1970 College Football Passing Stats

1969 CFB Passing Stats 1971 CFB Passing Stats

Champions:
Nebraska (AP, FWAA)
Texas (NFF, UPI)
Ohio State (NFF)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Jim Plunkett (Stanford)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Alex Agase (Northwestern)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: Nebraska

78 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Att (minimum 14 Att/G, 75% of school games played).

78 Players Table
					Passing									Rushing
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Pat Sullivan	Auburn	SEC	10	167	281	59.4	2586	9.2	8.5	17	12	148.2	52	270	5.2	9
2	Joe Theismann	Notre Dame	Ind	10	155	268	57.8	2429	9.1	7.9	16	14	143.2	124	384	3.1	4
3	Bill Montgomery	Arkansas	SWC	11	110	195	56.4	1662	8.5	7.5	10	9	135.7	86	157	1.8	6
4	Tommy Warren	Florida State	Ind	11	97	190	51.1	1613	8.5	7.3	11	10	130.9	69	164	2.4	1
5	Joe Spagnola	Arizona State	WAC	10	133	242	55.0	1991	8.2	7.1	18	14	137.0	83	173	2.1	2
6	Jim Jones	USC	Pac-8	11	121	234	51.7	1877	8.0	7.9	10	5	128.9	58	59	1.0	5
7	Mike Sherwood	West Virginia	Ind	11	117	193	60.6	1550	8.0	7.7	15	8	145.4	70	13	0.2	5
8	Dave Penhall	California	Pac-8	11	118	227	52.0	1785	7.9	6.2	10	13	121.1	83	-57	-0.7	6
9	Brian Sipe	San Diego State	PCAA	11	195	337	57.9	2618	7.8	6.5	23	20	133.8	46	-196	-4.3	0
10	Jim Plunkett	Stanford	Pac-8	11	191	358	53.4	2715	7.6	6.3	18	18	123.6	78	183	2.3	3
11	Tommy Suggs	South Carolina	ACC	11	136	269	50.6	2030	7.5	5.6	14	18	117.7	46	-82	-1.8	0
12	Neil Graff	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10	83	174	47.7	1313	7.5	7.8	11	4	127.4	161	248	1.5	3
13	Lex James	Texas A&M	SWC	11	111	225	49.3	1662	7.4	5.7	6	11	110.4	101	-168	-1.7	3
14	John Madeya	Louisville	MVC	11	109	217	50.2	1602	7.4	5.3	11	15	115.1	71	-191	-2.7	3
15	Leo Hart	Duke	ACC	11	180	308	58.4	2236	7.3	6.0	7	12	119.1	103	79	0.8	3
16	Chuck Ealey	Toledo	MAC	11	149	263	56.7	1898	7.2	6.9	16	9	130.5	135	213	1.6	4
17	Jim Chasey	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	86	146	58.9	1058	7.2	5.6	6	8	122.4	34	161	4.7	5
18	Rhett Putman	New Mexico State	Ind	10	91	203	44.8	1435	7.1	4.3	12	18	106.0	97	87	0.9	3
19	Dennis Dummit	UCLA	Pac-8	11	175	344	50.9	2392	7.0	5.3	14	19	111.7	79	-88	-1.1	5
20	Tony Pounds	Oklahoma State	Big 8	11	133	269	49.4	1871	7.0	4.6	15	21	110.7	96	-105	-1.1	2
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Bill Troup	Virginia	ACC	9	93	184	50.5	1289	7.0	4.4	10	15	111.0	40	24	0.6	2
