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

Since 1900, the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Washington State Cougars are tied for the most passing yards in a loss, with 734 yards.

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Data note: Passing Yards: team game data may be incomplete before 1995

	TEAM	YDS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Texas Tech	734	1	10/22/2016	TTU	vs	OKLA	L 59-66	52	88	59.1	8.3	5	1	145.6	5.7	1.1	1	2
2	Washington State	734	1	10/4/2014	WSU	vs	CAL	L 59-60	49	70	70.0	10.5	6	0	186.4	8.6	0.0	0	0
3	Idaho	637	1	10/6/2001	IDHO	@	MTSU	L 58-70	49	71	69.0	9.0	5	2	162.0	7.0	2.8
4	Cincinnati	620	1	9/24/2015	CIN	@	MEM	L 46-53	38	64	59.4	9.7	4	3	152.0	6.3	4.7	0	0
5	Nevada	611	1	10/10/1998	NEV	vs	NMSU	L 45-48	30	57	52.6	10.7	5	4	157.6	8.8	7.0
6	Texas Tech	609	1	11/29/2014	TTU	vs	BAY	L 46-48	31	57	54.4	10.7	6	1	175.4	10.5	1.8	1	3
7	Baylor	603	1	1/1/2015	BAY	vs	MSU	L 41-42	37	52	71.2	11.6	4	1	190.1	7.7	1.9	5	40
8	Washington State	602	1	10/28/2017	WSU	@	ARIZ	L 37-58	58	84	69.0	7.2	3	4	131.5	3.6	4.8	1	12
9	UCF	601	1	10/17/2020	UCF	@	MEM	L 49-50	35	49	71.4	12.3	5	0	208.1	10.2	0.0	3	13
10	Washington State	601	1	11/22/2014	WSU	@	ASU	L 31-52	45	76	59.2	7.9	3	4	128.1	3.9	5.3	6	32
11	Buffalo	597	1	10/7/2017	BUFF	vs	WMU	L 68-71	35	61	57.4	9.8	7	0	177.5	11.5	0.0	0	0
12	Western Kentucky	593	1	9/13/2014	WKU	@	MTSU	L 47-50	43	66	65.2	9.0	4	1	157.6	6.1	1.5	2	14
13	Louisiana Tech	590	1	8/29/1998	LT	@	NEB	L 27-56	46	68	67.6	8.7	4	1	157.0	5.9	1.5
14	UMass	589	1	9/27/2014	MASS	vs	BGSU	L 42-47	36	61	59.0	9.7	5	1	163.9	8.2	1.6	5	32
15	Texas Tech	586	1	9/20/2003	TTU	@	NCST	L 21-49	39	64	60.9	9.2	2	1	145.0	3.1	1.6
16	Arkansas State	582	1	9/11/2021	ARST	vs	MEM	L 50-55	42	66	63.6	8.8	5	0	162.7	7.6	0.0	2	21
17	Clemson	580	1	11/12/2016	CLEM	vs	PITT	L 42-43	52	70	74.3	8.3	3	3	149.5	4.3	4.3	2	8
18	Western Kentucky	577	1	12/3/2021	WKU	@	UTSA	L 41-49	36	60	60.0	9.6	4	2	156.1	6.7	3.3	3	18
19	Purdue	572	1	9/15/2018	PUR	vs	MIZ	L 37-40	39	55	70.9	10.4	3	1	172.6	5.5	1.8	1	7
20	Washington State	570	1	9/21/2019	WSU	vs	UCLA	L 63-67	41	61	67.2	9.3	9	2	187.8	14.8	3.3	2	11
21	Nevada	565	1	11/10/2001	NEV	@	SJSU	L 45-64	26	49	53.1	11.5	2	1	159.3	4.1	2.0
22	Washington State	557	1	10/19/2013	WSU	@	ORE	L 38-62	58	89	65.2	6.3	4	4	123.6	4.5	4.5	4	22
23	Virginia	553	1	9/18/2021	UVA	@	UNC	L 39-59	40	57	70.2	9.7	4	1	171.3	7.0	1.8	3	15
24	Texas Tech	552	1	10/18/2003	TTU	@	OKST	L 49-51	42	67	62.7	8.2	5	2	150.5	7.5	3.0
25	Kent State	551	1	10/4/1997	KENT	vs	UCF	L 43-59	32	51	62.7	10.8	6	3	180.6	11.8	5.9

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,561

Hammond

RUSH

794

Williams

REC

548

Johnson

Team Rankings

PPG

35.6

23rd

OPP PPG

21.1

48th

RUSH YDS/G

207.0

20th

PASS YDS/G

218.8

94th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Utah	5-0	8-0
2	BYU	4-1	7-1
3	Texas Tech	4-1	7-1
4	Houston	3-2	6-2
5	Arizona	3-2	6-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	WVU	@	TTU	9:30 PM
Sat 11/14	TTU	@	OKST	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	TTU	@	BAY	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	TCU	@	TTU	8:00 PM

Last Game

Arizona

6 - 2

Final

Texas Tech

7 - 1

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	5	3	.625
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 10/10	UNC	@	PITT	21-17
Sat 10/10	WAKE	@	NCST	38-14
Sat 10/10	TULN	@	ARMY	17-20
Sat 10/10	ODU	@	APP	10-3
Sat 10/10	M-OH	@	MASS	20-19

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 11/3	OHIO	@	AKR	7:00 PM
Tue 11/3	BUFF	@	M-OH	8:00 PM
Wed 11/4	BALL	@	MASS	7:00 PM
Wed 11/4	TOL	@	SAC	7:00 PM
Wed 11/4	CMU	@	EMU	7:30 PM

Since 1900, the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Washington State Cougars are tied for the most passing yards in a loss, with 734 yards.

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