Gary Huff had the most passing yards in 1971, with 2,736 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Gary Huff G. Huff	2,736	1971	FSU	11	184	327	56.3	8.4	248.7	23	18	138.8	7.0	5.5
2	Don Strock D. Strock	2,577	1971	VT	11	195	356	54.8	7.2	234.3	12	19	116.0	3.4	5.3
3	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	2,532	1971	SDSU	11	196	369	53.1	6.9	230.2	17	21	114.6	4.6	5.7
4	Gary Fox G. Fox	2,336	1971	WYO	11	171	328	52.1	7.1	212.4	14	20	113.8	4.3	6.1
5	Don Bunce D. Bunce	2,265	1971	STAN	11	162	297	54.5	7.6	205.9	13	16	122.3	4.4	5.4
6	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	2,203	1971	ARK	11	160	271	59.0	8.1	200.3	11	12	131.9	4.1	4.4
7	Mickey Brokas M. Brokas	2,195	1971	CHAT	11	159	341	46.6	6.4	199.5	19	21	106.8	5.6	6.2
8	John Reaves J. Reaves	2,104	1971	FLA	11	193	356	54.2	5.9	191.3	17	21	107.8	4.8	5.9
9	Sonny Sixkiller S. Sixkiller	2,068	1971	WASH	11	126	297	42.4	7.0	188.0	13	18	103.2	4.4	6.1
10	Tony Adams T. Adams	2,035	1971	USU	11	144	284	50.7	7.2	185.0	14	11	119.4	4.9	3.9
11	Jerry Tagge J. Tagge	2,019	1971	NEB	12	143	239	59.8	8.4	168.3	17	4	150.9	7.1	1.7
12	Pat Sullivan P. Sullivan	2,012	1971	AUB	10	162	281	57.7	7.2	201.2	20	11	133.5	7.1	3.9
13	Joe Pisarcik J. Pisarcik	1,983	1971	NMSU	11	152	333	45.6	6.0	180.3	12	21	94.9	3.6	6.3
14	Dean Carlson D. Carlson	1,867	1971	ISU	11	141	285	49.5	6.6	169.7	14	19	107.4	4.9	6.7
15	Dennis Morrison D. Morrison	1,780	1971	KSU	11	157	333	47.1	5.3	161.8	8	14	91.6	2.4	4.2
16	Maurie Daigneau M. Daigneau	1,733	1971	NW	11	125	264	47.3	6.6	157.5	6	25	91.1	2.3	9.5
17	Craig Curry C. Curry	1,691	1971	MINN	11	118	266	44.4	6.4	153.7	9	10	101.4	3.4	3.8
18	Todd Starks T. Starks	1,687	1971	TLSA	11	156	263	59.3	6.4	153.4	8	19	108.8	3.0	7.2
19	Chuck Ealey C. Ealey	1,645	1971	TOL	11	112	214	52.3	7.7	149.5	15	13	127.9	7.0	6.1
20	Gary Mullins G. Mullins	1,616	1971	HOU	11	94	184	51.1	8.8	146.9	14	9	140.2	7.6	4.9
21	Carlos Brown C. Brown	1,607	1971		11	154	320	48.1	5.0	146.1	5	22	81.7	1.6	6.9
22	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	1,564	1971	ORE	11	123	247	49.8	6.3	142.2	9	11	106.1	3.6	4.5
23	Bernie Galiffa B. Galiffa	1,543	1971	WVU	11	121	238	50.8	6.5	140.3	8	9	108.8	3.4	3.8
24	Doug Shobert D. Shobert	1,513	1971	TEM	9	120	191	62.8	7.9	168.1	10	11	135.1	5.2	5.8
25	Harry Lynch H. Lynch	1,507	1971	CIT	11	81	177	45.8	8.5	137.0	11	11	125.4	6.2	6.2