22	Bob Parker	Air Force	Ind	11	199	402	49.5	2789	6.9	6.3	21	15	117.6	40	-6	-0.2	2
23	Bill Craigo	UTEP	WAC	10	138	309	44.7	2123	6.9	5.0	10	17	102.0	67	-3	0.0	3
24	Daryl Woodring	Villanova	Ind	11	127	263	48.3	1826	6.9	5.6	16	15	115.3	79	89	1.1	2
25	Charlie Richards	Richmond	Southern	10	123	258	47.7	1783	6.9	5.4	14	15	112.0	95	25	0.3	1
26	Scott Hunter	Alabama	SEC	11	103	179	57.5	1240	6.9	4.1	8	15	113.7	18	-40	-2.2	0
27	John Reaves	Florida	SEC	11	188	376	50.0	2549	6.8	5.2	13	19	108.2	57	-118	-2.1	1
28	Karl Francis	Fresno State	PCAA	12	134	261	51.3	1783	6.8	5.9	17	13	120.3	58	-219	-3.8	7
29	Mike Rasmussen	Michigan State	Big Ten	10	91	199	45.7	1344	6.8	5.2	9	11	106.3	62	14	0.2	0
30	Bobby Scott	Tennessee	SEC	11	118	252	46.8	1697	6.7	5.2	14	15	109.8	51	89	1.7	3
31	Dan Fouts	Oregon	Pac-8	11	188	361	52.1	2390	6.6	4.5	16	24	109.0	51	-57	-1.1	4
32	Frank Harris	Boston College	Ind	10	139	241	57.7	1595	6.6	4.1	13	19	115.3	47	8	0.2	4
33	Rod Plummer	Princeton	Ivy	9	65	135	48.1	890	6.6	4.6	9	10	110.7	94	298	3.2	4
34	Ed Holwig	West Texas A&M	Ind	10	87	168	51.8	1094	6.5	4.0	6	12	104.0	63	23	0.4	0
35	Sonny Sixkiller	Washington	Pac-8	10	186	362	51.4	2303	6.4	4.5	15	22	106.3	58	-35	-0.6	2
36	Archie Manning	Ole Miss	SEC	8	121	233	51.9	1481	6.4	4.9	14	14	113.1	80	113	1.4	6
37	Mark Thompson	Davidson	Southern	10	179	350	51.1	2199	6.3	4.8	14	18	106.8	78	-34	-0.4	1
38	Joe Milton	North Texas	MVC	11	138	296	46.6	1852	6.3	4.4	9	16	98.4	83	186	2.2	3
39	Dean Carlson	Iowa State	Big 8	11	105	220	47.7	1391	6.3	4.1	11	16	102.8	69	169	2.4	4
40	Chuck Hixson	SMU	SWC	11	160	285	56.1	1763	6.2	4.0	10	18	107.0	73	-76	-1.0	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Ivan Lippi	San Jose State	PCAA	11	109	241	45.2	1499	6.2	4.1	10	16	97.9	60	-207	-3.5	1
42	Steve Skiver	Ohio	MAC	9	107	229	46.7	1417	6.2	2.6	8	22	91.0	116	270	2.3	3
43	Dan Heck	Kansas	Big 8	11	81	188	43.1	1169	6.2	3.7	10	15	96.9	98	177	1.8	5
44	Don Moorhead	Michigan	Big Ten	10	87	190	45.8	1167	6.1	5.6	8	6	105.0	97	368	3.8	2
45	Tony Adams	Utah State	Ind	10	108	232	46.6	1394	6.0	4.7	16	14	107.7	97	45	0.5	4
46	Pancho Micir	Pennsylvania	Ivy	9	104	214	48.6	1292	6.0	2.7	7	19	92.3	95	32	0.3	4
47	Maurie Daigneau	Northwestern	Big Ten	10	88	204	43.1	1228	6.0	4.4	10	12	98.1	60	-27	-0.5	3
48	Lynn Dickey	Kansas State	Big 8	11	180	364	49.5	2163	5.9	3.1	7	26	91.4	28	-155	-5.5	2
49	Ty Paine	Washington State	Pac-8	11	123	267	46.1	1581	5.9	2.1	3	24	81.5	70	178	2.5	4
