maximum 2 attempts most pass yards in a game

Gene Gedman has the most passing yards in a game with 2 or fewer passing attempts, with 111 yards against the 49ers on November 16, 1958.

Interpreted as:
maximum 2 passing attempts most pass yards by a player in a regular-season game
NAME YDS ATT DATE TM OPP CMP PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Gene Gedman
G. Gedman
111
2
11/16/1958
DET DET
vs
SF SF
2
100.0
55.5
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
2 Gene Mingo
G. Mingo
102
2
9/10/1961
DEN DEN
@
BUF BUF
2
100.0
51.0
2
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
3 Sidney Rice
S. Rice
94
2
11/18/2007
MIN MIN
vs
OAK OAK
2
100.0
47.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
4 Jacky Lee
J. Lee
85
2
11/5/1961
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
2
100.0
42.5
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
5 Gene Foster
G. Foster
83
2
9/29/1968
SD SD
@
CIN CIN
2
100.0
41.5
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
6 Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
83
1
10/31/1954
NYG NYG
@
CLE CLE
1
100.0
83.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
7 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
82
2
12/6/1964
SD SD
vs
NYJ NYJ
1
50.0
41.0
1
0
135.4
50.0
0.0
8 Wayne Crow
W. Crow
82
2
10/15/1961
OAK OAK
@
DEN DEN
2
100.0
41.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
9 Billy Ray Barnes
B. Ray Barnes
82
2
11/16/1958
PHI PHI
vs
CHC CHC
2
100.0
41.0
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
10 Josh Miller
J. Miller
81
1
12/28/2003
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1
100.0
81.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
11 Arthur Marshall
A. Marshall
81
1
12/6/1992
DEN DEN
vs
DAL DAL
1
100.0
81.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
12 Gary Hammond
G. Hammond
81
1
10/13/1974
STL STL
vs
DAL DAL
1
100.0
81.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
13 Taysom Hill
T. Hill
80
2
12/18/2022
NO NO
vs
ATL ATL
2
100.0
40.0
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
0
0
14 Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
80
2
11/22/1959
NYG NYG
@
CHC CHC
2
100.0
40.0
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
15 Bill McColl
B. McColl
79
1
11/25/1956
CHB CHB
@
NYG NYG
1
100.0
79.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
16 Sage Rosenfels
S. Rosenfels
77
1
10/21/2005
MIA MIA
vs
KC KC
1
100.0
77.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
17 Walter Payton
W. Payton
77
2
9/18/1983
CHI CHI
@
NO NO
2
100.0
38.5
2
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
18 Tom Kennedy
T. Kennedy
75
1
1/9/2022
DET DET
vs
GB GB
1
100.0
75.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
19 Tom Moore
T. Moore
75
1
11/12/1967
ATL ATL
vs
BAL BAL
1
100.0
75.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
20 Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
74
1
12/11/1983
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1
100.0
74.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
21 Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
74
1
11/23/1967
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
1
100.0
74.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
22 Mohamed Sanu
M. Sanu
73
1
9/23/2012
CIN CIN
@
WAS WAS
1
100.0
73.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
23 Tom Tracy
T. Tracy
73
2
11/6/1960
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
2
100.0
36.5
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
24 Rod Smith
R. Smith
72
1
10/5/2003
DEN DEN
@
KC KC
1
100.0
72.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
25 Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
72
2
12/15/1968
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
1
50.0
36.0
1
0
135.4
50.0
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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7
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9
0
.471
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2
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6
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.647