1972 College Football Passing Stats

1971 CFB Passing Stats 1973 CFB Passing Stats

Champions: USC (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Johnny Rodgers (Nebraska)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: John McKay (USC)

AP Preseason #1: Nebraska

AP Final #1: USC

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69 Players

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

69 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	Bruce Shaw	North Carolina State	ACC	11	91	175	52.0	1708	9.8	7.4	9	13	136.1	76	55	0.7	4
2	John Hufnagel	Penn State	Ind	11	115	216	53.2	2039	9.4	9.2	15	8	148.0	102	162	1.6	6
3	Danny White	Arizona State	WAC	11	113	219	51.6	1930	8.8	7.6	21	15	143.6	65	222	3.4	7
4	Steve Stetson	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	72	139	51.8	1159	8.3	7.8	10	6	136.9	51	81	1.6	8
5	Tony Adams	Utah State	Ind	11	204	351	58.1	2797	8.0	8.1	22	9	140.6	71	156	2.2	3
6	Don Van Galder	Utah	WAC	11	85	178	47.8	1425	8.0	6.2	15	14	127.1	65	99	1.5	4
7	Dave Jaynes	Kansas	Big 8	11	153	287	53.3	2253	7.9	5.6	15	21	121.9	70	-171	-2.4	1
8	Randy Drake	Long Beach State	PCAA	11	131	213	61.5	1691	7.9	7.0	6	7	130.9	83	13	0.2	4
9	Dave Humm	Nebraska	Big 8	11	140	266	52.6	2074	7.8	6.4	17	16	127.2	48	-130	-2.7	5
10	Don Strock	Virginia Tech	Ind	11	228	427	53.4	3243	7.6	5.5	16	27	116.9	53	-73	-1.4	2
11	Bernie Galiffa	West Virginia	Ind	11	148	302	49.0	2302	7.6	6.3	16	16	119.9	57	-139	-2.4	2
12	Gary Huff	Florida State	Ind	11	206	385	53.5	2893	7.5	6.1	25	23	126.1	44	-123	-2.8	1
13	Steve Loflin	Appalachian State	Southern	11	73	166	44.0	1245	7.5	6.9	15	9	126.0	122	187	1.5	2
14	Gary Keithley	UTEP	WAC	10	144	252	57.1	1870	7.4	6.2	7	10	120.7	77	-148	-1.9	1
15	Bob Avellini	Maryland	ACC	11	98	170	57.6	1251	7.4	4.2	7	15	115.4	45	6	0.1	1
16	Eddie McAshan	Georgia Tech	Ind	11	125	241	51.9	1756	7.3	5.4	16	17	120.9	66	7	0.1	1
17	Bert Jones	LSU	SEC	11	103	199	51.8	1446	7.3	7.1	14	7	129.0	90	18	0.2	4
18	Tom Clements	Notre Dame	Ind	10	83	162	51.2	1163	7.2	4.8	8	12	113.0	86	341	4.0	4
19	Tom Schultze	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	11	120	242	49.6	1728	7.1	4.9	9	16	108.6	39	-368	-9.4	2
20	Leo Gasienica	Rutgers	Ind	11	107	198	54.0	1409	7.1	4.5	8	15	112.0	58	6	0.1	7
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Mitch Anderson	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	95	187	50.8	1335	7.1	5.5	7	10	112.4	63	-159	-2.5	1
22	Tom Parr	Colgate	Ind	10	83	169	49.1	1206	7.1	5.3	9	11	113.6	145	721	5.0	12
23	Todd Starks	Tulsa	MVC	11	78	170	45.9	1201	7.1	3.8	8	16	101.9	48	-74	-1.5	0
24	Jesse Freitas	San Diego State	PCAA	11	97	171	56.7	1200	7.0	4.2	7	14	112.8	48	-31	-0.6	2
25	Mark Allen	Cornell	Ivy	9	91	181	50.3	1235	6.8	4.8	9	12	110.7	107	226	2.1	7
26	Bill Demory	Arizona	WAC	11	76	174	43.7	1175	6.8	6.2	13	8	115.9	57	-127	-2.2	1
27	Bruce Arthur	Toledo	MAC	11	83	171	48.5	1168	6.8	4.7	4	10	101.9	96	30	0.3	1
28	Joe Barnes	Texas Tech	SWC	11	86	168	51.2	1142	6.8	5.7	4	6	109.0	148	510	3.4	4
29	Ed Carney	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	94	209	45.0	1399	6.7	4.0	6	15	96.3	108	83	0.8	5
30	Mike Boryla	Stanford	Pac-8	11	183	350	52.3	2284	6.5	4.8	14	20	108.9	57	-213	-3.7	1
31	Buddy Palazzo	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	160	291	55.0	1888	6.5	4.6	8	16	107.6	105	25	0.2	0
32	Scotty Shipp	Davidson	Southern	10	149	286	52.1	1845	6.5	3.6	9	22	101.3	40	49	1.2	2
33	Rich Haynie	Air Force	Ind	10	102	240	42.5	1570	6.5	5.0	17	16	107.5	72	223	3.1	3
34	David Bowden	Florida	SEC	11	108	229	47.2	1481	6.5	5.2	12	12	108.3	49	-224	-4.6	0
35	D.C. Nobles	Houston	Ind	11	101	209	48.3	1351	6.5	6.4	15	7	119.6	93	289	3.1	7
36	Ken Polke	Dayton	Ind	11	90	205	43.9	1329	6.5	4.9	6	10	98.3	88	-168	-1.9	0
37	Carl Summerell	East Carolina	Southern	11	86	197	43.7	1275	6.5	4.9	12	12	105.9	92	425	4.6	2
38	John Hogan	Pitt	Ind	11	91	191	47.6	1250	6.5	5.4	14	11	115.3	58	-2	0.0	2
39	Bruce Gadd	Rice	SWC	11	171	323	52.9	2075	6.4	4.0	11	22	104.5	34	-74	-2.2	0
40	George Amundson	Iowa State	Big 8	11	145	313	46.3	1957	6.3	4.2	15	21	101.2	121	430	3.6	9
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Al Glenny	Navy	Ind	11	90	174	51.7	1091	6.3	4.7	7	9	107.3	57	194	3.4	3
42	Harry Lynch	The Citadel	Southern	11	81	182	44.5	1135	6.2	4.0	7	12	96.4	170	529	3.1	8
43	Don Jackson	Columbia	Ivy	9	89	189	47.1	1136	6.0	4.9	5	7	98.9	55	-31	-0.6	2
44	Neal Jeffrey	Baylor	SWC	11	89	171	52.0	1030	6.0	3.5	5	12	98.3	85	15	0.2	2
45	Dan Fouts	Oregon	Pac-8	11	171	348	49.1	2041	5.9	4.1	12	19	98.9	86	-61	-0.7	1
46	John Behrens	Fresno State	PCAA	11	139	315	44.1	1857	5.9	3.6	9	20	90.4	60	-24	-0.4	5
47	Doug Shobert	Temple	Ind	9	130	238	54.6	1416	5.9	2.8	8	20	98.9	25	-123	-4.9	0
48	Kingsley Fink	Army	Ind	10	88	194	45.4	1139	5.9	3.2	6	14	90.5	55	-81	-1.5	3
49	Joe Ferguson	Arkansas	SWC	11	119	254	46.9	1484	5.8	3.9	9	15	95.8	73	68	0.9	2
50	Joe Pisarcik	New Mexico State	MVC	11	182	382	47.6	2179	5.7	4.4	8	15	94.6	51	-123	-2.4	2
51	John Madeya	Louisville	MVC	10	146	301	48.5	1709	5.7	4.2	16	17	102.4	40	-152	-3.8	3
52	Ken Johnson	Colorado	Big 8	11	83	182	45.6	1044	5.7	4.6	5	7	95.2	132	378	2.9	4
53	Steve Bartkowski	California	Pac-8	11	70	165	42.4	944	5.7	2.7	4	13	82.7	46	-189	-4.1	0
54	Craig Kimball	San Jose State	PCAA	11	145	323	44.9	1798	5.6	3.2	13	23	90.7	66	-157	-2.4	1
55	Gary Marangi	Boston College	Ind	11	117	248	47.2	1381	5.6	4.3	11	12	98.9	78	246	3.2	2
56	Ty Paine	Washington State	Pac-8	11	111	241	46.1	1349	5.6	4.1	7	11	93.5	127	250	2.0	7
57	Pete Beatrice	Brown	Ivy	9	86	201	42.8	1131	5.6	3.8	9	12	92.9	65	-70	-1.1	1
58	Pat Juliana	Colorado State	WAC	11	68	168	40.5	938	5.6	1.8	4	16	76.2	142	339	2.4	3
59	Norris Weese	Ole Miss	SEC	10	77	163	47.2	917	5.6	3.7	11	12	102.0	154	542	3.5	5
60	Al Harvey	Memphis	MVC	11	90	179	50.3	961	5.4	4.2	5	7	96.8	143	305	2.1	4
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Dennis Morrison	Kansas State	Big 8	11	136	300	45.3	1596	5.3	2.5	9	23	84.6	22	-50	-2.3	0
62	Reggie Oliver	Marshall	Ind	10	78	200	39.0	993	5.0	2.1	5	15	74.0	63	-58	-0.9	0
63	Tim Dydo	Xavier	Ind	11	160	327	48.9	1568	4.8	2.6	5	18	83.2	40	-89	-2.2	1
64	Mickey Brokas	Chattanooga	Ind	11	115	269	42.8	1303	4.8	2.1	2	17	73.3	112	-4	0.0	3
65	James McKay	Kentucky	SEC	10	80	185	43.2	879	4.8	1.2	1	15	68.7	101	94	0.9	3
66	Fred Dalzell	Princeton	Ivy	9	65	136	47.8	649	4.8	2.6	3	8	83.4	25	45	1.8	0
67	Mike Shoemaker	Cincinnati	Ind	11	70	175	40.0	787	4.5	1.5	5	14	71.2	32	-142	-4.4	0
68	Rick Shaw	North Texas	MVC	11	47	177	26.6	734	4.1	2.0	1	9	53.1	82	74	0.9	4
69	Tom Owen	Wichita State	MVC	11	69	171	40.4	689	4.0	2.2	2	8	68.7	61	-82	-1.3	1