most passing yards by a rookie qb in a his first game

Cam Newton had the most passing yards by a rookie 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
2Ed Rubbert
E. Rubbert
334
10/4/1987
vs
14
24
58.3
13.9
3
1
125.0
12.5
4.2
0
0
3Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
332
9/12/2021
@
28
51
54.9
6.5
3
3
70.1
5.9
5.9
1
13
4Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
329
11/22/1945
@
12
21
57.1
15.7
2
3
93.9
9.5
14.3
5Robert 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
6Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
317
11/16/1947
vs
15
24
62.5
13.2
3
2
111.1
12.5
8.3
7Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
311
9/20/2020
vs
22
33
66.7
9.4
1
1
94.4
3.0
3.0
2
15
8Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
310
11/27/2005
@
19
30
63.3
10.3
3
1
117.4
10.0
3.3
5
22
9Andrew Luck
A. Luck
309
9/9/2012
@
23
45
51.1
6.9
1
3
52.9
2.2
6.7
3
16
10Kyler Murray
K. Murray
308
9/8/2019
vs
29
54
53.7
5.7
2
1
75.2
3.7
1.9
5
33
11Jake Luton
J. Luton
304
11/8/2020
vs
26
38
68.4
8.0
1
1
90.2
2.6
2.6
2
16
12Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
303
9/25/1988
@
26
41
63.4
7.4
3
1
99.9
7.3
2.4
4
21
13Peyton Manning
P. Manning
302
9/6/1998
vs
21
37
56.8
8.2
1
3
58.6
2.7
8.1
4
29
14Dick Wood
D. Wood
294
9/23/1962
vs
16
33
48.5
8.9
2
1
87.2
6.1
3.0
15Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
292
9/7/1986
vs
20
33
60.6
8.8
3
0
119.8
9.1
0.0
1
3
16Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
292
9/12/1976
vs
17
37
45.9
7.9
2
2
68.8
5.4
5.4
17Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
284
12/31/2017
@
22
35
62.9
8.1
0
1
76.4
0.0
2.9
2
15
18Mac Jones
M. Jones
281
9/12/2021
vs
29
39
74.4
7.2
1
0
102.6
2.6
0.0
1
13
19Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
281
10/17/2010
@
23
33
69.7
8.5
1
2
80.5
3.0
6.1
5
23
20David Blough
D. Blough
280
11/28/2019
vs
22
38
57.9
7.4
2
1
87.6
5.3
2.6
2
21
21Scott Tolzien
S. Tolzien
280
11/10/2013
vs
24
39
61.5
7.2
1
2
70.5
2.6
5.1
1
8
22Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
278
9/11/2016
vs
22
37
59.5
7.5
2
0
101.0
5.4
0.0
2
8
23Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
278
12/24/1999
vs
16
27
59.3
10.3
2
1
103.6
7.4
3.7
3
29
24Gardner Minshew
G. Minshew
275
9/8/2019
vs
22
25
88.0
11.0
2
1
122.5
8.0
4.0
1
3
25Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
272
9/13/2009
@
18
31
58.1
8.8
1
1
84.3
3.2
3.2
0
0
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

3,011

Young

Bryce Young

RUSH

1,076

Dowdle

Rico Dowdle

REC

1,014

McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan
Team Rankings

PPG

18.3

27th

OPP PPG

22.4

15th

RUSH YDS/G

116.3

19th

PASS YDS/G

194.4

27th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Panthers Panthers
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

8 - 9

14

Final

16

Sat 3 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

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
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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
.529
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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM