which nfl team has the least net passing yards in a game since 1970

Since 1970, the Cincinnati Bengals have the fewest net passing yards by a team in a game, with -52 yards versus the Houston Oilers on October 31, 1971.

Interpreted as:
Which NFL team has the least net passing yards in a regular-season game since 1970?
TEAMNETDATETMOPPRESULTCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bengals
Bengals
-52
10/31/1971
CIN CIN
@
HOU HOU
L
6-10
6
20
30.0
16
0.8
0
1
18.8
0.0
5.0
9
68
2Falcons
Falcons
-39
10/23/1976
ATL ATL
@
SF SF
L
0-15
8
29
27.6
46
1.6
0
2
10.8
0.0
6.9
8
85
3Packers
Packers
-35
9/26/1976
GB GB
@
CIN CIN
L
7-28
5
23
21.7
45
2.0
0
3
0.0
0.0
13.0
6
80
4Buccaneers
Buccaneers
-31
9/9/1978
TB TB
vs
DET DET
L
7-15
6
14
42.9
63
4.5
0
1
26.8
0.0
7.1
7
94
5Seahawks
Seahawks
-30
11/4/1979
SEA SEA
vs
LA LA
L
0-24
2
17
11.8
25
1.5
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
6
55
6Falcons
Falcons
-22
11/24/1985
ATL ATL
@
CHI CHI
L
0-36
3
17
17.6
16
0.9
0
2
0.0
0.0
11.8
5
38
7Chargers
Chargers
-22
10/5/1975
SD SD
vs
OAK OAK
L
0-6
3
13
23.1
29
2.2
0
2
0.0
0.0
15.4
5
51
8Bears
Bears
-20
11/22/1981
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
L
7-23
7
30
23.3
41
1.4
0
3
0.0
0.0
10.0
7
61
9Chargers
Chargers
-19
9/20/1998
SD SD
@
KC KC
L
7-23
1
15
6.7
4
0.3
0
2
0.0
0.0
13.3
2
23
10Rams
Rams
-18
10/10/1971
LA LA
@
SF SF
W
20-13
2
12
16.7
13
1.1
0
1
4.9
0.0
8.3
3
31
11Bears
Bears
-16
11/6/1977
CHI CHI
@
HOU HOU
L
0-47
9
17
52.9
36
2.1
0
0
58.7
0.0
0.0
6
52
12Saints
Saints
-15
10/21/1973
NO NO
@
SF SF
L
0-40
5
18
27.8
17
0.9
0
1
16.4
0.0
5.6
4
32
13Oilers
Oilers
-14
10/23/1977
HOU HOU
@
PIT PIT
L
10-27
5
15
33.3
32
2.1
1
5
25.0
6.7
33.3
5
46
14Bengals
Bengals
-13
10/4/1987
CIN CIN
vs
SD SD
L
9-10
5
13
38.5
10
0.8
1
0
72.3
7.7
0.0
3
23
15Eagles
Eagles
-13
12/11/1977
PHI PHI
vs
NYG NYG
W
17-14
4
10
40.0
33
3.3
0
0
49.2
0.0
0.0
5
46
16Cardinals
Cardinals
-12
12/21/1980
STL STL
vs
WAS WAS
L
7-31
6
26
23.1
68
2.6
0
3
0.0
0.0
11.5
9
80
17Packers
Packers
-12
11/4/1973
GB GB
vs
CHI CHI
L
17-31
3
16
18.8
17
1.1
1
1
34.4
6.3
6.3
4
29
18Jets
Jets
-10
10/12/2025
NYJ NYJ
vs
DEN DEN
L
11-13
9
17
52.9
45
2.6
0
0
58.7
0.0
0.0
9
55
19Giants
Giants
-9
10/29/2023
NYG NYG
vs
NYJ NYJ
L
10-13
6
14
42.9
7
0.5
0
0
50.3
0.0
0.0
4
16
20Browns
Browns
-9
12/3/2000
CLE CLE
@
JAX JAX
L
0-48
7
18
38.9
33
1.8
0
0
47.0
0.0
0.0
6
42
21Titans
Titans
-7
10/18/2009
TEN TEN
@
NE NE
L
0-59
2
14
14.3
-7
-0.5
0
2
0.0
0.0
14.3
0
0
22Buccaneers
Buccaneers
-7
11/26/1978
TB TB
@
CHI CHI
L
3-14
5
13
38.5
54
4.2
0
0
51.4
0.0
0.0
8
61
23Saints
Saints
-7
11/16/1975
NO NO
vs
MIN MIN
L
7-20
5
18
27.8
62
3.4
1
0
60.0
5.6
0.0
8
69
24Bears
Bears
-7
12/5/1971
CHI CHI
@
DEN DEN
L
3-6
7
31
22.6
63
2.0
0
3
0.0
0.0
9.7
9
70
25Giants
Giants
-6
1/2/2022
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
L
3-29
4
11
36.4
24
2.2
0
2
5.3
0.0
18.2
4
30

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3
0
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Ravens Ravens
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5
0
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6
0
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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11/16
CIN CIN
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
NE NE
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
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11/27
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@
BAL BAL
8:20 PM
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12/7
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@
BUF BUF
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

5 - 3 - 0

47

Final

42

CIN Bengals

3 - 6 - 0

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
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DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
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11/9
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CAR CAR
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