worst qb rating in an nfl game ever

18 teams are tied for the lowest passer rating in a game, with a 0.0 rating. The first three are the Cincinnati Bengals on January 3, 2021, the Denver Broncos on November 29, 2020 and on October 8, 1978 and the Tennessee Titans on October 18, 2009, on October 9, 1988 and on November 10, 1985.

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worst qb rating in an NFL regular-season game ever
TEAMRTGDATETMOPPRESULTCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bengals
Bengals
0.0
1/3/2021
CIN CIN
vs
BAL BAL
L
3-38
6
21
28.6
48
2.3
0
2
0.0
9.5
0
0
2Broncos
Broncos
0.0
11/29/2020
DEN DEN
vs
NO NO
L
3-31
1
9
11.1
13
1.4
0
2
0.0
22.2
1
1
3Titans
Titans
0.0
10/18/2009
TEN TEN
@
NE NE
L
0-59
2
14
14.3
-7
-0.5
0
2
0.0
14.3
0
0
4Falcons
Falcons
0.0
12/16/2007
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
L
3-37
4
15
26.7
34
2.3
0
2
0.0
13.3
1
7
5Browns
Browns
0.0
9/19/2004
CLE CLE
@
DAL DAL
L
12-19
8
28
28.6
71
2.5
0
3
0.0
10.7
1
5
6Redskins
Redskins
0.0
12/14/2003
WAS WAS
vs
DAL DAL
L
0-27
7
27
25.9
59
2.2
0
4
0.0
14.8
1
4
7Panthers
Panthers
0.0
10/27/2002
CAR CAR
vs
TB TB
L
9-12
5
18
27.8
46
2.6
0
3
0.0
16.7
3
26
8Cowboys
Cowboys
0.0
12/25/2000
DAL DAL
@
TEN TEN
L
0-31
5
20
25.0
35
1.8
0
2
0.0
10.0
4
26
9Bills
Bills
0.0
12/3/2000
BUF BUF
vs
MIA MIA
L
6-33
8
27
29.6
75
2.8
0
3
0.0
11.1
6
39
10Chargers
Chargers
0.0
9/20/1998
SD SD
@
KC KC
L
7-23
1
15
6.7
4
0.3
0
2
0.0
13.3
2
23
11Lions
Lions
0.0
11/24/1988
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
L
0-23
6
20
30.0
48
2.4
0
2
0.0
10.0
2
6
12Oilers
Oilers
0.0
10/9/1988
HOU HOU
vs
KC KC
W
7-6
4
16
25.0
34
2.1
0
3
0.0
18.8
1
10
13Steelers
Steelers
0.0
10/2/1988
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
L
9-23
11
38
28.9
111
2.9
0
4
0.0
10.5
2
17
14Cardinals
Cardinals
0.0
10/11/1987
STL STL
vs
NO NO
W
24-19
3
10
30.0
11
1.1
0
1
0.0
10.0
1
7
15Falcons
Falcons
0.0
11/24/1985
ATL ATL
@
CHI CHI
L
0-36
3
17
17.6
16
0.9
0
2
0.0
11.8
5
38
16Oilers
Oilers
0.0
11/10/1985
HOU HOU
@
BUF BUF
L
0-20
6
21
28.6
40
1.9
0
3
0.0
14.3
1
9
17Steelers
Steelers
0.0
12/12/1982
PIT PIT
@
BUF BUF
L
0-13
4
23
17.4
32
1.4
0
3
0.0
13.0
5
34
18Bears
Bears
0.0
11/22/1981
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
L
7-23
7
30
23.3
41
1.4
0
3
0.0
10.0
7
61
19Cardinals
Cardinals
0.0
12/21/1980
STL STL
vs
WAS WAS
L
7-31
6
26
23.1
68
2.6
0
3
0.0
11.5
9
80
20Broncos
Broncos
0.0
10/8/1978
DEN DEN
@
SD SD
L
0-23
8
30
26.7
90
3.0
0
3
0.0
10.0
1
10
21Buccaneers
Buccaneers
0.0
12/4/1977
TB TB
vs
CHI CHI
L
0-10
4
15
26.7
36
2.4
0
2
0.0
13.3
2
15
22Buccaneers
Buccaneers
0.0
11/27/1977
TB TB
vs
ATL ATL
L
0-17
5
23
21.7
55
2.4
0
4
0.0
17.4
4
39
23Buccaneers
Buccaneers
0.0
9/24/1977
TB TB
vs
MIN MIN
L
3-9
5
17
29.4
48
2.8
0
3
0.0
17.6
2
14
24Jets
Jets
0.0
12/12/1976
NYJ NYJ
vs
CIN CIN
L
3-42
7
28
25.0
43
1.5
0
6
0.0
21.4
4
35
25Bills
Bills
0.0
11/21/1976
BUF BUF
vs
SD SD
L
13-34
8
30
26.7
83
2.8
0
3
0.0
10.0
2
12
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for passer rating going back to the 1940 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

23.3

16th

OPP PPG

31.2

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

88.5

30th

PASS YDS/G

238.1

12th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
6
6
0
.500
Ravens Ravens
6
6
0
.500
Bengals Bengals
4
8
0
.333
Browns Browns
3
9
0
.250
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
CIN CIN
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
CIN CIN
@
MIA MIA
8:20 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 - 8

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Final

14

BAL Ravens

6 - 6

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
8
4
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
6
0
.500
Steelers Steelers
6
6
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
8
4
0
.667
Colts Colts
8
4
0
.667
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
10
2
0
.833
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
9
3
0
.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
5
0
.583
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
3
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
9
3
0
.750

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
TEN TEN
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
IND IND
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM