most passing yards in a game vs cowboys

Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards in a game against the Cowboys, with 488 yards on October 27, 2013.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in a regular-season game vs cowboys
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
488
10/27/2013
vs
33
48
68.8
10.2
1
2
91.3
2.1
4.2
1
8
2Billy Wade
B. Wade
466
11/18/1962
@
28
46
60.9
10.1
2
2
91.4
4.3
4.3
3Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
465
11/15/1998
vs
31
56
55.4
8.3
3
1
93.2
5.4
1.8
3
17
4Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
450
9/14/2025
@
30
41
73.2
11.0
3
1
123.0
7.3
2.4
3
28
5Eli Manning
E. Manning
450
9/8/2013
@
27
42
64.3
10.7
4
3
102.3
9.5
7.1
3
22
6Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
449
11/24/2016
@
41
53
77.4
8.5
3
0
120.7
5.7
0.0
0
0
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
446
12/23/2012
@
37
53
69.8
8.4
3
0
114.2
5.7
0.0
0
0
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
434
11/23/2017
@
27
33
81.8
13.2
3
0
149.1
9.1
0.0
0
0
9Warren Moon
W. Moon
432
11/10/1991
vs
41
56
73.2
7.7
0
0
95.2
0.0
0.0
2
7
10Phil Simms
P. Simms
432
10/6/1985
vs
18
36
50.0
12.0
3
2
98.4
8.3
5.6
4
29
11Peyton Manning
P. Manning
414
10/6/2013
@
33
42
78.6
9.9
4
1
129.6
9.5
2.4
0
0
12Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
414
12/6/2004
vs
28
40
70.0
10.4
3
0
128.5
7.5
0.0
2
16
13Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
411
11/28/1965
vs
26
43
60.5
9.6
3
2
96.2
7.0
4.7
14Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
408
11/13/2016
vs
37
46
80.4
8.9
3
0
125.4
6.5
0.0
1
8
15David Woodley
D. Woodley
408
10/25/1981
@
21
37
56.8
11.0
3
5
82.8
8.1
13.5
3
27
16Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
401
9/29/2013
vs
35
42
83.3
9.5
3
1
120.3
7.1
2.4
1
7
17Eli Manning
E. Manning
400
12/11/2011
@
27
47
57.4
8.5
2
1
90.7
4.3
2.1
0
0
18Drew Brees
D. Brees
392
11/10/2013
vs
34
41
82.9
9.6
4
0
139.0
9.8
0.0
1
9
19Tom Brady
T. Brady
388
10/14/2007
@
31
46
67.4
8.4
5
0
129.6
10.9
0.0
3
15
20Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
388
11/11/1984
vs
27
52
51.9
7.5
2
2
73.2
3.8
3.8
5
31
21Drew Brees
D. Brees
384
12/10/2006
@
26
38
68.4
10.1
5
0
140.8
13.2
0.0
1
7
22Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
383
9/20/1992
@
28
43
65.1
8.9
1
0
101.2
2.3
0.0
2
12
23Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
382
9/12/1999
vs
20
33
60.6
11.6
2
0
121.0
6.1
0.0
2
13
24Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
380
10/20/1985
vs
22
35
62.9
10.9
1
0
109.2
2.9
0.0
4
33
25Tom Brady
T. Brady
379
9/9/2021
vs
32
50
64.0
7.6
4
2
97.0
8.0
4.0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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