buffalo bills player most passing yard in a game by rookie

Dennis Shaw has the most passing yards by a Bills rookie in a game, with 348 yards versus the Dolphins on October 18, 1970.

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buffalo bills player most passing yard in a regular-season game by rookie

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	348	10/18/1970	BUF	vs	MIA	24	32	75.0	10.9	2	2	104.7	6.3	6.3
2	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	342	11/2/1986	BUF	@	TB	29	39	74.4	8.8	3	0	126.2	7.7	0.0	1	18
3	Johnny Green J. Green	334	10/30/1960	BUF	vs	HOU	18	49	36.7	6.8	2	1	66.2	4.1	2.0
4	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	317	10/4/1970	BUF	vs	NYJ	12	21	57.1	15.1	2	2	93.9	9.5	9.5
5	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	315	12/7/1986	BUF	vs	CLE	20	39	51.3	8.1	2	0	95.6	5.1	0.0	2	7
6	EJ Manuel	296	9/15/2013	BUF	vs	CAR	27	39	69.2	7.6	1	1	89.3	2.6	2.6	1	9
7	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	292	9/7/1986	BUF	vs	NYJ	20	33	60.6	8.8	3	0	119.8	9.1	0.0	1	3
8	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	291	9/28/1986	BUF	vs	KC	24	38	63.2	7.7	1	3	62.5	2.6	7.9	2	21
9	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	261	12/21/1986	BUF	@	HOU	24	39	61.5	6.7	1	1	79.1	2.6	2.6	6	43
10	Trent Edwards T. Edwards	257	12/2/2007	BUF	@	WAS	22	36	61.1	7.1	0	0	82.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
11	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	252	10/19/1986	BUF	vs	IND	20	31	64.5	8.1	2	2	84.3	6.5	6.5	1	9
12	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	252	12/13/1970	BUF	vs	BAL	23	43	53.5	5.9	1	2	59.4	2.3	4.7
13	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	251	11/8/1970	BUF	vs	CIN	11	23	47.8	10.9	1	1	83.8	4.3	4.3
14	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	250	11/23/1986	BUF	@	NE	22	32	68.8	7.8	1	2	76.3	3.1	6.3	6	58
15	Josh Allen J. Allen	245	9/16/2018	BUF	vs	LAC	18	33	54.5	7.4	1	2	63.3	3.0	6.1	5	36
16	EJ Manuel	245	11/17/2013	BUF	vs	NYJ	20	28	71.4	8.8	2	0	121.9	7.1	0.0	1	0
17	EJ Manuel	243	9/22/2013	BUF	@	NYJ	19	42	45.2	5.8	1	0	71.8	2.4	0.0	8	35
18	Johnny Green J. Green	243	10/23/1960	BUF	vs	OAK	14	32	43.8	7.6	4	2	83.7	12.5	6.3
19	Trent Edwards T. Edwards	234	9/30/2007	BUF	vs	NYJ	22	28	78.6	8.4	1	1	98.5	3.6	3.6	2	16
20	Josh Allen J. Allen	231	12/2/2018	BUF	@	MIA	18	33	54.5	7.0	2	2	71.7	6.1	6.1	2	14
21	Jeff Tuel J. Tuel	229	11/3/2013	BUF	vs	KC	18	39	46.2	5.9	1	2	52.2	2.6	5.1	0	0
22	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	228	9/14/1986	BUF	@	CIN	13	22	59.1	10.4	1	2	71.8	4.5	9.1	2	21
23	Josh Allen J. Allen	224	12/30/2018	BUF	vs	MIA	17	26	65.4	8.6	3	1	114.9	11.5	3.8	1	9
24	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	218	10/12/1986	BUF	@	MIA	20	28	71.4	7.8	1	2	76.2	3.6	7.1	2	21
25	Josh Allen J. Allen	217	12/23/2018	BUF	@	NE	20	41	48.8	5.3	1	2	52.6	2.4	4.9	0	0

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