how many starts did it take each qb to throw their first touchdown pass

Bernie Masterson made 2 touchdown passes as a starter in the 1937 NFL championship game against the Washington Redskins on December 12, 1937.

Interpreted as:
How many starts did it take each qb to throw their first touchdown pass in a game?
NAMEDATETDTMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
12/12/1937
2
CHB CHB
vs
WAS WAS
4
18
22.2
130
7.2
2
54.6
11.1
11.1
1
7
2Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
12/11/1938
2
NYG NYG
vs
GB GB
7
11
63.6
74
6.7
0
122.7
18.2
0.0
0
0
3Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
12/1/1940
1
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
33
60
55.0
316
5.3
0
75.4
1.7
0.0
4Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
12/8/1940
1
CHB CHB
@
WAS WAS
3
4
75.0
88
22.0
0
156.3
25.0
0.0
0
0
5Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
12/21/1947
2
PHI PHI
@
PIT PIT
11
17
64.7
131
7.7
0
127.3
11.8
0.0
0
0
6Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
10/23/1949
4
NYG NYG
vs
CHB CHB
8
15
53.3
273
18.2
0
138.2
26.7
0.0
7Bobby Layne
B. Layne
11/6/1949
2
NYB NYB
@
NYG NYG
23
39
59.0
333
8.5
1
93.2
5.1
2.6
8Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
11/13/1949
4
NYG NYG
@
GB GB
16
29
55.2
357
12.3
3
99.4
13.8
10.3
9Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
12/18/1949
1
PHI PHI
@
LA LA
5
9
55.6
68
7.6
2
77.3
11.1
22.2
0
0
10Otto Graham
O. Graham
9/16/1950
3
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
21
38
55.3
346
9.1
2
90.5
7.9
5.3
11Bobby Layne
B. Layne
9/17/1950
1
DET DET
@
GB GB
10
18
55.6
232
12.9
1
95.8
5.6
5.6
12Frankie Albert
F. Albert
9/17/1950
1
SF SF
vs
NYY NYY
7
17
41.2
81
4.8
1
51.3
5.9
5.9
13George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
9/17/1950
1
NYY NYY
@
SF SF
10
18
55.6
75
4.2
1
61.1
5.6
5.6
14George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
9/22/1950
1
NYY NYY
@
LA LA
8
20
40.0
128
6.4
1
57.9
5.0
5.0
15Otto Graham
O. Graham
9/24/1950
1
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
11
23
47.8
177
7.7
4
48.9
4.3
17.4
16Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
9/24/1950
3
PHI PHI
@
CHC CHC
5
12
41.7
72
6.0
2
61.8
25.0
16.7
17Bobby Layne
B. Layne
9/24/1950
1
DET DET
vs
PIT PIT
10
24
41.7
78
3.3
2
29.5
4.2
8.3
18Frankie Albert
F. Albert
9/24/1950
1
SF SF
vs
CHB CHB
11
23
47.8
109
4.7
2
39.9
4.3
8.7
19George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
9/29/1950
4
NYY NYY
vs
DET DET
15
29
51.7
264
9.1
2
94.0
13.8
6.9
20Frankie Albert
F. Albert
10/1/1950
2
SF SF
vs
LA LA
24
51
47.1
298
5.8
1
70.5
3.9
2.0
21Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
10/7/1950
3
PHI PHI
vs
LA LA
7
19
36.8
140
7.4
0
103.1
15.8
0.0
22Bobby Layne
B. Layne
10/8/1950
2
DET DET
vs
SF SF
15
32
46.9
205
6.4
0
88.7
6.3
0.0
23George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
10/8/1950
3
NYY NYY
@
GB GB
10
24
41.7
212
8.8
2
78.5
12.5
8.3
24Frankie Albert
F. Albert
10/12/1950
2
SF SF
@
NYY NYY
22
34
64.7
258
7.6
2
82.7
5.9
5.9
25George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
10/12/1950
3
NYY NYY
vs
SF SF
18
35
51.4
280
8.0
3
71.1
8.6
8.6
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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