1985 College Football Passing Stats

1984 CFB Passing Stats 1986 CFB Passing Stats

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Bo Jackson (Auburn)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Fisher DeBerry (Air Force)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Oklahoma

74 Players

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

74 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	Kerwin Bell	Florida	SEC	11	180	288	62.5	2687	9.3	9.5	21	8	159.4	54	-218	-4.0	0
2	Vinny Testaverde	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	216	352	61.4	3238	9.2	8.5	21	15	149.8	68	-158	-2.3	4
3	Billy Rucker	New Mexico	WAC	11	134	268	50.0	2475	9.2	7.3	10	16	127.9	164	382	2.3	10
4	Jim Harbaugh	Michigan	Big Ten	11	139	212	65.6	1913	9.0	9.4	18	6	163.7	68	159	2.3	2
5	Kevin Sweeney	Fresno State	PCAA	11	177	295	60.0	2604	8.8	8.7	14	7	145.1	78	40	0.5	4
6	Mike Shula	Alabama	SEC	11	138	229	60.3	2009	8.8	8.6	16	8	150.0	52	28	0.5	1
7	Chuck Long	Iowa	Big Ten	11	231	351	65.8	2978	8.5	8.0	26	15	153.0	40	-91	-2.3	1
8	David Norrie	UCLA	Pac-10	11	136	214	63.6	1819	8.5	7.3	10	10	141.0	53	6	0.1	1
9	Robbie Bosco	Brigham Young	WAC	13	338	511	66.1	4273	8.4	7.4	30	24	146.4	67	-132	-2.0	2
10	Jim Karsatos	Ohio State	Big Ten	11	158	254	62.2	2115	8.3	8.4	19	8	150.5	63	47	0.7	2
11	Sammy Garza	UTEP	WAC	11	120	200	60.0	1654	8.3	6.2	6	12	127.4	107	-48	-0.4	3
12	Lee Saltz	Temple	Ind	11	107	229	46.7	1875	8.2	7.8	13	8	127.2	60	-1	0.0	3
13	Jim Everett	Purdue	Big Ten	11	285	450	63.3	3651	8.1	8.0	23	11	143.5	68	-62	-0.9	1
14	Todd Santos	San Diego State	WAC	12	226	357	63.3	2877	8.1	7.1	21	17	140.9	47	-111	-2.4	0
15	John Dewberry	Georgia Tech	ACC	11	110	193	57.0	1557	8.1	7.2	10	8	133.6	106	78	0.7	1
16	Stan Gelbaugh	Maryland	ACC	11	166	311	53.4	2475	8.0	6.9	15	14	127.1	38	-90	-2.4	1
17	Mark Rypien	Washington State	Pac-10	11	159	273	58.2	2174	8.0	7.0	14	12	133.3	76	243	3.2	3
18	Doug Gaynor	Long Beach State	PCAA	12	321	451	71.2	3563	7.9	6.9	19	18	143.5	137	-96	-0.7	6
19	Kevin Murray	Texas A&M	SWC	11	147	251	58.6	1965	7.8	7.1	13	10	133.5	44	-73	-1.7	0
20	Danny McCoin	Cincinnati	Ind	11	115	201	57.2	1576	7.8	7.9	12	5	137.8	46	-178	-3.9	3
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Mike Hold	South Carolina	Ind	11	107	208	51.4	1596	7.7	6.2	7	10	117.4	165	363	2.2	5
22	Andrew Anderson	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	84	174	48.3	1319	7.6	5.9	10	11	118.3	88	-2	0.0	5
23	Don Smith	Mississippi State	SEC	11	143	312	45.8	2332	7.5	6.4	15	14	115.5	190	554	2.9	6
24	Bill Ransdell	Kentucky	SEC	9	133	231	57.6	1744	7.5	6.8	5	6	122.9	42	-24	-0.6	0
25	Erik Kramer	North Carolina State	ACC	11	189	339	55.8	2510	7.4	6.8	16	12	126.4	90	-258	-2.9	1
26	Gregg Tipton	Hawaii	WAC	12	156	288	54.2	2130	7.4	6.7	12	10	123.1	92	-62	-0.7	3
27	Mike Norseth	Kansas	Big 8	12	227	408	55.6	2995	7.3	6.9	15	11	124.0	135	219	1.6	3
28	Terry Morris	Miami (OH)	MAC	11	121	202	59.9	1471	7.3	5.4	6	11	120.0	31	-120	-3.9	0
29	Larry Egger	Utah	WAC	12	237	417	56.8	2988	7.2	5.7	18	22	120.7	58	-98	-1.7	3
30	Brian McClure	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	226	371	60.9	2674	7.2	6.2	18	16	128.8	42	-89	-2.1	0
31	Jeff Van Raaphorst	Arizona State	Pac-10	11	174	310	56.1	2200	7.1	6.1	10	11	119.3	53	-169	-3.2	0
32	Shawn Halloran	Boston College	Ind	12	234	423	55.3	2935	6.9	5.1	12	23	112.1	65	-107	-1.6	0
33	Kelly Stouffer	Colorado State	WAC	12	204	346	59.0	2387	6.9	6.3	15	11	124.9	40	-132	-3.3	0
34	Marlon Adler	Missouri	Big 8	11	89	183	48.6	1258	6.9	4.4	7	13	104.8	80	122	1.5	1
