most passing yards in a rookie quarterbacks first game

C.J. Stroud had 470 passing yards in his rookie season against the Buccaneers on November 5, 2023.

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	C.J. Stroud	470	11/5/2023	HOU	vs	TB	30	42	71.4	11.2	5	0	147.8	11.9	0.0	3	27
2	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	453	11/10/2002	STL	vs	SD	36	48	75.0	9.4	4	0	131.7	8.3	0.0	0	0
3	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	441	12/3/2000	NO	vs	DEN	30	48	62.5	9.2	2	2	89.0	4.2	4.2	3	16
4	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	437	12/5/1999	SF	@	CIN	33	49	67.3	8.9	3	1	107.3	6.1	2.0	0	0
5	Kellen Moore K. Moore	435	1/3/2016	DAL	vs	WAS	33	48	68.8	9.1	3	2	100.6	6.3	4.2	4	23
6	Andrew Luck A. Luck	433	11/4/2012	IND	vs	MIA	30	48	62.5	9.0	2	0	105.6	4.2	0.0	1	14
7	Cam Newton C. Newton	432	9/18/2011	CAR	vs	GB	28	46	60.9	9.4	1	3	72.0	2.2	6.5	4	28
8	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	431	9/30/2012	MIA	@	ARI	26	41	63.4	10.5	1	2	86.5	2.4	4.9	4	37
9	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	422	11/22/2009	DET	vs	CLE	26	43	60.5	9.8	5	2	112.7	11.6	4.7	2	6
10	Cam Newton C. Newton	422	9/11/2011	CAR	@	ARI	24	37	64.9	11.4	2	1	110.4	5.4	2.7	4	19
11	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	414	12/2/2018	SF	@	SEA	30	48	62.5	8.6	2	1	95.3	4.2	2.1	3	28
12	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	406	10/25/2020	CIN	vs	CLE	35	47	74.5	8.6	3	1	112.5	6.4	2.1	4	35
13	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	405	11/26/2006	ARI	@	MIN	31	51	60.8	7.9	1	2	76.0	2.0	3.9	1	10
14	Mike White M. White	405	10/31/2021	NYJ	vs	CIN	37	45	82.2	9.0	3	2	107.9	6.7	4.4	2	8
15	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	402	10/29/2017	HOU	@	SEA	19	30	63.3	13.4	4	3	106.9	13.3	10.0	5	35
16	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	397	12/2/2018	CLE	@	HOU	29	43	67.4	9.2	1	3	75.4	2.3	7.0	0	0
17	Andrew Luck A. Luck	391	12/2/2012	IND	@	DET	24	54	44.4	7.2	4	3	70.8	7.4	5.6	2	19
18	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	388	11/16/1997	ARI	@	NYG	22	33	66.7	11.8	1	2	91.5	3.0	6.1	8	38
19	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	385	1/13/2013	SEA	@	ATL	24	36	66.7	10.7	2	1	109.1	5.6	2.8	2	17
20	C.J. Stroud	384	9/17/2023	HOU	vs	IND	30	47	63.8	8.2	2	0	103.5	4.3	0.0	6	47
21	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	382	12/5/2004	CIN	@	BAL	29	36	80.6	10.6	3	1	127.1	8.3	2.8	3	27
22	Christian Ponder C. Ponder	381	12/4/2011	MIN	vs	DEN	29	47	61.7	8.1	3	2	90.8	6.4	4.3	3	29
23	Nick Foles N. Foles	381	12/9/2012	PHI	@	TB	32	51	62.7	7.5	2	0	98.6	3.9	0.0	6	43
24	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	379	11/12/1989	DAL	@	PHX	21	40	52.5	9.5	2	2	81.1	5.0	5.0	1	12
25	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	376	12/30/2018	CLE	@	BAL	23	42	54.8	9.0	3	3	79.1	7.1	7.1	0	0

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