most passing yards in a game by a rookie qb for the houston texans

C.J. Stroud has the most passing yards by a rookie Texans quarterback in a game, with 470 yards against the Buccaneers on November 5, 2023.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards in a regular-season game by a rookie qb for the houston texans
NAME YDS DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
470
11/5/2023
HOU HOU
vs
TB TB
30
42
71.4
11.2
5
0
147.8
11.9
0.0
3
27
2 Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
402
10/29/2017
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
19
30
63.3
13.4
4
3
106.9
13.3
10.0
5
35
3 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
384
9/17/2023
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
30
47
63.8
8.2
2
0
103.5
4.3
0.0
6
47
4 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
356
11/12/2023
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
23
39
59.0
9.1
1
1
87.1
2.6
2.6
1
0
5 Case Keenum
C. Keenum
350
11/3/2013
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
20
34
58.8
10.3
3
0
123.4
8.8
0.0
1
10
6 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
336
11/19/2023
HOU HOU
vs
ARI ARI
27
37
73.0
9.1
2
3
85.0
5.4
8.1
3
29
7 Davis Mills
D. Mills
331
12/12/2021
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
33
49
67.3
6.8
1
0
93.2
2.0
0.0
2
14
8 Davis Mills
D. Mills
312
10/10/2021
HOU HOU
vs
NE NE
21
29
72.4
10.8
3
0
141.7
10.3
0.0
3
19
9 Davis Mills
D. Mills
310
10/31/2021
HOU HOU
vs
LAR LAR
29
38
76.3
8.2
2
1
106.3
5.3
2.6
5
31
10 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
306
10/1/2023
HOU HOU
vs
PIT PIT
16
30
53.3
10.2
2
0
111.3
6.7
0.0
0
0
11 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
304
11/26/2023
HOU HOU
vs
JAX JAX
26
36
72.2
8.4
2
0
116.0
5.6
0.0
4
43
12 Davis Mills
D. Mills
301
1/9/2022
HOU HOU
vs
TEN TEN
23
33
69.7
9.1
3
0
128.5
9.1
0.0
2
12
13 Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
301
9/24/2017
HOU HOU
@
NE NE
22
33
66.7
9.1
2
2
90.6
6.1
6.1
2
9
14 T.J. Yates
T.J. Yates
300
12/11/2011
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
26
44
59.1
6.8
2
1
85.4
4.5
2.3
5
32
15 Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
283
10/1/2017
HOU HOU
vs
TEN TEN
25
34
73.5
8.3
4
1
125.0
11.8
2.9
1
3
16 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
280
9/24/2023
HOU HOU
@
JAX JAX
20
30
66.7
9.3
2
0
118.8
6.7
0.0
0
0
17 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
274
12/3/2023
HOU HOU
vs
DEN DEN
16
27
59.3
10.1
1
0
106.1
3.7
0.0
5
28
18 Case Keenum
C. Keenum
272
12/1/2013
HOU HOU
vs
NE NE
15
30
50.0
9.1
0
1
67.6
0.0
3.3
1
8
19 Case Keenum
C. Keenum
271
10/20/2013
HOU HOU
@
KC KC
15
25
60.0
10.8
1
0
110.6
4.0
0.0
5
50
20 David Carr
D. Carr
267
10/20/2002
HOU HOU
@
CLE CLE
22
36
61.1
7.4
1
0
93.2
2.8
0.0
8
41
21 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
264
1/6/2024
HOU HOU
@
IND IND
20
26
76.9
10.2
2
0
134.1
7.7
0.0
2
18
22 Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
261
10/8/2017
HOU HOU
vs
KC KC
16
31
51.6
8.4
5
0
119.8
16.1
0.0
3
13
23 Davis Mills
D. Mills
254
12/26/2021
HOU HOU
vs
LAC LAC
21
27
77.8
9.4
2
0
130.6
7.4
0.0
1
6
24 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
249
10/8/2023
HOU HOU
@
ATL ATL
20
35
57.1
7.1
1
0
88.9
2.9
0.0
0
0
25 Davis Mills
D. Mills
243
10/17/2021
HOU HOU
@
IND IND
29
43
67.4
5.7
0
2
62.5
0.0
4.7
2
14
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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PPG

16.0

29th

OPP PPG

12.8

1st

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103.5

23rd

PASS YDS/G

208.0

22nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
Texans Texans
1
3
0
.250
Titans Titans
0
4
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
10:00 PM
Sun
10/26
SF SF
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
JAX JAX
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Last Game
HOU Texans

1 - 3 - 0

26

Final

0

TEN Titans

0 - 4 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM