1987 College Football Passing Stats

1986 CFB Passing Stats 1988 CFB Passing Stats

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Tim Brown (Notre Dame)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Dick MacPherson (Syracuse)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Miami (FL)

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75 Players

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

75 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	Don McPherson	Syracuse	Ind	11	129	229	56.3	2341	10.2	10.0	22	11	164.3	110	230	2.1	5
2	Troy Aikman	UCLA	Pac-10	11	159	243	65.4	2354	9.7	9.9	16	6	163.6	73	-51	-0.7	2
3	Chuck Hartlieb	Iowa	Big Ten	12	196	299	65.6	2855	9.5	9.6	19	8	161.4	41	-138	-3.4	1
4	Mike Power	Boston College	Ind	11	133	233	57.1	2071	8.9	8.0	10	9	138.2	102	-179	-1.8	5
5	Rodney Peete	USC	Pac-10	11	175	291	60.1	2460	8.5	8.4	19	9	146.5	59	91	1.5	3
6	Eric Jones	Vanderbilt	SEC	11	139	229	60.7	1954	8.5	7.8	16	11	145.8	179	665	3.7	6
7	Todd Santos	San Diego State	WAC	12	306	492	62.2	3932	8.0	7.7	26	15	140.7	70	-244	-3.5	0
8	Mike Perez	San Jose State	PCAA	11	242	407	59.5	3262	8.0	7.7	22	13	138.2	42	-47	-1.1	1
9	Terrence Jones	Tulane	Ind	11	192	319	60.2	2551	8.0	7.4	20	13	139.9	138	383	2.8	8
10	Tommy Hodson	LSU	SEC	11	162	265	61.1	2125	8.0	7.6	15	9	140.4	22	-22	-1.0	0
11	Scooter Molander	Colorado State	WAC	12	237	407	58.2	3168	7.8	6.6	16	18	127.7	72	-414	-5.8	0
12	Scott Secules	Virginia	ACC	11	174	296	58.8	2311	7.8	7.4	12	8	132.3	57	45	0.8	6
13	Bill Musgrave	Oregon	Pac-10	10	139	234	59.4	1836	7.8	7.4	13	8	136.8	61	-18	-0.3	0
14	Sean Covey	Brigham Young	WAC	12	132	217	60.8	1688	7.8	6.6	8	9	130.0	36	-64	-1.8	2
15	Jeff Burger	Auburn	SEC	11	178	267	66.7	2066	7.7	7.2	13	9	141.0	38	-180	-4.7	0
16	Scott Mitchell	Utah	WAC	12	109	188	58.0	1448	7.7	7.7	9	4	134.2	21	-44	-2.1	1
17	Pat Hegarty	UTEP	WAC	10	153	273	56.0	2064	7.6	5.9	13	16	123.5	78	-109	-1.4	3
18	Todd Ellis	South Carolina	Ind	11	213	385	55.3	2902	7.5	5.7	10	20	116.8	84	-129	-1.5	0
19	Steve Walsh	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	176	298	59.1	2249	7.5	7.8	19	7	138.8	33	-8	-0.2	1
20	Troy Taylor	California	Pac-10	11	169	278	60.8	2081	7.5	6.8	18	12	136.4	60	-17	-0.3	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Danny McCoin	Cincinnati	Ind	11	158	268	59.0	2013	7.5	7.1	13	8	132.1	60	-63	-1.1	4
22	Jeff Francis	Tennessee	SEC	12	121	201	60.2	1512	7.5	6.5	8	8	128.6	43	70	1.6	1
23	Ron Adams	Eastern Michigan	MAC	11	100	190	52.6	1427	7.5	6.4	5	7	117.0	91	395	4.3	6
24	Steve Slayden	Duke	ACC	11	230	395	58.2	2924	7.4	6.6	20	16	129.0	99	44	0.4	3
25	Dave Telford	Fresno State	PCAA	11	202	351	57.5	2589	7.4	6.8	12	10	125.1	64	-91	-1.4	0
26	Danny McManus	Florida State	Ind	11	138	264	52.3	1964	7.4	7.0	14	9	125.4	12	-14	-1.2	1
27	Tom Tupa	Ohio State	Big Ten	11	134	242	55.4	1786	7.4	6.5	12	10	125.5	72	45	0.6	4
28	Kerwin Bell	Florida	SEC	11	140	239	58.6	1769	7.4	6.3	9	10	124.8	42	-184	-4.4	0
29	Brian Johnson	Stanford	Pac-10	11	112	203	55.2	1510	7.4	5.6	11	13	122.7	41	-90	-2.2	2
30	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 8	11	170	287	59.2	2106	7.3	6.5	13	11	128.2	57	-67	-1.2	2
31	Mark Maye	North Carolina	ACC	11	143	270	53.0	1965	7.3	5.4	9	15	114.0	58	-51	-0.9	0
32	Ronnie Barber	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	12	147	265	55.5	1931	7.3	6.7	15	10	127.8	70	159	2.3	3
33	Billy Joe Tolliver	Texas Tech	SWC	11	97	196	49.5	1422	7.3	5.0	7	13	109.0	20	-69	-3.5	0
34	Chris Mendonca	Utah	WAC	12	194	332	58.4	2389	7.2	5.8	15	17	123.5	68	-59	-0.9	4
35	Brad Goebel	Baylor	SWC	11	158	305	51.8	2178	7.1	6.0	9	12	113.7	79	-175	-2.2	1
