List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a passer rating of zero

In the National Football League, the lowest official passer rating that a quarterback can achieve is 0.0. To qualify, a quarterback must have at least 10 pass attempts, zero touchdowns, a completion percentage of 30% or less, average less than 3 yards per attempt and an interception percentage of 9.5% or greater.

Terry Bradshaw posted a zero rating on a record three occasions. Gary Keithley is the only quarterback ever to post zero ratings two weeks in a row. In 1976, Joe Namath and Richard Todd each posted a zero rating for the New York Jets in the same game. Six years later, Terry Bradshaw and Cliff Stoudt each posted a zero rating for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the same game. In 1973, Gary Keithley of the St. Louis Cardinals and Bob Lee of the Atlanta Falcons each posted a zero rating in the same game, playing against each other. Keithley's team won.

Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw, Len Dawson, Bob Griese, James Harris, Bob Lee, Craig Morton, and Eli Manning had at least one game with a perfect (158.3) passer rating and at least one game with a passer rating of zero. Manning, doing so in his rookie year, is the only one to record a zero passer rating prior to achieving a perfect passer rating.

This is a list-in-progress of those quarterbacks:

Quarterback	Date	Team	Opponent	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	INT	Notes
Tommy Thompson	12/19/1948	Philadelphia Eagles	Chicago Cardinals	W 7-0	2	12	7	2	NFL Championship Game; 1st known QB to win with a passer rating of 0.0.
Otto Graham	12/27/1953	Cleveland Browns	Detroit Lions	L 17-16	2	15	20	2	NFL Championship Game
King Hill	10/02/1960	St. Louis Cardinals	New York Giants	L 35-14	3	13	25	2
John Brodie	10/22/1961	San Francisco 49ers	@Chicago Bears	L 31-0	3	10	23	2
Al Dorow	09/09/1962	Buffalo Bills	@Houston Oilers	L 28-23	4	17	44	3
John Hadl	10/13/1962	San Diego Chargers	@Buffalo Bills	L 35-10	2	12	17	2
Cotton Davidson	10/14/1962	Oakland Raiders	Denver Broncos	L 23-6	2	10	22	1
Cotton Davidson	11/18/1962	Oakland Raiders	Buffalo Bills	L 10-6	5	20	25	2	2nd career 0.0 game (2nd of season)
Bill Munson	10/11/1964	Los Angeles Rams	@Chicago Bears	L 38-17	4	15	42	4
Earl Morrall	09/19/1965	New York Giants	@Dallas Cowboys	L 31-2	6	21	63	2
Dick Wood	09/19/1965	Oakland Raiders	San Diego Chargers	L 17-6	4	14	31	2
Jack Kemp	12/05/1965	Buffalo Bills	@Houston Oilers	W 29-18	2	10	25	1
Dick Wood	09/09/1966	Miami Dolphins	New York Jets	L 19-14	2	15	25	2	2nd career 0.0 game
Joe Kapp	10/15/1967	Minnesota Vikings	@Green Bay Packers	W 10-7	2	11	25	2
Don Trull	12/09/1967	Boston Patriots	Buffalo Bills	L 44-16	5	20	57	3
Bob Griese	09/28/1968	Miami Dolphins	Kansas City Chiefs	L 48-3	2	17	24	2
Johnny Unitas	10/20/1968	Baltimore Colts	Cleveland Browns	L 30-20	1	11	12	3
Virgil Carter	10/12/1969	Chicago Bears	Minnesota Vikings	L 31-0	3	12	25	2
Billy Kilmer	09/27/1970	New Orleans Saints	Minnesota Vikings	L 26-0	6	20	16	2
Don Gault	10/03/1970	Cleveland Browns	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 15-7	1	16	44	2	Never played another NFL game
Mike Taliaferro	10/11/1970	Boston Patriots	Kansas City Chiefs	L 23-10	3	12	30	4
Rick Arrington	10/25/1970	Philadelphia Eagles	Green Bay Packers	L 30-17	3	10	16	3
Terry Hanratty	11/15/1970	Pittsburgh Steelers	Kansas City Chiefs	L 31-14	3	12	35	2
Len Dawson	11/22/1970	Kansas City Chiefs	St. Louis Cardinals	T 6-6	4	14	38	2
Terry Bradshaw	12/13/1970	Pittsburgh Steelers	Atlanta Falcons	L 27-16	3	12	30	2
Kent Nix	10/03/1971	Chicago Bears	Los Angeles Rams	L 17-3	5	23	60	3
Bobby Douglass	11/21/1971	Chicago Bears	Detroit Lions	L 28-3	6	26	68	4
John Hadl	11/28/1971	San Diego Chargers	Cincinnati Bengals	L 31-0	5	18	49	4	2nd career 0.0 game
