most yards per play by a college football team in a game

The San Diego State Aztecs have the most yards per play by a team in a game, with 18.55 against Navy on September 5, 1997.

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	TEAM	YDS/PLY	YDS	PLY	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	PASS YDS	SCKY	PASS TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	RET YDS	RET TD
1	San Diego State	18.55	371	20	9/5/1997	SDSU	vs	NAVY	W 45-31		371		0	0	0
2	Iowa State	13.94	488	35	11/25/2023	ISU	@	KSU	W 42-35	6	230	0	3	258	3	70	0
3	Pittsburgh	13.91	654	47	11/10/2018	PITT	vs	VT	W 52-22	7	162	8	1	492	6	49	0
4	Auburn	13.65	628	46	8/31/2024	AUB	vs	AAMU	W 73-3	10	451	0	6	177	3	86	1
5	New Mexico	13.53	690	51	11/26/2016	UNM	vs	WYO	W 56-35	8	122	0	1	568	7	58	0
6	Florida	13.32	666	50	10/2/2022	FLA	vs	EWU	W 52-17	7	392	0	3	274	4	47	0
7	Memphis	12.96	635	49	11/25/2017	MEM	vs	ECU	W 70-13	10	302	0	3	333	5	109	2
8	UCF	12.88	515	40	10/7/2017	UCF	@	CIN	W 51-23	7	374	9	5	141	2	78	0
9	FIU	12.77	613	48	9/29/2018	FIU	vs	UAPB	W 55-9	7	393	0	4	220	3	62	0
10	LSU	12.75	612	48	11/23/2019	LSU	vs	ARK	W 56-20	8	352	0	3	260	5	0	0
11	Arkansas	12.67	684	54	9/6/2014	ARK	vs	NICH	W 73-7	10	189	0	4	495	6	162	0
12	Oregon	12.5	750	60	10/18/2025	ORE	@	RUTG	W 56-10	8	335	0	4	415	4	0	0
13	Washington State	12.49	637	51	8/31/2024	WSU	vs	PRST	W 70-30	10	413	0	6	224	3	44	1
14	Kentucky	12.4	521	42	11/30/2019	UK	vs	LOU	W 45-13	6	4	0	0	517	6	3	0
15	USC	12.37	668	54	9/2/2023	USC	vs	NEV	W 66-14	9	453	8	6	215	2	54	1
16	Cincinnati	12.35	605	49	9/13/2025	CIN	vs	NWST	W 70-0	10	362	0	7	243	3	22	0
17	Wake Forest	12.27	638	52	10/23/2021	WAKE	@	ARMY	W 70-56	10	458	0	5	180	4	76	1
18	FIU	12.12	594	49	9/2/2021	FIU	vs	LIU	W 48-10	6	276	0	2	318	4	56	0
19	USC	11.98	755	63	9/6/2025	USC	vs	GASO	W 59-20	8	446	0	4	309	4	35	0
20	Oklahoma	11.96	646	54	11/25/2017	OKLA	vs	WVU	W 59-31	8	333	0	4	313	4	59	0
21	New Mexico State	11.94	621	52	12/3/2022	NMSU	vs	VALP	W 65-3	9	389	3	5	232	4	85	0
22	Georgia Tech	11.93	680	57	9/6/2025	GT	vs	WEBB	W 59-12	8	457	0	2	223	5	56	1
23	Georgia Southern	11.79	684	58	9/6/2014	GASO	vs	SAV	W 83-9	12	120	0	2	564	10	20	0
24	Mississippi State	11.76	647	55	9/19/2015	MSST	vs	NWST	W 62-13	9	372	5	4	275	5	83	0
25	Miami	11.73	856	73	9/10/2026	MIA	vs	FAMU	W 77-7	11	426	0	6	430	5	22	0

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More San Diego State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

787

Denegal

RUSH

355

Kinnard

REC

177

Acevedo

Team Rankings

PPG

22.8

111th

OPP PPG

35.0

150th

RUSH YDS/G

134.0

117th

PASS YDS/G

143.7

175th

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Oregon State	2-0	4-2
3	Fresno State	1-1	4-2
4	San Diego State	1-1	2-4
5	Utah State	1-1	2-4
6	Colorado State	0-1	2-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	FRES	@	SDSU	10:30 PM
Sat 10/24	SDSU	@	CSU	6:30 PM
Sat 10/31	WSU	@	SDSU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	USU	@	SDSU	9:30 PM
Sat 11/21	SDSU	@	BSU	9:30 PM

Last Game

San Diego State

2 - 4

Final

Oregon State

4 - 2

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333