before 1978 what qb had the most passing td through first 3 seasons

Joe Namath had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 3 seasons, with 63 touchdowns.

	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Namath J. Namath	63	41	654	1,302	50.2	9,606	7.4	234.3	70	68.4	4.8	5.4
2	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	55	42	490	906	54.1	6,903	7.6	164.4	57	72.9	6.1	6.3
3	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	52	34	418	762	54.9	6,055	7.9	178.1	34	85.1	6.8	4.5
4	Otto Graham O. Graham	51	36	465	882	52.7	6,964	7.9	193.4	60	69.8	5.8	6.8
5	Tom Flores T. Flores	47	42	439	865	50.8	6,015	7.0	143.2	44	70.3	5.4	5.1
6	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	46	41	444	881	50.4	6,041	6.9	147.3	59	62.2	5.2	6.7	54	517
7	Bob Griese B. Griese	46	34	473	938	50.4	6,173	6.6	181.6	50	65.7	4.9	5.3	33	289
8	Norm Snead N. Snead	46	42	531	1,092	48.6	8,306	7.6	197.8	71	61.2	4.2	6.5
9	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	44	29	377	744	50.7	5,771	7.8	199.0	43	72.3	5.9	5.8
10	Jim Finks J. Finks	42	35	453	934	48.5	5,794	6.2	165.5	52	60.1	4.5	5.6
11	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	41	42	361	717	50.3	4,953	6.9	117.9	39	69.2	5.7	5.4	72	552
12	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	40	42	520	1,059	49.1	6,904	6.5	164.4	58	59.9	3.8	5.5	112	1,054
13	John Hadl J. Hadl	39	42	282	598	47.2	4,291	7.2	102.2	45	61.7	6.5	7.5
14	Dick Wood D. Wood	39	32	370	807	45.8	5,157	6.4	161.2	51	56.7	4.8	6.3
15	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	39	33	312	643	48.5	4,566	7.1	138.4	52	58.6	6.1	8.1
16	Butch Songin B. Songin	38	35	327	694	47.1	4,347	6.3	124.2	31	67.1	5.5	4.5
17	Joe Kapp J. Kapp	37	40	351	699	50.2	4,807	6.9	120.2	47	62.2	5.3	6.7	28	198
18	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	37	32	259	485	53.4	4,387	9.0	137.1	27	86.5	7.6	5.6
19	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	35	41	463	870	53.2	5,986	6.9	146.0	63	58.3	4.0	7.2	112	983
20	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	35	32	384	788	48.7	5,792	7.4	181.0	49	62.2	4.4	6.2
21	Tobin Rote T. Rote	35	36	271	637	42.5	4,039	6.3	112.2	52	48.3	5.5	8.2
22	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	35	35	301	626	48.1	4,415	7.1	126.1	49	57.6	5.6	7.8
23	Paul Christman P. Christman	35	31	327	749	43.7	4,994	6.7	161.1	52	52.9	4.7	6.9
24	Archie Manning A. Manning	34	39	456	892	51.1	5,587	6.3	143.3	42	63.9	3.8	4.7	111	856
25	Jim Hart J. Hart	34	28	336	724	46.4	5,096	7.0	182.0	48	58.1	4.7	6.6

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