most passing touchdowns by a quarterback with <40 completion percentage in an nfl game in history

Joe Namath has the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in a game with a completion percentage below 40.0, with 5 touchdowns versus the Houston Oilers on September 18, 1966.

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns by a quarterback with <40 completion percentage in an NFL regular-season game in history
NAMETDPCTDATETMOPPCMPATTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
5
38.7
9/18/1966
vs
12
31
283
9.1
0
112.0
16.1
0.0
2Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
4
33.3
10/30/1988
vs
6
18
165
9.2
0
107.6
22.2
0.0
0
0
3Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
4
36.4
10/18/1964
vs
8
22
170
7.7
1
85.2
18.2
4.5
4Dick Wood
D. Wood
4
38.9
10/26/1963
vs
14
36
231
6.4
1
86.7
11.1
2.8
5Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3
35.3
10/30/2005
@
12
34
283
8.3
2
71.1
8.8
5.9
2
11
6Koy Detmer
K. Detmer
3
34.5
12/19/1999
vs
10
29
181
6.2
2
62.6
10.3
6.9
0
0
7Tony Banks
T. Banks
3
30.8
12/12/1999
@
8
26
268
10.3
0
109.1
11.5
0.0
4
26
8Trent Dilfer
T. Dilfer
3
39.1
11/15/1998
@
9
23
189
8.2
2
72.3
13.0
8.7
2
8
9Kerry Collins
K. Collins
3
37.0
11/26/1995
@
17
46
335
7.3
4
48.7
6.5
8.7
2
6
10Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
3
39.1
9/8/1985
@
9
23
188
8.2
2
72.1
13.0
8.7
4
32
11David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
3
35.5
11/15/1981
vs
11
31
140
4.5
1
69.3
9.7
3.2
1
7
12David Woodley
D. Woodley
3
31.0
12/14/1980
@
9
29
143
4.9
1
68.6
10.3
3.4
13Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
3
34.9
10/13/1974
vs
15
43
243
5.7
5
38.4
7.0
11.6
14Greg Landry
G. Landry
3
32.0
12/10/1972
@
8
25
150
6.0
0
93.3
12.0
0.0
15John Brodie
J. Brodie
3
33.3
12/20/1970
@
7
21
171
8.1
0
103.4
14.3
0.0
16John Brodie
J. Brodie
3
39.2
10/12/1969
vs
20
51
254
5.0
3
50.6
5.9
5.9
17Pete Liske
P. Liske
3
37.8
9/28/1969
@
17
45
289
6.4
5
43.0
6.7
11.1
18Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
3
36.8
9/17/1967
@
7
19
232
12.2
0
123.2
15.8
0.0
19John McCormick
J. McCormick
3
35.1
12/18/1966
@
13
37
328
8.9
3
61.5
8.1
8.1
20George Wilson
G. Wilson
3
33.3
9/18/1966
@
10
30
185
6.2
1
75.0
10.0
3.3
21George Blanda
G. Blanda
3
32.5
12/12/1965
vs
13
40
212
5.3
2
55.4
7.5
5.0
22George Blanda
G. Blanda
3
38.8
11/14/1965
vs
19
49
251
5.1
6
36.6
6.1
12.2
23George Blanda
G. Blanda
3
38.7
10/20/1963
vs
12
31
233
7.5
0
97.9
9.7
0.0
24Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
3
38.1
9/29/1963
vs
8
21
229
10.9
1
99.0
14.3
4.8
25John Hadl
J. Hadl
3
38.5
11/25/1962
@
15
39
261
6.7
3
55.6
7.7
7.7
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completion percentage and passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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