most rushing touchdowns in first game by a quarterback

Jayden Daniels, Kenny Pickett and Jim Finks were tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in their first game, with 2 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
2
9/8/2024
@
88
16
5.5
0
0
0
0
2Kenny Pickett
K. Pickett
2
10/2/2022
vs
15
6
2.5
0
0
0
0
3Jim Finks
J. Finks
2
9/28/1952
vs
21
2
10.5
4J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy
1
9/8/2025
@
25
2
12.5
0
0
0
0
5Joe Milton III
J. Milton III
1
1/5/2025
vs
16
10
1.6
0
0
0
0
6Bo Nix
B. Nix
1
9/8/2024
@
35
5
7.0
0
0
0
0
7Tommy DeVito
T. DeVito
1
10/29/2023
vs
12
4
3.0
0
0
0
0
8Tyson Bagent
T. Bagent
1
10/15/2023
vs
4
2
2.0
0
0
0
0
9Aidan O'Connell
A. O'Connell
1
10/1/2023
@
3
3
1.0
0
0
0
0
10Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
1
9/10/2023
vs
40
10
4.0
0
0
0
0
11Sam Howell
S. Howell
1
1/8/2023
vs
35
5
7.0
0
0
0
0
12Justin Fields
J. Fields
1
9/12/2021
@
3
1
3.0
0
0
0
0
13Jake Luton
J. Luton
1
11/8/2020
vs
13
1
13.0
0
0
0
0
14Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
1
9/20/2020
vs
18
4
4.5
0
0
0
0
15Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
1
9/13/2020
vs
46
8
5.8
0
0
0
0
16DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
1
9/10/2017
vs
17
5
3.4
0
0
0
0
17Kevin Hogan
K. Hogan
1
10/23/2016
@
104
7
14.9
0
0
0
0
18Cam Newton
C. Newton
1
9/11/2011
@
18
8
2.3
0
0
0
0
19Brian Hoyer
B. Hoyer
1
10/18/2009
vs
-2
6
-0.3
0
0
0
0
20Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
1
9/13/2009
@
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
21Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
1
9/7/2008
vs
37
4
9.3
0
0
0
0
22Troy Smith
T. Smith
1
12/9/2007
vs
6
1
6.0
0
0
0
0
23Charlie Whitehurst
C. Whitehurst
1
9/17/2006
vs
14
1
14.0
0
0
0
0
24Bradlee Van Pelt
B. Van Pelt
1
12/4/2005
@
7
1
7.0
0
0
0
0
25Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
1
10/13/2002
vs
-1
4
-0.3
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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PASS

1,695

Mariota

Marcus Mariota

RUSH

805

Croskey-Merritt

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

REC

727

Samuel

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Team Rankings

PPG

20.9

22nd

OPP PPG

26.5

27th

RUSH YDS/G

134.7

4th

PASS YDS/G

195.8

24th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
Commanders Commanders
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
Last Game
WAS Commanders

5 - 12

24

Final

17

PHI Eagles

11 - 6

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176