nfl record for the least amount of passing yards per game since 1970 by quarterback min 50 games

Since 1970, Guido Merkens has averaged the fewest passing yards per game by a quarterback when playing 50+ games, with 1.1 per game.

NAMEYDS/GGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Guido Merkens
G. Merkens
1.1
67
8
15
53.3
77
5.1
1
0
90.1
6.7
0.0
11
72
2David Humm
D. Humm
7.9
95
63
137
46.0
753
5.5
3
8
46.3
2.2
5.8
12
100
3Joe Webb
J. Webb
11.0
81
90
159
56.6
888
5.6
3
6
63.1
1.9
3.8
11
69
4Gary Kubiak
G. Kubiak
16.1
119
173
298
58.1
1,920
6.4
14
16
70.6
4.7
5.4
31
236
5Koy Detmer
K. Detmer
18.9
103
184
354
52.0
1,944
5.5
10
14
61.2
2.8
4.0
12
77
6Scott Secules
S. Secules
23.0
57
108
204
52.9
1,311
6.4
4
14
50.9
2.0
6.9
9
43
7Chase Daniel
C. Daniel
23.6
74
186
273
68.1
1,746
6.4
9
7
85.8
3.3
2.6
27
156
8Scott Zolak
S. Zolak
23.9
55
124
248
50.0
1,314
5.3
8
7
64.8
3.2
2.8
25
214
9Taysom Hill
T. Hill
26.0
81
178
279
63.8
2,108
7.6
9
8
85.5
3.2
2.9
27
167
10Gale Gilbert
G. Gilbert
26.6
58
146
259
56.4
1,544
6.0
9
12
66.2
3.5
4.6
19
123
11Doug Pederson
D. Pederson
27.6
100
286
522
54.8
2,762
5.3
12
19
62.3
2.3
3.6
40
244
12Pat Ryan
P. Ryan
29.8
145
364
657
55.4
4,320
6.6
31
35
69.2
4.7
5.3
50
342
13Jeff Rutledge
J. Rutledge
31.0
117
274
526
52.1
3,628
6.9
16
29
61.4
3.0
5.5
52
404
14Don Strock
D. Strock
32.0
167
443
779
56.9
5,349
6.9
45
42
74.9
5.8
5.4
37
320
15Norris Weese
N. Weese
33.1
57
143
251
57.0
1,887
7.5
7
14
66.9
2.8
5.6
36
240
16Luke McCown
L. McCown
38.2
62
216
356
60.7
2,370
6.7
9
15
71.3
2.5
4.2
34
271
17Matt Cavanaugh
M. Cavanaugh
38.7
112
305
579
52.7
4,332
7.5
28
30
71.7
4.8
5.2
60
462
18Mike Moroski
M. Moroski
41.5
69
241
425
56.7
2,864
6.7
8
18
66.0
1.9
4.2
40
312
19Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
44.7
97
288
544
52.9
4,337
8.0
33
33
74.4
6.1
6.1
51
424
20Matt Flynn
M. Flynn
49.8
51
219
357
61.3
2,541
7.1
17
11
85.9
4.8
3.1
39
209
21Matt Robinson
M. Robinson
51.0
69
244
523
46.7
3,519
6.7
18
38
50.2
3.4
7.3
59
470
22Frank Reich
F. Reich
51.5
118
508
932
54.5
6,075
6.5
40
36
72.9
4.3
3.9
68
503
23Tony Adams
T. Adams
51.6
53
212
408
52.0
2,733
6.7
12
27
55.5
2.9
6.6
59
447
24Ed Luther
E. Luther
52.2
61
245
460
53.3
3,187
6.9
12
23
63.2
2.6
5.0
20
177
25Turk Schonert
T. Schonert
52.6
72
311
504
61.7
3,788
7.5
11
20
75.6
2.2
4.0
64
536
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