35	Chris Miller	Oregon	Pac-10	11	182	329	55.3	2237	6.8	6.1	18	13	122.6	45	81	1.8	4
36	Gerald Landry	Houston	SWC	11	117	241	48.5	1624	6.7	5.9	10	9	111.4	167	414	2.5	7
37	Wade Kosakowski	Ball State	MAC	11	140	242	57.9	1614	6.7	5.3	8	11	115.7	57	-49	-0.9	1
38	Jack Trudeau	Illinois	Big Ten	11	284	446	63.7	2938	6.6	5.7	15	15	123.4	69	-24	-0.3	4
39	Steve Slayden	Duke	ACC	10	173	294	58.8	1937	6.6	5.3	10	13	116.6	99	82	0.8	2
40	Steve Stallworth	UNLV	PCAA	11	158	292	54.1	1920	6.6	5.8	9	9	113.3	56	-92	-1.6	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	John Gromos	Vanderbilt	SEC	11	124	224	55.4	1483	6.6	5.1	6	10	110.9	26	-115	-4.4	2
42	Don King	SMU	SWC	11	107	209	51.2	1386	6.6	5.8	5	6	109.1	91	191	2.1	2
43	Ken Karcher	Tulane	Ind	9	175	306	57.2	1991	6.5	5.9	9	8	116.3	39	-112	-2.9	1
44	Steve Bradley	Indiana	Big Ten	11	142	266	53.4	1737	6.5	4.8	11	15	110.6	79	239	3.0	4
45	Chris Conklin	Western Michigan	MAC	11	133	244	54.5	1574	6.5	5.4	10	10	114.0	40	-26	-0.7	0
46	John Paye	Stanford	Pac-10	11	271	405	66.9	2589	6.4	5.4	10	13	122.3	74	-40	-0.5	5
47	Mike Greenfield	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	199	335	59.4	2152	6.4	5.1	5	12	111.1	168	70	0.4	4
48	Alfred Jenkins	Arizona	Pac-10	11	150	278	54.0	1767	6.4	5.2	7	10	108.5	95	130	1.4	2
49	Kevin Brown	California	Pac-10	11	122	227	53.7	1447	6.4	4.5	6	12	105.4	66	-52	-0.8	0
50	Ron Fillmore	Central Michigan	MAC	8	94	185	50.8	1191	6.4	3.8	7	14	102.2	75	110	1.5	0
51	Bill Byrne	Navy	Ind	11	151	269	56.1	1694	6.3	5.1	8	11	110.7	29	-63	-2.2	1
52	Jeff Wickersham	LSU	SEC	11	209	346	60.4	2145	6.2	5.3	5	9	112.0	68	-61	-0.9	1
53	Kevin Anthony	North Carolina	ACC	11	142	249	57.0	1546	6.2	4.7	11	13	113.3	43	-143	-3.3	2
54	Steve Beuerlein	Notre Dame	Ind	11	107	214	50.0	1335	6.2	3.8	3	13	94.9	43	-19	-0.4	1
55	Don Majkowski	Virginia	ACC	11	95	199	47.7	1233	6.2	5.1	7	8	103.4	87	295	3.4	6
56	Marshall Taylor	Northern Illinois	MAC	11	94	186	50.5	1162	6.2	4.3	4	10	99.4	184	438	2.4	6
57	Ronnie Williams	Oklahoma State	Big 8	9	120	248	48.4	1506	6.1	4.6	6	11	98.5	55	-73	-1.3	1
58	Jim Miller	New Mexico State	PCAA	10	179	338	53.0	2024	6.0	4.1	7	17	100.0	126	222	1.8	3
59	John Shaffer	Penn State	Ind	11	103	228	45.2	1366	6.0	4.7	8	10	98.3	51	-43	-0.8	4
60	Doug Allen	San Jose State	PCAA	11	142	290	49.0	1717	5.9	4.0	4	14	93.6	89	242	2.7	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Danny Sparkman	Memphis	Ind	11	142	272	52.2	1606	5.9	4.7	9	11	104.6	70	37	0.5	0
62	Hugh Millen	Washington	Pac-10	10	158	264	59.8	1565	5.9	4.0	6	14	106.5	27	-78	-2.9	0
63	Ed Rubbert	Louisville	Ind	11	120	256	46.9	1475	5.8	4.0	5	12	92.3	31	-185	-6.0	1
64	Joe Gagliardi	Rutgers	Ind	9	128	220	58.2	1273	5.8	3.9	6	12	104.9	42	-59	-1.4	0
65	John Congemi	Pitt	Ind	11	122	241	50.6	1377	5.7	4.2	6	11	97.7	69	-30	-0.4	4
66	David Rascoe	TCU	SWC	10	71	165	43.0	941	5.7	3.6	5	10	88.8	101	50	0.5	0
67	Brian McDonald	Wichita State	MVC	11	129	270	47.8	1497	5.5	5.5	9	4	102.4	64	42	0.7	4
68	Dennis Swearingen	Ohio	MAC	11	195	383	50.9	2056	5.4	3.0	13	26	93.6	104	-114	-1.1	2
69	Rich Gonzales	Oregon State	Pac-10	11	94	181	51.9	986	5.4	3.5	3	9	93.2	45	-188	-4.2	2
70	Todd Greenwood	Virginia Tech	Ind	11	85	169	50.3	919	5.4	3.9	7	9	99.0	46	-3	-0.1	3
71	A.J. Sager	Toledo	MAC	9	130	253	51.4	1335	5.3	3.5	4	12	91.4	34	-122	-3.6	0
72	Alex Espinoza	Iowa State	Big 8	11	159	330	48.2	1704	5.2	3.9	8	13	91.7	91	-133	-1.5	2
73	Brad Ipsen	Utah State	PCAA	11	78	182	42.9	851	4.7	2.2	2	11	73.7	49	-17	-0.3	0
74	Eric Hochberg	Rutgers	Ind	9	79	169	46.7	752	4.4	3.1	4	7	83.6	12	-20	-1.7	0