lowest passer rating defense whole season

Bud Schwenk has the lowest passer rating in a season, with a 25.5 rating in his rookie season in 1942.

Interpreted as:
lowest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player defense whole season
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
25.5
1942
11
126
295
42.7
1,360
4.6
123.6
6
27
2.0
9.2
2Tobin Rote
T. Rote
26.7
1950
12
83
224
37.1
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
24
3.1
10.7
3Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
27.9
1948
12
82
184
44.6
848
4.6
70.7
5
21
2.7
11.4
4Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
28.3
1952
TOT
12
91
186
48.9
809
4.3
67.4
3
17
1.6
9.1
5George Herring
G. Herring
30.0
1961
14
93
211
44.1
1,160
5.5
82.9
5
22
2.4
10.4
6Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
30.4
1970
13
83
218
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
24
2.8
11.0
25
242
7Parker Hall
P. Hall
30.5
1941
10
84
190
44.2
863
4.5
86.3
7
19
3.7
10.0
8Dick Wood
D. Wood
30.6
1966
14
83
230
36.1
993
4.3
70.9
4
14
1.7
6.1
9Gary Marangi
G. Marangi
30.8
1976
11
82
232
35.3
998
4.3
90.7
7
16
3.0
6.9
22
166
10Jug Girard
J. Girard
31.6
1949
12
62
175
35.4
881
5.0
73.4
4
12
2.3
6.9
11Tobin Rote
T. Rote
32.4
1953
12
72
185
38.9
1,005
5.4
83.8
5
15
2.7
8.1
12Lamar McHan
L. McHan
32.4
1954
12
105
255
41.2
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
22
2.4
8.6
13Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
32.6
1970
11
98
219
44.7
1,104
5.0
100.4
3
17
1.4
7.8
27
231
14Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
33.0
1968
11
92
215
42.8
917
4.3
83.4
3
14
1.4
6.5
15Lamar McHan
L. McHan
34.8
1955
12
78
207
37.7
1,085
5.2
90.4
11
19
5.3
9.2
16Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
36.1
1962
TOT
14
119
321
37.1
1,977
6.2
141.2
7
23
2.2
7.2
17Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
37.0
1971
12
91
225
40.4
1,164
5.2
97.0
5
15
2.2
6.7
30
235
18Parker Hall
P. Hall
38.7
1940
11
77
183
42.1
1,108
6.1
100.7
7
16
3.8
8.7
19Ryan Leaf
R. Leaf
39.0
1998
10
111
245
45.3
1,289
5.3
128.9
2
15
0.8
6.1
22
140
20Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
39.2
1947
12
96
221
43.4
1,210
5.5
100.8
8
18
3.6
8.1
21Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
39.2
1940
11
124
277
44.8
1,290
4.7
117.3
5
17
1.8
6.1
22Joe Namath
J. Namath
39.9
1976
11
114
230
49.6
1,090
4.7
99.1
4
16
1.7
7.0
16
150
23Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
40.0
1978
12
137
302
45.4
1,570
5.2
130.8
8
22
2.6
7.3
17
156
24Ace Parker
A. Parker
40.2
1939
11
72
157
45.9
977
6.2
88.8
4
13
2.5
8.3
25Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
40.4
1960
11
87
175
49.7
1,051
6.0
95.5
6
21
3.4
12.0
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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12
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13
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11
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13
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11
5
0
.688
7
9
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.438
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3
13
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.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
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.563
8
8
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.500
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
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13
4
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.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
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.813
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5
0
.688
6
10
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.375
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14
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