most passing touchdowns in the first 9 games of 1951

Bobby Layne had the most passing touchdowns in 1951 in his first 9 games, with 24 touchdowns.

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  • Data note: Passing Touchdowns: player game data complete from 1950
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
24
9
122
252
48.4
1,991
7.9
221.2
16
80.6
9.5
6.3
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
12
9
76
152
50.0
1,405
9.2
156.1
11
78.4
7.9
7.2
3Adrian Burk
A. Burk
11
9
70
169
41.4
1,078
6.4
119.8
20
45.3
6.5
11.8
4Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
11
9
115
199
57.8
1,233
6.2
137.0
9
75.6
5.5
4.5
5Otto Graham
O. Graham
10
9
110
191
57.6
1,700
8.9
188.9
13
76.3
5.2
6.8
6Tobin Rote
T. Rote
9
9
63
169
37.3
964
5.7
107.1
12
45.1
5.3
7.1
7Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
9
9
85
197
43.1
1,425
7.2
158.3
10
62.3
4.6
5.1
8Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
8
9
72
146
49.3
1,263
8.7
140.3
8
74.7
5.5
5.5
9Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
7
9
82
152
53.9
1,057
7.0
117.4
18
51.8
4.6
11.8
10Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6
9
60
123
48.8
910
7.4
101.1
7
66.1
4.9
5.7
11Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
5
9
46
100
46.0
808
8.1
89.8
13
51.2
5.0
13.0
12Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
5
9
46
84
54.8
575
6.8
63.9
7
61.4
6.0
8.3
13Frankie Albert
F. Albert
4
9
67
127
52.8
854
6.7
94.9
8
58.3
3.1
6.3
14Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
4
9
62
141
44.0
874
6.2
97.1
11
41.5
2.8
7.8
15Chuck Ortmann
C. Ortmann
3
9
28
66
42.4
352
5.3
39.1
5
43.2
4.5
7.6
16Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
2
9
11
34
32.4
183
5.4
20.3
3
34.3
5.9
8.8
17Joe Geri
J. Geri
2
9
27
79
34.2
488
6.2
54.2
7
27.8
2.5
8.9
18Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
2
9
15
31
48.4
208
6.7
23.1
0
91.9
6.5
0.0
19Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
2
9
2
3
66.7
46
15.3
5.1
0
149.3
66.7
0.0
20Steve Romanik
S. Romanik
2
9
41
93
44.1
734
7.9
81.6
6
52.0
2.2
6.5
21Cliff Lewis
C. Lewis
1
9
3
4
75.0
49
12.3
5.4
0
155.2
25.0
0.0
22Bob Williams
B. Williams
1
9
11
26
42.3
113
4.3
12.6
2
36.2
3.8
7.7
23George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
1
9
8
14
57.1
142
10.1
15.8
0
115.8
7.1
0.0

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