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Only three quarterbacks have thrown for over 500 yards more than once in their career Drew Brees and Tom Brady did so twice (both of Brees' 500-yard games occurred in regular season games, while Brady had one 500-yard game each in both a regular season game and a postseason game), and Ben Roethlisberger did so four times (three times in the regular season and once in the postseason). Norm Van Brocklin was the first to do so, whose 554-yard performance in a 1951 game remains the league record for most passing yards in a game. It's the most passing yards Newton has had since leaving high school, surpassing the 369 yards he had against Trinity Valley Community College while he played at Blinn College.In the history of the National Football League (NFL), 21 different quarterbacks have passed for at least 500 yards in a single game 26 times, a feat also referred to as the "500 Club". Terry Bradshaw, Tom Brady, Jim Kelly, Bart Starr and Fran Tarkenton never threw for that many yards in a single game in their NFL careers. It took Newton all of one game to have 422 passing yards, while the list of notable quarterbacks to never throw for that many yards in a game is like a Hall of Fame roll call.

Like Newton, Manning also lost his game on the way to a 3-13 rookie season. He has some impressive company, as Peyton Manning did it for the Indianapolis Colts in 1998.

Newton is also just the second rookie in NFL history to throw for more than 300 yards in his team’s season opener. In fact, only five other players even had a 300-yard passing game in their NFL debuts, most recently done by Ryan Fitzpatrick for the St. The previous record was 346 by Otto Graham for the Cleveland Browns in 1950. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Newton shattered the NFL record for the most pass yards in a player’s NFL debut.