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Airing it out

The Houston Texans became the first team ever to score twice in overtime. The Texans kicked a field goal early in the extra quarter of a game on Nov. 18, 2012 but changes to the sudden death rule gave the Jacksonville Jaguars the opportunity to knot the game with a field goal. The battle was finally ended when Houston’s Matt Schaub hooked up with receiver Andre Johnson on a 48-yard TD pass play with 2:01 left in the game.

That scoring strike put the finishing touches on a memorable day for Schaub who threw for 527 yards. The total not only bested the franchise mark he owned but tied for the second most passing yards ever in a NFL game.

Here is a look at the quarterbacks who own the single-game passing records for each of the 32 NFL teams. Six of the team marks have been set in the past two seasons while only four team records were set prior to the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.


Chicago's Johnny Lujack set the then NFL record by throwing for 468 yards on Dec. 11, 1949. He had 6 TD passes to help the Bears to a 52-21 victory over the crosstown rival Cardinals in the season finale. Lujack's mark remains a Bears record and has lasted the longest of any of the team highs.	Joe Namath needed just 15 completions to rack up a New York Jets record 496 yards in a shootout against Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts on Sept. 24, 1972. The two Hall of Fame passers combined for a then-record 872 yards that day. Namath threw 6 TDs including four bombs (65, 67, 79, and 80- yard strikes).


Boomer Esiason is the only quarterback to own the single-game passing record for two teams.


EAST	Player / Opponent	Date	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	INT
Buffalo Bills	Drew Bledsoe vs. Minnesota Vikings	Sept. 15, 2002	49	35	463	3	0
Miami Dolphins	Dan Marino vs. New York Jets	Oct. 23, 1988	60	35	521	3	5
New England Patriots	Tom Brady at Miami Dolphins	Sept. 12, 2011	48	32	517	4	1
New York Jets	Joe Namath at Baltimore Colts	Sept. 24, 1972	28	15	496	6	1

NORTH	Player / Opponent	Date	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	INT
Baltimore Ravens	Vinny Testaverde vs. St. Louis Rams	Oct. 27, 1996	51	31	429	3	2
Cincinnati Bengals	Boomer Esiason at Los Angeles Rams	Oct. 7, 1990	45	31	490	3	0
Cleveland Browns	Brian Sipe vs. Baltimore Colts	Oct. 25, 1981	41	30	444	4	2
Pittsburgh Steelers	Ben Roethlisberger vs. Green Bay Packers	Dec. 20, 2009	46	29	503	3	0

SOUTH	Player / Opponent	Date	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	INT
Houston Texans	Matt Schaub vs. Jacksonville Jaguars	Nov. 18, 2012	55	43	527	5	2
Indianapolis Colts	Peyton Manning at Kansas City Chiefs	Oct. 31, 2004	44	25	472	5	1
Jacksonville Jaguars	Mark Brunell at New England Patriots	Sept. 22, 1996	39	23	432	3	1
Tennessee Titans	Warren Moon at Kansas City Chiefs	Dec. 16, 1990	45	27	527	3	0

WEST	Player / Opponent	Date	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	INT
Denver Broncos	Jake Plummer vs. Atlanta Falcons	Oct. 31, 2004	55	31	499	4	3
Kansas City Chiefs	Elvis Grbac at Oakland Raiders	Nov. 5, 2000	53	39	504	2	2
Oakland Raiders	Cotton Davidson vs. Denver Broncos	Oct. 25, 1964	36	23	427	5	1
San Diego Chargers	Philip Rivers at Seattle Seahawks	Sept. 26, 2010	53	29	455	2	2


EAST	Player / Opponent	Date	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	INT
Dallas Cowboys	Don Meredith at San Francisco 49ers	Nov. 10, 1963	48	30	460	3	1
New York Giants	Phil Simms vs. Cincinnati Bengals	Oct. 13, 1985	62	40	513	1	2
Philadelphia Eagles	Donovan McNabb vs. Green Bay Packers	Dec. 5, 2004	43	32	464	5	0
Washington Redskins	Brad Johnson vs. San Francisco 49ers	Dec. 26, 1999	47	32	471	2	1

NORTH	Player / Opponent	Date	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	INT
Chicago Bears	Johnny Lujack vs. Chicago Cardinals	Dec. 11, 1949	39	24	468	6	3
Detroit Lions	Matthew Stafford at Green Bay Packers	Jan. 1, 2012	59	36	520	5	2
Green Bay Packers	Matt Flynn vs. Detroit Lions	Jan. 1, 2012	44	31	480	6	1
Minnesota Vikings	Tommy Kramer at Washington Redskins	Nov. 2, 1986	35	20	490	4	1

SOUTH	Player / Opponent	Date	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	INT
Atlanta Falcons	Chris Chandler vs. Buffalo Bills	Dec. 23, 2001	40	28	431	2	2
Carolina Panthers	Cam Newton vs. Green Bay Packers	Sept. 18, 2011	46	28	432	1	3
New Orleans Saints	Drew Brees vs. Cincinnati Bengals	Nov. 19, 2006	52	37	510	2	3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Doug Williams at Minnesota Vikings	Nov. 16, 1980	55	30	486	4	2

WEST	Player / Opponent	Date	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	INT
Arizona Cardinals	Boomer Esiason at Washington Redskins	Nov. 10, 1996	59	35	522	3	4
San Francisco 49ers	Joe Montana at Atlanta Falcons	Oct. 14, 1990	49	32	476	6	2
Seattle Seahawks	Matt Hasselbeck at San Diego Chargers	Dec. 29, 2002	53	36	449	2	2
St. Louis Rams	Norm Van Brocklin vs. New York Yanks	Sept. 28, 1951	41	27	554	5	2