

REC

183

Thurman

Team Rankings

PPG

23.3

109th

OPP PPG

13.7

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

155.0

90th

PASS YDS/G

211.0

103rd

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	California	1-1	2-2
11	Stanford	1-2	2-2
12	North Carolina	0-1	2-1
13	Boston College	0-1	2-2
14	Florida State	0-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UNC	@	PITT	12:00 PM
Sat 10/17	UNC	@	DUKE	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	SYR	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MIA	@	UNC	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Carolina

2 - 1

Final

Clemson

2 - 1

Sat 19 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