most passing yards by a rookie qb in a week 1 game

Cam Newton has the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in a Week-1 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 Cam Newton
C. Newton
422
9/11/2011
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
24
37
64.9
11.4
2
1
110.4
5.4
2.7
4
19
2 Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
332
9/12/2021
JAX JAX
@
HOU HOU
28
51
54.9
6.5
3
3
70.1
5.9
5.9
1
13
3 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
320
9/9/2012
WAS WAS
@
NO NO
19
26
73.1
12.3
2
0
139.9
7.7
0.0
2
14
4 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
309
9/9/2012
IND IND
@
CHI CHI
23
45
51.1
6.9
1
3
52.9
2.2
6.7
3
16
5 Kyler Murray
K. Murray
308
9/8/2019
ARI ARI
vs
DET DET
29
54
53.7
5.7
2
1
75.2
3.7
1.9
5
33
6 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
302
9/6/1998
IND IND
vs
MIA MIA
21
37
56.8
8.2
1
3
58.6
2.7
8.1
4
29
7 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
292
9/7/1986
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
20
33
60.6
8.8
3
0
119.8
9.1
0.0
1
3
8 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
292
9/12/1976
SEA SEA
vs
STL STL
17
37
45.9
7.9
2
2
68.8
5.4
5.4
9 Mac Jones
M. Jones
281
9/12/2021
NE NE
vs
MIA MIA
29
39
74.4
7.2
1
0
102.6
2.6
0.0
1
13
10 Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
278
9/11/2016
PHI PHI
vs
CLE CLE
22
37
59.5
7.5
2
0
101.0
5.4
0.0
2
8
11 Gardner Minshew II
G. Minshew II
275
9/8/2019
JAX JAX
vs
KC KC
22
25
88.0
11.0
2
1
122.5
8.0
4.0
1
3
12 Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
272
9/13/2009
NYJ NYJ
@
HOU HOU
18
31
58.1
8.8
1
1
84.3
3.2
3.2
0
0
13 Zach Wilson
Z. Wilson
258
9/12/2021
NYJ NYJ
@
CAR CAR
20
37
54.1
7.0
2
1
82.9
5.4
2.7
6
51
14 Geno Smith
G. Smith
256
9/8/2013
NYJ NYJ
vs
TB TB
24
38
63.2
6.7
1
1
80.6
2.6
2.6
5
42
15 Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
253
9/12/2010
STL STL
vs
ARI ARI
32
55
58.2
4.6
1
3
53.1
1.8
5.5
2
13
16 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
250
9/17/1961
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
17
23
73.9
10.9
4
0
148.6
17.4
0.0
17 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
248
9/12/2004
CIN CIN
@
NYJ NYJ
18
27
66.7
9.2
2
1
105.2
7.4
3.7
1
10
18 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
242
9/10/2023
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
28
44
63.6
5.5
0
0
78.0
0.0
0.0
5
46
19 Tom Flores
T. Flores
232
9/11/1960
OAK OAK
vs
HOU HOU
13
32
40.6
7.3
2
0
87.0
6.3
0.0
20 Greg Landry
G. Landry
231
9/15/1968
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
15
31
48.4
7.5
2
4
55.4
6.5
12.9
21 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
227
9/11/2016
DAL DAL
vs
NYG NYG
25
45
55.6
5.0
0
0
69.4
0.0
0.0
0
0
22 Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
223
9/10/2023
IND IND
vs
JAX JAX
24
37
64.9
6.0
1
1
79.0
2.7
2.7
4
8
23 Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
223
9/9/2001
CAR CAR
@
MIN MIN
13
22
59.1
10.1
1
1
89.8
4.5
4.5
2
23
24 DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
222
9/10/2017
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
20
30
66.7
7.4
1
1
85.7
3.3
3.3
7
42
25 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
220
9/21/1969
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
7
15
46.7
14.7
1
0
115.3
6.7
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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10
7
0
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Falcons Falcons
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9
0
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12
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Eagles Eagles
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3
0
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Commanders Commanders
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5
0
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Lions Lions
15
2
0
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Vikings Vikings
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3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
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9
0
.471
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Rams Rams
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4
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9
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Ravens Ravens
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5
0
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Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647