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What's the record for this category (including sack yardage)? Looking at some stats of the offensively challenged Green Bay teams of the early-mid 70s I saw they defeated the Rams 17-6 in a 1974 game with negative 1 yard passing!!!

Green Bay had -10 yards passing in a 13-3 win over Dallas, which finished with -1.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 240gnb.htm

This question came up several years ago. I'll answer it again.

On September 29, 1974 at Buffalo, the Bills beat the Jets 16-12. Joe Ferguson, the winning QB, was 0-2 passing for 0 yards. O.J. had 31 carries for 117 yards. Jim Braxton carried 17 for 84 yards and the winning TD.

Joe Namath was 2-18-33 with 3 interceptions. I saw the game on TV. There was rain and crosswinds, passing impossible.

SixtiesFan wrote:This question came up several years ago. I'll answer it again.

On September 29, 1974 at Buffalo, the Bills beat the Jets 16-12. Joe Ferguson, the winning QB, was 0-2 passing for 0 yards. O.J. had 31 carries for 117 yards. Jim Braxton carried 17 for 84 yards and the winning TD.

Joe Namath was 2-18-33 with 3 interceptions. I saw the game on TV. There was rain and crosswinds, passing impossible.

The OP specified that sack yardage counted. The Bills were not sacked in that game. 0 yards is not the negative record for a victory.

These games had negative passing yardage in a victory:

11-27-1955, Redskins beat Steelers 23-14. 1 for 9 passing for minus 3 yards, -29 yards in sacks.
10-10-1971, Rams beat 49ers 20-13. 2 for 12 passing for 13 yards, -31 yards in sacks.
12-11-1977, Eagles beat Giants 17-14. 4 for 10 passing for 33 yards, -46 yards in sacks.
10-24-1965, Packers beat Cowboys 13-3. 4 for 19 passing for 42 yards, -52 yards in sacks.
12-3-2006, Houston Texans beat Raiders 23-14. 7 for 14 passing for 32 yards, -37 yards in sacks.
11-9-1952, Rams beat Dallas Texans (NFL) 27-6. 5 for 17 passing for 8 yards, -13 yards in sacks.
10-4-1981, Oilers beat Bengals 17-10 1 for 6 passing for 3 yards, -7 yards in sacks.
10-13-1974, Packers beat Rams 17-6. 2 for 9 passing for 17 yards, -18 yards in sacks.

Jay Z wrote:

SixtiesFan wrote:This question came up several years ago. I'll answer it again.

On September 29, 1974 at Buffalo, the Bills beat the Jets 16-12. Joe Ferguson, the winning QB, was 0-2 passing for 0 yards. O.J. had 31 carries for 117 yards. Jim Braxton carried 17 for 84 yards and the winning TD.

Joe Namath was 2-18-33 with 3 interceptions. I saw the game on TV. There was rain and crosswinds, passing impossible.

The OP specified that sack yardage counted. The Bills were not sacked in that game. 0 yards is not the negative record for a victory.

These games had negative passing yardage in a victory:

11-27-1955, Redskins beat Steelers 23-14. 1 for 9 passing for minus 3 yards, -29 yards in sacks.
10-10-1971, Rams beat 49ers 20-13. 2 for 12 passing for 13 yards, -31 yards in sacks.
12-11-1977, Eagles beat Giants 17-14. 4 for 10 passing for 33 yards, -46 yards in sacks.
10-24-1965, Packers beat Cowboys 13-3. 4 for 19 passing for 42 yards, -52 yards in sacks.
12-3-2006, Houston Texans beat Raiders 23-14. 7 for 14 passing for 32 yards, -37 yards in sacks.
11-9-1952, Rams beat Dallas Texans (NFL) 27-6. 5 for 17 passing for 8 yards, -13 yards in sacks.
10-4-1981, Oilers beat Bengals 17-10 1 for 6 passing for 3 yards, -7 yards in sacks.
10-13-1974, Packers beat Rams 17-6. 2 for 9 passing for 17 yards, -18 yards in sacks.

Also,
11-29-1934, Cardinals beat the Packers with -6 gross yard passing.

And there are numerous instances (1920-1950) in the which the winning team had zero completions and won. The 1974 Buffalo-Jets game is just the most recent.

I'd be curious as to most rushing yards in a loss

In 2009 the Jets ran for 318 yards vs the Bills at home. They lost 16-13 in OT due to 5 INT's by Mark Sanchez

The 49ers ran for 355 yards in an overtime loss to the Chargers on 12/20/14.