nfl most passing attempts in a game by a 49ers player

Joe Montana has made the most passing attempts for the 49ers in a game, with 60 attempts against the Washington Redskins on November 17, 1986.

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NFL most passing attempts in a regular-season game by a 49ers player
NAMEATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
60
11/17/1986
SF SF
@
WAS WAS
33
55.0
441
7.4
0
3
57.7
0.0
5.0
3
23
2Tim Rattay
T. Rattay
57
10/10/2004
SF SF
vs
ARI ARI
38
66.7
417
7.3
2
0
99.8
3.5
0.0
5
26
3Joe Montana
J. Montana
57
10/6/1985
SF SF
@
ATL ATL
37
64.9
429
7.5
5
0
116.8
8.8
0.0
1
9
4Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
55
12/8/2002
SF SF
@
DAL DAL
36
65.5
276
5.0
3
0
95.7
5.5
0.0
1
0
5C.J. Beathard
C.J. Beathard
54
10/7/2018
SF SF
vs
ARI ARI
34
63.0
349
6.5
2
2
78.4
3.7
3.7
4
49
6Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
54
11/18/2001
SF SF
@
CAR CAR
34
63.0
305
5.6
3
2
81.2
5.6
3.7
3
9
7Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
54
12/16/1979
SF SF
@
ATL ATL
29
53.7
345
6.4
2
1
78.1
3.7
1.9
8John Brodie
J. Brodie
54
11/13/1966
SF SF
@
CHI CHI
28
51.9
327
6.1
0
1
62.8
0.0
1.9
9Joe Montana
J. Montana
52
12/1/1986
SF SF
vs
NYG NYG
32
61.5
251
4.8
1
1
71.9
1.9
1.9
0
0
10C.J. Beathard
C.J. Beathard
51
11/5/2017
SF SF
vs
ARI ARI
24
47.1
294
5.8
0
1
57.1
0.0
2.0
5
28
11Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
51
11/25/2002
SF SF
vs
PHI PHI
29
56.9
284
5.6
2
0
85.7
3.9
0.0
3
26
12Steve Young
S. Young
51
10/18/1998
SF SF
vs
IND IND
33
64.7
331
6.5
2
0
96.1
3.9
0.0
5
10
13Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
51
9/28/1980
SF SF
vs
ATL ATL
32
62.7
345
6.8
2
2
79.3
3.9
3.9
14John Brodie
J. Brodie
51
10/12/1969
SF SF
vs
LA LA
20
39.2
254
5.0
3
3
50.6
5.9
5.9
15Frankie Albert
F. Albert
51
10/1/1950
SF SF
vs
LA LA
24
47.1
298
5.8
2
1
70.5
3.9
2.0
16Blaine Gabbert
B. Gabbert
50
12/20/2015
SF SF
vs
CIN CIN
30
60.0
295
5.9
1
3
58.3
2.0
6.0
4
32
17Mac Jones
M. Jones
49
10/2/2025
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
33
67.3
342
7.0
2
0
100.9
4.1
0.0
1
9
18Brian Hoyer
B. Hoyer
49
10/1/2017
SF SF
@
ARI ARI
24
49.0
234
4.8
0
1
54.3
0.0
2.0
3
24
19Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
49
12/5/1999
SF SF
@
CIN CIN
33
67.3
437
8.9
3
1
107.3
6.1
2.0
0
0
20Steve Young
S. Young
49
12/18/1995
SF SF
vs
MIN MIN
30
61.2
425
8.7
3
2
92.6
6.1
4.1
1
0
21Joe Montana
J. Montana
49
10/14/1990
SF SF
@
ATL ATL
32
65.3
476
9.7
6
2
119.6
12.2
4.1
4
34
22Joe Montana
J. Montana
49
9/13/1987
SF SF
@
PIT PIT
34
69.4
316
6.4
2
3
74.9
4.1
6.1
1
7
23Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
48
12/2/2018
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
30
62.5
414
8.6
2
1
95.3
4.2
2.1
3
28
24Joe Montana
J. Montana
48
9/18/1988
SF SF
vs
ATL ATL
32
66.7
343
7.1
2
3
75.3
4.2
6.3
3
21
25Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
48
10/14/1979
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
27
56.3
242
5.0
2
2
66.5
4.2
4.2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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4:25 PM
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0
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4
0
.692
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6
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6
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7
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
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@
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