The University of California-Berkeley is not exactly a football powerhouse, so former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers wasn’t competing for the national championship or the Heisman Trophy while
in college. The Golden Bears did have success with him under center, notably a Holiday Bowl berth in 2004, but Rodgers is probably best remembered at the college level for one record.
In that same 2004 season, Cal traveled to play the number one-ranked USC Trojans in a game that ended in a 23-17 loss for the Golden Bears. During that game, Rodgers threw 23 straight completions, which at the time tied him with Tee Martin for the most consecutive completions in a single game in NCAA history.
That record held up until 2011, when East Carolina quarterback Dominique Davis threw for 26 in a row versus Navy in a 38-35 victory. Two years later, Princeton’s Quinn Epperly completed 29 straight passes against Cornell in Ivy League play. All three times this record was set, it seemed like it would never be surpassed.
Then…this Saturday’s action happened.
In a win over Wofford, Western Carolina quarterback Taron Dickens, who plays in Division I’s FCS subdivision, threw 46 straight completions to start the day in a 23-21 win. Not only did he break the record mark that Rodgers set more than two decades ago, but he doubled it.
Despite Dickens finishing the day with 53 completions on 56 pass attempts for 378 yards and three touchdowns, the Catamounts needed a last-second field goal to put away the Terriers, who have fallen to 0-5 on the 2025 season.
Records are meant to be broken, but I think Dickens’ 46 consecutive completions will be one that will be tough to even match. I’m going to guess that this one goes down as one of the most unbreakable records in the sport.
