most passing yards in a single bowl game in college football history

Byron Leftwich has the most passing yards in a bowl game, with 576 yards in the GMAC Bowl against East Carolina on December 19, 2001.

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	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	576	12/19/2001	MRSH	vs	ECU	41	70	58.6	8.2	4	2	140.8	5.7	2.9
2	C.J. Stroud	573	1/1/2022	OSU	@	UTAH	37	46	80.4	12.5	6	1	223.8	13.0	2.2	0	0
3	Colt Brennan C. Brennan	559	12/24/2006	HAW	vs	ASU	33	42	78.6	13.3	5	1	224.9	11.9	2.4
4	Bryce Petty B. Petty	550	1/1/2015	BAY	vs	MSU	36	51	70.6	10.8	3	1	176.7	5.9	2.0	5	40
5	Curtis Painter C. Painter	546	12/26/2007	PUR	vs	CMU	35	54	64.8	10.1	3	2	160.7	5.6	3.7
6	Jalon Daniels J. Daniels	544	12/28/2022	KU	@	ARK	37	55	67.3	9.9	5	2	173.1	9.1	3.6	3	16
7	Aidan O'Connell A. O'Connell	534	12/30/2021	PUR	vs	TENN	26	46	56.5	11.6	5	3	176.9	10.9	6.5	2	15
8	Skyler Howard S. Howard	532	1/2/2016	WVU	@	ASU	28	51	54.9	10.4	5	2	167.0	9.8	3.9	2	14
9	Case Keenum C. Keenum	532	1/2/2012	HOU	vs	PSU	45	69	65.2	7.7	3	0	144.3	4.3	0.0
10	Mike Kafka M. Kafka	532	1/1/2010	NW	@	AUB	47	78	60.3	6.8	4	5	121.7	5.1	6.4
11	David Carr D. Carr	531	12/31/2001	FRES	@	MSU	35	56	62.5	9.5	4	2	158.6	7.1	3.6
12	Sonny Cumbie S. Cumbie	520	12/30/2004	TTU	vs	CAL	39	60	65.0	8.7	3	0	154.3	5.0	0.0
13	Jack Coan J. Coan	509	1/1/2022	ND	vs	OKST	38	68	55.9	7.5	5	1	140.1	7.4	1.5	2	10
14	Nick Starkel N. Starkel	499	12/29/2017	TAMU	vs	WAKE	42	63	66.7	7.9	4	1	151.0	6.3	1.6	2	19
15	Austin Reed A. Reed	497	12/21/2022	WKU	@	USA	36	55	65.5	9.0	4	1	161.7	7.3	1.8	0	0
16	B.J. Symons	497	12/30/2003	TTU	vs	NAVY	41	53	77.4	9.4	4	1	177.3	7.5	1.9
17	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	493	12/28/2019	LSU	vs	OKLA	29	39	74.4	12.6	7	0	239.8	17.9	0.0	1	5
18	Cole McDonald C. McDonald	493	12/24/2019	HAW	@	BYU	28	46	60.9	10.7	4	0	179.6	8.7	0.0	4	29
19	Cooper Rush C. Rush	493	12/24/2014	CMU	@	WKU	28	45	62.2	11.0	7	1	201.1	15.6	2.2	4	19
20	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	486	12/24/2014	WKU	vs	CMU	31	42	73.8	11.6	5	0	210.3	11.9	0.0	0	0
21	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	482	1/1/2010	FLA	vs	CIN	31	35	88.6	13.8	3	0	232.5	8.6	0.0
22	Timmy Chang T. Chang	475	12/25/2003	HAW	vs	HOU	26	42	61.9	11.3	5	1	191.4	11.9	2.4
23	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	475	12/22/2003	NCST	vs	KU	37	45	82.2	10.6	5	0	207.6	11.1	0.0
24	Major Applewhite M. Applewhite	473	12/28/2001	TEX	vs	WASH	37	55	67.3	8.6	4	3	152.6	7.3	5.5
25	Blaine Gautier B. Gautier	470	12/17/2011	UL	vs	SDSU	24	40	60.0	11.8	3	1	178.5	7.5	2.5

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More Marshall Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,107

Del Rio-Wilson

RUSH

319

Price

REC

372

Turner-Bradshaw

Team Rankings

PPG

23.5

105th

OPP PPG

29.8

119th

RUSH YDS/G

161.9

71st

PASS YDS/G

226.3

84th

2026 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Georgia State	1-3	4-4
11	Southern Miss	2-2	3-5
12	Marshall	2-2	5-3
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1-3	1-7
14	Old Dominion	1-5	2-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	MRSH	@	GASO	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	APP	@	MRSH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	GAST	@	MRSH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	MRSH	@	ULM	1:00 PM

Last Game

Marshall

5 - 3

Final

Old Dominion

2 - 7

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	5	3	.625
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375