most passing yards by a qb in their first ever nfl game

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

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

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