Longest Plays ▪ Opponents
These lists are based on the official records from the 1994 and 2003 media guides, and the 2010 and 2020 stats supplements. I am working my way backwards through older media guides and box scores and have added plays from 2015 to present that fall between the 'official' minimum yards (shortest listed play) and my own minimums (below the category subtitle). The rows for those additional plays will be shaded gray and have no ranking since the data is incomplete. I am also working to confirm plays that resulted in touchdowns (they were not specified in the official lists), even if some seem obvious.
All Plays | Runs | Passes | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Interception Returns | Fumble Returns | Field Goals | Punts
Field Goal Returns | Extra Point Returns
Field Goals
Minimum 45 yards
| Yards | Player | Season | Opponent | Result | 1. | 64 | Russell Erxleben | 1977 | N | #5 Texas | L | 13-6 | 2. | 58 | Russell Erxleben | 1977 | N | #5 Texas | L | 13-6 | 3. | 55 | Rodrigo Blankenship | 2017 | N | #3 Georgia | L | 54-48 (2OT) | 4. | 54 | Carter Brown | 2023 | A | Cincinnati | W | 20-6 | 54 | Gavin Baechle | 2022 | H | UTEP | W | 45-13 | 54 | Luis Zendejas | 1981 | A | #11 Arizona State | L | 32-21 | 7. | 52 | Cary Blanchard | 1989 | H | Oklahoma State | W | 37-15 | 8. | 51 | Connor Culp | 2021 | H | Nebraska | W | 23-16 | 51 | Cole Netten | 2015 | H | Iowa State | W | 52-16 | 10. | 50 | Blake Lynch | 2020 | H | Kansas State | L | 38-35 |
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| 49 | W. Ferrin | 2023 | A | BYU | W | 31-24 | |||||
| 49 | Cameron Dicker | 2019 | N | #11 Texas | W | 34-27 | |||||
| 49 | Daniel Carlson | 2016 | N | #17 Auburn | W | 35-19 | |||||
| 49 | Ammon Lakip | 2014 | N | #18 Clemson | L | 40-6 | |||||
| 49 | Wayne Clements | 1989 | N | Texas | L | 28-24 | |||||
| 48 | Harper | 1990 | A | #10 Colorado | L | 32-23 | |||||
| 47 | Bert Auburn | 2023 | N | #3 Texas | W | 34-30 | |||||
| 47 | Ty Cummings | 2016 | N | #15 Houston | L | 33-23 | |||||
| 45 | Bert Auburn | 2023 | N | #3 Texas | W | 34-30 | |||||
| 45 | Gabriel Rui | 2018 | H | Kansas | W | 55-40 | |||||
| 45 | Cole Netten | 2015 | H | Iowa State | W | 52-16 | |||||
Notes
- NCAA rules allowed one-inch kicking tees to be used for extra points and field goals from 1948 to 1964, and two-inch tees from 1965 to 1988. Tees were eliminated starting with the 1989 season.