Before 2017, Matt Schaub and Warren Moon were tied for the 2nd most passing yards by a quarterback in a game, with 527 yards.
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What is the 2nd most passing yards by an NFL quarterback in a regular-season game before 2017?| NAME | YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
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| 1 |  | N. Van Brocklin | 554 | 9/28/1951 | vs | 27 | 41 | 65.9 | 13.5 | 5 | 2 | 128.3 | 12.2 | 4.9 | ||||
| 2 |  | M. Schaub | 527 | 11/18/2012 | vs | 43 | 55 | 78.2 | 9.6 | 5 | 2 | 121.7 | 9.1 | 3.6 | 2 | 23 | ||
| 3 |  | W. Moon | 527 | 12/16/1990 | @ | 27 | 45 | 60.0 | 11.7 | 3 | 0 | 123.1 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 3 | 22 | ||
| 4 |  | B. Roethlisberger | 522 | 10/26/2014 | vs | 40 | 49 | 81.6 | 10.7 | 6 | 0 | 150.6 | 12.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | B. Esiason | 522 | 11/10/1996 | @ | 35 | 59 | 59.3 | 8.8 | 3 | 4 | 77.1 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 2 | 15 | ||
| 6 |  | D. Marino | 521 | 10/23/1988 | vs | 35 | 60 | 58.3 | 8.7 | 3 | 5 | 68.8 | 5.0 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 |  | M. Stafford | 520 | 1/1/2012 | @ | 36 | 59 | 61.0 | 8.8 | 5 | 2 | 103.8 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 8 |  | T. Brady | 517 | 9/12/2011 | @ | 32 | 48 | 66.7 | 10.8 | 4 | 1 | 121.6 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 |  | D. Carr | 513 | 10/30/2016 | @ | 40 | 59 | 67.8 | 8.7 | 4 | 0 | 117.4 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | ||
| 10 | | P. Simms | 513 | 10/13/1985 | @ | 40 | 62 | 64.5 | 8.3 | 1 | 2 | 82.3 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 7 | 70 | ||
| 11 |  | E. Manning | 510 | 9/16/2012 | vs | 31 | 51 | 60.8 | 10.0 | 3 | 3 | 89.5 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 |  | D. Brees | 510 | 11/19/2006 | vs | 37 | 52 | 71.2 | 9.8 | 2 | 3 | 91.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13 | | V. Ferragamo | 509 | 12/26/1982 | vs | 30 | 46 | 65.2 | 11.1 | 3 | 2 | 106.2 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 14 |  | T. Romo | 506 | 10/6/2013 | vs | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 14.1 | 5 | 1 | 140.0 | 13.9 | 2.8 | 4 | 36 | ||
| 15 | | D. Brees | 505 | 11/1/2015 | vs | 39 | 50 | 78.0 | 10.1 | 7 | 2 | 131.7 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | Y.A. Tittle | 505 | 10/28/1962 | vs | 27 | 39 | 69.2 | 12.9 | 7 | 0 | 151.4 | 17.9 | 0.0 | ||||
| 17 | | E. Grbac | 504 | 11/5/2000 | @ | 39 | 53 | 73.6 | 9.5 | 2 | 2 | 99.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 | 30 | ||
| 18 |  | M. Ryan | 503 | 10/2/2016 | vs | 28 | 37 | 75.7 | 13.6 | 4 | 1 | 142.0 | 10.8 | 2.7 | 3 | 22 | ||
| 19 |  | P. Rivers | 503 | 10/18/2015 | @ | 43 | 65 | 66.2 | 7.7 | 2 | 0 | 99.7 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 20 | | B. Roethlisberger | 503 | 12/20/2009 | vs | 29 | 46 | 63.0 | 10.9 | 3 | 0 | 121.9 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 31 | ||
| 21 | | J. Plummer | 499 | 10/31/2004 | vs | 31 | 55 | 56.4 | 9.1 | 4 | 3 | 88.4 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | M. Schaub | 497 | 9/19/2010 | @ | 38 | 52 | 73.1 | 9.6 | 3 | 1 | 114.0 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 5 | 29 | ||
| 23 | | J. Namath | 496 | 9/24/1972 | @ | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 17.7 | 6 | 1 | 123.5 | 21.4 | 3.6 | ||||
| 24 | | B. Volek | 492 | 12/19/2004 | @ | 40 | 60 | 66.7 | 8.2 | 4 | 1 | 107.1 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 3 | 26 | ||
| 25 | | B. Esiason | 490 | 10/7/1990 | @ | 31 | 45 | 68.9 | 10.9 | 3 | 0 | 127.1 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | ||
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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Rams| AFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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