1982 College Football Passing Stats

1981 CFB Passing Stats 1983 CFB Passing Stats

Champions: Penn State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Herschel Walker (Georgia)

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

AP Preseason #1: Pitt

AP Final #1: Penn State

76 Players

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

76 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	Tom Ramsey	UCLA	Pac-10	11	191	311	61.4	2824	9.1	9.0	21	10	153.5	124	113	0.9	6
2	Jeff Tedford	Fresno State	PCAA	11	153	298	51.3	2620	8.8	7.5	21	18	136.4	62	-45	-0.7	8
3	John Bond	Mississippi State	SEC	11	91	183	49.7	1591	8.7	6.8	7	11	123.4	144	609	4.2	4
4	Steve Young	Brigham Young	WAC	11	230	367	62.7	3100	8.4	7.2	18	18	140.0	114	407	3.6	10
5	Wayne Peace	Florida	SEC	11	174	246	70.7	2053	8.3	7.2	8	10	143.4	55	-158	-2.9	1
6	Ben Bennett	Duke	ACC	11	236	374	63.1	3033	8.1	7.7	20	12	142.5	52	-148	-2.8	0
7	Lionel Wilson	Houston	SWC	10	85	171	49.7	1386	8.1	5.3	5	13	112.2	172	403	2.3	3
8	John Elway	Stanford	Pac-10	11	262	405	64.7	3242	8.0	7.9	24	12	145.6	59	-138	-2.3	0
9	Doug Flutie	Boston College	Ind	11	162	348	46.6	2749	7.9	6.1	13	20	113.7	90	270	3.0	2
10	Mark McKay	San Diego State	WAC	12	142	250	56.8	1985	7.9	7.2	11	9	130.8	67	4	0.1	1
11	Jim Bob Taylor	Georgia Tech	Ind	11	135	232	58.2	1839	7.9	5.9	3	12	118.7	76	-8	-0.1	2
12	Brian McClure	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	113	176	64.2	1391	7.9	5.5	8	13	130.8	37	-63	-1.7	1
13	Ken Vierra	Utah	WAC	9	85	166	51.2	1315	7.9	7.9	13	6	136.4	52	-24	-0.5	1
14	Alan Risher	LSU	SEC	11	149	234	63.7	1834	7.8	7.8	17	8	146.6	105	202	1.9	4
15	Tom Tunnicliffe	Arizona	Pac-10	11	176	328	53.7	2520	7.7	6.9	18	14	127.8	47	-79	-1.7	1
16	Steve Smith	Michigan	Big Ten	11	112	218	51.4	1681	7.7	6.5	14	12	126.3	93	330	3.5	9
17	Kelly Lowrey	Florida State	Ind	11	113	217	52.1	1671	7.7	7.1	11	8	126.1	36	-1	0.0	4
18	Todd Blackledge	Penn State	Ind	11	161	292	55.1	2218	7.6	6.9	22	14	134.2	42	-27	-0.6	3
19	Randall Cunningham	UNLV	PCAA	11	200	381	52.5	2847	7.5	6.9	17	12	123.7	94	61	0.6	3
20	Tim Riordan	Temple	Ind	11	157	247	63.6	1840	7.4	7.2	13	7	137.8	89	2	0.0	2
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Dave Osborn	New Mexico	WAC	11	105	216	48.6	1609	7.4	7.2	15	8	126.7	141	539	3.8	7
22	Steve Clarkson	San Jose State	PCAA	11	196	340	57.6	2485	7.3	7.2	20	10	132.6	81	88	1.1	6
23	Boomer Esiason	Maryland	ACC	11	176	314	56.1	2302	7.3	7.0	18	10	130.2	55	-71	-1.3	2
