highest yards per attempt by a rookie qb in a single game

Mike Buck has averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a rookie quarterback in a game, with 61.0 yards against the Falcons on November 24, 1991.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per attempt by a rookie qb in a single regular-season game
NAMEAVGDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Mike Buck
M. Buck
61.0
11/24/1991
NO NO
vs
ATL ATL
1
1
100.0
61
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
2Mike Machurek
M. Machurek
48.0
11/22/1984
DET DET
vs
GB GB
1
1
100.0
48
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
3Pat Haden
P. Haden
47.0
9/12/1976
LA LA
@
ATL ATL
1
1
100.0
47
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
4Henry Burris
H. Burris
45.0
12/1/2002
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
1
1
100.0
45
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
5Michael Bishop
M. Bishop
44.0
10/8/2000
NE NE
vs
IND IND
1
1
100.0
44
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
6Danny White
D. White
43.0
11/25/1976
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
1
1
100.0
43
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
7Seneca Wallace
S. Wallace
42.0
9/25/2005
SEA SEA
vs
ARI ARI
1
1
100.0
42
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
8Greg Landry
G. Landry
41.0
9/22/1968
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
1
1
100.0
41
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
9Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
38.0
10/25/1964
PHI PHI
@
PIT PIT
1
1
100.0
38
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
10Sean Clifford
S. Clifford
37.0
12/31/2023
GB GB
@
MIN MIN
1
1
100.0
37
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
11Ricky Turner
R. Turner
37.0
11/13/1988
IND IND
@
GB GB
1
1
100.0
37
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
12Turk Schonert
T. Schonert
36.0
11/8/1981
CIN CIN
@
SD SD
1
1
100.0
36
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
13Dick Wood
D. Wood
36.0
10/7/1962
SD SD
vs
DLT DLT
1
1
100.0
36
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
14Al Woodall
A. Woodall
35.0
11/16/1969
NYJ NYJ
vs
KC KC
1
1
100.0
35
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
15Chuck Long
C. Long
34.0
11/23/1986
DET DET
@
TB TB
1
1
100.0
34
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
16Dean May
D. May
33.0
12/16/1984
PHI PHI
@
ATL ATL
1
1
100.0
33
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
17Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
32.3
12/17/1978
SF SF
@
DET DET
3
3
100.0
97
1
0
158.3
33.3
0.0
18Steve Sloan
S. Sloan
32.0
10/2/1966
ATL ATL
vs
DAL DAL
1
1
100.0
32
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
19Bob Waters
B. Waters
30.5
11/27/1960
SF SF
@
BAL BAL
2
2
100.0
61
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
20Rusty Hilger
R. Hilger
29.0
10/13/1985
RAI RAI
vs
NO NO
1
1
100.0
29
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
1
10
21Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
27.0
11/22/1964
PHI PHI
vs
STL STL
1
1
100.0
27
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
22George Mira
G. Mira
26.3
11/8/1964
SF SF
@
MIN MIN
1
3
33.3
79
1
0
121.5
33.3
0.0
23Mark Stevens
M. Stevens
26.0
10/5/1987
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
2
2
100.0
52
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
0
0
24Marty Domres
M. Domres
25.0
12/14/1969
SD SD
vs
BUF BUF
1
1
100.0
25
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
25Jim Del Gaizo
J. Del Gaizo
24.2
11/12/1972
MIA MIA
vs
NE NE
4
6
66.7
145
2
0
149.3
33.3
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for yards per attempt going back to the 1950 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Falcons Falcons
5
9
0
.357
Saints Saints
3
10
0
.231
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
12/21
NYJ NYJ
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
NO NO
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
@
LAR LAR
9-14
Sat
9/6
DET DET
@
GB GB
13-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM