most attempts without a completion to start a game ever

John Brodie has made the most passing attempts in a game with exactly 0 completions, with 13 attempts versus the Packers on October 23, 1960.

Interpreted as:
most passing attempts without a completion by a player to start a regular-season game ever
NAMEATTCMPDATETMOPPPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Brodie
J. Brodie
13
0
10/23/1960
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
7.5
0.0
7.7
2Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
10
0
11/7/1971
vs
0.0
0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
3Mike Loyd
M. Loyd
9
0
12/21/1980
vs
0.0
0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
4John Jones
J. Jones
9
0
10/19/1975
vs
0.0
0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
5Lamar McHan
L. McHan
9
0
10/12/1958
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
6Don Panciera
D. Panciera
8
0
11/9/1952
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
12.5
7Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
7
0
9/22/2002
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
14.3
1
5
8Scott Bull
S. Bull
7
0
12/17/1978
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
9Craig Morton
C. Morton
7
0
10/8/1978
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
14.3
10Joe Gilliam
J. Gilliam
7
0
12/3/1973
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
3
0.0
0.0
42.9
11Mickey Slaughter
M. Slaughter
7
0
9/3/1966
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
12Ed Brown
E. Brown
7
0
11/27/1955
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
14.3
13Steve Romanik
S. Romanik
7
0
10/12/1952
vs
0.0
0
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
28.6
14Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
6
0
10/18/1998
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
33.3
2
6
15Cody Carlson
C. Carlson
6
0
11/14/1993
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
33.3
0
0
16Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
6
0
9/26/1971
vs
0.0
0
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
33.3
17Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
6
0
11/10/1968
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
18Kay Stephenson
K. Stephenson
6
0
10/29/1967
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
16.7
19Steve Sloan
S. Sloan
6
0
10/8/1967
vs
0.0
0
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
33.3
20Gary Wood
G. Wood
6
0
9/25/1964
vs
0.0
0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
21John Hadl
J. Hadl
6
0
12/1/1963
vs
0.0
0
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
33.3
22Bob Scrabis
B. Scrabis
6
0
11/5/1961
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
33.3
23M.C. Reynolds
M.C. Reynolds
6
0
12/13/1959
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
24King Hill
K. Hill
6
0
12/7/1958
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
16.7
25Paul Held
P. Held
6
0
12/12/1954
@
0.0
0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completions and passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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