most passing touchdowns by a quarterback with <50 completion percentage in an nfl game in history

Jim Hardy has the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in a game with a completion percentage below 50.0, with 6 touchdowns versus the Baltimore Colts on October 2, 1950.

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns by a quarterback with <50 completion percentage in an NFL regular-season game in history
NAMETDPCTDATETMOPPCMPATTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
6
43.3
10/2/1950
vs
13
30
281
9.4
2
89.0
20.0
6.7
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
5
48.6
11/27/1988
@
17
35
353
10.1
0
124.2
14.3
0.0
0
0
3Danny White
D. White
5
45.5
10/30/1983
@
15
33
304
9.2
2
92.7
15.2
6.1
2
22
4George Blanda
G. Blanda
5
40.5
10/2/1966
@
15
37
300
8.1
2
86.7
13.5
5.4
5Joe Namath
J. Namath
5
38.7
9/18/1966
vs
12
31
283
9.1
0
112.0
16.1
0.0
6Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
5
48.4
12/12/1965
vs
15
31
323
10.4
1
112.0
16.1
3.2
7Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
5
44.1
12/16/1962
@
15
34
419
12.3
3
93.0
14.7
8.8
8Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
5
48.1
12/9/1962
vs
13
27
302
11.2
2
97.5
18.5
7.4
9Johnny Green
J. Green
5
47.8
11/22/1962
@
22
46
292
6.3
3
77.4
10.9
6.5
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4
48.3
9/9/2013
vs
14
29
195
6.7
1
95.5
13.8
3.4
2
12
11Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4
44.4
12/2/2012
@
24
54
391
7.2
3
70.8
7.4
5.6
2
19
12Chad Henne
C. Henne
4
48.5
11/18/2012
@
16
33
354
10.7
0
126.8
12.1
0.0
1
6
13Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4
46.7
11/4/2012
vs
14
30
218
7.3
1
96.9
13.3
3.3
1
10
14Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
4
48.6
11/27/2011
vs
17
35
180
5.1
1
90.2
11.4
2.9
0
0
15Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4
47.6
12/13/2009
vs
20
42
220
5.2
3
65.6
9.5
7.1
0
0
16Trent Edwards
T. Edwards
4
47.8
12/9/2007
vs
11
23
165
7.2
0
111.4
17.4
0.0
0
0
17Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
4
48.6
11/26/1998
@
17
35
359
10.3
1
111.5
11.4
2.9
1
6
18Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
4
48.1
12/21/1997
vs
13
27
174
6.4
3
69.1
14.8
11.1
1
9
19Jeff George
J. George
4
44.2
11/20/1994
@
19
43
254
5.9
0
94.5
9.3
0.0
0
0
20Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
4
33.3
10/30/1988
vs
6
18
165
9.2
0
107.6
22.2
0.0
0
0
21Steve Young
S. Young
4
47.4
12/14/1987
vs
9
19
100
5.3
0
103.1
21.1
0.0
0
0
22Dan Marino
D. Marino
4
41.4
11/2/1986
vs
12
29
220
7.6
2
79.0
13.8
6.9
1
3
23Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
4
47.1
10/26/1986
@
16
34
230
6.8
1
96.4
11.8
2.9
2
12
24Doug Williams
D. Williams
4
44.8
10/4/1981
vs
13
29
168
5.8
1
88.8
13.8
3.4
1
6
25Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
4
44.2
10/21/1979
vs
19
43
218
5.1
1
81.3
9.3
2.3
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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