most passing yards by a rookie qb in a season bills

Jim Kelly has the most passing yards by a rookie Bills quarterback, with 3,593 yards in 1986.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3,593
1986
BUF BUF
16
285
480
59.4
7.5
224.6
22
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
2 Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
2,507
1970
BUF BUF
14
178
321
55.5
7.8
179.1
10
20
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
3 Josh Allen
J. Allen
2,074
2018
BUF BUF
12
169
320
52.8
6.5
172.8
10
12
67.9
3.1
3.8
28
213
4 EJ Manuel
EJ Manuel
1,972
2013
BUF BUF
10
180
306
58.8
6.4
197.2
11
9
77.7
3.6
2.9
28
159
5 Trent Edwards
T. Edwards
1,630
2007
BUF BUF
10
151
269
56.1
6.1
163.0
7
8
70.4
2.6
3.0
12
105
6 Johnny Green
J. Green
1,267
1960
BUF BUF
10
89
228
39.0
5.6
126.7
10
10
54.1
4.4
4.4
7 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
939
1973
BUF BUF
14
73
164
44.5
5.7
67.1
4
10
45.8
2.4
6.1
20
164
8 Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
917
1968
BUF BUF
11
92
215
42.8
4.3
83.4
3
14
33.0
1.4
6.5
9 Jeff Tuel
J. Tuel
309
2013
BUF BUF
2
26
59
44.1
5.2
154.5
1
3
45.1
1.7
5.1
2
11
10 James Harris
J. Harris
270
1969
BUF BUF
4
15
36
41.7
7.5
67.5
1
1
65.7
2.8
2.8
9
70
11 Nathan Peterman
N. Peterman
252
2017
BUF BUF
4
24
49
49.0
5.1
63.0
2
5
38.4
4.1
10.2
1
5
12 Brian McClure
B. McClure
181
1987
BUF BUF
1
20
38
52.6
4.8
181.0
0
3
32.9
0.0
7.9
2
17
13 Willie Totten
W. Totten
155
1987
BUF BUF
2
13
33
39.4
4.7
77.5
2
2
49.4
6.1
6.1
5
62
14 Brian Brohm
B. Brohm
146
2009
BUF BUF
2
17
29
58.6
5.0
73.0
0
2
43.2
0.0
6.9
2
8
15 Gary Marangi
G. Marangi
140
1974
BUF BUF
3
9
18
50.0
7.8
46.7
2
3
73.6
11.1
16.7
1
1
16 Todd Collins
T. Collins
112
1995
BUF BUF
7
14
29
48.3
3.9
16.0
0
1
44.0
0.0
3.4
6
43
17 Alex Van Pelt
A. Van Pelt
106
1995
BUF BUF
1
10
18
55.6
5.9
106.0
2
0
110.0
11.1
0.0
0
0
18 Cardale Jones
C. Jones
96
2016
BUF BUF
1
6
11
54.5
8.7
96.0
0
1
46.0
0.0
9.1
1
2
19 Bob Brodhead
B. Brodhead
75
1960
BUF BUF
4
7
25
28.0
3.0
18.8
0
3
0.0
0.0
12.0
20 J.P. Losman
J.P. Losman
32
2004
BUF BUF
4
3
5
60.0
6.4
8.0
0
1
39.2
0.0
20.0
1
0
21 Levi Brown
L. Brown
24
2010
BUF BUF
1
2
3
66.7
8.0
24.0
0
1
51.4
0.0
33.3
0
0
22 Frank Reich
F. Reich
19
1985
BUF BUF
1
1
1
100.0
19.0
19.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
23 Mark Miller
M. Miller
9
1987
BUF BUF
1
1
3
33.3
3.0
9.0
0
1
2.8
0.0
33.3
0
0
24 Benny Russell
B. Russell
3
1968
BUF BUF
1
1
2
50.0
1.5
3.0
0
0
56.3
0.0
0.0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

30.5

2nd

OPP PPG

20.6

8th

RUSH YDS/G

125.7

11th

PASS YDS/G

234.0

17th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
Patriots Patriots
3
10
0
.231
Jets Jets
3
10
0
.231
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
NYJ NYJ
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
12/15
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Last Game
LAR Rams

7 - 6 - 0

44

Final

42

BUF Bills

10 - 3 - 0

Sun 8 Dec 2024

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
8
6
0
.571
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
12/11
LAR LAR
@
SF SF
12-6
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
TB TB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM