most passing yards in a season 1920 to 1937

From 1920 through 1937, Arnie Herber had the most passing yards in a season, with 1,239 yards in 1936.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Arnie Herber A. Herber	1,239	1936	GB	12	77	173	44.5	7.2	103.3	11	13	58.9	6.4	7.5
2	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	1,127	1937	WAS	11	81	171	47.4	6.6	102.5	8	14	50.5	4.7	8.2
3	Harry Newman H. Newman	973	1933	NYG	14	53	136	39.0	7.2	69.5	11	17	51.7	8.1	12.5
4	Ed Matesic E. Matesic	850	1936	PIT	12	64	138	46.4	6.2	70.8	4	16	36.5	2.9	11.6
5	Pat Coffee P. Coffee	824	1937	CHC	9	52	119	43.7	6.9	91.6	4	11	40.0	3.4	9.2
6	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	814	1937	NYG	11	66	134	49.3	6.1	74.0	8	5	72.8	6.0	3.7
7	Arnie Herber A. Herber	799	1934	GB	11	42	115	36.5	6.9	72.6	8	12	45.1	7.0	10.4
8	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	794	1935	NYG	12	57	113	50.4	7.0	66.2	10	9	69.7	8.8	8.0
9	Glenn Presnell G. Presnell	774	1933	POR	11	50	125	40.0	6.2	70.4	6	12	37.6	4.8	9.6
10	Arnie Herber A. Herber	729	1935	GB	11	40	109	36.7	6.7	66.3	8	14	45.4	7.3	12.8
11	Arnie Herber A. Herber	684	1937	GB	9	47	104	45.2	6.6	76.0	7	10	50.0	6.7	9.6
12	Phil Sarboe P. Sarboe	680	1936	TOT	11	47	114	41.2	6.0	61.8	3	13	30.5	2.6	11.4
13	Arnie Herber A. Herber	656	1933	GB	11	50	124	40.3	5.3	59.6	3	12	26.2	2.4	9.7
14	Arnie Herber A. Herber	639	1932	GB	14	37	101	36.6	6.3	45.6	9	9	51.5	8.9	8.9
15	Bernie Masterson B. Masterson	615	1937	CHB	10	26	72	36.1	8.5	61.5	9	7	67.8	12.5	9.7
16	Benny Friedman B. Friedman	594	1933	BKN	7	42	80	52.5	7.4	84.9	5	7	61.1	6.3	8.8
17	Bob Monnett B. Monnett	580	1937	GB	10	37	73	50.7	7.9	58.0	8	8	74.4	11.0	11.0
18	Pug Vaughan P. Vaughan	546	1936	CHC	12	30	79	38.0	6.9	45.5	2	10	31.4	2.5	12.7
19	Johnny Gildea J. Gildea	529	1935	PIT	12	28	105	26.7	5.0	44.1	2	20	14.8	1.9	19.0
20	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	515	1936	NYG	12	47	104	45.2	5.0	42.9	5	10	36.8	4.8	9.6
21	Ace Parker A. Parker	514	1937	BKN	4	28	61	45.9	8.4	128.5	1	7	41.3	1.6	11.5
22	Warren Heller W. Heller	511	1934	PIT	12	31	112	27.7	4.6	42.6	2	15	12.5	1.8	13.4
23	Dutch Clark D. Clark	467	1936	DET	12	38	71	53.5	6.6	38.9	4	6	57.7	5.6	8.5
24	Chris Cagle C. Cagle	457	1933	BKN	10	31	74	41.9	6.2	45.7	2	10	32.2	2.7	13.5
25	Walt Holmer W. Holmer	449	1932	CHC	10	25	78	32.1	5.8	44.9	2	1	56.0	2.6	1.3

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