most passing yds in a game in 1959

Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards in a game in 1959, with 397 yards against the Browns on November 1, 1959.

Interpreted as:
most passing yds by a player in a regular-season game in 1959
NAME YDS DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 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
2 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
3 Ed Brown
E. Brown
323
10/11/1959
CHB CHB
vs
LA LA
14
29
48.3
11.1
2
1
97.3
6.9
3.4
4 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
321
9/26/1959
NYG NYG
@
LA LA
21
31
67.7
10.4
1
0
112.4
3.2
0.0
5 Billy Wade
B. Wade
304
11/29/1959
LA LA
@
BAL BAL
16
26
61.5
11.7
2
2
95.7
7.7
7.7
6 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
278
11/22/1959
PHI PHI
vs
LA LA
19
38
50.0
7.3
0
0
74.2
0.0
0.0
7 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
275
12/6/1959
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
18
30
60.0
9.2
3
1
109.7
10.0
3.3
8 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
273
12/5/1959
BAL BAL
@
SF SF
21
36
58.3
7.6
3
0
110.1
8.3
0.0
9 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
271
12/6/1959
NYG NYG
vs
CLE CLE
14
21
66.7
12.9
3
0
149.3
14.3
0.0
10 Milt Plum
M. Plum
269
11/22/1959
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
17
29
58.6
9.3
3
0
124.1
10.3
0.0
11 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
265
11/8/1959
BAL BAL
@
WAS WAS
15
35
42.9
7.6
2
2
64.6
5.7
5.7
12 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
260
11/8/1959
PHI PHI
@
CLE CLE
23
40
57.5
6.5
1
1
75.0
2.5
2.5
13 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
257
10/11/1959
BAL BAL
@
DET DET
13
25
52.0
10.3
3
2
94.5
12.0
8.0
14 Ed Brown
E. Brown
256
12/6/1959
CHB CHB
vs
PIT PIT
18
31
58.1
8.3
0
2
58.0
0.0
6.5
15 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
254
10/25/1959
PHI PHI
@
CHC CHC
16
27
59.3
9.4
2
1
99.9
7.4
3.7
16 Milt Plum
M. Plum
253
10/25/1959
CLE CLE
vs
WAS WAS
13
18
72.2
14.1
4
0
153.9
22.2
0.0
17 Bart Starr
B. Starr
249
12/13/1959
GB GB
@
SF SF
20
25
80.0
10.0
2
0
134.8
8.0
0.0
18 Billy Wade
B. Wade
247
12/12/1959
LA LA
vs
BAL BAL
15
25
60.0
9.9
0
3
53.7
0.0
12.0
19 Ed Brown
E. Brown
246
12/13/1959
CHB CHB
vs
DET DET
16
28
57.1
8.8
2
0
110.1
7.1
0.0
20 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
246
12/13/1959
PHI PHI
vs
CLE CLE
15
22
68.2
11.2
1
1
101.7
4.5
4.5
21 Billy Wade
B. Wade
245
10/25/1959
LA LA
vs
DET DET
20
30
66.7
8.2
0
3
52.1
0.0
10.0
22 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
242
11/29/1959
BAL BAL
vs
LA LA
14
24
58.3
10.1
2
1
103.1
8.3
4.2
23 Bart Starr
B. Starr
242
11/15/1959
GB GB
vs
BAL BAL
14
40
35.0
6.1
1
3
33.5
2.5
7.5
24 Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
235
10/4/1959
WAS WAS
@
PIT PIT
9
19
47.4
12.4
2
1
106.3
10.5
5.3
25 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
234
11/8/1959
LA LA
vs
SF SF
15
24
62.5
9.8
0
0
94.8
0.0
0.0

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