first qb to reach 5 thousand passing yards

Keith Molesworth connected for 24 yards in the 1933 NFL championship game versus the Giants on December 17, 1933.

Interpreted as:
first qb to reach 5 thousand passing yards in a game
NAME DATE YDS TM OPP CMP ATT PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Keith Molesworth
K. Molesworth
12/17/1933
24
CHB CHB
vs
NYG NYG
2
5
40.0
4.8
0
0
55.4
0.0
0.0
2 Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
12/12/1937
130
CHB CHB
vs
WAS WAS
4
18
22.2
7.2
2
2
54.6
11.1
11.1
1
7
3 Keith Molesworth
K. Molesworth
12/12/1937
35
CHB CHB
vs
WAS WAS
1
1
100.0
35.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
4 Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
12/11/1938
74
NYG NYG
vs
GB GB
7
11
63.6
6.7
2
0
122.7
18.2
0.0
0
0
5 Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
12/10/1939
47
NYG NYG
@
GB GB
4
12
33.3
3.9
0
3
6.6
0.0
25.0
0
0
6 Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
12/10/1939
7
NYG NYG
@
GB GB
1
4
25.0
1.8
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
0
0
7 Eddie Miller
E. Miller
12/10/1939
40
NYG NYG
@
GB GB
3
6
50.0
6.7
0
1
31.9
0.0
16.7
1
9
8 Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
12/1/1940
316
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
33
60
55.0
5.3
1
0
75.4
1.7
0.0
9 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
12/8/1940
88
CHB CHB
@
WAS WAS
3
4
75.0
22.0
1
0
156.3
25.0
0.0
0
0
10 Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
12/8/1940
31
CHB CHB
@
WAS WAS
3
3
100.0
10.3
0
0
109.7
0.0
0.0
1
10
11 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
12/14/1941
41
CHB CHB
vs
GB GB
4
9
44.4
4.6
0
0
58.1
0.0
0.0
12 Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
12/14/1941
7
CHB CHB
vs
GB GB
1
3
33.3
2.3
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
13 Young Bussey
Y. Bussey
12/21/1941
8
CHB CHB
vs
NYG NYG
1
1
100.0
8.0
0
0
100.0
0.0
0.0
14 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
12/21/1941
160
CHB CHB
vs
NYG NYG
9
12
75.0
13.3
0
0
116.7
0.0
0.0
15 Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
12/21/1941
14
CHB CHB
vs
NYG NYG
1
6
16.7
2.3
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
16 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
12/13/1942
2
CHB CHB
@
WAS WAS
5
12
41.7
0.2
0
2
9.7
0.0
16.7
3
33
17 Charlie O'Rourke
C. O'Rourke
12/13/1942
128
CHB CHB
@
WAS WAS
5
7
71.4
18.3
0
0
113.7
0.0
0.0
0
0
18 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
11/14/1943
433
CHB CHB
@
NYG NYG
21
32
65.6
13.5
7
1
135.4
21.9
3.1
19 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
11/28/1943
241
CHB CHB
@
CHC CHC
10
21
47.6
11.5
4
2
89.6
19.0
9.5
20 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
12/26/1943
286
CHB CHB
vs
WAS WAS
15
26
57.7
11.0
5
0
135.6
19.2
0.0
21 Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
10/8/1944
291
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
25
33
75.8
8.8
5
0
141.5
15.2
0.0
22 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
11/11/1945
279
CHB CHB
vs
DET DET
15
30
50.0
9.3
4
0
122.1
13.3
0.0
23 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
11/22/1945
329
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
12
21
57.1
15.7
2
3
93.9
9.5
14.3
24 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
12/16/1945
7
WAS WAS
@
CLE CLE
1
6
16.7
1.2
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
25 Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
12/16/1945
172
WAS WAS
@
CLE CLE
8
14
57.1
12.3
2
2
100.9
14.3
14.3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Vikings Vikings
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CHI CHI
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
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25

CHI Bears

2 - 2 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
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@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
LV LV
@
IND IND
1:00 PM