fewest completions in a game, minimum 4 pass touchdowns

4 players are tied for the fewest completions in a game with 4+ passing touchdowns, with 6 completions. The first three are Doug Flutie on October 30, 1988, John Roach on September 23, 1960 and Norm Van Brocklin on December 11, 1949.

Interpreted as:
Fewest completions by a player in a regular-season game, minimum 4 pass touchdowns
NAMECMPTDDATETMOPPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
6
4
10/30/1988
NE NE
vs
CHI CHI
18
33.3
165
9.2
0
107.6
22.2
0.0
0
0
2John Roach
J. Roach
6
4
9/23/1960
STL STL
@
LA LA
13
46.2
205
15.8
1
100.2
30.8
7.7
3Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
6
4
12/11/1949
LA LA
vs
WAS WAS
10
60.0
152
15.2
0
143.8
40.0
0.0
4Roy McKay
R. McKay
6
4
10/7/1945
GB GB
vs
DET DET
14
42.9
151
10.8
0
122.3
28.6
0.0
5Lamar McHan
L. McHan
7
4
10/4/1959
GB GB
vs
DET DET
16
43.8
146
9.1
1
90.1
25.0
6.3
6Frankie Sinkwich
F. Sinkwich
7
4
11/19/1944
DET DET
vs
CHB CHB
19
36.8
170
8.9
3
70.1
21.1
15.8
7Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
8
4
11/22/1970
CHI CHI
vs
BUF BUF
20
40.0
196
9.8
1
95.0
20.0
5.0
8Len Dawson
L. Dawson
8
4
11/8/1964
KC KC
vs
OAK OAK
17
47.1
222
13.1
0
133.0
23.5
0.0
9Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
8
4
10/18/1964
LA LA
vs
SF SF
22
36.4
170
7.7
1
85.2
18.2
4.5
10Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
8
4
10/30/1960
BAL BAL
@
DLC DLC
16
50.0
270
16.9
0
135.4
25.0
0.0
11Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
8
4
10/23/1949
NYG NYG
vs
CHB CHB
15
53.3
273
18.2
0
138.2
26.7
0.0
12Steve Young
S. Young
9
4
12/14/1987
SF SF
vs
CHI CHI
19
47.4
100
5.3
0
103.1
21.1
0.0
0
0
13Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
9
4
10/14/1973
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
19
47.4
214
11.3
0
128.1
21.1
0.0
14Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
9
4
11/14/1971
NE NE
vs
BUF BUF
16
56.3
218
13.6
1
114.6
25.0
6.3
15Bob Griese
B. Griese
9
4
10/17/1971
MIA MIA
vs
NE NE
14
64.3
185
13.2
0
147.3
28.6
0.0
16Len Dawson
L. Dawson
9
4
9/28/1970
KC KC
@
BAL BAL
12
75.0
152
12.7
1
121.5
33.3
8.3
17John Hadl
J. Hadl
9
4
10/20/1968
SD SD
vs
DEN DEN
18
50.0
321
17.8
1
112.3
22.2
5.6
18Steve Tensi
S. Tensi
9
4
10/2/1966
SD SD
vs
MIA MIA
12
75.0
223
18.6
0
156.3
33.3
0.0
19Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
9
5
10/21/1962
DLC DLC
@
PIT PIT
15
60.0
158
10.5
2
96.0
33.3
13.3
20Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9
4
12/5/1948
LA LA
@
WAS WAS
14
64.3
142
10.1
0
137.5
28.6
0.0
21Kyle Orton
K. Orton
10
4
10/26/2014
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
17
58.8
238
14.0
0
142.8
23.5
0.0
4
25
22Bubby Brister
B. Brister
10
4
12/23/1990
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
19
52.6
139
7.3
0
116.0
21.1
0.0
1
19
23Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
10
4
12/22/1990
RAI RAI
@
MIN MIN
15
66.7
234
15.6
0
149.3
26.7
0.0
0
0
24John Elway
J. Elway
10
4
11/26/1989
DEN DEN
vs
SEA SEA
19
52.6
217
11.4
0
133.1
21.1
0.0
0
0
25David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
10
4
9/10/1978
GB GB
vs
NO NO
15
66.7
161
10.7
0
141.9
26.7
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completions and passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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