Top Individual Performances

Total Offense
Rank	Player	Opponent • Season	Plays	Rush	Pass	Total
1.	Todd Husak	Oregon State • 1998	50	-3	450	447
2.	Andrew Luck	at Arizona • 2009	41	20	423	443
3.	Steve Dils	at Washington State • 1978	63	8	430	438
4.	Todd Husak	at UCLA • 1998	52	9	419	428
5.	John Paye	at San Diego State • 1985	67	33	385	418
	John Elway	at Ohio State • 1982	66	11	407	418
7.	Jim Plunkett	at Purdue • 1969	55	61	355	416
8.	Steve Stenstrom	Oregon State • 1993	44	6	407	413
	John Paye	at Oregon • 1985	48	5	408	413
10.	John Elway	at Purdue • 1981	52	-8	418	410
11.	Jim Plunkett	California • 1969	45	28	381	409
12.	Josh Nunes	Arizona • 2012	41	33	360	393
13.	Joe Borchard	UCLA • 1999	27	74	324	398
14.	Chris Lewis	California • 2001	43	-6	390	384
15.	John Elway	at Washington State • 1980	42	4	379	383
16.	Steve Stenstrom	at UCLA • 1994	51	-26	408	382
	Randy Fasani	San Jose State • 2000	51	9	373	382
18.	Jason Palumbis	San Jose State • 1990	43	-6	387	381
19.	Andrew Luck	at Oregon • 2010	54	39	341	380
20.	Steve Stenstrom	Colorado • 1993	45	-8	382	374
21.	Guy Benjamin	at UCLA • 1976	56	-6	378	372
	Andrew Luck	Colorado • 2011	34	2	370	372
23.	John Paye	Texas • 1985	51	5	365	370
24.	Dick Norman	California • 1959	46	-35	401	366
	Andrew Luck	at USC • 2011	49	36	330	366
26.	Chad Hutchinson	Oregon • 1996	41	0	365	365
	Todd Husak	at Arizona • 1999	37	1	364	365
28.	Steve Stenstrom	at Oregon • 1993	44	-44	407	363
29.	Andrew Luck	at Arizona • 2011	34	36	325	361
30.	Steve Stenstrom	at Northwestern • 1994	49	-15	374	359

Rushing
Rank	Player	Opponent • Season	Att.	Yds.	Avg.	TD
1.	Christian McCaffrey	UCLA • 2015	25	243	9.7	4
2.	Toby Gerhart	Oregon • 2009	38	223	5.9	3
3.	Jon Volpe	at Washington • 1988	29	220	7.6	0
4.	Darrin Nelson	San Jose State • 1977	20	211	10.6	0
5.	Lou Valli	at California • 1956	23	209	9.9	0
6.	Christian McCaffrey	vs. USC • 2015	32	207	6.5	1
7.	Christian McCaffrey	at Oregon State • 2015	30	206	6.9	0
8.	Toby Gerhart	Notre Dame • 2009	29	205	7.1	3
9.	Brad Muster	at California • 1984	34	204	6.0	0
10.	Darrin Nelson	at Washington State • 1980	21	202	9.6	2
11.	Ernie Caddell	Dartmouth • 1930	13	201	15.5	0
12.	Darrin Nelson	Tulane • 1978	17	200	11.8	1
	Toby Gerhart	Washington • 2009	27	200	7.4	1
14.	Glyn Milburn	at California • 1990	24	196	8.2	1
15.	Christian McCaffrey	vs. Cal • 2015	29	192	6.6	0
16.	Darrin Nelson	at Oregon State • 1981	19	190	10.0	4
	Brad Muster	Washington State • 1986	37	190	5.1	0
18.	Darrin Nelson	UCLA • 1977	23	189	8.2	2
	Stepfan Taylor	at California • 2012	28	189	6.8	1
	Tyler Gaffney	Notre Dame • 2013	33	189	5.7	1
21.	Rick McMillen	Washington • 1958	26	185	7.1	0
22.	Brad Muster	at UCLA • 1986	38	183	4.8	2
23.	Tommy Vardell	California • 1991	39	182	4.7	0
24.	Mike Mitchell	San Jose State • 1994	21	179	8.5	3
25.	Toby Gerhart	at USC • 2009	29	178	6.1	3
26.	Darrin Nelson	at California • 1978	17	177	10.4	2
	Stepfan Taylor	vs. Oklahoma State • 2012	35	177	5.1	2
28.	Kevin B. Scott	Washington State • 1984	15	174	11.6	3
29.	Christian McCaffrey	vs. Iowa	18	172	9.6	0
30.	Tyler Gaffney	UCLA • 2013	36	171	4.8	2
31.	Jon Volpe	San Diego State • 1988	31	165	5.3	3
32.	Chuck Smalling	Army • 1929	27	162	6.0	--
	J.R. Lemon	Washington • 2004	19	162	8.5	3
34.	Bobby Grayson	San Jose State • 1934	28	161	5.8	--
	Dave Lewis	Tulane • 1966	14	161	11.5	--
	Stepfan Taylor	at Oregon • 2012	33	161	4.9	0
37.	Brad Muster	at Oregon State • 1987	20	159	8.0	2
38.	Tyler Gaffney	at USC • 2013	24	158	6.6	2
39.	Anthony Kimble	at Washington • 2008	15	157	10.5	2
	Tyler Gaffney	Oregon • 2013	45	157	3.5	1
41.	Christian McCaffrey	Arizona • 2015	17	156	9.2	1
	George Bogue	Unknown opponent • 1926	27	156	5.8	--
43.	Lloyd Merriman	San Francisco • 1946	23	155	6.7	--
	Mike Dotterer	at Washington State • 1982	24	155	6.5	2
45.	Darrin Nelson	at Washington • 1981	24	154	6.4	3
46.	Ron Inge	Washington State • 1975	9	153	17.0	3
	Stepfan Taylor	at Arizona • 2011	22	153	7.0	0
	Stepfan Taylor	USC • 2012	27	153	5.7	1
49.	Biff Hoffman	California • 1927	31	152	4.9	--
	Bobby Grayson	vs. Columbia • 1934	28	152	5.4	0
	Chuck Shea	California • 1957	27	152	5.6	--
52.	Brad Muster	at Oregon • 1986	25	151	6.0	3
	J.R. Lemon	Arizona State • 2003	34	151	4.4	2
54.	Anthony Bookman	Oregon • 1997	17	150	8.8	2

