what is the most passing yards by an nfl quarterback before 1978 in game

Before 1978, Norm Van Brocklin had the most passing yards by a quarterback in a game, with 554 yards against the New York Yanks on September 28, 1951.

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NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
554
9/28/1951
vs
27
41
65.9
13.5
5
2
128.3
12.2
4.9
2Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
505
10/28/1962
vs
27
39
69.2
12.9
7
0
151.4
17.9
0.0
3Joe Namath
J. Namath
496
9/24/1972
@
15
28
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
4Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
468
12/11/1949
vs
24
39
61.5
12.0
6
3
110.9
15.4
7.7
5Billy Wade
B. Wade
466
11/18/1962
@
28
46
60.9
10.1
2
2
91.4
4.3
4.3
6George Blanda
G. Blanda
464
10/29/1961
@
18
32
56.3
14.5
4
4
101.0
12.5
12.5
7Don Meredith
D. Meredith
460
11/10/1963
@
30
48
62.5
9.6
3
1
106.3
6.3
2.1
8Jacky Lee
J. Lee
457
10/13/1961
@
27
41
65.9
11.1
2
2
99.3
4.9
4.9
9Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
449
9/28/1969
vs
28
43
65.1
10.4
7
1
129.7
16.3
2.3
10Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
447
11/17/1975
vs
30
46
65.2
9.7
2
0
111.4
4.3
0.0
11Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
447
9/15/1962
@
29
56
51.8
8.0
2
3
68.1
3.6
5.4
12Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
446
10/31/1948
vs
17
24
70.8
18.6
4
0
152.8
16.7
0.0
13Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
445
11/18/1974
vs
28
42
66.7
10.6
2
2
97.8
4.8
4.8
14Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
437
11/8/1953
vs
22
44
50.0
9.9
4
1
106.0
9.1
2.3
15James Harris
J. Harris
436
10/3/1976
@
17
29
58.6
15.0
2
1
111.6
6.9
3.4
16Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
436
10/29/1961
@
27
41
65.9
10.6
3
2
105.3
7.3
4.9
17Len Dawson
L. Dawson
435
11/1/1964
vs
23
38
60.5
11.4
6
3
106.9
15.8
7.9
18Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
433
11/14/1943
@
21
32
65.6
13.5
7
1
135.4
21.9
3.1
19Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
428
10/13/1963
vs
20
41
48.8
10.4
2
1
92.3
4.9
2.4
20Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
427
10/25/1964
vs
23
36
63.9
11.9
5
1
132.8
13.9
2.8
21Norm Snead
N. Snead
424
11/17/1963
vs
23
40
57.5
10.6
2
2
90.0
5.0
5.0
22Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
422
10/16/1964
vs
25
47
53.2
9.0
4
4
76.7
8.5
8.5
23Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
419
12/16/1962
@
15
34
44.1
12.3
5
3
93.0
14.7
8.8
24Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
418
11/26/1967
@
32
50
64.0
8.4
3
1
101.9
6.0
2.0
25George Blanda
G. Blanda
418
11/19/1961
vs
20
32
62.5
13.1
7
1
132.8
21.9
3.1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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