most passing yards by a qb in their first game as a starter

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

	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	Mike White M. White	405	10/31/2021	NYJ	vs	CIN	37	45	82.2	9.0	3	2	107.9	6.7	4.4	2	8
3	Kevin Kolb K. Kolb	391	9/20/2009	PHI	vs	NO	31	51	60.8	7.7	2	3	73.2	3.9	5.9	1	7
4	Browning Nagle B. Nagle	366	9/6/1992	NYJ	@	ATL	21	37	56.8	9.9	2	0	108.6	5.4	0.0	2	23
5	Jarrett Stidham J. Stidham	365	1/1/2023	LV	vs	SF	23	34	67.6	10.7	3	2	108.1	8.8	5.9	0	0
6	Steve Dils S. Dils	361	9/5/1981	MIN	@	TB	37	62	59.7	5.8	1	1	74.7	1.6	1.6	2	18
7	Don Meredith D. Meredith	358	9/18/1966	DAL	vs	NYG	14	24	58.3	14.9	5	0	142.4	20.8	0.0
8	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	349	9/11/1989	WAS	vs	NYG	22	32	68.8	10.9	2	1	112.6	6.3	3.1	1	4
9	Todd Bouman T. Bouman	348	12/9/2001	MIN	vs	TEN	21	31	67.7	11.2	4	1	131.5	12.9	3.2	0	0
10	Otto Graham O. Graham	346	9/16/1950	CLE	@	PHI	21	38	55.3	9.1	3	2	90.5	7.9	5.3
11	Scott Tolzien S. Tolzien	339	11/17/2013	GB	@	NYG	24	34	70.6	10.0	0	3	65.7	0.0	8.8	0	0
12	Daniel Jones D. Jones	336	9/22/2019	NYG	@	TB	23	36	63.9	9.3	2	0	112.7	5.6	0.0	5	24
13	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
14	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	334	9/15/1963	CLE	vs	WAS	21	31	67.7	10.8	2	2	98.1	6.5	6.5
15	Bobby Layne B. Layne	333	11/6/1949	NYB	@	NYG	23	39	59.0	8.5	2	1	93.2	5.1	2.6
16	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
17	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	329	12/16/2012	WAS	@	CLE	26	37	70.3	8.9	2	1	104.4	5.4	2.7	2	21
18	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	327	10/9/2022	PIT	@	BUF	34	52	65.4	6.3	0	1	74.8	0.0	1.9	3	17
19	Cooper Rush C. Rush	325	10/31/2021	DAL	@	MIN	24	40	60.0	8.1	2	1	92.2	5.0	2.5	3	19
20	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	324	9/4/1988	TB	vs	PHI	21	45	46.7	7.2	2	5	46.2	4.4	11.1	1	5
21	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
22	Patrick Ramsey P. Ramsey	320	10/13/2002	WAS	vs	NO	21	43	48.8	7.4	1	4	42.8	2.3	9.3	7	56
23	Teddy Bridgewater T. Bridgewater	317	9/28/2014	MIN	vs	ATL	19	30	63.3	10.6	0	0	98.9	0.0	0.0	0	0
24	Jay Fiedler J. Fiedler	317	1/2/2000	JAX	vs	CIN	28	39	71.8	8.1	1	0	104.3	2.6	0.0	2	12
25	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	316	11/27/2016	CHI	vs	TEN	28	54	51.9	5.9	3	2	72.8	5.6	3.7	0	0

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