Passing
Rank	Player	Opponent • Season	PA	PC	Yds	Int.	TD
1.	Todd Husak	Oregon State • 1998	48	26	450	2	2
2.	Steve Dils	at Washington State • 1978	51	32	430	0	5
3.	Andrew Luck	at Arizona • 2009	35	21	423	1	3
4.	Todd Husak	at UCLA • 1998	45	25	419	0	1
5.	John Elway	at Purdue • 1981	44	33	418	1	1
6.	Steve Stenstrom	at UCLA • 1994	45	28	408	1	2
	John Paye	at Oregon • 1985	47	31	408	3	3
8.	Steve Stenstrom	Oregon State • 1993	37	28	407	0	3
	Steve Stenstrom	at Oregon • 1993	41	29	407	0	3
	John Elway	at Ohio State • 1982	63	35	407	3	2
11.	Dick Norman	California • 1959	39	34	401	0	1
12.	Chris Lewis	California • 2001	38	20	390	3	4
13.	Jason Palumbis	San Jose State • 1990	39	27	387	1	1
14.	John Paye	at San Diego State • 1985	56	40	385	0	0
15.	Steve Smith	San Jose State • 1989	52	28	384	2	3
16.	Steve Stenstrom	Colorado • 1993	42	30	382	2	5
17.	John Elway	Oregon State • 1982	29	23	381	0	5
	Jim Plunkett	California • 1969	41	22	381	3	2
19.	John Elway	at Washington State • 1980	36	29	379	1	5
20.	Guy Benjamin	at UCLA • 1976	53	35	378	1	2
21.	Guy Benjamin	at Washington • 1977	47	28	376	1	3
22.	Steve Stenstrom	at Northwestern • 1994	38	25	374	0	1
23.	Randy Fasani	San Jose State • 2000	42	18	373	1	4
24.	Andrew Luck	Colorado • 2011	33	26	370	1	3
25.	Chad Hutchinson	Oregon • 1996	41	27	365	0	3
	John Paye	Texas • 1985	40	27	365	0	3
27.	John Paye	Washington • 1986	47	28	364	1	2
	Todd Husak	at Arizona • 1999	35	21	364	0	1
29.	John Elway	at Washington • 1981	51	27	361	1	2
30.	Steve Stenstrom	at Notre Dame • 1994	59	37	360	0	2
	Jason Palumbis	USC • 1990	45	30	360	1	3
	Steve Dils	Washington • 1978	39	27	360	3	2
	Josh Nunes	Arizona • 2012	34	21	360	0	2
34.	John Elway	Arizona • 1982	33	22	359	1	1
35.	Jim Plunkett	at Purdue • 1969	46	23	355	0	4
36.	Jason Palumbis	Washington State • 1990	30	23	353	0	3
	John Paye	San Jose State • 1983	42	21	353	1	1
38.	John Elway	at UCLA • 1982	39	29	352	1	2
39.	Mark Butterfield	Washington • 1995	35	22	348	2	3
40.	Andrew Luck	vs. Oklahoma State • 2012	31	27	347	1	2
41.	Steve Stenstrom	California • 1993	51	27	346	2	1
	T.C. Ostrander	UCLA • 2007	59	27	346	0	2
43.	Mark Butterfield	at USC • 1995	47	29	345	0	1
44.	Andrew Luck	at Oregon • 2010	46	29	341	2	2
	Kevin Hogan	UCF • 2015	29	17	341	0	3
46.	Steve Stenstrom	at Arizona • 1993	47	30	339	4	2
47.	Andrew Luck	at Washington State • 2011	36	23	336	1	4
48.	Todd Husak	at Arizona State • 1998	48	24	335	1	2
49.	Todd Husak	Notre Dame • 1999	34	24	334	1	2
50.	John Elway	at Purdue • 1982	36	29	333	1	4

