worst passer rating for a first start nfl qb

43 quarterbacks are tied for the worst passer rating by a quarterback as a starter in a game, with a 0.0 rating. The first three are Carl Brumbaugh on December 17, 1933 and on December 9, 1934, Tommy Thompson on December 19, 1948 and Tobin Rote on November 5, 1950 and on October 23, 1955.

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worst passer rating in a game for a first start NFL qb
NAMERTGDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Carl Brumbaugh
C. Brumbaugh
0.0
12/17/1933
CHB CHB
vs
NYG NYG
0
2
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
50.0
2Carl Brumbaugh
C. Brumbaugh
0.0
12/9/1934
CHB CHB
@
NYG NYG
0
3
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
33.3
3Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
0.0
12/19/1948
PHI PHI
vs
CHC CHC
2
12
16.7
7
0.6
0
2
0.0
16.7
0
0
4Tobin Rote
T. Rote
0.0
11/5/1950
GB GB
@
BAL BAL
1
8
12.5
8
1.0
0
3
0.0
37.5
5Adrian Burk
A. Burk
0.0
10/14/1951
PHI PHI
@
GB GB
3
13
23.1
30
2.3
0
2
0.0
15.4
6Otto Graham
O. Graham
0.0
12/27/1953
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
2
15
13.3
20
1.3
0
2
0.0
13.3
2
16
7Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
0.0
10/16/1955
LA LA
@
GB GB
3
14
21.4
34
2.4
0
3
0.0
21.4
8Tobin Rote
T. Rote
0.0
10/23/1955
GB GB
@
CLE CLE
6
20
30.0
42
2.1
0
2
0.0
10.0
9Ed Brown
E. Brown
0.0
11/27/1955
CHB CHB
@
CHC CHC
0
7
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
14.3
10Lamar McHan
L. McHan
0.0
11/10/1957
CHC CHC
@
NYG NYG
1
9
11.1
13
1.4
0
1
0.0
11.1
11Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
0.0
12/11/1960
WAS WAS
vs
NYG NYG
0
5
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
20.0
12Tommy O'Connell
T. O'Connell
0.0
9/10/1961
BUF BUF
vs
DEN DEN
1
5
20.0
11
2.2
0
1
0.0
20.0
13John Brodie
J. Brodie
0.0
10/22/1961
SF SF
@
CHI CHI
3
10
30.0
23
2.3
0
2
0.0
20.0
14Al Dorow
A. Dorow
0.0
9/9/1962
BUF BUF
vs
HOU HOU
4
17
23.5
44
2.6
0
3
0.0
17.6
15Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
0.0
9/7/1963
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
1
4
25.0
3
0.8
0
2
0.0
50.0
16Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
0.0
10/27/1963
CLE CLE
vs
NYG NYG
1
9
11.1
-6
-0.7
0
1
0.0
11.1
17Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
0.0
9/19/1965
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
6
21
28.6
63
3.0
0
2
0.0
9.5
18Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
0.0
9/22/1968
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
4
14
28.6
40
2.9
0
3
0.0
21.4
19Bob Griese
B. Griese
0.0
9/28/1968
MIA MIA
vs
KC KC
2
17
11.8
24
1.4
0
2
0.0
11.8
20Don Meredith
D. Meredith
0.0
12/15/1968
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
1
9
11.1
6
0.7
0
1
0.0
11.1
21Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
0.0
12/21/1969
MIN MIN
@
ATL ATL
0
4
0.0
0
0.0
0
2
0.0
50.0
22John Hadl
J. Hadl
0.0
11/28/1971
SD SD
@
CIN CIN
5
18
27.8
49
2.7
0
4
0.0
22.2
23Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
0.0
12/11/1971
MIN MIN
vs
DET DET
4
15
26.7
21
1.4
0
2
0.0
13.3
24Greg Landry
G. Landry
0.0
9/24/1972
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
3
15
20.0
39
2.6
0
3
0.0
20.0
25Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
0.0
11/12/1972
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
0
3
0.0
0
0.0
0
2
0.0
66.7
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passer rating going back to the 1950 season.

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Wed
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DAL DAL
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
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12/7
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JAX JAX
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12/7
WAS WAS
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MIN MIN
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