cleveland browns record for most passing yards in a game by a rookie

Baker Mayfield has the most passing yards by a Browns rookie in a game, with 397 yards against the Texans on December 2, 2018.

Interpreted as:
cleveland browns record for most passing yards in a regular-season game by a rookie
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
397
12/2/2018
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
29
43
67.4
9.2
1
3
75.4
2.3
7.0
0
0
2Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
376
12/30/2018
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
23
42
54.8
9.0
3
3
79.1
7.1
7.1
0
0
3Shedeur Sanders
S. Sanders
364
12/7/2025
CLE CLE
vs
TEN TEN
23
42
54.8
8.7
3
1
97.7
7.1
2.4
2
13
4Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
364
12/2/2012
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
25
36
69.4
10.1
1
2
88.2
2.8
5.6
1
11
5Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
342
10/7/2018
CLE CLE
vs
BAL BAL
25
43
58.1
8.0
1
1
81.7
2.3
2.3
5
38
6Cody Kessler
C. Kessler
336
10/16/2016
CLE CLE
@
TEN TEN
26
41
63.4
8.2
2
0
105.3
4.9
0.0
6
36
7Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
322
9/16/2012
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
26
37
70.3
8.7
2
0
114.9
5.4
0.0
2
13
8Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
320
9/27/2012
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
25
52
48.1
6.2
0
1
59.8
0.0
1.9
1
6
9DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
314
12/31/2017
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
16
30
53.3
10.5
2
1
98.5
6.7
3.3
6
42
10Eric Zeier
E. Zeier
310
10/29/1995
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
26
46
56.5
6.7
1
1
75.5
2.2
2.2
2
9
11Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
297
11/4/2018
CLE CLE
vs
KC KC
29
42
69.0
7.1
2
1
95.0
4.8
2.4
2
22
12Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
295
9/30/2018
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
21
41
51.2
7.2
2
2
70.7
4.9
4.9
2
16
13Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
291
10/7/2012
CLE CLE
@
NYG NYG
22
35
62.9
8.3
2
2
84.3
5.7
5.7
0
0
14Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
284
12/23/2018
CLE CLE
vs
CIN CIN
27
37
73.0
7.7
3
0
121.9
8.1
0.0
0
0
15Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
281
10/17/2010
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
23
33
69.7
8.5
1
2
80.5
3.0
6.1
5
23
16Luke McCown
L. McCown
277
12/5/2004
CLE CLE
vs
NE NE
20
34
58.8
8.1
2
2
80.1
5.9
5.9
3
36
17Derek Anderson
D. Anderson
276
12/7/2006
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
21
37
56.8
7.5
1
1
78.2
2.7
2.7
0
0
18Eric Zeier
E. Zeier
273
11/5/1995
CLE CLE
vs
HOU HOU
28
54
51.9
5.1
1
3
49.4
1.9
5.6
3
8
19DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
268
11/26/2017
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
18
31
58.1
8.6
0
0
86.5
0.0
0.0
3
23
20Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
264
10/21/2012
CLE CLE
@
IND IND
25
41
61.0
6.4
2
0
96.0
4.9
0.0
0
0
21Tim Couch
T. Couch
262
11/28/1999
CLE CLE
vs
TEN TEN
19
35
54.3
7.5
2
0
97.6
5.7
0.0
7
34
22Tim Couch
T. Couch
259
11/21/1999
CLE CLE
vs
CAR CAR
29
46
63.0
5.6
1
2
67.2
2.2
4.3
1
2
23Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
258
11/25/2018
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
19
26
73.1
9.9
4
0
143.9
15.4
0.0
0
0
24Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
249
12/8/1985
CLE CLE
@
SEA SEA
18
31
58.1
8.0
1
0
94.7
3.2
0.0
6
35
25Cody Kessler
C. Kessler
244
9/25/2016
CLE CLE
@
MIA MIA
21
33
63.6
7.4
0
0
85.9
0.0
0.0
3
17
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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PASS YDS/G

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TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
Bengals Bengals
4
10
0
.286
Browns Browns
3
11
0
.214
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
10
4
0
.714
Texans Texans
9
5
0
.643
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
12
2
0
.857
Chargers Chargers
10
4
0
.714
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
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4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
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7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
SEA SEA
@
PIT PIT
31-17
Sat
9/13
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
30-10
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
26-21
Sat
9/13
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
33-27
Sat
9/13
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Thu
12/18
LAR LAR
@
SEA SEA
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM