Total Defense ▪ Game
Note: Includes all games from 1949-present plus some notable games prior to 1949.
| Yards | Plays | Avg | Rush | Pass | Season | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 854 | 109 | 7.83 | 120 | 734 | 2016 | A Texas Tech | W 66-59 |
| 2. | 778 | 82 | 9.49 | 458 | 320 | 2012 | A West Virginia | W 50-49 |
| 3. | 704 | 90 | 7.82 | 165 | 539 | 2018 | A West Virginia | W 59-56 |
| 4. | 692 | 74 | 9.35 | 160 | 532 | 2019 | N LSU | L 63-28 |
| 5. | 668 | 75 | 8.91 | 361 | 307 | 2022 | A TCU | L 55-24 |
| 6. | 661 | 88 | 7.51 | 213 | 448 | 2017 | A Oklahoma State | W 62-52 |
| 7. | 640 | 86 | 7.44 | 139 | 501 | 2018 | H Oklahoma State | W 48-47 |
| 8. | 633 | 66 | 9.59 | 326 | 307 | 2012 | N Texas A&M | L 41-13 |
| 9. | 616 | 73 | 8.44 | 131 | 485 | 2011 | A Baylor | L 45-38 |
| 10. | 609 | 98 | 6.21 | 202 | 407 | 1989 | A Iowa State | W 43-40 |
| 11. | 603 | 91 | 6.63 | 176 | 427 | 2015 | H Tulsa | W 52-38 |
| 12. | 599 | 96 | 6.24 | 163 | 436 | 2022 | A Texas Tech | L 51-48 |
| 13. | 587 | 72 | 8.15 | 169 | 418 | 2022 | N Florida State | L 35-32 |
| 14. | 585 | 81 | 7.22 | 296 | 289 | 2022 | N Texas | L 49-0 |
| 15. | 579 | 65 | 8.91 | 388 | 191 | 2016 | A West Virginia | W 56-28 |
| 16. | 572 | 96 | 5.96 | 120 | 452 | 2011 | H Texas Tech | L 41-38 |
| 17. | 571 | 357 | 214 | 1968 | A Notre Dame | L 45-21 | ||
| 18. | 566 | 79 | 7.16 | 284 | 282 | 1999 | A Notre Dame | L 34-30 |
| 19. | 562 | 99 | 5.68 | 245 | 317 | 1971 | A Kansas State | W 75-28 |
| 20. | 559 | 247 | 312 | 1969 | A Missouri | L 44-10 | ||
| 21. | 556 | 79 | 7.04 | 71 | 485 | 1994 | N BYU | L 31-6 |
| 22. | 553 | 83 | 6.66 | 225 | 328 | 1999 | N Texas | L 38-28 |
| 23. | 552 | 73 | 7.56 | 409 | 143 | 1997 | A Nebraska | L 69-7 |
| 24. | 550 | 84 | 6.55 | 64 | 486 | 2008 | A Kansas State | W 58-35 |
| 25. | 549 | 88 | 6.24 | 161 | 388 | 2009 | A Texas Tech | L 41-13 |
| 26. | 544 | 95 | 5.73 | 148 | 396 | 2014 | H Baylor | L 48-14 |
| 27. | 537 | 74 | 7.26 | 155 | 382 | 1999 | A Colorado | L 38-24 |
| 28. | 535 | 155 | 380 | 1969 | A Kansas State | L 59-21 | ||
| 29. | 532 | 75 | 7.09 | 241 | 291 | 2011 | H Missouri | W 38-28 |
| 30. | 530 | 90 | 5.89 | 312 | 218 | 2015 | N Clemson | L 37-17 |
| 31. | 529 | 67 | 7.90 | 183 | 346 | 2021 | H TCU | W 52-31 |
| 32. | 528 | 70 | 7.54 | 200 | 328 | 2018 | N Alabama | L 45-34 |
| 33. | 527 | 63 | 8.37 | 317 | 210 | 2017 | N Georgia | L 54-48 |
| 527 | 92 | 5.73 | 148 | 379 | 2011 | H Texas A&M | W 41-25 | |
| 35. | 525 | 58 | 9.05 | 349 | 176 | 2007 | N West Virginia | L 48-28 |
| 525 | 63 | 8.33 | 193 | 332 | 2004 | N USC | L 55-19 | |
| 37. | 524 | 64 | 8.19 | 348 | 176 | 2018 | H Kansas | W 55-40 |
| 38. | 523 | 85 | 6.15 | 60 | 463 | 2017 | A Baylor | W 49-41 |
| 39. | 521 | 84 | 6.20 | 250 | 271 | 2020 | N Florida | W 55-20 |
| 40. | 520 | 72 | 7.22 | 217 | 303 | 1964 | N Florida State | L 36-19 |
| 41. | 519 | 58 | 8.95 | 292 | 227 | 2003 | N Kansas State | L 35-7 |
| 42. | 516 | 61 | 8.46 | 128 | 388 | 2021 | N Texas | W 55-48 |
| 516 | 65 | 7.94 | 129 | 387 | 2013 | N Alabama | W 45-31 | |
| 44. | 514 | 74 | 6.95 | 65 | 449 | 2016 | A TCU | W 52-46 |
| 45. | 513 | 81 | 6.33 | 137 | 376 | 2014 | A West Virginia | W 45-33 |
| 46. | 509 | 83 | 6.13 | 275 | 234 | 2022 | H Kansas State | L 41-34 |
| 47. | 506 | 65 | 7.78 | 149 | 357 | 2002 | A Oklahoma State | L 38-28 |
| 48. | 504 | 91 | 5.54 | 212 | 292 | 2016 | H Baylor | W 45-24 |
| 504 | 85 | 5.93 | 215 | 289 | 1976 | H Missouri | W 27-20 | |
| 50. | 501 | 75 | 6.68 | 177 | 324 | 2018 | N Texas | L 48-45 |
| 501 | 74 | 6.77 | 158 | 343 | 2006 | A Oregon | L 34-33 | |