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
Passes
Minimum 50 yards
| Yards | TD | Player (Pass From) | Season | Opponent | Result | 1. | 99 | Y | Wes Caswell (Troy DeGar) | 1996 | H | Tulsa | L | 31-24 | 2. | 97 | Y | Wayne McGarity (Major Applewhite) | 1998 | N | Texas | L | 34-3 | 3. | 92 | Y | Charles Johnson (Koy Detmer) | 1992 | A | #7 Colorado | T | 24-24 | 4. | 90 | Y | Tyler Lockett (Jake Waters) | 2013 | A | Kansas State | W | 41-31 | 90 | Y | Eric Williams (Todd Doxson) | 1995 | A | Iowa State | W | 39-26 | 6. | 89 | Greg Washington (Carl Straw) | 1988 | H | Kansas State | W | 70-24 | 7. | 87 | Y | Kendall Wright (Robert Griffin) | 2011 | A | #25 Baylor | L | 45-38 | 8. | 86 | Y | Javon Baker (John Rhys Plumlee) | 2023 | H | UCF | W | 31-29 | 86 | Y | Kelvin Turpin (B. Kolhhausen) | 2015 | H | #11 TCU | W | 30-29 | 10. | 85 | Y | Sam Smith (Darian Hagan) | 1990 | A | #10 Colorado | L | 32-23 | 11. | 82 | Tom Busch (Tim Van Galder) | 1965 | H | Iowa State | W | 24-20 | 12. | 81 | Y | Trestan Ebner (Jacob Zeno) | 2019 | N | #8 Baylor | W | 30-23 (1OT) | 13. | 80 | Willie Vaughn (Kelly Donohoe) | 1988 | H | Kansas | W | 63-14 | 14. | 79 | Tito Gonzales (Pat White) | 2007 | N | #11 West Virginia | L | 48-28 | 15. | 78 | Keyon Mozee (Skyler Thompson) | 2020 | H | Kansas State | L | 38-35 | 78 | Chris Platt (Jacob Zeno) | 2019 | N | #8 Baylor | W | 30-23 (1OT) | 78 | Y | Marvin Harrison (Kevin Mason) | 1994 | A | Syracuse | W | 30-29 | 18. | 77 | Deuce Vaughn (Skyler Thompson) | 2020 | H | Kansas State | L | 38-35 | 77 | Y | Roger Ross (Mario Kinsey) | 2001 | A | Kansas | W | 38-10 | 77 | Y | Roger Ross (Dylan Smith) | 2000 | H | Kansas | W | 34-16 | 77 | Malcom McAlister (Rusty Hilger) | 1984 | H | #3 Oklahoma State | W | 24-14 | 22. | 75 | Y | Quentin Johnston (Max Duggan) | 2021 | H | TCU | W | 52-31 | 75 | Y | Xavier Worthy (Casey Thompson) | 2021 | N | #21 Texas | W | 55-48 | 75 | Y | Travis Koontz (Henry Colombi) | 2020 | A | Texas Tech | W | 62-28 | 75 | Y | Gary Jennings (Will Grier) | 2018 | A | #12 West Virginia | W | 59-56 | 75 | George McGown (Bobby Douglas) | 1968 | A | #3 Kansas | W | 27-23 | 27. | 74 | Y | Taj Williams (Kenny Hill) | 2016 | A | #21 TCU | W | 52-46 | 28. | 73 | Y | Taye Barber (Max Duggan) | 2022 | A | TCU | L | 55-24 | 73 | Y | R.J. Turner (Garrett Smith) | 2016 | H | Louisiana Monroe | W | 59-17 | 30. | 72 | Y | Chris Platt (Zach Smith) | 2017 | A | Baylor | W | 49-41 | 72 | Y | James Washington (J.W. Walsh) | 2015 | A | #9 Oklahoma State | W | 58-23 | 32. | 71 | Y | Denzel Mims (Zach Smith) | 2017 | A | Baylor | W | 49-41 | 71 | Y | Steve Lester (Bret Oberg) | 1989 | A | Iowa State | W | 43-40 | 34. | 70 | Tom Waddy (Jeff Knapple) | 1960 | A | Colorado | L | 7-0 |
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| 67 | Y | Jayden Higgins (Rocco Becht) | 2023 | H | Iowa State | W | 50-20 | ||||
| 66 | Y | Dont'e Thornton (Anthony Brown) | 2021 | N | #15 Oregon | W | 47-32 | ||||
| 65 | Y | Xavier Hutchinson (Brock Purdy) | 2020 | A | Iowa State | L | 37-30 | ||||
| 65 | Caleb Wilson (Robins-Thompson) | 2018 | H | UCLA | W | 49-21 | |||||
| 65 | Y | Artavis Scott (Cole Stoudt) | 2014 | N | #18 Clemson | L | 40-6 | ||||
| 63 | Y | Devin Duvernay (Shane Buechele) | 2016 | N | Texas | W | 45-40 | ||||
| 62 | Y | Gunnar Henderson (Max Duggan) | 2022 | A | TCU | L | 55-24 | ||||
| 62 | Y | Thaddeus Moxx (Joe Burrow) | 2019 | N | #1 LSU | L | 63-28 | ||||
| 62 | Kyle Hicks (Kenny Hill) | 2017 | H | #8 TCU | W | 38-20 | |||||
| 62 | Y | KD Cannon (Zach Smith) | 2016 | H | #25 Baylor | W | 45-24 | ||||
| 61 | Shelton Gibson (Skyler Howard) | 2016 | A | #10 West Virginia | W | 56-28 | |||||
| 61 | Y | Kyle Hicks (Kenny Hill) | 2016 | A | #21 TCU | W | 52-46 | ||||
| 60 | Tyron Johnson (Mason Rudolph) | 2017 | A | #11 Oklahoma State | W | 62-52 | |||||
| 58 | Johnny Wilson (Jordan Travis) | 2022 | N | #13 Florida State | L | 35-32 | |||||
| 57 | Y | J. Cowing (N. Fafita) | 2023 | N | #14 Arizona | L | 38-24 | ||||
| 57 | Y | Hakeem Butler (Zeb Noland) | 2018 | A | Iowa State | W | 37-27 | ||||
| 57 | Y | Trever Ryen (Kyle Kempt) | 2017 | H | Iowa State | L | 38-31 | ||||
| 56 | Darius Slayton (Jeremy Johnson) | 2016 | N | #17 Auburn | W | 35-19 | |||||
| 56 | Y | Keke Coutee (Pat Mahomes) | 2016 | A | Texas Tech | W | 66-59 | ||||
| 55 | Brennan Presley (Spencer Sanders) | 2022 | H | #24 Oklahoma State | W | 28-13 | |||||
| 55 | Zavier Betts (Adrian Martinez) | 2021 | H | Nebraska | W | 23-16 | |||||
| 54 | Hakeem Butler (Kyle Kempt) | 2017 | H | Iowa State | L | 38-31 | |||||
| 54 | Jhajuan Seales (Mason Rudolph) | 2016 | H | #11 Oklahoma State | W | 38-20 | |||||
| 54 | Y | D. Heath (Joe Hubener) | 2016 | H | Kansas State | W | 38-17 | ||||
| 53 | Y | Kendre Miller (Max Duggan) | 2021 | H | TCU | W | 52-31 | ||||
| 51 | Y | Jaylin Noel (Rocco Becht) | 2023 | H | Iowa State | W | 50-20 | ||||
| 51 | David Sills (Chris Chugunov) | 2017 | H | West Virginia | W | 59-31 | |||||
| 51 | James Washington (Mason Rudolph) | 2017 | A | #11 Oklahoma State | W | 62-52 | |||||
| 50 | DeVonta Smith (Tua Tagovailoa) | 2018 | N | #1 Alabama | L | 45-34 | |||||
| 50 | John Diarse (Kenny Hill) | 2017 | H | #8 TCU | W | 38-20 | |||||