Performance archive

2018 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	Alan Bowman Texas Tech	605 yards	vs. Houston 63–49 Game details →	Week 3 Sep 15
2	David Blough Purdue	572 yards	vs. Missouri 37–40 Game details →	Week 3 Sep 15
3	Ross Comis Massachusetts	540 yards	vs. Liberty 62–59 Game details →	Week 10 Nov 3
4	Will Grier West Virginia	539 yards	vs. Oklahoma 56–59 Game details →	Week 13 Nov 24
5	K.J. Carta-Samuels Colorado State	537 yards	vs. Hawai'i 34–43 Game details →	Week 1 Aug 25
6	Jake Bentley South Carolina	510 yards	vs. Clemson 35–56 Game details →	Week 13 Nov 25
7	Taylor Cornelius Oklahoma State	501 yards	vs. Oklahoma 47–48 Game details →	Week 11 Nov 10
8	Dwayne Haskins Ohio State	499 yards	vs. Northwestern 45–24 Game details →	Week 14 Dec 2
9	Blake LaRussa Old Dominion	495 yards	vs. Virginia Tech 49–35 Game details →	Week 4 Sep 22
10	Jordan Love Utah State	491 yards	vs. San José State 62–24 Game details →	Week 11 Nov 10
11	Devlin Hodges Samford	475 yards	vs. Florida State 26–36 Game details →	Week 2 Sep 8
12	Gardner Minshew Washington State	473 yards	vs. Arizona 69–28 Game details →	Week 12 Nov 18
13	Ryan Finley NC State	473 yards	vs. Syracuse 41–51 Game details →	Week 9 Oct 27
14	Chris Robison Florida Atlantic	471 yards	vs. Air Force 33–26 Game details →	Week 2 Sep 8
15	Gardner Minshew Washington State	470 yards	vs. Eastern Washington 59–24 Game details →	Week 3 Sep 16
16	Dwayne Haskins Ohio State	468 yards	vs. Purdue 20–49 Game details →	Week 8 Oct 20
17	Wilton Speight UCLA	466 yards	vs. Stanford 42–49 Game details →	Week 13 Nov 24
18	Jordan Ta'amu Ole Miss	457 yards	vs. Vanderbilt 29–36 Game details →	Week 12 Nov 18
19	Clayton Thorson Northwestern	455 yards	vs. Nebraska 34–31 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 13
20	Dwayne Haskins Ohio State	455 yards	vs. Indiana 49–26 Game details →	Week 6 Oct 6
21	Cole McDonald Hawai'i	452 yards	vs. San Diego State 31–30 Game details →	Week 13 Nov 25
22	Josh Love San José State	451 yards	vs. Hawai'i 41–44 Game details →	Week 5 Sep 29
23	Holton Ahlers East Carolina	449 yards	vs. Memphis 41–59 Game details →	Week 10 Nov 3
24	Jordan Love Utah State	448 yards	vs. New Mexico 61–19 Game details →	Week 9 Oct 27
25	Jordan Ta'amu Ole Miss	448 yards	vs. Southern Illinois 76–41 Game details →	Week 2 Sep 8

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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