Saturday, September 18, 2010

Has any college player ever had a perfect 1261.6 QB rating?

A perfect QB rating of 158.3 has been accomplished in the NFL by 35 different QBs. However, the college QB rating system differs rather drastically from the NFL system in that the upper limit is 1261.6 (every attempt is a 99-yard completion for touchdown), and the lower limit is -731.6 (every attempt is completed, but results in a 99-yard loss). It's a lot to ask for a QB to throw a 99 yard TD on every play, but if you throw away minimum pass attempt rules, there may have been a case where a player has come in for 1 play and thrown a long TD pass.

Former Tennessee WR Lucas Taylor is a good example of this, as he has a career passing rating of 866.8 including 1 game with a passer rating of 900.4.



But, has any player gone 1 for 1 for a 99 yard TD? It may have happened during the course of the 1977 Florida/Rice game. Current NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth was a freshman QB for Florida that year and came in during garbage time to throw a 99 yard TD pass for his
first career completion.


Since no box score seems to exist of this game, I can't confirm if this was his first pass attempt, or if he threw any more passes during the game (though this is a safe assumption). If that was in fact his first pass attempt, then he at one point during the game had a QB rating of 1261.6!