1979 College Football Passing Stats

1978 CFB Passing Stats 1980 CFB Passing Stats

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Charles White (USC)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Earle Bruce (Ohio State)

AP Preseason #1: USC

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	Brian Broomell	Temple	Ind	11	120	214	56.1	2103	9.8	9.6	22	11	162.3	66	249	3.8	4
2	Marc Wilson	Brigham Young	WAC	11	250	427	58.5	3720	8.7	8.5	29	15	147.1	61	-140	-2.3	4
3	Turk Schonert	Stanford	Pac-10	11	148	221	67.0	1927	8.7	9.2	19	6	163.2	75	46	0.6	2
4	Rusty Lisch	Notre Dame	Ind	10	108	208	51.9	1781	8.6	6.8	4	10	120.6	58	-36	-0.6	2
5	Sam King	UNLV	Ind	12	103	188	54.8	1594	8.5	7.4	12	10	136.4	54	64	1.2	5
6	Paul McDonald	USC	Pac-10	11	153	240	63.8	1989	8.3	8.8	17	5	152.6	33	-61	-1.8	0
7	Rich Campbell	California	Pac-10	11	216	322	67.1	2618	8.1	7.3	13	12	141.2	69	-195	-2.8	3
8	Eric Hipple	Utah State	PCAA	11	144	239	60.3	1924	8.1	8.0	13	6	140.8	74	66	0.9	2
9	Steve Brown	Appalachian State	Southern	11	147	287	51.2	2307	8.0	6.6	15	16	124.8	129	250	1.9	2
10	Mike Pusey	Western Carolina	Southern	11	133	276	48.2	2175	7.9	5.6	16	21	118.3	38	-130	-3.4	0
11	John Fourcade	Ole Miss	SEC	11	115	196	58.7	1521	7.8	6.4	7	9	126.5	128	493	3.9	6
12	Dan Marino	Pitt	Ind	11	115	193	59.6	1508	7.8	7.1	9	7	133.4	27	-62	-2.3	1
13	Mark Hutsell	East Tennessee State	Southern	11	186	302	61.6	2276	7.5	6.6	17	14	134.2	103	-116	-1.1	2
14	Reggie Allen	Indiana State	MVC	11	87	196	44.4	1468	7.5	5.4	7	12	106.8	128	427	3.3	9
15	Steve Casey	Virginia Tech	Ind	11	105	190	55.3	1419	7.5	5.4	10	13	121.7	105	203	1.9	3
16	Tim Clifford	Indiana	Big Ten	11	149	259	57.5	1907	7.4	6.7	12	9	127.7	61	71	1.2	6
17	Ed Luther	San Jose State	PCAA	11	241	415	58.1	3049	7.3	6.8	20	14	128.9	44	-52	-1.2	3
18	Mark Carlson	Minnesota	Big Ten	11	177	300	59.0	2188	7.3	6.5	11	10	125.7	71	-39	-0.5	1
19	Mark Halda	San Diego State	WAC	11	123	234	52.6	1684	7.2	4.8	10	17	112.6	27	-132	-4.9	1
20	Ed McMichael	Rutgers	Ind	11	124	211	58.8	1529	7.2	6.4	7	7	124.0	61	-77	-1.3	0
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Larry Carbone	Brown	Ivy	8	87	165	52.7	1178	7.1	5.3	7	10	114.6	95	317	3.3	3
22	Phil Davis	Wyoming	WAC	12	113	241	46.9	1687	7.0	4.3	8	18	101.7	240	629	2.6	10
23	Matt Kupec	North Carolina	ACC	11	123	227	54.2	1587	7.0	6.8	18	9	131.1	47	-23	-0.5	2
24	Steve Grant	Washington State	Pac-10	11	120	224	53.6	1565	7.0	6.0	9	9	117.5	145	376	2.6	6
25	Scott Davis	Eastern Michigan	MAC	10	131	254	51.6	1744	6.9	4.6	7	16	105.7	59	120	2.0	0
26	Jordan Case	North Texas	Ind	11	103	167	61.7	1152	6.9	6.2	3	4	120.8	89	-52	-0.6	3
27	Doug Marzonie	Pennsylvania	Ivy	9	59	136	43.4	944	6.9	2.2	4	16	87.9	100	165	1.7	2
28	Mike Kelley	Georgia Tech	Ind	11	149	300	49.7	2051	6.8	4.7	10	19	105.4	99	56	0.6	1
29	Mark Herrmann	Purdue	Big Ten	11	182	309	58.9	2074	6.7	4.8	13	19	116.9	44	-245	-5.6	1
30	Dayle Tate	Penn State	Ind	11	92	176	52.3	1179	6.7	4.8	8	11	111.0	58	8	0.1	0
31	Steve Ensminger	LSU	SEC	11	80	175	45.7	1168	6.7	5.2	5	8	102.1	54	121	2.2	2
32	Burke St. John	Harvard	Ivy	7	68	150	45.3	1010	6.7	5.6	7	7	108.0	53	2	0.0	3
