most passing yards in a game by saftey

Jim Finks has the most passing yards by a defensive back in a game, with 201 yards against the Washington Redskins on December 16, 1951.

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  • Assumption:All-time
  • Data note: Passing Yards: player game data may be incomplete before 1950
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jim Finks
J. Finks
201
12/16/1951
@
14
24
58.3
8.4
1
1
82.1
4.2
4.2
2John Roach
J. Roach
150
10/25/1959
vs
9
22
40.9
6.8
1
3
40.2
4.5
13.6
3Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
148
10/7/1951
vs
13
25
52.0
5.9
1
3
43.8
4.0
12.0
4Ed Brown
E. Brown
130
12/5/1954
@
4
7
57.1
18.6
1
0
141.4
14.3
0.0
5Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
116
10/14/1951
@
8
14
57.1
8.3
0
1
54.5
0.0
7.1
6John Roach
J. Roach
113
10/18/1959
@
6
16
37.5
7.1
1
1
57.6
6.3
6.3
7Bobby Gage
B. Gage
110
9/24/1950
@
8
22
36.4
5.0
1
0
68.4
4.5
0.0
8Tom Landry
T. Landry
108
11/30/1952
@
4
25
16.0
4.3
1
4
18.8
4.0
16.0
9Jim Powers
J. Powers
108
10/8/1950
@
9
20
45.0
5.4
0
2
22.5
0.0
10.0
10Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
99
9/30/1951
@
7
18
38.9
5.5
0
0
57.4
0.0
0.0
11George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
96
12/16/1951
vs
2
13
15.4
7.4
0
2
18.3
0.0
15.4
12George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
83
11/18/1951
@
3
5
60.0
16.6
1
0
143.8
20.0
0.0
13Shorty McWilliams
S. McWilliams
74
9/17/1950
vs
2
3
66.7
24.7
0
1
70.1
0.0
33.3
14Bobby Gage
B. Gage
67
10/29/1950
@
5
13
38.5
5.2
0
3
16.0
0.0
23.1
15Kevin Byard III
K. Byard III
66
9/16/2018
vs
1
1
100.0
66.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
16John Roach
J. Roach
66
12/6/1959
@
6
15
40.0
4.4
0
0
53.8
0.0
0.0
17Ed Brown
E. Brown
66
10/31/1954
@
1
1
100.0
66.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
18Tom Landry
T. Landry
64
12/7/1952
vs
7
22
31.8
2.9
0
3
1.5
0.0
13.6
19Bobby Gage
B. Gage
61
10/22/1950
vs
3
7
42.9
8.7
0
1
34.5
0.0
14.3
20Bobby Luna
B. Luna
55
12/6/1959
@
1
1
100.0
55.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
21Cliff Lewis
C. Lewis
49
10/14/1951
vs
3
4
75.0
12.3
1
0
155.2
25.0
0.0
22George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
47
11/4/1951
@
3
6
50.0
7.8
0
0
76.4
0.0
0.0
23Robert Golden
R. Golden
44
10/22/2017
vs
1
1
100.0
44.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
24Tony Dungy
T. Dungy
43
10/9/1977
@
3
8
37.5
5.4
0
2
16.1
0.0
25.0
25Bill Stits
B. Stits
41
10/1/1955
@
1
1
100.0
41.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0

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