nfl detroit lions rookie player most passing yard in a game

Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards by a player for the Lions in his rookie season in a game, with 422 yards against the Browns on November 22, 2009.

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	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	422	11/22/2009	DET	vs	CLE	26	43	60.5	9.8	5	2	112.7	11.6	4.7	2	6
2	Clyde LeForce C. LeForce	317	11/16/1947	DET	vs	WAS	15	24	62.5	13.2	3	2	111.1	12.5	8.3
3	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	309	10/13/2002	DET	@	MIN	25	41	61.0	7.5	2	1	90.4	4.9	2.4	1	8
4	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	296	10/4/2009	DET	@	CHI	24	36	66.7	8.2	1	1	89.6	2.8	2.8	5	42
5	Jeff Komlo J. Komlo	289	9/23/1979	DET	vs	ATL	19	35	54.3	8.3	2	0	100.8	5.7	0.0
6	David Blough D. Blough	280	11/28/2019	DET	vs	CHI	22	38	57.9	7.4	2	1	87.6	5.3	2.6	2	21
7	Rodney Peete R. Peete	273	11/5/1989	DET	@	HOU	18	29	62.1	9.4	1	1	90.2	3.4	3.4	3	16
8	Karl Sweetan K. Sweetan	271	10/30/1966	DET	vs	GB	21	45	46.7	6.0	0	3	38.3	0.0	6.7
9	Charlie Batch C. Batch	268	10/4/1998	DET	@	CHI	16	31	51.6	8.6	2	0	102.6	6.5	0.0	4	22
10	Rodney Peete R. Peete	268	10/15/1989	DET	@	TB	17	31	54.8	8.6	1	2	67.7	3.2	6.5	4	31
11	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	267	9/29/2002	DET	vs	NO	20	35	57.1	7.6	1	0	91.0	2.9	0.0	0	0
12	David Blough D. Blough	260	12/15/2019	DET	vs	TB	24	43	55.8	6.0	0	2	54.4	0.0	4.7	2	10
13	Charlie Batch C. Batch	253	11/15/1998	DET	vs	CHI	16	21	76.2	12.0	1	0	131.6	4.8	0.0	1	7
14	Charlie Batch C. Batch	250	12/6/1998	DET	@	JAX	14	33	42.4	7.6	2	0	89.2	6.1	0.0	5	38
15	Jeff Komlo J. Komlo	244	11/22/1979	DET	vs	CHI	16	30	53.3	8.1	1	3	51.9	3.3	10.0
16	Jeff Komlo J. Komlo	242	11/11/1979	DET	vs	TB	19	32	59.4	7.6	1	1	80.5	3.1	3.1
17	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	241	9/27/2009	DET	vs	WAS	21	36	58.3	6.7	1	0	87.8	2.8	0.0	2	14
18	Mike McMahon M. McMahon	241	12/16/2001	DET	vs	MIN	15	28	53.6	8.6	0	0	82.6	0.0	0.0	6	39
19	Rodney Peete R. Peete	240	10/22/1989	DET	vs	MIN	19	36	52.8	6.7	0	2	50.7	0.0	5.6	8	42
20	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	236	11/10/2002	DET	@	GB	20	44	45.5	5.4	2	2	58.5	4.5	4.5	0	0
21	Charlie Batch C. Batch	236	11/26/1998	DET	vs	PIT	16	23	69.6	10.3	1	0	117.3	4.3	0.0	4	32
22	Charlie Batch C. Batch	231	10/25/1998	DET	vs	MIN	20	37	54.1	6.2	1	1	70.9	2.7	2.7	4	17
23	Greg Landry G. Landry	231	9/15/1968	DET	@	DAL	15	31	48.4	7.5	2	4	55.4	6.5	12.9
24	Karl Sweetan K. Sweetan	227	10/23/1966	DET	@	SF	19	34	55.9	6.7	2	0	96.1	5.9	0.0
25	Karl Sweetan K. Sweetan	226	11/13/1966	DET	@	MIN	24	41	58.5	5.5	0	1	63.7	0.0	2.4

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Vikings	3	0	1.000
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	DET	@	CAR	8:20 PM
Sun 10/11	DET	@	ARI	4:25 PM
Sun 10/25	GB	@	DET	4:25 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DET	@	MIA	1:00 PM

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rush TD Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

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QB Rating Leaders

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Lock

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Sack Leaders

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31.0

30.7

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Opp PPG Rankings

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Total Yards Rankings

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416.3

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399.3

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Rush Yards Rankings

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155.0

153.3

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Pass Yards Rankings

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295.0

281.3

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Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

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Henry

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Fantasy WR Rankings

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Smith-Njigba

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St. Brown

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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Fantasy K Rankings

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Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000