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.

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	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

697

Brandon

RUSH

320

Bishop

REC

261

Matthews

Team Rankings

PPG

40.0

24th

OPP PPG

15.5

30th

RUSH YDS/G

241.5

16th

PASS YDS/G

196.5

125th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	LSU	1-1	3-1
10	Missouri	0-1	3-1
11	Tennessee	0-1	3-1
12	Vanderbilt	0-1	3-1
13	Arkansas	0-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	AUB	@	TENN	3:30 PM
Sat 10/10	TENN	@	ARK	4:15 PM
Sat 10/17	ALA	@	TENN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	TENN	@	SCAR	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	UK	@	TENN	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