most passing yards ever by a browns player in week 1

Brian Sipe has the most passing yards for the Browns in a Week-1 game, with 375 yards against the San Diego Chargers on September 7, 1981.

NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
375
9/7/1981
vs
31
57
54.4
6.6
2
2
71.9
3.5
3.5
2
9
2Otto Graham
O. Graham
346
9/16/1950
@
21
38
55.3
9.1
3
2
90.5
7.9
5.3
3Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
334
9/15/1963
vs
21
31
67.7
10.8
2
2
98.1
6.5
6.5
4Milt Plum
M. Plum
329
9/17/1961
@
18
30
60.0
11.0
2
1
106.1
6.7
3.3
5Kelly Holcomb
K. Holcomb
326
9/8/2002
vs
27
39
69.2
8.4
3
0
120.2
7.7
0.0
1
7
6Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
321
9/12/2021
@
21
28
75.0
11.5
0
1
97.5
0.0
3.6
2
17
7Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
314
9/13/1987
@
28
39
71.8
8.1
2
1
101.9
5.1
2.6
4
20
8Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
302
9/2/1979
@
21
36
58.3
8.4
2
3
69.4
5.6
8.3
9Otto Graham
O. Graham
292
9/27/1953
@
18
24
75.0
12.2
0
1
97.9
0.0
4.2
10Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
290
9/7/2025
vs
31
45
68.9
6.4
1
2
75.2
2.2
4.4
2
12
11Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
289
9/8/2013
vs
26
53
49.1
5.5
1
3
48.4
1.9
5.7
6
45
12Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
289
9/7/1986
@
23
40
57.5
7.2
1
1
78.0
2.5
2.5
1
9
13Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
285
9/8/2019
vs
25
38
65.8
7.5
1
3
64.0
2.6
7.9
5
41
14Trent Dilfer
T. Dilfer
278
9/11/2005
vs
26
43
60.5
6.5
1
2
67.8
2.3
4.7
0
0
15Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
254
9/3/1995
@
20
29
69.0
8.8
2
1
104.7
6.9
3.4
3
13
16Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
254
9/19/1971
vs
17
31
54.8
8.2
1
1
79.2
3.2
3.2
17Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
249
9/1/1991
vs
22
31
71.0
8.0
1
0
105.4
3.2
0.0
1
6
18Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
239
9/17/1967
vs
17
37
45.9
6.5
1
3
42.5
2.7
8.1
19Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
233
9/7/1980
@
22
35
62.9
6.7
2
0
101.3
5.7
0.0
20Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
227
9/12/2010
@
20
37
54.1
6.1
1
2
59.2
2.7
5.4
0
0
21Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
223
9/4/1983
vs
20
33
60.6
6.8
3
2
85.8
9.1
6.1
4
37
22DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
222
9/10/2017
vs
20
30
66.7
7.4
1
1
85.7
3.3
3.3
7
42
23Brian Hoyer
B. Hoyer
222
9/7/2014
@
18
30
60.0
7.4
1
0
94.0
3.3
0.0
3
24
24Otto Graham
O. Graham
222
9/30/1951
@
18
30
60.0
7.4
1
2
66.3
3.3
6.7
25Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
213
9/11/2011
vs
19
40
47.5
5.3
2
1
70.1
5.0
2.5
2
11
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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