most passing yards per game in a season in college before 2003

Before 2003, David Klingler gained the most passing yards per game in a season, with 467.3 per game in 1990.

Interpreted as:

most passing yards per game by a player in a season in college before 2003

	NAME	YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	David Klingler D. Klingler	467.3	1990	HOU	11	374	643	58.2	5,140	8.0	54	20	146.8	8.4	3.1
2	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	432.3	1990	BYU	12	361	562	64.2	5,188	9.2	41	28	155.9	7.3	5.0
3	Andre Ware A. Ware	427.2	1989	HOU	11	365	578	63.1	4,699	8.1	46	15	152.5	8.0	2.6
4	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	411.9	1998	LT	12	380	559	68.0	4,943	8.8	46	13	164.8	8.2	2.3
5	Chris Redman C. Redman	404.2	1998	LOU	10	309	473	65.3	4,042	8.5	29	15	151.0	6.1	3.2
6	Mike Maxwell M. Maxwell	401.2	1995	NEV	9	277	409	67.7	3,611	8.8	33	17	160.2	8.1	4.2
7	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	392.9	1988	UTAH	11	323	533	60.6	4,322	8.1	29	15	141.0	5.4	2.8
8	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	392.2	1999	LT	10	342	516	66.3	3,922	7.6	35	12	147.9	6.8	2.3
9	Tim Couch T. Couch	388.6	1998	UK	11	400	553	72.3	4,275	7.7	36	15	153.3	6.5	2.7
10	Chris Vargas C. Vargas	387.7	1993	NEV	11	331	490	67.6	4,265	8.7	34	18	156.2	6.9	3.7
11	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	380.9	1980	BYU	12	284	445	63.8	4,571	10.3	47	18	176.9	10.6	4.0
12	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	380.0	1989	BYU	12	265	412	64.3	4,560	11.1	32	15	175.6	7.8	3.6
13	Troy Kopp T. Kopp	367.9	1990		9	244	428	57.0	3,311	7.7	31	14	139.4	7.2	3.3
14	Timmy Chang T. Chang	366.7	2001	HAW	3	83	140	59.3	1,100	7.9	6	6	130.9	4.3	4.3
15	David Neill D. Neill	361.0	1998	NEV	9	199	344	57.8	3,249	9.4	29	9	159.8	8.4	2.6
16	Kliff Kingsbury K. Kingsbury	358.4	2002	TTU	14	479	712	67.3	5,017	7.0	45	13	143.7	6.3	1.8
17	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	355.7	2002	MRSH	12	331	491	67.4	4,268	8.7	30	10	156.5	6.1	2.0
18	Steve Young S. Young	354.7	1983	BYU	11	306	429	71.3	3,902	9.1	33	10	168.5	7.7	2.3
19	Rex Grossman R. Grossman	354.2	2001	FLA	11	259	395	65.6	3,896	9.9	34	12	170.8	8.6	3.0
20	Tim Couch T. Couch	353.1	1997	UK	11	363	547	66.4	3,884	7.1	37	19	141.4	6.8	3.5
21	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	352.8	1997	LT	11	293	477	61.4	3,881	8.1	34	10	149.1	7.1	2.1
22	Dan McGwire D. McGwire	348.5	1990	SDSU	11	270	449	60.1	3,833	8.5	27	7	148.6	6.0	1.6
23	Anthony Dilweg A. Dilweg	347.6	1988	DUKE	11	287	484	59.3	3,824	7.9	24	18	134.6	5.0	3.7
24	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	347.3	2000	FSU	12	266	431	61.7	4,167	9.7	33	11	163.1	7.7	2.6
25	Jimmy Klingler J. Klingler	347.1	1992	HOU	11	303	504	60.1	3,818	7.6	32	18	137.6	6.3	3.6

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Sat 9/5	ORST	@	HOU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	SOU	@	HOU	7:00 PM
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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167