most yards per attempt by a 49ers qb in first 500 attempts

Steve DeBerg averaged 32.3 passing yards per attempt against the Lions on December 17, 1978.

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most passing yards per attempt by a 49ers qb in first 500 passing attempts in a game

	NAME	AVG	ATT	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	32.3	3	12/17/1978	SF	@	DET	3	100.0	97	1	0	158.3	33.3	0.0
2	Bob Waters B. Waters	30.5	2	11/27/1960	SF	@	BAL	2	100.0	61	1	0	158.3	50.0	0.0
3	George Mira G. Mira	26.3	3	11/8/1964	SF	@	MIN	1	33.3	79	1	0	121.5	33.3	0.0
4	Steve Spurrier S. Spurrier	26.0	1	11/1/1970	SF	vs	GB	1	100.0	26	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
5	Mark Stevens M. Stevens	26.0	2	10/5/1987	SF	@	NYG	2	100.0	52	1	0	158.3	50.0	0.0	0	0
6	Steve Young S. Young	25.0	1	1/20/1991	SF	vs	NYG	1	100.0	25	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
7	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	25.0	1	12/20/1998	SF	@	NE	1	100.0	25	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
8	Matt Cavanaugh M. Cavanaugh	24.0	1	11/25/1984	SF	@	NO	1	100.0	24	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
9	Steve Spurrier S. Spurrier	23.0	2	10/3/1971	SF	@	PHI	1	50.0	46	0	0	95.8	0.0	0.0
10	George Mira G. Mira	21.5	2	9/22/1968	SF	vs	STL	1	50.0	43	1	0	135.4	50.0	0.0
11	John Brodie J. Brodie	20.0	1	10/2/1960	SF	vs	LA	1	100.0	20	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
12	Y.A. Tittle	19.7	3	9/30/1951	SF	vs	CLE	3	100.0	59	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
13	George Mira G. Mira	17.3	4	10/17/1965	SF	@	LA	3	75.0	69	1	0	156.3	25.0	0.0
14	Bob Waters B. Waters	17.0	2	10/15/1961	SF	@	MIN	2	100.0	34	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
15	Matt Cavanaugh M. Cavanaugh	17.0	1	12/22/1985	SF	vs	DAL	1	100.0	17	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
16	John Brodie J. Brodie	16.9	19	11/19/1961	SF	vs	CHI	11	57.9	322	3	0	142.0	15.8	0.0
17	Y.A. Tittle	16.8	5	10/10/1954	SF	@	GB	4	80.0	84	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
18	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	16.0	1	10/8/1961	SF	vs	LA	1	100.0	16	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
19	Steve Young S. Young	16.0	1	11/12/1989	SF	vs	ATL	1	100.0	16	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
20	Y.A. Tittle	15.8	18	12/2/1956	SF	@	BAL	14	77.8	284	2	0	155.8	11.1	0.0
21	Y.A. Tittle	15.7	14	11/29/1953	SF	@	BAL	10	71.4	220	3	1	123.5	21.4	7.1
22	Steve Young S. Young	15.7	12	10/22/1989	SF	vs	NE	11	91.7	188	3	0	158.3	25.0	0.0	2	13
23	Steve Young S. Young	15.4	23	12/19/1993	SF	@	DET	17	73.9	354	4	0	155.3	17.4	0.0	0	0
24	Y.A. Tittle	15.3	4	10/28/1951	SF	vs	LA	2	50.0	61	2	0	135.4	50.0	0.0
25	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	15.0	2	10/29/1961	SF	@	PIT	2	100.0	30	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0

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