1980 College Football Passing Stats

82 Players

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

82 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	Jim McMahon	Brigham Young	WAC	12	284	445	63.8	4571	10.3	10.6	47	18	176.9	95	56	0.6	6
2	Steve Woods	Chattanooga	Southern	11	100	194	51.5	1827	9.4	8.2	17	13	146.2	88	41	0.5	6
3	Mark Herrmann	Purdue	Big Ten	11	220	340	64.7	2923	8.6	7.5	19	17	145.4	27	-153	-5.7	0
4	Ricky Hardin	Utah	WAC	11	179	290	61.7	2458	8.5	6.6	15	19	136.9	46	-167	-3.6	1
5	Art Schlichter	Ohio State	Big Ten	11	102	191	53.4	1628	8.5	7.9	12	8	137.4	130	349	2.7	7
6	Samoa Samoa	Washington State	Pac-10	11	105	200	52.5	1668	8.3	6.8	9	11	126.4	137	453	3.3	11
7	Larry Gentry	UNLV	Ind	11	113	209	54.1	1691	8.1	6.8	22	16	141.5	99	52	0.5	2
8	Kevin Starkey	Long Beach State	PCAA	11	138	248	55.6	1955	7.9	6.5	19	16	134.2	108	282	2.6	3
9	Tom Flick	Washington	Pac-10	11	168	280	60.0	2178	7.8	7.1	15	11	135.2	33	-87	-2.6	0
10	Rick Casko	Drake	MVC	11	147	275	53.5	2154	7.8	6.9	16	13	129.0	144	323	2.2	2
11	John Elway	Stanford	Pac-10	11	248	379	65.4	2889	7.6	7.7	27	11	147.2	100	50	0.5	4
12	Wayne Schuchts	Colgate	Ind	10	101	206	49.0	1556	7.6	5.2	10	15	113.9	62	96	1.5	1
13	Homer Jordan	Clemson	ACC	11	85	172	49.4	1311	7.6	6.0	4	8	111.8	153	372	2.4	4
14	Ed McMichael	Rutgers	Ind	11	146	235	62.1	1761	7.5	6.2	10	11	129.8	47	-213	-4.5	0
15	Rich Campbell	California	Pac-10	11	193	273	70.7	2026	7.4	6.0	6	11	132.2	35	-80	-2.3	3
16	Oliver Luck	West Virginia	Ind	12	135	254	53.1	1874	7.4	6.7	19	12	130.4	96	16	0.2	3
17	Steve Stamp	TCU	SWC	11	127	247	51.4	1830	7.4	5.4	14	17	118.6	75	-92	-1.2	1
18	Jim Kelly	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	109	206	52.9	1519	7.4	6.9	11	7	125.7	61	36	0.6	2
19	Larry Carbone	Brown	Ivy	9	117	217	53.9	1587	7.3	6.1	9	10	119.8	91	302	3.3	2
20	Dan Marino	Pitt	Ind	11	109	211	51.7	1531	7.3	5.6	14	14	121.2	13	-55	-4.2	0
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Steve Brown	Appalachian State	Southern	11	175	352	49.7	2537	7.2	6.0	13	15	113.9	75	53	0.7	0
22	John Wangler	Michigan	Big Ten	11	105	192	54.7	1377	7.2	6.6	15	9	131.3	28	-106	-3.8	0
23	Wayne Peace	Florida	SEC	9	91	180	50.6	1271	7.1	5.4	5	9	109.0	70	63	0.9	1
24	John Holman	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	11	187	350	53.4	2444	7.0	5.3	15	20	114.8	32	-55	-1.7	1
25	Tim Clifford	Indiana	Big Ten	11	105	198	53.0	1391	7.0	5.6	13	12	121.6	50	119	2.4	3
26	Tom Jones	Arkansas	SWC	11	93	166	56.0	1161	7.0	5.5	6	8	117.1	95	178	1.9	3
27	Bob Gagliano	Utah State	PCAA	11	184	345	53.3	2365	6.9	6.1	20	15	121.4	70	-30	-0.4	3
