most passing yards per game in a season before 2008 with a minimum of 12 games played

Before 2008, Dan Marino gained the most passing yards per game in a season when playing 12+ games, with 317.8 per game in 1984.

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Data note: Passing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS/G	GP	SEASON	TM	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Marino D. Marino	317.8	16	1984	MIA	362	564	64.2	5,084	9.0	48	17	108.9	8.5	3.0	13	120
2	Warren Moon W. Moon	312.6	15	1990	HOU	362	584	62.0	4,689	8.0	33	13	96.8	5.7	2.2	36	252
3	Kurt Warner K. Warner	301.9	16	2001	STL	375	546	68.7	4,830	8.8	36	22	101.4	6.6	4.0	38	233
4	Tom Brady T. Brady	300.4	16	2007	NE	398	578	68.9	4,806	8.3	50	8	117.2	8.7	1.4	21	128
5	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	300.1	16	1981	SD	360	609	59.1	4,802	7.9	33	17	90.6	5.4	2.8	19	134
6	Dan Marino D. Marino	296.6	16	1986	MIA	378	623	60.7	4,746	7.6	44	23	92.5	7.1	3.7	17	119
7	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	294.8	16	2004	MIN	379	548	69.2	4,717	8.6	39	11	110.9	7.1	2.0	46	238
8	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	294.7	16	1980	SD	348	589	59.1	4,715	8.0	30	24	84.7	5.1	4.1	32	210
9	Warren Moon W. Moon	293.1	16	1991	HOU	404	655	61.7	4,690	7.2	23	21	81.7	3.5	3.2	23	174
10	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	293.1	16	2002	OAK	418	618	67.6	4,689	7.6	26	10	97.3	4.2	1.6	36	214
11	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	288.4	16	1984	STL	345	560	61.6	4,614	8.2	28	16	92.5	5.0	2.9	49	377
12	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	287.7	13	1984	SD	317	507	62.5	3,740	7.4	19	17	83.4	3.7	3.4	29	228
13	Trent Green T. Green	286.9	16	2004	KC	369	556	66.4	4,591	8.3	27	17	95.2	4.9	3.1	32	227
14	Joe Namath J. Namath	286.2	14	1967	NYJ	258	491	52.5	4,007	8.2	26	28	73.8	5.3	5.7
15	Peyton Manning P. Manning	284.8	16	2004	IND	336	497	67.6	4,557	9.2	49	10	121.1	9.9	2.0	13	101
16	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	284.7	16	1994	NE	400	691	57.9	4,555	6.6	25	27	73.6	3.6	3.9	22	139
17	Warren Moon W. Moon	284.3	15	1994	MIN	371	601	61.7	4,264	7.1	18	19	79.9	3.0	3.2	29	235
18	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	283.1	14	2004	STL	321	485	66.2	3,964	8.2	21	14	93.7	4.3	2.9	41	302
19	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	282.3	12	1987	STL	275	463	59.4	3,387	7.3	24	12	88.5	5.2	2.6	48	350
20	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	279.4	14	1981	MIN	322	593	54.3	3,912	6.6	26	24	72.6	4.4	4.0	19	149
21	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	278.6	16	1983	GB	289	484	59.7	4,458	9.2	32	29	87.3	6.6	6.0	40	307
22	Dan Marino D. Marino	278.3	16	1994	MIA	385	615	62.6	4,453	7.2	30	17	89.2	4.9	2.8	18	113
23	Steve Young S. Young	278.0	15	1998	SF	322	517	62.3	4,170	8.1	36	12	101.1	7.0	2.3	48	234
24	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	277.9	15	2000	KC	326	547	59.6	4,169	7.6	28	14	89.9	5.1	2.6	29	213
25	Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	277.3	16	1999	CAR	343	571	60.1	4,436	7.8	36	15	94.6	6.3	2.6	50	280

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Patriots	4	3	.571
Jets	2	5	.286
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Sun 11/1	NE	@	MIA	4:25 PM
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Sun 11/15	MIA	@	IND	1:00 PM
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Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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