who has the most passing attempts in a college football game

Connor Halliday has the most pass attempts in a game, with 89 attempts against Oregon on October 19, 2013.

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	NAME	ATT	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Connor Halliday C. Halliday	89	10/19/2013	WSU	@	ORE	58	65.2	557	6.3	4	4	123.6	4.5	4.5	4	22
2	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	88	10/22/2016	TTU	vs	OKLA	52	59.1	734	8.3	5	1	145.6	5.7	1.1	1	2
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	83	10/10/1998	PUR	@	WIS	55	66.3	494	6.0	0	4	106.6	0.0	4.8
4	Andy Schmitt A. Schmitt	80	11/28/2008	EMU	vs	CMU	58	72.5	516	6.5	5	1	144.8	6.3	1.3
5	Connor Halliday C. Halliday	79	10/25/2014	WSU	vs	ARIZ	56	70.9	489	6.2	4	2	134.5	5.1	2.5	3	25
6	Mike Kafka M. Kafka	78	1/1/2010	NW	@	AUB	47	60.3	532	6.8	4	5	121.7	5.1	6.4
7	Rusty LaRue R. LaRue	78	10/28/1995	WAKE	@	DUKE	55	70.5	478	6.1	4	3	131.2	5.1	3.8
8	David Piland D. Piland	77	9/8/2012	HOU	vs	LT	53	68.8	580	7.5	4	0	149.2	5.2	0.0
9	Case Keenum C. Keenum	76	10/3/2009	HOU	@	UTEP	51	67.1	536	7.1	5	0	148.1	6.6	0.0
10	Andy Schmitt A. Schmitt	76	11/22/2008	EMU	@	TEM	50	65.8	484	6.4	3	0	132.3	3.9	0.0
11	Case Keenum C. Keenum	75	12/5/2009	HOU	@	ECU	56	74.7	527	7.0	5	3	147.7	6.7	4.0
12	Colt Brennan C. Brennan	75	10/12/2007	HAW	@	SJSU	44	58.7	545	7.3	4	4	126.6	5.3	5.3
13	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	74	11/14/2015	BSU	vs	UNM	40	54.1	503	6.8	2	3	112.0	2.7	4.1	3	13
14	Luke Falk L. Falk	74	10/10/2015	WSU	@	ORE	50	67.6	505	6.8	5	0	147.2	6.8	0.0	7	55
15	Luke Falk L. Falk	74	11/22/2014	WSU	@	ASU	45	60.8	601	8.1	3	4	131.6	4.1	5.4	6	32
16	Dwayne Haskins D. Haskins	73	10/20/2018	OSU	@	PUR	49	67.1	470	6.4	2	1	127.5	2.7	1.4	1	2
17	Anu Solomon A. Solomon	73	9/20/2014	ARIZ	vs	CAL	47	64.4	520	7.1	5	2	141.3	6.8	2.7	3	20
18	James Knapke J. Knapke	73	9/13/2014	BGSU	vs	IND	46	63.0	395	5.4	3	1	119.3	4.1	1.4	1	3
19	Derek Carr D. Carr	73	8/29/2013	FRES	vs	RUTG	52	71.2	456	6.2	5	1	143.6	6.8	1.4	1	4
20	Chase Holbrook C. Holbrook	73	9/30/2006	NMSU	@	UTEP	48	65.8	506	6.9	4	1	139.3	5.5	1.4
21	Davis Webb D. Webb	72	9/10/2016	CAL	@	SDSU	41	56.9	522	7.3	5	3	132.4	6.9	4.2	2	14
22	Anu Solomon A. Solomon	72	10/11/2014	ARIZ	vs	USC	43	59.7	395	5.5	1	0	110.4	1.4	0.0	3	6
23	Levi Brown L. Brown	72	11/15/2008	TROY	@	LSU	34	47.2	316	4.4	2	1	90.5	2.8	1.4
24	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	72	11/17/2007	TTU	vs	OKLA	47	65.3	420	5.8	2	2	117.9	2.8	2.8
25	Luke McCown L. McCown	72	10/28/2000	LT	@	MIA	42	58.3	418	5.8	3	3	112.5	4.2	4.2

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Team Leaders

PASS

952

Pinnick

RUSH

251

Vorhees

REC

218

Clemons

Team Rankings

PPG

18.5

136th

OPP PPG

23.7

79th

RUSH YDS/G

123.7

133rd

PASS YDS/G

158.7

163rd

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	San Diego State	1-1	2-4
5	Utah State	1-1	2-4
6	Colorado State	0-1	2-3
7	Texas State	0-1	2-3
8	Washington State	0-2	1-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	WSU	@	ORST	6:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BSU	@	WSU	6:00 PM
Sat 10/31	WSU	@	SDSU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	CSU	@	WSU	10:30 PM
Sat 11/21	WSU	@	TXST	6:00 PM

Last Game

Washington State

1 - 5

Final

Utah State

2 - 4

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333