most single passing yards in a game by an nfl player in the 80s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing yards in a game, with 521 yards versus the Jets on October 23, 1988.

Interpreted as:
most single passing yards in a regular-season game by an NFL player in the 80s
NAME YDS DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Dan Marino
D. Marino
521
10/23/1988
MIA MIA
vs
NYJ NYJ
35
60
58.3
8.7
3
5
68.8
5.0
8.3
0
0
2 Phil Simms
P. Simms
513
10/13/1985
NYG NYG
@
CIN CIN
40
62
64.5
8.3
1
2
82.3
1.6
3.2
7
70
3 Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
509
12/26/1982
RAM RAM
vs
CHI CHI
30
46
65.2
11.1
3
2
106.2
6.5
4.3
1
3
4 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
490
11/2/1986
MIN MIN
@
WAS WAS
20
35
57.1
14.0
4
1
128.0
11.4
2.9
4
19
5 Doug Williams
D. Williams
486
11/16/1980
TB TB
@
MIN MIN
30
55
54.5
8.8
4
2
93.4
7.3
3.6
6 Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
479
9/21/1986
NYJ NYJ
vs
MIA MIA
29
43
67.4
11.1
4
1
126.0
9.3
2.3
3
30
7 Dan Marino
D. Marino
470
12/2/1984
MIA MIA
vs
RAI RAI
35
57
61.4
8.2
4
2
96.4
7.0
3.5
3
36
8 Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
469
10/16/1988
TB TB
@
IND IND
25
42
59.5
11.2
2
2
94.2
4.8
4.8
3
25
9 Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
468
12/16/1984
STL STL
@
WAS WAS
37
46
80.4
10.2
2
1
114.5
4.3
2.2
3
24
10 Joe Montana
J. Montana
458
12/11/1989
SF SF
@
RAM RAM
30
42
71.4
10.9
3
2
111.0
7.1
4.8
2
19
11 Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
457
9/20/1987
STL STL
@
SD SD
32
61
52.5
7.5
3
1
86.6
4.9
1.6
5
45
12 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
456
12/14/1980
MIN MIN
vs
CLE CLE
38
49
77.6
9.3
4
0
132.7
8.2
0.0
13 Jim Everett
J. Everett
454
11/26/1989
RAM RAM
@
NO NO
29
51
56.9
8.9
1
2
76.8
2.0
3.9
6
39
14 Dan Marino
D. Marino
448
9/21/1986
MIA MIA
@
NYJ NYJ
30
50
60.0
9.0
6
2
112.3
12.0
4.0
2
13
15 Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
447
9/17/1989
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
34
46
73.9
9.7
5
1
131.3
10.9
2.2
4
38
16 Richard Todd
R. Todd
447
9/21/1980
NYJ NYJ
vs
SF SF
42
60
70.0
7.5
3
1
101.2
5.0
1.7
17 Richard Todd
R. Todd
446
9/25/1983
NYJ NYJ
vs
RAM RAM
37
50
74.0
8.9
2
2
97.6
4.0
4.0
4
43
18 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
444
12/11/1982
SD SD
@
SF SF
33
48
68.8
9.3
5
0
132.6
10.4
0.0
0
0
19 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
444
10/25/1981
CLE CLE
vs
BAL BAL
30
41
73.2
10.8
4
2
120.4
9.8
4.9
1
13
20 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
444
10/11/1981
MIN MIN
@
SD SD
27
43
62.8
10.3
4
2
109.1
9.3
4.7
1
11
21 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
444
10/19/1980
SD SD
vs
NYG NYG
26
41
63.4
10.8
3
1
114.3
7.3
2.4
22 Joe Montana
J. Montana
441
11/17/1986
SF SF
@
WAS WAS
33
60
55.0
7.4
0
3
57.7
0.0
5.0
3
23
23 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
440
9/15/1985
SD SD
vs
SEA SEA
29
43
67.4
10.2
4
1
122.2
9.3
2.3
3
24
24 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
436
11/10/1985
SD SD
vs
RAI RAI
26
41
63.4
10.6
4
1
121.6
9.8
2.4
1
10
25 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
436
9/19/1985
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
28
55
50.9
7.9
3
3
73.0
5.5
5.5
4
25

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29.5

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26th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
Dolphins Dolphins
1
3
0
.250
Jets Jets
0
4
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIA MIA
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAC LAC
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Last Game
MIA Dolphins

1 - 3 - 0

27

Final

21

NYJ Jets

0 - 4 - 0

Mon 29 Sep 2025

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
LV LV
@
IND IND
1:00 PM