most passing touchdowns in a playoff game by rookie quarterback

Aaron Brooks has the most passing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in a playoff game, with 4 touchdowns in the 2000 NFC Wild Card game against the St. Louis Rams on December 30, 2000.

NAME TD DATE ROUND TM OPP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
4
12/30/2000
NFC Wild Card
NO NO
vs
STL STL
16
29
55.2
266
9.2
1
111.5
13.8
3.4
2
15
2 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
3
1/13/2024
AFC Wild Card
HOU HOU
vs
CLE CLE
16
21
76.2
274
13.0
0
157.2
14.3
0.0
0
0
3 Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
3
1/14/2023
NFC Wild Card
SF SF
vs
SEA SEA
18
30
60.0
332
11.1
0
131.5
10.0
0.0
1
8
4 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
3
1/15/2017
NFC Divisional
DAL DAL
vs
GB GB
24
38
63.2
302
7.9
1
103.2
7.9
2.6
2
11
5 Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
2
1/18/2025
NFC Divisional
WAS WAS
@
DET DET
22
31
71.0
299
9.6
0
122.9
6.5
0.0
0
0
6 Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
2
1/12/2025
NFC Wild Card
WAS WAS
@
TB TB
24
35
68.6
268
7.7
0
110.2
5.7
0.0
1
0
7 Mac Jones
M. Jones
2
1/15/2022
AFC Wild Card
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
24
38
63.2
232
6.1
2
75.8
5.3
5.3
3
16
8 Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
2
1/6/2019
AFC Wild Card
BAL BAL
vs
LAC LAC
14
29
48.3
194
6.7
1
78.8
6.9
3.4
7
55
9 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
2
1/13/2013
NFC Divisional
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
24
36
66.7
385
10.7
1
109.1
5.6
2.8
2
17
10 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
2
1/6/2013
NFC Wild Card
WAS WAS
vs
SEA SEA
10
19
52.6
84
4.4
1
77.5
10.5
5.3
2
16
11 Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
2
1/24/2010
AFC Championship
NYJ NYJ
@
IND IND
17
30
56.7
257
8.6
1
93.3
6.7
3.3
0
0
12 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
2
1/3/2009
NFC Wild Card
ATL ATL
@
ARI ARI
26
40
65.0
199
5.0
2
72.8
5.0
5.0
3
9
13 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
2
1/23/2005
AFC Championship
PIT PIT
vs
NE NE
14
24
58.3
226
9.4
3
78.1
8.3
12.5
1
1
14 Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
2
1/6/2001
NFC Divisional
NO NO
@
MIN MIN
30
48
62.5
295
6.1
2
76.3
4.2
4.2
2
9
15 Dan Marino
D. Marino
2
12/31/1983
AFC Divisional
MIA MIA
vs
SEA SEA
15
25
60.0
193
7.7
2
77.6
8.0
8.0
0
0
16 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
2
12/16/1945
NFL Championship
CLE CLE
vs
WAS WAS
14
27
51.9
192
7.1
2
68.8
7.4
7.4
17 Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
1
1/26/2025
NFC Championship
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
29
48
60.4
255
5.3
1
72.8
2.1
2.1
3
27
18 Bo Nix
B. Nix
1
1/12/2025
AFC Wild Card
DEN DEN
@
BUF BUF
13
22
59.1
144
6.5
0
93.8
4.5
0.0
2
14
19 Skylar Thompson
S. Thompson
1
1/15/2023
AFC Wild Card
MIA MIA
@
BUF BUF
18
45
40.0
220
4.9
2
44.7
2.2
4.4
4
31
20 Connor Cook
C. Cook
1
1/7/2017
AFC Wild Card
OAK OAK
@
HOU HOU
18
45
40.0
161
3.6
3
30.0
2.2
6.7
3
22
21 AJ McCarron
AJ McCarron
1
1/9/2016
AFC Wild Card
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
23
41
56.1
212
5.2
1
68.3
2.4
2.4
3
24
22 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
1
1/6/2013
NFC Wild Card
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
15
26
57.7
187
7.2
0
92.9
3.8
0.0
5
31
23 T.J. Yates
T.J. Yates
1
1/7/2012
AFC Wild Card
HOU HOU
vs
CIN CIN
11
20
55.0
159
8.0
0
97.7
5.0
0.0
2
7
24 Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
1
1/17/2010
AFC Divisional
NYJ NYJ
@
SD SD
12
23
52.2
100
4.3
1
60.1
4.3
4.3
1
7
25 Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
1
1/9/2010
AFC Wild Card
NYJ NYJ
@
CIN CIN
12
15
80.0
182
12.1
0
139.4
6.7
0.0
0
0

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TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
2
3
0
.400
Saints Saints
1
4
0
.200
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
NE NE
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
TB TB
@
NO NO
4:05 PM
Sun
11/2
NO NO
@
LAR LAR
4:05 PM
Sun
11/9
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Last Game
NO Saints

1 - 4 - 0

26

Final

14

NYG Giants

1 - 4 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/6
KC KC
@
JAX JAX
8:15 PM
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM