most single season passing touchdowns from 1997 to 2001

Between the 1997 and 2001 seasons, Tim Rattay had the most passing touchdowns in a season, with 46 touchdowns in 1998.

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most single season passing touchdowns by a player from 1997 to 2001

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	46	1998	LT	12	380	559	68.0	4,943	8.8	411.9	13	164.8	8.2	2.3
2	David Carr D. Carr	42	2001	FRES	13	308	476	64.7	4,299	9.0	330.7	7	166.7	8.8	1.5
3	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	39	1997	MRSH	12	253	428	59.1	3,480	8.1	290.0	12	151.9	9.1	2.8
4	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	38	2001	MRSH	12	315	470	67.0	4,132	8.8	344.3	7	164.6	8.1	1.5
5	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	37	1999	MRSH	12	275	405	67.9	3,799	9.4	316.6	11	171.4	9.1	2.7
6	Tim Couch T. Couch	37	1997	UK	11	363	547	66.4	3,884	7.1	353.1	19	141.4	6.8	3.5
7	Drew Brees D. Brees	36	1998	PUR	12	336	516	65.1	3,753	7.3	312.8	17	142.6	7.0	3.3
8	Shaun King S. King	36	1998	TULN	11	223	328	68.0	3,232	9.9	293.8	6	183.3	11.0	1.8
9	Tim Couch T. Couch	36	1998	UK	11	400	553	72.3	4,275	7.7	388.6	15	153.3	6.5	2.7
10	Peyton Manning P. Manning	36	1997	TENN	12	287	477	60.2	3,819	8.0	318.3	11	147.7	7.5	2.3
11	Bart Hendricks B. Hendricks	35	2000	BSU	11	210	347	60.5	3,364	9.7	305.8	8	170.6	10.1	2.3
12	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	35	1999	LT	10	342	516	66.3	3,922	7.6	392.2	12	147.9	6.8	2.3
13	Rex Grossman R. Grossman	34	2001	FLA	11	259	395	65.6	3,896	9.9	354.2	12	170.8	8.6	3.0
14	Nick Rolovich N. Rolovich	34	2001	HAW	10	233	405	57.5	3,361	8.3	336.1	9	150.5	8.4	2.2
15	Tim Lester T. Lester	34	1999	WMU	12	282	470	60.0	3,639	7.7	303.3	13	143.4	7.2	2.8
16	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	34	1997	LT	11	293	477	61.4	3,881	8.1	352.8	10	149.1	7.1	2.1
17	Brandon Doman B. Doman	33	2001	BYU	13	261	408	64.0	3,542	8.7	272.5	8	159.7	8.1	2.0
18	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	33	2000	FSU	12	266	431	61.7	4,167	9.7	347.3	11	163.1	7.7	2.6
19	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	33	1997	WSU	11	210	375	56.0	3,637	9.7	330.6	10	161.2	8.8	2.7
20	Jose Davis J. Davis	32	1997	KENT	10	194	365	53.2	2,707	7.4	270.7	14	136.7	8.8	3.8
21	Eli Manning E. Manning	31	2001	MISS	11	259	408	63.5	2,948	7.2	268.0	9	144.8	7.6	2.2
22	Josh Heupel J. Heupel	30	1999	OKLA	11	310	500	62.0	3,460	6.9	314.5	15	133.9	6.0	3.0
23	Billy Volek B. Volek	30	1999	FRES	12	235	355	66.2	2,559	7.2	213.3	3	152.9	8.5	0.8
24	Akili Smith A. Smith	30	1998	ORE	11	191	325	58.8	3,307	10.2	300.6	7	170.4	9.2	2.2
25	Pete Gonzalez P. Gonzalez	30	1997	PITT	11	198	345	57.4	2,657	7.7	241.5	7	146.7	8.7	2.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,252

Baker

RUSH

634

Thevenin

REC

445

Finley

Team Rankings

PPG

27.7

76th

OPP PPG

21.3

40th

RUSH YDS/G

196.6

25th

PASS YDS/G

168.0

148th

2025 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Jacksonville State	7-1	9-5
3	Western Kentucky	6-2	9-4
4	Louisiana Tech	5-3	8-5
5	Missouri State	5-3	7-6
6	FIU	5-3	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	NWST	@	LT	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	LT	@	LSU	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	LT	@	BAY	4:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ARMY	@	LT	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ULL	@	LT	1:00 PM

Last Game

Coastal Carolina

0 - 1

Final

Louisiana Tech

1 - 0

Tue 30 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

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

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 11/15	MICH	@	NW	24-22
Sat 11/15	USF	@	NAVY	38-41
Sat 11/15	SC	@	TAMU	30-31
Sat 11/15	UTEP	@	MOST	24-38
Sat 11/15	MTSU	@	WKU	26-42

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	12:00 PM
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	3:00 PM
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	3:30 PM
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	5:30 PM
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	6:30 PM

Between the 1997 and 2001 seasons, Tim Rattay had the most passing touchdowns in a season, with 46 touchdowns in 1998.

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