most passing yards single game 1920-1950

From 1920 through 1950, Johnny Lujack had the most passing yards in a game, with 468 yards against the Chicago Cardinals on December 11, 1949.

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	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	468	12/11/1949	CHB	vs	CHC	24	39	61.5	12.0	6	3	110.9	15.4	7.7
2	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	446	10/31/1948	WAS	vs	BOS	17	24	70.8	18.6	4	0	152.8	16.7	0.0
3	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	433	11/14/1943	CHB	@	NYG	21	32	65.6	13.5	7	1	135.4	21.9	3.1
4	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	406	10/31/1948	LA	vs	CHC	28	53	52.8	7.7	3	2	81.2	5.7	3.8
5	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	376	10/31/1943	WAS	@	BKN	16	28	57.1	13.4	6	3	101.8	21.4	10.7
6	Bobby Layne B. Layne	374	11/5/1950	DET	vs	CHB	23	45	51.1	8.3	1	1	77.5	2.2	2.2
7	Otto Graham O. Graham	369	10/15/1950	CLE	vs	CHC	22	35	62.9	10.5	2	3	81.7	5.7	8.6
8	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	364	9/28/1947	WAS	@	PHI	21	34	61.8	10.7	5	2	113.2	14.7	5.9
9	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	363	12/5/1948	NYG	@	PIT	36	53	67.9	6.8	3	1	98.2	5.7	1.9
10	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	357	11/13/1949	NYG	@	GB	16	29	55.2	12.3	4	3	99.4	13.8	10.3
11	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	355	11/23/1947	WAS	vs	CHC	25	33	75.8	10.8	6	2	124.4	18.2	6.1
12	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	354	12/12/1948	WAS	@	NYG	25	42	59.5	8.4	3	3	80.9	7.1	7.1
13	Otto Graham O. Graham	346	9/16/1950	CLE	@	PHI	21	38	55.3	9.1	3	2	90.5	7.9	5.3
14	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	343	12/14/1947	WAS	vs	BOS	25	41	61.0	8.4	3	1	102.0	7.3	2.4
15	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	342	10/19/1947	CHB	vs	DET	18	26	69.2	13.2	3	1	134.3	11.5	3.8
16	Bobby Layne B. Layne	341	12/3/1950	DET	@	BAL	16	27	59.3	12.6	3	3	101.0	11.1	11.1
17	Paul Governali P. Governali	341	11/9/1947	NYG	vs	PHI	16	35	45.7	9.7	2	2	76.0	5.7	5.7
18	Bobby Layne B. Layne	333	11/6/1949	NYB	@	NYG	23	39	59.0	8.5	2	1	93.2	5.1	2.6
19	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	333	11/1/1942	GB	vs	CHC	10	21	47.6	15.9	5	1	113.6	23.8	4.8
20	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	331	10/29/1950	CHB	@	NYY	20	39	51.3	8.5	1	4	49.1	2.6	10.3
21	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	329	11/22/1945	CLE	@	DET	12	21	57.1	15.7	2	3	93.9	9.5	14.3
22	Otto Graham O. Graham	321	12/10/1950	CLE	@	WAS	23	32	71.9	10.0	4	1	130.3	12.5	3.1
23	Paul Christman P. Christman	320	9/28/1947	CHC	vs	DET	16	24	66.7	13.3	2	0	137.5	8.3	0.0
24	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	319	10/23/1949	CHB	@	NYG	29	52	55.8	6.1	2	2	70.9	3.8	3.8
25	Clyde LeForce C. LeForce	317	11/16/1947	DET	vs	WAS	15	24	62.5	13.2	3	2	111.1	12.5	8.3

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