most passing yards in a game by a quarterback with 9 or less completions

John Hadl has the most passing yards by a quarterback in a game with 9 or fewer completions, with 321 yards against the Broncos on October 20, 1968.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards in a regular-season game by a quarterback with 9 or less completions
NAMEYDSCMPDATETMOPPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Hadl
J. Hadl
321
9
10/20/1968
SD SD
vs
DEN DEN
18
50.0
17.8
4
1
112.3
22.2
5.6
2Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
297
9
10/19/1958
GB GB
@
WAS WAS
20
45.0
14.9
2
1
104.2
10.0
5.0
3Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
285
9
11/28/1965
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
22
40.9
13.0
3
0
127.8
13.6
0.0
4Jacky Lee
J. Lee
281
6
11/20/1960
HOU HOU
vs
DEN DEN
13
46.2
21.6
3
1
100.2
23.1
7.7
5Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
273
8
10/23/1949
NYG NYG
vs
CHB CHB
15
53.3
18.2
4
0
138.2
26.7
0.0
6Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
270
8
10/30/1960
BAL BAL
@
DLC DLC
16
50.0
16.9
4
0
135.4
25.0
0.0
7Tony Banks
T. Banks
268
8
12/12/1999
BAL BAL
@
PIT PIT
26
30.8
10.3
3
0
109.1
11.5
0.0
4
26
8Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
264
9
9/29/1968
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
16
56.3
16.5
2
0
140.6
12.5
0.0
9Warren Rabb
W. Rabb
262
9
10/28/1962
BUF BUF
@
DEN DEN
16
56.3
16.4
2
0
140.6
12.5
0.0
10Bart Starr
B. Starr
255
9
9/29/1968
GB GB
vs
DET DET
19
47.4
13.4
2
3
89.1
10.5
15.8
11Bobby Clatterbuck
B. Clatterbuck
249
9
12/12/1954
NYG NYG
@
PHI PHI
28
32.1
8.9
2
3
50.1
7.1
10.7
12Kellen Clemens
K. Clemens
247
9
11/10/2013
STL STL
@
IND IND
16
56.3
15.4
2
0
140.6
12.5
0.0
2
15
13Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
247
9
11/26/1978
NE NE
@
BAL BAL
20
45.0
12.4
2
1
103.5
10.0
5.0
14Steve Romanik
S. Romanik
243
9
10/28/1951
CHB CHB
@
DET DET
17
52.9
14.3
0
1
73.8
0.0
5.9
15Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
236
8
9/19/1985
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
15
53.3
15.7
3
0
138.2
20.0
0.0
0
0
16Ed Brown
E. Brown
235
8
10/13/1963
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
23
34.8
10.2
1
1
70.0
4.3
4.3
17Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
235
9
10/4/1959
WAS WAS
@
PIT PIT
19
47.4
12.4
2
1
106.3
10.5
5.3
18Trent Dilfer
T. Dilfer
232
8
10/20/2002
SEA SEA
@
STL STL
25
32.0
9.3
1
2
47.4
4.0
8.0
3
15
19Bob Griese
B. Griese
232
9
11/14/1971
MIA MIA
vs
PIT PIT
14
64.3
16.6
3
2
107.7
21.4
14.3
20Bob Griese
B. Griese
232
9
10/26/1969
MIA MIA
vs
BUF BUF
18
50.0
12.9
2
2
93.3
11.1
11.1
21Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
232
7
9/17/1967
NYG NYG
@
STL STL
19
36.8
12.2
3
0
123.2
15.8
0.0
22Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
231
8
11/5/1989
RAI RAI
vs
CIN CIN
17
47.1
13.6
2
1
108.1
11.8
5.9
2
8
23Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
230
9
12/15/1991
WAS WAS
vs
NYG NYG
19
47.4
12.1
3
0
131.6
15.8
0.0
1
6
24Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
230
9
12/16/1962
OAK OAK
vs
BOS BOS
23
39.1
10.0
1
1
72.7
4.3
4.3
25Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
229
8
9/29/1963
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
21
38.1
10.9
3
1
99.0
14.3
4.8
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completions and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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2
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4
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LAC LAC
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DET DET
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11/2
CHI CHI
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CIN CIN
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