nfl team lowest passing rating in a game with a minimum of 20 passing attempts

17 teams are tied for the lowest passer rating in a game with 20+ passing attempts, with a 0.0 rating. The first three are the Cincinnati Bengals on January 3, 2021, the Cleveland Browns on September 19, 2004 and on October 24, 1971 and the Washington Redskins on December 14, 2003.

Interpreted as:
NFL team lowest passing rating in a regular-season game with a minimum of 20 passing attempts
TEAMRTGATTDATETMOPPRESULTCMPPCTYDSAVGTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bengals
Bengals
0.0
21
1/3/2021
CIN CIN
vs
BAL BAL
L
3-38
6
28.6
48
2.3
0
2
0.0
9.5
0
0
2Browns
Browns
0.0
28
9/19/2004
CLE CLE
@
DAL DAL
L
12-19
8
28.6
71
2.5
0
3
0.0
10.7
1
5
3Redskins
Redskins
0.0
27
12/14/2003
WAS WAS
vs
DAL DAL
L
0-27
7
25.9
59
2.2
0
4
0.0
14.8
1
4
4Cowboys
Cowboys
0.0
20
12/25/2000
DAL DAL
@
TEN TEN
L
0-31
5
25.0
35
1.8
0
2
0.0
10.0
4
26
5Bills
Bills
0.0
27
12/3/2000
BUF BUF
vs
MIA MIA
L
6-33
8
29.6
75
2.8
0
3
0.0
11.1
6
39
6Lions
Lions
0.0
20
11/24/1988
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
L
0-23
6
30.0
48
2.4
0
2
0.0
10.0
2
6
7Steelers
Steelers
0.0
38
10/2/1988
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
L
9-23
11
28.9
111
2.9
0
4
0.0
10.5
2
17
8Oilers
Oilers
0.0
21
11/10/1985
HOU HOU
@
BUF BUF
L
0-20
6
28.6
40
1.9
0
3
0.0
14.3
1
9
9Steelers
Steelers
0.0
23
12/12/1982
PIT PIT
@
BUF BUF
L
0-13
4
17.4
32
1.4
0
3
0.0
13.0
5
34
10Bears
Bears
0.0
30
11/22/1981
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
L
7-23
7
23.3
41
1.4
0
3
0.0
10.0
7
61
11Cardinals
Cardinals
0.0
26
12/21/1980
STL STL
vs
WAS WAS
L
7-31
6
23.1
68
2.6
0
3
0.0
11.5
9
80
12Broncos
Broncos
0.0
30
10/8/1978
DEN DEN
@
SD SD
L
0-23
8
26.7
90
3.0
0
3
0.0
10.0
1
10
13Buccaneers
Buccaneers
0.0
23
11/27/1977
TB TB
vs
ATL ATL
L
0-17
5
21.7
55
2.4
0
4
0.0
17.4
4
39
14Jets
Jets
0.0
28
12/12/1976
NYJ NYJ
vs
CIN CIN
L
3-42
7
25.0
43
1.5
0
6
0.0
21.4
4
35
15Bills
Bills
0.0
30
11/21/1976
BUF BUF
vs
SD SD
L
13-34
8
26.7
83
2.8
0
3
0.0
10.0
2
12
16Packers
Packers
0.0
23
9/26/1976
GB GB
@
CIN CIN
L
7-28
5
21.7
45
2.0
0
3
0.0
13.0
6
80
17Steelers
Steelers
0.0
21
12/20/1975
PIT PIT
@
LA LA
L
3-10
5
23.8
57
2.7
0
3
0.0
14.3
2
17
18Falcons
Falcons
0.0
26
11/9/1975
ATL ATL
@
MIN MIN
L
0-38
5
19.2
43
1.7
0
5
0.0
19.2
3
26
19Jets
Jets
0.0
33
10/19/1975
NYJ NYJ
vs
MIA MIA
L
0-43
8
24.2
96
2.9
0
6
0.0
18.2
4
36
20Cardinals
Cardinals
0.0
20
12/16/1973
STL STL
vs
DAL DAL
L
3-30
6
30.0
30
1.5
0
2
0.0
10.0
3
24
21Jets
Jets
0.0
20
10/7/1973
NYJ NYJ
@
MIA MIA
L
3-31
6
30.0
59
3.0
0
4
0.0
20.0
5
17
22Oilers
Oilers
0.0
25
10/9/1972
HOU HOU
vs
OAK OAK
L
0-34
4
16.0
31
1.2
0
5
0.0
20.0
4
32
23Bears
Bears
0.0
31
12/5/1971
CHI CHI
@
DEN DEN
L
3-6
7
22.6
63
2.0
0
3
0.0
9.7
9
70
24Bears
Bears
0.0
26
11/21/1971
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
L
3-28
6
23.1
68
2.6
0
4
0.0
15.4
8
62
25Browns
Browns
0.0
27
10/24/1971
CLE CLE
vs
DEN DEN
L
0-27
7
25.9
81
3.0
0
3
0.0
11.1
4
45
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1940 season.

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24.2

12th

OPP PPG

31.8

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

86.5

30th

PASS YDS/G

241.6

10th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
Bengals Bengals
4
9
0
.308
Browns Browns
3
10
0
.231
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
CIN CIN
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Last Game
CIN Bengals

4 - 9

34

Final

39

BUF Bills

9 - 4

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
@
LAR LAR
9-14
Sat
9/6
DET DET
@
GB GB
13-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM