last time an nfl player had three passing touchdowns in a game before 1960

Bobby Layne had 4 passing touchdowns against the Chicago Cardinals on December 13, 1959.

Interpreted as:
last time an NFL player had three or more passing touchdowns in a game before 1960
NAMEDATETDTMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
12/13/1959
4
vs
11
17
64.7
201
11.8
1
120.3
23.5
5.9
2Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
12/12/1959
3
@
13
27
48.1
110
4.1
0
96.2
11.1
0.0
3Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
12/6/1959
3
vs
14
21
66.7
271
12.9
0
149.3
14.3
0.0
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
12/6/1959
3
@
18
30
60.0
275
9.2
1
109.7
10.0
3.3
5Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
12/5/1959
3
@
21
36
58.3
273
7.6
0
110.1
8.3
0.0
6Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
11/29/1959
3
vs
6
12
50.0
78
6.5
0
110.4
25.0
0.0
7Bobby Layne
B. Layne
11/29/1959
4
vs
12
28
42.9
182
6.5
1
89.6
14.3
3.6
8Milt Plum
M. Plum
11/22/1959
3
vs
17
29
58.6
269
9.3
0
124.1
10.3
0.0
9Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
11/15/1959
3
@
19
33
57.6
324
9.8
0
121.3
9.1
0.0
10Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
11/1/1959
4
vs
23
41
56.1
397
9.7
3
91.2
9.8
7.3
11Milt Plum
M. Plum
10/25/1959
4
vs
13
18
72.2
253
14.1
0
153.9
22.2
0.0
12Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
10/25/1959
3
vs
19
29
65.5
206
7.1
0
120.8
10.3
0.0
13Billy Wade
B. Wade
10/18/1959
3
@
13
18
72.2
186
10.3
0
144.9
16.7
0.0
14Billy Wade
B. Wade
10/11/1959
3
@
11
16
68.8
165
10.3
0
141.9
18.8
0.0
15Tobin Rote
T. Rote
10/11/1959
3
vs
9
25
36.0
102
4.1
3
49.1
12.0
12.0
16Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
10/11/1959
3
@
13
25
52.0
257
10.3
2
94.5
12.0
8.0
17Lamar McHan
L. McHan
10/4/1959
4
vs
7
16
43.8
146
9.1
1
90.1
25.0
6.3
18Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
10/3/1959
3
vs
17
38
44.7
221
5.8
3
57.0
7.9
7.9
19Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
12/7/1958
3
vs
5
7
71.4
104
14.9
0
153.3
42.9
0.0
20Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
12/6/1958
3
@
23
38
60.5
214
5.6
3
69.4
7.9
7.9
21Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
11/23/1958
3
@
20
35
57.1
283
8.1
0
112.0
8.6
0.0
22Tobin Rote
T. Rote
11/16/1958
3
vs
13
23
56.5
194
8.4
0
123.9
13.0
0.0
23Tobin Rote
T. Rote
11/9/1958
3
@
17
30
56.7
246
8.2
0
116.8
10.0
0.0
24George Shaw
G. Shaw
11/9/1958
3
@
11
29
37.9
239
8.2
1
88.1
10.3
3.4
25Bobby Layne
B. Layne
11/9/1958
4
@
10
22
45.5
225
10.2
2
84.3
18.2
9.1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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