most passing yards in a sunday night game vs an nfc team

Boomer Esiason has the most passing yards by a quarterback against an NFC team in a game on Sundays, with 522 yards against the Washington Redskins on November 10, 1996.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in a sunday night regular-season game vs an nfc team
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
522
11/10/1996
ARI ARI
@
WAS WAS
35
59
59.3
8.8
3
4
77.1
5.1
6.8
2
15
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
520
1/1/2012
DET DET
@
GB GB
36
59
61.0
8.8
5
2
103.8
8.5
3.4
2
18
3Jared Goff
J. Goff
517
9/29/2019
LAR LAR
vs
TB TB
45
68
66.2
7.6
2
3
80.3
2.9
4.4
2
27
4Derek Carr
D. Carr
513
10/30/2016
OAK OAK
@
TB TB
40
59
67.8
8.7
4
0
117.4
6.8
0.0
2
15
5Eli Manning
E. Manning
510
9/16/2012
NYG NYG
vs
TB TB
31
51
60.8
10.0
3
3
89.5
5.9
5.9
0
0
6Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
509
12/26/1982
RAM RAM
vs
CHI CHI
30
46
65.2
11.1
3
2
106.2
6.5
4.3
1
3
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
505
11/1/2015
NO NO
vs
NYG NYG
39
50
78.0
10.1
7
2
131.7
14.0
4.0
0
0
8Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
503
10/2/2016
ATL ATL
vs
CAR CAR
28
37
75.7
13.6
4
1
142.0
10.8
2.7
3
22
9Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
503
10/18/2015
SD SD
@
GB GB
43
65
66.2
7.7
2
0
99.7
3.1
0.0
3
15
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
503
12/20/2009
PIT PIT
vs
GB GB
29
46
63.0
10.9
3
0
121.9
6.5
0.0
5
31
11Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
499
10/31/2004
DEN DEN
vs
ATL ATL
31
55
56.4
9.1
4
3
88.4
7.3
5.5
0
0
12Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
497
9/19/2010
HOU HOU
@
WAS WAS
38
52
73.1
9.6
3
1
114.0
5.8
1.9
5
29
13Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
490
10/7/1990
CIN CIN
@
RAM RAM
31
45
68.9
10.9
3
0
127.1
6.7
0.0
1
7
14Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
490
11/2/1986
MIN MIN
@
WAS WAS
20
35
57.1
14.0
4
1
128.0
11.4
2.9
4
19
15Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
488
10/27/2013
DET DET
vs
DAL DAL
33
48
68.8
10.2
1
2
91.3
2.1
4.2
1
8
16Doug Williams
D. Williams
486
11/16/1980
TB TB
@
MIN MIN
30
55
54.5
8.8
4
2
93.4
7.3
3.6
17Kurt Warner
K. Warner
484
11/25/2007
ARI ARI
vs
SF SF
34
48
70.8
10.1
2
2
99.7
4.2
4.2
4
30
18Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
481
10/23/2022
CIN CIN
vs
ATL ATL
34
42
81.0
11.5
3
0
138.2
7.1
0.0
3
22
19Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
480
9/15/2013
GB GB
vs
WAS WAS
34
42
81.0
11.4
4
0
146.0
9.5
0.0
4
39
20Matt Flynn
M. Flynn
480
1/1/2012
GB GB
vs
DET DET
31
44
70.5
10.9
6
1
136.4
13.6
2.3
3
11
21Peyton Manning
P. Manning
479
10/5/2014
DEN DEN
vs
ARI ARI
31
47
66.0
10.2
4
2
110.2
8.5
4.3
1
3
22Joe Montana
J. Montana
476
10/14/1990
SF SF
@
ATL ATL
32
49
65.3
9.7
6
2
119.6
12.2
4.1
4
34
23Tommy Maddox
T. Maddox
473
11/10/2002
PIT PIT
vs
ATL ATL
28
41
68.3
11.5
4
1
129.4
9.8
2.4
2
10
24Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
472
9/27/2020
DAL DAL
@
SEA SEA
37
57
64.9
8.3
3
2
93.6
5.3
3.5
2
11
25Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
471
12/26/1999
WAS WAS
@
SF SF
32
47
68.1
10.0
2
1
105.9
4.3
2.1
3
17
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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NO NO
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MIA MIA
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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