List Of Nfl Players Who Have Posted A Passer Rating Of Zero

To achieve a passer rating of zero in a game, a player must have no touchdowns, complete no more than 30% of his pass attempts, average less than three yards per attempt, throw an interception on at least 9.5% of attempts, and attempt at least ten passes.

Terry Bradshaw posted a zero rating on a record three occasions, while eight other players have two games of zero; Gary Keithley is the only player ever to post zero ratings in two straight weeks (1973).

There have been three occasions where a starting quarterback 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), starter Vince Evans and replacement Bob Avellini with the Chicago Bears (1981), and starter Terry Bradshaw and replacement Cliff Stoudt with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1982).

On one occasion, players on opposing teams both posted a zero rating: Gary Keithley and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated Bob Lee and the Atlanta Falcons (1973). No starting quarterback with a passer rating of zero has won the game since Norm Snead in 1976.

Thirteen players who had a zero passer rating 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, Scott Hunter, Dan Fouts, Craig Morton, Vince Evans, Rich Gannon, Eli Manning, and Peyton Manning.

The Buffalo Bills have held opposing players to a zero passer rating more than any other franchise, having accomplished the feat eight times, as of 2021^[update].

List

Overview of NFL quarterbacks with a zero passer rating
#	Quarterback	Date	Team	Opponent	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	INT	Notes
1	Otto Graham	December 27, 1953	Cleveland Browns	Detroit Lions	L 17–16	2	15	20	2	NFL Championship Game.
2	King Hill	October 2, 1960	St. Louis Cardinals	New York Giants	L 35–14	3	13	25	2
3	John Brodie	October 22, 1961	San Francisco 49ers	Chicago Bears	L 31–0	3	10	23	2
4	Al Dorow	September 9, 1962	Buffalo Bills	Houston Oilers	L 28–23	4	17	44	3
5	John Hadl	October 13, 1962	San Diego Chargers	Buffalo Bills	L 35–10	2	12	17	2
6	Cotton Davidson	October 14, 1962	Oakland Raiders	Denver Broncos	L 23–6	2	10	22	1
7	Cotton Davidson	November 18, 1962	Oakland Raiders	Buffalo Bills	L 10–6	5	20	25	2	Second career 0.0 game, second 0.0 game in the same season.
8	Bill Munson	October 11, 1964	Los Angeles Rams	Chicago Bears	L 38–17	4	15	42	4
9	Earl Morrall	September 19, 1965	New York Giants	Dallas Cowboys	L 31–2	6	21	63	2
10	Dick Wood	September 19, 1965	Oakland Raiders	San Diego Chargers	L 17–6	4	14	31	2
11	Jack Kemp	December 5, 1965	Buffalo Bills	Houston Oilers	W 29–18	2	10	25	1	First to have a 0.0 rating but still win the game.
12	Dick Wood	September 9, 1966	Miami Dolphins	New York Jets	L 19–14	2	15	25	2	Second career 0.0 game.
13	Joe Kapp	October 15, 1967	Minnesota Vikings	Green Bay Packers	W 10–7	2	11	25	2
14	Don Trull	December 9, 1967	Boston Patriots	Buffalo Bills	L 44–16	5	20	57	3
15	Bob Griese	September 28, 1968	Miami Dolphins	Kansas City Chiefs	L 48–3	2	17	24	2
16	Johnny Unitas	October 20, 1968	Baltimore Colts	Cleveland Browns	L 30–20	1	11	12	3
17	Virgil Carter	October 12, 1969	Chicago Bears	Minnesota Vikings	L 31–0	3	12	25	2
18	Rick Norton	November 23, 1969	Miami Dolphins	Houston Oilers	L 32–7	7	26	43	5
19	Billy Kilmer	September 27, 1970	New Orleans Saints	Minnesota Vikings	L 26–0	6	20	16	2
20	Don Gault	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	October 11, 1970	Boston Patriots	Kansas City Chiefs	L 23–10	3	12	30	4
22	Rick Arrington	October 25, 1970	Philadelphia Eagles	Green Bay Packers	L 30–17	3	10	16	3
23	Terry Hanratty	November 15, 1970	Pittsburgh Steelers	Kansas City Chiefs	L 31–14	3	12	35	2
24	Len Dawson	November 22, 1970	Kansas City Chiefs	St. Louis Cardinals	T 6–6	4	14	38	2
25	Terry Bradshaw	December 13, 1970	Pittsburgh Steelers	Atlanta Falcons	L 27–16	3	12	30	2
26	Kent Nix	October 3, 1971	Chicago Bears	Los Angeles Rams	L 17–3	5	23	60	3
