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
Punts
Minimum 55 yards
| Yards | Player | Season | Opponent | Result | 1. | 94 | John Hadl | 1959 | H | Kansas | W | 7-6 | 2. | 78 | Will Karoll | 2024 | H | Tulane | W | 34-19 | 78 | Cameron Dicker | 2021 | N | #21 Texas | W | 55-48 | 73 | Zach Paul | 2015 | H | Akron | W | 41-3 |
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| 69 | Dane Roy | 2019 | H | Houston | W | 49-31 | |||||
| 69 | Michael Dickson | 2017 | N | Texas | W | 29-24 | |||||
| 69 | John Teltschik | 1984 | N | #1 Texas | T | 15-15 | |||||
| 68 | C. Johnston | 2016 | H | #3 Ohio State | L | 45-24 | |||||
| 66 | A. McNamara | 2019 | H | Texas Tech | W | 55-16 | |||||
| 65 | Tom Snee | 2021 | N | #15 Oregon | W | 47-32 | |||||
| 65 | Devin Anctil | 2018 | H | Kansas State | W | 51-14 | |||||
| 64 | Fraser Masin | 2024 | A | #18 Mississippi | L | 26-14 | |||||
| 63 | Logan Ward | 2022 | H | #24 Oklahoma State | W | 28-13 | |||||
| 63 | Kevin Phillips | 2016 | N | #17 Auburn | W | 35-19 | |||||
| 63 | Cole Moos | 2016 | H | Kansas | W | 56-3 | |||||
| 61 | Luke Bauer | 2024 | A | Missouri | L | 30-23 | |||||
| 61 | Kyle Thompson | 2019 | A | Kansas | W | 45-20 | |||||
| 61 | C. Nizialek | 2017 | N | #3 Georgia | L | 54-48 (2OT) | |||||
| 61 | T. Daniel | 2015 | A | #23 Tennessee | W | 31-24 (2OT) | |||||
| 60 | Reis Vernon | 2022 | H | #19 Kansas | W | 52-42 | |||||
| 60 | Ryan Bujcevski | 2020 | N | #22 Texas | W | 53-45 (4OT) | |||||
| 60 | Brady Schutt | 2019 | H | South Dakota | W | 70-14 | |||||
| 60 | Nick O'Toole | 2015 | H | #23 West Virginia | W | 44-24 | |||||
| 59 | William Przystup | 2023 | H | Arkansas State | W | 73-0 | |||||
| 59 | Jacob Finn | 2020 | N | #10 Florida | W | 55-20 | |||||
| 59 | Devin Anctil | 2019 | H | West Virginia | W | 52-14 | |||||
| 59 | Zachary Block | 2017 | A | #2 Ohio State | W | 31-16 | |||||
| 58 | Dante Atton | 2024 | H | Temple | W | 51-3 | |||||
| 58 | Joe Rivera | 2019 | H | Iowa State | W | 42-41 | |||||
| 58 | Zach Sinor | 2016 | H | #11 Oklahoma State | W | 38-20 | |||||
| 58 | Michael Barden | 2015 | H | Texas Tech | W | 63-27 | |||||
| 57 | Jackson Ross | 2024 | H | #6 Tennessee | L | 25-15 | |||||
| 57 | Kyle Ostendorp | 2023 | N | #14 Arizona | L | 38-24 | |||||
| 57 | Mason Fletcher | 2023 | A | Cincinnati | W | 20-6 | |||||
| 56 | Fraser Masin | 2024 | A | #18 Mississippi | L | 26-14 | |||||
| 56 | R. Rehkow | 2023 | A | BYU | W | 31-24 | |||||
| 56 | Josh Growden | 2019 | H | West Virginia | W | 52-14 | |||||
| 55 | Jordy Sandy | 2019 | H | TCU | W | 28-24 | |||||
| 55 | S. Flintoft | 2018 | H | UCLA | W | 49-21 | |||||
| 55 | Ethan Perry | 2015 | H | #11 TCU | W | 30-29 | |||||
| 55 | Trevor Pardula | 2014 | H | Kansas | W | 44-7 | |||||