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MATT SCHAUB NOTES
SCHAUB AMONG ALL-TIME GREATS
QB Matt Schaub led the NFL with 4,770
passing yards in 2009, the sixth-highest
single-season total in NFL history.
In Week 2 this season, Schaub through
for an NFL-high 497 yards in a 30-27 overtime
win at Washington, setting a team
Schaub record. It was the 12th-highest singlegame
total in NFL history. Schaub completed 38-of-52
passes for a 73.1 completion percentage. Only one player
in NFL history has a higher completion percentage while
throwing for at least 475 yards in a game. Kansas City’s Elvis
Grbac completed 39-of-53 passes for 504 yards against
Oakland on November 5, 2000. In addition, Schaub and
Redskins QB Donovan McNabb are one of just five sets
of opposing quarterbacks who have thrown for more than
400 yards in the same game.
NFL ALL-TIME SINGLE-GAME PASSING TOTALS
Player Date Tm Opp Att Cmp Pct Yds
N. Van Brocklin 9/28/1951 LAN NYK 41 27 65.9 554
Warren Moon 12/16/1990 Hou KC 45 27 60.0 527
Boomer Esiason 11/10/1996 Ari Was 59 35 59.3 522
Dan Marino 10/23/1988 Mia NYJ 60 35 58.3 521
Phil Simms 10/13/1985 NYG Cin 62 40 64.5 513
Drew Brees 11/19/2006 NO Cin 52 37 71.2 510
Vince Ferragamo 12/26/1982 LAN Chi 46 30 65.2 509
Y.A. Tittle 10/28/1962 NYG Was 39 27 69.2 505
Elvis Grbac 11/5/2000 KC Oak 53 39 73.6 504
B. Roethlisberger 12/20/2009 Pit GB 46 29 63.0 503
Jake Plummer 10/31/2004 Den Atl 55 31 56.4 499
Matt Schaub 9/19/2010 Hou Was 52 38 73.1 497
Joe Namath 9/24/1972 NYJ Bal 28 15 53.6 496
Billy Volek 12/19/2004 Ten Oak 60 40 66.7 492
Boomer Esiason 10/7/1990 Cin LAN 45 31 68.9 490
Tommy Kramer 11/2/1986 Min Was 35 20 57.1 490
OPPOSING QUARTERBACKS WITH 400-PLUS YARDS
Date QB, Tm Yds QB, Tm Yds
12/20/82 Dan Fouts, SD 435 Ken Anderson, CIN 416
9/21/86 Ken O’Brien, NYJ 479 Dan Marino, MIA 448
9/13/92 Steve Young, SF 449 Jim Kelly, BUF 403
9/4/94 Drew Bledsoe, NE 421 Dan Marino, MIA 473
9/19/10 Donovan McNabb, WAS 426 Matt Schaub, HOU 497
Schaub is the first Texan to pass for more than 4,000
yards in a season and had the sixth-highest single-season
total in NFL history in 2009.
NFL ALL-TIME SINGLE-SEASON PASSING TOTALS
Player, Tm. Year Att Cmp Yds Rate
D. Marino, MIA 1984 564 362 5,084 108.9
D. Brees, NO 2008 635 413 5,069 96.2
K. Warner, STL 2001 546 375 4,830 101.4
T. Brady, NE 2007 578 398 4,806 117.2
D. Fouts, SD 1981 609 360 4,802 90.6
M. Schaub, HOU 2009 583 396 4,770 98.6
D. Marino, MIA 1986 623 378 4,746 92.5
D. Culpepper, MIN 2004 548 379 4,717 110.9
D. Fouts, SD 1980 589 348 4,715 84.7
W. Moon, HOU 1991 655 404 4,690 81.7
THE BAYOU BOMBER
QB Matt Schaub has been one of the most accurate
quarterbacks in the NFL from 2007-10, completing 66.4
percent of his pass attempts. Schaub hasn’t just dinked
and dunked his way down the field, however.
Schaub has averaged 7.91 yards per pass attempt since
joining the Texans in 2007, second-highest in the league
in that time. That average would rank ninth in NFL history.
Schaub’s overall career average of 7.77 yards per attempt
is 12th all-time.
HIGHEST PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT, 2007-10
Player, Tm Att Cmp Yds YPA Rate
Philip Rivers 1,800 1,155 14,777 8.21 99.2
Tom Brady 1,510 1,012 11,983 7.94 106.4
Tony Romo 1,733 1,106 13,747 7.93 95.6
Matt Schaub 1,619 1,075 12,806 7.91 93.8
HIGHEST PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT, NFL HISTORY
Player Att Cmp Pct Yds YPA
Otto Graham# 1,565 872 55.7 13,499 8.63
Sid Luckman# 1,744 904 51.8 14,686 8.42
Norm Van Brocklin# 2,895 1,553 53.6 23,611 8.16
Tony Romo* 2,070 1,326 64.1 16,650 8.04
Ben Roethlisberger* 2,631 1,663 63.2 21,127 8.03
Philip Rivers* 2,290 1,456 63.6 18,313 8.00
Steve Young* 4,149 2,667 64.3 33,124 7.98
Kurt Warner* 4,070 2,666 65.5 32,344 7.95
Ed Brown 1,987 949 47.8 15,600 7.85
Bart Starr 3,149 1,808 57.4 24,718 7.85
Aaron Rodgers* 1,505 966 64.2 11,746 7.80
Matt Schaub* 1,780 1,159 65.1 13,839 7.77
* Active players.
# Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
SCHAUB AT THE TOP OF HIS CLASS
Texans QB Matt Schaub was a member of the draft class
of 2004, one which may go down as the greatest quarterback
draft class since 1983.
Two of the quarterbacks drafted that year have already
won the Super Bowl and a third has led his team to a
conference championship game. While Schaub has yet
to reach the postseason, his passing numbers more than
match up with those of his classmates.
Schaub has averaged 262.4 passing yards per game as
a starter, which is the highest among quarterbacks in the
2004 draft class.
PASS YARDS PER GAME, QB DRAFT CLASS OF 2004
Player, Tm. Drafted GS Yards YPG
Matt Schaub, HOU 3 (90) 50 13,113 262.4
Philip Rivers, SD 1 (4) 78 18,128 232.4
Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 1 (11) 93 20,881 224.5
Eli Manning, NYG 1 (1) 99 21,239 214.5
J.P. Losman, BUF 1 (22) 33 5,616 170.2
* Tony Romo (undrafted) is averaging 264.9 YPG.
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