College Football Stat Leaders

2019 Mountain West College Football Passing Yards Per Game Leaders

Average net passing yards gained per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

San José State (338.0)

Best Season

Fresno State 2013 (394.8)

Scope

Mountain West • 2019

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Passing Yards Per Game Reads

Passing yards per game highlights how aggressively a team can move the ball through the air after sacks and negative plays are accounted for, which separates explosive passing attacks from volume-only offenses. On this 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 338.0 to 261.7, with San José State setting the pace.

Mountain West Context

Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Hawai'i is the latest winner at 290.6.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 San José State to No. 5 Boise State is 76.3, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 321.8 in 2024 to 290.6 in 2025, a swing of 31.2. San José State's current mark of 338.0 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 298.5 held by BYU.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1San José StateMountain West2019338.0
2Hawai'iMountain West Conference2019337.3
3Colorado StateMountain West Conference2019305.0
4Utah StateMountain West Conference2019279.1
5Boise StateMountain West Conference2019261.7
6NevadaMountain West Conference2019249.1
7Fresno StateMountain West2019226.6
8UNLVMountain West Conference2019206.2
9San Diego StateMountain West Conference2019202.6
10New MexicoMountain West Conference2019195.0
11WyomingMountain West Conference2019136.2
12Air ForceMountain West Conference2019123.2

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025Hawai'iMountain West Conference290.6
2024San José StateMountain West321.8
2023Colorado StateMountain West Conference306.5
2022San José StateMountain West271.8
2021NevadaMountain West Conference347.0
2020Fresno StateMountain West355.2
2019San José StateMountain West338.0
2018Hawai'iMountain West Conference310.3
2017Colorado StateMountain West Conference292.2
2016Boise StateMountain West Conference298.3
2015Boise StateMountain West Conference310.2
2014Colorado StateMountain West Conference321.6
2013Fresno StateMountain West394.8
2012San José StateMountain West332.7
2011Boise StateMountain West Conference313.1
2010San Diego StateMountain West Conference301.6
2009BYUMountain West Conference292.2
2008BYUMountain West Conference320.1
2007BYUMountain West Conference307.7
2006BYUMountain West Conference332.8
2005BYUMountain West Conference322.7
2004BYUMountain West Conference301.9

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1BYU2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004298.52006 (332.8)
2Boise State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011260.22011 (313.1)
3San José State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004255.72013 (355.9)
4Hawai'i2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012253.02019 (337.3)
5Colorado State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004251.82014 (321.6)
6Utah2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004251.32005 (310.0)
7Fresno State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004248.62013 (394.8)
8Utah State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013234.42021 (303.4)
9Nevada2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012231.42021 (347.0)
10TCU2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005226.52011 (240.4)
11UNLV2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004207.82014 (258.2)
12San Diego State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004204.92010 (301.6)
13Wyoming2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004194.62013 (282.4)
14New Mexico2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004165.62007 (246.8)
15Air Force2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004116.82005 (177.5)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Mountain West passing yards per game leaderboard in 2019?

San José State ranks first at 338.0 in 2019.

Which Mountain West program has the best long-term passing yards per game profile?

BYU owns the strongest all-time average at 298.5 across 7 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Mountain West race compare with the recent trend?

Hawai'i is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.