1976 College Football Passing Stats

1975 CFB Passing Stats 1977 CFB Passing Stats

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Tony Dorsett (Pitt)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Johnny Majors (Pitt)

AP Preseason #1: Nebraska

AP Final #1: Pitt

54 Players

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

54 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	Steve Haynes	Louisiana Tech	Southland	10	120	216	55.6	1981	9.2	8.4	16	11	146.9	43	-112	-2.6	0
2	Lloyd Patterson	Memphis	Ind	11	87	178	48.9	1563	8.8	8.8	14	6	141.8	135	103	0.8	7
3	Gifford Nielsen	Brigham Young	WAC	11	207	372	55.6	3192	8.6	7.8	29	19	143.2	77	-273	-3.5	1
4	Jimmy Black	Florida State	Ind	11	103	178	57.9	1506	8.5	7.2	9	9	135.5	129	347	2.7	2
5	Vince Ferragamo	Nebraska	Big 8	12	145	254	57.1	2071	8.2	8.1	20	9	144.5	64	15	0.2	3
6	Steve DeBerg	San Jose State	PCAA	11	141	262	53.8	2084	8.0	8.4	19	6	140.0	29	-73	-2.5	3
7	Jack Thompson	Washington State	Pac-8	11	208	355	58.6	2762	7.8	7.1	20	14	134.7	93	-60	-0.6	2
8	Randy Dean	Northwestern	Big Ten	10	87	177	49.2	1384	7.8	6.2	8	10	118.4	91	177	1.9	1
9	Noel Mazzone	New Mexico	WAC	11	89	188	47.3	1427	7.6	5.6	8	12	112.4	188	617	3.3	7
10	Mark Miller	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	125	245	51.0	1839	7.5	6.2	13	13	121.0	72	141	2.0	4
11	Chuck Fusina	Penn State	Ind	11	88	167	52.7	1260	7.5	6.2	11	10	125.8	31	-88	-2.8	3
12	Rick Slager	Notre Dame	Ind	10	86	172	50.0	1281	7.4	5.6	11	12	119.7	49	-78	-1.6	2
13	Kevin Case	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	89	146	61.0	1073	7.3	6.8	7	5	131.7	90	244	2.7	6
14	Dennis Sproul	Arizona State	WAC	11	111	243	45.7	1751	7.2	6.0	12	12	112.6	62	-14	-0.2	0
15	Mike Howell	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	10	81	210	38.6	1511	7.2	4.9	10	15	100.4	141	334	2.4	3
16	Dan Haremann	Utah	WAC	11	117	222	52.7	1585	7.1	5.2	10	14	114.9	114	445	3.9	5
17	Mark Vitali	Purdue	Big Ten	11	73	172	42.4	1184	6.9	2.7	0	16	81.7	100	317	3.2	8
18	Ed Smith	Michigan State	Big Ten	10	132	257	51.4	1749	6.8	6.1	13	10	117.4	20	-11	-0.6	0
19	Guy Benjamin	Stanford	Pac-8	9	170	295	57.6	1982	6.7	4.9	12	17	116.0	38	-48	-1.3	3
20	Bob Relph	Colgate	Ind	10	95	201	47.3	1353	6.7	6.2	10	7	113.3	65	177	2.7	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Phil Gargis	Auburn	SEC	11	80	166	48.2	1116	6.7	4.0	7	13	102.9	142	534	3.8	9
22	Tommy Kramer	Rice	SWC	11	269	501	53.7	3317	6.6	5.8	21	19	115.6	61	-45	-0.7	4
23	Roy Henry	Louisiana	Southland	11	127	258	49.2	1709	6.6	5.6	18	14	117.0	62	-34	-0.5	2
24	Ron Bass	South Carolina	Ind	11	119	199	59.8	1320	6.6	5.3	9	10	120.4	131	101	0.8	1
