Record*: 39-47-4, .456 W-L% (9th of 11) (Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 39-46-3 by NCAA.
SRS: -0.27 (7th of 11) ▪ SOS: 1.64 (7th of 11)
Conference Champion: Texas A&M
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Texas A&M)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Texas A&M)
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| Rk | Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Robert Hall | Texas Tech | 216 | 341 | 63.3 | 2894 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 21 | 7 | 150.8 | 101 | 145 | 1.4 | 4 |
| 2 | J.J. Joe | Baylor | 107 | 197 | 54.3 | 1663 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 5 | 5 | 128.5 | 93 | 98 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 3 | Bert Emanuel | Rice | 118 | 204 | 57.8 | 1521 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 12 | 4 | 136.0 | 144 | 476 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 4 | Corey Pullig | Texas A&M | 144 | 243 | 59.3 | 1732 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 17 | 10 | 134.0 | 33 | -27 | -0.8 | 0 |
| 5 | Shea Morenz | Texas | 183 | 335 | 54.6 | 2341 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 13 | 18 | 115.4 | 56 | 24 | 0.4 | 1 |
| 6 | Ramon Flanigan | Southern Methodist | 111 | 199 | 55.8 | 1334 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 8 | 8 | 117.3 | 114 | 462 | 4.1 | 3 |
| 7 | Max Knake | Texas Christian | 207 | 357 | 58.0 | 2130 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 12 | 14 | 111.4 | 42 | 6 | 0.1 | 1 |
| 8 | Jimmy Klingler | Houston | 117 | 230 | 50.9 | 1291 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 7 | 9 | 100.2 | 32 | -58 | -1.8 | 0 |
| 9 | Chuck Clements | Houston | 124 | 239 | 51.9 | 1216 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 4 | 10 | 91.8 | 14 | -36 | -2.6 | 0 |