Between January 1, 1920 and September 12, 2011, Cam Newton had the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in his first game, with 422 yards against the Cardinals on September 11, 2011.
| NAME | YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 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 |  | 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 |
| 3 | | B. Waterfield | 329 | 11/22/1945 |  CLE | @ |  DET | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 15.7 | 2 | 3 | 93.9 | 9.5 | 14.3 | ||
| 4 | | C. LeForce | 317 | 11/16/1947 | DET | vs | WAS | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 13.2 | 3 | 2 | 111.1 | 12.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 5 |  | R. Fitzpatrick | 310 | 11/27/2005 |  STL | @ |  HOU | 19 | 30 | 63.3 | 10.3 | 3 | 1 | 117.4 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | | M. Rypien | 303 | 9/25/1988 | WAS | @ |  PHX | 26 | 41 | 63.4 | 7.4 | 3 | 1 | 99.9 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 |  | 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 |
| 8 | | D. Wood | 294 | 9/23/1962 |  SD | vs |  HOU | 16 | 33 | 48.5 | 8.9 | 2 | 1 | 87.2 | 6.1 | 3.0 | ||
| 9 |  | 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 |
| 10 | | J. Zorn | 292 | 9/12/1976 |  SEA | vs | STL | 17 | 37 | 45.9 | 7.9 | 2 | 2 | 68.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 11 | | C. McCoy | 281 | 10/17/2010 |  CLE | @ |  PIT | 23 | 33 | 69.7 | 8.5 | 1 | 2 | 80.5 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 5 | 23 |
| 12 | | J. Delhomme | 278 | 12/24/1999 |  NO | vs |  DAL | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 10.3 | 2 | 1 | 103.6 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | | M. Sanchez | 272 | 9/13/2009 |  NYJ | @ | HOU | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 8.8 | 1 | 1 | 84.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | P. Ramsey | 268 | 10/6/2002 | WAS | @ | TEN | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 7.9 | 2 | 0 | 103.6 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | | B. Pease | 260 | 10/4/1987 |  HOU | @ |  DEN | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 10.4 | 1 | 0 | 108.8 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | S. Halloran | 258 | 10/4/1987 | STL | @ | WAS | 16 | 35 | 45.7 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 70.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 27 |
| 17 |  | S. Bradford | 253 | 9/12/2010 | STL | vs | ARI | 32 | 55 | 58.2 | 4.6 | 1 | 3 | 53.1 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 2 | 13 |
| 18 | | F. Tarkenton | 250 | 9/17/1961 |  MIN | vs |  CHI | 17 | 23 | 73.9 | 10.9 | 4 | 0 | 148.6 | 17.4 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 |  | C. Palmer | 248 | 9/12/2004 |  CIN | @ | NYJ | 18 | 27 | 66.7 | 9.2 | 2 | 1 | 105.2 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 1 | 10 |
| 20 | | T. Marinovich | 243 | 12/22/1991 |  RAI | vs |  KC | 23 | 40 | 57.5 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 100.3 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | | M. Herrmann | 233 | 12/26/1982 | DEN | @ | RAI | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 8.3 | 1 | 3 | 50.7 | 3.6 | 10.7 | 4 | 48 |
| 22 | | T. Flores | 232 | 9/11/1960 | OAK | vs | HOU | 13 | 32 | 40.6 | 7.3 | 2 | 0 | 87.0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | | G. Landry | 231 | 9/15/1968 | DET | @ | DAL | 15 | 31 | 48.4 | 7.5 | 2 | 4 | 55.4 | 6.5 | 12.9 | ||
| 24 | | O. Luck | 229 | 11/6/1983 | HOU | vs | CIN | 24 | 41 | 58.5 | 5.6 | 1 | 2 | 61.9 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 3 | 37 |
| 25 | | S. Wyche | 228 | 11/3/1968 | CIN | vs | HOU | 20 | 25 | 80.0 | 9.1 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | ||
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.
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| Panthers | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 |
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| Saints | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 |
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