most yards per passing attempt in a game

Frank Gifford has averaged the most passing yards per attempt in a game, with 83.0 yards versus the Browns on October 31, 1954.

Interpreted as:
most yards by a player per passing attempt in a regular-season game
NAMEAVGDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
83.0
10/31/1954
NYG NYG
@
CLE CLE
1
1
100.0
83
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
2Josh Miller
J. Miller
81.0
12/28/2003
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1
1
100.0
81
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
3Arthur Marshall
A. Marshall
81.0
12/6/1992
DEN DEN
vs
DAL DAL
1
1
100.0
81
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
4Gary Hammond
G. Hammond
81.0
10/13/1974
STL STL
vs
DAL DAL
1
1
100.0
81
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
5Bill McColl
B. McColl
79.0
11/25/1956
CHB CHB
@
NYG NYG
1
1
100.0
79
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
6Sage Rosenfels
S. Rosenfels
77.0
10/21/2005
MIA MIA
vs
KC KC
1
1
100.0
77
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
7Tom Kennedy
T. Kennedy
75.0
1/9/2022
DET DET
vs
GB GB
1
1
100.0
75
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
8Tom Moore
T. Moore
75.0
11/12/1967
ATL ATL
vs
BAL BAL
1
1
100.0
75
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
9Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
74.0
12/11/1983
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1
1
100.0
74
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
10Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
74.0
11/23/1967
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
1
1
100.0
74
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
11Mohamed Sanu
M. Sanu
73.0
9/23/2012
CIN CIN
@
WAS WAS
1
1
100.0
73
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
12Rod Smith
R. Smith
72.0
10/5/2003
DEN DEN
@
KC KC
1
1
100.0
72
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
13Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
71.0
9/14/1963
SD SD
vs
BOS BOS
1
1
100.0
71
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
14Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
71.0
11/6/1955
NYG NYG
@
CLE CLE
1
1
100.0
71
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
15Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
69.0
12/29/2024
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
1
1
100.0
69
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
16Mike Lind
M. Lind
69.0
12/6/1964
SF SF
vs
LA LA
1
1
100.0
69
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
17Ron Widby
R. Widby
68.0
11/19/1972
GB GB
@
HOU HOU
1
1
100.0
68
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
18Ernie Koy
E. Koy
68.0
10/1/1967
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
1
1
100.0
68
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
19Tom Tracy
T. Tracy
68.0
10/25/1959
PIT PIT
vs
NYG NYG
1
1
100.0
68
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
20Kevin Byard III
K. Byard III
66.0
9/16/2018
TEN TEN
vs
HOU HOU
1
1
100.0
66
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
21Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
66.0
12/20/1982
SD SD
vs
CIN CIN
1
1
100.0
66
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
22Andy Johnson
A. Johnson
66.0
10/4/1981
NE NE
vs
KC KC
1
1
100.0
66
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
23Louis Carter
L. Carter
66.0
11/5/1978
TB TB
@
LA LA
1
1
100.0
66
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
24Ed Brown
E. Brown
66.0
10/31/1954
CHB CHB
@
SF SF
1
1
100.0
66
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
25Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
66.0
11/8/1953
WAS WAS
vs
CHC CHC
1
1
100.0
66
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for yards per attempt going back to the 1950 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
Commanders Commanders
3
5
0
.375
Giants Giants
2
6
0
.250
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
GB GB
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
NYG NYG
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Mon
12/1
NYG NYG
@
NE NE
8:15 PM
Last Game
NYG Giants

2 - 6 - 0

20

Final

38

PHI Eagles

6 - 2 - 0

Sun 26 Oct 2025

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM