1977 College Football Passing Stats

1976 CFB Passing Stats 1978 CFB Passing Stats

Champions: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Earl Campbell (Texas)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Lou Holtz (Arkansas)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Notre Dame

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64 Players

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

64 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	Melvin Williams	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	9	84	156	53.8	1552	9.9	6.6	5	14	130.0	76	-206	-2.7	2
2	Doug Williams	Grambling State	SWAC	11	181	352	51.4	3286	9.3	9.2	38	18	155.2	25	-37	-1.5	0
3	Keith Thibodeaux	Louisiana Tech	Southland	11	137	260	52.7	2384	9.2	6.9	9	17	128.1	80	-59	-0.7	5
4	Chuck Fusina	Penn State	Ind	11	142	246	57.7	2221	9.0	8.6	15	9	146.4	29	-53	-1.8	1
5	Bob Relph	Colgate	Ind	11	142	241	58.9	2178	9.0	7.7	20	16	148.9	74	227	3.1	8
6	Dave Wilson	Ball State	MAC	11	115	177	65.0	1589	9.0	9.1	17	7	164.2	110	302	2.7	9
7	Marc Wilson	Brigham Young	WAC	11	164	277	59.2	2418	8.7	7.5	24	18	148.1	81	20	0.2	2
8	Joe Montana	Notre Dame	Ind	9	99	189	52.4	1604	8.5	7.7	11	8	134.4	32	5	0.2	6
9	Larry Brown	Harvard	Ivy	9	79	139	56.8	1186	8.5	8.2	11	6	146.0	66	57	0.9	1
10	Rob Hertel	USC	Pac-8	11	121	230	52.6	1899	8.3	6.0	15	18	127.8	36	-77	-2.1	1
11	Steve Fuller	Clemson	ACC	11	96	182	52.7	1497	8.2	8.1	8	4	131.9	165	403	2.4	6
12	Joe Davis	San Diego State	Ind	11	174	290	60.0	2360	8.1	7.9	24	12	147.4	46	-118	-2.6	1
13	Ken Smith	Boston College	Ind	11	149	257	58.0	2073	8.1	5.9	17	20	132.0	38	-121	-3.2	1
14	Warren Moon	Washington	Pac-8	11	113	199	56.8	1584	8.0	7.5	11	7	134.9	99	266	2.7	6
15	Larry Fortner	Miami (OH)	MAC	11	109	186	58.6	1473	7.9	8.6	15	4	147.4	170	349	2.1	5
16	Lloyd Patterson	Memphis	Ind	11	73	169	43.2	1336	7.9	6.8	9	8	117.7	91	138	1.5	3
17	Mike Pusey	Western Carolina	Southern	11	140	248	56.5	1939	7.8	6.7	13	12	129.7	53	46	0.9	3
18	Steve Raklovits	Eastern Michigan	MAC	11	123	228	53.9	1784	7.8	4.6	8	20	113.7	105	354	3.4	6
19	Mark Herrmann	Purdue	Big Ten	11	175	319	54.9	2453	7.7	5.0	18	27	121.1	35	-263	-7.5	0
20	Andy Vetter	Ohio	MAC	11	116	202	57.4	1548	7.7	5.8	10	13	125.3	160	185	1.2	11
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Guy Benjamin	Stanford	Pac-8	11	208	330	63.0	2521	7.6	6.7	19	15	137.1	43	-112	-2.6	2
22	Dennis Sproul	Arizona State	WAC	11	113	220	51.4	1667	7.6	5.9	13	14	121.8	92	146	1.6	5
23	Charlie Young	California	Pac-8	11	135	249	54.2	1875	7.5	6.1	12	13	122.9	48	1	0.0	4
24	Jeff Duva	Hawaii	Ind	11	105	197	53.3	1487	7.5	6.7	10	8	125.3	71	70	1.0	1
25	Eric Hipple	Utah State	Ind	11	91	173	52.6	1301	7.5	5.8	10	11	122.1	48	44	0.9	0
26	Mark Miller	Bowling Green State	MAC	12	164	285	57.5	2103	7.4	6.3	12	12	125.0	116	30	0.3	6
27	Dan Graham	Colorado State	WAC	12	97	228	42.5	1692	7.4	6.7	17	11	119.8	67	-68	-1.0	2
28	Dan Kendra	West Virginia	Ind	11	121	226	53.5	1674	7.4	5.2	13	17	119.7	52	-111	-2.1	1
29	Kennon Taylor	Arkansas State	Southland	11	92	190	48.4	1404	7.4	5.1	5	12	106.5	130	285	2.2	7
