most passing yards by a qb in a his first game

Cam Newton had the most passing yards by a quarterback in a game in his first game, with 422 yards.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player game data may be incomplete before 1950

	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	@	ARI	24	37	64.9	11.4	2	1	110.4	5.4	2.7	4	19
2	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	406	10/31/1948	LA	vs	CHC	28	53	52.8	7.7	3	2	81.2	5.7	3.8
3	Otto Graham O. Graham	346	9/16/1950	CLE	@	PHI	21	38	55.3	9.1	3	2	90.5	7.9	5.3
4	Ed Rubbert E. Rubbert	334	10/4/1987	WAS	vs	STL	14	24	58.3	13.9	3	1	125.0	12.5	4.2	0	0
5	Bobby Layne B. Layne	333	11/6/1949	NYB	@	NYG	23	39	59.0	8.5	2	1	93.2	5.1	2.6
6	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	332	9/12/2021	JAX	@	HOU	28	51	54.9	6.5	3	3	70.1	5.9	5.9	1	13
7	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	329	11/22/1945	CLE	@	DET	12	21	57.1	15.7	2	3	93.9	9.5	14.3
8	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	320	9/9/2012	WAS	@	NO	19	26	73.1	12.3	2	0	139.9	7.7	0.0	2	14
9	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	319	10/23/1949	CHB	@	NYG	29	52	55.8	6.1	2	2	70.9	3.8	3.8
10	Clyde LeForce C. LeForce	317	11/16/1947	DET	vs	WAS	15	24	62.5	13.2	3	2	111.1	12.5	8.3
11	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	316	12/1/1940	PHI	@	WAS	33	60	55.0	5.3	1	0	75.4	1.7	0.0
12	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	311	9/20/2020	LAC	vs	KC	22	33	66.7	9.4	1	1	94.4	3.0	3.0	2	15
13	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	310	11/27/2005	STL	@	HOU	19	30	63.3	10.3	3	1	117.4	10.0	3.3	5	22
14	Andrew Luck A. Luck	309	9/9/2012	IND	@	CHI	23	45	51.1	6.9	1	3	52.9	2.2	6.7	3	16
15	Kyler Murray K. Murray	308	9/8/2019	ARI	vs	DET	29	54	53.7	5.7	2	1	75.2	3.7	1.9	5	33
16	Jake Luton J. Luton	304	11/8/2020	JAX	vs	HOU	26	38	68.4	8.0	1	1	90.2	2.6	2.6	2	16
17	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	303	9/25/1988	WAS	@	PHX	26	41	63.4	7.4	3	1	99.9	7.3	2.4	4	21
18	Peyton Manning P. Manning	302	9/6/1998	IND	vs	MIA	21	37	56.8	8.2	1	3	58.6	2.7	8.1	4	29
19	Dick Wood D. Wood	294	9/23/1962	SD	vs	HOU	16	33	48.5	8.9	2	1	87.2	6.1	3.0
20	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	292	9/7/1986	BUF	vs	NYJ	20	33	60.6	8.8	3	0	119.8	9.1	0.0	1	3
21	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	292	9/12/1976	SEA	vs	STL	17	37	45.9	7.9	2	2	68.8	5.4	5.4
22	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	291	10/8/1944	WAS	@	PHI	25	33	75.8	8.8	5	0	141.5	15.2	0.0
23	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	284	12/31/2017	KC	@	DEN	22	35	62.9	8.1	0	1	76.4	0.0	2.9	2	15
24	Mac Jones M. Jones	281	9/12/2021	NE	vs	MIA	29	39	74.4	7.2	1	0	102.6	2.6	0.0	1	13
25	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	281	10/17/2010	CLE	@	PIT	23	33	69.7	8.5	1	2	80.5	3.0	6.1	5	23

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PASS

1,921

Young

RUSH

540

Hubbard

REC

569

McMillan

Team Rankings

PPG

25.4

9th

OPP PPG

27.6

28th

RUSH YDS/G

102.0

22nd

PASS YDS/G

281.1

2nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Panthers	3	4	.429
Falcons	3	5	.375
Buccaneers	3	5	.375
Saints	2	5	.286

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/8	DEN	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	CAR	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	BAL	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Mon 11/30	CAR	@	TB	8:15 PM
Sun 12/6	CAR	@	MIN	4:25 PM

Last Game

Panthers

3 - 4

Final

Packers

5 - 3

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,246

Love

2,146

Stafford

2,124

Cousins

Rush Yards Leaders

780

Robinson

773

Gibbs

770

Walker

Rec Yards Leaders

985

Smith-Njigba

726

Higgins

709

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

20

Burrow

19

Cousins

17

Lawrence

Rush TD Leaders

10

Swift

9

Allen

8

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

6

Chase

QB Rating Leaders

112.6

Lawrence

111.6

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.5

Watt

7.0

Rousseau

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.3

29.4

29.0

28.1

28.0

27.6

Opp PPG Rankings

13.3

15.9

18.0

18.7

18.9

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

395.4

393.1

387.3

384.4

383.1

371.4

Rush Yards Rankings

168.6

150.8

148.4

134.8

134.1

133.5

Pass Yards Rankings

302.1

281.1

280.8

280.6

273.1

269.9

Sack Leaders

26.0

25.0

24.0

23.0

22.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

161.8

Gibbs

138.1

Walker

128.3

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

156

Smith-Njigba

108.3

Lamb

104.8

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

84.4

McBride

82.7

Bowers

71.5

Likely

Fantasy K Rankings

90

Shrader

89

McLaughlin

83

Gay

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

6-2

5-2

Worst Record ATS

0-6-1

1-7

2-6

2-5

2-4-1

3-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	5	0	.375
Commanders	2	4	1	.357
Eagles	2	6	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	5	0	.375
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	4	0	.500
Rams	4	4	0	.500
Cardinals	3	5	0	.375

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	6	1	0	.857
Patriots	5	3	0	.625
Jets	2	6	0	.250
Dolphins	1	6	0	.143
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	5	2	0	.714
Browns	5	3	0	.625
Ravens	4	4	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	5	2	0	.714
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Colts	2	6	0	.250
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	6	2	0	.750
Chiefs	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	4	4	0	.500
Chargers	0	7	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/5	JAX	@	BAL	8:15 PM
Sun 11/8	CIN	@	ATL	9:30 AM
Sun 11/8	DAL	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	LAR	@	WAS	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	CLE	@	NO	1:00 PM

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NFL Fantasy 2026

161.8

138.1

128.3

156

108.3

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84.4

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