most passing yards by a freshman qb in a his first game

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

NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Cam Newton
C. Newton
422
9/11/2011
@
24
37
64.9
11.4
2
1
110.4
5.4
2.7
4
19
2Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
406
10/31/1948
vs
28
53
52.8
7.7
3
2
81.2
5.7
3.8
3Otto Graham
O. Graham
346
9/16/1950
@
21
38
55.3
9.1
3
2
90.5
7.9
5.3
4Ed Rubbert
E. Rubbert
334
10/4/1987
vs
14
24
58.3
13.9
3
1
125.0
12.5
4.2
0
0
5Bobby Layne
B. Layne
333
11/6/1949
@
23
39
59.0
8.5
2
1
93.2
5.1
2.6
6Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
332
9/12/2021
@
28
51
54.9
6.5
3
3
70.1
5.9
5.9
1
13
7Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
329
11/22/1945
@
12
21
57.1
15.7
2
3
93.9
9.5
14.3
8Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
320
9/9/2012
@
19
26
73.1
12.3
2
0
139.9
7.7
0.0
2
14
9Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
319
10/23/1949
@
29
52
55.8
6.1
2
2
70.9
3.8
3.8
10Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
317
11/16/1947
vs
15
24
62.5
13.2
3
2
111.1
12.5
8.3
11Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
316
12/1/1940
@
33
60
55.0
5.3
1
0
75.4
1.7
0.0
12Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
311
9/20/2020
vs
22
33
66.7
9.4
1
1
94.4
3.0
3.0
2
15
13Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
310
11/27/2005
@
19
30
63.3
10.3
3
1
117.4
10.0
3.3
5
22
14Andrew Luck
A. Luck
309
9/9/2012
@
23
45
51.1
6.9
1
3
52.9
2.2
6.7
3
16
15Kyler Murray
K. Murray
308
9/8/2019
vs
29
54
53.7
5.7
2
1
75.2
3.7
1.9
5
33
16Jake Luton
J. Luton
304
11/8/2020
vs
26
38
68.4
8.0
1
1
90.2
2.6
2.6
2
16
17Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
303
9/25/1988
@
26
41
63.4
7.4
3
1
99.9
7.3
2.4
4
21
18Peyton Manning
P. Manning
302
9/6/1998
vs
21
37
56.8
8.2
1
3
58.6
2.7
8.1
4
29
19Dick Wood
D. Wood
294
9/23/1962
vs
16
33
48.5
8.9
2
1
87.2
6.1
3.0
20Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
292
9/7/1986
vs
20
33
60.6
8.8
3
0
119.8
9.1
0.0
1
3
21Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
292
9/12/1976
vs
17
37
45.9
7.9
2
2
68.8
5.4
5.4
22Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
291
10/8/1944
@
25
33
75.8
8.8
5
0
141.5
15.2
0.0
23Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
284
12/31/2017
@
22
35
62.9
8.1
0
1
76.4
0.0
2.9
2
15
24Mac Jones
M. Jones
281
9/12/2021
vs
29
39
74.4
7.2
1
0
102.6
2.6
0.0
1
13
25Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
281
10/17/2010
@
23
33
69.7
8.5
1
2
80.5
3.0
6.1
5
23
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

More Panthers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,011

Young

Bryce Young

RUSH

1,076

Dowdle

Rico Dowdle

REC

1,014

McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan
Team Rankings

PPG

18.3

27th

OPP PPG

22.4

15th

RUSH YDS/G

116.3

19th

PASS YDS/G

194.4

27th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Panthers Panthers
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

8 - 9

14

Final

16

Sat 3 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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM