what are the fewest passing yards in a game

George Ratterman has the fewest passing yards in a game, with -12 yards versus the Packers on September 27, 1953.

Interpreted as:
What are the fewest passing yards by a player in a regular-season game?
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
-12
9/27/1953
CLE CLE
@
GB GB
2
2
100.0
-6.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
2Kyle Richardson
K. Richardson
-11
11/12/2001
BAL BAL
@
TEN TEN
1
1
100.0
-11.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
3Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
-11
12/13/1964
SD SD
vs
KC KC
1
1
100.0
-11.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
4Chris Mohr
C. Mohr
-9
12/1/1991
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
1
1
100.0
-9.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
5Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
-9
9/19/1971
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
1
3
33.3
-3.0
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
6Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
-9
9/27/1964
SF SF
vs
STL STL
1
1
100.0
-9.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
7Shann Schillinger
S. Schillinger
-8
10/7/2013
ATL ATL
vs
NYJ NYJ
1
1
100.0
-8.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
8Billy Joe Tolliver
B. Joe Tolliver
-8
12/21/1997
KC KC
vs
NO NO
1
1
100.0
-8.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
9Mark Royals
M. Royals
-8
9/1/1996
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
1
1
100.0
-8.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
10Joe Montana
J. Montana
-8
10/21/1979
SF SF
vs
ATL ATL
1
1
100.0
-8.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
11Len Dawson
L. Dawson
-8
10/13/1974
KC KC
vs
PIT PIT
1
4
25.0
-2.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
12Don Trull
D. Trull
-8
9/29/1968
HOU HOU
vs
OAK OAK
1
1
100.0
-8.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
13Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
-8
11/20/1966
MIN MIN
@
LA LA
1
5
20.0
-1.6
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
14George Blanda
G. Blanda
-8
10/2/1955
CHB CHB
@
GB GB
1
3
33.3
-2.7
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
15Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
-8
10/12/1952
DET DET
vs
SF SF
2
4
50.0
-2.0
0
0
56.3
0.0
0.0
16Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
-7
12/4/2023
CIN CIN
@
JAX JAX
1
1
100.0
-7.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
17Kerry Collins
K. Collins
-7
10/18/2009
TEN TEN
@
NE NE
2
12
16.7
-0.6
0
1
4.9
0.0
8.3
0
0
18Antwaan Randle El
A. Randle El
-7
11/17/2003
PIT PIT
@
SF SF
1
1
100.0
-7.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
19Scott Stankavage
S. Stankavage
-7
10/4/1987
MIA MIA
@
SEA SEA
1
4
25.0
-1.8
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
0
0
20Tony Zendejas
T. Zendejas
-7
11/17/1985
HOU HOU
vs
PIT PIT
1
1
100.0
-7.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
21Ricky Davis
R. Davis
-7
11/21/1976
TB TB
vs
CLE CLE
1
1
100.0
-7.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
22George Mira
G. Mira
-7
10/19/1969
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
1
2
50.0
-3.5
0
0
56.3
0.0
0.0
23Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
-7
9/22/1968
NYJ NYJ
@
BOS BOS
1
4
25.0
-1.8
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
24Lou Groza
L. Groza
-7
10/8/1966
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
1
1
100.0
-7.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
25Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
-7
12/10/1960
SF SF
vs
GB GB
2
6
33.3
-1.2
0
1
2.8
0.0
16.7
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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