highest passer rating by a rookie qb in a debut game

25 quarterbacks are tied for the best passer rating by a rookie quarterback in a game, with a 158.3 rating. The first three are Marcus Mariota on September 13, 2015, Kirk Cousins on December 9, 2012 and Robert Griffin III on November 18, 2012.

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highest passer rating by a rookie qb in a debut regular-season game

	NAME	RTG	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	158.3	9/13/2015	TEN	@	TB	13	15	86.7	209	13.9	4	0	26.7	0.0	2	24
2	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	158.3	12/9/2012	WAS	vs	BAL	2	2	100.0	26	13.0	1	0	50.0	0.0	0	0
3	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	158.3	11/18/2012	WAS	vs	PHI	14	15	93.3	200	13.3	4	0	26.7	0.0	2	8
4	Henry Burris H. Burris	158.3	12/1/2002	CHI	@	GB	1	1	100.0	45	45.0	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
5	Michael Bishop M. Bishop	158.3	10/8/2000	NE	vs	IND	1	1	100.0	44	44.0	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
6	Kerwin Bell K. Bell	158.3	12/5/1996	IND	vs	PHI	5	5	100.0	75	15.0	1	0	20.0	0.0	0	0
7	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	158.3	12/26/1993	NE	vs	IND	9	11	81.8	143	13.0	2	0	18.2	0.0	0	0
8	T.J. Rubley	158.3	11/21/1993	RAM	vs	WAS	5	6	83.3	112	18.7	1	0	16.7	0.0	1	8
9	Erik Wilhelm E. Wilhelm	158.3	10/29/1989	CIN	vs	TB	5	6	83.3	98	16.3	1	0	16.7	0.0	0	0
10	Mark Stevens M. Stevens	158.3	10/5/1987	SF	@	NYG	2	2	100.0	52	26.0	1	0	50.0	0.0	0	0
11	Chuck Long C. Long	158.3	11/23/1986	DET	@	TB	1	1	100.0	34	34.0	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
12	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	158.3	12/17/1978	SF	@	DET	3	3	100.0	97	32.3	1	0	33.3	0.0
13	Guy Benjamin G. Benjamin	158.3	9/3/1978	MIA	@	NYJ	5	6	83.3	79	13.2	1	0	16.7	0.0
14	Parnell Dickinson P. Dickinson	158.3	10/24/1976	TB	vs	MIA	4	4	100.0	51	12.8	1	0	25.0	0.0
15	Pat Haden P. Haden	158.3	9/12/1976	LA	@	ATL	1	1	100.0	47	47.0	1	0	100.0	0.0
16	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	158.3	10/26/1975	ATL	vs	CIN	1	1	100.0	17	17.0	1	0	100.0	0.0
17	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	158.3	12/15/1974	WAS	vs	CHI	6	7	85.7	123	17.6	1	0	14.3	0.0
18	Jim Ward J. Ward	158.3	11/19/1967	BAL	vs	DET	1	1	100.0	21	21.0	1	0	100.0	0.0
19	Kay Stephenson K. Stephenson	158.3	11/12/1967	SD	vs	MIA	1	1	100.0	13	13.0	1	0	100.0	0.0
20	George Wilson G. Wilson	158.3	10/23/1966	MIA	@	HOU	4	4	100.0	88	22.0	1	0	25.0	0.0
21	Gary Wood G. Wood	158.3	10/25/1964	NYG	@	CLE	3	3	100.0	44	14.7	1	0	33.3	0.0
22	Ron Miller R. Miller	158.3	10/7/1962	LA	@	WAS	4	5	80.0	84	16.8	1	0	20.0	0.0
23	John Hadl J. Hadl	158.3	9/7/1962	SD	@	DEN	1	1	100.0	15	15.0	1	0	100.0	0.0
24	Nick Papac N. Papac	158.3	12/3/1961	OAK	vs	BUF	1	1	100.0	15	15.0	1	0	100.0	0.0
25	Bob Waters B. Waters	158.3	11/27/1960	SF	@	BAL	2	2	100.0	61	30.5	1	0	50.0	0.0

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