what are the fewest passing yards in a game that are positive

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 that are positive?
NAME YDS DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 George 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
2 Kyle 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
3 Lance 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
4 Chris 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
5 Johnny 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
6 Billy 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
7 Shann 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
8 Billy 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
9 Mark 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
10 Joe 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
11 Len 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
12 Don 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
13 Fran 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
14 George 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
15 Jim 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
16 Ja'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
17 Kerry 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
18 Antwaan 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
19 Scott 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
20 Tony 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
21 Ricky 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
22 George 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
23 Babe 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
24 Lou 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
25 Y.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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Steelers Steelers
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2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
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4
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10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
CLE CLE
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
BAL BAL
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CLE CLE
4:25 PM
Sun
11/23
CLE CLE
@
LV LV
4:05 PM
Sun
11/30
SF SF
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CLE CLE
1:00 PM
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AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
3
4
0
.429
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
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1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
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2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
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2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
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NE NE
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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10/19
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DEN DEN
4:05 PM
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10/19
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10/19
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DAL DAL
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Sun
10/19
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ARI ARI
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Sun
10/19
ATL ATL
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SF SF
8:20 PM