most points per game in a single season before 2001

Before 2001, David Klingler put up the most points per game in a season, with 30.0 per game in 1990.

NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDTDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTS
1David Klingler
D. Klingler
30.0
1990
HOU HOU
11
1
55
330
2Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
27.0
1969
SDSU SDSU
10
6
45
270
3Andre Ware
A. Ware
26.7
1989
HOU HOU
11
3
49
294
4Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
26.5
1980
BYU BYU
12
6
53
318
5Shaun King
S. King
25.1
1998
TULN TULN
11
10
0
46
276
6Jerry Rhome
J. Rhome
24.0
1964
TLSA TLSA
10
8
40
240
7Tim Rattay
T. Rattay
23.5
1998
LT LT
12
1
0
47
282
8Mike Maxwell
M. Maxwell
22.7
1995
NEV NEV
9
1
34
204
9Ty Detmer
T. Detmer
22.5
1990
BYU BYU
12
4
45
270
10Steve Young
S. Young
22.4
1983
BYU BYU
11
8
41
246
11Mark Barsotti
M. Barsotti
22.0
1991
FRES FRES
6
6
0
22
132
12Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
21.8
1998
UCF UCF
11
12
0
40
240
13Tim Couch
T. Couch
21.8
1997
UK UK
11
3
40
240
14Troy Kopp
T. Kopp
21.3
1990
9
1
32
192
15Ryan Leaf
R. Leaf
21.3
1997
WSU WSU
11
6
39
234
16Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
21.3
1988
OKST OKST
11
37
0
39
234
17Tim Rattay
T. Rattay
21.0
1999
LT LT
10
0
35
210
18Jose Davis
J. Davis
21.0
1997
KENT KENT
10
3
35
210
19Robert Edwards
R. Edwards
21.0
1995
UGA UGA
2
6
1
7
42
20Bill Anderson
B. Anderson
21.0
1965
TLSA TLSA
10
5
35
210
21Doug Williams
D. Williams
20.7
1977
GRAM GRAM
11
0
38
228
22David Neill
D. Neill
20.7
1998
NEV NEV
9
2
31
186
23Danny Wuerffel
D. Wuerffel
20.5
1996
FLA FLA
12
2
41
246
24Tim Couch
T. Couch
20.2
1998
UK UK
11
1
37
222
25Danny Wuerffel
D. Wuerffel
20.2
1995
FLA FLA
11
2
37
222
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HOU HOU
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UTAH UTAH
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HOU HOU
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COLO COLO
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WVU WVU
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BYU BYU
6
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
6
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
6
0
1.000
4
Houston Houston
6
1
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Arizona Arizona
5
1
.833
6
Baylor Baylor
4
2
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7
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
4
2
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8
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
2
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9
UCF UCF
3
3
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10
Kansas State Kansas State
4
2
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11
Arizona State Arizona State
3
3
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12
Iowa State Iowa State
3
3
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13
TCU TCU
3
3
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14
West Virginia West Virginia
4
3
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15
Colorado Colorado
2
4
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16
Kansas Kansas
2
4
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Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
6
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
6
1
.857
3
Indiana Indiana
6
1
.857
4
USC USC
6
1
.857
5
Iowa Iowa
5
1
.833
6
Northwestern Northwestern
5
1
.833
7
Minnesota Minnesota
4
2
.667
8
Oregon Oregon
4
2
.667
9
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
2
.667
10
Nebraska Nebraska
5
2
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11
Purdue Purdue
3
4
.429
12
Michigan Michigan
4
2
.667
13
Illinois Illinois
3
3
.500
14
Rutgers Rutgers
2
4
.333
15
Washington Washington
4
3
.571
16
Penn State Penn State
3
4
.429
17
Maryland Maryland
2
5
.286
18
Michigan State Michigan State
2
5
.286
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
6
1
.857
2
Kentucky Kentucky
6
1
.857
3
Tennessee Tennessee
6
1
.857
4
Ole Miss Ole Miss
5
1
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5
Alabama Alabama
5
2
.714
6
Florida Florida
5
2
.714
7
LSU LSU
5
2
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8
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
2
.667
9
Missouri Missouri
5
2
.714
10
Auburn Auburn
4
2
.667
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
3
3
.500
12
Texas Texas
4
2
.667
13
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
3
.571
14
South Carolina South Carolina
3
3
.500
15
Arkansas Arkansas
3
4
.429
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
4
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Miami Miami
6
0
1.000
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
6
1
.857
3
SMU SMU
5
1
.833
4
Clemson Clemson
4
2
.667
5
North Carolina North Carolina
4
2
.667
6
Louisville Louisville
4
3
.571
7
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
2
.714
8
California California
3
4
.429
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
5
2
.714
10
Virginia Virginia
4
3
.571
11
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
4
.333
12
Duke Duke
4
2
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
3
3
.500
14
NC State NC State
3
3
.500
15
Florida State Florida State
3
4
.429
16
Stanford Stanford
3
4
.429
17
Syracuse Syracuse
2
4
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New Mexico New Mexico
5
1
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2
North Dakota State North Dakota State
6
1
.857
3
Air Force Air Force
5
1
.833
4
Wyoming Wyoming
4
3
.571
5
San Jose State San Jose State
4
3
.571
6
UNLV UNLV
4
3
.571
7
Nevada Nevada
2
4
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8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
6
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9
UTEP UTEP
1
6
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10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
6
.143
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
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1
.857
2
UConn UConn
3
3
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Ohio Ohio
5
2
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2
Western Michigan Western Michigan
5
2
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3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
4
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4
Buffalo Buffalo
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3
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5
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2
5
.286
6
Toledo Toledo
5
2
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7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
4
3
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8
Kent State Kent State
2
5
.286
9
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
4
.429
10
Ball State Ball State
2
5
.286
11
UMass UMass
4
3
.571
12
Akron Akron
1
6
.143
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
6
.143
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
2
.714
2
Boise State Boise State
5
1
.833
3
San Diego State San Diego State
3
4
.429
4
Texas State Texas State
3
3
.500
5
Utah State Utah State
2
4
.333
6
Fresno State Fresno State
4
3
.571
7
Colorado State Colorado State
2
4
.333
8
Washington State Washington State
1
6
.143
American AthleticWLPCT
1
UTSA UTSA
6
1
.857
2
North Texas North Texas
4
2
.667
3
Army Army
4
2
.667
4
Memphis Memphis
5
2
.714
5
UAB UAB
4
3
.571
6
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
4
2
.667
7
East Carolina East Carolina
3
3
.500
8
Tulane Tulane
3
3
.500
9
Charlotte Charlotte
1
6
.143
10
Temple Temple
2
5
.286
11
South Florida South Florida
5
2
.714
12
Tulsa Tulsa
4
3
.571
13
Navy Navy
2
4
.333
14
Rice Rice
1
6
.143
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1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
5
2
.714
2
Liberty Liberty
5
1
.833
3
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
4
.429
4
Florida International Florida International
3
3
.500
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
3
3
.500
6
Missouri State Missouri State
2
4
.333
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
2
4
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8
Delaware Delaware
2
4
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9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
5
.167
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
5
.167
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1
James Madison James Madison
7
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
4
2
.667
3
South Alabama South Alabama
4
2
.667
4
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
3
4
.429
5
Louisiana Louisiana
5
2
.714
6
Appalachian State Appalachian State
4
2
.667
7
Georgia State Georgia State
4
2
.667
8
Troy Troy
3
3
.500
9
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
2
5
.286
10
Arkansas State Arkansas State
3
4
.429
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
2
5
.286
12
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
5
.167
13
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
6
.000
14
Marshall Marshall
3
3
.500

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/26
TEX TEX
@
TENN TENN
20-17
Sat
9/26
UNLV UNLV
@
AKR AKR
38-10
Sat
9/26
ILL ILL
@
OSU OSU
19-42
Sat
9/26
SHSU SHSU
@
TTU TTU
14-49
Sat
9/26
ND ND
@
PUR PUR
49-10

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
10/20
MTU MTU
@
FIU FIU
7:00 PM
Tue
10/20
MOSU MOSU
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Tue
10/20
USA USA
@
MRSH MRSH
7:30 PM
Wed
10/21
NMSU NMSU
@
SHSU SHSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/22
LIB LIB
@
KENN KENN
7:00 PM