28	Rick Stockstill	Florida State	Ind	11	121	201	60.2	1377	6.9	6.6	15	8	134.4	71	-95	-1.3	2
29	Mark Lockenmeyer	Princeton	Ivy	10	110	185	59.5	1284	6.9	7.0	12	5	133.8	72	102	1.4	4
30	Reggie Ogburn	Oregon	Pac-10	11	99	183	54.1	1257	6.9	6.3	8	6	119.7	130	527	4.1	7
31	Gordon Adams	USC	Pac-10	11	104	179	58.1	1237	6.9	5.9	7	7	121.2	37	-61	-1.6	1
32	Kenny Jackson	Tulsa	MVC	11	80	174	46.0	1208	6.9	6.8	8	4	114.9	162	281	1.7	4
33	David Mashburn	Western Carolina	Southern	11	84	165	50.9	1133	6.9	5.1	8	10	112.5	47	-7	-0.1	0
34	Dave Wilson	Illinois	Big Ten	11	245	463	52.9	3154	6.8	6.2	19	15	117.2	40	-194	-4.9	1
35	John Loughery	Boston College	Ind	11	94	225	41.8	1519	6.8	4.3	6	15	94.0	74	-98	-1.3	3
36	Jeff Kemp	Dartmouth	Ivy	10	117	216	54.2	1470	6.8	5.0	7	12	110.9	67	5	0.1	1
37	Phil Bradley	Missouri	Big 8	11	132	242	54.5	1632	6.7	6.2	12	8	120.9	88	118	1.3	3
38	Joe Stevenson	North Texas	Ind	11	129	236	54.7	1582	6.7	5.2	11	13	115.3	89	89	1.0	3
39	Steve Fairchild	Colorado State	WAC	11	200	392	51.0	2578	6.6	5.4	15	17	110.2	63	-189	-3.0	3
40	John Fourcade	Ole Miss	SEC	11	157	286	54.9	1897	6.6	4.4	13	20	111.6	125	402	3.2	6
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Steve Krainock	Richmond	Ind	11	130	250	52.0	1653	6.6	4.6	8	15	106.1	72	86	1.2	2
42	Ronnie Mixon	Western Carolina	Southern	11	101	193	52.3	1275	6.6	5.4	2	6	105.0	39	-108	-2.8	1
43	Mark O'Connell	Ball State	MAC	11	175	295	59.3	1921	6.5	5.9	13	10	121.8	57	-57	-1.0	2
44	Sammy Shon	Ohio	MAC	11	131	235	55.7	1527	6.5	4.2	5	14	105.4	124	277	2.2	7
45	Dan Fritz	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	11	83	186	44.6	1202	6.5	5.5	5	6	101.3	68	-188	-2.8	0
46	Ed Singler	Oregon State	Pac-10	11	106	180	58.9	1166	6.5	4.3	3	10	107.7	116	108	0.9	1
47	Jay Venuto	Wake Forest	ACC	11	214	413	51.8	2624	6.4	5.7	21	15	114.7	67	-194	-2.9	1
48	Ron Reeves	Texas Tech	SWC	11	115	228	50.4	1461	6.4	5.2	9	10	108.5	167	127	0.8	2
49	Steve Clarkson	San Jose State	PCAA	11	103	213	48.4	1365	6.4	4.9	9	11	105.8	22	5	0.2	1
50	Reggie Collier	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	97	199	48.7	1268	6.4	6.4	7	3	110.9	127	464	3.7	2
51	Steve Casey	Virginia Tech	Ind	11	97	176	55.1	1119	6.4	4.3	13	14	117.0	72	168	2.3	1
52	Robin Gabriel	New Mexico	WAC	11	75	170	44.1	1083	6.4	4.2	6	11	96.3	22	-66	-3.0	2
53	Jerryl Bennett	Army	Ind	11	77	166	46.4	1065	6.4	5.0	6	8	102.6	80	174	2.2	2
54	Nickie Hall	Tulane	Ind	11	159	322	49.4	2039	6.3	5.3	21	17	113.5	135	259	1.9	7
55	Dave Boisture	Holy Cross	Ind	11	133	262	50.8	1659	6.3	4.2	6	15	100.1	64	-49	-0.8	0
