most passing touchdowns by a player with less than 15 attempts by a qb in a game

Frank Ryan has the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in a game with fewer than 15 passing attempts, with 5 touchdowns versus the Giants on December 12, 1964.

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns by a player with less than 15 passing attempts by a qb in a regular-season game
NAMETDATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
5
13
12/12/1964
@
12
92.3
202
15.5
0
158.3
38.5
0.0
2Bob Griese
B. Griese
4
14
10/17/1971
vs
9
64.3
185
13.2
0
147.3
28.6
0.0
3Len Dawson
L. Dawson
4
12
9/28/1970
@
9
75.0
152
12.7
1
121.5
33.3
8.3
4Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
4
14
11/16/1969
vs
10
71.4
202
14.4
1
123.5
28.6
7.1
5Steve Tensi
S. Tensi
4
12
10/2/1966
vs
9
75.0
223
18.6
0
156.3
33.3
0.0
6John Roach
J. Roach
4
13
9/23/1960
@
6
46.2
205
15.8
1
100.2
30.8
7.7
7Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
4
10
12/11/1949
vs
6
60.0
152
15.2
0
143.8
40.0
0.0
8Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
4
14
12/5/1948
@
9
64.3
142
10.1
0
137.5
28.6
0.0
9Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
3
14
10/11/2015
@
11
78.6
161
11.5
0
154.2
21.4
0.0
2
13
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
3
11
10/28/2007
vs
7
63.6
130
11.8
0
143.9
27.3
0.0
1
2
11Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
3
14
11/16/2003
@
11
78.6
219
15.6
0
158.3
21.4
0.0
3
27
12Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
3
13
9/14/2003
@
9
69.2
94
7.2
0
129.5
23.1
0.0
0
0
13Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3
14
11/24/1996
vs
10
71.4
176
12.6
1
123.5
21.4
7.1
0
0
14Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3
11
12/15/1991
@
9
81.8
119
10.8
0
151.3
27.3
0.0
1
7
15Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
3
12
10/13/1991
vs
9
75.0
177
14.8
0
156.3
25.0
0.0
0
0
16Mike Tomczak
M. Tomczak
3
7
11/19/1989
vs
6
85.7
156
22.3
0
158.3
42.9
0.0
0
0
17Steve Young
S. Young
3
12
10/22/1989
vs
11
91.7
188
15.7
0
158.3
25.0
0.0
2
13
18Steve Young
S. Young
3
13
12/27/1987
vs
10
76.9
174
13.4
0
157.9
23.1
0.0
0
0
19Kevin Sweeney
K. Sweeney
3
14
10/4/1987
@
6
42.9
139
9.9
1
89.0
21.4
7.1
2
7
20Mark Malone
M. Malone
3
14
11/4/1984
vs
9
64.3
139
9.9
1
106.8
21.4
7.1
1
8
21Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
3
13
9/23/1984
vs
11
84.6
195
15.0
0
158.3
23.1
0.0
2
10
22Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
3
13
12/4/1977
vs
9
69.2
188
14.5
0
151.4
23.1
0.0
23Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
3
12
11/28/1977
vs
7
58.3
166
13.8
1
107.6
25.0
8.3
24Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
3
11
11/27/1977
vs
5
45.5
154
14.0
0
131.6
27.3
0.0
25Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
3
14
10/3/1976
vs
10
71.4
165
11.8
1
120.5
21.4
7.1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts and passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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