maximum 18 attempts most pass yards in a game

Craig Morton has the most passing yards in a game with 18 or fewer passing attempts, with 349 yards versus the Houston Oilers on December 20, 1970.

Interpreted as:
maximum 18 passing attempts most pass yards by a player in a regular-season game
NAMEYDSATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Craig Morton
C. Morton
349
17
12/20/1970
vs
13
76.5
20.5
5
1
133.0
29.4
5.9
2John Hadl
J. Hadl
321
18
10/20/1968
vs
9
50.0
17.8
4
1
112.3
22.2
5.6
3Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
315
18
9/9/1979
vs
13
72.2
17.5
5
0
153.9
27.8
0.0
4Craig Morton
C. Morton
308
18
9/27/1981
vs
17
94.4
17.1
4
0
158.3
22.2
0.0
2
17
5Milt Plum
M. Plum
308
14
10/2/1960
vs
10
71.4
22.0
1
0
137.5
7.1
0.0
6Tony Banks
T. Banks
304
16
12/15/1996
@
11
68.8
19.0
3
1
125.0
18.8
6.3
2
13
7Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
296
15
10/17/1965
vs
10
66.7
19.7
4
0
149.3
26.7
0.0
8Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
293
17
10/29/1950
vs
13
76.5
17.2
5
0
157.5
29.4
0.0
9Jared Goff
J. Goff
292
18
9/30/2024
vs
18
100.0
16.2
2
0
155.8
11.1
0.0
3
26
10Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
290
18
11/7/1954
@
16
88.9
16.1
3
1
135.2
16.7
5.6
11Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
284
18
12/2/1956
@
14
77.8
15.8
2
0
155.8
11.1
0.0
12Craig Morton
C. Morton
283
18
10/11/1981
vs
13
72.2
15.7
3
1
130.8
16.7
5.6
2
17
13Jacky Lee
J. Lee
281
13
11/20/1960
vs
6
46.2
21.6
3
1
100.2
23.1
7.7
14Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
280
18
10/25/1970
vs
15
83.3
15.6
5
0
158.3
27.8
0.0
15Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
278
17
10/1/1989
vs
12
70.6
16.4
3
0
152.6
17.6
0.0
3
22
16Len Dawson
L. Dawson
278
15
9/7/1963
@
12
80.0
18.5
4
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
17James Harris
J. Harris
276
15
10/20/1974
vs
12
80.0
18.4
3
0
158.3
20.0
0.0
18Lamar McHan
L. McHan
276
18
11/9/1958
@
12
66.7
15.3
4
2
109.7
22.2
11.1
19George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
276
18
10/29/1950
vs
10
55.6
15.3
2
1
114.4
11.1
5.6
20Len Dawson
L. Dawson
275
17
11/18/1962
@
11
64.7
16.2
3
0
147.7
17.6
0.0
21Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
273
18
9/11/1966
@
10
55.6
15.2
3
2
100.5
16.7
11.1
22Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
273
15
10/23/1949
vs
8
53.3
18.2
4
0
138.2
26.7
0.0
23Bart Starr
B. Starr
272
17
10/15/1961
@
15
88.2
16.0
1
0
138.4
5.9
0.0
24Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
270
18
10/7/2007
@
13
72.2
15.0
2
0
151.4
11.1
0.0
0
0
25Warren Moon
W. Moon
270
17
9/8/1985
vs
12
70.6
15.9
1
1
108.1
5.9
5.9
3
41
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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