most passing yards in a college football game for peyton manning

Peyton Manning had his most passing yards in a game against Kentucky on November 22, 1997, with 523 yards.

All-time

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	523	11/22/1997	TENN	@	UK	25	35	71.4	14.9	5	0	244.1	14.3	0.0
2	Peyton Manning P. Manning	492	9/21/1996	TENN	vs	FLA	37	65	56.9	7.6	4	4	128.5	6.2	6.2
3	Peyton Manning P. Manning	399	11/8/1997	TENN	vs	USM	35	53	66.0	7.5	0	0	129.3	0.0	0.0
4	Peyton Manning P. Manning	384	10/7/1995	TENN	@	ARK	35	46	76.1	8.3	4	1	170.6	8.7	2.2
5	Peyton Manning P. Manning	373	12/6/1997	TENN	vs	AUB	25	43	58.1	8.7	4	2	152.4	9.3	4.7
6	Peyton Manning P. Manning	371	10/12/1996	TENN	@	UGA	31	41	75.6	9.0	2	0	167.7	4.9	0.0
7	Peyton Manning P. Manning	362	11/2/1996	TENN	@	SC	27	36	75.0	10.1	2	0	177.8	5.6	0.0
8	Peyton Manning P. Manning	353	9/20/1997	TENN	@	FLA	29	51	56.9	6.9	3	2	126.6	5.9	3.9
9	Peyton Manning P. Manning	343	10/11/1997	TENN	vs	UGA	31	40	77.5	8.6	4	1	177.5	10.0	2.5
10	Peyton Manning P. Manning	341	9/6/1997	TENN	@	UCLA	28	49	57.1	7.0	2	1	125.0	4.1	2.0
11	Peyton Manning P. Manning	324	10/4/1997	TENN	vs	MISS	25	44	56.8	7.4	2	1	129.1	4.5	2.3
12	Peyton Manning P. Manning	317	11/23/1996	TENN	vs	UK	16	23	69.6	13.8	3	1	219.7	13.0	4.3
13	Peyton Manning P. Manning	310	8/30/1997	TENN	vs	TTU	26	38	68.4	8.2	5	1	175.1	13.2	2.6
14	Peyton Manning P. Manning	304	10/18/1997	TENN	@	ALA	23	37	62.2	8.2	3	0	157.9	8.1	0.0
15	Peyton Manning P. Manning	301	10/14/1995	TENN	@	ALA	20	29	69.0	10.4	3	0	190.3	10.3	0.0
16	Peyton Manning P. Manning	298	8/31/1996	TENN	vs	UNLV	18	24	75.0	12.4	0	1	171.0	0.0	4.2
17	Peyton Manning P. Manning	288	9/7/1996	TENN	vs	UCLA	16	28	57.1	10.3	0	1	136.4	0.0	3.6
18	Peyton Manning P. Manning	282	11/16/1996	TENN	vs	ARK	28	41	68.3	6.9	3	1	145.3	7.3	2.4
19	Peyton Manning P. Manning	272	11/18/1995	TENN	@	UK	23	41	56.1	6.6	2	1	123.0	4.9	2.4
20	Peyton Manning P. Manning	265	11/25/1995	TENN	vs	VAN	25	42	59.5	6.3	0	0	112.5	0.0	0.0
21	Peyton Manning P. Manning	264	11/15/1997	TENN	@	ARK	20	35	57.1	7.5	3	1	143.1	8.6	2.9
22	Peyton Manning P. Manning	235	9/23/1995	TENN	vs	MSST	21	35	60.0	6.7	0	1	110.7	0.0	2.9
23	Peyton Manning P. Manning	230	11/4/1995	TENN	vs	USM	20	39	51.3	5.9	2	0	117.7	5.1	0.0
24	Peyton Manning P. Manning	199	9/30/1995	TENN	vs	OKST	17	25	68.0	8.0	2	0	161.3	8.0	0.0
25	Peyton Manning P. Manning	178	9/2/1995	TENN	vs	ECU	17	29	58.6	6.1	1	0	121.6	3.4	0.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

374

Brandon

RUSH

244

Bishop

REC

148

Matthews

Team Rankings

PPG

50.5

13th

OPP PPG

16.5

52nd

RUSH YDS/G

314.0

6th

PASS YDS/G

228.5

77th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Ole Miss	0-0	2-0
9	South Carolina	0-0	2-0
10	Tennessee	0-0	2-0
11	Texas	0-0	2-0
12	Texas A&M	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	KENN	@	TENN	7:45 PM
Sat 9/26	TEX	@	TENN	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	AUB	@	TENN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TENN	@	ARK	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	ALA	@	TENN	1:00 PM

Last Game

Tennessee

2 - 0

Final

Georgia Tech

0 - 2

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

396.5

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