who has the most passing yards in a rookie week 1 game

Cam Newton has the most passing yards by a rookie in a Week-1 game, with 422 yards against the Cardinals on September 11, 2011.

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Cam Newton C. Newton	422	9/11/2011	CAR	@	ARI	24	37	64.9	11.4	2	1	110.4	5.4	2.7	4	19
2	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	332	9/12/2021	JAX	@	HOU	28	51	54.9	6.5	3	3	70.1	5.9	5.9	1	13
3	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	320	9/9/2012	WAS	@	NO	19	26	73.1	12.3	2	0	139.9	7.7	0.0	2	14
4	Andrew Luck A. Luck	309	9/9/2012	IND	@	CHI	23	45	51.1	6.9	1	3	52.9	2.2	6.7	3	16
5	Kyler Murray K. Murray	308	9/8/2019	ARI	vs	DET	29	54	53.7	5.7	2	1	75.2	3.7	1.9	5	33
6	Peyton Manning P. Manning	302	9/6/1998	IND	vs	MIA	21	37	56.8	8.2	1	3	58.6	2.7	8.1	4	29
7	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	292	9/7/1986	BUF	vs	NYJ	20	33	60.6	8.8	3	0	119.8	9.1	0.0	1	3
8	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	292	9/12/1976	SEA	vs	STL	17	37	45.9	7.9	2	2	68.8	5.4	5.4
9	Mac Jones M. Jones	281	9/12/2021	NE	vs	MIA	29	39	74.4	7.2	1	0	102.6	2.6	0.0	1	13
10	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	278	9/11/2016	PHI	vs	CLE	22	37	59.5	7.5	2	0	101.0	5.4	0.0	2	8
11	Gardner Minshew G. Minshew	275	9/8/2019	JAX	vs	KC	22	25	88.0	11.0	2	1	122.5	8.0	4.0	1	3
12	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	272	9/13/2009	NYJ	@	HOU	18	31	58.1	8.8	1	1	84.3	3.2	3.2	0	0
13	Zach Wilson Z. Wilson	258	9/12/2021	NYJ	@	CAR	20	37	54.1	7.0	2	1	82.9	5.4	2.7	6	51
14	Geno Smith G. Smith	256	9/8/2013	NYJ	vs	TB	24	38	63.2	6.7	1	1	80.6	2.6	2.6	5	42
15	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	253	9/12/2010	STL	vs	ARI	32	55	58.2	4.6	1	3	53.1	1.8	5.5	2	13
16	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	250	9/17/1961	MIN	vs	CHI	17	23	73.9	10.9	4	0	148.6	17.4	0.0
17	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	248	9/12/2004	CIN	@	NYJ	18	27	66.7	9.2	2	1	105.2	7.4	3.7	1	10
18	C.J. Stroud	242	9/10/2023	HOU	@	BAL	28	44	63.6	5.5	0	0	78.0	0.0	0.0	5	46
19	Tom Flores T. Flores	232	9/11/1960	OAK	vs	HOU	13	32	40.6	7.3	2	0	87.0	6.3	0.0
20	Greg Landry G. Landry	231	9/15/1968	DET	@	DAL	15	31	48.4	7.5	2	4	55.4	6.5	12.9
21	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	227	9/11/2016	DAL	vs	NYG	25	45	55.6	5.0	0	0	69.4	0.0	0.0	0	0
22	Anthony Richardson Sr. A. Richardson Sr.	223	9/10/2023	IND	vs	JAX	24	37	64.9	6.0	1	1	79.0	2.7	2.7	4	8
23	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	223	9/9/2001	CAR	@	MIN	13	22	59.1	10.1	1	1	89.8	4.5	4.5	2	23
24	DeShone Kizer D. Kizer	222	9/10/2017	CLE	vs	PIT	20	30	66.7	7.4	1	1	85.7	3.3	3.3	7	42
25	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	220	9/21/1969	DAL	vs	STL	7	15	46.7	14.7	1	0	115.3	6.7	0.0

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