30	Leamon Hall	Army	Ind	11	151	265	57.0	1944	7.3	5.4	15	18	123.7	81	-21	-0.3	8
31	Jack Thompson	Washington State	Pac-8	11	192	329	58.4	2372	7.2	6.2	13	13	124.1	58	-33	-0.6	4
32	Ed Smith	Michigan State	Big Ten	11	117	240	48.8	1731	7.2	5.4	10	14	111.4	37	-160	-4.3	1
33	Bill Hurley	Syracuse	Ind	11	108	201	53.7	1455	7.2	6.7	8	6	121.7	200	625	3.1	2
34	Jim Andrus	Wichita State	MVC	11	119	236	50.4	1684	7.1	5.0	15	18	116.1	105	192	1.8	2
35	Mike Ford	SMU	SWC	11	153	301	50.8	2064	6.9	4.6	11	20	107.2	57	-138	-2.4	2
36	Tom Rozantz	William & Mary	Ind	11	84	186	45.2	1280	6.9	4.7	7	12	102.5	111	420	3.8	7
37	Roch Hontas	Tulane	Ind	11	118	186	63.4	1277	6.9	5.5	5	8	121.4	62	-73	-1.2	2
38	Jimmy Jordan	Florida State	Ind	9	80	166	48.2	1139	6.9	5.6	10	9	114.9	29	-159	-5.5	0
39	Mark Whipple	Brown	Ivy	9	77	143	53.8	989	6.9	5.3	4	7	111.4	147	354	2.4	6
40	Bob Lesczynski	Navy	Ind	11	110	223	49.3	1509	6.8	4.1	8	17	102.8	77	-25	-0.3	5
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Johnny Evans	North Carolina State	ACC	11	93	203	45.8	1357	6.7	5.3	8	10	105.1	124	184	1.5	2
42	Jeff Knapple	Colorado	Big 8	11	79	180	43.9	1203	6.7	3.9	4	13	92.9	64	108	1.7	5
43	Roy Henry	Louisiana	Southland	12	129	275	46.9	1812	6.6	5.5	14	13	109.6	52	-137	-2.6	1
44	Mike Wright	Vanderbilt	SEC	11	106	211	50.2	1383	6.6	5.5	5	7	106.5	159	188	1.2	3
45	Mike Dunn	Duke	ACC	11	102	191	53.4	1239	6.5	5.1	7	9	110.6	161	576	3.6	7
46	Randy Gomez	Utah	WAC	11	155	315	49.2	2015	6.4	4.7	10	16	103.3	45	-35	-0.8	1
47	Oscar Ramirez	UTEP	WAC	11	83	202	41.1	1252	6.2	3.7	13	17	97.6	80	-14	-0.2	1
48	Mike McGlamry	Wake Forest	ACC	11	133	252	52.8	1532	6.1	3.8	5	15	98.5	39	-33	-0.8	1
49	Bill Blankenship	Tulsa	MVC	11	93	211	44.1	1293	6.1	4.1	3	11	89.8	85	84	1.0	4
50	Rick Horacek	New Mexico State	MVC	11	84	182	46.2	1111	6.1	3.5	3	12	89.7	128	423	3.3	7
51	Bruce Threadgill	Mississippi State	SEC	11	91	219	41.6	1317	6.0	4.0	7	13	90.7	143	274	1.9	1
52	Steve Bayuk	TCU	SWC	11	114	250	45.6	1474	5.9	4.7	14	13	103.2	134	154	1.1	4
53	Jack Henderson	Oregon	Pac-8	11	108	223	48.4	1286	5.8	4.8	5	7	98.0	91	-17	-0.2	2
54	Ed Luther	San Jose State	PCAA	11	126	268	47.0	1527	5.7	4.8	11	10	101.0	31	-65	-2.1	2
55	Pete Kraker	Northern Illinois	MAC	11	103	183	56.3	1034	5.7	4.0	5	9	102.9	66	-161	-2.4	1
56	Marty Crosby	The Citadel	Southern	11	117	237	49.4	1332	5.6	2.7	1	16	84.5	66	-57	-0.9	1
57	Butch Monaghan	Illinois State	Ind	11	102	224	45.5	1215	5.4	4.1	10	11	96.0	85	132	1.6	3
58	Dan Dodd	Drake	MVC	11	85	173	49.1	939	5.4	4.9	7	5	102.3	89	-82	-0.9	1
59	Kevin Burns	Columbia	Ivy	9	60	143	42.0	770	5.4	2.2	2	11	76.4	106	177	1.7	7
60	Dave Ziebart	Air Force	Ind	11	140	298	47.0	1562	5.2	2.5	8	22	85.1	140	173	1.2	2
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Jim Freitas	Long Beach State	PCAA	8	124	264	47.0	1358	5.1	3.6	15	16	96.8	29	-69	-2.4	0
62	Randy Hertel	Rice	SWC	11	156	356	43.8	1620	4.6	2.0	9	24	76.9	57	-159	-2.8	1
63	John Norman	Oregon State	Pac-8	11	90	200	45.0	929	4.6	3.4	6	8	85.9	127	101	0.8	1
64	Richard Warfield	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	11	64	181	35.4	728	4.0	-0.2	2	18	52.9	102	105	1.0	9