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QB throws for 734 yards in 60-59 loss

Connor Halliday broke another NCAA record, and he has more in sight.

The Washington State quarterback threw for a Division I-record 734 yards in a 60-59 loss to California on Saturday. The feat elicited little more than a shrug from the fifth-year senior, who said “it’ll be fun to look back on it when I’m 30 years old.”

Freakish passing numbers are the norm in Mike Leach’s “Air Raid” offense.

Halliday already set a national record last season with 89 pass attempts against Oregon, and he’s within striking distance of the Division I records for passing attempts, completions and yards in a season.

The owners of those records are B.J. Symons (attempts and yardage) and Graham Harrell (completions) — both coached by Leach at Texas Tech.

Halliday broke the single-game record of 716 passing yards by Houston’s David Klingler in 1990 and came within 2 yards of the all-division mark by Sam Durley of Division III Eureka College in 2012.

Halliday’s six touchdown passes give him a national-best 26 on the season.

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