Van Brocklin was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970. Success eluded him there, too, and he was fired in 1974. He later coached the Atlanta Falcons, another expansion team. As the Vikings’ coach, he constantly feuded with the footloose quarterback Fran Tarkenton since Van Brocklin believed that a quarterback should, as he had, remain in the pocket. Van Brocklin retired from playing after that win and in 1961 was named head coach of the expansion Minnesota franchise. There, he led the Eagles to a title in the 1960 season, handing Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi his only defeat in a championship game. Years later, Van Brocklin argued when Sid Gillman was brought in as the Rams’ head coach and demanded a trade, which was completed in 1958, to Philadelphia. The Rams won easily, 54-14, and went on to victory in that year’s championship game. He completed passes to nine different receivers, led by Hirsch’s nine catches for 173 yards and four touchdowns. Van Brocklin had 27 completions on 41 attempts for five touchdown passes and two interceptions. That outing is tied for the ninth-highest single-game total with Jared Goff, who in a 2019 game for the Rams launched as many yards in a 55-44 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It is the highest single-game total for an active passer.Įven Tom Brady’s biggest career yardage day fell short: In 2011, he passed for 517 yards to lead the New England Patriots over the Miami Dolphins, 38-24. Warren Moon of the Houston Oilers also reached that total in a 27-10 win over Kansas City in 1990.īengals quarterback Joe Burrow last season threw for 525 yards in a contest Cincinnati won, 41-21, over the Baltimore Ravens. Matt Schaub came close in 2012 when he passed for 527 yards for the Houston Texans in a 43-37 overtime win against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The seven-decade-old statistic has been untouchable even in this era of explosive passing offenses and pinball scoring. On a pleasant Friday evening in the early fall of 1951, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Norm Van Brocklin threw for 554 yards, a single-game record that still stands. It’s the N.F.L.’s most confoundingly persistent record.
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