who has the most passing yards through first 1 nfl game

Cam Newton had the most passing yards in his first game, with 422 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Cam Newton
C. Newton
422
1
24
37
64.9
11.4
422.0
2
1
110.4
5.4
2.7
4
19
2Otto Graham
O. Graham
346
1
21
38
55.3
9.1
346.0
3
2
90.5
7.9
5.3
3Ed Rubbert
E. Rubbert
334
1
14
24
58.3
13.9
334.0
3
1
125.0
12.5
4.2
0
0
4Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
332
1
28
51
54.9
6.5
332.0
3
3
70.1
5.9
5.9
1
13
5Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
320
1
19
26
73.1
12.3
320.0
2
0
139.9
7.7
0.0
2
14
6Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
311
1
22
33
66.7
9.4
311.0
1
1
94.4
3.0
3.0
2
15
7Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
310
1
19
30
63.3
10.3
310.0
3
1
117.4
10.0
3.3
5
22
8Andrew Luck
A. Luck
309
1
23
45
51.1
6.9
309.0
1
3
52.9
2.2
6.7
3
16
9Kyler Murray
K. Murray
308
1
29
54
53.7
5.7
308.0
2
1
75.2
3.7
1.9
5
33
10Jake Luton
J. Luton
304
1
26
38
68.4
8.0
304.0
1
1
90.2
2.6
2.6
2
16
11Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
303
1
26
41
63.4
7.4
303.0
3
1
99.9
7.3
2.4
4
21
12Peyton Manning
P. Manning
302
1
21
37
56.8
8.2
302.0
1
3
58.6
2.7
8.1
4
29
13Dick Wood
D. Wood
294
1
16
33
48.5
8.9
294.0
2
1
87.2
6.1
3.0
14Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
292
1
20
33
60.6
8.8
292.0
3
0
119.8
9.1
0.0
1
3
15Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
292
1
17
37
45.9
7.9
292.0
2
2
68.8
5.4
5.4
16Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
284
1
22
35
62.9
8.1
284.0
0
1
76.4
0.0
2.9
2
15
17Mac Jones
M. Jones
281
1
29
39
74.4
7.2
281.0
1
0
102.6
2.6
0.0
1
13
18Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
281
1
23
33
69.7
8.5
281.0
1
2
80.5
3.0
6.1
5
23
19David Blough
D. Blough
280
1
22
38
57.9
7.4
280.0
2
1
87.6
5.3
2.6
2
21
20Scott Tolzien
S. Tolzien
280
1
24
39
61.5
7.2
280.0
1
2
70.5
2.6
5.1
1
8
21Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
278
1
22
37
59.5
7.5
278.0
2
0
101.0
5.4
0.0
2
8
22Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
278
1
16
27
59.3
10.3
278.0
2
1
103.6
7.4
3.7
3
29
23Gardner Minshew
G. Minshew
275
1
22
25
88.0
11.0
275.0
2
1
122.5
8.0
4.0
1
3
24Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
272
1
18
31
58.1
8.8
272.0
1
1
84.3
3.2
3.2
0
0
25Case Keenum
C. Keenum
271
1
15
25
60.0
10.8
271.0
1
0
110.6
4.0
0.0
5
50
StatMuse has game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,011

Young

Bryce Young

RUSH

1,076

Dowdle

Rico Dowdle

REC

1,014

McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan
Team Rankings

PPG

18.3

27th

OPP PPG

22.4

15th

RUSH YDS/G

116.3

19th

PASS YDS/G

194.4

27th

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TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Panthers Panthers
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9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176