who has the most passing yards in one college football game loss since 1900

Since 1900, the San José State Spartans have the most passing yards by a team when losing 1+ game, with 40,464 yards.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most passing yards in one or more college football game loss since 1900?
TEAMYDSLGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1San José State
San José State
40,464
226
226
3,496
6,471
54.0
6.3
179.0
202
251
109.1
3.1
3.9
2Nevada
Nevada
39,663
194
194
3,375
6,010
56.2
6.6
204.4
196
218
115.1
3.3
3.6
3New Mexico State
New Mexico State
38,996
254
254
3,400
6,231
54.6
6.3
153.5
208
246
110.3
3.3
3.9
4Purdue
Purdue
38,684
204
204
3,613
6,409
56.4
6.0
189.6
200
231
110.2
3.1
3.6
5Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan
38,679
243
243
3,480
6,211
56.0
6.2
159.2
197
229
111.4
3.2
3.7
6Hawaii
Hawaii
38,640
211
211
3,411
6,425
53.1
6.0
183.1
195
243
106.1
3.0
3.8
7Tulsa
Tulsa
38,627
211
211
3,263
6,117
53.3
6.3
183.1
173
222
108.5
2.8
3.6
8Temple
Temple
37,850
233
233
3,342
6,390
52.3
5.9
162.4
177
254
103.2
2.8
4.0
9East Carolina
East Carolina
36,870
187
187
3,287
5,899
55.7
6.3
197.2
189
205
111.8
3.2
3.5
10California
California
36,837
194
194
3,234
5,870
55.1
6.3
189.9
199
202
112.1
3.4
3.4
11Texas Tech
Texas Tech
36,783
156
156
3,303
5,620
58.8
6.5
235.8
223
178
120.5
4.0
3.2
12Washington State
Washington State
36,724
193
193
3,275
5,476
59.8
6.7
190.3
214
190
122.1
3.9
3.5
13UTEP
UTEP
36,655
246
246
3,038
5,923
51.3
6.2
149.0
179
280
103.8
3.0
4.7
14Duke
Duke
36,524
240
240
3,342
6,309
53.0
5.8
152.2
171
248
102.7
2.7
3.9
15Kansas
Kansas
36,385
235
235
3,140
5,980
52.5
6.1
154.8
204
228
107.2
3.4
3.8
16Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana-Monroe
36,311
239
239
3,273
6,175
53.0
5.9
151.9
174
227
104.3
2.8
3.7
17Iowa State
Iowa State
35,722
213
213
3,006
5,568
54.0
6.4
167.7
183
204
111.4
3.3
3.7
18Kent State
Kent State
35,434
246
246
3,125
5,918
52.8
6.0
144.0
185
214
106.2
3.1
3.6
19Akron
Akron
35,342
239
239
3,144
5,823
54.0
6.1
147.9
167
211
107.2
2.9
3.6
20Utah State
Utah State
35,196
207
207
3,029
5,609
54.0
6.3
170.0
182
220
109.6
3.2
3.9
21Arkansas State
Arkansas State
35,129
203
203
3,003
5,500
54.6
6.4
173.0
172
209
111.0
3.1
3.8
22Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech
34,975
186
186
3,129
5,442
57.5
6.4
188.0
173
202
114.5
3.2
3.7
23Indiana
Indiana
34,875
223
223
3,092
5,740
53.9
6.1
156.4
173
211
107.5
3.0
3.7
24Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
34,820
240
240
3,039
5,946
51.1
5.9
145.1
185
232
102.8
3.1
3.9
25Wake Forest
Wake Forest
34,809
201
201
3,010
5,512
54.6
6.3
173.2
168
210
110.1
3.0
3.8
StatMuse has team, game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1995 season.

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