From 1940 through 1949, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards per attempt in a game when throwing 15+ pass attempts, with 18.6 yards against the Boston Yanks on October 31, 1948.
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most passing yards per attempts by a player in a regular-season game with 15 or more passing attempts in the 1940s| NAME | AVG | ATT | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | PCT | YDS | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Baugh | 18.6 | 24 | 10/31/1948 | vs | 17 | 70.8 | 446 | 4 | 0 | 152.8 | 16.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2 | | C. Conerly | 18.2 | 15 | 10/23/1949 | vs | 8 | 53.3 | 273 | 4 | 0 | 138.2 | 26.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 3 | | C. Isbell | 15.9 | 21 | 11/1/1942 | vs | 10 | 47.6 | 333 | 5 | 1 | 113.6 | 23.8 | 4.8 | ||||
| 4 | | B. Waterfield | 15.7 | 21 | 11/22/1945 | @ | 12 | 57.1 | 329 | 2 | 3 | 93.9 | 9.5 | 14.3 | ||||
| 5 | | R. Mallouf | 14.0 | 18 | 10/17/1948 | @ | 14 | 77.8 | 252 | 4 | 0 | 158.3 | 22.2 | 0.0 | ||||
| 6 | | S. Luckman | 13.5 | 32 | 11/14/1943 | @ | 21 | 65.6 | 433 | 7 | 1 | 135.4 | 21.9 | 3.1 | ||||
| 7 | | S. Baugh | 13.4 | 28 | 10/31/1943 | @ | 16 | 57.1 | 376 | 6 | 3 | 101.8 | 21.4 | 10.7 | ||||
| 8 | | P. Christman | 13.3 | 24 | 9/28/1947 | vs | 16 | 66.7 | 320 | 2 | 0 | 137.5 | 8.3 | 0.0 | ||||
| 9 | | C. LeForce | 13.2 | 24 | 11/16/1947 | vs | 15 | 62.5 | 317 | 3 | 2 | 111.1 | 12.5 | 8.3 | ||||
| 10 | | S. Luckman | 13.2 | 26 | 10/19/1947 | vs | 18 | 69.2 | 342 | 3 | 1 | 134.3 | 11.5 | 3.8 | ||||
| 11 | | T. Thompson | 12.8 | 21 | 11/13/1949 | @ | 12 | 57.1 | 269 | 4 | 0 | 141.4 | 19.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 12 | | P. Governali | 12.8 | 20 | 12/7/1947 | vs | 12 | 60.0 | 255 | 4 | 0 | 143.8 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 13 | | S. Baugh | 12.7 | 20 | 10/16/1949 | vs | 16 | 80.0 | 254 | 4 | 0 | 158.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 14 | | S. Luckman | 12.6 | 25 | 10/12/1947 | vs | 14 | 56.0 | 314 | 3 | 0 | 140.4 | 12.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 15 | | C. Conerly | 12.3 | 29 | 11/13/1949 | @ | 16 | 55.2 | 357 | 4 | 3 | 99.4 | 13.8 | 10.3 | ||||
| 16 | | T. Thompson | 12.3 | 21 | 12/12/1948 | vs | 16 | 76.2 | 258 | 4 | 0 | 156.3 | 19.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 17 | | J. Lujack | 12.0 | 39 | 12/11/1949 | vs | 24 | 61.5 | 468 | 6 | 3 | 110.9 | 15.4 | 7.7 | ||||
| 18 | | S. Luckman | 11.5 | 21 | 11/28/1943 | @ | 10 | 47.6 | 241 | 4 | 2 | 89.6 | 19.0 | 9.5 | ||||
| 19 | | B. Waterfield | 11.1 | 24 | 11/27/1949 | vs | 15 | 62.5 | 267 | 5 | 0 | 140.1 | 20.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| 20 | | T. Thompson | 10.9 | 18 | 11/14/1948 | vs | 10 | 55.6 | 197 | 4 | 0 | 133.6 | 22.2 | 0.0 | ||||
| 21 | | B. Waterfield | 10.8 | 29 | 12/1/1946 | @ | 22 | 75.9 | 312 | 3 | 1 | 130.2 | 10.3 | 3.4 | ||||
| 22 | | S. Baugh | 10.8 | 33 | 11/23/1947 | vs | 25 | 75.8 | 355 | 6 | 2 | 124.4 | 18.2 | 6.1 | ||||
| 23 | | S. Baugh | 10.7 | 34 | 9/28/1947 | @ | 21 | 61.8 | 364 | 5 | 2 | 113.2 | 14.7 | 5.9 | ||||
| 24 | | A. Herber | 9.8 | 19 | 12/2/1945 | vs | 10 | 52.6 | 187 | 4 | 0 | 126.5 | 21.1 | 0.0 | ||||
| 25 | | P. Governali | 9.7 | 35 | 11/9/1947 | vs | 16 | 45.7 | 341 | 2 | 2 | 76.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | ||||
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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Rams| AFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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