best passer rating in a game by a rookie

47 players are tied for the best passer rating by a rookie in a game, with a 158.3 rating. The first three are Tarik Cohen on October 15, 2017, Marcus Mariota on September 13, 2015 and Ace Sanders on December 5, 2013.

Interpreted as:
best passer rating in a regular-season game by a rookie
NAME RTG DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD INT TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
158.3
10/15/2017
CHI CHI
@
BAL BAL
1
1
100.0
21
21.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
2 Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
158.3
9/13/2015
TEN TEN
@
TB TB
13
15
86.7
209
13.9
4
0
26.7
0.0
2
24
3 Ace Sanders
A. Sanders
158.3
12/5/2013
JAX JAX
vs
HOU HOU
1
1
100.0
21
21.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
4 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
158.3
12/9/2012
WAS WAS
vs
BAL BAL
2
2
100.0
26
13.0
1
0
50.0
0.0
0
0
5 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
158.3
11/18/2012
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
14
15
93.3
200
13.3
4
0
26.7
0.0
2
8
6 Mohamed Sanu
M. Sanu
158.3
9/23/2012
CIN CIN
@
WAS WAS
1
1
100.0
73
73.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
7 Henry Burris
H. Burris
158.3
12/1/2002
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
1
1
100.0
45
45.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
8 Jabar Gaffney
J. Gaffney
158.3
10/20/2002
HOU HOU
@
CLE CLE
1
1
100.0
39
39.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
9 Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
158.3
9/22/2002
PHI PHI
vs
DAL DAL
1
1
100.0
25
25.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
10 Michael Bishop
M. Bishop
158.3
10/8/2000
NE NE
vs
IND IND
1
1
100.0
44
44.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
11 Kerwin Bell
K. Bell
158.3
12/5/1996
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
5
5
100.0
75
15.0
1
0
20.0
0.0
0
0
12 Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
158.3
12/26/1993
NE NE
vs
IND IND
9
11
81.8
143
13.0
2
0
18.2
0.0
0
0
13 T.J. Rubley
T.J. Rubley
158.3
11/21/1993
RAM RAM
vs
WAS WAS
5
6
83.3
112
18.7
1
0
16.7
0.0
1
8
14 Arthur Marshall
A. Marshall
158.3
12/6/1992
DEN DEN
vs
DAL DAL
1
1
100.0
81
81.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
15 Jon Vaughn
J. Vaughn
158.3
9/22/1991
NE NE
vs
HOU HOU
1
1
100.0
13
13.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
16 Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
158.3
12/16/1989
DEN DEN
@
PHX PHX
1
1
100.0
17
17.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
17 Erik Wilhelm
E. Wilhelm
158.3
10/29/1989
CIN CIN
vs
TB TB
5
6
83.3
98
16.3
1
0
16.7
0.0
0
0
18 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
158.3
10/29/1989
CLE CLE
vs
HOU HOU
1
1
100.0
32
32.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
19 Harry Sydney
H. Sydney
158.3
11/15/1987
SF SF
vs
NO NO
1
1
100.0
50
50.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
20 Mark Stevens
M. Stevens
158.3
10/5/1987
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
2
2
100.0
52
26.0
1
0
50.0
0.0
0
0
21 Chuck Long
C. Long
158.3
11/23/1986
DET DET
@
TB TB
1
1
100.0
34
34.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
22 Keith Byars
K. Byars
158.3
9/28/1986
PHI PHI
vs
RAM RAM
1
1
100.0
55
55.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
23 Dalton Hilliard
D. Hilliard
158.3
9/21/1986
NO NO
@
SF SF
1
1
100.0
29
29.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
24 Herman Hunter
H. Hunter
158.3
11/17/1985
PHI PHI
@
STL STL
1
1
100.0
38
38.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
25 Alfred Anderson
A. Anderson
158.3
9/9/1984
MIN MIN
@
PHI PHI
1
1
100.0
20
20.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passer rating going back to the 1950 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
Bears Bears
3
2
0
.600
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3
2
0
.600
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CHI CHI
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
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AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
3
4
0
.429
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
CAR CAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM