qb with the least amount of passing yards in nfl history in a game with a minimum of 20 attempts since 1940

Since 1940, Billy Kilmer has the fewest passing yards by a quarterback in a game with 20+ passing attempts, with 16 yards against the Vikings on September 27, 1970.

Interpreted as:
qb with the least amount of passing yards in NFL history in a regular-season game with a minimum of 20 passing attempts since 1940
NAMEYDSATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
16
20
9/27/1970
@
6
30.0
0.8
0
2
0.0
0.0
10.0
2Al Woodall
A. Woodall
20
24
10/10/1971
@
4
16.7
0.8
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
3John McCormick
J. McCormick
20
28
11/14/1965
@
5
17.9
0.7
1
3
11.9
3.6
10.7
4Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
25
20
11/18/1962
vs
5
25.0
1.3
0
2
0.0
0.0
10.0
5Bob Lee
B. Lee
28
22
9/15/1974
vs
4
18.2
1.3
0
1
20.6
0.0
4.5
6Gary Marangi
G. Marangi
29
21
11/25/1976
@
4
19.0
1.4
0
1
19.7
0.0
4.8
7Dave Wilson
D. Wilson
30
22
9/8/1985
vs
2
9.1
1.4
0
2
1.7
0.0
9.1
3
14
8Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
31
21
10/9/1972
vs
3
14.3
1.5
0
4
0.0
0.0
19.0
9Lee Grosscup
L. Grosscup
31
20
12/15/1962
vs
4
20.0
1.6
0
1
18.8
0.0
5.0
10Anthony Wright
A. Wright
33
23
9/30/2001
@
7
30.4
1.4
0
1
21.8
0.0
4.3
2
16
11Peyton Manning
P. Manning
35
20
11/15/2015
vs
5
25.0
1.8
0
4
0.0
0.0
20.0
2
9
12Anthony Wright
A. Wright
35
20
12/25/2000
@
5
25.0
1.8
0
2
0.0
0.0
10.0
4
26
13Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
37
20
12/4/1988
@
5
25.0
1.9
0
1
18.8
0.0
5.0
1
3
14Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
37
22
9/15/1974
@
9
40.9
1.7
1
1
44.9
4.5
4.5
15Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
38
21
11/17/1968
vs
8
38.1
1.8
0
0
46.3
0.0
0.0
16David Woodley
D. Woodley
40
22
9/4/1983
@
8
36.4
1.8
0
0
44.9
0.0
0.0
3
20
17Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
40
22
10/15/1972
@
10
45.5
1.8
0
1
33.5
0.0
4.5
18Milt Plum
M. Plum
42
23
10/3/1965
vs
7
30.4
1.8
0
4
0.4
0.0
17.4
19Tobin Rote
T. Rote
42
20
10/23/1955
@
6
30.0
2.1
0
2
0.0
0.0
10.0
20Kim McQuilken
K. McQuilken
43
26
11/9/1975
@
5
19.2
1.7
0
5
0.0
0.0
19.2
21Rick Norton
R. Norton
43
26
11/23/1969
vs
7
26.9
1.7
0
5
0.0
0.0
19.2
22Frank Reich
F. Reich
44
21
9/10/1995
@
6
28.6
2.1
0
1
19.7
0.0
4.8
3
32
23Kim McQuilken
K. McQuilken
44
25
10/23/1976
@
7
28.0
1.8
0
2
6.3
0.0
8.0
24Cooper Rush
C. Rush
45
23
11/10/2024
vs
13
56.5
2.0
0
0
61.7
0.0
0.0
1
10
25Trent Dilfer
T. Dilfer
45
23
10/23/1994
@
7
30.4
2.0
0
1
21.8
0.0
4.3
1
8
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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