most passing yards in 1949

Johnny Lujack had the most passing yards in 1949, with 2,658 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in 1949
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
2,658
1949
12
162
312
51.9
8.5
221.5
23
22
76.0
7.4
7.1
2Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
2,168
1949
12
154
296
52.0
7.3
180.7
17
24
61.3
5.7
8.1
3Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
2,138
1949
12
152
305
49.8
7.0
178.2
17
20
64.1
5.6
6.6
4Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,903
1949
12
145
255
56.9
7.5
158.6
18
14
81.2
7.1
5.5
5Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,796
1949
12
155
299
51.8
6.0
149.7
9
18
55.3
3.0
6.0
6Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
1,727
1949
12
116
214
54.2
8.1
143.9
16
11
84.4
7.5
5.1
7Paul Christman
P. Christman
1,015
1949
12
75
151
49.7
6.7
84.6
11
13
59.9
7.3
8.6
8Jug Girard
J. Girard
881
1949
12
62
175
35.4
5.0
73.4
4
12
31.6
2.3
6.9
9Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
869
1949
12
49
132
37.1
6.6
72.4
4
15
31.0
3.0
11.4
10Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
833
1949
6
62
145
42.8
5.7
138.8
9
14
42.8
6.2
9.7
11Fred Enke
F. Enke
793
1949
12
63
142
44.4
5.6
66.1
6
5
61.7
4.2
3.5
12Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
748
1949
12
63
150
42.0
5.0
62.3
10
13
44.0
6.7
8.7
13Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
665
1949
11
53
112
47.3
5.9
60.5
3
9
41.7
2.7
8.0
14Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
601
1949
8
32
58
55.2
10.4
75.1
6
2
111.4
10.3
3.4
15Joe Geri
J. Geri
554
1949
12
31
77
40.3
7.2
46.2
5
5
60.2
6.5
6.5
16Stan Heath
S. Heath
355
1949
12
26
106
24.5
3.3
29.6
1
14
4.6
0.9
13.2
17Bobby Gage
B. Gage
329
1949
12
17
36
47.2
9.1
27.4
2
4
58.4
5.6
11.1
18Jim Finks
J. Finks
322
1949
11
24
71
33.8
4.5
29.3
2
8
19.0
2.8
11.3
19Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
200
1949
11
22
50
44.0
4.0
18.2
1
3
37.1
2.0
6.0
20George Blanda
G. Blanda
197
1949
12
9
21
42.9
9.4
16.4
0
5
37.3
0.0
23.8
21Bill Mackrides
B. Mackrides
182
1949
7
14
36
38.9
5.1
26.0
2
2
50.9
5.6
5.6
22John Rauch
J. Rauch
169
1949
9
11
25
44.0
6.8
18.8
1
3
40.7
4.0
12.0
23Don Samuel
D. Samuel
67
1949
5
7
21
33.3
3.2
13.4
0
1
23.3
0.0
4.8
24Bob DeMoss
B. DeMoss
60
1949
3
6
18
33.3
3.3
20.0
0
2
4.2
0.0
11.1
25Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
55
1949
12
3
16
18.8
3.4
4.6
0
3
1.8
0.0
18.8
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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