[terry]

Thanks for the explanation, Terry. I was puzzled since I knew that Plunkett led the NCAA in passing yardage in 1970.

-m.

Plunkett officially was 2nd in the NCAA in passing yards in 1970 (2,715 yards), behind Bob Parker of Air Force (2,789 yards). Counting the Rose Bowl, Plunkett would have led the nation in passing yards (2,980 yards). But the NCAA did not include bowl games in the stats at that time. The NCAA does include bowl games in the stats now, but it did not go back and retroactively add bowl game stats to the old records.

Plunkett did break the NCAA career passing yards record in 1970.

[terry]

Thanks for the explanation, Terry. I was puzzled since I knew that Plunkett led the NCAA in passing yardage in 1970.

-m.

Plunkett officially was 2nd in the NCAA in passing yards in 1970 (2,715 yards), behind Bob Parker of Air Force (2,789 yards). Counting the Rose Bowl, Plunkett would have led the nation in passing yards (2,980 yards). But the NCAA did not include bowl games in the stats at that time. The NCAA does include bowl games in the stats now, but it did not go back and retroactively add bowl game stats to the old records.

Plunkett did break the NCAA career passing yards record in 1970.