most total yards by a rookie qb in a his first five games

Cam Newton accounted for the most yards by a rookie quarterback in a game in his first 5 games, with 485 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards against the Packers on September 18, 2011.

Interpreted as:
most passing total yards by a rookie qb in a his first five games
NAME TOTALYDS DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Cam Newton
C. Newton
485
9/18/2011
CAR CAR
vs
GB GB
28
46
60.9
432
9.4
1
3
72.0
2.2
6.5
4
28
2 Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
454
12/3/2000
NO NO
vs
DEN DEN
30
48
62.5
441
9.2
2
2
89.0
4.2
4.2
3
16
3 Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
452
11/10/2002
STL STL
vs
SD SD
36
48
75.0
453
9.4
4
0
131.7
8.3
0.0
0
0
4 Cam Newton
C. Newton
440
9/11/2011
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
24
37
64.9
422
11.4
2
1
110.4
5.4
2.7
4
19
5 Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
431
9/30/2012
MIA MIA
@
ARI ARI
26
41
63.4
431
10.5
1
2
86.5
2.4
4.9
4
37
6 Gardner Minshew
G. Minshew
416
10/6/2019
JAX JAX
@
CAR CAR
26
44
59.1
374
8.5
2
0
101.9
4.5
0.0
2
16
7 Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
415
12/2/2018
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
30
48
62.5
414
8.6
2
1
95.3
4.2
2.1
3
28
8 Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
413
10/25/2020
LAC LAC
vs
JAX JAX
27
43
62.8
347
8.1
3
0
111.3
7.0
0.0
1
2
9 Cam Newton
C. Newton
409
10/2/2011
CAR CAR
@
CHI CHI
27
46
58.7
374
8.1
1
1
83.1
2.2
2.2
0
0
10 Nick Foles
N. Foles
408
12/9/2012
PHI PHI
@
TB TB
32
51
62.7
381
7.5
2
0
98.6
3.9
0.0
6
43
11 Austin Davis
A. Davis
405
10/5/2014
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
29
49
59.2
375
7.7
3
0
103.7
6.1
0.0
4
34
12 Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
404
11/16/1997
ARI ARI
@
NYG NYG
22
33
66.7
388
11.8
1
2
91.5
3.0
6.1
8
38
13 Kelly Stouffer
K. Stouffer
400
10/16/1988
SEA SEA
vs
NO NO
27
46
58.7
370
8.0
1
1
82.7
2.2
2.2
3
29
14 Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
388
12/6/1987
TB TB
@
NO NO
22
47
46.8
369
7.9
2
2
70.3
4.3
4.3
3
17
15 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
386
10/7/2012
IND IND
vs
GB GB
31
55
56.4
362
6.6
2
1
81.0
3.6
1.8
4
17
16 Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
386
9/18/1988
RAI RAI
vs
RAM RAM
19
38
50.0
375
9.9
2
1
91.4
5.3
2.6
9
70
17 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
385
9/17/2023
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
30
47
63.8
384
8.2
2
0
103.5
4.3
0.0
6
47
18 Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
379
11/12/1989
DAL DAL
@
PHX PHX
21
40
52.5
379
9.5
2
2
81.1
5.0
5.0
1
12
19 Case Keenum
C. Keenum
376
11/3/2013
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
20
34
58.8
350
10.3
3
0
123.4
8.8
0.0
1
10
20 Todd Bouman
T. Bouman
375
12/9/2001
MIN MIN
vs
TEN TEN
21
31
67.7
348
11.2
4
1
131.5
12.9
3.2
0
0
21 Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
374
10/12/2014
JAX JAX
@
TEN TEN
32
46
69.6
336
7.3
1
1
88.7
2.2
2.2
6
39
22 Warren Moon
W. Moon
373
9/9/1984
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
23
43
53.5
365
8.5
0
0
82.0
0.0
0.0
4
22
23 Caleb Williams
C. Williams
371
9/22/2024
CHI CHI
@
IND IND
33
52
63.5
363
7.0
2
2
80.8
3.8
3.8
4
31
24 Jake Browning
J. Browning
369
12/4/2023
CIN CIN
@
JAX JAX
32
37
86.5
354
9.6
1
0
115.5
2.7
0.0
2
12
25 Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
367
9/27/2015
TEN TEN
vs
IND IND
27
44
61.4
367
8.3
2
2
84.2
4.5
4.5
3
22
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TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
1
3
0
.250
Saints Saints
0
4
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIA MIA
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
CAR CAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
BUF BUF
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
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NE Patriots

2 - 2 - 0

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Final

13

CAR Panthers

1 - 3 - 0

Sun 28 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
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
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