24	Mike McKay	Tulane	Ind	10	152	260	58.5	1903	7.3	5.7	10	14	121.9	39	-135	-3.5	1
25	Robert Brewer	Texas	SWC	11	91	193	47.2	1415	7.3	6.0	12	11	117.9	46	0	0.0	5
26	Dwight Prudhomme	Louisiana	Ind	11	94	181	51.9	1320	7.3	5.8	11	11	121.1	37	122	3.3	2
27	Tony Eason	Illinois	Big Ten	11	278	450	61.8	3248	7.2	6.5	17	15	128.2	73	10	0.1	1
28	Mike Brannan	Baylor	SWC	11	100	204	49.0	1459	7.2	6.7	7	5	115.5	95	126	1.3	1
29	Bernard Quarles	Hawaii	WAC	11	103	188	54.8	1350	7.2	6.5	7	6	121.0	107	345	3.2	5
30	Wayne Schuchts	Virginia	ACC	10	72	176	40.9	1243	7.1	4.4	6	13	96.7	52	-74	-1.4	3
31	Todd Dillon	Long Beach State	PCAA	11	289	504	57.3	3517	7.0	5.9	19	21	120.1	81	70	0.9	4
32	Jim Kelso	Toledo	MAC	11	149	281	53.0	1963	7.0	5.3	8	14	111.1	61	162	2.7	3
33	Darrell Ray Dickey	Kansas State	Big 8	11	93	174	53.4	1225	7.0	6.1	8	7	119.7	80	49	0.6	3
34	Danny Barrett	Cincinnati	Ind	11	179	324	55.2	2222	6.9	6.2	17	12	122.8	74	-41	-0.6	1
35	Randy Wright	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11	165	306	53.9	2109	6.9	5.8	13	13	117.3	68	197	2.9	5
36	Alan Cockrell	Tennessee	SEC	11	174	294	59.2	2021	6.9	5.4	12	15	120.2	53	-58	-1.1	1
37	Terry Nugent	Colorado State	WAC	11	201	382	52.6	2595	6.8	5.5	18	19	115.3	73	-221	-3.0	2
38	Babe Laufenberg	Indiana	Big Ten	11	217	364	59.6	2468	6.8	5.7	11	14	118.8	31	-117	-3.8	0
39	Jeff Hostetler	West Virginia	Ind	11	127	264	48.1	1798	6.8	6.7	10	5	114.0	46	55	1.2	4
40	Chuck Long	Iowa	Big Ten	11	129	201	64.2	1374	6.8	5.4	8	10	124.8	129	119	0.9	4
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Todd Hons	Arizona State	Pac-10	11	167	300	55.7	2001	6.7	5.4	8	12	112.5	38	-117	-3.1	2
42	Gale Gilbert	California	Pac-10	11	147	270	54.4	1796	6.7	5.2	12	14	114.6	54	-292	-5.4	0
43	Doug Samuels	Utah State	PCAA	11	135	264	51.1	1764	6.7	6.1	12	9	115.4	57	-219	-3.8	0
44	Marco Pagnanelli	Navy	Ind	11	98	169	58.0	1133	6.7	5.9	7	6	120.9	78	143	1.8	2
45	Sandy Schwab	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	234	416	56.3	2735	6.6	5.1	14	20	113.0	88	-180	-2.0	4
46	Scott Campbell	Purdue	Big Ten	11	218	399	54.6	2626	6.6	5.9	14	12	115.5	70	-118	-1.7	1
47	Mike Hohensee	Minnesota	Big Ten	11	210	360	58.3	2380	6.6	5.0	13	19	115.2	63	38	0.6	2
48	Dan Marino	Pitt	Ind	11	202	341	59.2	2251	6.6	4.7	17	22	118.2	41	-47	-1.1	0
49	Kent Austin	Ole Miss	SEC	11	186	307	60.6	2026	6.6	5.9	12	10	122.4	38	-67	-1.8	1
