most totalpassing yards by a rookie qb in a his first 5 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 totalpassing yards by a rookie qb in a his first 5 games
NAMETOTALYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Cam 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
2Aaron 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
3Marc 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
4Cam 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
5Ryan 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
6Gardner 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
7Nick 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
8Justin 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
9Cam 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
10Nick 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
11Austin 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
12Jake 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
13Kelly 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
14Shedeur Sanders
S. Sanders
393
12/7/2025
CLE CLE
vs
TEN TEN
23
42
54.8
364
8.7
3
1
97.7
7.1
2.4
2
13
15Vinny 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
16Andrew 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
17Steve 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
18C.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
19Troy 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
20Case 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
21Todd 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
22Blake 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
23Warren 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
24Caleb 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
25Jake 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
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18.9

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22.6

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125.6

10th

PASS YDS/G

199.5

26th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
Falcons Falcons
5
9
0
.357
Saints Saints
4
10
0
.286
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
TB TB
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
SEA SEA
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
CAR CAR
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

7 - 7

17

Final

20

NO Saints

4 - 10

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
10
4
0
.714
Texans Texans
9
5
0
.643
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
12
2
0
.857
Chargers Chargers
10
4
0
.714
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
SEA SEA
@
PIT PIT
31-17
Sat
9/13
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
30-10
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
26-21
Sat
9/13
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
33-27
Sat
9/13
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
22-27

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Thu
12/18
LAR LAR
@
SEA SEA
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
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Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM