lowest passer rating by a rookie qb in a debut ever

Tobin Rote has the lowest passer rating by a rookie quarterback, with a 26.7 rating in 1950.

Interpreted as:
lowest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a rookie qb in a debut ever
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tobin Rote
T. Rote
26.7
1950
GB GB
12
83
224
37.1
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
24
3.1
10.7
2Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
30.4
1970
PIT PIT
13
83
218
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
24
2.8
11.0
25
242
3Lamar McHan
L. McHan
32.4
1954
CHC CHC
12
105
255
41.2
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
22
2.4
8.6
4Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
33.0
1968
BUF BUF
11
92
215
42.8
917
4.3
83.4
3
14
1.4
6.5
5Ryan Leaf
R. Leaf
39.0
1998
SD SD
10
111
245
45.3
1,289
5.3
128.9
2
15
0.8
6.1
22
140
6Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
40.0
1978
SF SF
12
137
302
45.4
1,570
5.2
130.8
8
22
2.6
7.3
17
156
7Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
42.3
1977
NYG NYG
13
103
241
42.7
1,346
5.6
103.5
4
14
1.7
5.8
32
262
8Paul Christman
P. Christman
42.6
1945
CHC CHC
8
89
219
40.6
1,147
5.2
143.4
5
12
2.3
5.5
9John Hadl
J. Hadl
43.3
1962
SD SD
14
107
260
41.2
1,632
6.3
116.6
15
24
5.8
9.2
10Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
43.8
1971
HOU HOU
14
127
270
47.0
1,702
6.3
121.6
7
21
2.6
7.8
20
152
11Tom Sherman
T. Sherman
45.6
1968
BOS BOS
14
90
226
39.8
1,199
5.3
85.6
12
16
5.3
7.1
12Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
47.8
1966
ATL ATL
14
129
295
43.7
1,795
6.1
128.2
12
21
4.1
7.1
13Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
48.2
1967
MIN MIN
13
102
214
47.7
1,386
6.5
106.6
8
17
3.7
7.9
14Fred Enke
F. Enke
49.4
1948
DET DET
12
100
221
45.2
1,328
6.0
110.7
11
17
5.0
7.7
15Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
49.5
1976
SEA SEA
14
208
439
47.4
2,571
5.9
183.6
12
27
2.7
6.2
25
196
16Kent Nix
K. Nix
49.5
1967
PIT PIT
12
136
268
50.7
1,587
5.9
132.3
8
19
3.0
7.1
17Norm Snead
N. Snead
51.6
1961
WAS WAS
14
172
375
45.9
2,337
6.2
166.9
11
22
2.9
5.9
18Jim Root
J. Root
51.8
1953
CHC CHC
11
80
192
41.7
1,149
6.0
104.5
8
11
4.2
5.7
19George Shaw
G. Shaw
52.5
1955
BAL BAL
12
119
237
50.2
1,586
6.7
132.2
10
19
4.2
8.0
20Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
52.8
1979
DET DET
16
183
368
49.7
2,238
6.1
139.9
11
23
3.0
6.3
40
361
21Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
53.5
1986
IND IND
12
204
417
48.9
2,225
5.3
185.4
8
18
1.9
4.3
29
213
22Johnny Green
J. Green
54.1
1960
BUF BUF
10
89
228
39.0
1,267
5.6
126.7
10
10
4.4
4.4
23Karl Sweetan
K. Sweetan
54.3
1966
DET DET
10
157
309
50.8
1,809
5.9
180.9
4
14
1.3
4.5
24John Elway
J. Elway
54.9
1983
DEN DEN
11
123
259
47.5
1,663
6.4
151.2
7
14
2.7
5.4
28
218
25Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
55.7
1989
DAL DAL
11
155
293
52.9
1,749
6.0
159.0
9
18
3.1
6.1
19
155
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