most rushing touchdowns qb in a game by a rookie in nfl history

Billy Kilmer has scored the most rushing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in a game, with 4 touchdowns versus the Vikings on October 15, 1961.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns qb in a regular-season game by a rookie in NFL history
NAMERUSH TDDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
4
10/15/1961
SF SF
@
MIN MIN
115
20
5.8
0
0
0
2Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
3
12/16/2012
SEA SEA
@
BUF BUF
92
9
10.2
0
0
0
0
3Cam Newton
C. Newton
3
12/4/2011
CAR CAR
@
TB TB
54
14
3.9
27
1
1
27.0
0
4Tyler Shough
T. Shough
2
12/7/2025
NO NO
@
TB TB
55
7
7.9
0
0
0
0
5Jaxson Dart
J. Dart
2
11/9/2025
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
66
6
11.0
0
0
0
0
6Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
2
9/8/2024
WAS WAS
@
TB TB
88
16
5.5
0
0
0
0
7Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
2
9/17/2023
IND IND
@
HOU HOU
35
3
11.7
0
0
0
0
8Kenny Pickett
K. Pickett
2
10/2/2022
PIT PIT
vs
NYJ NYJ
15
6
2.5
0
0
0
0
9Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
2
1/3/2021
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
34
8
4.3
0
0
0
0
10Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
2
12/20/2020
MIA MIA
vs
NE NE
9
3
3.0
0
0
0
0
11Daniel Jones
D. Jones
2
9/22/2019
NYG NYG
@
TB TB
28
4
7.0
0
0
0
0
12Josh Allen
J. Allen
2
12/30/2018
BUF BUF
vs
MIA MIA
95
9
10.6
0
0
0
0
13Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
2
12/30/2018
BAL BAL
vs
CLE CLE
90
20
4.5
0
0
0
0
14Josh Allen
J. Allen
2
9/23/2018
BUF BUF
@
MIN MIN
39
10
3.9
0
0
0
0
15Andrew Luck
A. Luck
2
11/8/2012
IND IND
@
JAX JAX
11
7
1.6
0
0
0
0
16Andrew Luck
A. Luck
2
10/21/2012
IND IND
vs
CLE CLE
12
3
4.0
0
0
0
0
17Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
2
10/14/2012
WAS WAS
vs
MIN MIN
138
13
10.6
0
0
0
0
18Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
2
9/16/2012
WAS WAS
@
STL STL
82
11
7.5
0
0
0
0
19Cam Newton
C. Newton
2
11/20/2011
CAR CAR
@
DET DET
37
7
5.3
0
0
0
0
20Cam Newton
C. Newton
2
10/2/2011
CAR CAR
@
CHI CHI
35
8
4.4
0
0
0
0
21David Carr
D. Carr
2
11/17/2002
HOU HOU
vs
JAX JAX
33
7
4.7
0
0
0
0
22David Garrard
D. Garrard
2
10/13/2002
JAX JAX
@
TEN TEN
71
7
10.1
0
0
0
0
23Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
2
12/2/2001
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
7
2
3.5
0
0
0
0
24Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
2
11/26/2000
NO NO
@
STL STL
34
7
4.9
0
0
0
0
25Ricky Turner
R. Turner
2
12/4/1988
IND IND
@
MIA MIA
4
4
1.0
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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3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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4
0
.692
Cardinals Cardinals
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10
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12/14
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@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Mon
12/22
SF SF
@
IND IND
8:15 PM
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12/28
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@
SF SF
8:20 PM
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SEA SEA
@
SF SF
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
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7
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5
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6
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4
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6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
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7
0
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3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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DEN DEN
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Sat
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SF SF
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SEA SEA
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Sat
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LAR LAR
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GB GB
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
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Sun
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