penn state single season passing yards record

The Penn State Nittany Lions had their most passing yards in a season in 2017, with 3,772 yards.

	TEAM	YDS	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Penn State	3,772	2017	13	301	458	65.7	8.2	290.2	32	10	153.6	7.0	2.2	28	158
2	Penn State	3,650	2016	14	226	391	57.8	9.3	260.7	29	8	156.6	7.4	2.0	24	161
3	Penn State	3,646	2024	16	292	437	66.8	8.3	227.9	30	10	155.0	6.9	2.3	20	142
4	Penn State	3,491	2021	13	291	486	59.9	7.2	268.5	25	10	133.1	5.1	2.1	34	216
5	Penn State	3,283	2022	13	270	422	64.0	7.8	252.5	29	7	148.7	6.9	1.7	21	124
6	Penn State	3,283	2012	12	272	456	59.6	7.2	273.6	24	5	135.3	5.3	1.1
7	Penn State	3,160	2008	13	224	383	58.5	8.3	243.1	23	6	144.5	6.0	1.6
8	Penn State	3,110	2013	12	241	408	59.1	7.6	259.2	21	10	135.2	5.1	2.5	21	134
9	Penn State	3,083	2009	13	241	397	60.7	7.8	237.2	22	10	139.2	5.5	2.5
10	Penn State	3,034	2014	13	276	497	55.5	6.1	233.4	13	15	109.4	2.6	3.0	44	277
11	Penn State	2,986	2010	13	236	425	55.5	7.0	229.7	17	17	119.7	4.0	4.0
12	Penn State	2,962	1994	11	194	299	64.9	9.9	269.3	23	7	168.8	7.7	2.3
13	Penn State	2,877	2019	13	217	369	58.8	7.8	221.3	25	9	141.8	6.8	2.4	32	179
14	Penn State	2,835	2018	13	205	379	54.1	7.5	218.1	21	8	131.0	5.5	2.1	31	193
15	Penn State	2,795	2023	13	246	413	59.6	6.8	215.0	30	2	139.4	7.3	0.5	16	124
16	Penn State	2,788	2015	13	215	404	53.2	6.9	214.5	20	6	124.6	5.0	1.5	39	230
17	Penn State	2,776	1999	12	193	338	57.1	8.2	231.3	19	13	136.9	5.6	3.8
18	Penn State	2,682	2007	13	240	415	57.8	6.5	206.3	18	10	121.6	4.3	2.4
19	Penn State	2,642	1991	12	178	311	57.2	8.5	220.2	23	7	148.5	7.4	2.3
20	Penn State	2,599	2006	13	226	424	53.3	6.1	199.9	11	9	109.1	2.6	2.1
21	Penn State	2,536	2002	13	198	351	56.4	7.2	195.1	17	11	126.8	4.8	3.1
22	Penn State	2,505	2005	12	175	331	52.9	7.6	208.8	18	10	128.3	5.4	3.0	14
23	Penn State	2,487	2001	11	182	361	50.4	6.9	226.1	13	18	110.2	3.6	5.0
24	Penn State	2,439	2025	13	226	339	66.7	7.2	187.6	16	7	138.5	4.7	2.1	19	129
25	Penn State	2,391	1992	11	172	342	50.3	7.0	217.4	15	5	120.6	4.4	1.5

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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