steve young most yards per pass in a game

Steve Young had his most passing yards per attempt in a game against the Falcons on November 12, 1989, with 16.0 yards.

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	NAME	AVG	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Young S. Young	16.0	11/12/1989	SF	vs	ATL	1	1	100.0	16	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
2	Steve Young S. Young	15.7	10/22/1989	SF	vs	NE	11	12	91.7	188	3	0	158.3	25.0	0.0	2	13
3	Steve Young S. Young	15.4	12/19/1993	SF	@	DET	17	23	73.9	354	4	0	155.3	17.4	0.0	0	0
4	Steve Young S. Young	14.6	12/3/1989	SF	@	ATL	11	12	91.7	175	1	0	146.5	8.3	0.0	2	17
5	Steve Young S. Young	14.4	11/28/1993	SF	@	RAM	26	32	81.3	462	4	1	145.3	12.5	3.1	3	10
6	Steve Young S. Young	14.3	10/18/1992	SF	vs	ATL	18	28	64.3	399	3	1	128.6	10.7	3.6	0	0
7	Steve Young S. Young	14.0	9/21/1997	SF	vs	ATL	17	24	70.8	336	2	0	141.0	8.3	0.0	2	9
8	Steve Young S. Young	14.0	11/18/1990	SF	vs	TB	1	1	100.0	14	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
9	Steve Young S. Young	13.4	12/27/1987	SF	vs	RAM	10	13	76.9	174	3	0	157.9	23.1	0.0	0	0
10	Steve Young S. Young	13.3	11/15/1987	SF	vs	NO	5	6	83.3	80	1	0	158.3	16.7	0.0	1	6
11	Steve Young S. Young	12.1	9/13/1992	SF	vs	BUF	26	37	70.3	449	3	1	127.0	8.1	2.7	1	10
12	Steve Young S. Young	12.1	12/17/1994	SF	vs	DEN	20	29	69.0	350	3	1	130.0	10.3	3.4	1	8
13	Steve Young S. Young	11.9	10/20/1991	SF	vs	DET	18	20	90.0	237	2	0	149.4	10.0	0.0	0	0
14	Steve Young S. Young	11.6	11/6/1994	SF	@	WAS	15	25	60.0	291	1	1	97.3	4.0	4.0	1	3
15	Steve Young S. Young	11.6	12/20/1998	SF	@	NE	18	23	78.3	267	2	2	107.8	8.7	8.7	5	33
16	Steve Young S. Young	11.2	12/7/1997	SF	vs	MIN	20	25	80.0	280	2	0	140.0	8.0	0.0	2	10
17	Steve Young S. Young	11.1	12/24/1989	SF	vs	CHI	6	9	66.7	100	0	0	103.9	0.0	0.0	1	7
18	Steve Young S. Young	10.9	12/18/1988	SF	vs	RAM	7	11	63.6	120	0	0	100.6	0.0	0.0	1	5
19	Steve Young S. Young	10.7	11/14/1993	SF	@	TB	23	29	79.3	311	4	0	150.9	13.8	0.0	0	0
20	Steve Young S. Young	10.6	12/23/1991	SF	vs	CHI	21	32	65.6	338	3	0	132.0	9.4	0.0	0	0
21	Steve Young S. Young	10.5	9/14/1997	SF	vs	NO	18	21	85.7	220	3	0	149.9	14.3	0.0	5	39
22	Steve Young S. Young	10.4	10/19/1997	SF	@	ATL	16	25	64.0	259	2	1	108.6	8.0	4.0	3	18
23	Steve Young S. Young	10.2	9/15/1991	SF	@	MIN	19	27	70.4	275	2	1	112.4	7.4	3.7	2	10
24	Steve Young S. Young	10.0	11/16/1997	SF	vs	CAR	17	22	77.3	221	1	0	123.5	4.5	0.0	0	0
25	Steve Young S. Young	10.0	12/15/1985	TB	vs	IND	14	25	56.0	251	1	2	70.6	4.0	8.0	2	21

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