most passing yards through first 3 games of a nfl season

The Dallas Cowboys had the most passing yards by a team in a season in their first 3 games, with 835 yards in 1960.

	TEAM	YDS	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Cowboys	835	1960	3	46	94	48.9	8.9	278.3	7	11	65.1	7.4	11.7	5	52
2	Redskins	741	1950	3	44	94	46.8	7.9	247.0	7	5	76.6	7.4	5.3	1
3	Rams	735	1950	3	51	92	55.4	8.0	245.0	5	3	86.1	5.4	3.3	2	20
4	Seahawks	725	1976	3	47	101	46.5	7.2	241.7	3	6	55.9	3.0	5.9	6	52
5	Chargers	725	1960	3	63	117	53.8	6.2	241.7	6	6	68.5	5.1	5.1	5	41
6	Raiders	702	1960	3	53	104	51.0	6.8	234.0	5	6	64.7	4.8	5.8	10	106
7	Saints	688	1967	3	57	118	48.3	5.8	229.3	1	6	48.3	0.8	5.1	14	107
8	Browns	653	1950	3	45	93	48.4	7.0	217.7	4	10	46.4	4.3	10.8	4	39
9	Ravens	630	1996	3	57	97	58.8	6.5	210.0	3	4	71.2	3.1	4.1	6	49
10	Vikings	630	1961	3	49	88	55.7	7.2	210.0	6	3	86.8	6.8	3.4	13	110
11	Oilers	612	1960	3	43	94	45.7	6.5	204.0	5	5	62.9	5.3	5.3	3	30
12	Bears	596	1950	3	42	90	46.7	6.6	198.7	1	7	39.9	1.1	7.8	5	47
13	Texans	593	1960	3	53	103	51.5	5.8	197.7	5	3	73.0	4.9	2.9	3	30
14	Panthers	586	1995	3	55	114	48.2	5.1	195.3	2	6	47.6	1.8	5.3	14	108
15	Colts	563	1953	3	40	85	47.1	6.6	187.7	4	4	65.0	4.7	4.7	7	70
16	Titans	555	1960	3	36	81	44.4	6.9	185.0	5	4	67.7	6.2	4.9	10	108
17	Lions	552	1950	3	35	85	41.2	6.5	184.0	2	7	37.0	2.4	8.2	0	0
18	Broncos	550	1960	3	38	73	52.1	7.5	183.3	4	4	72.3	5.5	5.5	5	25
19	Cardinals	543	1950	3	31	90	34.4	6.0	181.0	8	11	46.0	8.9	12.2	4	38
20	Falcons	488	1966	3	32	80	40.0	6.1	162.7	2	5	43.1	2.5	6.3	8	66
21	49ers	488	1950	3	42	91	46.2	5.4	162.7	4	4	59.2	4.4	4.4	8	68
22	Patriots	482	1960	3	43	98	43.9	4.9	160.7	3	8	35.3	3.1	8.2	5	40
23	Eagles	456	1950	3	29	80	36.3	5.7	152.0	8	6	58.1	10.0	7.5	2	18
24	Dolphins	425	1966	3	34	107	31.8	4.0	141.7	5	12	21.1	4.7	11.2	9	74
25	Steelers	423	1950	3	29	65	44.6	6.5	141.0	2	5	44.6	3.1	7.7	7	60

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