Joey Harrington of the Detroit Lions averaged 488 yards a game in passing receivers.
Career Passing yards Career Passing Touchdowns Career Passing yards per game Career Passing Touchdowns per game passing yards in a season, passing yards in a game game passing touchdowns in a season passing yards per game passing touchdowns in a game He owns none of them.
Take the number of pass attempts and divide into the number of passing yards. A quarterback who threw 25 passes and had 230 passing yards in a game has an average yards per pass attempt of 9.2 for the game.
The quarterback accumulated 250 passing yards in the game.
521.Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins threw for 521 yards in a 44-30 loss to the New York Jets on October 23, 1988. That is the 4th highest passing yards total for a game in NFL history.
That record is held by Torry Holt with 83.5 yards receiving yards per game as of the start of the 2008 season.
Norm Van Brocklin. 554 passing yards. 1951.
The quarterback who holds the record for the most passing yards in a single playoff game is Norm Van Brocklin, with 554 yards.
The quarterback who holds the record for the fewest passing yards in a single NFL game is Jack Concannon, who only threw for -7 yards in a game in 1972.
Cotton Davidson with 427 passing yards against the Broncos in 1964.
Chuck Hartlieb - 558 yards
As of the 2008 season: 1) Randall Cunningham - 4,928 rushing yards and 29,979 passing yards 2) Steve Young - 4,239 rushing yards and 33,124 passing yards 3) Fran Tarkenton - 3,674 rushing yards and 47,003 passing yards 4) Steve McNair - 3,590 rushing yards and 31,304 passing yards 5) John Elway - 3,407 rushing yards and 51,475 passing yards 6) Donovan McNabb - (through 1 game of the 2008 season) 2,965 rushing yards and 25,765 passing yards 7) Jim Harbaugh - 2,787 rushing yards and 26,288 passing yards
In football, passing yards are the total distance a quarterback throws the ball to their teammates. Each completed pass gains yards for the team, while incomplete passes do not count towards the total passing yards. Passing yards are an important statistic used to measure a quarterback's performance in a game.