The Broncos won despite a historically poor game from Bo Nix

The Broncos and quarterback Bo Nix won on Sunday, but it wasn’t pretty.

Nix completed 12 of 25 passes for 60 yards on Sunday, a shocking lack of production the likes of which the NFL has never seen: No quarterback in NFL history had ever thrown for so few yards while throwing at least 25 passes and completing at least 12 from them.

It’s far-fetched to find a game similar to Nix’s in NFL history, in which his team was able to win despite his lazy passing game. Rick Neuheisel completed 12 passes for 66 yards and won a strike game in 1987. Those were the fewest yards on 12 or more completions for a winning QB in NFL history until Nix won yesterday while throwing for six fewer yards.

There have been 39 games in NFL history in which a quarterback averaged 2.5 yards per pass or less while throwing at least 25 passes. After Nix’s win on Sunday, those quarterbacks are now 3-36 in those games. The previous two quarterbacks to win with at least 25 passes and an average of 2.5 yards per pass or worse were both in the AFL and both in 1963: John McCormick of the Broncos and Cotton Davidson of the Raiders.

To Nix’s credit, he didn’t throw any interceptions, didn’t fumble and didn’t take a sack. That helped the Broncos find a path to victory. But they won’t win many games as Nix has 60 total passing yards.