most ypg by rookie qb in a season, before 1999 min 13 gp

Before 1999, Peyton Manning averaged the most passing yards per game by a rookie quarterback with 13+ games played, with 233.7 per game in 1998.

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most passing ypg by rookie qb in a season, before 1999 min 13 gp

	NAME	YDS/G	GP	SEASON	TM	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	233.7	16	1998	IND	326	575	56.7	3,739	6.5	26	28	71.2	4.5	4.9	22	109
2	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	224.6	16	1986	BUF	285	480	59.4	3,593	7.5	22	17	83.3	4.6	3.5	43	330
3	Warren Moon W. Moon	208.6	16	1984	HOU	259	450	57.6	3,338	7.4	12	14	76.9	2.7	3.1	47	371
4	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	191.8	13	1993	NE	214	429	49.9	2,494	5.8	15	15	65.0	3.5	3.5	16	99
5	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	183.6	14	1976	SEA	208	439	47.4	2,571	5.9	12	27	49.5	2.7	6.2	25	196
6	Tony Banks T. Banks	181.7	14	1996	STL	192	368	52.2	2,544	6.9	15	15	71.0	4.1	4.1	48	306
7	Kerry Collins K. Collins	181.1	15	1995	CAR	214	433	49.4	2,717	6.3	14	19	61.9	3.2	4.4	24	150
8	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	179.1	14	1970	BUF	178	321	55.5	2,507	7.8	10	20	65.3	3.1	6.2	41	387
9	Dieter Brock D. Brock	177.2	15	1985	RAM	218	365	59.7	2,658	7.3	16	13	82.0	4.4	3.6	51	351
10	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	177.1	16	1993	SEA	274	486	56.4	2,833	5.8	12	17	67.0	2.5	3.5	47	235
11	Butch Songin B. Songin	176.9	14	1960	BOS	187	392	47.7	2,476	6.3	22	15	70.9	5.6	3.8
12	Joe Namath J. Namath	170.8	13	1965	NYJ	164	340	48.2	2,220	6.5	18	15	68.8	5.3	4.4
13	Norm Snead N. Snead	166.9	14	1961	WAS	172	375	45.9	2,337	6.2	11	22	51.6	2.9	5.9
14	Jeff George J. George	165.5	13	1990	IND	181	334	54.2	2,152	6.4	16	13	73.8	4.8	3.9	37	320
15	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	154.1	14	1971	NE	158	328	48.2	2,158	6.6	19	16	68.6	5.8	4.9	36	319
16	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	152.0	13	1975	NE	139	274	50.7	1,976	7.2	11	18	60.4	4.0	6.6	22	207
17	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	142.6	14	1961	MIN	157	280	56.1	1,997	7.1	18	17	74.7	6.4	6.1
18	David Woodley D. Woodley	142.3	13	1980	MIA	176	327	53.8	1,850	5.7	14	17	63.1	4.3	5.2	17	127
19	Jeff Komlo J. Komlo	139.9	16	1979	DET	183	368	49.7	2,238	6.1	11	23	52.8	3.0	6.3	40	361
20	Mickey Slaughter M. Slaughter	129.9	13	1963	DEN	112	223	50.2	1,689	7.6	12	14	67.3	5.4	6.3
21	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	128.2	14	1966	ATL	129	295	43.7	1,795	6.1	12	21	47.8	4.1	7.1
22	Tom Flores T. Flores	124.1	14	1960	OAK	136	252	54.0	1,738	6.9	12	12	71.8	4.8	4.8
23	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	121.6	14	1971	HOU	127	270	47.0	1,702	6.3	7	21	43.8	2.6	7.8	20	152
24	John Hadl J. Hadl	116.6	14	1962	SD	107	260	41.2	1,632	6.3	15	24	43.3	5.8	9.2
25	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	112.5	14	1981	STL	119	236	50.4	1,575	6.7	4	10	59.9	1.7	4.2	32	286

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