most td by player in college football season

David Klingler has gotten the most total touchdowns in a season, with 55 touchdowns in 1990.

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	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	XP2	SFTY	PTS	PPG
1	David Klingler D. Klingler	55	1990	HOU	11	1				330	30.0
2	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	53	1980	BYU	12	6				318	26.5
3	Andre Ware A. Ware	49	1989	HOU	11	3				294	26.7
4	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	47	1998	LT	12	1	0			282	23.5
5	Shaun King S. King	46	1998	TULN	11	10	0			276	25.1
6	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	45	1990	BYU	12	4				270	22.5
7	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	41	1996	FLA	12	2				246	20.5
8	Steve Young S. Young	41	1983	BYU	11	8				246	22.4
9	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	40	1998	UCF	11	12	0			240	21.8
10	Tim Couch T. Couch	40	1997	UK	11	3				240	21.8
11	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	40	1997	MRSH	12	1				240	20.0
12	Montee Ball M. Ball	39	2011	WIS	14	33	6	0	0	234	16.7
13	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	39	1999	MRSH	12	2				234	19.5
14	Drew Brees D. Brees	39	1998	PUR	12	3	0			234	19.5
15	Peyton Manning P. Manning	39	1997	TENN	12	3	0			234	19.5
16	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	39	1997	WSU	11	6				234	21.3
17	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	39	1991	BYU	12	4				234	19.5
18	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	39	1988	OKST	11	37	0			234	21.3
19	Troy Kopp T. Kopp	38	1991		12	1				228	19.0
20	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	38	1989	BYU	12	6				228	19.0
21	Doug Williams D. Williams	38	1977	GRAM	11	0				228	20.7
22	Tim Couch T. Couch	37	1998	UK	11	1				222	20.2
23	Michael Bishop M. Bishop	37	1998	KSU	12	14				222	18.5
24	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	37	1995	FLA	11	2				222	20.2
25	Dan Marino D. Marino	36	1981	PITT	11	2				216	19.6

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More Houston Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,185

Weigman

RUSH

314

Sanford

REC

330

Thomas

Team Rankings

PPG

41.0

18th

OPP PPG

19.8

50th

RUSH YDS/G

229.6

21st

PASS YDS/G

253.6

52nd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Oklahoma State	1-0	3-1
6	Arizona	1-1	4-1
7	Houston	1-1	4-1
8	Cincinnati	1-1	4-1
9	Iowa State	1-1	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	HOU	@	KSU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	OKST	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	CIN	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/13	HOU	@	COLO	10:15 PM

Last Game

UCF

3 - 2

Final

Houston

4 - 1

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200