fewest passing yards in a game minimum 3 pass attempts

Johnny Unitas has the fewest passing yards in a game with 3+ passing attempts, with -9 yards versus the Jets on September 19, 1971.

Interpreted as:
fewest passing yards by a player in a regular-season game minimum 3 pass attempts
NAME YDS ATT DATE TM OPP CMP PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
-9
3
9/19/1971
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
1
33.3
-3.0
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
2 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
-8
4
10/13/1974
KC KC
vs
PIT PIT
1
25.0
-2.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
3 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
-8
5
11/20/1966
MIN MIN
@
LA LA
1
20.0
-1.6
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
4 George Blanda
G. Blanda
-8
3
10/2/1955
CHB CHB
@
GB GB
1
33.3
-2.7
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
5 Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
-8
4
10/12/1952
DET DET
vs
SF SF
2
50.0
-2.0
0
0
56.3
0.0
0.0
6 Kerry Collins
K. Collins
-7
12
10/18/2009
TEN TEN
@
NE NE
2
16.7
-0.6
0
1
4.9
0.0
8.3
0
0
7 Scott Stankavage
S. Stankavage
-7
4
10/4/1987
MIA MIA
@
SEA SEA
1
25.0
-1.8
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
0
0
8 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
-7
4
9/22/1968
NYJ NYJ
@
BOS BOS
1
25.0
-1.8
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
9 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
-7
6
12/10/1960
SF SF
vs
GB GB
2
33.3
-1.2
0
1
2.8
0.0
16.7
10 George Blanda
G. Blanda
-7
5
10/19/1952
CHB CHB
vs
SF SF
1
20.0
-1.4
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
11 Chuck Ortmann
C. Ortmann
-7
5
10/5/1952
DAL DAL
vs
SF SF
1
20.0
-1.4
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
12 Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
-6
3
11/21/1971
KC KC
vs
DEN DEN
1
33.3
-2.0
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
13 Ron Meyer
R. Meyer
-6
5
11/27/1966
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
1
20.0
-1.2
0
1
0.0
0.0
20.0
14 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
-6
9
10/27/1963
CLE CLE
vs
NYG NYG
1
11.1
-0.7
0
1
0.0
0.0
11.1
15 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
-6
4
9/17/1961
LA LA
@
BAL BAL
1
25.0
-1.5
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
16 Bob Davis
B. Davis
-5
11
9/16/1973
NO NO
vs
ATL ATL
3
27.3
-0.5
0
1
1.7
0.0
9.1
17 Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
-5
5
11/26/1972
GB GB
@
WAS WAS
2
40.0
-1.0
0
1
8.3
0.0
20.0
18 Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
-5
3
10/17/1965
BAL BAL
@
WAS WAS
1
33.3
-1.7
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
19 Ted Marchibroda
T. Marchibroda
-5
4
10/17/1953
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
1
25.0
-1.3
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
20 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
-5
3
11/16/1952
GB GB
@
NYG NYG
1
33.3
-1.7
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
21 Todd Collins
T. Collins
-4
3
11/17/1996
BUF BUF
vs
CIN CIN
1
33.3
-1.3
0
1
2.8
0.0
33.3
0
0
22 Mark Malone
M. Malone
-4
6
12/21/1985
PIT PIT
@
NYG NYG
1
16.7
-0.7
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
23 Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
-4
10
10/28/1973
GB GB
@
DET DET
1
10.0
-0.4
0
1
0.0
0.0
10.0
24 Jim Del Gaizo
J. Del Gaizo
-4
4
10/7/1973
GB GB
@
NYG NYG
1
25.0
-1.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
50.0
25 Don Heinrich
D. Heinrich
-4
5
10/7/1956
NYG NYG
@
CHC CHC
1
20.0
-0.8
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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2
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