most touchdowns per game by a quarterback in a single college football season

David Klingler has the most passing touchdowns per game played by a quarterback in a season, with 4.91 in 1990.

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns per game by a quarterback in a single college football season
NAMETD/GPTDGPSEASONTMCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1David Klingler
D. Klingler
4.91
54
11
1990
HOU HOU
374
643
58.2
5,140
8.0
467.3
20
146.8
8.4
3.1
2Bailey Zappe
B. Zappe
4.43
62
14
2021
WKU WKU
475
686
69.2
5,967
8.7
426.2
11
168.9
9.0
1.6
16
114
3Andre Ware
A. Ware
4.18
46
11
1989
HOU HOU
365
578
63.1
4,699
8.1
427.2
15
152.5
8.0
2.6
4Seth Russell
S. Russell
4.14
29
7
2015
BAY BAY
119
200
59.5
2,104
10.5
300.6
6
189.7
14.5
3.0
3
14
5Colt Brennan
C. Brennan
4.14
58
14
2006
HAW HAW
406
559
72.6
5,549
9.9
396.4
12
186.0
10.4
2.1
6Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
4
60
15
2019
LSU LSU
402
527
76.3
5,671
10.8
378.1
6
202.0
11.4
1.1
34
206
7Joey Yellen
J. Yellen
4
4
1
2019
ASU ASU
28
44
63.6
292
6.6
292.0
2
140.3
9.1
4.5
1
5
8B.J. Symons
B.J. Symons
4
52
13
2003
TTU TTU
470
719
65.4
5,833
8.1
448.7
22
151.3
7.2
3.1
9Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
3.92
47
12
1980
BYU BYU
284
445
63.8
4,571
10.3
380.9
18
176.9
10.6
4.0
10Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
3.9
39
10
1969
SDSU SDSU
199
335
59.4
3,185
9.5
318.5
26
162.2
11.6
7.8
11Derek Carr
D. Carr
3.85
50
13
2013
FRES FRES
454
659
68.9
5,088
7.7
391.4
8
156.4
7.6
1.2
9
68
12Tim Rattay
T. Rattay
3.83
46
12
1998
LT LT
380
559
68.0
4,943
8.8
411.9
13
164.8
8.2
2.3
13Brandon Doughty
B. Doughty
3.77
49
13
2014
WKU WKU
375
552
67.9
4,830
8.8
371.5
10
167.1
8.9
1.8
19
127
14Anthony Gordon
A. Gordon
3.69
48
13
2019
WSU WSU
493
689
71.6
5,579
8.1
429.2
16
157.9
7.0
2.3
20
153
15Graham Harrell
G. Harrell
3.69
48
13
2007
TTU TTU
512
713
71.8
5,705
8.0
438.8
14
157.3
6.7
2.0
16C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
3.67
44
12
2021
OSU OSU
317
441
71.9
4,435
10.1
369.6
6
186.6
10.0
1.4
13
103
17Myles Brennan
M. Brennan
3.67
11
3
2020
LSU LSU
79
131
60.3
1,112
8.5
370.7
3
154.7
8.4
2.3
9
55
18Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
3.67
33
9
2019
ALA ALA
180
252
71.4
2,840
11.3
315.6
3
206.9
13.1
1.2
10
63
19Mike Maxwell
M. Maxwell
3.67
33
9
1995
NEV NEV
277
409
67.7
3,611
8.8
401.2
17
160.2
8.1
4.2
20Kyle Trask
K. Trask
3.58
43
12
2020
FLA FLA
301
437
68.9
4,283
9.8
356.9
8
180.0
9.8
1.8
20
127
21Dwayne Haskins
D. Haskins
3.57
50
14
2018
OSU OSU
373
533
70.0
4,875
9.1
348.2
8
174.8
9.4
1.5
20
107
22Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3.57
50
14
2008
OKLA OKLA
328
483
67.9
4,720
9.8
337.1
8
180.8
10.4
1.7
23Connor Halliday
C. Halliday
3.56
32
9
2014
WSU WSU
354
526
67.3
3,873
7.4
430.3
11
145.0
6.1
2.1
19
163
24Tim Rattay
T. Rattay
3.5
35
10
1999
LT LT
342
516
66.3
3,922
7.6
392.2
12
147.9
6.8
2.3
25Logan Woodside
L. Woodside
3.46
45
13
2016
TOL TOL
289
418
69.1
4,129
9.9
317.6
9
183.3
10.8
2.2
14
89
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1956 season.

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