what nfl player has the worst completion percentage in a single game in nfl history with a minimum 40 attempts

John Hadl has the lowest completion percentage in a game with 40+ passing attempts, at 26.7 percent against the Oakland Raiders on October 26, 1969.

Interpreted as:
What NFL player has the worst completion percentage in a single regular-season game in NFL history with a minimum 40 passing attempts?
NAMEPCTATTDATETMOPPCMPYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Hadl
J. Hadl
26.7
45
10/26/1969
SD SD
vs
OAK OAK
12
167
3.7
1
3
22.2
2.2
6.7
2Tobin Rote
T. Rote
27.5
40
11/12/1950
GB GB
vs
LA LA
11
200
5.0
2
4
25.0
5.0
10.0
3Jim Hart
J. Hart
29.3
41
9/18/1970
STL STL
@
LA LA
12
282
6.9
1
1
53.7
2.4
2.4
4Rusty Hilger
R. Hilger
30.2
43
10/9/1988
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
13
186
4.3
1
1
43.4
2.3
2.3
3
23
5Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
30.2
43
10/25/1981
SD SD
@
CHI CHI
13
295
6.9
2
2
52.0
4.7
4.7
0
0
6Chris Miller
C. Miller
31.7
41
11/26/1989
ATL ATL
@
NYJ NYJ
13
158
3.9
1
1
42.5
2.4
2.4
2
11
7John Rauch
J. Rauch
31.8
44
10/8/1951
NYY NYY
@
DET DET
14
151
3.4
1
2
31.5
2.3
4.5
8Jim Everett
J. Everett
32.5
40
12/23/1990
RAM RAM
@
ATL ATL
13
171
4.3
0
2
26.1
0.0
5.0
2
16
9George Blanda
G. Blanda
32.5
40
12/12/1965
HOU HOU
vs
SD SD
13
212
5.3
3
2
55.4
7.5
5.0
10Terry Nofsinger
T. Nofsinger
32.6
46
11/13/1966
STL STL
@
PIT PIT
15
187
4.1
0
3
19.0
0.0
6.5
11Dick Wood
D. Wood
32.7
52
11/27/1966
MIA MIA
vs
BOS BOS
17
276
5.3
2
3
40.2
3.8
5.8
12Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
33.3
48
11/15/1970
LA LA
vs
NYJ NYJ
16
274
5.7
2
3
41.5
4.2
6.3
13Eli Manning
E. Manning
34.0
53
12/16/2007
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
18
184
3.5
1
0
51.1
1.9
0.0
2
16
14Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
34.1
41
10/24/2004
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
14
187
4.6
1
4
18.1
2.4
9.8
1
7
15Mike Busch
M. Busch
34.1
41
10/11/1987
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
14
183
4.5
1
1
47.1
2.4
2.4
6
59
16Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
34.1
41
9/13/1981
STL STL
@
DAL DAL
14
295
7.2
1
2
48.3
2.4
4.9
4
33
17Bill Munson
B. Munson
34.1
41
11/24/1968
DET DET
vs
NO NO
14
189
4.6
2
1
55.8
4.9
2.4
18Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
34.8
46
11/8/1987
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
16
265
5.8
2
2
51.4
4.3
4.3
3
34
19Akili Smith
A. Smith
34.9
43
9/10/2000
CIN CIN
vs
CLE CLE
15
250
5.8
1
2
43.8
2.3
4.7
7
43
20Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
34.9
43
10/13/1974
KC KC
vs
PIT PIT
15
243
5.7
3
5
38.4
7.0
11.6
21Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
35.0
40
10/14/2001
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
14
180
4.5
2
1
56.3
5.0
2.5
2
20
22Bart Starr
B. Starr
35.0
40
11/15/1959
GB GB
vs
BAL BAL
14
242
6.1
1
3
33.5
2.5
7.5
23George Blanda
G. Blanda
35.2
54
10/17/1965
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
19
287
5.3
0
5
15.0
0.0
9.3
24Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
35.6
45
12/5/1982
SEA SEA
@
RAI RAI
16
280
6.2
2
3
44.7
4.4
6.7
4
29
25Norm Snead
N. Snead
35.6
45
10/2/1966
PHI PHI
vs
STL STL
16
247
5.5
0
5
15.0
0.0
11.1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completion percentage and passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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