what are the most rushing touchdowns in a single game in college football

Jaret Patterson has the most rushing touchdowns in a game, with 8 touchdowns against Kent State on November 28, 2020.

Interpreted as:
What are the most rushing touchdowns by a player in a single game in college football?
NAMERUSH TDDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Jaret Patterson
J. Patterson
8
11/28/2020
BUFF BUFF
vs
KENT KENT
409
36
11.4
2Kalen Ballage
K. Ballage
7
9/10/2016
ASU ASU
vs
TTU TTU
137
13
10.5
48
2
4
24.0
1
3Keenan Reynolds
K. Reynolds
7
11/22/2013
NAVY NAVY
@
SJSU SJSU
240
36
6.7
0
0
0
4Montel Harris
M. Harris
7
11/17/2012
TEM TEM
@
ARMY ARMY
351
36
9.8
5Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
6
8/31/2024
BSU BSU
@
GASO GASO
267
20
13.4
4
3
4
1.3
0
6Israel Abanikanda
I. Abanikanda
6
10/8/2022
PITT PITT
vs
VT VT
320
36
8.9
0
0
1
0
7Jaret Patterson
J. Patterson
6
11/29/2019
BUFF BUFF
vs
BGSU BGSU
298
26
11.5
8Ryquell Armstead
R. Armstead
6
11/10/2018
TEM TEM
@
HOU HOU
210
30
7.0
0
0
1
0
9Kenneth Dixon
K. Dixon
6
11/7/2015
LT LT
vs
UNT UNT
195
22
8.9
32
3
4
10.7
0
10Keenan Reynolds
K. Reynolds
6
11/15/2014
NAVY NAVY
vs
GASO GASO
277
30
9.2
11Kapri Bibbs
K. Bibbs
6
11/16/2013
CSU CSU
@
UNM UNM
291
38
7.7
0
0
0
12Kenneth Dixon
K. Dixon
6
10/20/2012
LT LT
vs
IDHO IDHO
232
17
13.6
13Stefphon Jefferson
S. Jefferson
6
9/22/2012
NEV NEV
@
HAW HAW
170
31
5.5
76
3
25.3
1
14Carnell Williams
C. Williams
6
10/18/2003
AUB AUB
vs
MSST MSST
161
15
10.7
15Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
6
12/7/2002
MIA MIA
vs
VT VT
205
39
5.3
21
2
10.5
0
16Craig Candeto
C. Candeto
6
12/7/2002
NAVY NAVY
@
ARMY ARMY
103
18
5.7
17Chance Kretschmer
C. Kretschmer
6
11/24/2001
NEV NEV
@
UTEP UTEP
327
45
7.3
18Chris Brown
C. Brown
6
11/23/2001
COLO COLO
vs
NEB NEB
198
24
8.3
19Levron Williams
L. Williams
6
10/6/2001
IND IND
@
WIS WIS
280
20
14.0
20Dwone Hicks
D. Hicks
6
10/7/2000
MTSU MTSU
vs
LT LT
311
32
9.7
21Quentin Griffin
Q. Griffin
6
10/7/2000
OKLA OKLA
vs
TEX TEX
87
23
3.8
45
3
15.0
0
22Caleb Hawkins
C. Hawkins
5
11/15/2025
UNT UNT
@
UAB UAB
189
27
7.0
21
1
2
21.0
0
23Jonah Coleman
J. Coleman
5
9/6/2025
WASH WASH
vs
UCD UCD
111
15
7.4
24
1
2
24.0
0
24Bryson Daily
B. Daily
5
10/19/2024
ARMY ARMY
vs
ECU ECU
171
31
5.5
0
0
0
0
25Jadan Baugh
J. Baugh
5
10/19/2024
FLA FLA
vs
UK UK
106
22
4.8
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 2000 season.

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