what team scored the most points in the 1979 cfb season

The BYU Cougars scored the most points by a team in 1979, with 447 points.

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Data note: Points: team season data complete from 1956

	TEAM	PTS	SEASON	GP	PASS TD	RUSH TD	FGM	XPM	PPG
1	BYU	447	1979	11	33	26	10	52	40.6
2	Oklahoma	382	1979	11	4	46	6	50	34.7
3	East Carolina	380	1979	11	4	47	8	46	34.5
4	Ohio State	374	1979	11	15	28	16	42	34.0
5	USC	372	1979	11	18	30	5	49	33.8
6	Temple	371	1979	11	23	26	7	48	33.7
7	UNLV	370	1979	12	25	26	6	44	30.8
8	Nebraska	366	1979	11	11	35	12	40	33.3
9	Alabama	359	1979	11	6	38	15	36	32.6
10	Chattanooga	349	1979	11	15	30	7	44	31.7
11	Utah State	347	1979	11	22	23	10	37	31.5
12	Texas-Arlington	342	1979	11	6	33	12	40	31.1
13	Auburn	330	1979	11	9	31	13	31	30.0
14	Hawaii	330	1979	11	10	29	13	36	30.0
15	San José State	327	1979	11	22	20	8	29	29.7
16	Florida State	319	1979	11	18	16	15	30	29.0
17	Tulane	312	1979	11	24	15	11	35	28.4
18	Washington	307	1979	11	8	24	11	38	27.9
19	Arizona State	306	1979	12	12	27	9	35	25.5
20	Michigan	297	1979	11	11	29	3	36	27.0
21	Syracuse	293	1979	11	8	26	15	28	26.6
22	Central Michigan	291	1979	11	10	29	6	33	26.5
23	Tennessee	289	1979	11	10	25	10	33	26.3
24	San Diego State	286	1979	11	13	20	9	31	26.0
25	Furman	281	1979	11	11	24	7	34	25.5

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,514

Bachmeier

RUSH

344

Martin

REC

498

Glasker

Team Rankings

PPG

33.1

40th

OPP PPG

18.6

30th

RUSH YDS/G

193.7

36th

PASS YDS/G

220.6

91st

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Utah	4-0	7-0
2	BYU	3-1	6-1
3	Arizona	3-1	6-1
4	Texas Tech	3-1	6-1
5	Oklahoma State	3-1	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	ASU	@	BYU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/7	BYU	@	UTAH	12:00 PM
Sat 11/14	BAY	@	BYU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	BYU	@	KU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	CIN	@	BYU	1:00 PM

Last Game

BYU

6 - 1

Final

UCF

4 - 3

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,302

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

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

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
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	3	4	.429
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	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
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

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 10/3	MEM	@	CHAR	59-8
Sat 10/3	NAVY	@	AFA	9-14
Sat 10/3	ALA	@	MSST	56-23
Sat 10/3	UCF	@	HOU	17-27
Sat 10/3	WVU	@	ISU	42-45

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/27	DEL	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	SHSU	@	MOSU	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	KENN	@	MTU	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	JVST	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/29	TROY	@	JMU	7:30 PM

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