before 1980 what qb had the most passing td through first 2 seasons

Fran Tarkenton had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 2 seasons, with 40 touchdowns.

	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	40	28	320	609	52.5	4,592	7.5	164.0	42	70.4	6.6	6.9
2	Joe Namath J. Namath	37	27	396	811	48.8	5,599	6.9	207.4	42	65.2	4.6	5.2
3	Bob Griese B. Griese	36	25	352	686	51.3	4,478	6.5	179.1	34	68.9	5.2	5.0
4	Butch Songin B. Songin	36	28	285	604	47.2	3,905	6.5	139.5	24	71.7	6.0	4.0
5	Norm Snead N. Snead	33	28	356	729	48.8	5,263	7.2	188.0	44	62.8	4.5	6.0
6	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	33	24	282	499	56.5	4,048	8.1	168.7	27	82.5	6.6	5.4
7	Otto Graham O. Graham	31	24	284	518	54.8	4,148	8.0	172.8	36	72.1	6.0	6.9
8	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	31	21	216	422	51.2	3,356	8.0	159.8	34	68.8	7.3	8.1
9	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	29	27	284	576	49.3	3,879	6.7	143.7	38	60.5	5.0	6.6	40	362
10	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	29	21	198	378	52.4	3,269	8.6	155.7	25	79.8	7.7	6.6
11	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	28	24	312	690	45.2	4,258	6.2	177.4	46	51.2	4.1	6.7	36	239
12	Jim Finks J. Finks	28	23	289	628	46.0	3,791	6.0	164.8	33	58.6	4.5	5.3
13	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	27	28	327	683	47.9	4,354	6.4	155.5	41	56.7	4.0	6.0	75	704
14	Tom Flores T. Flores	27	28	326	618	52.8	3,914	6.3	139.8	31	66.1	4.4	5.0
15	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	25	28	484	880	55.0	5,222	5.9	186.5	43	61.8	2.8	4.9	34	275
16	Doug Williams D. Williams	25	26	239	591	40.4	3,618	6.1	139.2	32	52.8	4.2	5.4	13	126
17	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	25	23	208	437	47.6	3,138	7.2	136.4	27	65.0	5.7	6.2
18	Archie Manning A. Manning	24	26	316	625	50.6	3,945	6.3	151.7	30	63.3	3.8	4.8	83	679
19	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	24	18	171	361	47.4	2,591	7.2	143.9	30	59.0	6.6	8.3
20	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	24	20	159	291	54.6	2,662	9.1	133.1	16	90.3	8.2	5.5
21	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	22	28	271	583	46.5	3,415	5.9	122.0	42	47.8	3.8	7.2
22	Dick Wood D. Wood	22	19	201	449	44.8	2,859	6.4	150.5	26	58.1	4.9	5.8
23	Tobin Rote T. Rote	22	24	189	480	39.4	2,771	5.8	115.5	44	36.0	4.6	9.2
24	Clyde LeForce C. LeForce	22	21	144	276	52.2	2,296	8.3	109.3	28	67.2	8.0	10.1
25	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	21	27	327	612	53.4	4,320	7.1	160.0	46	56.1	3.4	7.5	74	663

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