56	John Leister	Michigan State	Big Ten	11	103	247	41.7	1559	6.3	4.6	10	14	96.7	54	99	1.8	1
57	Randy Hertel	Rice	SWC	10	102	192	53.1	1212	6.3	5.2	10	9	114.0	56	-8	-0.1	1
58	Todd Kirtley	Virginia	ACC	10	94	183	51.4	1156	6.3	3.7	3	12	96.7	33	-77	-2.3	2
59	John Gibbons	Northern Illinois	MAC	11	102	179	57.0	1119	6.3	5.3	3	5	109.4	99	96	1.0	2
60	Ben Bennett	Duke	ACC	11	174	330	52.7	2050	6.2	3.5	11	25	100.8	51	-210	-4.1	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Matt Dunigan	Louisiana Tech	Southland	11	149	313	47.6	1939	6.2	4.9	9	13	100.8	117	-73	-0.6	4
62	Grayson Rogers	Pacific	PCAA	12	153	301	50.8	1881	6.2	4.9	9	13	104.6	83	-375	-4.5	2
63	Mike Pagel	Arizona State	Pac-10	11	184	334	55.1	2025	6.1	5.9	17	9	117.4	50	-22	-0.4	3
64	Phillip Reynolds	Louisiana	Southland	11	128	277	46.2	1680	6.1	3.6	13	21	97.5	90	172	1.9	0
65	Reggie Allen	Indiana State	MVC	11	135	273	49.5	1678	6.1	4.1	8	16	99.0	80	202	2.5	1
66	Tol Avery	North Carolina State	ACC	11	98	184	53.3	1114	6.1	3.5	6	13	100.7	142	456	3.2	8
67	Tom St. Jacques	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	11	151	289	52.2	1729	6.0	4.0	10	17	102.2	66	-138	-2.1	2
68	Sergio Toscano	Fresno State	PCAA	9	121	247	49.0	1476	6.0	4.6	8	11	101.0	59	-42	-0.7	2
69	Dave Warner	Syracuse	Ind	11	81	167	48.5	1008	6.0	2.1	3	16	86.0	153	532	3.5	7
70	Darrell Ray Dickey	Kansas State	Big 8	11	80	168	47.6	1004	6.0	3.8	4	10	93.8	58	108	1.9	1
71	Jamie McAlister	New Mexico State	MVC	11	106	212	50.0	1219	5.8	3.4	9	15	98.2	106	189	1.8	2
72	Matt Patterson	West Texas A&M	MVC	11	82	193	42.5	1125	5.8	2.6	7	17	85.8	57	-45	-0.8	0
73	Tink Murphy	Temple	Ind	10	90	191	47.1	1097	5.7	3.5	6	12	93.2	40	68	1.7	1
74	Pat Patterson	Louisville	Ind	11	69	167	41.3	933	5.6	3.4	2	9	81.4	79	-161	-2.0	1
75	Mike Kerrigan	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	173	337	51.3	1816	5.4	3.8	12	17	98.3	53	-27	-0.5	1
76	Chris Garrity	William & Mary	Ind	11	148	315	47.0	1654	5.3	3.8	9	14	91.6	122	61	0.5	2
77	Whit Taylor	Vanderbilt	SEC	11	72	173	41.6	899	5.2	1.9	1	13	72.1	62	130	2.1	2
78	Tim Salem	Minnesota	Big Ten	11	81	170	47.6	887	5.2	2.0	2	13	80.1	50	-17	-0.3	2
79	Ray Campbell	Lamar	Southland	11	157	298	52.7	1491	5.0	2.6	7	19	89.7	50	-63	-1.3	1
80	Scott Davis	Eastern Michigan	MAC	9	106	227	46.7	1143	5.0	3.1	5	12	85.7	39	-54	-1.4	0
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
81	Darrell Martin	Memphis	Ind	11	73	185	39.5	888	4.8	1.4	5	16	71.4	109	-11	-0.1	0
82	Jeff Davis	East Tennessee State	Southern	11	79	208	38.0	792	3.8	2.7	2	6	67.4	108	183	1.7	2

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