most passing yards in a single game by a rookie qb vs home brown

Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in a home game versus the Browns, with 422 yards on November 22, 2009.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards in a single regular-season game by a rookie qb vs home brown
NAME YDS DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
422
11/22/2009
DET DET
vs
CLE CLE
26
43
60.5
9.8
5
2
112.7
11.6
4.7
2
6
2 Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
406
10/25/2020
CIN CIN
vs
CLE CLE
35
47
74.5
8.6
3
1
112.5
6.4
2.1
4
35
3 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
315
12/7/1986
BUF BUF
vs
CLE CLE
20
39
51.3
8.1
2
0
95.6
5.1
0.0
2
7
4 Warren Moon
W. Moon
306
12/16/1984
HOU HOU
vs
CLE CLE
19
31
61.3
9.9
0
0
94.3
0.0
0.0
0
0
5 Bo Nix
B. Nix
294
12/2/2024
DEN DEN
vs
CLE CLE
18
35
51.4
8.4
1
2
65.7
2.9
5.7
0
0
6 T.J. Rubley
T.J. Rubley
294
12/26/1993
RAM RAM
vs
CLE CLE
24
32
75.0
9.2
1
2
87.2
3.1
6.3
1
7
7 John Elway
J. Elway
284
12/4/1983
DEN DEN
vs
CLE CLE
16
24
66.7
11.8
2
1
117.4
8.3
4.2
0
0
8 Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
278
9/11/2016
PHI PHI
vs
CLE CLE
22
37
59.5
7.5
2
0
101.0
5.4
0.0
2
8
9 Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
270
11/27/2011
CIN CIN
vs
CLE CLE
21
31
67.7
8.7
1
0
105.6
3.2
0.0
2
13
10 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
251
11/28/2004
CIN CIN
vs
CLE CLE
22
29
75.9
8.7
4
3
101.4
13.8
10.3
0
0
11 Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
238
10/6/2024
WAS WAS
vs
CLE CLE
14
25
56.0
9.5
1
1
85.1
4.0
4.0
3
17
12 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
231
10/10/2004
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
16
21
76.2
11.0
1
1
107.4
4.8
4.8
0
0
13 Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
225
10/15/2017
HOU HOU
vs
CLE CLE
17
29
58.6
7.8
3
1
103.4
10.3
3.4
1
8
14 Kyler Murray
K. Murray
219
12/15/2019
ARI ARI
vs
CLE CLE
19
25
76.0
8.8
1
1
98.6
4.0
4.0
0
0
15 Geno Smith
G. Smith
214
12/22/2013
NYJ NYJ
vs
CLE CLE
20
36
55.6
5.9
2
0
91.7
5.6
0.0
0
0
16 Devlin Hodges
D. Hodges
212
12/1/2019
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
14
21
66.7
10.1
1
1
95.7
4.8
4.8
1
13
17 Gary Wood
G. Wood
209
12/12/1964
NYG NYG
vs
CLE CLE
12
21
57.1
10.0
2
0
122.9
9.5
0.0
18 Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
208
11/2/1986
IND IND
vs
CLE CLE
20
42
47.6
5.0
1
0
70.3
2.4
0.0
7
49
19 Mac Jones
M. Jones
198
11/14/2021
NE NE
vs
CLE CLE
19
23
82.6
8.6
3
0
142.1
13.0
0.0
2
15
20 Luke Falk
L. Falk
198
9/16/2019
NYJ NYJ
vs
CLE CLE
20
25
80.0
7.9
0
0
99.7
0.0
0.0
2
15
21 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
197
11/29/1970
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
4
9
44.4
21.9
2
0
130.8
22.2
0.0
22 Kenny Pickett
K. Pickett
195
1/8/2023
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
13
29
44.8
6.7
1
0
79.0
3.4
0.0
1
6
23 Brandon Allen
B. Allen
193
11/3/2019
DEN DEN
vs
CLE CLE
12
20
60.0
9.7
2
0
125.6
10.0
0.0
3
18
24 Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
193
12/24/2017
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
14
23
60.9
8.4
0
0
87.8
0.0
0.0
5
32
25 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
186
10/21/2012
IND IND
vs
CLE CLE
16
29
55.2
6.4
0
0
74.8
0.0
0.0
3
13
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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PPG

34.8

1st

OPP PPG

22.4

17th

RUSH YDS/G

134.8

7th

PASS YDS/G

238.0

12th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Vikings Vikings
3
2
0
.600
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Last Game
CIN Bengals

2 - 3 - 0

24

Final

37

DET Lions

4 - 1 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

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)
Mon
10/6
KC KC
@
JAX JAX
8:15 PM
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM