most qb yards through first 6 games in a season nfl history

Cotton Davidson has the most passing yards by a quarterback in a season in his first 6 games, with 1,322 yards in 1960.

Interpreted as:
most qb passing yards through first 6 games in a season NFL history
NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
1,322
1960
DLT DLT
6
101
197
51.3
6.7
220.3
7
11
61.3
3.6
5.6
2 George Blanda
G. Blanda
1,298
1960
HOU HOU
6
90
189
47.6
6.9
216.3
11
8
72.1
5.8
4.2
3 Otto Graham
O. Graham
1,212
1950
CLE CLE
6
86
161
53.4
7.5
202.0
6
15
51.6
3.7
9.3
4 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
1,155
1950
LA LA
6
71
134
53.0
8.6
192.5
8
9
74.1
6.0
6.7
5 Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
1,108
1960
DEN DEN
6
83
158
52.5
7.0
184.7
10
10
69.8
6.3
6.3
6 Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
1,084
1960
LAC LAC
6
93
172
54.1
6.3
180.7
6
8
65.6
3.5
4.7
7 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,056
1950
DET DET
6
71
168
42.3
6.3
176.0
8
9
57.0
4.8
5.4
8 Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
1,035
1960
DLC DLC
6
61
134
45.5
7.7
172.5
7
17
50.0
5.2
12.7
9 Al Dorow
A. Dorow
989
1960
NYT NYT
6
71
149
47.7
6.6
164.8
10
8
69.4
6.7
5.4
10 Jim Finks
J. Finks
989
1952
PIT PIT
6
63
143
44.1
6.9
164.8
10
8
67.6
7.0
5.6
11 Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
982
1950
CHB CHB
6
74
148
50.0
6.6
163.7
1
13
37.0
0.7
8.8
12 Fred Enke
F. Enke
920
1953
BAL BAL
6
61
143
42.7
6.4
153.3
8
10
53.9
5.6
7.0
13 Frankie Albert
F. Albert
911
1950
SF SF
6
84
158
53.2
5.8
151.8
9
9
65.7
5.7
5.7
14 Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
834
1950
PHI PHI
6
52
121
43.0
6.9
139.0
8
9
57.7
6.6
7.4
15 Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
809
1950
CHC CHC
5
50
129
38.8
6.3
161.8
11
14
49.4
8.5
10.9
16 Butch Songin
B. Songin
798
1960
BOS BOS
6
57
125
45.6
6.4
133.0
6
9
52.7
4.8
7.2
17 Tom Flores
T. Flores
734
1960
OAK OAK
6
57
110
51.8
6.7
122.3
5
7
61.7
4.5
6.4
18 Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
729
1950
WAS WAS
6
40
100
40.0
7.3
121.5
7
7
60.0
7.0
7.0
19 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
696
1961
MIN MIN
6
56
103
54.4
6.8
116.0
4
7
60.2
3.9
6.8
20 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
446
1950
WAS WAS
4
36
66
54.5
6.8
111.5
4
5
64.3
6.1
7.6
21 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
442
1960
OAK OAK
6
40
78
51.3
5.7
73.7
2
5
50.3
2.6
6.4
22 Tommy O'Connell
T. O'Connell
439
1960
BUF BUF
6
29
63
46.0
7.0
73.2
3
10
45.8
4.8
15.9
23 George Shaw
G. Shaw
411
1961
MIN MIN
6
37
73
50.7
5.6
68.5
3
3
64.4
4.1
4.1
24 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
387
1950
GB GB
6
22
75
29.3
5.2
64.5
1
6
19.7
1.3
8.0
25 Johnny Green
J. Green
370
1960
BUF BUF
2
24
56
42.9
6.6
185.0
5
4
65.3
8.9
7.1
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12
1
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5
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5
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7
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AFC West W L T PCT
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1
0
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5
0
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1:00 PM