Performance archive

2006 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	Colt Brennan Hawai'i	559 yards	vs. Arizona State 41–24 Game details →	Week 1 Dec 25
2	Chase Holbrook New Mexico State	529 yards	vs. Boise State 28–40 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 16
3	Graham Harrell Texas Tech	519 yards	vs. Texas 31–35 Game details →	Week 9 Oct 28
4	Chase Holbrook New Mexico State	514 yards	vs. Louisiana Tech 50–23 Game details →	Week 14 Dec 2
5	Chase Holbrook New Mexico State	506 yards	vs. UTEP 38–44 Game details →	Week 5 Oct 1
6	Graham Harrell Texas Tech	483 yards	vs. Baylor 55–21 Game details →	Week 10 Nov 4
7	Chase Holbrook New Mexico State	472 yards	vs. New Mexico 28–34 Game details →	Week 2 Sep 10
8	John Beck BYU	464 yards	vs. New Mexico 42–17 Game details →	Week 12 Nov 18
9	Jordan Palmer UTEP	455 yards	vs. UAB 36–17 Game details →	Week 11 Nov 11
10	Steve Walker North Dakota State	451 yards	vs. Ball State 29–24 Game details →	Week 4 Sep 23
11	Andre' Woodson Kentucky	450 yards	vs. Vanderbilt 38–26 Game details →	Week 11 Nov 11
12	Chris Nickson Vanderbilt	446 yards	vs. Kentucky 26–38 Game details →	Week 11 Nov 11
13	Graham Harrell Texas Tech	445 yards	vs. Minnesota 44–41 Game details →	Week 1 Dec 30
14	John Beck BYU	436 yards	vs. Boston College 23–30 Game details →	Week 3 Sep 16
15	Colt Brennan Hawai'i	434 yards	vs. Purdue 42–35 Game details →	Week 13 Nov 26
16	Curtis Painter Purdue	431 yards	vs. Northwestern 31–10 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 14
17	Curtis Painter Purdue	416 yards	vs. Ball State 38–28 Game details →	Week 3 Sep 16
18	Jordan Palmer UTEP	414 yards	vs. New Mexico State 44–38 Game details →	Week 5 Oct 1
19	Colt Brennan Hawai'i	413 yards	vs. Utah State 63–10 Game details →	Week 10 Nov 4
20	Bobby Reid Oklahoma State	411 yards	vs. Kansas 42–32 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 14
21	Colt Brennan Hawai'i	409 yards	vs. Fresno State 68–37 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 14
22	Lester Ricard Tulane	409 yards	vs. Army 42–28 Game details →	Week 9 Oct 28
23	Colt Brennan Hawai'i	406 yards	vs. Louisiana Tech 61–17 Game details →	Week 11 Nov 12
24	John David Booty USC	406 yards	vs. Oregon State 31–33 Game details →	Week 9 Oct 28
25	Adam Barmann Kansas	405 yards	vs. Nebraska 32–39 Game details →	Week 5 Sep 30

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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