most passing yds by a colt in a game before 1989

Before 1989, Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards for the Baltimore Colts in a game, with 401 yards against the Falcons on September 17, 1967.

Interpreted as:
most passing yds by a colt in a regular-season game before 1989
NAME YDS DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
401
9/17/1967
BAL BAL
vs
ATL ATL
22
32
68.8
12.5
2
1
119.3
6.3
3.1
2 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
397
11/1/1959
BAL BAL
vs
CLE CLE
23
41
56.1
9.7
4
3
91.2
9.8
7.3
3 Bert Jones
B. Jones
385
12/15/1974
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
36
53
67.9
7.3
4
4
82.7
7.5
7.5
4 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
385
12/16/1962
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
19
34
55.9
11.3
4
4
95.5
11.8
11.8
5 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
376
9/24/1972
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
26
45
57.8
8.4
2
0
99.9
4.4
0.0
6 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
376
11/10/1963
BAL BAL
vs
DET DET
17
24
70.8
15.7
2
1
123.6
8.3
4.2
7 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
370
11/12/1967
BAL BAL
@
ATL ATL
17
20
85.0
18.5
4
0
158.3
20.0
0.0
8 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
367
12/8/1962
BAL BAL
vs
WAS WAS
25
36
69.4
10.2
4
1
127.9
11.1
2.8
9 Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
359
11/16/1986
IND IND
@
NYJ NYJ
27
57
47.4
6.3
1
4
44.4
1.8
7.0
2
9
10 Bert Jones
B. Jones
357
9/27/1981
BAL BAL
vs
MIA MIA
20
27
74.1
13.2
3
1
137.5
11.1
3.7
1
9
11 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
357
12/4/1960
BAL BAL
vs
DET DET
22
40
55.0
8.9
2
3
70.5
5.0
7.5
12 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
356
11/27/1960
BAL BAL
vs
SF SF
16
30
53.3
11.9
3
5
89.7
10.0
16.7
13 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
355
12/1/1963
BAL BAL
@
WAS WAS
24
37
64.9
9.6
3
0
123.1
8.1
0.0
14 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
353
10/1/1967
BAL BAL
vs
SF SF
22
37
59.5
9.5
2
0
109.4
5.4
0.0
15 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
348
12/19/1970
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
18
33
54.5
10.5
4
1
118.4
12.1
3.0
16 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
344
12/8/1963
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
17
22
77.3
15.6
3
0
158.1
13.6
0.0
17 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
342
11/6/1966
BAL BAL
vs
WAS WAS
22
31
71.0
11.0
3
2
112.6
9.7
6.5
18 Bert Jones
B. Jones
340
12/18/1977
BAL BAL
vs
NE NE
19
30
63.3
11.3
3
0
135.4
10.0
0.0
19 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
339
12/18/1966
BAL BAL
@
SF SF
20
30
66.7
11.3
4
1
130.4
13.3
3.3
20 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
324
10/31/1965
BAL BAL
@
SF SF
23
34
67.6
9.5
4
0
137.4
11.8
0.0
21 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
324
11/6/1960
BAL BAL
vs
GB GB
20
29
69.0
11.2
4
1
131.3
13.8
3.4
22 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
324
11/15/1959
BAL BAL
@
GB GB
19
33
57.6
9.8
3
0
121.3
9.1
0.0
23 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
323
12/15/1963
BAL BAL
vs
LA LA
21
37
56.8
8.7
1
1
83.5
2.7
2.7
24 Bert Jones
B. Jones
322
11/20/1977
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
23
36
63.9
8.9
3
1
108.8
8.3
2.8
25 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
319
10/19/1969
BAL BAL
@
NO NO
20
28
71.4
11.4
3
0
144.8
10.7
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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