most passes by a nfl rb in a game

Charlie Conerly has the most passing attempts by a running back in a game, with 53 attempts against the Steelers on December 5, 1948.

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most passes by a NFL rb in a regular-season game
NAMEATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
53
12/5/1948
NYG NYG
@
PIT PIT
36
67.9
363
6.8
3
1
98.2
5.7
1.9
2Paul Governali
P. Governali
35
11/9/1947
NYG NYG
vs
PHI PHI
16
45.7
341
9.7
2
2
76.0
5.7
5.7
3Pat Coffee
P. Coffee
33
12/5/1937
CHC CHC
vs
CHB CHB
15
45.5
306
9.3
3
2
83.6
9.1
6.1
4Chuck Ortmann
C. Ortmann
31
12/2/1951
PIT PIT
@
NYG NYG
12
38.7
129
4.2
0
2
24.8
0.0
6.5
5Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
30
10/17/1948
NYG NYG
vs
CHC CHC
17
56.7
257
8.6
4
1
110.7
13.3
3.3
6Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
30
11/14/1943
WAS WAS
vs
DET DET
18
60.0
180
6.0
4
2
88.9
13.3
6.7
7Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
29
10/17/1943
WAS WAS
@
GB GB
16
55.2
146
5.0
4
2
79.9
13.8
6.9
8Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
28
10/31/1943
WAS WAS
@
BKN
16
57.1
376
13.4
6
3
101.8
21.4
10.7
9Chuck Ortmann
C. Ortmann
27
12/9/1951
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
13
48.1
136
5.0
0
2
32.3
0.0
7.4
10Ed Mioduszewski
E. Mioduszewski
23
12/13/1953
BAL BAL
@
SF SF
9
39.1
89
3.9
2
1
61.7
8.7
4.3
11Ray Buivid
R. Buivid
23
12/5/1937
CHB CHB
@
CHC CHC
12
52.2
164
7.1
5
1
96.7
21.7
4.3
12George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
21
11/22/1953
BAL BAL
vs
LA LA
6
28.6
53
2.5
0
2
0.0
0.0
9.5
13Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
21
10/21/1951
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
8
38.1
111
5.3
0
0
55.9
0.0
0.0
14Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
21
11/1/1942
GB GB
vs
CHC CHC
10
47.6
333
15.9
5
1
113.6
23.8
4.8
15Paul Governali
P. Governali
20
12/7/1947
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
12
60.0
255
12.8
4
0
143.8
20.0
0.0
16Richie Lucas
R. Lucas
19
12/18/1960
BUF BUF
@
DLT DLT
10
52.6
90
4.7
0
1
43.8
0.0
5.3
17Joe Geri
J. Geri
19
11/11/1951
PIT PIT
vs
GB GB
10
52.6
113
5.9
0
3
31.1
0.0
15.8
18Arnie Herber
A. Herber
19
12/2/1945
NYG NYG
vs
PHI PHI
10
52.6
187
9.8
4
0
126.5
21.1
0.0
19Frankie Sinkwich
F. Sinkwich
19
11/19/1944
DET DET
vs
CHB CHB
7
36.8
170
8.9
4
3
70.1
21.1
15.8
20Joe Geri
J. Geri
18
10/7/1950
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
9
50.0
122
6.8
1
1
67.4
5.6
5.6
21Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
17
11/30/1952
WAS WAS
vs
CLE CLE
4
23.5
48
2.8
0
1
15.1
0.0
5.9
22Chuck Ortmann
C. Ortmann
17
11/25/1951
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
9
52.9
108
6.4
1
1
67.8
5.9
5.9
23Joe Geri
J. Geri
17
12/3/1950
PIT PIT
vs
WAS WAS
5
29.4
103
6.1
1
3
32.4
5.9
17.6
24Joe Geri
J. Geri
17
10/15/1950
PIT PIT
@
NYG NYG
8
47.1
159
9.4
1
2
60.3
5.9
11.8
25George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
16
11/29/1953
BAL BAL
vs
SF SF
5
31.3
80
5.0
2
1
62.5
12.5
6.3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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12/14
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@
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1:00 PM
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