Len Dawson had the highest passer rating in the AFL in a game with 17+ passing attempts in 1965, with a 158.0 rating against the Houston Oilers on November 28, 1965.
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highest afl individual passer rate in a regular-season game 1965 17 throws minimum| NAME | RTG | ATT | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | PCT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Dawson | 158.0 | 17 | 11/28/1965 | vs | 14 | 82.4 | 211 | 12.4 | 3 | 0 | 17.6 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2 | | J. Kemp | 137.5 | 22 | 10/24/1965 | vs | 14 | 63.6 | 280 | 12.7 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 | 0.0 | ||||
| 3 | | J. Hadl | 128.5 | 19 | 12/4/1965 | vs | 13 | 68.4 | 236 | 12.4 | 3 | 1 | 15.8 | 5.3 | ||||
| 4 | | G. Blanda | 128.0 | 33 | 10/24/1965 | vs | 19 | 57.6 | 304 | 9.2 | 5 | 0 | 15.2 | 0.0 | ||||
| 5 | | L. Dawson | 126.1 | 22 | 12/19/1965 | vs | 11 | 50.0 | 282 | 12.8 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 | 0.0 | ||||
| 6 | | J. Hadl | 124.2 | 26 | 10/3/1965 | vs | 14 | 53.8 | 242 | 9.3 | 3 | 0 | 11.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| 7 | | M. Slaughter | 121.5 | 27 | 9/11/1965 | @ | 16 | 59.3 | 214 | 7.9 | 3 | 0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | ||||
| 8 | | J. Hadl | 119.0 | 29 | 10/10/1965 | @ | 18 | 62.1 | 314 | 10.8 | 3 | 1 | 10.3 | 3.4 | ||||
| 9 | | B. Parilli | 117.5 | 30 | 12/18/1965 | vs | 15 | 50.0 | 291 | 9.7 | 3 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 10 | | J. Namath | 115.5 | 26 | 11/21/1965 | vs | 17 | 65.4 | 221 | 8.5 | 4 | 1 | 15.4 | 3.8 | ||||
| 11 | | L. Dawson | 109.6 | 37 | 12/12/1965 | @ | 23 | 62.2 | 355 | 9.6 | 3 | 1 | 8.1 | 2.7 | ||||
| 12 | | D. Wood | 106.8 | 25 | 11/7/1965 | @ | 14 | 56.0 | 211 | 8.4 | 3 | 1 | 12.0 | 4.0 | ||||
| 13 | | M. Slaughter | 104.3 | 17 | 10/24/1965 | @ | 10 | 58.8 | 137 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 0.0 | ||||
| 14 | | L. Dawson | 104.2 | 22 | 11/14/1965 | vs | 13 | 59.1 | 170 | 7.7 | 3 | 1 | 13.6 | 4.5 | ||||
| 15 | | T. Flores | 102.7 | 34 | 10/8/1965 | @ | 20 | 58.8 | 261 | 7.7 | 2 | 0 | 5.9 | 0.0 | ||||
| 16 | | B. Parilli | 102.5 | 22 | 12/12/1965 | @ | 11 | 50.0 | 201 | 9.1 | 3 | 1 | 13.6 | 4.5 | ||||
| 17 | | L. Dawson | 101.7 | 20 | 9/18/1965 | @ | 10 | 50.0 | 118 | 5.9 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 18 | | D. Wood | 101.4 | 25 | 9/12/1965 | vs | 12 | 48.0 | 196 | 7.8 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 19 | | J. Hadl | 98.9 | 23 | 11/7/1965 | @ | 13 | 56.5 | 256 | 11.1 | 3 | 2 | 13.0 | 8.7 | ||||
| 20 | | J. Kemp | 97.1 | 34 | 12/12/1965 | vs | 22 | 64.7 | 295 | 8.7 | 3 | 2 | 8.8 | 5.9 | ||||
| 21 | | J. McCormick | 96.6 | 37 | 12/19/1965 | @ | 18 | 48.6 | 239 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | 8.1 | 0.0 | ||||
| 22 | | J. Kemp | 93.5 | 37 | 9/26/1965 | vs | 22 | 59.5 | 292 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 23 | | G. Blanda | 93.5 | 30 | 9/19/1965 | vs | 16 | 53.3 | 298 | 9.9 | 3 | 2 | 10.0 | 6.7 | ||||
| 24 | | J. Namath | 92.1 | 25 | 11/14/1965 | @ | 10 | 40.0 | 180 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 25 | | P. Beathard | 91.9 | 22 | 10/10/1965 | @ | 13 | 59.1 | 214 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
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