Receiving
Rank	Player	Opponent • Season	Rec.	Yds.	Avg.	TD
1.	Troy Walters	UCLA • 1999	9	278	30.9	3
2.	Darrin Nelson	Arizona State • 1981	9	237	26.3	2
3.	Justin Armour	at UCLA • 1994	11	220	20.0	1
4.	Troy Walters	at USC • 1997	11	209	19.0	2
5.	Troy Walters	at UCLA • 1998	10	192	19.2	0
	James Lofton	at Washington • 1977	12	192	16.0	3
7.	Mark Harris	at Oregon • 1993	12	189	15.8	1
8.	Mark Harris	at USC • 1995	10	187	18.7	2
9.	Troy Walters	San Jose State • 1999	10	186	18.6	2
10.	Mark Bradford	Arizona State • 2005	9	185	20.6	2
11.	Troy Walters	Notre Dame • 1999	8	183	22.9	2
12.	Emile Harry	Arizona • 1983	10	179	17.9	2
13.	Richard Sherman	at Washington • 2006	6	177	29.5	1
14.	DeRonnie Pitts	USC • 2000	13	176	13.5	0
	Ed McCaffrey	Washington State • 1990	7	176	25.1	3
16.	Chris Walsh	at USC • 1991	9	174	19.3	2
17.	Coby Fleener	vs. Virginia Tech • 2011	6	173	28.8	3
18.	Luke Powell	San Jose State • 2003	12	172	14.3	2
	Tony Hill	at UCLA • 1976	10	172	17.2	2
	Eric Cross	at Hawaii • 1972	14	172	12.3	1
21.	Gene Washington	Washington • 1968	6	170	28.3	2
	Gene Washington	San Jose State • 1968	5	170	34.0	3
23.	DeRonnie Pitts	at Arizona State • 1998	7	169	24.1	2
	Troy Walters	Oregon • 1997	13	169	13.0	2
	Brad Muster	at Oregon • 1985	14	169	12.1	2
26.	Troy Walters	at Arizona • 1999	8	168	21.0	0
	Mike Tolliver	at Purdue • 1981	8	168	21.0	0
	Miles Moore	at Army • 1971	5	168	33.6	2
29.	Jeff James	Texas • 1985	10	167	16.7	2
	Darrin Nelson	at Washington State • 1980	11	167	15.2	2
31.	Troy Walters	San Jose State • 1997	8	166	20.8	0
32.	Ed McCaffrey	San Jose State • 1989	10	165	16.5	2
	Chris Owusu	Arizona • 2010	9	165	18.3	1
34.	Mark Harris	Washington • 1995	9	163	18.1	0
	Glyn Milburn	San Jose State • 1990	8	163	20.4	1
36.	Jeff James	at Texas • 1986	9	162	18.0	3
37.	Emile Harry	Washington • 1984	5	161	32.2	1
38.	Mark Harris	Arizona State • 1993	7	160	22.9	1
	Ty Montgomery	California • 2013	5	160	32.0	4
40.	Troy Walters	Oregon State • 1998	6	159	26.5	0
	Jon Pinckney	UCLA • 1991	5	159	31.8	1
42.	Luke Powell	at San Jose State • 2001	6	158	26.3	1
	DeRonnie Pitts	at Oregon • 1998	10	158	15.8	1
44.	Justin Armour	Colorado • 1993	10	155	15.5	3
45.	Jeff James	at San Diego State • 1987	6	154	25.7	0
46.	Mark Bradford	at Oregon • 2003	7	153	21.9	0
	Justin Armour	USC • 1994	8	153	19.1	0
	Andre Kirwan	Oregon State • 1993	9	153	17.0	1
49.	Vincent White	San Jose State • 1982	9	152	16.9	3
	Miles Moore	Oregon • 1971	4	152	38.0	2
	Luke Powell	California • 2001	5	152	30.4	2

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