most touchdowns in a college football game

Jaret Patterson and Kalen Ballage are tied for the most total touchdowns in a game, with 8 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:

most touchdowns by a player in a college football game

	NAME	TD	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS
1	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	8	11/28/2020	BUFF	vs	KENT	8
2	Kalen Ballage K. Ballage	8	9/10/2016	ASU	vs	TTU	7	1
3	Keenan Reynolds K. Reynolds	7	11/22/2013	NAVY	@	SJSU	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Montel Harris M. Harris	7	11/17/2012	TEM	@	ARMY	7					0	0	42
5	Stefphon Jefferson S. Jefferson	7	9/22/2012	NEV	@	HAW	6	1				0	0	42
6	Rashaun Woods R. Woods	7	9/20/2003	OKST	@	SMU		7				0	0	42
7	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	6	8/31/2024	BSU	@	GASO	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	36
8	Israel Abanikanda I. Abanikanda	6	10/8/2022	PITT	vs	VT	6	0
9	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	6	11/29/2019	BUFF	vs	BGSU	6
10	Ryquell Armstead R. Armstead	6	11/10/2018	TEM	@	HOU	6	0
11	Kenneth Dixon K. Dixon	6	11/7/2015	LT	vs	UNT	6	0
12	Dee Hart D. Hart	6	11/22/2014	CSU	vs	UNM	5	1
13	Keenan Reynolds K. Reynolds	6	11/15/2014	NAVY	vs	GASO	6
14	Kapri Bibbs K. Bibbs	6	11/16/2013	CSU	@	UNM	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Kenneth Dixon K. Dixon	6	10/20/2012	LT	vs	IDHO	6					0	0	36
16	Trey Burton T. Burton	6	9/25/2010	FLA	vs	UK	5	1				0	0	36
17	Phillip Tanner P. Tanner	6	11/22/2008	MTSU	vs	UNT	5	0				0	0	36
18	Steve Slaton S. Slaton	6	10/15/2005	WVU	vs	LOU	5	1				0	0	36
19	Carnell Williams C. Williams	6	10/18/2003	AUB	vs	MSST	6					0	0	36
20	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	6	12/7/2002	MIA	vs	VT	6	0				0	0	36
21	Craig Candeto C. Candeto	6	12/7/2002	NAVY	@	ARMY	6					0	0	36
22	Jonathan Golden J. Golden	6	9/7/2002	BAY	vs	SAM	5	1				0	0	36
23	Chance Kretschmer C. Kretschmer	6	11/24/2001	NEV	@	UTEP	6					0	0	36
24	Chris Brown C. Brown	6	11/23/2001	COLO	vs	NEB	6					0	0	36
25	Levron Williams L. Williams	6	10/6/2001	IND	@	WIS	6					0	0	36

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	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	8	5	.615
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	11	2	.846
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	8	4	.667
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	8	4	.667
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	1	.923
2	Alabama	11	3	.786
3	Ole Miss	12	1	.923
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	9	3	.750
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	2	.833
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	4	.667
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	7	.417
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	13	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	1	.923
3	Oregon	12	1	.923
4	Michigan	9	3	.750
5	USC	9	3	.750
6	Iowa	8	4	.667
7	Illinois	8	4	.667
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	5	.583
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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	10	2	.833
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	7	.417
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	1	.923
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	10	2	.833
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	3	.750
6	Arizona State	8	4	.667
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	8	4	.667
10	Cincinnati	7	5	.583
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

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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	6	.500
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	6	6	.500
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	7	5	.583
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