most passing touchdowns a rookie in season steeler

Ben Roethlisberger has the most passing touchdowns by a Steelers rookie, with 17 touchdowns in 2004.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
17
2004
14
196
295
66.4
2,621
8.9
187.2
11
98.1
5.8
3.7
30
213
2Mason Rudolph
M. Rudolph
13
2019
10
176
283
62.2
1,765
6.2
176.5
9
82.0
4.6
3.2
15
124
3Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
11
1991
12
156
286
54.5
1,963
6.9
163.6
7
78.8
3.8
2.4
30
214
4Terry Hanratty
T. Hanratty
8
1969
8
52
126
41.3
716
5.7
89.5
13
41.7
6.3
10.3
20
168
5Kent Nix
K. Nix
8
1967
12
136
268
50.7
1,587
5.9
132.3
19
49.5
3.0
7.1
6Kenny Pickett
K. Pickett
7
2022
13
245
389
63.0
2,404
6.2
184.9
9
76.7
1.8
2.3
27
182
7Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
6
1970
13
83
218
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
24
30.4
2.8
11.0
25
242
8Devlin Hodges
D. Hodges
5
2019
8
100
160
62.5
1,063
6.6
132.9
8
71.4
3.1
5.0
15
102
9Joe Geri
J. Geri
5
1949
12
31
77
40.3
554
7.2
46.2
5
60.2
6.5
6.5
10Ray Evans
R. Evans
5
1948
9
64
137
46.7
924
6.7
102.7
17
41.7
3.6
12.4
11Landry Jones
L. Jones
3
2015
7
32
55
58.2
513
9.3
73.3
4
77.3
5.5
7.3
2
17
12Chuck Ortmann
C. Ortmann
3
1951
12
56
139
40.3
671
4.8
55.9
13
24.0
2.2
9.4
13Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
3
1938
6
30
74
40.5
392
5.3
65.3
7
32.0
4.1
9.5
14Jim Miller
J. Miller
2
1995
3
32
56
57.1
397
7.1
132.3
5
53.9
3.6
8.9
2
8
15Cliff Stoudt
C. Stoudt
2
1980
6
32
60
53.3
493
8.2
82.2
2
78.0
3.3
3.3
4
19
16Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
2
1951
12
15
31
48.4
208
6.7
17.3
0
91.9
6.5
0.0
17Jim Finks
J. Finks
2
1949
11
24
71
33.8
322
4.5
29.3
8
19.0
2.8
11.3
18Bobby Gage
B. Gage
2
1949
12
17
36
47.2
329
9.1
27.4
4
58.4
5.6
11.1
19Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
2
1942
11
35
94
37.2
438
4.7
39.8
5
37.5
2.1
5.3
20Hugh McCullough
H. McCullough
2
1939
10
32
100
32.0
443
4.4
44.3
12
14.3
2.0
12.0
21Coley McDonough
C. McDonough
2
1939
7
15
38
39.5
292
7.7
41.7
6
45.0
5.3
15.8
22Whizzer White
W. White
2
1938
11
29
73
39.7
393
5.4
35.7
18
27.2
2.7
24.7
23Johnny Gildea
J. Gildea
2
1935
12
28
105
26.7
529
5.0
44.1
20
14.8
1.9
19.0
24Warren Heller
W. Heller
2
1934
12
31
112
27.7
511
4.6
42.6
15
12.5
1.8
13.4
25Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
1
1995
10
5
7
71.4
60
8.6
6.0
0
136.9
14.3
0.0
1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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