nfl passing yards per game leaders 1937

Ace Parker averaged the most passing yards per game in 1937, with 128.5 per game in his rookie season.

NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ace Parker
A. Parker
128.5
1937
4
28
61
45.9
514
8.4
1
7
41.3
1.6
11.5
2Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
102.5
1937
11
81
171
47.4
1,127
6.6
8
14
50.5
4.7
8.2
3Pat Coffee
P. Coffee
91.6
1937
9
52
119
43.7
824
6.9
4
11
40.0
3.4
9.2
4Arnie Herber
A. Herber
76.0
1937
9
47
104
45.2
684
6.6
7
10
50.0
6.7
9.6
5Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
74.0
1937
11
66
134
49.3
814
6.1
8
5
72.8
6.0
3.7
6Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
61.5
1937
10
26
72
36.1
615
8.5
9
7
67.8
12.5
9.7
7Bob Monnett
B. Monnett
58.0
1937
10
37
73
50.7
580
7.9
8
8
74.4
11.0
11.0
8Max Fiske
M. Fiske
45.4
1937
7
17
43
39.5
318
7.4
4
4
58.1
9.3
9.3
9Dave Smukler
D. Smukler
39.3
1937
11
42
118
35.6
432
3.7
5
14
21.5
4.2
11.9
10Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
37.8
1937
10
25
66
37.9
378
5.7
2
6
29.7
3.0
9.1
11Ray Buivid
R. Buivid
34.2
1937
6
17
35
48.6
205
5.9
6
2
82.7
17.1
5.7
12George Grosvenor
G. Grosvenor
29.5
1937
11
21
50
42.0
325
6.5
3
7
44.6
6.0
14.0
13Emmett Mortell
E. Mortell
29.1
1937
11
18
71
25.4
320
4.5
2
8
15.7
2.8
11.3
14Reino Nori
R. Nori
28.0
1937
6
11
23
47.8
168
7.3
1
3
47.3
4.3
13.0
15Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
27.0
1937
11
19
46
41.3
297
6.5
2
7
38.3
4.3
15.2
16Johnny Gildea
J. Gildea
26.2
1937
11
14
47
29.8
288
6.1
2
9
27.2
4.3
19.1
17Ray Peterson
R. Peterson
23.5
1937
2
3
6
50.0
47
7.8
0
0
76.4
0.0
0.0
18Ed Goddard
E. Goddard
22.5
1937
TOT
8
13
41
31.7
180
4.4
1
8
15.3
2.4
19.5
19Bill O'Neill
B. O'Neill
20.0
1937
1
1
2
50.0
20
10.0
0
1
45.8
0.0
50.0
20Dutch Clark
D. Clark
18.4
1937
11
19
39
48.7
202
5.2
1
3
40.8
2.6
7.7
21Ralph Kercheval
R. Kercheval
17.1
1937
9
11
19
57.9
154
8.1
1
1
79.7
5.3
5.3
22Harry Mattos
H. Mattos
15.7
1937
6
5
22
22.7
94
4.3
1
4
20.5
4.5
18.2
23Tuffy Thompson
T. Thompson
14.3
1937
7
6
14
42.9
100
7.1
1
4
51.8
7.1
28.6
24Cliff Battles
C. Battles
14.2
1937
10
13
33
39.4
142
4.3
0
3
15.0
0.0
9.1
25Johnny (Blood) McNally
J. (Blood) McNally
12.8
1937
9
10
25
40.0
115
4.6
1
2
34.6
4.0
8.0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176