first qb in nfl history to have a pass rec and rush touchdown

Matt Cavanaugh had 1 catch when throwing >0 pass attempts and rushing for >0 touchdowns against the Steelers on September 27, 1981.

Interpreted as:
first qb in NFL history to have a pass in a game rec and rush touchdown
NAMEDATERECATTRUSH TDTMOPPCMPPCTYDSAVGPASS TDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Cavanaugh
M. Cavanaugh
9/27/1981
1
42
1
NE NE
@
PIT PIT
22
52.4
325
7.7
1
1
76.0
2.4
2.4
2
11
2Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
11/6/1983
1
29
1
CHI CHI
@
RAM RAM
19
65.5
178
6.1
0
1
67.9
0.0
3.4
4
26
3Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
11/27/1983
1
38
2
KC KC
@
SEA SEA
21
55.3
311
8.2
4
0
117.3
10.5
0.0
1
7
4Gary Kubiak
G. Kubiak
10/21/1984
1
16
1
DEN DEN
@
BUF BUF
8
50.0
95
5.9
1
0
89.3
6.3
0.0
3
30
5Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
11/15/1987
1
34
1
PHI PHI
vs
NYG NYG
17
50.0
177
5.2
1
1
63.0
2.9
2.9
6
31
6Mike Tomczak
M. Tomczak
12/23/1990
1
33
1
CHI CHI
vs
TB TB
16
48.5
239
7.2
2
2
67.6
6.1
6.1
2
12
7John Elway
J. Elway
9/1/1991
1
28
2
DEN DEN
vs
CIN CIN
18
64.3
262
9.4
2
0
118.5
7.1
0.0
0
0
8Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
10/29/1995
1
14
1
IND IND
vs
NYJ NYJ
9
64.3
87
6.2
0
0
81.5
0.0
0.0
1
4
9Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
12/8/1996
1
25
1
CHI CHI
vs
STL STL
17
68.0
226
9.0
1
1
93.1
4.0
4.0
1
4
10Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
12/14/1997
1
37
1
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
17
45.9
180
4.9
0
2
38.1
0.0
5.4
5
26
11Kent Graham
K. Graham
12/20/1998
1
33
1
NYG NYG
vs
KC KC
16
48.5
167
5.1
1
0
73.7
3.0
0.0
1
9
12Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
11/19/2000
1
34
1
PHI PHI
vs
ARI ARI
25
73.5
217
6.4
1
1
87.5
2.9
2.9
3
13
13Steve McNair
S. McNair
10/19/2003
1
22
1
TEN TEN
@
CAR CAR
12
54.5
190
8.6
1
0
98.7
4.5
0.0
3
26
14Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
12/27/2003
1
32
1
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
23
71.9
242
7.6
3
0
124.7
9.4
0.0
0
0
15Drew Brees
D. Brees
9/26/2004
1
29
1
SD SD
@
DEN DEN
14
48.3
121
4.2
0
0
59.7
0.0
0.0
4
30
16Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
10/12/2008
1
33
1
CIN CIN
@
NYJ NYJ
20
60.6
152
4.6
0
0
71.8
0.0
0.0
5
24
17Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
10/26/2008
1
24
1
BAL BAL
vs
OAK OAK
12
50.0
140
5.8
1
0
81.9
4.2
0.0
0
0
18Brady Quinn
B. Quinn
11/29/2009
1
34
1
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
15
44.1
100
2.9
0
0
51.3
0.0
0.0
1
7
19Cam Newton
C. Newton
12/4/2011
1
21
3
CAR CAR
@
TB TB
12
57.1
204
9.7
1
0
106.1
4.8
0.0
2
9
20Chad Henne
C. Henne
12/2/2012
1
42
1
JAX JAX
@
BUF BUF
19
45.2
202
4.8
1
1
57.8
2.4
2.4
3
16
21Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
10/6/2013
1
41
1
TEN TEN
vs
KC KC
21
51.2
247
6.0
1
2
57.7
2.4
4.9
3
13
22Alex Smith
A. Smith
10/20/2013
1
34
1
KC KC
vs
HOU HOU
23
67.6
240
7.1
0
1
75.6
0.0
2.9
2
9
23Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
10/11/2015
1
17
1
BUF BUF
@
TEN TEN
10
58.8
109
6.4
1
0
97.4
5.9
0.0
4
31
24Tom Brady
T. Brady
12/6/2015
1
56
1
NE NE
vs
PHI PHI
29
51.8
312
5.6
3
2
71.4
5.4
3.6
4
24
25Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
10/14/2018
1
34
1
MIN MIN
vs
ARI ARI
24
70.6
233
6.9
1
1
87.0
2.9
2.9
4
17
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