27	Bobby Douglass	November 21, 1971	Chicago Bears	Detroit Lions	L 28–3	6	26	68	4
28	John Hadl	November 28, 1971	San Diego Chargers	Cincinnati Bengals	L 31–0	5	18	49	4	Second career 0.0 game.
29	Gary Cuozzo	December 11, 1971	Minnesota Vikings	Detroit Lions	W 29–10	4	15	21	2
30	Greg Landry	September 24, 1972	Detroit Lions	Minnesota Vikings	L 34–10	3	15	39	3
31	Dan Pastorini	October 9, 1972	Houston Oilers	Oakland Raiders	L 34–0	3	21	31	4
32	Scott Hunter	October 28, 1973	Green Bay Packers	Detroit Lions	L 34–0	1	10	−4	1
33	Randy Johnson	November 4, 1973	New York Giants	Oakland Raiders	L 42–0	2	12	15	2
34	Bob Lee	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.
35	Gary Keithley	December 9, 1973	St. Louis Cardinals	Atlanta Falcons	W 32–10	2	10	9	1	First career start; both starting QBs (Lee) had a 0.0 passer rating in the game.
36	Gary Keithley	December 16, 1973	St. Louis Cardinals	Dallas Cowboys	L 30–3	6	20	30	2	Second career 0.0 game, second career start, only QB with 0.0 two weeks in a row.
37	Joe Namath	September 29, 1974	New York Jets	Buffalo Bills	L 16–12	2	18	33	3
38	Archie Manning	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.
39	James Harris	September 21, 1975	Los Angeles Rams	Dallas Cowboys	L 18–7	1	10	5	3
40	Dan Fouts	October 5, 1975	San Diego Chargers	Oakland Raiders	L 6–0	3	13	29	2
41	Kim McQuilken	November 9, 1975	Atlanta Falcons	Minnesota Vikings	L 38–0	5	26	43	5
42	Terry Bradshaw	December 20, 1975	Pittsburgh Steelers	Los Angeles Rams	L 10–3	3	10	28	1	Second career 0.0 game.
43	Lynn Dickey	September 26, 1976	Green Bay Packers	Cincinnati Bengals	L 28–7	5	20	45	2
44	Ron Jaworski	October 24, 1976	Los Angeles Rams	New Orleans Saints	W 16–10	3	11	15	2
45	Norm Snead	November 14, 1976	New York Giants	Washington Redskins	W 12–9	3	14	26	2	Second career 0.0 game; last starting QB to win game despite lowest passer rating.
46	Gary Marangi	November 21, 1976	Buffalo Bills	San Diego Chargers	L 34–13	8	30	83	3	Most attempts and yards by a player posting a 0.0 rating.
47	Joe Namath	December 12, 1976	New York Jets	Cincinnati Bengals	L 42–3	4	15	20	4	Second career 0.0 game, first time that a starter and replacement (Todd) both had a 0.0 rating in same game.
48	Richard Todd	December 12, 1976	New York Jets	Cincinnati Bengals	L 42–3	3	13	23	2	First time that a starter (Namath) and replacement both had a 0.0 passer rating in the same game.
49	Jim Plunkett	September 19, 1977	San Francisco 49ers	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 27–0	3	13	30	2
50	Randy Hedberg	October 23, 1977	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Green Bay Packers	L 13–0	3	13	18	2	Did not start.
51	Randy Hedberg	December 4, 1977	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Chicago Bears	L 10–0	4	15	36	2	Second career 0.0 game and second in the season; last game played in NFL; only post-merger QB to post a 0.0 season rating with 90+ attempts.
52	Craig Morton	January 15, 1978	Denver Broncos	Dallas Cowboys	L 27–10	4	15	39	4	Super Bowl XII, removed from the game in the third quarter.
53	Joe Ferguson	September 3, 1978	Buffalo Bills	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 28–17	3	10	20	1
54	Dan Pastorini	September 9, 1979	Houston Oilers	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 38–7	4	16	16	3	Second career 0.0 game.
55	Mike Livingston	September 9, 1979	Kansas City Chiefs	Cleveland Browns	L 27–24	2	10	26	1
56	Vince Evans	November 22, 1981	Chicago Bears	Detroit Lions	L 23–7	4	19	21	2	Second time that a starter and replacement (Avellini) both had a 0.0 passer rating in the same game.
57	Bob Avellini	November 22, 1981	Chicago Bears	Detroit Lions	L 23–7	3	10	20	1	Second time that a starter (Evans) and replacement both had a 0.0 passer rating in the same game.
58	Terry Bradshaw	December 12, 1982	Pittsburgh Steelers	Buffalo Bills	L 13–0	2	13	3	2	Third career 0.0 game, third time that a starter and replacement (Stoudt) both had a 0.0 passer rating in the same game.
