List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a passer rating of zero
In the National Football League (NFL), the lowest official passer rating that a quarterback (QB) can achieve is 0.0. To achieve a passer rating of 0.0, a QB must have no touchdowns, complete no more than 30% of his pass attempts, average less than 3 yards per attempt, throw an interception on at least 9.5% of attempts and attempt at least 10 passes. The NFL does not count such games by QBs who attempt fewer than 10 passes in a game.
Terry Bradshaw posted a zero rating on a record three occasions, while seven other QBs have two games of 0.0. Gary Keithley is the only QB ever to post zero ratings two straight weeks (1973). There have been two occasions where a starting QB, and his mid-game replacement, have both earned a zero rating in the same game: starter Joe Namath and replacement Richard Todd with the New York Jets (1976), and starter Terry Bradshaw and replacement Cliff Stoudt with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1982). Only once have opposing QBs both posted a zero rating: Gary Keithley and the St. Louis Rams defeated Bob Lee and the Atlanta Falcons (1973). No starting QB with a passer rating that low has won the game since Norm Snead in 1976.
Twelve QBs have had a zero passer rating and also earned a perfect (158.3) passer rating during their careers: Otto Graham, Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw, Len Dawson, Bob Griese, James Harris, Bob Lee, Dan Fouts, Craig Morton, Eli Manning, and Peyton Manning.
# | Quarterback | Date | Team | Opponent | Result | CMP | ATT | YDS | INT | Notes |
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1 | Tommy Thompson[1] | December 19, 1948 | Philadelphia Eagles | Chicago Cardinals | W 7–0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | NFL Championship Game; 1st known QB to win with a passer rating of 0.0. |
2 | Otto Graham[2] | December 27, 1953 | Cleveland Browns | Detroit Lions | L 17–16 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 2 | NFL Championship Game. |
3 | King Hill[3] | October 2, 1960 | St. Louis Cardinals | New York Giants | L 35–14 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 2 | |
4 | John Brodie[4] | October 22, 1961 | San Francisco 49ers | @Chicago Bears | L 31–0 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 2 | |
5 | Al Dorow[5] | September 9, 1962 | Buffalo Bills | @Houston Oilers | L 28–23 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 3 | |
6 | John Hadl[6] | October 13, 1962 | San Diego Chargers | @Buffalo Bills | L 35–10 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 2 | |
7 | Cotton Davidson[7] | October 14, 1962 | Oakland Raiders | Denver Broncos | L 23–6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 1 | |
8 | Cotton Davidson[8] | November 18, 1962 | Oakland Raiders | Buffalo Bills | L 10–6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 2nd career 0.0 game, 2nd 0.0 game in the same season. |
9 | Bill Munson[9] | October 11, 1964 | Los Angeles Rams | @Chicago Bears | L 38–17 | 4 | 15 | 42 | 4 | |
10 | Earl Morrall[10] | September 19, 1965 | New York Giants | @Dallas Cowboys | L 31–2 | 6 | 21 | 63 | 2 | |
11 | Dick Wood[11] | September 19, 1965 | Oakland Raiders | San Diego Chargers | L 17–6 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 2 | |
12 | Jack Kemp[12] | December 5, 1965 | Buffalo Bills | @Houston Oilers | W 29–18 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 1 | |
13 | Dick Wood[13] | September 9, 1966 | Miami Dolphins | New York Jets | L 19–14 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 2nd career 0.0 game. |
14 | Joe Kapp[14] | October 15, 1967 | Minnesota Vikings | @Green Bay Packers | W 10–7 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 2 | |
15 | Don Trull[15] | December 9, 1967 | Boston Patriots | Buffalo Bills | L 44–16 | 5 | 20 | 57 | 3 | |
16 | Bob Griese[16] | September 28, 1968 | Miami Dolphins | Kansas City Chiefs | L 48–3 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 2 | |
17 | Johnny Unitas[17] | October 20, 1968 | Baltimore Colts | Cleveland Browns | L 30–20 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3 | |
18 | Virgil Carter[18] | October 12, 1969 | Chicago Bears | Minnesota Vikings | L 31–0 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 2 | |
19 | Billy Kilmer[19] | September 27, 1970 | New Orleans Saints | Minnesota Vikings | L 26–0 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 2 | |
20 | Don Gault[20] | October 3, 1970 | Cleveland Browns | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 15–7 | 1 | 16 | 44 | 2 | Only career NFL start, last career NFL game played (won game). Worst completion percentage (6.3%) on this list. |
21 | Mike Taliaferro[21] | October 11, 1970 | Boston Patriots | Kansas City Chiefs | L 23–10 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 4 | |
22 | Rick Arrington[22] | October 25, 1970 | Philadelphia Eagles | Green Bay Packers | L 30–17 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 3 | |
23 | Terry Hanratty[23] | November 15, 1970 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Kansas City Chiefs | L 31–14 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 2 | |
24 | Len Dawson[24] | November 22, 1970 | Kansas City Chiefs | St. Louis Cardinals | T 6–6 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 2 | |
25 | Terry Bradshaw[25] | December 13, 1970 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Atlanta Falcons | L 27–16 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 2 | |
26 | Kent Nix[26] | October 3, 1971 | Chicago Bears | Los Angeles Rams | L 17–3 | 5 | 23 | 60 | 3 | |
27 | Bobby Douglass[27] | November 21, 1971 | Chicago Bears | Detroit Lions | L 28–3 | 6 | 26 | 68 | 4 | |
28 | John Hadl[28] | November 28, 1971 | San Diego Chargers | Cincinnati Bengals | L 31–0 | 5 | 18 | 49 | 4 | 2nd career 0.0 game. |
