Before 1978, Norm Van Brocklin had the most passing yards by a quarterback in a game, with 554 yards versus the New York Yanks on September 28, 1951.
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What is the most passing yards by an NFL quarterback before 1978 in regular-season game?| NAME | YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | N. Van Brocklin | 554 | 9/28/1951 |  LA | vs |  NYY | 27 | 41 | 65.9 | 13.5 | 5 | 2 | 128.3 | 12.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 2 |  | Y.A. Tittle | 505 | 10/28/1962 |  NYG | vs |  WAS | 27 | 39 | 69.2 | 12.9 | 7 | 0 | 151.4 | 17.9 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | | J. Namath | 496 | 9/24/1972 |  NYJ | @ |  BAL | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 17.7 | 6 | 1 | 123.5 | 21.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 4 | | J. Lujack | 468 | 12/11/1949 |  CHB | vs |  CHC | 24 | 39 | 61.5 | 12.0 | 6 | 3 | 110.9 | 15.4 | 7.7 | ||
| 5 | | B. Wade | 466 | 11/18/1962 | CHI | @ |  DLC | 28 | 46 | 60.9 | 10.1 | 2 | 2 | 91.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 6 | | G. Blanda | 464 | 10/29/1961 |  HOU | @ |  BUF | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 14.5 | 4 | 4 | 101.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | ||
| 7 | | D. Meredith | 460 | 11/10/1963 | DAL | @ |  SF | 30 | 48 | 62.5 | 9.6 | 3 | 1 | 106.3 | 6.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 8 | | J. Lee | 457 | 10/13/1961 | HOU | @ |  BOS | 27 | 41 | 65.9 | 11.1 | 2 | 2 | 99.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 9 | | J. Kapp | 449 | 9/28/1969 |  MIN | vs | BAL | 28 | 43 | 65.1 | 10.4 | 7 | 1 | 129.7 | 16.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 10 | | K. Anderson | 447 | 11/17/1975 |  CIN | vs | BUF | 30 | 46 | 65.2 | 9.7 | 2 | 0 | 111.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | | F. Tripucka | 447 | 9/15/1962 |  DEN | @ | BUF | 29 | 56 | 51.8 | 8.0 | 2 | 3 | 68.1 | 3.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 12 | | S. Baugh | 446 | 10/31/1948 | WAS | vs | BOS | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 18.6 | 4 | 0 | 152.8 | 16.7 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | | C. Johnson | 445 | 11/18/1974 | DEN | vs |  KC | 28 | 42 | 66.7 | 10.6 | 2 | 2 | 97.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 14 | | B. Thomason | 437 | 11/8/1953 |  PHI | vs | NYG | 22 | 44 | 50.0 | 9.9 | 4 | 1 | 106.0 | 9.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 15 | | J. Harris | 436 | 10/3/1976 | LA | @ |  MIA | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 15.0 | 2 | 1 | 111.6 | 6.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 16 | | S. Jurgensen | 436 | 10/29/1961 | PHI | @ | WAS | 27 | 41 | 65.9 | 10.6 | 3 | 2 | 105.3 | 7.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 17 | | L. Dawson | 435 | 11/1/1964 | KC | vs | DEN | 23 | 38 | 60.5 | 11.4 | 6 | 3 | 106.9 | 15.8 | 7.9 | ||
| 18 | | S. Luckman | 433 | 11/14/1943 | CHB | @ | NYG | 21 | 32 | 65.6 | 13.5 | 7 | 1 | 135.4 | 21.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 19 | | C. Johnson | 428 | 10/13/1963 |  STL | vs |  PIT | 20 | 41 | 48.8 | 10.4 | 2 | 1 | 92.3 | 4.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 20 | | C. Davidson | 427 | 10/25/1964 |  OAK | vs | DEN | 23 | 36 | 63.9 | 11.9 | 5 | 1 | 132.8 | 13.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 21 | | N. Snead | 424 | 11/17/1963 | WAS | vs | PIT | 23 | 40 | 57.5 | 10.6 | 2 | 2 | 90.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | ||
| 22 | | B. Parilli | 422 | 10/16/1964 | BOS | vs | OAK | 25 | 47 | 53.2 | 9.0 | 4 | 4 | 76.7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | ||
| 23 | | S. Jurgensen | 419 | 12/16/1962 | PHI | @ | STL | 15 | 34 | 44.1 | 12.3 | 5 | 3 | 93.0 | 14.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 24 | | S. Jurgensen | 418 | 11/26/1967 | WAS | @ |  CLE | 32 | 50 | 64.0 | 8.4 | 3 | 1 | 101.9 | 6.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 25 | | G. Blanda | 418 | 11/19/1961 | HOU | vs | NYT | 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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