59	Cliff Stoudt	December 12, 1982	Pittsburgh Steelers	Buffalo Bills	L 13–0	2	10	29	1	Third time that a starter (Bradshaw) and replacement both had a 0.0 passer rating in the same game.
60	Warren Moon	November 10, 1985	Houston Oilers	Buffalo Bills	L 20–0	3	14	22	3
61	Gary Hogeboom	November 17, 1985	Dallas Cowboys	Chicago Bears	L 44–0	6	22	60	3	Did not start.
62	Warren Moon	November 30, 1986	Houston Oilers	Cleveland Browns	L 13–10	5	23	68	4	Second career 0.0 game.
63	Dave Wilson	January 3, 1988	New Orleans Saints	Minnesota Vikings	L 44–10	2	12	20	2	NFC Wild Card game, did not start.
64	Mike Tomczak	September 18, 1988	Chicago Bears	Minnesota Vikings	L 31–7	3	12	28	2
65	Jeff Kemp	September 25, 1988	Seattle Seahawks	San Francisco 49ers	L 38–7	1	12	6	3
66	Bubby Brister	October 2, 1988	Pittsburgh Steelers	Cleveland Browns	L 23–9	4	14	28	2
67	Brent Pease	October 9, 1988	Houston Oilers	Kansas City Chiefs	W 7–6	3	14	26	3
68	Rich Gannon	December 16, 1990	Minnesota Vikings	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 26–13	2	10	8	1
69	Pat Ryan	September 30, 1991	Philadelphia Eagles	Washington Redskins	L 23–0	4	14	24	3	Did not start.
70	Todd Marinovich	November 8, 1992	Los Angeles Raiders	Philadelphia Eagles	L 31–10	3	10	25	3	Last career NFL game played.
71	Tommy Maddox	October 15, 1995	New York Giants	Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–14	6	23	49	3	0.0 passer rating for the season.
72	Dave Brown	December 1, 1996	New York Giants	Philadelphia Eagles	L 24–0	3	11	31	2
73	Kent Graham	October 12, 1997	Arizona Cardinals	New York Giants	L 27–13	4	14	40	2
74	Tony Graziani	October 26, 1997	Atlanta Falcons	Carolina Panthers	L 21–12	4	18	24	2	First career start.
75	Trent Dilfer	December 14, 1997	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	New York Jets	L 31–0	2	15	38	2
76	Ryan Leaf	September 20, 1998	San Diego Chargers	Kansas City Chiefs	L 23–7	1	15	4	2
77	Scott Mitchell	October 15, 2000	Cincinnati Bengals	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 15–0	4	16	39	2
78	Anthony Wright	December 25, 2000	Dallas Cowboys	Tennessee Titans	L 31–0	5	20	35	2
79	Randy Fasani	October 27, 2002	Carolina Panthers	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 12–9	5	18	46	3	Only career NFL start.
80	Tim Hasselbeck	December 14, 2003	Washington Redskins	Dallas Cowboys	L 27–0	6	26	56	4
81	Jeff Garcia	September 19, 2004	Cleveland Browns	Dallas Cowboys	L 19–12	8	27	71	3
82	Eli Manning	December 12, 2004	New York Giants	Baltimore Ravens	L 37–14	4	18	27	2	Removed from the game in the fourth quarter. Father Archie Manning, and brother Peyton Manning also had 0.0 passer ratings in games.
83	Joey Harrington	December 17, 2006	Miami Dolphins	Buffalo Bills	L 21–0	5	17	20	2
84	Rex Grossman	December 31, 2006	Chicago Bears	Green Bay Packers	L 26–7	2	12	33	3	Did not play in the second half.
85	Chris Redman	December 16, 2007	Atlanta Falcons	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 37–3	4	15	34	2
86	Peyton Manning	November 15, 2015	Denver Broncos	Kansas City Chiefs	L 29–13	5	20	35	4	Removed from the game in the third quarter. Father Archie Manning, and brother Eli Manning also had 0.0 passer rating games. Also broke the passing yards record during the game.
87	Nathan Peterman	September 9, 2018	Buffalo Bills	Baltimore Ravens	L 47–3	5	18	24	2	Removed from the game in the third quarter. Replacement (Josh Allen) would have a perfect 158.3 game in 2023.
88	Ryan Finley	November 22, 2020	Cincinnati Bengals	Washington Football Team	L 20–9	3	10	30	1	Did not start game. Replaced starter Joe Burrow in third quarter after Burrow sustained a knee injury.
89	Brandon Allen	January 3, 2021	Cincinnati Bengals	Baltimore Ravens	L 38–3	6	21	48	2
90	P. J. Walker	November 6, 2022	Carolina Panthers	Cincinnati Bengals	L 42–21	3	10	9	2	Removed from the game at halftime.

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