33	Larry Haynes	Lamar	Southland	11	233	402	58.0	2641	6.6	5.6	21	18	121.4	49	-213	-4.3	4
34	Jay Venuto	Wake Forest	ACC	11	198	367	54.0	2432	6.6	5.4	16	17	114.7	76	53	0.7	1
35	Paul McGaffigan	Long Beach State	PCAA	11	144	264	54.5	1755	6.6	4.5	8	16	108.3	74	-44	-0.6	5
36	Butch Kelly	New Mexico State	MVC	11	99	205	48.3	1350	6.6	4.3	6	13	100.6	92	-4	0.0	4
37	Mark Malone	Arizona State	Pac-10	12	148	289	51.2	1886	6.5	5.3	10	12	109.1	132	471	3.6	12
38	Jimmy Jordan	Florida State	Ind	11	87	180	48.3	1173	6.5	4.5	13	14	111.4	22	-66	-3.0	0
39	Todd Kirtley	Virginia	ACC	11	88	178	49.4	1159	6.5	3.9	6	13	100.6	47	26	0.6	0
40	Roch Hontas	Tulane	Ind	11	215	367	58.6	2345	6.4	5.8	21	14	123.5	91	97	1.1	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Bill Solomon	Colorado	Big 8	11	91	184	49.5	1174	6.4	4.3	10	13	106.9	95	18	0.2	3
42	Tony Kapetanis	Cincinnati	Ind	11	99	224	44.2	1414	6.3	4.0	3	13	90.0	93	46	0.5	11
43	Larry Ochab	Florida	SEC	11	98	185	53.0	1169	6.3	3.6	6	14	101.6	43	-100	-2.3	0
44	Jim Krohn	Arizona	Pac-10	11	93	175	53.1	1094	6.3	3.5	7	14	102.9	92	247	2.7	3
45	Harold Bailey	Oklahoma State	Big 8	11	94	210	44.8	1301	6.2	5.2	5	7	98.0	83	88	1.1	2
46	Phil Bradley	Missouri	Big 8	11	127	236	53.8	1448	6.1	5.0	5	8	105.6	131	316	2.4	3
47	Sammy Shon	Ohio	MAC	11	133	220	60.5	1336	6.1	4.2	4	11	107.5	135	254	1.9	5
48	Chuck Hauck	Miami (OH)	MAC	11	97	207	46.9	1258	6.1	3.7	5	13	93.3	74	253	3.4	3
49	Mike Rodrigue	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	94	201	46.8	1197	6.0	2.6	2	16	84.2	76	-3	0.0	2
50	Kenny Philibert	Northwestern State	Ind	9	83	160	51.9	920	5.8	3.8	7	10	102.1	59	-27	-0.5	1
51	Scott Richardson	Oregon State	Pac-10	11	145	291	49.8	1645	5.7	3.4	6	17	92.4	79	-66	-0.8	1
52	Rick Casko	Drake	MVC	11	78	171	45.6	983	5.7	4.3	6	8	96.1	122	124	1.0	3
53	Randy Hertel	Rice	SWC	11	147	294	50.0	1652	5.6	2.4	7	24	88.7	78	-195	-2.5	2
54	Oliver Luck	West Virginia	Ind	11	103	231	44.6	1292	5.6	3.9	8	12	92.6	204	407	2.0	5
55	Bob Conroy	Columbia	Ivy	9	70	165	42.4	920	5.6	1.2	4	18	75.4	85	-11	-0.1	0
56	Lawrence McCullough	Illinois	Big Ten	11	130	228	57.0	1254	5.5	4.1	7	10	104.6	43	-71	-1.7	0
57	Mike Wright	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	104	210	49.5	1148	5.5	3.4	8	13	95.6	154	445	2.9	10
58	Gene Bradley	Arkansas State	Southland	11	91	198	46.0	1091	5.5	2.4	7	17	86.7	122	350	2.9	4
59	Jeff Morrow	Kent State	MAC	11	111	236	47.0	1284	5.4	2.7	6	17	86.7	40	-163	-4.1	1
60	Pat O'Brien	Villanova	Ind	11	71	165	43.0	887	5.4	3.1	6	11	86.9	142	462	3.3	4
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Sander Markel	Pacific	PCAA	10	186	368	50.5	1921	5.2	3.5	12	19	94.8	77	-215	-2.8	1
62	Greg Gregory	Richmond	Ind	11	82	196	41.8	1006	5.1	2.4	2	13	75.1	45	-87	-1.9	1
63	Chris Garrity	William & Mary	Ind	11	73	183	39.9	916	5.0	3.6	5	8	82.2	86	52	0.6	2
64	Jeff Kemp	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	81	182	44.5	915	5.0	4.5	6	5	92.1	100	303	3.0	1
65	Dave Ziebart	Air Force	Ind	11	118	223	52.9	1088	4.9	2.9	5	12	90.5	134	256	1.9	2
66	Mike Kerrigan	Northwestern	Big Ten	10	82	195	42.1	961	4.9	1.4	4	17	72.8	23	-66	-2.9	1