COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
1997
Passing Offense
ATT CMP YARDS YDSPG
1 Nevada ----------------------- 443 265 4072 370.2
2 Kentucky --------------------- 562 374 4019 365.4
3 Louisiana Tech --------------- 495 301 3965 360.5
4 Washington St. --------------- 400 223 3789 344.5
5 Florida St. ------------------ 440 262 3740 340.0
6 Tennessee -------------------- 449 271 3608 328.0
7 Marshall --------------------- 416 244 3366 306.0
8 Eastern Mich. ---------------- 438 250 3314 301.3
9 Louisville ------------------- 473 276 3282 298.4
10 Kent ------------------------- 451 235 3243 294.8
11 Central Fla. ----------------- 394 243 3187 289.7
12 UNLV ------------------------- 471 249 3140 285.5
13 Purdue ----------------------- 421 228 3097 281.5
14 Utah St. --------------------- 397 200 3085 280.5
15 Florida ---------------------- 394 211 3039 276.3
16 Auburn ----------------------- 372 203 3020 274.5
17 Idaho ------------------------ 457 246 2999 272.6
18 UCLA ------------------------- 291 176 2929 266.3
19 Georgia ---------------------- 324 209 2890 262.7
20 Oregon ----------------------- 371 206 2883 262.1
21 North Caro. ------------------ 366 221 2880 261.8
22 Pittsburgh ------------------- 362 205 2803 254.8
23 Western Mich. ---------------- 333 194 2792 253.8
24 Washington ------------------- 308 183 2790 253.6
25 Wake Forest ------------------ 405 244 2786 253.3
26 Central Mich. ---------------- 414 198 2752 250.2
27 California ------------------- 391 222 2737 248.8
28 Toledo ----------------------- 410 222 2728 248.0
29 Ohio St. --------------------- 336 206 2939 244.9
30 Mississippi ------------------ 363 233 2694 244.9
31 Stanford --------------------- 393 226 2683 243.9
32 East Caro. ------------------- 444 261 2635 239.5
33 Tulane ----------------------- 366 201 2598 236.2
34 Miami (Ohio) ----------------- 345 202 2591 235.5
35 Colorado --------------------- 352 188 2556 232.4
36 Virginia --------------------- 307 183 2553 232.1
37 Iowa St. --------------------- 386 184 2551 231.9
38 Arizona ---------------------- 381 188 2546 231.5
39 Brigham Young ---------------- 325 184 2500 227.3
40 Syracuse --------------------- 295 158 2710 225.8
41 Tulsa ------------------------ 348 182 2483 225.7
42 North Caro. St. -------------- 317 180 2447 222.5
43 Miami (Fla.) ----------------- 334 187 2444 222.2
44 Boston Col. ------------------ 340 210 2441 221.9
45 San Diego St. ---------------- 359 186 2638 219.8
46 Wyoming ---------------------- 454 221 2824 217.2
47 Arkansas --------------------- 370 177 2381 216.5
48 Georgia Tech ----------------- 279 177 2370 215.5
49 Memphis ---------------------- 336 178 2369 215.4
50 Penn St. --------------------- 288 157 2353 213.9
51 Indiana ---------------------- 367 209 2351 213.7
52 Arizona St. ------------------ 336 175 2339 212.6
53 Colorado St. ----------------- 256 162 2334 212.2
54 Boise St. -------------------- 323 163 2332 212.0
55 Bowling Green ---------------- 360 183 2328 211.6
56 Houston ---------------------- 395 202 2301 209.2
57 Oregon St. ------------------- 422 196 2297 208.8
58 Arkansas St. ----------------- 343 157 2267 206.1
59 Hawaii ----------------------- 377 210 2469 205.8
60 Southern Miss. --------------- 352 195 2254 204.9
61 San Jose St. ----------------- 364 170 2250 204.5
62 South Caro. ------------------ 347 182 2240 203.6
63 Michigan --------------------- 300 191 2213 201.2
63 Clemson ---------------------- 286 177 2213 201.2
63 West Va. --------------------- 297 173 2213 201.2
66 Utah ------------------------- 300 175 2205 200.5
67 Southern Cal ----------------- 337 179 2195 199.5
68 New Mexico ------------------- 253 150 2163 196.6
69 Texas ------------------------ 349 177 2157 196.1
70 Rutgers ---------------------- 372 181 2134 194.0
71 Iowa ------------------------- 244 131 2073 188.5
72 Northwestern ----------------- 331 181 2258 188.2
73 New Mexico St. --------------- 310 156 2055 186.8
74 Northeast La. ---------------- 365 190 2230 185.8
75 Notre Dame ------------------- 317 190 2224 185.3
76 Michigan St. ----------------- 307 184 2007 182.5
77 Duke ------------------------- 332 164 1992 181.1
78 North Texas ------------------ 309 149 1932 175.6
79 Maryland --------------------- 280 164 1917 174.3
80 Alabama ---------------------- 299 152 1912 173.8
81 Temple ----------------------- 252 134 1908 173.5
82 UAB -------------------------- 275 131 1891 171.9
83 UTEP ------------------------- 327 146 1854 168.5
84 Fresno St. ------------------- 335 187 2018 168.2
85 Southwestern La. ------------- 292 138 1796 163.3
86 Texas Christian -------------- 333 157 1785 162.3
87 Illinois --------------------- 405 191 1780 161.8
88 Texas A&M -------------------- 235 139 1768 160.7
89 Texas Tech ------------------- 277 142 1747 158.8
90 Minnesota -------------------- 266 142 1891 157.6
91 Wisconsin -------------------- 252 144 1882 156.8
92 Missouri --------------------- 195 104 1723 156.6
93 Mississippi St. -------------- 250 120 1712 155.6
94 LSU -------------------------- 225 137 1694 154.0
95 Kansas St. ------------------- 204 88 1674 152.2
96 Baylor ----------------------- 276 150 1656 150.5
97 Oklahoma St. ----------------- 201 114 1647 149.7
98 Ball St. --------------------- 228 111 1646 149.6
99 Virginia Tech ---------------- 214 121 1616 146.9
100 Vanderbilt ------------------- 296 132 1600 145.5
101 Northern Ill. ---------------- 246 120 1493 135.7
102 Oklahoma --------------------- 209 103 1533 127.8
103 Kansas ----------------------- 219 98 1389 126.3
104 Akron ------------------------ 214 102 1304 118.5
105 Navy ------------------------- 130 66 1167 116.7
106 Cincinnati ------------------- 201 92 1262 114.7
107 Nebraska --------------------- 164 87 1252 113.8
108 Southern Methodist ----------- 211 99 1233 112.1
109 Air Force -------------------- 140 70 1034 86.2
110 Rice ------------------------- 69 25 585 53.2
111 Army ------------------------- 88 27 386 38.6
112 Ohio ------------------------- 58 16 411 37.4