1978 College Football Passing Stats

1977 CFB Passing Stats 1979 CFB Passing Stats

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Billy Sims (Oklahoma)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Joe Paterno (Penn State)

AP Preseason #1: Alabama

AP Final #1: Alabama

66 Players

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

66 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	David Henderson	Furman	Southern	11	112	187	59.9	1732	9.3	9.1	12	6	152.5	59	2	0.0	2
2	Dave Rader	Tulsa	MVC	11	90	184	48.9	1683	9.1	9.2	14	6	144.3	166	215	1.3	7
3	Larry Brown	Harvard	Ivy	9	101	178	56.7	1575	8.8	8.2	12	8	144.3	117	265	2.3	2
4	Dave Marler	Mississippi State	SEC	11	163	287	56.8	2422	8.4	6.5	11	17	128.5	88	-31	-0.4	1
5	Steve Brown	Appalachian State	Southern	11	114	204	55.9	1682	8.2	8.4	13	5	141.3	105	277	2.6	6
6	David Spriggs	New Mexico State	MVC	11	169	317	53.3	2558	8.1	5.6	17	25	123.0	148	244	1.6	3
7	Pat O'Brien	Yale	Ivy	9	75	153	49.0	1242	8.1	5.2	5	12	112.3	74	56	0.8	4
8	Phil Bradley	Missouri	Big 8	11	136	226	60.2	1780	7.9	6.9	12	10	135.0	135	301	2.2	6
9	Rich Campbell	California	Pac-10	11	164	293	56.0	2287	7.8	5.8	14	19	124.3	93	-80	-0.9	1
10	John Brantley	Florida	SEC	11	85	170	50.0	1334	7.8	5.7	11	13	122.0	68	7	0.1	1
11	Wally Woodham	Florida State	Ind	10	98	169	58.0	1322	7.8	7.0	9	7	133.0	30	-9	-0.3	3
12	Mike Ford	SMU	SWC	11	224	389	57.6	3007	7.7	5.9	17	23	125.1	70	-50	-0.7	4
13	Joe Montana	Notre Dame	Ind	11	141	260	54.2	2010	7.7	6.9	10	9	124.9	72	104	1.4	6
14	Brad Wright	New Mexico	WAC	12	126	251	50.2	1925	7.7	5.7	9	15	114.5	172	478	2.8	8
15	Chuck Fusina	Penn State	Ind	11	137	242	56.6	1859	7.7	6.4	11	12	126.2	51	-116	-2.3	2
16	Ed Smith	Michigan State	Big Ten	11	169	292	57.9	2226	7.6	7.8	20	8	139.0	29	21	0.7	1
17	Randy Gomez	Utah	WAC	11	138	266	51.9	2027	7.6	6.0	19	18	125.9	49	-36	-0.7	0
18	Dan Manucci	Kansas State	Big 8	11	122	237	51.5	1808	7.6	5.0	9	18	112.9	120	-4	0.0	5
19	Jordan Case	North Texas	Ind	11	105	179	58.7	1360	7.6	7.5	8	4	132.8	131	267	2.0	7
20	Steve Dils	Stanford	Pac-10	11	247	391	63.2	2943	7.5	6.9	22	15	137.3	90	-72	-0.8	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Mike Kelley	Georgia Tech	Ind	11	96	197	48.7	1479	7.5	5.9	7	10	113.4	24	12	0.5	0
22	Eric Hipple	Utah State	PCAA	11	150	287	52.3	2088	7.3	5.6	9	15	113.3	113	-17	-0.2	9
23	Paul McGaffigan	Long Beach State	PCAA	11	169	300	56.3	2165	7.2	5.9	9	13	118.2	52	-1	0.0	1
24	Mike Wright	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	134	259	51.7	1852	7.2	6.1	14	12	120.4	181	530	2.9	10
25	Jimmy Jordan	Florida State	Ind	10	108	199	54.3	1427	7.2	6.5	14	9	128.7	25	-97	-3.9	1
26	Jimmy Streater	Tennessee	SEC	11	101	198	51.0	1418	7.2	5.3	4	10	107.7	146	593	4.1	10
27	Buddy Teevens	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	117	194	60.3	1396	7.2	6.4	4	5	122.4	73	178	2.4	4
28	Tim O'Hare	Maryland	ACC	11	105	192	54.7	1388	7.2	5.1	4	11	110.8	80	33	0.4	0
29	Kirby Arceneaux	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	11	79	171	46.2	1229	7.2	3.9	6	15	100.6	124	164	1.3	1
30	Roch Hontas	Tulane	Ind	11	108	190	56.8	1350	7.1	5.9	11	10	125.1	87	-68	-0.8	1
31	Jeff Duva	Hawaii	Ind	11	113	208	54.3	1463	7.0	6.4	14	9	127.0	81	93	1.1	2
32	Mark Whipple	Brown	Ivy	9	98	197	49.7	1376	7.0	5.4	9	11	112.3	96	137	1.4	4
33	Mark Herrmann	Purdue	Big Ten	11	152	274	55.5	1904	6.9	6.0	14	12	121.9	35	-80	-2.3	1
34	Larry Haynes	Lamar	Southland	11	92	184	50.0	1261	6.9	5.0	8	11	110.0	129	78	0.6	5
35	Peter Colombo	Holy Cross	Ind	11	103	212	48.6	1432	6.8	3.4	7	19	98.3	115	85	0.7	4
36	Jack Thompson	Washington State	Pac-10	11	175	348	50.3	2333	6.7	5.1	17	20	111.2	84	-69	-0.8	3
37	Bruce Parker	Pacific	PCAA	12	156	310	50.3	2019	6.5	5.7	17	13	114.7	83	-182	-2.2	0
38	Steve Smith	Baylor	SWC	11	101	213	47.4	1387	6.5	4.0	11	17	103.2	47	10	0.2	0
39	Brian Broomell	Temple	Ind	11	112	209	53.6	1362	6.5	4.3	11	15	111.3	93	212	2.3	4
40	Tom Porras	Washington	Pac-10	10	84	176	47.7	1151	6.5	5.2	6	8	104.8	87	75	0.9	5
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Marc Wilson	Brigham Young	WAC	12	121	233	51.9	1499	6.4	4.6	8	13	106.1	104	85	0.8	2
42	Earle Mulrane	Army	Ind	11	103	222	46.4	1419	6.4	4.2	5	13	95.8	77	-68	-0.9	3
43	John Marzo	Colgate	Ind	11	100	209	47.8	1337	6.4	3.1	6	18	93.8	81	178	2.2	2
44	Mark Malone	Arizona State	Pac-10	11	93	205	45.4	1305	6.4	4.1	11	15	101.9	143	705	4.9	9
45	Bob Hering	Rutgers	Ind	11	85	183	46.4	1164	6.4	5.2	5	7	101.2	34	-84	-2.5	0
46	Doug Robertson	UNLV	Ind	11	72	173	41.6	1104	6.4	6.2	7	4	104.0	74	-35	-0.5	4
47	Mark Halda	San Diego State	WAC	11	205	358	57.3	2262	6.3	5.3	14	14	115.4	29	-99	-3.4	0
48	Mike Pusey	Western Carolina	Southern	11	147	331	44.4	2046	6.2	4.6	14	18	99.4	56	-213	-3.8	0
49	Dutch Hoffman	West Virginia	Ind	11	105	238	44.1	1477	6.2	3.0	9	21	91.1	136	-24	-0.2	3
50	Pete Kraker	Northern Illinois	MAC	11	134	283	47.3	1731	6.1	4.6	10	14	100.5	81	21	0.3	0
51	Randy Hertel	Rice	SWC	11	156	279	55.9	1677	6.0	5.1	12	11	112.7	51	-58	-1.1	0
52	Rick Trocano	Pitt	Ind	11	121	245	49.4	1466	6.0	4.4	5	11	97.4	167	275	1.6	7
53	Mike Kalasmiki	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11	107	231	46.3	1378	6.0	4.3	12	14	101.5	73	169	2.3	1
54	Steve Smith	Oregon State	Pac-10	11	96	196	49.0	1182	6.0	4.0	7	12	99.2	181	-114	-0.6	4
55	Kennon Taylor	Arkansas State	Southland	11	78	182	42.9	1087	6.0	2.5	4	16	82.7	110	94	0.9	3
56	Kenny Philibert	Northwestern State	Ind	11	85	165	51.5	982	6.0	3.5	2	10	93.4	67	-156	-2.3	1
57	Ed Luther	San Jose State	PCAA	12	205	386	53.1	2275	5.9	3.8	13	24	101.3	33	-101	-3.1	3
58	David Webber	Wake Forest	ACC	11	101	182	55.5	1070	5.9	3.1	2	12	95.3	68	-70	-1.0	0
59	Larry Fortner	Miami (OH)	MAC	11	80	166	48.2	975	5.9	3.0	5	13	91.8	150	373	2.5	8
60	Keith Thibodeaux	Louisiana Tech	Southland	10	81	198	40.9	1128	5.7	3.7	5	11	86.0	56	-74	-1.3	2
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Dave Ziebart	Air Force	Ind	11	109	241	45.2	1350	5.6	3.4	9	16	91.3	102	178	1.7	1
62	Oscar Ramirez	UTEP	WAC	12	118	278	42.4	1460	5.3	2.0	7	23	78.3	169	336	2.0	5
63	Kevin Strasser	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	151	307	49.2	1526	5.0	3.5	6	13	88.9	56	-231	-4.1	2
64	Robby Clark	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	11	70	173	40.5	872	5.0	0.8	2	17	67.0	123	11	0.1	0
65	Steve Bayuk	TCU	SWC	11	114	241	47.3	1118	4.6	1.4	4	19	76.0	140	108	0.8	2
66	Tom Rozantz	William & Mary	Ind	11	72	195	36.9	853	4.4	1.6	7	15	70.1	111	347	3.1	4