highest completion percentage by a rookie qb in a his first game with more than 15 attempts

Gardner Minshew had the highest completion percentage by a rookie quarterback with more than 15 passing attempts in his first game, at 88.0 percent against the Chiefs on September 8, 2019.

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highest completion percentage by a rookie qb in a his first game with more than 15 passing attempts
NAME PCT ATT DATE TM OPP CMP YDS AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Gardner Minshew
G. Minshew
88.0
25
9/8/2019
JAX JAX
vs
KC KC
22
275
11.0
2
1
122.5
8.0
4.0
1
3
2 Nate Sudfeld
N. Sudfeld
82.6
23
12/31/2017
PHI PHI
vs
DAL DAL
19
134
5.8
0
0
90.9
0.0
0.0
3
24
3 Luke Falk
L. Falk
80.0
25
9/16/2019
NYJ NYJ
vs
CLE CLE
20
198
7.9
0
0
99.7
0.0
0.0
2
15
4 Sam Wyche
S. Wyche
80.0
25
11/3/1968
CIN CIN
vs
HOU HOU
20
228
9.1
1
0
118.0
4.0
0.0
5 Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
76.2
21
9/10/2018
NYJ NYJ
@
DET DET
16
198
9.4
2
1
116.8
9.5
4.8
2
18
6 John Fourcade
J. Fourcade
76.2
21
10/4/1987
NO NO
vs
RAM RAM
16
222
10.6
3
1
129.4
14.3
4.8
1
27
7 Joe Milton III
J. Milton III
75.9
29
1/5/2025
NE NE
vs
BUF BUF
22
241
8.3
1
0
111.4
3.4
0.0
0
0
8 Mac Jones
M. Jones
74.4
39
9/12/2021
NE NE
vs
MIA MIA
29
281
7.2
1
0
102.6
2.6
0.0
1
13
9 Rick Mirer
R. Mirer
74.1
27
9/5/1993
SEA SEA
@
SD SD
20
154
5.7
0
1
72.1
0.0
3.7
4
13
10 Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
73.9
23
9/20/2018
CLE CLE
vs
NYJ NYJ
17
201
8.7
0
0
100.1
0.0
0.0
1
8
11 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
73.9
23
9/17/1961
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
17
250
10.9
4
0
148.6
17.4
0.0
12 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
73.1
26
9/9/2012
WAS WAS
@
NO NO
19
320
12.3
2
0
139.9
7.7
0.0
2
14
13 Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
72.7
22
11/1/2018
SF SF
vs
OAK OAK
16
262
11.9
3
0
151.9
13.6
0.0
0
0
14 Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
70.8
24
9/8/2024
WAS WAS
@
TB TB
17
184
7.7
0
0
93.1
0.0
0.0
2
23
15 T.J. Rubley
T.J. Rubley
70.6
17
10/24/1993
RAM RAM
vs
DET DET
12
151
8.9
2
0
137.1
11.8
0.0
1
8
16 Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
69.7
33
10/17/2010
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
23
281
8.5
1
2
80.5
3.0
6.1
5
23
17 Austin Davis
A. Davis
69.6
23
9/7/2014
STL STL
vs
MIN MIN
16
192
8.3
0
1
76.7
0.0
4.3
4
21
18 Steve Myer
S. Myer
69.0
29
10/2/1977
SEA SEA
vs
DEN DEN
20
165
5.7
1
1
80.4
3.4
3.4
19 Thad Lewis
T. Lewis
68.8
32
12/30/2012
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
22
204
6.4
1
1
83.3
3.1
3.1
3
14
20 Nick Foles
N. Foles
68.8
32
11/11/2012
PHI PHI
vs
DAL DAL
22
219
6.8
1
1
85.3
3.1
3.1
2
11
21 Jake Luton
J. Luton
68.4
38
11/8/2020
JAX JAX
vs
HOU HOU
26
304
8.0
1
1
90.2
2.6
2.6
2
16
22 Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
66.7
33
9/20/2020
LAC LAC
vs
KC KC
22
311
9.4
1
1
94.4
3.0
3.0
2
15
23 DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
66.7
30
9/10/2017
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
20
222
7.4
1
1
85.7
3.3
3.3
7
42
24 Connor Cook
C. Cook
66.7
21
1/1/2017
OAK OAK
@
DEN DEN
14
150
7.1
1
1
83.4
4.8
4.8
2
7
25 EJ Manuel
EJ Manuel
66.7
27
9/8/2013
BUF BUF
vs
NE NE
18
150
5.6
2
0
105.5
7.4
0.0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completion percentage and passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
Texans Texans
1
3
0
.250
Titans Titans
0
4
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/6
KC KC
@
JAX JAX
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
SEA SEA
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
11/2
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:05 PM
Sun
11/9
JAX JAX
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

3 - 1 - 0

21

Final

26

JAX Jaguars

3 - 1 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

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
10/5
TEN TEN
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
10/5
TB TB
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Sun
10/5
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM