worst passer rating by a qb 1965

John McCormick had the lowest passer rating by a quarterback in 1965, with a 43.5 rating.

Interpreted as:
worst passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a qb 1965
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John McCormick
J. McCormick
43.5
1965
14
103
253
40.7
1,292
5.1
92.3
7
14
2.8
5.5
2George Blanda
G. Blanda
47.9
1965
14
186
442
42.1
2,542
5.8
181.6
20
30
4.5
6.8
3Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
50.0
1965
14
173
426
40.6
2,597
6.1
185.5
18
26
4.2
6.1
4Milt Plum
M. Plum
51.2
1965
14
143
308
46.4
1,710
5.6
122.1
12
19
3.9
6.2
5Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
52.7
1965
12
121
270
44.8
1,917
7.1
159.8
8
17
3.0
6.3
6Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
54.8
1965
14
179
391
45.8
2,368
6.1
169.1
10
18
2.6
4.6
7Bill Munson
B. Munson
64.2
1965
10
144
267
53.9
1,701
6.4
170.1
10
14
3.7
5.2
8Tom Flores
T. Flores
64.9
1965
14
122
269
45.4
1,593
5.9
113.8
14
11
5.2
4.1
9Joe Namath
J. Namath
68.8
1965
13
164
340
48.2
2,220
6.5
170.8
18
15
5.3
4.4
10Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
69.6
1965
13
190
356
53.4
2,367
6.6
182.1
15
16
4.2
4.5
11John Hadl
J. Hadl
71.3
1965
14
174
348
50.0
2,798
8.0
199.9
20
21
5.7
6.0
12Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
73.0
1965
11
155
322
48.1
2,439
7.6
221.7
18
15
5.6
4.7
13Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
75.3
1965
12
119
243
49.0
1,751
7.2
145.9
18
13
7.4
5.3
14Norm Snead
N. Snead
78.0
1965
11
150
288
52.1
2,346
8.1
213.3
15
13
5.2
4.5
15Don Meredith
D. Meredith
79.9
1965
14
141
305
46.2
2,415
7.9
172.5
22
13
7.2
4.3
16Len Dawson
L. Dawson
81.3
1965
14
163
305
53.4
2,262
7.4
161.6
21
14
6.9
4.6
17Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
83.8
1965
14
171
329
52.0
2,609
7.9
186.4
19
11
5.8
3.3
18Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
86.3
1965
14
155
302
51.3
2,446
8.1
174.7
22
12
7.3
4.0
19Bart Starr
B. Starr
89.0
1965
14
140
251
55.8
2,055
8.2
146.8
16
9
6.4
3.6
20Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
93.7
1965
14
176
312
56.4
2,641
8.5
188.6
20
9
6.4
2.9
21John Brodie
J. Brodie
95.3
1965
13
242
391
61.9
3,112
8.0
239.4
30
16
7.7
4.1
22Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
97.4
1965
11
164
282
58.2
2,530
9.0
230.0
23
12
8.2
4.3
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