most passing yards by a qb in 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

2,691

Young

Bryce Young

RUSH

1,007

Dowdle

Rico Dowdle

REC

924

McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan
Team Rankings

PPG

19.1

27th

OPP PPG

22.5

14th

RUSH YDS/G

123.9

11th

PASS YDS/G

198.9

27th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game

20

Final

23

CAR Panthers

8 - 7

Sun 21 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
10
5
0
.667
8
6
0
.571
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
6
8
1
.433
4
11
0
.267
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - x
11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
49ers 49ers - x
10
4
0
.714
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
10-48
Sat
9/20
@
10-17
Sat
9/20
@
10-13
Sat
9/20
@
20-23
Sat
9/20
@
13-44

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/22
@
8:15 PM
Thu
12/25
@
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
4:30 PM
Thu
12/25
@
8:15 PM
Sat
12/27
@
4:30 PM