joe namath single game passing yard record

Joe Namath had his most passing yards in a game versus the Baltimore Colts on September 24, 1972, with 496 yards.

Interpreted as:
Joe Namath single regular-season game passing yard record
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
496
9/24/1972
@
15
28
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
2Joe Namath
J. Namath
415
10/1/1967
vs
23
39
59.0
10.6
3
1
110.5
7.7
2.6
3Joe Namath
J. Namath
403
12/11/1972
@
25
46
54.3
8.8
1
2
73.0
2.2
4.3
4Joe Namath
J. Namath
399
9/24/1967
@
22
37
59.5
10.8
2
2
92.1
5.4
5.4
5Joe Namath
J. Namath
397
10/18/1970
vs
34
62
54.8
6.4
1
6
40.3
1.6
9.7
6Joe Namath
J. Namath
381
11/17/1968
@
19
37
51.4
10.3
1
0
96.8
2.7
0.0
7Joe Namath
J. Namath
370
12/17/1967
@
27
46
58.7
8.0
3
3
79.1
6.5
6.5
8Joe Namath
J. Namath
362
10/29/1967
vs
22
43
51.2
8.4
2
2
75.9
4.7
4.7
9Joe Namath
J. Namath
344
9/28/1969
@
29
51
56.9
6.7
2
2
74.3
3.9
3.9
10Joe Namath
J. Namath
343
12/24/1967
@
18
26
69.2
13.2
4
0
151.4
15.4
0.0
11Joe Namath
J. Namath
343
10/30/1966
vs
24
53
45.3
6.5
2
5
40.1
3.8
9.4
12Joe Namath
J. Namath
341
10/13/1968
vs
20
41
48.8
8.3
0
5
37.8
0.0
12.2
13Joe Namath
J. Namath
338
11/12/1967
vs
13
37
35.1
9.1
1
2
55.9
2.7
5.4
14Joe Namath
J. Namath
338
10/2/1966
@
28
56
50.0
6.0
2
3
58.5
3.6
5.4
15Joe Namath
J. Namath
337
11/24/1968
@
17
31
54.8
10.9
2
1
101.1
6.5
3.2
16Joe Namath
J. Namath
333
10/26/1975
vs
19
28
67.9
11.9
3
1
129.0
10.7
3.6
17Joe Namath
J. Namath
327
11/16/1969
vs
24
40
60.0
8.2
2
3
71.6
5.0
7.5
18Joe Namath
J. Namath
327
12/3/1966
@
20
42
47.6
7.8
2
5
50.5
4.8
11.9
19Joe Namath
J. Namath
306
10/20/1969
vs
12
24
50.0
12.8
2
3
84.0
8.3
12.5
20Joe Namath
J. Namath
302
9/15/1968
@
17
29
58.6
10.4
2
1
102.9
6.9
3.4
21Joe Namath
J. Namath
301
10/1/1972
@
18
38
47.4
7.9
2
2
70.2
5.3
5.3
22Joe Namath
J. Namath
298
9/21/1970
@
18
31
58.1
9.6
1
3
61.7
3.2
9.7
23Joe Namath
J. Namath
297
11/19/1967
@
15
23
65.2
12.9
2
1
119.4
8.7
4.3
24Joe Namath
J. Namath
295
10/15/1967
vs
27
49
55.1
6.0
1
6
40.3
2.0
12.2
25Joe Namath
J. Namath
292
12/3/1967
vs
24
60
40.0
4.9
3
4
44.6
5.0
6.7
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