most passing yards in one game college football

Patrick Mahomes and Connor Halliday are tied for the most passing yards in a game, with 734 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	734	10/22/2016	TTU	vs	OKLA	52	88	59.1	8.3	5	1	145.6	5.7	1.1	1	2
2	Connor Halliday C. Halliday	734	10/4/2014	WSU	vs	CAL	49	70	70.0	10.5	6	0	186.4	8.6	0.0	0	0
3	B.J. Symons	661	9/27/2003	TTU	@	MISS	44	64	68.8	10.3	6	1	183.3	9.4	1.6
4	Geno Smith G. Smith	656	9/29/2012	WVU	vs	BAY	45	51	88.2	12.9	8	0	248.0	15.7	0.0
5	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	646	9/22/2007	TTU	@	OKST	46	67	68.7	9.6	5	0	174.3	7.5	0.0
6	Cody Hodges C. Hodges	643	10/15/2005	TTU	vs	KSU	44	65	67.7	9.9	5	2	170.0	7.7	3.1
7	Brian Lindgren B. Lindgren	637	10/6/2001	IDHO	@	MTSU	49	71	69.0	9.0	5	2	162.0	7.0	2.8
8	K.J. Costello	623	9/26/2020	MSST	@	LSU	36	60	60.0	10.4	5	2	168.1	8.3	3.3	5	38
9	David Neill D. Neill	611	10/10/1998	NEV	vs	NMSU	30	57	52.6	10.7	5	4	157.6	8.8	7.0
10	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	608	10/24/2025	UNT	@	CHAR	37	49	75.5	12.4	4	1	202.6	8.2	2.0	3	25
11	Anthony Gordon A. Gordon	606	11/23/2019	WSU	vs	ORST	50	70	71.4	8.7	6	3	163.9	8.6	4.3	1	11
12	Alan Bowman A. Bowman	605	9/15/2018	TTU	vs	HOU	43	59	72.9	10.3	5	0	187.0	8.5	0.0	1	9
13	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	601	10/17/2020	UCF	@	MEM	35	49	71.4	12.3	5	0	208.1	10.2	0.0	3	13
14	Luke Falk L. Falk	601	11/22/2014	WSU	@	ASU	45	74	60.8	8.1	3	4	131.6	4.1	5.4	6	32
15	Daniel Meager D. Meager	601	9/8/2007	UNT	@	SMU	46	64	71.9	9.4	3	3	156.9	4.7	4.7
16	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	598	11/4/2017	OKLA	@	OKST	24	36	66.7	16.6	5	2	240.9	13.9	5.6	5	33
17	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	598	11/29/2014	TTU	vs	BAY	30	56	53.6	10.7	6	1	175.1	10.7	1.8	1	3
18	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	597	10/7/2017	BUFF	vs	WMU	35	61	57.4	9.8	7	0	177.5	11.5	0.0	0	0
19	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	593	9/13/2014	WKU	@	MTSU	43	66	65.2	9.0	4	1	157.6	6.1	1.5	2	14
20	Chris Redman C. Redman	592	11/14/1998	LOU	@	ECU	44	56	78.6	10.6	6	1	199.2	10.7	1.8
21	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	591	10/1/2016	USM	vs	RICE	25	36	69.4	16.4	4	1	238.5	11.1	2.8	2	9
22	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	590	8/29/1998	LT	@	NEB	46	68	67.6	8.7	4	1	157.0	5.9	1.5
23	Blake Frohnapfel B. Frohnapfel	589	9/27/2014	MASS	vs	BGSU	36	61	59.0	9.7	5	1	163.9	8.2	1.6	5	32
24	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	586	11/25/2016	TTU	vs	BAY	30	46	65.2	12.7	6	0	215.3	13.0	0.0	2	16
25	B.J. Symons	586	9/20/2003	TTU	@	NCST	39	63	61.9	9.3	2	1	147.3	3.2	1.6

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More Texas Tech Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

968

Hammond

RUSH

285

Williams

REC

290

Johnson

Team Rankings

PPG

36.3

45th

OPP PPG

18.5

52nd

RUSH YDS/G

176.5

59th

PASS YDS/G

250.8

57th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	BYU	1-0	3-0
2	Texas Tech	1-0	4-0
3	Arizona State	1-0	2-1
4	Cincinnati	0-0	3-0
5	Kansas State	0-0	3-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	TTU	@	COLO	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ASU	@	TTU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	TTU	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ARIZ	@	TTU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WVU	@	TTU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Sam Houston

1 - 3

Final

Texas Tech

4 - 0

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,206

Sayin

1,191

Heintschel

1,173

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

550

Duff

516

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

13

Heintschel

12

Richter

12

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

9

Knight

8

Baugh

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

228.6

Mensah

215.3

Becht

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

49.7

47.7

47.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

8.3

8.5

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

281.5

281.3

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

358.0

347.3

340.7

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

14.0

13.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	1	.667
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	2	1	.667
15	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	1	2	.333
9	North Texas	1	2	.333
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	1	2	.333
13	Charlotte	0	3	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

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