nfl rookie passing yards leaders 1970

Dennis Shaw had the most passing yards by a rookie in 1970, with 2,507 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
2,507
1970
BUF BUF
14
178
321
55.5
7.8
179.1
10
20
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
2Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1,410
1970
PIT PIT
13
83
218
38.1
6.5
108.5
6
24
30.4
2.8
11.0
25
242
3Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
529
1970
CLE CLE
14
29
60
48.3
8.8
37.8
1
5
49.9
1.7
8.3
7
86
4Rick Arrington
R. Arrington
328
1970
PHI PHI
6
37
73
50.7
4.5
54.7
1
3
50.5
1.4
4.1
2
19
5Bob Naponic
B. Naponic
85
1970
HOU HOU
2
6
20
30.0
4.3
42.5
0
2
5.2
0.0
10.0
8
53
6Don Gault
D. Gault
67
1970
CLE CLE
2
2
19
10.5
3.5
33.5
0
3
2.2
0.0
15.8
1
5
7Bobby Anderson
B. Anderson
59
1970
DEN DEN
14
4
7
57.1
8.4
4.2
0
0
84.8
0.0
0.0
1
5
8Frank Patrick
F. Patrick
59
1970
GB GB
1
6
14
42.9
4.2
59.0
0
1
25.6
0.0
7.1
6
55
9Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
52
1970
OAK OAK
3
2
7
28.6
7.4
17.3
0
1
18.5
0.0
14.3
0
0
10Bill Cappleman
B. Cappleman
49
1970
MIN MIN
1
4
7
57.1
7.0
49.0
0
0
78.9
0.0
0.0
0
0
11Wayne Clark
W. Clark
48
1970
SD SD
1
1
2
50.0
24.0
48.0
0
0
95.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
12Dave Lewis
D. Lewis
39
1970
CIN CIN
14
3
4
75.0
9.8
2.8
0
0
105.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
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241.3

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
Jets Jets
3
10
0
.231
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
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12/28
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BUF BUF
4:25 PM
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1/4
NYJ NYJ
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
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39

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
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8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
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6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
@
IND IND
8-33
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
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DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
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SEA SEA
17-13
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9/6
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LAR LAR
9-14

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/11
ATL ATL
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TB TB
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12/14
WAS WAS
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1:00 PM
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12/14
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12/14
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1:00 PM
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12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM