before 1971 what qb had the most passing yds through first season

Dennis Shaw had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first season, with 2,507 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	2,507	14	178	321	55.5	7.8	179.1	10	20	65.3	3.1	6.2	41	387
2	Butch Songin B. Songin	2,476	14	187	392	47.7	6.3	176.9	22	15	70.9	5.6	3.8
3	Norm Snead N. Snead	2,337	14	172	375	45.9	6.2	166.9	11	22	51.6	2.9	5.9
4	Jim Finks J. Finks	2,307	12	158	336	47.0	6.9	192.3	20	19	66.2	6.0	5.7
5	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	2,251	12	140	294	47.6	7.7	187.6	22	24	64.6	7.5	8.2
6	Joe Namath J. Namath	2,220	13	164	340	48.2	6.5	170.8	18	15	68.8	5.3	4.4
7	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	2,138	12	152	305	49.8	7.0	178.2	17	20	64.1	5.6	6.6
8	Bob Griese B. Griese	2,005	12	166	331	50.2	6.1	167.1	15	18	61.6	4.5	5.4
9	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	1,997	14	157	280	56.1	7.1	142.6	18	17	74.7	6.4	6.1
10	Otto Graham O. Graham	1,943	12	137	253	54.2	7.7	161.9	14	20	64.7	5.5	7.9
11	Y.A. Tittle	1,884	12	161	315	51.1	6.0	157.0	8	19	52.9	2.5	6.0
12	Greg Cook G. Cook	1,854	11	106	197	53.8	9.4	168.5	15	11	88.3	7.6	5.6	29	195
13	Karl Sweetan K. Sweetan	1,809	10	157	309	50.8	5.9	180.9	4	14	54.3	1.3	4.5
14	Bob Celeri B. Celeri	1,797	11	102	238	42.9	7.6	163.4	12	15	59.8	5.0	6.3
15	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,795	14	129	295	43.7	6.1	128.2	12	21	47.8	4.1	7.1
16	Frankie Albert F. Albert	1,767	12	155	306	50.7	5.8	147.3	14	23	52.3	4.6	7.5
17	Tom Flores T. Flores	1,738	14	136	252	54.0	6.9	124.1	12	12	71.8	4.8	4.8
18	Mickey Slaughter M. Slaughter	1,689	13	112	223	50.2	7.6	129.9	12	14	67.3	5.4	6.3
19	John Hadl J. Hadl	1,632	14	107	260	41.2	6.3	116.6	15	24	43.3	5.8	9.2
20	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	1,609	10	89	171	52.0	9.4	160.9	14	17	72.4	8.2	9.9
21	Marlin Briscoe M. Briscoe	1,589	11	93	224	41.5	7.1	144.5	14	13	62.9	6.3	5.8
22	Kent Nix K. Nix	1,587	12	136	268	50.7	5.9	132.3	8	19	49.5	3.0	7.1
23	George Shaw G. Shaw	1,586	12	119	237	50.2	6.7	132.2	10	19	52.5	4.2	8.0
24	Bill Munson B. Munson	1,533	11	108	223	48.4	6.9	139.4	9	15	56.5	4.0	6.7
25	Gary Kerkorian G. Kerkorian	1,515	10	117	217	53.9	7.0	151.5	9	12	66.9	4.1	5.5

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