25	Jeff Hepinstall	Toledo	MAC	11	89	198	44.9	1299	6.6	4.4	8	13	100.3	190	336	1.8	9
26	Kurt Steger	Illinois	Big Ten	11	87	187	46.5	1243	6.6	4.6	10	13	106.1	50	15	0.3	1
27	Jim Kubacki	Harvard	Ivy	9	66	145	45.5	945	6.5	5.4	8	7	108.8	154	396	2.6	8
28	Bob Lopez	Illinois State	Ind	11	116	226	51.3	1455	6.4	3.7	3	15	96.5	80	-61	-0.8	1
29	Tom Rozantz	William & Mary	Southern	11	96	182	52.7	1167	6.4	3.8	8	14	105.7	96	408	4.3	0
30	Mike Dunn	Duke	ACC	11	90	168	53.6	1078	6.4	3.7	2	11	98.3	176	757	4.3	12
31	Leamon Hall	Army	Ind	11	162	344	47.1	2174	6.3	3.7	15	27	98.9	100	-53	-0.5	2
32	Ronnie Hickerson	Tulsa	MVC	11	114	247	46.2	1554	6.3	3.3	8	20	93.5	119	276	2.3	2
33	Dan Kendra	West Virginia	Ind	11	113	233	48.5	1476	6.3	3.4	9	19	98.1	73	-16	-0.2	1
34	Marty Crosby	The Citadel	Southern	11	110	202	54.5	1279	6.3	5.5	5	6	109.9	80	17	0.2	1
35	Warren Moon	Washington	Pac-8	11	81	175	46.3	1106	6.3	4.9	6	8	101.5	80	69	0.9	1
36	Steve Martindale	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	11	77	171	45.0	1075	6.3	4.6	4	8	96.2	100	-28	-0.3	4
37	Mike Carroll	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11	132	262	50.4	1627	6.2	4.3	13	17	105.9	63	146	2.3	4
38	Bob Graustein	Pennsylvania	Ivy	9	127	230	55.2	1429	6.2	3.3	2	16	96.4	77	10	0.1	1
39	Joe Roth	California	Pac-8	11	154	295	52.2	1789	6.1	3.8	7	18	98.8	36	-157	-4.4	2
40	Jimmy Dan Elzner	TCU	SWC	11	100	223	44.8	1354	6.1	2.7	5	19	86.2	64	-112	-1.8	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Joe Paopao	Long Beach State	PCAA	11	99	194	51.0	1178	6.1	4.2	7	11	102.6	21	-51	-2.4	0
42	Larry Fortner	Miami (OH)	MAC	11	88	202	43.6	1219	6.0	4.5	7	10	95.8	119	196	1.6	5
43	Jeff Martin	Drake	MVC	11	121	251	48.2	1482	5.9	4.3	7	12	97.4	92	94	1.0	3
44	Paul Michalko	Brown	Ivy	9	89	188	47.3	1113	5.9	4.3	7	10	98.7	85	207	2.4	4
45	Mike McGlamry	Wake Forest	ACC	11	91	183	49.7	1066	5.8	4.8	4	6	99.3	48	-42	-0.9	0
46	Bud Nelson	Marshall	Ind	11	78	171	45.6	991	5.8	5.4	8	5	103.9	198	293	1.5	3
47	Rob Shaw	Air Force	Ind	11	98	198	49.5	1135	5.7	2.5	4	16	88.2	83	161	1.9	2
48	Andy Hitt	Virginia	ACC	11	98	220	44.5	1222	5.6	3.1	7	15	88.1	54	-137	-2.5	0
49	Sam Adkins	Wichita State	MVC	11	108	214	50.5	1201	5.6	3.9	6	11	96.6	111	106	1.0	5
50	Tony Dungy	Minnesota	Big Ten	11	104	234	44.4	1291	5.5	3.6	4	12	86.2	109	348	3.2	5
51	Mark Jackson	Baylor	SWC	11	105	211	49.8	1132	5.4	3.6	6	11	93.8	162	426	2.6	3
52	Jack Henderson	Oregon	Pac-8	11	157	298	52.7	1582	5.3	3.3	6	16	93.2	82	-175	-2.1	3
53	Jim Hofher	Cornell	Ivy	8	63	139	45.3	740	5.3	1.9	3	12	79.9	50	85	1.7	1
54	Steve Raklovits	Eastern Michigan	MAC	11	90	199	45.2	954	4.8	2.3	7	14	83.0	41	-46	-1.1	0