most total touchdowns in a college football game by a qb

5 players are tied for the most touchdowns by a quarterback in a game, with 8 combined passing, rushing, and receiving touchdowns. The first three are Jayden Daniels on November 18, 2023, Drew Anderson on October 7, 2017 and Brandon Doughty on November 28, 2014.

Interpreted as:

most passing total touchdowns in a college football game by a qb

	NAME	TOTALTD	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	8	11/18/2023	LSU	vs	GAST	25	30	83.3	413	13.8	6	0	265.0	20.0	0.0	0	0
2	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	8	10/7/2017	BUFF	vs	WMU	35	61	57.4	597	9.8	7	0	177.5	11.5	0.0	0	0
3	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	8	11/28/2014	WKU	@	MRSH	34	50	68.0	491	9.8	8	2	195.3	16.0	4.0	2	15
4	Brett Smith B. Smith	8	11/23/2013	WYO	vs	HAW	29	48	60.4	498	10.4	7	0	195.7	14.6	0.0
5	Keenan Reynolds K. Reynolds	8	11/22/2013	NAVY	@	SJSU	4	6	66.7	46	7.7	1	0	186.1	16.7	0.0
6	Alonza Barnett III A. Barnett III	7	9/21/2024	JMU	@	UNC	22	34	64.7	388	11.4	5	0	209.1	14.7	0.0	2	11
7	Cade Klubnik C. Klubnik	7	9/7/2024	CLEM	vs	APP	24	26	92.3	378	14.5	5	0	277.9	19.2	0.0	0	0
8	Casey Thompson C. Thompson	7	11/13/2021	TEX	vs	KU	30	43	69.8	358	8.3	6	1	181.1	14.0	2.3	1	1
9	Frank Harris F. Harris	7	10/9/2021	UTSA	@	WKU	28	38	73.7	349	9.2	6	1	197.7	15.8	2.6	0	0
10	Tanner Mordecai T. Mordecai	7	9/4/2021	SMU	vs	ACU	24	30	80.0	317	10.6	7	0	245.8	23.3	0.0	0	0
11	Kellen Mond K. Mond	7	11/24/2018	TAMU	vs	LSU	23	49	46.9	287	5.9	6	0	136.5	12.2	0.0	2	19
12	D'Eriq King D. King	7	10/27/2018	HOU	vs	USF	28	40	70.0	419	10.5	5	2	189.2	12.5	5.0	1	2
13	Kyler Murray K. Murray	7	9/29/2018	OKLA	vs	BAY	17	21	81.0	432	20.6	6	0	348.0	28.6	0.0	2	15
14	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	7	11/21/2015	MSST	@	ARK	38	50	76.0	508	10.2	5	1	190.3	10.0	2.0	2	4
15	Paxton Lynch P. Lynch	7	12/22/2014	MEM	vs	BYU	24	46	52.2	306	6.7	4	3	123.7	8.7	6.5	1	9
16	Rakeem Cato R. Cato	7	11/28/2014	MRSH	vs	WKU	29	46	63.0	417	9.1	7	4	172.0	15.2	8.7	3	25
17	Jared Goff J. Goff	7	9/27/2014	CAL	vs	COLO	24	42	57.1	458	10.9	7	1	199.0	16.7	2.4	2	11
18	Sefo Liufau S. Liufau	7	9/27/2014	COLO	@	CAL	46	67	68.7	455	6.8	7	1	157.2	10.4	1.5	0	0
19	Shane Carden S. Carden	7	11/9/2013	ECU	vs	TLSA	34	50	68.0	384	7.7	5	0	165.5	10.0	0.0
20	Garrett Gilbert G. Gilbert	7	10/5/2013	SMU	vs	RUTG	45	70	64.3	484	6.9	5	0	145.9	7.1	0.0	4	22
21	Arch Manning A. Manning	6	11/22/2025	TEX	vs	ARK	18	30	60.0	389	13.0	4	0	212.9	13.3	0.0	0	0
22	Amari Odom A. Odom	6	11/22/2025	KENN	vs	MOST	24	34	70.6	387	11.4	5	0	214.7	14.7	0.0	4	20
23	Diego Pavia D. Pavia	6	11/22/2025	VAN	vs	UK	33	39	84.6	484	12.4	5	1	226.0	12.8	2.6	3	15
24	Deuce Knight D. Knight	6	11/22/2025	AUB	vs	MER	15	20	75.0	239	12.0	2	0	208.4	10.0	0.0	1	8
25	Alonza Barnett III A. Barnett III	6	10/18/2025	JMU	vs	ODU	17	25	68.0	295	11.8	2	0	193.5	8.0	0.0	2	12

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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
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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
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3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
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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

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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

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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

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1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

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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
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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
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