Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is getting in range of Norm Van Brocklin’s single-game passing yardage record.
Roethlisberger has completed 40-of-49 passes for 522 yards and six touchdowns as the Steelers have built a 51-34 lead vs. Indianapolis with about five minutes left in regulation. Roethlisberger’s 522 yards are tied with Boomer Esiason (1996, Arizona) for the fourth-most in single-game NFL history. He needs six yards to pass Warren Moon (1990) and Matt Schaub (2012) for the second-most yards in a game. Moon and Schaub both passed for 527 yards, with Moon accomplishing that for the Houston Oilers and Schaub pulling it off for the Houston Texans.
The single-game record is 554 yards, which Van Brocklin accomplished on Sept. 28, 1951 vs. the New York Yanks.
Roethlisberger’s 522 yards is also a Steelers single-game record. He held the Steelers’ old record of 503 yards, set Dec. 20, 2009 vs. Green Bay.