who was the last quarterback with 5000 yards in a season

Bailey Zappe connected for 5,545 yards in 2021.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	5,545	2021	WKU	13	442	639	69.2	8.7	426.5	56	11	167.5	8.8	1.7	15	105
2	Anthony Gordon A. Gordon	5,228	2019	WSU	12	465	647	71.9	8.1	435.7	45	16	157.8	7.0	2.5	18	141
3	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,052	2016	TTU	12	388	591	65.7	8.5	421.0	41	10	157.0	6.9	1.7	27	242
4	Case Keenum C. Keenum	5,099	2011	HOU	13	383	534	71.7	9.5	392.2	45	5	177.9	8.4	0.9
5	Case Keenum C. Keenum	5,449	2009	HOU	13	468	659	71.0	8.3	419.2	43	9	159.3	6.5	1.4
6	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	5,298	2007	TTU	12	468	644	72.7	8.2	441.5	45	14	160.5	7.0	2.2
7	B.J. Symons	5,336	2003	TTU	12	429	666	64.4	8.0	444.7	48	21	149.2	7.2	3.2
8	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	5,188	1990	BYU	12	361	562	64.2	9.2	432.3	41	28	155.9	7.3	5.0
9	David Klingler D. Klingler	5,140	1990	HOU	11	374	643	58.2	8.0	467.3	54	20	146.8	8.4	3.1

StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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More Western Kentucky Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

857

Tisdale

RUSH

202

Allen

REC

266

Stafford

Team Rankings

PPG

19.8

126th

OPP PPG

39.6

168th

RUSH YDS/G

113.2

145th

PASS YDS/G

233.0

81st

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Missouri State	0-0	1-3
7	Sam Houston	0-0	1-3
8	Middle Tennessee	0-1	2-3
9	Delaware	0-1	2-3
10	Western Kentucky	0-1	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/8	MOSU	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Wed 10/14	WKU	@	SHSU	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DEL	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WKU	@	MTU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	JVST	@	WKU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Western Kentucky

1 - 4

Final

New Mexico State

2 - 3

Thu 1 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	1	.800
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	2	.600
8	Kentucky	4	1	.800
9	LSU	4	1	.800
10	Missouri	4	1	.800
11	Tennessee	4	1	.800
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	3	.400
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	3	.400
16	Texas A&M	3	2	.600

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Colorado State	2	3	.400
4	Oregon State	3	2	.600
5	Texas State	2	3	.400
6	San Diego State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	5	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	1	.800
4	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	5	1	.833
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	2	.600
13	Illinois	2	3	.400
14	Maryland	2	3	.400
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	4	0	1.000
5	Baylor	4	1	.800
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	2	.500
9	Arizona	4	1	.800
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	1	.800
2	Kent State	2	3	.400
3	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Toledo	4	1	.800
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
7	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
8	Ohio	3	2	.600
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	4	.200
11	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	5	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	2	.600
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	3	.400
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	3	.400
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	3	2	.600
15	NC State	3	2	.600
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	1	.800
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	3	2	.600
5	Army	2	2	.500
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	4	1	.800
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	4	.200
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	2	3	.400
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Georgia State	4	1	.800
6	Marshall	3	2	.600
7	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	UNLV	3	2	.600
3	Wyoming	2	3	.400
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	4	.200
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250