most passing yardsds in a game before 1950

Before 1950, Johnny Lujack had the most passing yards in a game, with 468 yards versus the Chicago Cardinals on December 11, 1949.

Interpreted as:
most passing by a player yardsds in a regular-season game before 1950
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
468
12/11/1949
vs
24
39
61.5
12.0
6
3
110.9
15.4
7.7
2Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
446
10/31/1948
vs
17
24
70.8
18.6
4
0
152.8
16.7
0.0
3Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
433
11/14/1943
@
21
32
65.6
13.5
7
1
135.4
21.9
3.1
4Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
406
10/31/1948
vs
28
53
52.8
7.7
3
2
81.2
5.7
3.8
5Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
376
10/31/1943
@
16
28
57.1
13.4
6
3
101.8
21.4
10.7
6Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
364
9/28/1947
@
21
34
61.8
10.7
5
2
113.2
14.7
5.9
7Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
363
12/5/1948
@
36
53
67.9
6.8
3
1
98.2
5.7
1.9
8Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
357
11/13/1949
@
16
29
55.2
12.3
4
3
99.4
13.8
10.3
9Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
355
11/23/1947
vs
25
33
75.8
10.8
6
2
124.4
18.2
6.1
10Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
354
12/12/1948
@
25
42
59.5
8.4
3
3
80.9
7.1
7.1
11Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
343
12/14/1947
vs
25
41
61.0
8.4
3
1
102.0
7.3
2.4
12Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
342
10/19/1947
vs
18
26
69.2
13.2
3
1
134.3
11.5
3.8
13Paul Governali
P. Governali
341
11/9/1947
vs
16
35
45.7
9.7
2
2
76.0
5.7
5.7
14Bobby Layne
B. Layne
333
11/6/1949
@
23
39
59.0
8.5
2
1
93.2
5.1
2.6
15Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
333
11/1/1942
vs
10
21
47.6
15.9
5
1
113.6
23.8
4.8
16Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
329
11/22/1945
@
12
21
57.1
15.7
2
3
93.9
9.5
14.3
17Paul Christman
P. Christman
320
9/28/1947
vs
16
24
66.7
13.3
2
0
137.5
8.3
0.0
18Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
319
10/23/1949
@
29
52
55.8
6.1
2
2
70.9
3.8
3.8
19Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
317
11/16/1947
vs
15
24
62.5
13.2
3
2
111.1
12.5
8.3
20Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
316
12/1/1940
@
33
60
55.0
5.3
1
0
75.4
1.7
0.0
21Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
314
10/12/1947
vs
14
25
56.0
12.6
3
0
140.4
12.0
0.0
22Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
312
12/1/1946
@
22
29
75.9
10.8
3
1
130.2
10.3
3.4
23Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
308
12/11/1949
@
29
48
60.4
6.4
3
2
82.6
6.3
4.2
24Pat Coffee
P. Coffee
306
12/5/1937
vs
15
33
45.5
9.3
3
2
83.6
9.1
6.1
25Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
303
10/30/1949
vs
24
42
57.1
7.2
1
3
57.9
2.4
7.1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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