what are the most kick return touchdowns in a single game by a team in college football

17 teams are tied for the most kick-return touchdowns in a game, with 2 touchdowns. The first three are the Florida Atlantic Owls on October 3, the Baylor Bears on November 25, 2023 and on September 26, 2020 and the Eastern Michigan Eagles on September 1, 2023.

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Data note: Kick-Return Touchdowns: team game data may be incomplete before 2000

	TEAM	KR TD	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
1	Florida Atlantic	2	10/3/2026	FAU	vs	TXSO	W 66-10	2	190	95.0	2	34	17.0	0
2	Baylor	2	11/25/2023	BAY	vs	WVU	L 31-34	7	279	39.9	0	0		0
3	Eastern Michigan	2	9/1/2023	EMU	vs	HOW	W 33-23	5	224	44.8	2	42	21.0	0
4	South Florida	2	11/6/2021	USF	vs	HOU	L 42-54	5	218	43.6	0	0		0
5	Alabama	2	9/25/2021	ALA	vs	USM	W 63-14	3	177	59.0	3	-2	-0.7	0
6	Baylor	2	9/26/2020	BAY	vs	KU	W 47-14	3	208	69.3	1	0	0.0	0
7	Duke	2	11/23/2019	DUKE	@	WAKE	L 27-39	6	251	41.8	1	21	21.0	0
8	South Florida	2	9/8/2018	USF	vs	GT	W 49-38	6	266	44.3	1	0	0.0	0
9	Troy	2	11/11/2017	TROY	@	CCU	W 42-17	3	194	64.7	3	5	1.7	0
10	Old Dominion	2	10/28/2017	ODU	@	UNT	L 38-45	8	290	36.3	0	0		0
11	Louisiana	2	9/2/2017	UL	vs	SELA	W 51-48	4	229	57.3	2	52	26.0	0
12	Marshall	2	9/2/2017	MRSH	vs	M-OH	W 31-26	5	214	42.8	1	0	0.0	0
13	San Diego State	2	11/19/2016	SDSU	@	WYO	L 33-34	4	194	48.5	1	6	6.0	0
14	Louisiana Tech	2	11/12/2016	LT	vs	UTSA	W 63-35	3	151	50.3	3	21	7.0	0
15	California	2	10/4/2014	CAL	@	WSU	W 60-59	8	286	35.8	3	22	7.3	0
16	Vanderbilt	2	9/20/2014	VAN	vs	SC	L 34-48	7	266	38.0	1	0	0.0	0
17	UCLA	2	12/30/2005	UCLA	vs	NW	W 50-38	6	156	26.0	1	20	20.0	0
18	Clemson	2	9/25/2004	CLEM	@	FSU	L 22-41	7	286	40.9	1	5	5.0	0
19	New Mexico State	2	10/6/2001	NMSU	@	TLSA	W 24-7	2	189	94.5	5	4	0.8	0
20	Middle Tennessee	1	10/28/2026	MTU	vs	KENN	L 28-44	2	114	57.0	1	5	5.0	0
21	Ohio	1	10/24/2026	OHIO	vs	EMU	W 24-20	1	100	100.0	2	24	12.0	0
22	Texas State	1	10/24/2026	TXST	vs	USU	W 20-17	5	164	32.8	3	9	3.0	0
23	Western Michigan	1	10/24/2026	WMU	@	TOL	L 38-45	5	179	35.8	0	0		0
24	Kansas	1	10/17/2026	KU	@	KSU	L 24-35	2	110	55.0	0	0		0
25	San Diego State	1	10/10/2026	SDSU	@	ORST	L 14-66	2	110	55.0	0	0		0

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More Florida Atlantic Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,536

Veltkamp

RUSH

369

Ervin

REC

898

Messer

Team Rankings

PPG

37.8

14th

OPP PPG

35.8

155th

RUSH YDS/G

110.4

147th

PASS YDS/G

329.6

5th

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Army	4-1	5-2
4	Memphis	3-1	6-2
5	Florida Atlantic	2-2	5-3
6	UAB	2-1	4-3
7	Charlotte	1-2	1-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/5	UTSA	@	FAU	7:30 PM
Sat 11/14	FAU	@	TLSA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	USF	@	FAU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	FAU	@	ECU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Florida Atlantic

5 - 3

Final

North Texas

6 - 2

Thu 29 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

963

Riley

957

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

43.0

42.7

41.1

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

323.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	2	.778
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125