most passing yards in one game in 1996

Boomer Esiason had the most passing yards in a game in 1996, with 522 yards against the Washington Redskins on November 10, 1996.

NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
522
11/10/1996
@
35
59
59.3
8.8
3
4
77.1
5.1
6.8
2
15
2Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
432
9/22/1996
@
23
39
59.0
11.1
3
1
112.3
7.7
2.6
2
19
3Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
429
10/27/1996
vs
31
51
60.8
8.4
3
2
91.1
5.9
3.9
3
25
4Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
421
10/20/1996
@
37
52
71.2
8.1
0
5
55.5
0.0
9.6
2
1
5Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
419
11/3/1996
vs
30
41
73.2
10.2
3
2
109.7
7.3
4.9
1
10
6Brett Favre
B. Favre
395
10/14/1996
vs
28
61
45.9
6.5
1
2
59.1
1.6
3.3
2
17
7Steve Young
S. Young
393
12/8/1996
vs
27
41
65.9
9.6
3
2
101.0
7.3
4.9
5
18
8Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
373
10/27/1996
vs
32
45
71.1
8.3
1
0
103.3
2.2
0.0
2
15
9Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
367
11/24/1996
vs
24
43
55.8
8.5
3
0
107.4
7.0
0.0
3
27
10Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
366
11/24/1996
vs
31
50
62.0
7.3
0
0
84.3
0.0
0.0
1
10
11Kent Graham
K. Graham
366
9/29/1996
vs
37
58
63.8
6.3
4
0
104.5
6.9
0.0
4
18
12Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
363
12/15/1996
vs
28
49
57.1
7.4
2
6
54.6
4.1
12.2
3
3
13Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
363
10/27/1996
@
33
41
80.5
8.9
3
0
127.9
7.3
0.0
1
4
14Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
356
12/1/1996
vs
21
34
61.8
10.5
1
0
107.0
2.9
0.0
1
0
15Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
354
11/10/1996
vs
24
37
64.9
9.6
1
1
93.8
2.7
2.7
6
22
16Tony Banks
T. Banks
353
10/27/1996
@
26
40
65.0
8.8
1
2
80.5
2.5
5.0
5
29
17Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
353
10/6/1996
vs
29
45
64.4
7.8
3
1
101.4
6.7
2.2
3
23
18Frank Reich
F. Reich
352
11/17/1996
@
20
42
47.6
8.4
3
4
60.9
7.1
9.5
3
20
19Jeff Blake
J. Blake
349
11/24/1996
vs
21
36
58.3
9.7
4
0
128.1
11.1
0.0
1
7
20Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
346
12/22/1996
vs
22
31
71.0
11.2
0
1
94.3
0.0
3.2
3
20
21Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
343
10/13/1996
@
31
50
62.0
6.9
3
2
85.7
6.0
4.0
2
10
22Ty Detmer
T. Detmer
342
10/27/1996
vs
23
38
60.5
9.0
1
1
87.8
2.6
2.6
2
13
23Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
338
10/20/1996
@
27
45
60.0
7.5
4
1
103.8
8.9
2.2
3
21
24Mike Tomczak
M. Tomczak
338
10/7/1996
@
20
32
62.5
10.6
0
1
85.2
0.0
3.1
0
0
25Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
336
9/22/1996
vs
24
34
70.6
9.9
4
1
129.0
11.8
2.9
4
27

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