Craig Morton has the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a game with 15+ passing attempts, with 20.5 yards against the Houston Oilers on December 20, 1970.
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most passing yards per attempt in a single regular-season game by a qb minimum 15 passing attempts| NAME | AVG | ATT | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | PCT | YDS | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | C. Morton | 20.5 | 17 | 12/20/1970 | vs | 13 | 76.5 | 349 | 5 | 1 | 133.0 | 29.4 | 5.9 | ||||
| 2 | | E. Morrall | 19.7 | 15 | 10/17/1965 | vs | 10 | 66.7 | 296 | 4 | 0 | 149.3 | 26.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 3 | | T. Banks | 19.0 | 16 | 12/15/1996 | @ | 11 | 68.8 | 304 | 3 | 1 | 125.0 | 18.8 | 6.3 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 4 | | S. Baugh | 18.6 | 24 | 10/31/1948 | vs | 17 | 70.8 | 446 | 4 | 0 | 152.8 | 16.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 5 | | L. Dawson | 18.5 | 15 | 9/7/1963 | @ | 12 | 80.0 | 278 | 4 | 0 | 158.3 | 26.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 6 |  | J. Unitas | 18.5 | 20 | 11/12/1967 | @ | 17 | 85.0 | 370 | 4 | 0 | 158.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 7 | | J. Harris | 18.4 | 15 | 10/20/1974 | vs | 12 | 80.0 | 276 | 3 | 0 | 158.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 8 | | C. Conerly | 18.2 | 15 | 10/23/1949 | vs | 8 | 53.3 | 273 | 4 | 0 | 138.2 | 26.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 9 | | J. Hadl | 17.8 | 18 | 10/20/1968 | vs | 9 | 50.0 | 321 | 4 | 1 | 112.3 | 22.2 | 5.6 | ||||
| 10 | | L. Dickey | 17.8 | 15 | 10/2/1983 | vs | 10 | 66.7 | 267 | 3 | 1 | 121.5 | 20.0 | 6.7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 11 | | J. Namath | 17.7 | 28 | 9/24/1972 | @ | 15 | 53.6 | 496 | 6 | 1 | 123.5 | 21.4 | 3.6 | ||||
| 12 |  | K. Warner | 17.7 | 19 | 9/24/2000 | @ | 12 | 63.2 | 336 | 4 | 1 | 124.5 | 21.1 | 5.3 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 13 | | S. Grogan | 17.5 | 18 | 9/9/1979 | vs | 13 | 72.2 | 315 | 5 | 0 | 153.9 | 27.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| 14 |  | N. Van Brocklin | 17.2 | 17 | 10/29/1950 | vs | 13 | 76.5 | 293 | 5 | 0 | 157.5 | 29.4 | 0.0 | ||||
| 15 | | C. Morton | 17.1 | 18 | 9/27/1981 | vs | 17 | 94.4 | 308 | 4 | 0 | 158.3 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 | ||
| 16 | | J. Brodie | 16.9 | 19 | 11/19/1961 | vs | 11 | 57.9 | 322 | 3 | 0 | 142.0 | 15.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| 17 | | J. Unitas | 16.9 | 16 | 10/30/1960 | @ | 8 | 50.0 | 270 | 4 | 0 | 135.4 | 25.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 18 | | K. Anderson | 16.8 | 16 | 10/29/1978 | vs | 11 | 68.8 | 268 | 1 | 0 | 132.3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | ||||
| 19 | | F. Tarkenton | 16.5 | 16 | 9/29/1968 | vs | 9 | 56.3 | 264 | 2 | 0 | 140.6 | 12.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| 20 | | C. Johnson | 16.5 | 20 | 9/21/1975 | vs | 12 | 60.0 | 329 | 3 | 2 | 104.2 | 15.0 | 10.0 | ||||
| 21 | | W. Rabb | 16.4 | 16 | 10/28/1962 | @ | 9 | 56.3 | 262 | 2 | 0 | 140.6 | 12.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| 22 |  | J. Kelly | 16.4 | 17 | 10/1/1989 | vs | 12 | 70.6 | 278 | 3 | 0 | 152.6 | 17.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 22 | ||
| 23 | | C. Johnson | 16.3 | 19 | 9/26/1965 | @ | 11 | 57.9 | 310 | 6 | 1 | 120.1 | 31.6 | 5.3 | ||||
| 24 | | S. Jurgensen | 16.3 | 21 | 11/25/1962 | vs | 13 | 61.9 | 342 | 1 | 2 | 82.0 | 4.8 | 9.5 | ||||
| 25 | | M. Wilson | 16.3 | 19 | 10/7/1984 | vs | 12 | 63.2 | 309 | 2 | 0 | 141.9 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 13 | ||
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 Bills - w | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 |
 Dolphins - e | 7 | 10 | 0 | .412 |
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 Ravens - e | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
 Bengals - e | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 |
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 Texans - w | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 |
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