2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing Defense - When Losing By 15+ Pts through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temple | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41.73 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tulsa | 3 | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 208 | 1 | 0 | 128.22 | 65 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | South Florida | 1 | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 97.64 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Memphis | 3 | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 89.34 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | East Carolina | 7 | 46 | 25 | 54.3 | 414 | 2 | 2 | 135.60 | 55 | 16 | 8 | 7 |
| 7 | Tulane | 5 | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 247 | 1 | 1 | 121.36 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | UCF | 2 | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 194 | 2 | 0 | 121.93 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Navy | 3 | 41 | 24 | 58.5 | 286 | 2 | 0 | 133.24 | 41 | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | Connecticut | 6 | 68 | 44 | 64.7 | 544 | 4 | 3 | 142.50 | 54 | 22 | 14 | 5 |
| 11 | SMU | 4 | 57 | 37 | 64.9 | 446 | 2 | 1 | 138.71 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 4 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 3 | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 133.23 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | |||||||||||||