most yards in a single game by a freshman qb

Drew Mestemaker has the most passing yards by a freshman quarterback in a game, with 608 yards against Charlotte on October 24.

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most passing yards in a single game by a freshman qb

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	608	10/24/2025	UNT	@	CHAR	37	49	75.5	12.4	4	1	202.6	8.2	2.0	3	25
2	Alan Bowman A. Bowman	605	9/15/2018	TTU	vs	HOU	43	59	72.9	10.3	5	0	187.0	8.5	0.0	1	9
3	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	601	10/17/2020	UCF	@	MEM	35	49	71.4	12.3	5	0	208.1	10.2	0.0	3	13
4	Luke Falk L. Falk	601	11/22/2014	WSU	@	ASU	45	74	60.8	8.1	3	4	131.6	4.1	5.4	6	32
5	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	598	11/29/2014	TTU	vs	BAY	30	56	53.6	10.7	6	1	175.1	10.7	1.8	1	3
6	C.J. Stroud	573	1/1/2022	OSU	@	UTAH	37	46	80.4	12.5	6	1	223.8	13.0	2.2	0	0
7	Bryce Young B. Young	559	11/20/2021	ALA	vs	ARK	31	40	77.5	14.0	5	0	236.1	12.5	0.0	4	33
8	Hayden Moore H. Moore	557	9/24/2015	CIN	@	MEM	31	53	58.5	10.5	4	2	164.1	7.5	3.8	0	0
9	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	554	9/18/2021	UVA	@	UNC	39	54	72.2	10.3	4	1	179.1	7.4	1.9	3	15
10	Sam Howell S. Howell	550	11/14/2020	UNC	vs	WAKE	32	45	71.1	12.2	6	1	213.3	13.3	2.2	2	13
11	Kurtis Rourke K. Rourke	537	9/24/2022	OHIO	vs	FOR	41	50	82.0	10.7	4	0	198.6	8.0	0.0	3	15
12	Noah Fifita N. Fifita	527	11/25/2023	ARIZ	@	ASU	30	41	73.2	12.9	5	1	216.5	12.2	2.4	0	0
13	E.J. Warner	527	11/26/2022	TEM	vs	ECU	45	63	71.4	8.4	5	1	164.7	7.9	1.6	0	0
14	Anu Solomon A. Solomon	520	9/20/2014	ARIZ	vs	CAL	47	73	64.4	7.1	5	2	141.3	6.8	2.7	3	20
15	Kedon Slovis K. Slovis	515	11/23/2019	USC	vs	UCLA	37	47	78.7	11.0	4	0	198.9	8.5	0.0	3	21
16	Matt Corral M. Corral	513	11/14/2020	MISS	vs	SC	28	32	87.5	16.0	4	0	263.4	12.5	0.0	1	4
17	Jared Goff J. Goff	504	10/5/2013	CAL	vs	WSU	33	59	55.9	8.5	2	1	135.5	3.4	1.7	3	23
18	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	503	11/14/2015	BSU	vs	UNM	40	74	54.1	6.8	2	3	112.0	2.7	4.1	3	13
19	Tyler Van Dyke T. Van Dyke	496	10/8/2022	MIA	vs	UNC	42	57	73.7	8.7	3	1	160.6	5.3	1.8	2	12
20	Brett Gabbert B. Gabbert	492	11/2/2021	M-OH	@	OHIO	32	55	58.2	8.9	5	1	159.7	9.1	1.8	1	2
21	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	491	11/21/2020	IND	@	OSU	27	51	52.9	9.6	5	1	162.2	9.8	2.0	2	11
22	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	489	10/29/2016	ORE	vs	ASU	31	42	73.8	11.6	4	0	203.0	9.5	0.0	4	33
23	Will Rogers W. Rogers	487	9/23/2023	MSST	@	SC	30	48	62.5	10.1	1	1	150.4	2.1	2.1	3	16
24	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	487	11/20/2021	UVA	@	PITT	36	49	73.5	9.9	3	1	173.1	6.1	2.0	5	31
25	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	487	10/9/2021	UVA	@	LOU	40	60	66.7	8.1	3	2	144.7	5.0	3.3	5	31

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Team Leaders

PASS

4,379

Mestemaker

RUSH

1,434

Hawkins

REC

1,264

Young

Team Rankings

PPG

44.8

1st

OPP PPG

24.9

78th

RUSH YDS/G

181.0

46th

PASS YDS/G

323.2

5th

2025 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	North Texas	7-1	12-2
2	Tulane	7-1	11-3
3	Navy	7-1	11-2
4	South Florida	6-2	9-4
5	East Carolina	6-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	UNT	@	IND	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	UNLV	@	UNT	3:45 PM
Sat 9/19	UNT	@	TXST	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	HCU	@	UNT	7:30 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM

Last Game

North Texas

1 - 0

Final

San Diego State

0 - 1

Sat 27 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

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CFB 2025 Standings

	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
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
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	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
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
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

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
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	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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
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

	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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
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
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167