Zappe had 5,545 yards through WKU’s first 13 games and passed seven QBs on Saturday. Symons threw for 5,833 yards in 13 games at Texas Tech in 2003. Saturday's Boca Raton Bowl was Western Kentucky's 14th game of the season. He will be an intriguing prospect in the 2022 NFL draft even if he's not one of the first few quarterbacks selected.īurrow previously set the TD record when he threw 60 TDs in LSU's 15-0 national title-winning 2019 season. Zappe ends his season 475-of-686 passing for 5,967 yards with 62 TDs and just 11 interceptions. He finished the win 33-of-47 passing for 422 yards and six touchdowns, just missing out on becoming the first QB to throw for 6,000 yards in a season at the top level of college football. Zappe came out of the game with WKU leading by four touchdowns in the fourth quarter. He then added another TD in the second half as WKU pulled away. The record-breaking score came when Zappe found Mitchell Tinsley for a 2-yard TD with less than six minutes to go in the period for his 61st TD of the season. That performance continued in the second half as Zappe broke former LSU and current Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow's TD record in the third quarter.

He got more than enough yards to break that record in the first half alone with a prolific passing performance. Symons for the most yards in a single season.

Zappe entered the game needed 289 yards to pass former Texas Tech QB B.J. The Western Kentucky QB broke the single-season records for passing yards and passing touchdowns in the Hilltoppers' 59-38 Boca Raton Bowl win over Appalachian State on Saturday. Bailey Zappe is officially the most prolific quarterback in a single season in FBS history.

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