Andre Ware had the most passing yards in 1989, with 4,699 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Andre Ware A. Ware	4,699	1989	HOU	11	365	578	63.1	8.1	427.2	46	15	152.5	8.0	2.6
2	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	4,560	1989	BYU	12	265	412	64.3	11.1	380.0	32	15	175.6	7.8	3.6
3	Dan McGwire D. McGwire	3,651	1989	SDSU	12	258	440	58.6	8.3	304.3	16	19	131.7	3.6	4.3
4	Jeremy Leach J. Leach	3,573	1989	UNM	12	282	511	55.2	7.0	297.8	22	20	120.3	4.3	3.9
5	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	3,211	1989	UTAH	12	237	444	53.4	7.2	267.6	31	19	128.6	7.0	4.3
6	Peter Tom Willis P. Tom Willis	3,124	1989	FSU	11	211	346	61.0	9.0	284.0	20	9	150.7	5.8	2.6
7	Mike Romo M. Romo	2,927	1989	SMU	11	282	503	56.1	5.8	266.1	14	18	107.0	2.8	3.6
8	Bill Musgrave B. Musgrave	2,761	1989	ORE	11	208	362	57.5	7.6	251.0	20	14	132.0	5.5	3.9
9	Troy Taylor T. Taylor	2,738	1989	CAL	11	220	394	55.8	6.9	248.9	16	12	121.5	4.1	3.0
10	Rich Dackin R. Dackin	2,679	1989	BGSU	11	215	394	54.6	6.8	243.5	18	11	121.2	4.6	2.8
11	Dan Speltz D. Speltz	2,671	1989		11	214	309	69.3	8.6	242.8	20	11	156.1	6.5	3.6
12	Tommy Hodson T. Hodson	2,655	1989	LSU	11	183	317	57.7	8.4	241.4	22	12	143.4	6.9	3.8
13	Shane Montgomery S. Montgomery	2,632	1989	NCST	11	217	396	54.8	6.6	239.3	16	15	116.4	4.0	3.8
14	Paul Oates P. Oates	2,621	1989	LBS	12	168	364	46.2	7.2	218.4	19	17	114.5	5.2	4.7
15	Deron Smith D. Smith	2,613	1989	TULN	12	237	423	56.0	6.2	217.8	18	16	114.4	4.3	3.8
16	Paul Justin P. Justin	2,591	1989	ASU	11	183	314	58.3	8.3	235.5	17	10	139.1	5.4	3.2
17	Brett Favre B. Favre	2,588	1989	USM	11	206	381	54.1	6.8	235.3	14	10	118.0	3.7	2.6
18	Howard Gasser H. Gasser	2,586	1989	UTEP	12	189	359	52.6	7.2	215.5	16	19	117.3	4.5	5.3
19	Cary Conklin C. Conklin	2,569	1989	WASH	11	208	365	57.0	7.0	233.5	16	17	121.3	4.4	4.7
20	Scott Erney S. Erney	2,536	1989	RUTG	11	208	374	55.6	6.8	230.5	15	17	116.7	4.0	4.5
21	Alex Van Pelt A. Van Pelt	2,527	1989	PITT	11	172	307	56.0	8.2	229.7	15	11	134.1	4.9	3.6
22	Browning Nagle B. Nagle	2,503	1989	LOU	11	187	334	56.0	7.5	227.5	16	10	128.8	4.8	3.0
23	Phillip Barnhill P. Barnhill	2,454	1989	WAKE	11	182	377	48.3	6.5	223.1	17	11	112.0	4.5	2.9
24	Jeff George J. George	2,417	1989	ILL	11	216	348	62.1	6.9	219.7	19	11	132.1	5.5	3.2
25	Todd Marinovich T. Marinovich	2,400	1989	USC	11	197	321	61.4	7.5	218.2	16	12	133.1	5.0	3.7