36	Bob Jensen	Brigham Young	WAC	12	144	259	55.6	1833	7.1	5.4	10	14	117.0	110	84	0.8	4
37	Tony Kimbrough	Western Michigan	MAC	11	88	185	47.6	1307	7.1	6.1	9	8	114.3	51	138	2.7	1
38	Jeff Graham	Long Beach State	PCAA	11	191	347	55.0	2427	7.0	6.6	9	7	118.3	61	-265	-4.3	2
39	Chris Chandler	Washington	Pac-10	11	128	249	51.4	1739	7.0	5.7	9	11	113.2	46	136	3.0	3
40	Rickey Foggie	Minnesota	Big Ten	11	83	175	47.4	1232	7.0	4.9	8	12	107.9	121	591	4.9	6
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Marcelle Carruthers	Central Michigan	MAC	10	108	191	56.5	1323	6.9	5.5	4	8	113.3	95	206	2.2	2
42	Rodney Williams	Clemson	ACC	11	86	185	46.5	1272	6.9	5.1	6	10	104.1	71	90	1.3	1
43	Brent Snyder	Utah State	PCAA	11	226	427	52.9	2887	6.8	6.2	20	14	118.6	78	-113	-1.4	0
44	Scott Mohr	Illinois	Big Ten	11	106	212	50.0	1436	6.8	5.9	7	7	111.2	30	-138	-4.6	0
45	Craig Burnett	Wyoming	WAC	12	230	416	55.3	2799	6.7	6.1	20	15	120.5	29	-34	-1.2	2
46	Rich Dackin	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	189	330	57.3	2211	6.7	5.3	13	16	116.9	50	-58	-1.2	1
47	T.J. Rubley	Tulsa	Ind	11	159	313	50.8	2058	6.6	4.9	12	17	107.8	51	-156	-3.1	1
48	Tim Phillips	Kent State	MAC	11	141	248	56.9	1625	6.6	5.2	4	9	110.0	62	50	0.8	4
49	Matt Knizner	Penn State	Ind	11	113	223	50.7	1478	6.6	4.8	7	12	105.9	57	-92	-1.6	0
50	Barry Garrison	New Mexico	WAC	11	277	489	56.6	3163	6.5	4.8	17	26	111.8	60	-98	-1.6	2
51	Erik Wilhelm	Oregon State	Pac-10	11	226	423	53.4	2736	6.5	5.0	17	21	111.1	41	-123	-3.0	0
52	Daniel Ford	Arizona State	Pac-10	11	112	227	49.3	1484	6.5	4.7	11	14	107.9	36	-79	-2.2	0
53	Brett Favre	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	79	194	40.7	1264	6.5	5.0	15	13	107.6	57	169	3.0	1
54	Dan Henning	Maryland	ACC	11	157	287	54.7	1835	6.4	5.1	9	12	110.4	53	-53	-1.0	0
55	Mike Greenfield	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	92	199	46.2	1265	6.4	4.5	6	11	98.5	142	425	3.0	6
56	David Rascoe	TCU	SWC	11	88	173	50.9	1110	6.4	4.1	9	13	106.9	130	373	2.9	6
57	Timm Rosenbach	Washington State	Pac-10	11	222	390	56.9	2446	6.3	4.1	11	24	106.6	138	297	2.2	5
58	Brett Sadek	Iowa State	Big 8	10	117	229	51.1	1443	6.3	5.7	7	6	108.9	84	21	0.3	2
59	Jay Gruden	Louisville	Ind	11	209	397	52.6	2481	6.2	4.7	17	21	108.7	56	-190	-3.4	1
60	Mike Bates	Miami (OH)	MAC	11	218	359	60.7	2218	6.2	3.9	7	21	107.4	41	-157	-3.8	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Wade Kosakowski	Ball State	MAC	11	130	237	54.9	1477	6.2	4.9	7	10	108.5	42	9	0.2	2
62	Scott Erney	Rutgers	Ind	9	122	225	54.2	1369	6.1	5.5	7	6	110.3	50	-99	-2.0	0
63	Shawn McCarthy	Purdue	Big Ten	11	98	177	55.4	1088	6.1	3.9	5	11	103.9	10	-53	-5.3	0
64	Mike Elkins	Wake Forest	ACC	11	169	317	53.3	1915	6.0	3.8	7	19	99.4	54	-89	-1.6	2
65	Erik Chapman	Virginia Tech	Ind	11	119	231	51.5	1340	5.8	3.9	10	14	102.4	92	-94	-1.0	2
66	Dave Kruse	Western Michigan	MAC	11	125	278	45.0	1592	5.7	3.1	4	18	84.9	38	-86	-2.3	1
67	Mark Young	Ole Miss	SEC	11	140	261	53.6	1490	5.7	4.3	9	12	103.8	53	82	1.5	3
68	Mark Comalander	Rice	SWC	11	102	214	47.7	1191	5.6	3.5	7	13	93.1	32	-36	-1.1	3
69	Gary Swim	Kansas State	Big 8	11	115	235	48.9	1304	5.5	4.1	8	11	97.4	29	-116	-4.0	0
70	Andy Kubik	Akron	Ind	11	131	313	41.9	1675	5.4	4.1	10	13	89.0	57	20	0.4	3
71	Bret Stafford	Texas	SWC	10	127	249	51.0	1317	5.3	3.5	7	13	94.3	72	53	0.7	4
72	Doug Downing	Purdue	Big Ten	11	102	200	51.0	1065	5.3	3.5	6	11	94.6	53	25	0.5	0
73	Anthony Thornton	Ohio	MAC	10	75	180	41.7	949	5.3	4.6	1	3	84.5	160	524	3.3	4
74	Phil Vinson	New Mexico State	PCAA	11	114	275	41.5	1256	4.6	2.7	3	13	74.0	89	39	0.4	0
75	Scott Sims	UNLV	PCAA	11	76	180	42.2	809	4.5	1.7	6	14	75.4	34	26	0.8	0