29 | Gary Cuozzo[29] | December 11, 1971 | Minnesota Vikings | Detroit Lions | W 29–10 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 2 | |
30 | Greg Landry[30] | September 24, 1972 | Detroit Lions | Minnesota Vikings | L 34–10 | 3 | 15 | 39 | 3 | |
31 | Dan Pastorini[31] | October 9, 1972 | Houston Oilers | Oakland Raiders | L 34–0 | 3 | 21 | 31 | 4 | |
32 | Bob Lee[32] | December 9, 1973 | Atlanta Falcons | St. Louis Cardinals | L 32–10 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 2 | Had perfect 158.3 game earlier in season; both starting QBs (Keithley) had a 0.0 passer rating in the game. |
33 | Gary Keithley | December 9, 1973 | St. Louis Cardinals | Atlanta Falcons | W 32–10 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1st career start; both starting QBs (Lee) had a 0.0 passer rating in the game. |
34 | Gary Keithley[33] | December 16, 1973 | St. Louis Cardinals | Dallas Cowboys | L 30–3 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 2 | 2nd career 0.0 game, 2nd career start, only QB with 0.0 two weeks in a row. |
35 | Joe Namath[34] | September 29, 1974 | New York Jets | Buffalo Bills | L 16–12 | 2 | 18 | 33 | 3 | |
36 | Archie Manning[35] | November 25, 1974 | New Orleans Saints | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 28–7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | Part of the only two father-son combinations on this list. |
37 | James Harris[36] | September 21, 1975 | Los Angeles Rams | @Dallas Cowboys | L 18–7 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | |
38 | Dan Fouts[37] | October 5, 1975 | San Diego Chargers | Oakland Raiders | L 6–0 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 2 | |
39 | Terry Bradshaw[38] | December 20, 1975 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Los Angeles Rams | L 10–3 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 2nd career 0.0 game. |
40 | Norm Snead[39] | November 14, 1976 | New York Giants | Washington Redskins | W 12–9 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 2nd career 0.0 game; last starting QB to win game despite lowest passer rating. |
41 | Joe Namath[40] | December 12, 1976 | New York Jets | Cincinnati Bengals | L 42–3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2nd career 0.0 game, first time that the starter and the replacement (Todd) both have a zero passer rating in same game. |
42 | Richard Todd[41] | December 12, 1976 | New York Jets | Cincinnati Bengals | L 42–3 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 2 | First time that the starter (Namath) and the replacement both had a zero passer rating in the same game. |
43 | Craig Morton[42] | January 15, 1978 | Denver Broncos | Dallas Cowboys | L 27–10 | 4 | 15 | 39 | 4 | Super Bowl XII, pulled in the third quarter. |
44 | Dan Pastorini[43] | September 9, 1979 | Houston Oilers | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 38–7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2nd career 0.0 game. |
45 | Mike Livingston[44] | September 9, 1979 | Kansas City Chiefs | Cleveland Browns | L 27–24 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 1 | |
46 | Terry Bradshaw[45] | December 12, 1982 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Buffalo Bills | L 13–0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3rd career 0.0 game, 2nd time that the starter and the replacement (Stoudt) both had a zero passer rating in the same game. |
47 | Cliff Stoudt[46] | December 12, 1982 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Buffalo Bills | L 13–0 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 2nd time that the starter (Bradshaw) and the replacement both have a zero passer rating in the same game. |
48 | Warren Moon[47] | November 10, 1985 | Houston Oilers | @Buffalo Bills | L 20–0 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 3 | |
49 | Warren Moon[48] | November 30, 1986 | Houston Oilers | @Cleveland Browns | L 13–10 | 5 | 23 | 68 | 4 | 2nd career 0.0 game. |
50 | Dave Wilson[49] | January 3, 1988 | New Orleans Saints | Minnesota Vikings | L 44–10 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 2 | NFC Wild Card game, did not start. |
51 | Todd Marinovich[50] | November 8, 1992 | Los Angeles Raiders | Philadelphia Eagles | L 31–10 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 3 | Last career NFL game played. |
52 | Tommy Maddox[51] | October 15, 1995 | New York Giants | Philadelphia Eagles | L 17–14 | 6 | 23 | 49 | 3 | 0.0 QBR for the season. |
53 | Dave Brown[52] | December 1, 1996 | New York Giants | Philadelphia Eagles | L 24–0 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 2 | |
54 | Kent Graham[53] | October 12, 1997 | Arizona Cardinals | New York Giants | L 27–13 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 2 | |
55 | Tony Graziani[54] | October 26, 1997 | Atlanta Falcons | Carolina Panthers | L 21–12 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 1st career start. |
56 | Trent Dilfer[55] | December 14, 1997 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | New York Jets | L 31–0 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 2 | |
57 | Ryan Leaf[56] | September 20, 1998 | San Diego Chargers | Kansas City Chiefs | L 23–7 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | |
58 | Scott Mitchell[57] | October 15, 2000 | Cincinnati Bengals | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 15–0 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 2 | |
59 | Anthony Wright[58] | December 25, 2000 | Dallas Cowboys | Tennessee Titans | L 31–0 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 2 | |
60 | Randy Fasani[59] | October 27, 2002 | Carolina Panthers | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 12–9 | 5 | 18 | 46 | 3 | Only career NFL start. |
