most career nfl passing yards before 1947

Before 1947, the Chicago Bears had the most passing yards by a team, with 22,797 yards.

TEAMYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bears
Bears
22,797
171
1,282
3,012
42.6
7.6
133.3
240
272
58.0
8.0
9.0
2Packers
Packers
22,653
171
1,476
3,467
42.6
6.5
132.5
220
300
49.9
6.3
8.7
3Redskins
Redskins
20,064
164
1,522
3,161
48.1
6.3
122.3
160
325
45.9
5.1
10.3
4Cardinals
Cardinals
16,522
163
1,214
3,159
38.4
5.2
101.4
82
376
25.0
2.6
11.9
5Giants
Giants
15,746
170
1,122
2,537
44.2
6.2
92.6
154
235
46.4
6.1
9.3
6Lions
Lions
15,701
167
1,062
2,791
38.1
5.6
94.0
107
356
30.4
3.8
12.8
7Eagles
Eagles
15,616
150
1,115
2,855
39.1
5.5
104.1
119
318
31.7
4.2
11.1
8Rams
Rams
13,196
97
952
2,180
43.7
6.1
136.0
107
233
40.5
4.9
10.7
9
Tigers
11,719
143
860
2,282
37.7
5.1
82.0
68
264
25.2
3.0
11.6
10Steelers
Steelers
10,810
134
735
2,237
32.9
4.8
80.7
54
330
18.1
2.4
14.8
11
Yanks
3,596
31
254
597
42.5
6.0
116.0
27
62
38.1
4.5
10.4
12Reds
Reds
605
18
51
190
26.8
3.2
33.6
0
29
0.8
0.0
15.3
13Stapletons
Stapletons
518
12
33
131
25.2
4.0
43.2
2
16
9.1
1.5
12.2
14Gunners
Gunners
340
3
21
58
36.2
5.9
113.3
1
10
22.8
1.7
17.2
StatMuse has team, season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,942

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,087

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

713

Loveland

Colston Loveland
Team Rankings

PPG

25.9

9th

OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/20
@
1:00 PM
Mon
9/28
@
8:15 PM
Sun
10/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
10/11
@
4:25 PM
Last Game
LAR Rams

2 - 0

20

Final

17

CHI Bears

1 - 1

Sun 18 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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Scores

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10/12
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10/12
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Sun
10/12
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10-20
Sun
10/12
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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Thu
9/10
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8:35 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM