what qb has thrown the most touchdowns in a game in college football

Tanner Mordecai, Anthony Gordon and Case Keenum are tied for the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in a game, with 9 touchdowns.

NAMETDDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tanner Mordecai
T. Mordecai
9
11/5/2022
SMU SMU
vs
HOU HOU
28
37
75.7
379
10.2
0
242.0
24.3
0.0
1
1
2Anthony Gordon
A. Gordon
9
9/21/2019
WSU WSU
vs
UCLA UCLA
41
61
67.2
570
9.3
2
187.8
14.8
3.3
2
11
3Case Keenum
C. Keenum
9
10/27/2011
HOU HOU
vs
RICE RICE
24
37
64.9
534
14.4
1
261.0
24.3
2.7
4Brandon Doughty
B. Doughty
8
11/28/2014
WKU WKU
@
MRSH MRSH
34
50
68.0
491
9.8
2
195.3
16.0
4.0
2
15
5Geno Smith
G. Smith
8
9/29/2012
WVU WVU
vs
BAY BAY
45
51
88.2
656
12.9
0
248.0
15.7
0.0
6Giovanni Vizza
G. Vizza
8
11/10/2007
UNT UNT
vs
NAVY NAVY
40
50
80.0
478
9.6
2
205.1
16.0
4.0
7B.J. Symons
B.J. Symons
8
10/4/2003
TTU TTU
vs
TAMU TAMU
34
46
73.9
505
11.0
0
223.5
17.4
0.0
8Nick Rolovich
N. Rolovich
8
12/8/2001
HAW HAW
vs
BYU BYU
29
52
55.8
543
10.4
1
190.4
15.4
1.9
9Jason Martin
J. Martin
8
10/19/1996
LT LT
vs
TOL TOL
28
36
77.8
542
15.1
0
277.6
22.2
0.0
10Clayton Tune
C. Tune
7
11/5/2022
HOU HOU
@
SMU SMU
36
53
67.9
527
9.9
3
183.7
13.2
5.7
2
12
11Tanner Mordecai
T. Mordecai
7
9/4/2021
SMU SMU
vs
ACU ACU
24
30
80.0
317
10.6
0
245.8
23.3
0.0
0
0
12Bailey Zappe
B. Zappe
7
9/2/2021
WKU WKU
vs
UTM UTM
28
35
80.0
424
12.1
1
242.0
20.0
2.9
0
0
13Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
7
12/28/2019
LSU LSU
vs
OKLA OKLA
29
39
74.4
493
12.6
0
239.8
17.9
0.0
1
5
14Mason Fine
M. Fine
7
11/2/2019
UNT UNT
vs
UTEP UTEP
24
39
61.5
332
8.5
0
192.3
17.9
0.0
1
3
15Gardner Minshew II
G. Minshew II
7
11/17/2018
WSU WSU
vs
ARIZ ARIZ
43
55
78.2
473
8.6
0
192.4
12.7
0.0
2
7
16Drew Anderson
D. Anderson
7
10/7/2017
BUFF BUFF
vs
WMU WMU
35
61
57.4
597
9.8
0
177.5
11.5
0.0
0
0
17Riley Ferguson
R. Ferguson
7
10/6/2017
MEM MEM
@
CONN CONN
34
48
70.8
431
9.0
0
194.4
14.6
0.0
1
11
18Drew Lock
D. Lock
7
9/2/2017
MIZ MIZ
vs
MOST MOST
21
34
61.8
521
15.3
1
252.5
20.6
2.9
1
6
19Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
7
10/22/2016
OKLA OKLA
@
TTU TTU
27
36
75.0
545
15.1
0
266.3
19.4
0.0
0
0
20Paxton Lynch
P. Lynch
7
11/28/2015
MEM MEM
vs
SMU SMU
9
14
64.3
222
15.9
0
362.5
50.0
0.0
0
0
21Brandon Allen
B. Allen
7
11/21/2015
ARK ARK
vs
MSST MSST
30
43
69.8
406
9.4
0
202.8
16.3
0.0
0
0
22Cooper Rush
C. Rush
7
12/24/2014
CMU CMU
@
WKU WKU
28
45
62.2
493
11.0
1
201.1
15.6
2.2
4
19
23Rakeem Cato
R. Cato
7
11/28/2014
MRSH MRSH
vs
WKU WKU
29
46
63.0
417
9.1
4
172.0
15.2
8.7
3
25
24Trevone Boykin
T. Boykin
7
10/25/2014
TCU TCU
vs
TTU TTU
22
39
56.4
433
11.1
0
208.9
17.9
0.0
2
11
25Cody Kessler
C. Kessler
7
10/18/2014
USC USC
vs
COLO COLO
19
26
73.1
319
12.3
0
265.0
26.9
0.0
2
20
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1995 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

30.8

57th

OPP PPG

21.2

41st

RUSH YDS/G

111.0

143rd

PASS YDS/G

277.0

29th

2025 ACC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
3
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5-1
7-2
4
Louisville Louisville
4-1
7-1
5
SMU SMU
4-1
6-3
6
Duke Duke
4-1
5-3
7
Miami Miami
2-2
6-2
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/8
SMU SMU
@
BC BC
12:00 PM
Sat
11/22
LOU LOU
@
SMU SMU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/29
SMU SMU
@
CAL CAL
1:00 PM
Last Game
MIA Miami

6 - 2

20

Final

26

SMU SMU

6 - 3

Sat 1 Nov 2025

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CFB 2025 Division Standings

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1
BYU BYU
8
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
8
1
.889
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
8
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
9
0
1.000
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1
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
3
.625
2
Buffalo Buffalo
5
4
.556
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1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
6
2
.750
2
UConn UConn
6
3
.667
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1
Oregon State Oregon State
2
7
.222
2
Washington State Washington State
4
5
.444
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San Diego State San Diego State
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.875
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Boise State Boise State
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3
.667
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Texas A&M Texas A&M
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1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
7
1
.875
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Navy Navy
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1
.875
2
Memphis Memphis
8
1
.889
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Virginia Virginia
8
1
.889
2
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
8
1
.889
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
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1
.875
2
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
5
3
.625
Conference USAWLPCT
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Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
6
2
.750
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
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3
.625

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/10
UCF UCF
@
CIN CIN
11-20
Fri
10/10
STAN STAN
@
SMU SMU
10-34
Fri
10/10
PITT PITT
@
FSU FSU
34-31
Fri
10/10
CHAR CHAR
@
ARMY ARMY
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Fri
10/10
UCLA UCLA
@
MSU MSU
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Tue
11/4
M-OH M-OH
@
OHIO OHIO
7:00 PM
Tue
11/4
MASS MASS
@
AKR AKR
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
NIU NIU
@
TOL TOL
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
KENT KENT
@
BALL BALL
7:00 PM
Thu
11/6
GASO GASO
@
APP APP
7:30 PM