most td by player in college football season

David Klingler has scored 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

946

Weigman

RUSH

283

Hughes

REC

287

Thomas

Team Rankings

PPG

44.5

9th

OPP PPG

20.5

51st

RUSH YDS/G

248.5

14th

PASS YDS/G

257.3

51st

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Arizona State	1-0	2-1
9	Arizona	0-1	3-1
10	Houston	0-1	3-1
11	Kansas State	0-1	3-1
12	West Virginia	0-1	3-1

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

Houston

3 - 1

Final

Georgia Southern

1 - 3

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	2	.500
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	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	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250