fewest passing yards in a game by a starting quarterback

George Ratterman has the fewest passing yards by a quarterback in a game, with -12 yards versus the Packers on September 27, 1953.

Interpreted as:
fewest passing yards in a regular-season game by a starting quarterback
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
-12
9/27/1953
CLE CLE
@
GB GB
2
2
100.0
-6.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
2Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
-9
9/19/1971
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
1
3
33.3
-3.0
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
3Billy Joe Tolliver
B. Joe Tolliver
-8
12/21/1997
KC KC
vs
NO NO
1
1
100.0
-8.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
4Joe Montana
J. Montana
-8
10/21/1979
SF SF
vs
ATL ATL
1
1
100.0
-8.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
5Len Dawson
L. Dawson
-8
10/13/1974
KC KC
vs
PIT PIT
1
4
25.0
-2.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
6Don Trull
D. Trull
-8
9/29/1968
HOU HOU
vs
OAK OAK
1
1
100.0
-8.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
7Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
-8
11/20/1966
MIN MIN
@
LA LA
1
5
20.0
-1.6
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
8George Blanda
G. Blanda
-8
10/2/1955
CHB CHB
@
GB GB
1
3
33.3
-2.7
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
9Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
-8
10/12/1952
DET DET
vs
SF SF
2
4
50.0
-2.0
0
0
56.3
0.0
0.0
10Kerry Collins
K. Collins
-7
10/18/2009
TEN TEN
@
NE NE
2
12
16.7
-0.6
0
1
4.9
0.0
8.3
0
0
11Scott Stankavage
S. Stankavage
-7
10/4/1987
MIA MIA
@
SEA SEA
1
4
25.0
-1.8
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
0
0
12George Mira
G. Mira
-7
10/19/1969
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
1
2
50.0
-3.5
0
0
56.3
0.0
0.0
13Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
-7
9/22/1968
NYJ NYJ
@
BOS BOS
1
4
25.0
-1.8
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
14Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
-7
12/10/1960
SF SF
vs
GB GB
2
6
33.3
-1.2
0
1
2.8
0.0
16.7
15Chuck Ortmann
C. Ortmann
-7
10/5/1952
DAL DAL
vs
SF SF
1
5
20.0
-1.4
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
16Neil Graff
N. Graff
-6
11/13/1977
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
2
2
100.0
-3.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
17Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
-6
11/21/1971
KC KC
vs
DEN DEN
1
3
33.3
-2.0
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
18Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
-6
11/14/1971
CIN CIN
@
DEN DEN
1
1
100.0
-6.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
19Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
-6
9/29/1968
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
1
2
50.0
-3.0
0
0
56.3
0.0
0.0
20Ron Meyer
R. Meyer
-6
11/27/1966
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
1
5
20.0
-1.2
0
1
0.0
0.0
20.0
21Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
-6
10/27/1963
CLE CLE
vs
NYG NYG
1
9
11.1
-0.7
0
1
0.0
0.0
11.1
22Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
-6
9/17/1961
LA LA
@
BAL BAL
1
4
25.0
-1.5
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
23Paul McDonald
P. McDonald
-5
10/23/1983
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
1
1
100.0
-5.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
24Bob Davis
B. Davis
-5
9/16/1973
NO NO
vs
ATL ATL
3
11
27.3
-0.5
0
1
1.7
0.0
9.1
25Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
-5
11/26/1972
GB GB
@
WAS WAS
2
5
40.0
-1.0
0
1
8.3
0.0
20.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
Ravens Ravens
2
5
0
.286
Browns Browns
2
6
0
.250
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/9
CLE CLE
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
4:25 PM
Sun
11/23
CLE CLE
@
LV LV
4:05 PM
Sun
11/30
SF SF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
TEN TEN
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Browns

2 - 6 - 0

13

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32

NE Patriots

6 - 2 - 0

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM