College Football Stat Leaders

2004 College Football Total Yards Per Game Leaders

Average offensive yards gained per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Louisville (539.0)

Best Season

Baylor 2013 (618.8)

Scope

All Conferences • 2004

Browse Metrics

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Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

All Conferences ACC Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

Summary

Among common offense metrics, total yards per game is the easiest way to compare how much field position pressure a team creates, especially when the leaderboard is paired with the year-by-year winners and all-time averages below.

Total Yards Per Game pages track college football teams in 2004 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2004 through 2025.

Louisville sits atop the current leaderboard at 539.0, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Texas Tech owns the strongest average across 22 seasons at 478.5, while North Texas anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Louisville currently headlines this route, while North Texas supplies the most recent yearly-winner checkpoint in 2025, giving the page both snapshot and trend context.

What The Numbers Say

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

How Total Yards Per Game Reads

Total yards per game rewards offenses that can stay on schedule through both the run and the pass, so the strongest teams usually pair explosive plays with consistent drive efficiency. On this 2004 leaderboard, the visible range runs 539.0 to 492.4, with Louisville setting the pace.

Conference Context

Conference USA places 1 of the current top 5 teams, while American Athletic Conference owns the most recent yearly winner slot in the trend table.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Louisville to No. 5 California is 46.6, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 537.4 in 2024 to 511.4 in 2025, a swing of 26.0. Louisville's current mark of 539.0 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 478.5 held by Texas Tech.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.


1	Louisville	Conference USA	2004	539.0
2	Bowling Green	Mid-American Conference	2004	506.3
3	Utah	Mountain West Conference	2004	499.8
4	Boise State	Western Athletic Conference	2004	492.7
5	California	Pac-12 Conference	2004	492.4
6	Texas Tech	Big 12 Conference	2004	491.7
7	Texas	Big 12 Conference	2004	464.4
8	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	2004	462.1
9	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	2004	460.0
10	Toledo	Mid-American Conference	2004	459.5
11	USC	Pacific-10 Conference	2004	449.1
12	Purdue	Big Ten Conference	2004	446.5
13	Northern Illinois	Mid-American Conference	2004	438.8
14	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	2004	438.3
15	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2004	435.4
16	Hawai'i	Western Athletic Conference	2004	434.5
17	TCU	Conference USA	2004	430.7
18	UConn	NCAA Division I FBS independent schools	2004	429.8
19	Texas A&M	Big 12 Conference	2004	428.4
20	Florida	Southeastern Conference	2004	426.9
21	Air Force	Mountain West Conference	2004	425.5
22	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	2004	423.4
23	Memphis	Conference USA	2004	421.8
24	Auburn	Southeastern Conference	2004	420.7
25	West Virginia	Big East Conference	2004	418.9

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	North Texas	American Athletic Conference	511.4
2024	Miami	Atlantic Coast Conference	537.4
2023	LSU	Southeastern Conference	543.5
2022	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	525.5
2021	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	561.2
2020	Kent State	Mid-American Conference	606.5
2019	LSU	Southeastern Conference	568.4
2018	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	570.8
2017	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	579.6
2016	Texas Tech	Big 12 Conference	566.6
2015	Baylor	Big 12 Conference	616.2
2014	Baylor	Big 12 Conference	581.5
2013	Baylor	Big 12 Conference	618.8
2012	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic Conference	577.9
2011	Houston	Conference USA	599.1
2010	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	530.4
2009	Houston	Conference USA	563.4
2008	Tulsa	Conference USA	569.9
2007	Tulsa	Conference USA	543.9
2006	Louisville	Big East Conference	475.3
2005	USC	Pacific-10 Conference	522.5
2004	Louisville	Conference USA	539.0

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Texas Tech	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	478.5	2015 (579.5)
2	Oregon	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	469.8	2013 (565.0)
3	Oklahoma	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	468.5	2017 (579.6)
4	Houston	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	445.6	2011 (599.1)
5	USC	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	445.2	2005 (522.5)
6	Boise State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	444.1	2010 (521.3)
7	Ohio State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	442.8	2021 (561.2)
8	Oklahoma State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	442.1	2017 (568.9)
9	Baylor	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	440.5	2013 (618.8)
10	App State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	439.2	2015 (467.3)
11	Texas A&M	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	434.7	2012 (558.5)
12	Liberty	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018	434.6	2023 (499.1)
13	James Madison	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022	433.9	2025 (454.9)
14	Tulsa	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	433.3	2008 (569.9)
15	Toledo	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	432.8	2016 (517.8)
16	TCU	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	432.6	2015 (562.8)
17	Louisville	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	432.5	2017 (544.9)
18	Ole Miss	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	430.5	2020 (556.6)
19	Texas	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	429.7	2005 (512.1)
20	Alabama	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	427.7	2020 (541.1)
21	Clemson	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	423.6	2019 (528.7)
22	West Virginia	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	423.1	2018 (511.9)
23	Missouri	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	421.8	2017 (502.2)
24	Jacksonville State	2025, 2024, 2023	420.3	2024 (443.6)
25	BYU	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	418.7	2020 (522.3)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads college football in total yards per game in 2004?

Louisville ranks first at 539.0 in 2004.

Why does the 2004 total yards per game season stand out?

The top of the 2004 leaderboard is separated by 46.6 from No. 1 to No. 5, which shows whether this season had a runaway leader or a tightly packed race.

How does the 2004 leader compare with the all-time average benchmark?

Louisville's 2004 mark of 539.0 clears the all-time average leader benchmark of 478.5 held by Texas Tech.