most passing td by a rookie qb in a season before 2004

Before 2004, Peyton Manning had the most passing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback, with 26 touchdowns in 1998.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	26	1998	IND	16	326	575	56.7	3,739	6.5	233.7	28	71.2	4.5	4.9	22	109
2	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	22	1986	BUF	16	285	480	59.4	3,593	7.5	224.6	17	83.3	4.6	3.5	43	330
3	Butch Songin B. Songin	22	1960	BOS	14	187	392	47.7	2,476	6.3	176.9	15	70.9	5.6	3.8
4	Dan Marino D. Marino	20	1983	MIA	11	173	296	58.4	2,210	7.5	200.9	6	96.0	6.8	2.0	10	80
5	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	19	1971	NE	14	158	328	48.2	2,158	6.6	154.1	16	68.6	5.8	4.9	36	319
6	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	18	1988	WAS	9	114	208	54.8	1,730	8.3	192.2	13	85.2	8.7	6.3	14	115
7	Joe Namath J. Namath	18	1965	NYJ	13	164	340	48.2	2,220	6.5	170.8	15	68.8	5.3	4.4
8	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	18	1961	MIN	14	157	280	56.1	1,997	7.1	142.6	17	74.7	6.4	6.1
9	Jeff George J. George	16	1990	IND	13	181	334	54.2	2,152	6.4	165.5	13	73.8	4.8	3.9	37	320
10	Dieter Brock D. Brock	16	1985	RAM	15	218	365	59.7	2,658	7.3	177.2	13	82.0	4.4	3.6	51	351
11	Tim Couch T. Couch	15	1999	CLE	15	223	399	55.9	2,447	6.1	163.1	13	73.2	3.8	3.3	56	359
12	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	15	1997	ARI	10	157	296	53.0	2,203	7.4	220.3	15	73.1	5.1	5.1	52	291
13	Tony Banks T. Banks	15	1996	STL	14	192	368	52.2	2,544	6.9	181.7	15	71.0	4.1	4.1	48	306
14	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	15	1993	NE	13	214	429	49.9	2,494	5.8	191.8	15	65.0	3.5	3.5	16	99
15	Greg Cook G. Cook	15	1969	CIN	11	106	197	53.8	1,854	9.4	168.5	11	88.3	7.6	5.6	29	195
16	Bob Griese B. Griese	15	1967	MIA	12	166	331	50.2	2,005	6.1	167.1	18	61.6	4.5	5.4
17	John Hadl J. Hadl	15	1962	SD	14	107	260	41.2	1,632	6.3	116.6	24	43.3	5.8	9.2
18	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	14	2003	JAX	15	239	418	57.2	2,819	6.7	187.9	16	73.0	3.3	3.8	19	90
19	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	14	2002	STL	7	138	214	64.5	1,826	8.5	260.9	6	101.5	6.5	2.8	12	102
20	Kerry Collins K. Collins	14	1995	CAR	15	214	433	49.4	2,717	6.3	181.1	19	61.9	3.2	4.4	24	150
21	David Woodley D. Woodley	14	1980	MIA	13	176	327	53.8	1,850	5.7	142.3	17	63.1	4.3	5.2	17	127
22	Marlin Briscoe M. Briscoe	14	1968	DEN	11	93	224	41.5	1,589	7.1	144.5	13	62.9	6.3	5.8
23	Sam Etcheverry S. Etcheverry	14	1961	STL	14	96	196	49.0	1,275	6.5	91.1	11	70.4	7.1	5.6
24	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	14	1952	WAS	12	96	194	49.5	1,420	7.3	118.3	15	65.7	7.2	7.7
25	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	14	1945	CLE	10	89	171	52.0	1,609	9.4	160.9	17	72.4	8.2	9.9

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