50	Don Jackson	Columbia	Ivy	9	89	195	45.6	1156	5.9	2.2	9	20	90.2	95	226	2.4	2
51	Wayne Smith	Colorado State	WAC	11	136	321	42.4	1861	5.8	3.9	8	17	88.7	128	231	1.8	6
52	Steve Goepel	Colgate	Ind	11	137	309	44.3	1802	5.8	4.0	15	19	97.0	69	-19	-0.3	2
53	Craig Curry	Minnesota	Big Ten	10	103	228	45.2	1315	5.8	3.9	6	12	91.8	94	295	3.1	5
54	Mike McNallen	Navy	Ind	11	105	234	44.9	1342	5.7	4.3	3	9	89.6	70	-19	-0.3	2
55	Bernie Scruggs	Kentucky	SEC	11	115	209	55.0	1181	5.7	3.7	7	12	102.1	99	165	1.7	2
56	John Read	Pacific	PCAA	11	149	309	48.2	1697	5.5	3.6	13	19	95.9	48	-69	-1.4	1
57	Joe Reed	Mississippi State	SEC	11	138	294	46.9	1616	5.5	3.6	8	16	91.2	155	316	2.0	7
58	John Casazza	East Carolina	Southern	11	122	277	44.0	1512	5.5	2.5	4	20	80.2	66	-176	-2.7	1
59	Steve Judy	TCU	SWC	11	113	247	45.7	1327	5.4	2.7	5	17	83.8	110	185	1.7
60	Jim Bengala	Miami (OH)	MAC	10	107	236	45.3	1265	5.4	3.2	8	15	88.8	28	-121	-4.3	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Tommy Kendrick	Clemson	ACC	11	133	267	49.8	1407	5.3	4.2	8	10	96.5	55	-246	-4.5	0
62	Mike Yancheff	Rutgers	Ind	10	93	185	50.3	974	5.3	3.5	8	11	96.9	89	143	1.6	3
63	Bernie Wall	Army	Ind	11	85	183	46.4	970	5.3	2.9	3	11	84.4	45	-79	-1.8	2
64	Mike Wells	Illinois	Big Ten	10	71	170	41.8	906	5.3	2.6	8	14	85.6	85	-47	-0.6	4
65	Rick Donegan	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	165	311	53.1	1593	5.1	3.5	8	15	94.9	74	-11	-0.1	1
66	Eddie McAshan	Georgia Tech	Ind	11	110	223	49.3	1138	5.1	1.7	9	21	86.7	69	71	1.0	0
67	Rick Jones	Brigham Young	WAC	11	76	168	45.2	851	5.1	0.6	1	17	69.5	85	-112	-1.3	0
68	Jim Bratten	Colorado	Big 8	10	64	151	42.4	771	5.1	2.8	3	9	79.9	117	479	4.1	3
69	Steve Olson	Idaho	Ind	11	95	228	41.7	1084	4.8	2.1	4	15	74.2	60	-38	-0.6	2
70	Jeff Shugars	Maryland	ACC	11	75	175	42.9	836	4.8	1.8	3	13	73.8	31	-97	-3.1	1
71	Kelly Cochrane	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	127	287	44.3	1348	4.7	1.9	7	21	77.1	54	-24	-0.4
72	Chuck Roper	Missouri	Big 8	11	101	235	43.0	1097	4.7	1.9	1	15	70.8	49	44	0.9	5
73	Ted Shoebridge	Marshall	Ind	9	78	213	36.6	1000	4.7	1.4	3	17	64.7	50	114	2.3	5
74	Scooter Longmire	Utah	WAC	10	64	158	40.5	674	4.3	2.8	9	9	83.7	65	135	2.1	4
75	Kirk Barton	Buffalo	Ind	11	110	277	39.7	1173	4.2	1.3	2	19	63.9	64	82	1.3	1
76	Gerry Lamb	Holy Cross	Ind	11	78	204	38.2	855	4.2	1.2	3	15	63.6	57	-282	-4.9	0
77	Scott Freeman	Wyoming	WAC	10	67	164	40.9	605	3.7	-1.2	3	19	54.7	76	190	2.5	3
78	Vern Wireman	Bowling Green State	MAC	9	60	174	34.5	622	3.6	0.0	3	15	53.0	85	14	0.2	3