Performance archive

2005 Single-Game Passing Yards Leaders

The season’s 25 highest individual passing yards totals, with team, opponent, score, week, and game context.

Top 25 performances

Ties use player name, player ID, then game ID for a stable order.

Rank	Player	Total	Game	When
1	Cody Hodges Texas Tech	643 yards	vs. Kansas State 59–20 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 15
2	Alex Brink Washington State	531 yards	vs. Oregon State 33–44 Game details →	Week 5 Oct 1
3	John Beck BYU	517 yards	vs. TCU 50–51 Game details →	Week 4 Sep 24
4	Colt Brennan Hawai'i	515 yards	vs. New Mexico State 49–28 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 16
5	Drew Olson UCLA	510 yards	vs. Arizona State 45–35 Game details →	Week 11 Nov 13
6	Steven Wichman Idaho	489 yards	vs. New Mexico State 38–37 Game details →	Week 9 Oct 30
7	Brady Quinn Notre Dame	487 yards	vs. Michigan State 41–44 Game details →	Week 3 Sep 17
8	Phil Horvath Northern Illinois	486 yards	vs. Akron 42–48 Game details →	Week 4 Sep 24
9	Brady Quinn Notre Dame	467 yards	vs. BYU 49–23 Game details →	Week 8 Oct 22
10	Rudy Carpenter Arizona State	467 yards	vs. Rutgers 45–40 Game details →	Week 1 Dec 28
11	Brett Basanez Northwestern	463 yards	vs. Purdue 34–29 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 15
12	Kent Smith Central Michigan	460 yards	vs. Western Michigan 24–31 Game details →	Week 11 Nov 12
13	Omar Jacobs Bowling Green	458 yards	vs. Wisconsin 42–56 Game details →	Week 1 Sep 3
14	Colt Brennan Hawai'i	457 yards	vs. San José State 45–38 Game details →	Week 8 Oct 22
15	Luke Getsy Akron	455 yards	vs. Memphis 31–38 Game details →	Week 1 Dec 26
16	Cody Hodges Texas Tech	454 yards	vs. Florida International 56–3 Game details →	Week 2 Sep 10
17	Brady Quinn Notre Dame	440 yards	vs. Purdue 49–28 Game details →	Week 5 Oct 1
18	Cody Hodges Texas Tech	436 yards	vs. Sam Houston 80–21 Game details →	Week 3 Sep 17
19	Matt Moore Oregon State	436 yards	vs. Arizona 27–29 Game details →	Week 9 Oct 29
20	Brady Quinn Notre Dame	432 yards	vs. Stanford 38–31 Game details →	Week 13 Nov 27
21	Jordan Palmer UTEP	431 yards	vs. Memphis 20–27 Game details →	Week 5 Oct 2
22	Zac Taylor Nebraska	431 yards	vs. Iowa State 27–20 Game details →	Week 5 Oct 1
23	Omar Jacobs Bowling Green	427 yards	vs. Ball State 40–31 Game details →	Week 2 Sep 11
24	Colt Brennan Hawai'i	426 yards	vs. Boise State 41–44 Game details →	Week 5 Oct 2
25	Kellen Clemens Oregon	425 yards	vs. Washington 45–21 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 15

Methodology and coverage

Results come from numeric player game-stat rows for the selected season and curated metric. Duplicate game-player-stat records are resolved before ranking. Offensive categories cover more historical seasons than defensive categories, so the available season list changes with the metric.

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Top 25 performances

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