nfl lowest passing yards in a game by a qb minimum 5 attempts

Fran Tarkenton has the fewest passing yards by a quarterback in a game with 5+ passing attempts, with -8 yards against the Rams on November 20, 1966.

Interpreted as:
NFL lowest passing yards in a regular-season game by a qb minimum 5 passing attempts
NAMEYDSATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
-8
5
11/20/1966
MIN MIN
@
LA LA
1
20.0
-1.6
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
2Kerry Collins
K. Collins
-7
12
10/18/2009
TEN TEN
@
NE NE
2
16.7
-0.6
0
1
4.9
0.0
8.3
0
0
3Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
-7
6
12/10/1960
SF SF
vs
GB GB
2
33.3
-1.2
0
1
2.8
0.0
16.7
4Chuck Ortmann
C. Ortmann
-7
5
10/5/1952
DAL DAL
vs
SF SF
1
20.0
-1.4
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
5Ron Meyer
R. Meyer
-6
5
11/27/1966
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
1
20.0
-1.2
0
1
0.0
0.0
20.0
6Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
-6
9
10/27/1963
CLE CLE
vs
NYG NYG
1
11.1
-0.7
0
1
0.0
0.0
11.1
7Bob Davis
B. Davis
-5
11
9/16/1973
NO NO
vs
ATL ATL
3
27.3
-0.5
0
1
1.7
0.0
9.1
8Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
-5
5
11/26/1972
GB GB
@
WAS WAS
2
40.0
-1.0
0
1
8.3
0.0
20.0
9Mark Malone
M. Malone
-4
6
12/21/1985
PIT PIT
@
NYG NYG
1
16.7
-0.7
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
10Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
-4
10
10/28/1973
GB GB
@
DET DET
1
10.0
-0.4
0
1
0.0
0.0
10.0
11Don Heinrich
D. Heinrich
-4
5
10/7/1956
NYG NYG
@
CHC CHC
1
20.0
-0.8
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
12Matt Cavanaugh
M. Cavanaugh
-3
5
10/27/1985
SF SF
@
RAM RAM
1
20.0
-0.6
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
1
8
13Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
-3
7
11/27/1955
WAS WAS
@
PIT PIT
1
14.3
-0.4
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
14Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
-2
6
12/3/1961
NYG NYG
@
GB GB
1
16.7
-0.3
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
15Tommy DeVito
T. DeVito
-1
7
10/29/2023
NYG NYG
vs
NYJ NYJ
2
28.6
-0.1
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
2
9
16Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
-1
5
10/10/1971
OAK OAK
@
DEN DEN
1
20.0
-0.2
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
17John McCormick
J. McCormick
-1
13
9/3/1966
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
2
15.4
-0.1
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
18Kyle Lauletta
K. Lauletta
0
5
12/9/2018
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
0
0.0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
20.0
0
0
19Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
0
11
1/3/2010
CIN CIN
@
NYJ NYJ
1
9.1
0.0
0
1
1.7
0.0
9.1
0
0
20Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
0
7
9/22/2002
CIN CIN
@
ATL ATL
0
0.0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
14.3
1
5
21Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
0
5
10/22/2000
CIN CIN
vs
DEN DEN
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
1
9
22Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
0
5
9/3/2000
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
0
0.0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
20.0
4
30
23Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
0
6
10/18/1998
BAL BAL
@
PIT PIT
0
0.0
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
33.3
2
6
24Cody Carlson
C. Carlson
0
6
11/14/1993
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
0
0.0
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
33.3
0
0
25Mike Tomczak
M. Tomczak
0
5
11/11/1990
CHI CHI
vs
ATL ATL
0
0.0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
20.0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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1
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5
0
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6
0
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2
0
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0
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PHI PHI
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LAC LAC
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