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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More Texas Tech Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,561

Hammond

RUSH

619

Williams

REC

499

Johnson

Team Rankings

PPG

35.9

27th

OPP PPG

20.4

41st

RUSH YDS/G

189.7

41st

PASS YDS/G

229.4

80th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
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
6	Houston	3-2	6-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	ARIZ	@	TTU	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WVU	@	TTU	1:00 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

Texas Tech

6 - 1

Final

Cincinnati

5 - 2

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

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

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

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

	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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
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	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125