before 2000 what qb has the most passing yds through first season

Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first season, with 3,739 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	3,739	16	326	575	56.7	6.5	233.7	26	28	71.2	4.5	4.9	22	109
2	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	3,593	16	285	480	59.4	7.5	224.6	22	17	83.3	4.6	3.5	43	330
3	Warren Moon W. Moon	3,338	16	259	450	57.6	7.4	208.6	12	14	76.9	2.7	3.1	47	371
4	Kordell Stewart K. Stewart	3,020	16	236	440	53.6	6.9	188.8	21	17	75.2	4.8	3.9	20	152
5	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	2,833	16	274	486	56.4	5.8	177.1	12	17	67.0	2.5	3.5	47	235
6	Kerry Collins K. Collins	2,717	15	214	433	49.4	6.3	181.1	14	19	61.9	3.2	4.4	24	150
7	Dieter Brock D. Brock	2,658	15	218	365	59.7	7.3	177.2	16	13	82.0	4.4	3.6	51	351
8	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	2,571	14	208	439	47.4	5.9	183.6	12	27	49.5	2.7	6.2	25	196
9	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	2,544	13	225	375	60.0	6.8	195.7	11	11	77.9	2.9	2.9	15	104
10	Tony Banks T. Banks	2,544	14	192	368	52.2	6.9	181.7	15	15	71.0	4.1	4.1	48	306
11	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
12	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	2,494	13	214	429	49.9	5.8	191.8	15	15	65.0	3.5	3.5	16	99
13	Butch Songin B. Songin	2,476	14	187	392	47.7	6.3	176.9	22	15	70.9	5.6	3.8
14	Tim Couch T. Couch	2,447	15	223	399	55.9	6.1	163.1	15	13	73.2	3.8	3.3	56	359
15	Norm Snead N. Snead	2,337	14	172	375	45.9	6.2	166.9	11	22	51.6	2.9	5.9
16	Jim Finks J. Finks	2,307	12	158	336	47.0	6.9	192.3	20	19	66.2	6.0	5.7
17	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	2,251	12	140	294	47.6	7.7	187.6	22	24	64.6	7.5	8.2
18	Jeff Komlo J. Komlo	2,238	16	183	368	49.7	6.1	139.9	11	23	52.8	3.0	6.3	40	361
19	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	2,225	12	204	417	48.9	5.3	185.4	8	18	53.5	1.9	4.3	29	213
20	Joe Namath J. Namath	2,220	13	164	340	48.2	6.5	170.8	18	15	68.8	5.3	4.4
21	Dan Marino D. Marino	2,210	11	173	296	58.4	7.5	200.9	20	6	96.0	6.8	2.0	10	80
22	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	2,203	10	157	296	53.0	7.4	220.3	15	15	73.1	5.1	5.1	52	291
23	Charlie Batch C. Batch	2,178	12	173	303	57.1	7.2	181.5	11	6	83.5	3.6	2.0	37	222
24	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	2,158	14	158	328	48.2	6.6	154.1	19	16	68.6	5.8	4.9	36	319
25	Jeff George J. George	2,152	13	181	334	54.2	6.4	165.5	16	13	73.8	4.8	3.9	37	320

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Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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