50	Donny Harrison	Ohio	MAC	11	114	198	57.6	1308	6.6	5.5	7	8	116.7	158	341	2.2	2
51	Dean May	Louisville	Ind	11	141	311	45.3	2034	6.5	5.5	17	15	108.7	63	-112	-1.8	1
52	Gary Schofield	Wake Forest	ACC	11	212	376	56.4	2380	6.3	5.1	10	15	110.4	37	-177	-4.8	1
53	Frank Seurer	Kansas	Big 8	11	127	259	49.0	1625	6.3	4.2	7	15	99.1	57	-82	-1.4	2
54	Rick Hansen	San Diego State	WAC	12	108	203	53.2	1279	6.3	5.3	10	9	113.5	41	-26	-0.6	1
55	Ike Jackson	Oklahoma State	Big 8	11	100	198	50.5	1254	6.3	3.9	7	14	101.2	41	-75	-1.8	2
56	Jacque LaPrarie	Rutgers	Ind	11	100	186	53.8	1164	6.3	2.9	7	17	100.5	91	169	1.9	2
57	Paul Berner	Pacific	PCAA	11	211	418	50.5	2586	6.2	4.7	12	19	102.8	53	-155	-2.9	1
58	Tol Avery	North Carolina State	ACC	11	126	224	56.3	1396	6.2	5.1	8	9	112.4	86	-205	-2.4	2
59	Steve Pelluer	Washington	Pac-10	9	111	198	56.1	1229	6.2	4.9	10	10	114.8	49	40	0.8	0
60	Whit Taylor	Vanderbilt	SEC	11	228	406	56.2	2481	6.1	5.9	22	12	119.5	153	198	1.3	2
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Gary Kubiak	Texas A&M	SWC	10	181	324	55.9	1948	6.0	5.7	19	11	118.9	45	-63	-1.4	1
62	David Archer	Iowa State	Big 8	11	125	244	51.2	1465	6.0	4.0	5	13	97.8	90	7	0.1	2
63	Trell Hooper	Memphis	Ind	11	112	201	55.7	1194	5.9	4.2	5	10	103.9	106	249	2.3	5
64	Jamie McAlister	New Mexico State	MVC	11	164	335	49.0	1934	5.8	4.4	16	17	103.1	73	-201	-2.8	1
65	Blair Kiel	Notre Dame	Ind	11	118	219	53.9	1273	5.8	4.0	3	10	98.1	44	-29	-0.7	1
66	Reggie Collier	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	98	219	44.7	1265	5.8	4.6	3	7	91.4	150	803	5.4	12
67	Clete Casper	Washington State	Pac-10	11	91	184	49.5	1072	5.8	4.2	5	9	97.6	58	-65	-1.1	0
68	Steve Coulter	Eastern Michigan	MAC	11	102	227	44.9	1290	5.7	4.4	1	7	88.0	35	2	0.1	1
69	Kevin Ward	UTEP	WAC	12	94	208	45.2	1141	5.5	3.6	3	10	86.4	155	608	3.9	4
70	John Appold	Miami (OH)	MAC	11	104	191	54.5	1051	5.5	5.0	6	5	105.8	61	13	0.2	0
71	Doug Freed	Ball State	MAC	11	85	182	46.7	989	5.4	4.6	6	6	96.6	52	86	1.7	0
72	John Leister	Michigan State	Big Ten	10	119	251	47.4	1321	5.3	3.6	4	11	88.1	49	-10	-0.2	1
73	Walter Kroan	Kent State	MAC	9	113	259	43.6	1304	5.0	1.8	8	22	79.1	47	-198	-4.2	0
74	Randy Jenkins	Kentucky	SEC	11	92	187	49.2	933	5.0	0.4	2	20	73.2	47	-93	-2.0	0
75	Jim Hart	Texas Tech	SWC	11	107	227	47.1	1081	4.8	2.8	7	13	85.9	136	215	1.6	2
76	Alex Espinoza	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	12	101	223	45.3	1080	4.8	2.9	3	11	80.5	48	-204	-4.3	1