penn state single season passing touchdowns record qb

Trace McSorley has the most passing touchdowns for Penn State by a quarterback in a season, with 29 touchdowns in 2016.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Trace McSorley T. McSorley	29	2016	PSU	14	224	387	57.9	3,614	9.3	258.1	8	156.9	7.5	2.1	23	160
2	Trace McSorley T. McSorley	28	2017	PSU	13	284	427	66.5	3,570	8.4	274.6	10	153.7	6.6	2.3	26	141
3	Drew Allar D. Allar	25	2023	PSU	13	233	389	59.9	2,631	6.8	202.4	2	136.9	6.4	0.5	15	111
4	Drew Allar D. Allar	24	2024	PSU	16	262	394	66.5	3,327	8.4	207.9	8	153.5	6.1	2.0	19	136
5	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	24	2022	PSU	13	226	351	64.4	2,822	8.0	217.1	7	150.5	6.8	2.0	17	98
6	Matt McGloin M. McGloin	24	2012	PSU	12	270	446	60.5	3,271	7.3	272.6	5	137.7	5.4	1.1
7	Daryll Clark D. Clark	24	2009	PSU	13	232	381	60.9	3,003	7.9	231.0	10	142.6	6.3	2.6
8	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	23	2019	PSU	12	189	319	59.2	2,654	8.3	221.2	7	148.5	7.2	2.2	24	121
9	Todd Blackledge T. Blackledge	22	1982	PSU	11	161	292	55.1	2,218	7.6	201.6	14	134.2	7.5	4.8
10	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	21	2021	PSU	13	261	428	61.0	3,107	7.3	239.0	8	134.4	4.9	1.9	30	189
11	Kerry Collins K. Collins	21	1994	PSU	11	176	264	66.7	2,679	10.1	243.5	7	172.9	8.0	2.7
12	Tony Sacca T. Sacca	21	1991	PSU	12	169	292	57.9	2,488	8.5	207.3	5	149.8	7.2	1.7
13	Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	20	2013	PSU	12	231	392	58.9	2,955	7.5	246.3	10	134.0	5.1	2.6	20	125
14	Daryll Clark D. Clark	19	2008	PSU	13	192	321	59.8	2,592	8.1	199.4	6	143.4	5.9	1.9
15	Anthony Morelli A. Morelli	19	2007	PSU	13	234	402	58.2	2,651	6.6	203.9	10	124.2	4.7	2.5
16	Doug Strang D. Strang	19	1983	PSU	12	134	259	51.7	1,944	7.5	162.0	7	133.6	7.3	2.7
17	Trace McSorley T. McSorley	18	2018	PSU	13	192	361	53.2	2,530	7.0	194.6	7	124.6	5.0	1.9	27	161
18	Wally Richardson W. Richardson	18	1995	PSU	11	193	335	57.6	2,198	6.6	199.8	6	126.9	5.4	1.8
19	Michael Robinson M. Robinson	17	2005	PSU	12	162	311	52.1	2,350	7.6	195.8	10	127.2	5.5	3.2
20	Zack Mills Z. Mills	17	2002	PSU	13	188	333	56.5	2,417	7.3	185.9	10	128.3	5.1	3.0
21	Mike McQueary M. McQueary	17	1997	PSU	11	146	255	57.3	2,211	8.7	201.0	9	145.0	6.7	3.5
22	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	16	2020	PSU	9	152	251	60.6	1,883	7.5	209.2	9	137.4	6.4	3.6	22	140
23	Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	16	2015	PSU	13	192	359	53.5	2,525	7.0	194.2	6	123.9	4.5	1.7	38	225
24	Chuck Fusina C. Fusina	15	1977	PSU	11	142	246	57.7	2,221	9.0	201.9	9	146.4	6.1	3.7
25	John Hufnagel J. Hufnagel	15	1972	PSU	11	115	216	53.2	2,039	9.4	185.4	8	148.0	6.9	3.7

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More Penn State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,664

Becht

RUSH

278

Hansen

REC

510

Sowell

Team Rankings

PPG

28.7

76th

OPP PPG

18.9

35th

RUSH YDS/G

130.7

128th

PASS YDS/G

253.4

49th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
14	Rutgers	1-2	2-4
15	Washington	1-3	4-3
16	Penn State	0-4	3-4
17	Maryland	0-4	2-5
18	Michigan State	0-4	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	PUR	@	PSU	4:15 PM
Sat 11/7	PSU	@	WASH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MINN	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	RUTG	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	PSU	@	MD	1:00 PM

Last Game

Penn State

3 - 4

Final

Michigan

4 - 2

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

796

Myers

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	4	3	.571