- List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a passer rating of zero
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In the National Football League, the lowest official passer rating that a quarterback can achieve is 0.0. To qualify, a quarterback must have at least 10 pass attempts, zero touchdowns, a completion percentage of 30% or less, average less than 3 yards per attempt and an interception percentage of 9.5% or greater.
Terry Bradshaw posted a zero rating on a record three occasions. Gary Keithley is the only quarterback ever to post zero ratings two weeks in a row. Joe Namath and Richard Todd each posted a zero rating for the New York Jets in the same game. Terry Bradshaw and Cliff Stoudt each posted a zero rating for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the same game. Gary Keithley of the St. Louis Cardinals and Bob Lee of the Atlanta Falcons each posted a zero rating in the same game.
Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw, Len Dawson, Bob Griese, James Harris, Bob Lee, Craig Morton, and Eli Manning had at least one game with a perfect (158.3) passer rating and at least one game with a passer rating of zero. Manning, doing so in his rookie year, is the only one to record a zero passer rating prior to achieving a perfect passer rating.
This is a list-in-progress of those quarterbacks:
Quarterback Date Team Opponent Result CMP ATT YDS INT Notes Tommy Thompson[1] 12/19/1948 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. Otto Graham[2] 12/27/1953 Cleveland Browns Detroit Lions L 17-16 2 15 20 2 NFL Championship Game King Hill[3] 10/02/1960 St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants L 35-14 3 13 25 2 John Brodie[4] 10/22/1961 San Francisco 49ers @Chicago Bears L 31-0 3 10 23 2 Al Dorow[5] 09/09/1962 Buffalo Bills @Houston Oilers L 28-23 4 17 44 3 John Hadl[6] 10/13/1962 San Diego Chargers @Buffalo Bills L 35-10 2 12 17 2 Cotton Davidson[7] 10/14/1962 Oakland Raiders Denver Broncos L 23-6 2 10 22 1 Cotton Davidson[8] 11/18/1962 Oakland Raiders Buffalo Bills L 10-6 5 20 25 2 2nd career 0.0 game (2nd of season) Bill Munson[9] 10/11/1964 Los Angeles Rams @Chicago Bears L 38-17 4 15 42 4 Earl Morrall[10] 09/19/1965 New York Giants @Dallas Cowboys L 31-2 6 21 63 2 Dick Wood[11] 09/19/1965 Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers L 17-6 4 14 31 2 Jack Kemp[12] 12/05/1965 Buffalo Bills @Houston Oilers W 29-18 2 10 25 1 Dick Wood[13] 09/09/1966 Miami Dolphins New York Jets L 19-14 2 15 25 2 2nd career 0.0 game Joe Kapp[14] 10/15/1967 Minnesota Vikings @Green Bay Packers W 10-7 2 11 25 2 Don Trull[15] 12/09/1967 Boston Patriots Buffalo Bills L 44-16 5 20 57 3 Bob Griese[16] 09/28/1968 Miami Dolphins Kansas City Chiefs L 48-3 2 17 24 2 Johnny Unitas[17] 10/20/1968 Baltimore Colts Cleveland Browns L 30-20 1 11 12 3 Virgil Carter[18] 10/12/1969 Chicago Bears Minnesota Vikings L 31-0 3 12 25 2 Billy Kilmer[19] 09/27/1970 New Orleans Saints Minnesota Vikings L 26-0 6 20 16 2 Don Gault[20] 10/03/1970 Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers W 15-7 1 16 44 2 Never played another NFL game Mike Taliaferro[21] 10/11/1970 Boston Patriots Kansas City Chiefs L 23-10 3 12 30 4 Rick Arrington[22] 10/25/1970 Philadelphia Eagles Green Bay Packers L 30-17 3 10 16 3 Terry Hanratty[23] 11/15/1970 Pittsburgh Steelers Kansas City Chiefs L 31-14 3 12 35 2 Len Dawson[24] 11/22/1970 Kansas City Chiefs St. Louis Cardinals T 6-6 4 14 38 2 Terry Bradshaw[25] 12/13/1970 Pittsburgh Steelers Atlanta Falcons L 27-16 3 12 30 2 Kent Nix[26] 10/03/1971 Chicago Bears Los Angeles Rams L 17-3 5 23 60 3 Bobby Douglass[27] 11/21/1971 Chicago Bears Detroit Lions L 28-3 6 26 68 4 John Hadl[28] 11/28/1971 San Diego Chargers Cincinnati Bengals L 31-0 5 18 49 4 2nd career 0.0 game Gary Cuozzo[29] 12/11/1971 Minnesota Vikings Detroit Lions W 29-10 4 15 21 2 Greg Landry[30] 09/24/1972 Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings L 34-10 3 15 39 3 Dan Pastorini[31] 10/09/1972 Houston Oilers Oakland Raiders L 34-0 3 21 31 4 Bob Lee[32] 12/09/1973 Atlanta Falcons St. Louis Cardinals L 32-10 3 16 27 2 Had perfect 158.3 game earlier in season; both starting QB's had a 0.0 Gary Keithley 12/09/1973 St. Louis Cardinals Atlanta Falcons W 32-10 2 10 9 1 1st career start Gary Keithley[33] 12/16/1973 St. Louis Cardinals Dallas Cowboys L 30-3 6 20 30 2 2nd career start, passer rating of 0.0 two weeks in a row Joe Namath[34] 09/29/1974 New York Jets Buffalo Bills L 16-12 2 18 33 3 Archie Manning[35] 11/25/1974 New Orleans Saints Pittsburgh Steelers L 28-7 2 10 9 3 Part of the only father-son combination on this list. James Harris[36] 09/21/1975 Los Angeles Rams @Dallas Cowboys L 18-7 1 10 5 3 Dan Fouts[37] 10/05/1975 San Diego Chargers Oakland Raiders L 6-0 3 13 29 2 Terry Bradshaw[38] 12/20/1975 Pittsburgh Steelers Los Angeles Rams L 10-3 3 10 28 1 2nd career 0.0 game Norm Snead[39] 11/14/1976 New York Giants Washington Redskins W 12-9 3 14 26 2 Last time a QB has won w/0.0 rating; 2nd career 0.0 game Joe Namath[40] 12/12/1976 New York Jets Cincinnati Bengals L 42-3 4 15 20 4 2nd career 0.0 game Richard Todd[41] 12/12/1976 New York Jets Cincinnati Bengals L 42-3 3 13 23 2 Namath and Todd w/0.0 in same game for same team Craig Morton[42] 01/15/1978 Denver Broncos Dallas Cowboys L 27-10 4 15 39 4 Super Bowl XII, pulled in third quarter. Dan Pastorini[43] 09/09/1979 Houston Oilers Pittsburgh Steelers L 38-7 4 16 16 3 2nd career 0.0 game Mike Livingston[44] 09/09/1979 Kansas City Chiefs Cleveland Browns L 27-24 2 10 26 1 Terry Bradshaw[45] 12/12/1982 Pittsburgh Steelers Buffalo Bills L 13-0 2 13 3 2 3rd career 0.0 game Cliff Stoudt[46] 12/12/1982 Pittsburgh Steelers Buffalo Bills L 13-0 2 10 29 1 Did not start; replaced Bradshaw who also had a 0.0 Warren Moon[47] 11/10/1985 Houston Oilers @Buffalo Bills L 20-0 3 14 22 3 Warren Moon[48] 11/30/1986 Houston Oilers @Cleveland Browns L 13-10 5 23 68 4 2nd career 0.0 game Dave Wilson[49] 01/03/1988 New Orleans Saints Minnesota Vikings L 44-10 2 12 20 2 NFC Wild Card game, did not start Todd Marinovich[50] 11/08/1992 Los Angeles Raiders Philadelphia Eagles L 31-10 3 10 25 3 Last career NFL game played Tommy Maddox[51] 10/15/1995 New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles L 17-14 6 23 49 3 Dave Brown[52] 12/01/1996 New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles L 24-0 3 11 31 2 Kent Graham[53] 10/12/1997 Arizona Cardinals New York Giants L 27-13 4 14 40 2 Tony Graziani[54] 10/26/1997 Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers L 21-12 4 18 24 2 1st career start Trent Dilfer[55] 12/14/1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers New York Jets L 31-0 2 15 38 2 Ryan Leaf[56] 09/20/1998 San Diego Chargers Kansas City Chiefs L 23-7 1 15 4 2 2nd overall pick in 1998 draft Scott Mitchell[57] 10/15/2000 Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers L 15-0 4 16 39 2 Anthony Wright[58] 12/25/2000 Dallas Cowboys Tennessee Titans L 31-0 5 20 35 2 Randy Fasani[59] 10/27/2002 Carolina Panthers Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 12-9 5 18 46 3 Only career NFL start. Tim Hasselbeck[60] 12/14/2003 Washington Redskins Dallas Cowboys L 27-0 6 26 56 4 Jeff Garcia[61] 09/19/2004 Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys L 19-12 8 27 71 3 Eli Manning[62] 12/12/2004 New York Giants Baltimore Ravens L 37-14 4 18 27 2 Pulled from the game in the 4th quarter. Joey Harrington[63] 12/17/2006 Miami Dolphins Buffalo Bills L 21-0 5 17 20 2 Rex Grossman[64] 12/31/2006 Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers L 26-7 2 12 33 3 Did not play 2nd half. Chris Redman[65] 12/16/2007 Atlanta Falcons Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 37-3 4 15 34 2 See also
References
- ^ "NFL Stats: by Player Category", 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
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