61 | Tim Hasselbeck[60] | December 14, 2003 | Washington Redskins | Dallas Cowboys | L 27–0 | 6 | 26 | 56 | 4 | |
62 | Jeff Garcia[61] | September 19, 2004 | Cleveland Browns | Dallas Cowboys | L 19–12 | 8 | 27 | 71 | 3 | Most attempts, completions, and yards in a 0.0 passer rating game. |
63 | Eli Manning[62] | December 12, 2004 | New York Giants | Baltimore Ravens | L 37–14 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 2 | Pulled from the game in the 4th quarter. Father Archie Manning, and brother Peyton Manning also had 0.0 passer ratings in games. |
64 | Joey Harrington[63] | December 17, 2006 | Miami Dolphins | Buffalo Bills | L 21–0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 2 | |
65 | Rex Grossman[64] | December 31, 2006 | Chicago Bears | Green Bay Packers | L 26–7 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 3 | Did not play in the 2nd half. |
66 | Chris Redman[65] | December 16, 2007 | Atlanta Falcons | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 37–3 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 2 | |
67 | Peyton Manning[66] | November 15, 2015 | Denver Broncos | Kansas City Chiefs | L 29–13 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 4 | Pulled from the game in the 3rd quarter. Father Archie Manning, and brother Eli Manning also had 0.0 passer rating games. |
68 | Nathan Peterman[67] | September 9, 2018 | Buffalo Bills | Baltimore Ravens | L 47–3 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 2 | Pulled from the game in the 3rd Quarter. |
See also
References
- ↑ "NFL Stats: by Player Category" Archived 2009-01-11 at the Wayback Machine., NFL.com
- ↑ "1953 National Football League", Professional Football Researchers Association
- ↑ "King Hill Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "John Brodie Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Al Dorow Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "John Hadl Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Cotton Davidson Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Cotton Davidson Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Bill Munson Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Earl Morrall Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Dick Wood Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Jack Kemp Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Dick Wood Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Joe Kapp Gamelogs", Pro-Football- Reference.com
- ↑ "Don Trull Gamelogs", Pro-Football- Reference.com
- ↑ "Bob Griese Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Johnny Unitas Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Virgil Carter Gamelogs", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ↑ "Billy Kilmer: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Don Gault: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Mike Taliaferro: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Rick Arrington: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Terry Hanratty: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Len Dawson: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Terry Bradshaw: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Kent Nix: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Bobby Douglass: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "John Hadl: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Gary Cuozzo: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Greg Landry: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Dan Pastorini – Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Bob Lee: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Gary Keithley: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Joe Namath: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Archie Manning: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "James Harris: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Dan Fouts: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Terry Bradshaw: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Norm Snead: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Joe Namath: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Richard Todd: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Craig Morton: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Dan Pastorini: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Mike Livingston: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Terry Bradshaw: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Cliff Stoudt: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Warren Moon: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Warren Moon: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Dave Wilson: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Todd Marinovich: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Tommy Maddox: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Dave Brown: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Kent Graham: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Tony Graziani: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Trent Dilfer: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Ryan Leaf: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Scott Mitchell: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Anthony Wright: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Randy Fasani: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Tim Hasselbeck: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Jeff Garcia: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Eli Manning: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Joey Harrington: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Rex Grossman: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Chris Redman: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Peyton Manning: Game Logs", NFL.com
- ↑ "Nathan Peterman: Game Logs", NFL.com