lowest passer rating in a season with 16 games started

Bud Schwenk has the worst 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 in a season with 16 games started

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

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