lowest completion percentage by a rookie qb

Tobin Rote has the worst completion percentage by a rookie quarterback, at 37.1 percent in 1950.

Interpreted as:
lowest completion percentage with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a rookie qb
NAMEPCTSEASONTMGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tobin Rote
T. Rote
37.1
1950
12
83
224
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
24
26.7
3.1
10.7
2Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
38.1
1970
13
83
218
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
24
30.4
2.8
11.0
25
242
3Johnny Green
J. Green
39.0
1960
10
89
228
1,267
5.6
126.7
10
10
54.1
4.4
4.4
4Tom Sherman
T. Sherman
39.8
1968
14
90
226
1,199
5.3
85.6
12
16
45.6
5.3
7.1
5Paul Christman
P. Christman
40.6
1945
8
89
219
1,147
5.2
143.4
5
12
42.6
2.3
5.5
6John Hadl
J. Hadl
41.2
1962
14
107
260
1,632
6.3
116.6
15
24
43.3
5.8
9.2
7Lamar McHan
L. McHan
41.2
1954
12
105
255
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
22
32.4
2.4
8.6
8Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
41.5
1968
11
93
224
1,589
7.1
144.5
14
13
62.9
6.3
5.8
9Jim Root
J. Root
41.7
1953
11
80
192
1,149
6.0
104.5
8
11
51.8
4.2
5.7
10Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
42.7
1977
13
103
241
1,346
5.6
103.5
4
14
42.3
1.7
5.8
32
262
11Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
42.8
1968
11
92
215
917
4.3
83.4
3
14
33.0
1.4
6.5
12Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
42.9
1951
11
102
238
1,797
7.6
163.4
12
15
59.8
5.0
6.3
13Paul Governali
P. Governali
43.2
1946
11
83
192
1,293
6.7
117.5
13
10
67.0
6.8
5.2
14Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
43.7
1966
14
129
295
1,795
6.1
128.2
12
21
47.8
4.1
7.1
15Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
44.1
1988
10
105
238
1,643
6.9
164.3
8
7
66.6
3.4
2.9
26
215
16Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
45.1
1975
11
115
255
1,662
6.5
151.1
13
15
59.3
5.1
5.9
19
197
17Fred Enke
F. Enke
45.2
1948
12
100
221
1,328
6.0
110.7
11
17
49.4
5.0
7.7
18Heath Shuler
H. Shuler
45.3
1994
11
120
265
1,658
6.3
150.7
10
12
59.6
3.8
4.5
12
83
19Ryan Leaf
R. Leaf
45.3
1998
10
111
245
1,289
5.3
128.9
2
15
39.0
0.8
6.1
22
140
20Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
45.4
1978
12
137
302
1,570
5.2
130.8
8
22
40.0
2.6
7.3
17
156
21Norm Snead
N. Snead
45.9
1961
14
172
375
2,337
6.2
166.9
11
22
51.6
2.9
5.9
22Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
47.0
1971
14
127
270
1,702
6.3
121.6
7
21
43.8
2.6
7.8
20
152
23Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
47.4
1976
14
208
439
2,571
5.9
183.6
12
27
49.5
2.7
6.2
25
196
24John Elway
J. Elway
47.5
1983
11
123
259
1,663
6.4
151.2
7
14
54.9
2.7
5.4
28
218
25Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
47.7
1967
13
102
214
1,386
6.5
106.6
8
17
48.2
3.7
7.9
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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