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

Neil O'Donnell has the most passing yards per completion by a rookie quarterback in a game, with 89 against the San Diego Chargers on September 1, 1991.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per completion by a rookie qb in a single regular-season game
NAMEYDS/CMPYDSCMPDATETMOPPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
89
89
1
9/1/1991
PIT PIT
vs
SD SD
4
25.0
22.3
1
0
118.8
25.0
0.0
0
0
2Logan Thomas
L. Thomas
81
81
1
10/5/2014
ARI ARI
@
DEN DEN
8
12.5
10.1
1
0
108.9
12.5
0.0
2
11
3George Mira
G. Mira
79
79
1
11/8/1964
SF SF
@
MIN MIN
3
33.3
26.3
1
0
121.5
33.3
0.0
4Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
78
78
1
10/2/1977
NYG NYG
@
ATL ATL
5
20.0
15.6
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
5Mike Buck
M. Buck
61
61
1
11/24/1991
NO NO
vs
ATL ATL
1
100.0
61.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
6Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
59
118
2
9/26/1954
CHB CHB
@
DET DET
12
16.7
9.8
1
4
56.3
8.3
33.3
7Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
49.25
197
4
11/29/1970
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
9
44.4
21.9
2
0
130.8
22.2
0.0
8Mike Machurek
M. Machurek
48
48
1
11/22/1984
DET DET
vs
GB GB
1
100.0
48.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
9Wayne Clark
W. Clark
48
48
1
12/20/1970
SD SD
vs
KC KC
2
50.0
24.0
0
0
95.8
0.0
0.0
10Pat Haden
P. Haden
47
47
1
9/12/1976
LA LA
@
ATL ATL
1
100.0
47.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
11Randy Duncan
R. Duncan
47
47
1
9/24/1961
DLT DLT
@
OAK OAK
3
33.3
15.7
1
0
121.5
33.3
0.0
12Jacky Lee
J. Lee
46.83
281
6
11/20/1960
HOU HOU
vs
DEN DEN
13
46.2
21.6
3
1
100.2
23.1
7.7
13Henry Burris
H. Burris
45
45
1
12/1/2002
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
1
100.0
45.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
14Michael Bishop
M. Bishop
44
44
1
10/8/2000
NE NE
vs
IND IND
1
100.0
44.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
15Don Gault
D. Gault
44
44
1
10/3/1970
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
16
6.3
2.8
0
2
0.0
0.0
12.5
16Matt Moore
M. Moore
43
43
1
10/7/2007
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
2
50.0
21.5
0
0
95.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
17Danny White
D. White
43
43
1
11/25/1976
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
1
100.0
43.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
18Seneca Wallace
S. Wallace
42
42
1
9/25/2005
SEA SEA
vs
ARI ARI
1
100.0
42.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
19Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
42
42
1
10/16/1994
SF SF
@
ATL ATL
3
33.3
14.0
0
0
81.9
0.0
0.0
0
0
20Greg Landry
G. Landry
41
41
1
9/22/1968
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
1
100.0
41.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
21Bernard Quarles
B. Quarles
40
40
1
10/4/1987
RAM RAM
@
NO NO
3
33.3
13.3
1
1
81.9
33.3
33.3
0
0
22Adrian Burk
A. Burk
40
160
4
10/15/1950
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
20
20.0
8.0
2
1
72.9
10.0
5.0
23Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
39.5
79
2
12/7/1986
CHI CHI
vs
TB TB
7
28.6
11.3
1
0
113.7
14.3
0.0
0
0
24Tom Dublinski
T. Dublinski
39
39
1
10/12/1952
DET DET
vs
SF SF
6
16.7
6.5
0
1
14.6
0.0
16.7
25Pat Haden
P. Haden
38.5
77
2
10/24/1976
LA LA
@
NO NO
4
50.0
19.3
1
0
135.4
25.0
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completions and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

More Steelers Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

23.7

14th

OPP PPG

23.9

19th

RUSH YDS/G

89.2

29th

PASS YDS/G

206.2

24th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
Bengals Bengals
4
9
0
.308
Browns Browns
3
10
0
.231
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Sun
12/21
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Sun
12/28
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
BAL BAL
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Last Game
PIT Steelers

7 - 6

27

Final

22

BAL Ravens

6 - 7

Sun 7 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

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