most passing tdsby a rookie qb in a his first game

Cam Newton had the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in his first game, with 422 yards versus the Cardinals on September 11, 2011.

NAME YDS DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Cam Newton
C. Newton
422
9/11/2011
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
24
37
64.9
11.4
2
1
110.4
5.4
2.7
4
19
2 Ed Rubbert
E. Rubbert
334
10/4/1987
WAS WAS
vs
STL STL
14
24
58.3
13.9
3
1
125.0
12.5
4.2
0
0
3 Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
332
9/12/2021
JAX JAX
@
HOU HOU
28
51
54.9
6.5
3
3
70.1
5.9
5.9
1
13
4 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
329
11/22/1945
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
12
21
57.1
15.7
2
3
93.9
9.5
14.3
5 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
320
9/9/2012
WAS WAS
@
NO NO
19
26
73.1
12.3
2
0
139.9
7.7
0.0
2
14
6 Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
317
11/16/1947
DET DET
vs
WAS WAS
15
24
62.5
13.2
3
2
111.1
12.5
8.3
7 Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
311
9/20/2020
LAC LAC
vs
KC KC
22
33
66.7
9.4
1
1
94.4
3.0
3.0
2
15
8 Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
310
11/27/2005
STL STL
@
HOU HOU
19
30
63.3
10.3
3
1
117.4
10.0
3.3
5
22
9 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
309
9/9/2012
IND IND
@
CHI CHI
23
45
51.1
6.9
1
3
52.9
2.2
6.7
3
16
10 Kyler Murray
K. Murray
308
9/8/2019
ARI ARI
vs
DET DET
29
54
53.7
5.7
2
1
75.2
3.7
1.9
5
33
11 Jake Luton
J. Luton
304
11/8/2020
JAX JAX
vs
HOU HOU
26
38
68.4
8.0
1
1
90.2
2.6
2.6
2
16
12 Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
303
9/25/1988
WAS WAS
@
PHX PHX
26
41
63.4
7.4
3
1
99.9
7.3
2.4
4
21
13 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
302
9/6/1998
IND IND
vs
MIA MIA
21
37
56.8
8.2
1
3
58.6
2.7
8.1
4
29
14 Dick Wood
D. Wood
294
9/23/1962
SD SD
vs
HOU HOU
16
33
48.5
8.9
2
1
87.2
6.1
3.0
15 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
292
9/7/1986
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
20
33
60.6
8.8
3
0
119.8
9.1
0.0
1
3
16 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
292
9/12/1976
SEA SEA
vs
STL STL
17
37
45.9
7.9
2
2
68.8
5.4
5.4
17 Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
284
12/31/2017
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
22
35
62.9
8.1
0
1
76.4
0.0
2.9
2
15
18 Mac Jones
M. Jones
281
9/12/2021
NE NE
vs
MIA MIA
29
39
74.4
7.2
1
0
102.6
2.6
0.0
1
13
19 Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
281
10/17/2010
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
23
33
69.7
8.5
1
2
80.5
3.0
6.1
5
23
20 David Blough
D. Blough
280
11/28/2019
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
22
38
57.9
7.4
2
1
87.6
5.3
2.6
2
21
21 Scott Tolzien
S. Tolzien
280
11/10/2013
GB GB
vs
PHI PHI
24
39
61.5
7.2
1
2
70.5
2.6
5.1
1
8
22 Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
278
9/11/2016
PHI PHI
vs
CLE CLE
22
37
59.5
7.5
2
0
101.0
5.4
0.0
2
8
23 Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
278
12/24/1999
NO NO
vs
DAL DAL
16
27
59.3
10.3
2
1
103.6
7.4
3.7
3
29
24 Gardner Minshew
G. Minshew
275
9/8/2019
JAX JAX
vs
KC KC
22
25
88.0
11.0
2
1
122.5
8.0
4.0
1
3
25 Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
272
9/13/2009
NYJ NYJ
@
HOU HOU
18
31
58.1
8.8
1
1
84.3
3.2
3.2
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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PPG

20.7

19th

OPP PPG

17.7

8th

RUSH YDS/G

90.7

25th

PASS YDS/G

201.0

23rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Falcons Falcons
1
2
0
.333
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
Saints Saints
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
CAR CAR
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
MIA MIA
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
CAR CAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
BUF BUF
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

1 - 2 - 0

30

Final

0

ATL Falcons

1 - 2 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
9/22
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
8:15 PM
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM