nfl player lowest passing yard per attempts in a season

Dan Darragh has averaged the fewest passing yards per attempt in a season, with 4.3 yards in his rookie season in 1968.

Interpreted as:
NFL player lowest passing yard per attempts with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game in a season
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
4.3
1968
11
92
215
42.8
917
83.4
3
14
33.0
1.4
6.5
2Bobby Hoying
B. Hoying
4.3
1998
8
114
224
50.9
961
120.1
0
9
45.6
0.0
4.0
35
185
3Gary Marangi
G. Marangi
4.3
1976
11
82
232
35.3
998
90.7
7
16
30.8
3.0
6.9
22
166
4Dick Wood
D. Wood
4.3
1966
14
83
230
36.1
993
70.9
4
14
30.6
1.7
6.1
5Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
4.3
1952
TOT
12
91
186
48.9
809
67.4
3
17
28.3
1.6
9.1
6Parker Hall
P. Hall
4.5
1941
10
84
190
44.2
863
86.3
7
19
30.5
3.7
10.0
7Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
4.6
1948
12
82
184
44.6
848
70.7
5
21
27.9
2.7
11.4
8Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
4.6
1942
11
126
295
42.7
1,360
123.6
6
27
25.5
2.0
9.2
9Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
4.7
1940
11
124
277
44.8
1,290
117.3
5
17
39.2
1.8
6.1
10Akili Smith
A. Smith
4.7
2000
12
118
267
44.2
1,253
104.4
3
6
52.8
1.1
2.2
36
191
11Joe Namath
J. Namath
4.7
1976
11
114
230
49.6
1,090
99.1
4
16
39.9
1.7
7.0
16
150
12Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
4.7
1993
12
166
319
52.0
1,514
126.2
4
10
56.3
1.3
3.1
16
87
13Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
4.8
1967
TOT
11
94
231
40.7
1,114
101.3
9
14
43.8
3.9
6.1
14Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
4.9
1961
14
167
344
48.5
1,690
120.7
10
21
47.3
2.9
6.1
15Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
4.9
1952
11
84
181
46.4
890
80.9
5
13
40.5
2.8
7.2
16Archie Manning
A. Manning
5.0
1975
13
159
338
47.0
1,683
129.5
7
20
44.3
2.1
5.9
49
390
17Jug Girard
J. Girard
5.0
1949
12
62
175
35.4
881
73.4
4
12
31.6
2.3
6.9
18Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
5.0
2004
9
118
237
49.8
1,194
132.7
7
6
63.9
3.0
2.5
15
105
19Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
5.0
1970
11
98
219
44.7
1,104
100.4
3
17
32.6
1.4
7.8
27
231
20Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
5.1
1992
12
144
278
51.8
1,407
117.3
11
15
57.0
4.0
5.4
19
150
21Bruce Gradkowski
B. Gradkowski
5.1
2006
13
177
328
54.0
1,661
127.8
9
9
65.9
2.7
2.7
25
146
22Mike Boryla
M. Boryla
5.1
1976
11
123
246
50.0
1,247
113.4
9
14
53.4
3.7
5.7
29
235
23Kyle Orton
K. Orton
5.1
2005
15
190
368
51.6
1,869
124.6
9
13
59.7
2.4
3.5
30
190
24Jim Finks
J. Finks
5.1
1953
11
131
292
44.9
1,484
134.9
8
14
49.8
2.7
4.8
25Rusty Hilger
R. Hilger
5.1
1988
11
126
306
41.2
1,558
141.6
7
12
48.9
2.3
3.9
31
251
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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14
3
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12
5
0
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10
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14
0
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176