Christian Ponder has the most passing yards by a Vikings rookie in a game, with 381 yards against the Broncos on December 4, 2011.
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most passing yards by rookie in a regular-season game vikings| NAME | YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | C. Ponder | 381 | 12/4/2011 |  MIN | vs |  DEN | 29 | 47 | 61.7 | 8.1 | 3 | 2 | 90.8 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 3 | 29 |
| 2 | | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 | | T. Bridgewater | 315 | 12/14/2014 | MIN | @ |  DET | 31 | 41 | 75.6 | 7.7 | 1 | 2 | 84.9 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | | T. Bridgewater | 309 | 12/7/2014 | MIN | vs |  NYJ | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | 11.4 | 2 | 1 | 117.7 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | | J. Kapp | 281 | 10/8/1967 | MIN | vs |  STL | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 12.8 | 1 | 2 | 76.9 | 4.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 7 | | F. Tarkenton | 277 | 11/26/1961 | MIN | @ |  SF | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 11.5 | 2 | 1 | 116.1 | 8.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 8 | | T. Bridgewater | 268 | 11/2/2014 | MIN | vs |  WAS | 26 | 42 | 61.9 | 6.4 | 1 | 0 | 88.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | | T. Bridgewater | 259 | 12/21/2014 | MIN | @ |  MIA | 19 | 26 | 73.1 | 10.0 | 2 | 1 | 114.1 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | | F. Tarkenton | 252 | 12/3/1961 | MIN | vs |  LA | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | 8.4 | 4 | 1 | 121.1 | 13.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 11 | | F. Tarkenton | 250 | 9/17/1961 | MIN | vs |  CHI | 17 | 23 | 73.9 | 10.9 | 4 | 0 | 148.6 | 17.4 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | | T. Bouman | 243 | 12/16/2001 | MIN | @ | DET | 18 | 38 | 47.4 | 6.4 | 2 | 2 | 63.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | | T. Bridgewater | 241 | 10/26/2014 | MIN | @ |  TB | 24 | 42 | 57.1 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 81.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | | C. Ponder | 236 | 10/30/2011 | MIN | @ |  CAR | 18 | 28 | 64.3 | 8.4 | 1 | 0 | 102.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | | C. Ponder | 219 | 10/23/2011 | MIN | vs |  GB | 13 | 32 | 40.6 | 6.8 | 2 | 2 | 59.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | | T. Jackson | 213 | 12/31/2006 | MIN | vs |  STL | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 6.3 | 1 | 2 | 62.5 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 4 | 14 |
| 17 | | C. Ponder | 211 | 11/20/2011 | MIN | vs |  OAK | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 6.4 | 2 | 3 | 59.0 | 6.1 | 9.1 | 5 | 24 |
| 18 | | T. Bridgewater | 210 | 11/23/2014 | MIN | vs | GB | 21 | 37 | 56.8 | 5.7 | 2 | 1 | 79.8 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 2 | 14 |
| 19 | | T. Bridgewater | 209 | 12/28/2014 | MIN | vs | CHI | 17 | 25 | 68.0 | 8.4 | 1 | 1 | 90.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 19 |
| 20 | | J. Kapp | 202 | 10/22/1967 | MIN | vs |  BAL | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 99.1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | | T. Bouman | 200 | 12/2/2001 | MIN | @ |  PIT | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 13.3 | 2 | 1 | 127.1 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | J. Webb | 195 | 12/28/2010 | MIN | @ |  PHI | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 87.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 19 |
| 23 | | C. Ponder | 190 | 11/14/2011 | MIN | @ | GB | 16 | 34 | 47.1 | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 52.3 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3 | 28 |
| 24 | | T. Bridgewater | 188 | 10/12/2014 | MIN | vs | DET | 23 | 37 | 62.2 | 5.1 | 0 | 3 | 41.3 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 8 | 45 |
| 25 | | T. Kramer | 188 | 12/4/1977 | MIN | vs | SF | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 14.5 | 3 | 0 | 151.4 | 23.1 | 0.0 | ||
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