player most passing yards in a game before 1951

Before 1951, Johnny Lujack had the most passing yards in a game, with 468 yards versus the Chicago Cardinals on December 11, 1949.

Interpreted as:
player most passing yards in a regular-season game before 1951
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
468
12/11/1949
vs
24
39
61.5
12.0
6
3
110.9
15.4
7.7
2Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
446
10/31/1948
vs
17
24
70.8
18.6
4
0
152.8
16.7
0.0
3Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
433
11/14/1943
@
21
32
65.6
13.5
7
1
135.4
21.9
3.1
4Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
406
10/31/1948
vs
28
53
52.8
7.7
3
2
81.2
5.7
3.8
5Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
376
10/31/1943
@
16
28
57.1
13.4
6
3
101.8
21.4
10.7
6Bobby Layne
B. Layne
374
11/5/1950
vs
23
45
51.1
8.3
1
1
77.5
2.2
2.2
7Otto Graham
O. Graham
369
10/15/1950
vs
22
35
62.9
10.5
2
3
81.7
5.7
8.6
8Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
364
9/28/1947
@
21
34
61.8
10.7
5
2
113.2
14.7
5.9
9Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
363
12/5/1948
@
36
53
67.9
6.8
3
1
98.2
5.7
1.9
10Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
357
11/13/1949
@
16
29
55.2
12.3
4
3
99.4
13.8
10.3
11Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
355
11/23/1947
vs
25
33
75.8
10.8
6
2
124.4
18.2
6.1
12Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
354
12/12/1948
@
25
42
59.5
8.4
3
3
80.9
7.1
7.1
13Otto Graham
O. Graham
346
9/16/1950
@
21
38
55.3
9.1
3
2
90.5
7.9
5.3
14Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
343
12/14/1947
vs
25
41
61.0
8.4
3
1
102.0
7.3
2.4
15Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
342
10/19/1947
vs
18
26
69.2
13.2
3
1
134.3
11.5
3.8
16Bobby Layne
B. Layne
341
12/3/1950
@
16
27
59.3
12.6
3
3
101.0
11.1
11.1
17Paul Governali
P. Governali
341
11/9/1947
vs
16
35
45.7
9.7
2
2
76.0
5.7
5.7
18Bobby Layne
B. Layne
333
11/6/1949
@
23
39
59.0
8.5
2
1
93.2
5.1
2.6
19Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
333
11/1/1942
vs
10
21
47.6
15.9
5
1
113.6
23.8
4.8
20Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
331
10/29/1950
@
20
39
51.3
8.5
1
4
49.1
2.6
10.3
21Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
329
11/22/1945
@
12
21
57.1
15.7
2
3
93.9
9.5
14.3
22Otto Graham
O. Graham
321
12/10/1950
@
23
32
71.9
10.0
4
1
130.3
12.5
3.1
23Paul Christman
P. Christman
320
9/28/1947
vs
16
24
66.7
13.3
2
0
137.5
8.3
0.0
24Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
319
10/23/1949
@
29
52
55.8
6.1
2
2
70.9
3.8
3.8
25Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
317
11/16/1947
vs
15
24
62.5
13.2
3
2
111.1
12.5
8.3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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