before 1988 what qb had the most passing td through first season

Jim Kelly, Butch Songin and George Ratterman were tied for the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in their first season, with 22 touchdowns.

	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	22	16	285	480	59.4	3,593	7.5	224.6	17	83.3	4.6	3.5	43	330
2	Butch Songin B. Songin	22	14	187	392	47.7	2,476	6.3	176.9	15	70.9	5.6	3.8
3	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	22	12	140	294	47.6	2,251	7.7	187.6	24	64.6	7.5	8.2
4	Dan Marino D. Marino	20	11	173	296	58.4	2,210	7.5	200.9	6	96.0	6.8	2.0	10	80
5	Jim Finks J. Finks	20	12	158	336	47.0	2,307	6.9	192.3	19	66.2	6.0	5.7
6	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	19	14	158	328	48.2	2,158	6.6	154.1	16	68.6	5.8	4.9	36	319
7	Joe Namath J. Namath	18	13	164	340	48.2	2,220	6.5	170.8	15	68.8	5.3	4.4
8	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	18	14	157	280	56.1	1,997	7.1	142.6	17	74.7	6.4	6.1
9	John Roach J. Roach	17	12	87	188	46.3	1,423	7.6	118.6	19	62.7	9.0	10.1
10	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	17	12	152	305	49.8	2,138	7.0	178.2	20	64.1	5.6	6.6
11	Dieter Brock D. Brock	16	15	218	365	59.7	2,658	7.3	177.2	13	82.0	4.4	3.6	51	351
12	Greg Cook G. Cook	15	11	106	197	53.8	1,854	9.4	168.5	11	88.3	7.6	5.6	29	195
13	Bob Griese B. Griese	15	12	166	331	50.2	2,005	6.1	167.1	18	61.6	4.5	5.4
14	John Hadl J. Hadl	15	14	107	260	41.2	1,632	6.3	116.6	24	43.3	5.8	9.2
15	David Woodley D. Woodley	14	13	176	327	53.8	1,850	5.7	142.3	17	63.1	4.3	5.2	17	127
16	Marlin Briscoe M. Briscoe	14	11	93	224	41.5	1,589	7.1	144.5	13	62.9	6.3	5.8
17	Sam Etcheverry S. Etcheverry	14	14	96	196	49.0	1,275	6.5	91.1	11	70.4	7.1	5.6
18	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	14	12	96	194	49.5	1,420	7.3	118.3	15	65.7	7.2	7.7
19	Frankie Albert F. Albert	14	12	155	306	50.7	1,767	5.8	147.3	23	52.3	4.6	7.5
20	Otto Graham O. Graham	14	12	137	253	54.2	1,943	7.7	161.9	20	64.7	5.5	7.9
21	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	14	10	89	171	52.0	1,609	9.4	160.9	17	72.4	8.2	9.9
22	Phil Simms P. Simms	13	12	134	265	50.6	1,743	6.6	145.3	14	66.0	4.9	5.3	39	319
23	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	13	11	115	255	45.1	1,662	6.5	151.1	15	59.3	5.1	5.9	19	197
24	Clyde LeForce C. LeForce	13	9	94	175	53.7	1,384	7.9	153.8	20	65.0	7.4	11.4
25	Paul Governali P. Governali	13	11	83	192	43.2	1,293	6.7	117.5	10	67.0	6.8	5.2

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