most sacks by a qb in an cfb game including playoffs by a player

Kato Nelson has gotten sacked the most by a quarterback in a game, with 12 sacks against Miami (OH) on November 20, 2019.

Interpreted as:

most passing sacks by a qb in an cfb game including playoffs by a player

	NAME	SCK	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCKY
1	Kato Nelson K. Nelson	12	11/20/2019	AKR	@	M-OH	15	25	60.0	197	7.9	1	0	139.4	4.0	0.0	68
2	Jarrett Stidham J. Stidham	11	9/9/2017	AUB	@	CLEM	13	24	54.2	79	3.3	0	0	81.8	0.0	0.0	72
3	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	11	11/17/2016	LOU	@	HOU	20	43	46.5	211	4.9	1	0	95.4	2.3	0.0	83
4	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	11	11/14/2015	MSST	vs	ALA	22	43	51.2	300	7.0	0	1	105.1	0.0	2.3	57
5	Demond Williams Jr. D. Williams Jr.	10	11/30/2024	WASH	@	ORE	17	20	85.0	201	10.1	1	0	185.9	5.0	0.0	49
6	Grant Wilson G. Wilson	10	9/16/2023	ODU	vs	WAKE	11	26	42.3	233	9.0	1	1	122.6	3.8	3.8	68
7	DJ Irons	10	10/23/2021	AKR	vs	BUFF	5	13	38.5	66	5.1	0	1	65.7	0.0	7.7	52
8	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	10	10/5/2019	PUR	@	PSU	13	27	48.1	119	4.4	1	0	97.4	3.7	0.0	86
9	Jarren Williams J. Williams	10	8/24/2019	MIA	@	FLA	19	30	63.3	214	7.1	1	0	134.3	3.3	0.0	54
10	Clayton Tune C. Tune	10	12/22/2018	HOU	@	ARMY	21	32	65.6	230	7.2	1	0	136.3	3.1	0.0	71
11	Colton Richardson C. Richardson	10	11/25/2017	IDHO	@	NMSU	18	33	54.5	167	5.1	1	1	101.0	3.0	3.0	46
12	Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	10	9/5/2015	PSU	@	TEM	11	25	44.0	103	4.1	0	1	70.6	0.0	4.0	64
13	Brett Hundley B. Hundley	10	10/4/2014	UCLA	vs	UTAH	16	21	76.2	269	12.8	2	1	205.7	9.5	4.8	59
14	Elijah Brown E. Brown	9	11/8/2025	STAN	@	UNC	27	39	69.2	284	7.3	1	1	133.7	2.6	2.6	73
15	Tucker Kilcrease T. Kilcrease	9	11/1/2025	TROY	vs	ARST	19	34	55.9	166	4.9	0	1	91.0	0.0	2.9	62
16	Dylan Raiola D. Raiola	9	10/17/2025	NEB	@	MINN	17	25	68.0	177	7.1	0	0	127.5	0.0	0.0	63
17	Logan Fife L. Fife	9	9/27/2025	NMSU	@	UNM	20	37	54.1	255	6.9	0	1	106.5	0.0	2.7	62
18	Jackson Arnold J. Arnold	9	9/20/2025	AUB	@	OKLA	21	32	65.6	220	6.9	1	0	133.7	3.1	0.0	44
19	Anthony Colandrea A. Colandrea	9	11/23/2024	UVA	vs	SMU	18	27	66.7	108	4.0	1	0	112.5	3.7	0.0	69
20	Ethan Crawford E. Crawford	9	10/26/2024	USM	@	JMU	11	34	32.4	178	5.2	0	1	70.4	0.0	2.9	40
21	Anthony Colandrea A. Colandrea	9	10/26/2024	UVA	vs	UNC	16	28	57.1	156	5.6	0	2	89.7	0.0	7.1	58
22	Brayden Schager B. Schager	9	10/12/2024	HAW	vs	BSU	21	36	58.3	264	7.3	1	0	129.1	2.8	0.0	46
23	Jiya Wright J. Wright	9	11/11/2023	ULM	vs	TROY	20	36	55.6	243	6.8	2	0	130.6	5.6	0.0	59
24	Spencer Rattler S. Rattler	9	9/2/2023	SC	vs	UNC	30	39	76.9	353	9.1	0	0	153.0	0.0	0.0	65
25	Clay Millen C. Millen	9	11/5/2022	CSU	@	SJSU	15	24	62.5	261	10.9	0	1	145.5	0.0	4.2	58

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Thu 9/3	AKR	@	WAKE	7:00 PM
Sat 9/12	RMU	@	AKR	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	AKR	@	MINN	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	UNLV	@	AKR	1:00 PM
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	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
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11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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