lowest completion percentage in a game with at least 30 attempts

Karl Sweetan has the worst completion percentage in a game with 30+ passing attempts, at 18.2 percent versus the Bears on November 5, 1967.

Interpreted as:
lowest completion percentage by a player in a regular-season game with at least 30 passing attempts
NAMEPCTATTDATETMOPPCMPYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Karl Sweetan
K. Sweetan
18.2
33
11/5/1967
vs
6
100
3.0
1
1
37.2
3.0
3.0
2Vince Evans
V. Evans
21.6
37
10/11/1981
vs
8
131
3.5
0
4
2.3
0.0
10.8
2
12
3Vince Evans
V. Evans
23.3
30
11/8/1981
@
7
77
2.6
1
0
50.7
3.3
0.0
0
0
4Mike Taliaferro
M. Taliaferro
23.5
34
10/13/1968
vs
8
98
2.9
0
3
2.8
0.0
8.8
5Norm Snead
N. Snead
23.5
34
9/17/1961
@
8
140
4.1
0
3
7.5
0.0
8.8
6Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
25.0
32
12/11/1966
vs
8
105
3.3
1
1
38.2
3.1
3.1
7Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
25.8
31
12/27/1987
@
8
163
5.3
0
0
49.0
0.0
0.0
3
27
8Joe Gilliam
J. Gilliam
25.8
31
9/29/1974
vs
8
106
3.4
0
2
14.4
0.0
6.5
9Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
25.8
31
11/4/1962
vs
8
172
5.5
3
1
69.0
9.7
3.2
10Bob Griese
B. Griese
26.5
34
9/20/1969
@
9
193
5.7
0
3
14.0
0.0
8.8
11Gary Marangi
G. Marangi
26.7
30
11/21/1976
vs
8
83
2.8
0
3
0.0
0.0
10.0
12John Hadl
J. Hadl
26.7
45
10/26/1969
vs
12
167
3.7
1
3
22.2
2.2
6.7
13Mark Malone
M. Malone
27.3
33
9/13/1987
vs
9
99
3.0
1
0
49.7
3.0
0.0
2
16
14Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
27.3
33
12/24/1967
@
9
189
5.7
1
2
35.8
3.0
6.1
15Tobin Rote
T. Rote
27.5
40
11/12/1950
vs
11
200
5.0
2
4
25.0
5.0
10.0
16Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
27.8
36
11/23/1980
@
10
237
6.6
1
2
40.6
2.8
5.6
17Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
28.1
32
10/20/1985
@
9
115
3.6
1
3
13.4
3.1
9.4
5
38
18Jim Hart
J. Hart
28.1
32
10/9/1977
vs
9
186
5.8
1
2
35.7
3.1
6.3
19Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
28.1
32
12/10/1967
@
9
155
4.8
1
3
18.6
3.1
9.4
20Norm Snead
N. Snead
28.1
32
11/26/1961
vs
9
91
2.8
0
3
0.5
0.0
9.4
21George Blanda
G. Blanda
28.1
32
10/30/1960
@
9
124
3.9
3
4
34.9
9.4
12.5
22Scott Brunner
S. Brunner
28.6
35
12/4/1983
vs
10
108
3.1
0
4
0.4
0.0
11.4
3
27
23Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
28.6
35
10/12/1969
@
10
110
3.1
0
5
0.6
0.0
14.3
24Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
28.6
35
9/11/1965
@
10
151
4.3
1
5
15.0
2.9
14.3
25Stan Gelbaugh
S. Gelbaugh
29.0
31
12/13/1992
vs
9
66
2.1
1
2
23.5
3.2
6.5
5
42
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completion percentage and passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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