Gary Cuozzo	12/11/1971	Minnesota Vikings	Detroit Lions	W 29-10	4	15	21	2
Greg Landry	09/24/1972	Detroit Lions	Minnesota Vikings	L 34-10	3	15	39	3
Dan Pastorini	10/09/1972	Houston Oilers	Oakland Raiders	L 34-0	3	21	31	4
Bob Lee	12/09/1973	Atlanta Falcons	St. Louis Cardinals	L 32-10	3	16	27	2	Had perfect 158.3 game earlier in season; both starting QB's had a 0.0
Gary Keithley	12/09/1973	St. Louis Cardinals	@Atlanta Falcons	W 32-10	2	10	9	1	1st career start
Gary Keithley	12/16/1973	St. Louis Cardinals	Dallas Cowboys	L 30-3	6	20	30	2	2nd career start, passer rating of 0.0 two weeks in a row
Joe Namath	09/29/1974	New York Jets	Buffalo Bills	L 16-12	2	18	33	3
Archie Manning	11/25/1974	New Orleans Saints	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 28-7	2	10	9	3	Part of the only father-son combination on this list.
James Harris	09/21/1975	Los Angeles Rams	@Dallas Cowboys	L 18-7	1	10	5	3
Dan Fouts	10/05/1975	San Diego Chargers	Oakland Raiders	L 6-0	3	13	29	2
Terry Bradshaw	12/20/1975	Pittsburgh Steelers	Los Angeles Rams	L 10-3	3	10	28	1	2nd career 0.0 game
Norm Snead	11/14/1976	New York Giants	Washington Redskins	W 12-9	3	14	26	2	Last time a QB has won w/0.0 rating; 2nd career 0.0 game
Joe Namath	12/12/1976	New York Jets	Cincinnati Bengals	L 42-3	4	15	20	4	2nd career 0.0 game
Richard Todd	12/12/1976	New York Jets	Cincinnati Bengals	L 42-3	3	13	23	2	Namath and Todd w/0.0 in same game for same team
Craig Morton	01/15/1978	Denver Broncos	Dallas Cowboys	L 27-10	4	15	39	4	Super Bowl XII, pulled in third quarter.
Dan Pastorini	09/09/1979	Houston Oilers	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 38-7	4	16	16	3	2nd career 0.0 game
Mike Livingston	09/09/1979	Kansas City Chiefs	Cleveland Browns	L 27-24	2	10	26	1
Terry Bradshaw	12/12/1982	Pittsburgh Steelers	Buffalo Bills	L 13-0	2	13	3	2	3rd career 0.0 game
Cliff Stoudt	12/12/1982	Pittsburgh Steelers	Buffalo Bills	L 13-0	2	10	29	1	Did not start; replaced Bradshaw who also had a 0.0
Warren Moon	11/10/1985	Houston Oilers	@Buffalo Bills	L 20-0	3	14	22	3
Warren Moon	11/30/1986	Houston Oilers	@Cleveland Browns	L 13-10	5	23	68	4	2nd career 0.0 game
Dave Wilson	01/03/1988	New Orleans Saints	Minnesota Vikings	L 44-10	2	12	20	2	NFC Wild Card game, did not start
Todd Marinovich	11/08/1992	Los Angeles Raiders	Philadelphia Eagles	L 31-10	3	10	25	3	Last career NFL game played
Tommy Maddox	10/15/1995	New York Giants	Philadelphia Eagles	L 17-14	6	23	49	3
Dave Brown	12/01/1996	New York Giants	Philadelphia Eagles	L 24-0	3	11	31	2
Kent Graham	10/12/1997	Arizona Cardinals	New York Giants	L 27-13	4	14	40	2
Tony Graziani	10/26/1997	Atlanta Falcons	Carolina Panthers	L 21-12	4	18	24	2	1st career start
Trent Dilfer	12/14/1997	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	New York Jets	L 31-0	2	15	38	2
Ryan Leaf	09/20/1998	San Diego Chargers	Kansas City Chiefs	L 23-7	1	15	4	2	2nd overall pick in 1998 draft
Scott Mitchell	10/15/2000	Cincinnati Bengals	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 15-0	4	16	39	2
Anthony Wright	12/25/2000	Dallas Cowboys	Tennessee Titans	L 31-0	5	20	35	2
Randy Fasani	10/27/2002	Carolina Panthers	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 12-9	5	18	46	3	Only career NFL start.
Tim Hasselbeck	12/14/2003	Washington Redskins	Dallas Cowboys	L 27-0	6	26	56	4
Jeff Garcia	09/19/2004	Cleveland Browns	Dallas Cowboys	L 19-12	8	27	71	3
Eli Manning	12/12/2004	New York Giants	Baltimore Ravens	L 37-14	4	18	27	2	Pulled from the game in the 4th quarter.
Joey Harrington	12/17/2006	Miami Dolphins	Buffalo Bills	L 21-0	5	17	20	2
Rex Grossman	12/31/2006	Chicago Bears	Green Bay Packers	L 26-7	2	12	33	3	Did not play 2nd half.
Chris Redman	12/16/2007	Atlanta Falcons	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 37-3	4	15	34	2

See also

• List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating