most passing yards by a lion in week 1

Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards for the Lions in a Week-1 game, with 385 yards versus the Cardinals on September 8, 2019.

NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
385
9/8/2019
@
27
45
60.0
8.6
3
0
110.0
6.7
0.0
3
24
2Bobby Layne
B. Layne
364
9/27/1953
vs
16
34
47.1
10.7
2
0
105.5
5.9
0.0
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
357
9/8/2013
vs
28
43
65.1
8.3
2
1
96.8
4.7
2.3
0
0
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
355
9/9/2012
vs
32
48
66.7
7.4
1
3
69.4
2.1
6.3
1
9
5Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
346
9/8/2014
vs
22
32
68.8
10.8
2
0
125.3
6.3
0.0
1
5
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
340
9/11/2016
@
31
39
79.5
8.7
3
0
128.6
7.7
0.0
1
8
7Jared Goff
J. Goff
338
9/12/2021
vs
38
57
66.7
5.9
3
1
92.6
5.3
1.8
3
24
8Bobby Layne
B. Layne
310
9/30/1951
vs
20
26
76.9
11.9
2
0
141.5
7.7
0.0
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
305
9/11/2011
@
24
33
72.7
9.2
3
1
118.9
9.1
3.0
0
0
10Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
297
9/13/2020
vs
24
42
57.1
7.1
1
1
77.2
2.4
2.4
1
9
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
292
9/10/2017
vs
29
41
70.7
7.1
4
1
113.1
9.8
2.4
1
7
12Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
289
9/9/2007
@
27
36
75.0
8.0
3
2
102.7
8.3
5.6
2
5
13Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
286
9/10/2018
vs
27
46
58.7
6.2
1
4
47.9
2.2
8.7
0
0
14Charlie Batch
C. Batch
276
9/9/2001
@
20
39
51.3
7.1
0
2
52.9
0.0
5.1
7
44
15Rodney Peete
R. Peete
273
9/6/1992
@
18
26
69.2
10.5
2
1
113.1
7.7
3.8
6
41
16Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
262
9/7/2008
@
24
33
72.7
7.9
2
1
103.3
6.1
3.0
3
16
17Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
260
9/1/1996
@
20
41
48.8
6.3
1
4
37.7
2.4
9.8
3
8
18Jared Goff
J. Goff
253
9/7/2023
@
22
35
62.9
7.2
1
0
94.1
2.9
0.0
1
3
19Milt Plum
M. Plum
251
9/16/1962
vs
21
30
70.0
8.4
3
0
128.6
10.0
0.0
20Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
248
9/6/1998
@
23
44
52.3
5.6
1
1
67.2
2.3
2.3
2
12
21Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
246
9/13/2015
@
19
30
63.3
8.2
2
2
83.5
6.7
6.7
1
13
22Greg Landry
G. Landry
239
9/18/1977
@
17
25
68.0
9.6
0
0
98.6
0.0
0.0
23Milt Plum
M. Plum
236
9/19/1965
vs
15
25
60.0
9.4
2
1
101.4
8.0
4.0
24Milt Plum
M. Plum
234
9/13/1964
@
15
34
44.1
6.9
0
1
55.3
0.0
2.9
25Bobby Layne
B. Layne
232
9/17/1950
@
10
18
55.6
12.9
1
1
95.8
5.6
5.6
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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PPG

28.3

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OPP PPG

24.3

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RUSH YDS/G

120.1

14th

PASS YDS/G

268.6

3rd

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TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
Lions Lions
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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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
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13
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0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
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3
14
0
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14
3
0
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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
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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