Dick Shiner had the most passing yards in a Week-1 game in 1973, with 227 yards against the Saints on September 16, 1973.
| NAME | YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
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| 1 |  | D. Shiner | 227 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 15.1 | 3 | 0 | 158.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2 | | J. Plunkett | 226 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 8.4 | 0 | 1 | 70.9 | 0.0 | 3.7 | ||||
| 3 | | G. Landry | 219 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 8.1 | 1 | 3 | 42.6 | 3.7 | 11.1 | ||||
| 4 | | K. Anderson | 217 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 18 | 36 | 50.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 57.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 | ||||
| 5 | | J. Namath | 203 | 9/17/1973 | @ | 16 | 33 | 48.5 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 55.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | ||||
| 6 | | J. Hart | 203 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 88.7 | 6.9 | 3.4 | ||||
| 7 | | P. Beathard | 198 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 15 | 20 | 75.0 | 9.9 | 2 | 0 | 139.2 | 10.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 8 | | C. Johnson | 190 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 7.6 | 0 | 1 | 53.8 | 0.0 | 4.0 | ||||
| 9 | | F. Tarkenton | 187 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 13 | 31 | 41.9 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 70.2 | 6.5 | 3.2 | ||||
| 10 | | D. Lamonica | 183 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 13 | 30 | 43.3 | 6.1 | 0 | 2 | 35.8 | 0.0 | 6.7 | ||||
| 11 | | N. Snead | 162 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 5.6 | 1 | 3 | 46.1 | 3.4 | 10.3 | ||||
| 12 | | R. Gabriel | 162 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 22 | 37 | 59.5 | 4.4 | 2 | 1 | 76.6 | 5.4 | 2.7 | ||||
| 13 |  | T. Bradshaw | 154 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 6.7 | 2 | 1 | 95.2 | 8.7 | 4.3 | ||||
| 14 | | M. Phipps | 150 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 5.8 | 2 | 0 | 90.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 15 | | B. Kilmer | 129 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 115.3 | 11.1 | 0.0 | ||||
| 16 | | J. Brodie | 110 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 87.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 17 | | D. Shaw | 109 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 77.5 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||||
| 18 | | B. Griese | 108 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 38.2 | 4.2 | 8.3 | ||||
| 19 | | S. Hunter | 107 | 9/17/1973 | vs | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 100.5 | 7.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 20 | | J. Hadl | 99 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 9.9 | 2 | 0 | 147.5 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 21 | | R. Staubach | 91 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 4.1 | 2 | 2 | 45.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 | ||||
| 22 | | D. Pastorini | 74 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 4.4 | 2 | 4 | 59.1 | 11.8 | 23.5 | ||||
| 23 | | S. Spurrier | 65 | 9/16/1973 | @ | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 44.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 24 | | M. Livingston | 64 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 60.1 | 0.0 | 14.3 | ||||
| 25 | | A. Manning | 62 | 9/16/1973 | vs | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 4.8 | 1 | 5 | 40.1 | 7.7 | 38.5 | ||||
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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