most rushing yards by a rookie qb in a first game

Bill Shepherd rushed for the most yards by a rookie quarterback in his first game, with 129 yards versus the Eagles on November 3, 1935.

NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
129
11/3/1935
vs
19
6.8
1
2Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
114
10/13/1946
@
6
19.0
1
3Kevin Hogan
K. Hogan
104
10/23/2016
@
7
14.9
1
0
0
0
0
4George Mira
G. Mira
93
10/18/1964
@
4
23.3
0
0
0
0
5Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
88
9/8/2024
@
16
5.5
2
0
0
0
0
6Charlie Batch
C. Batch
63
9/20/1998
@
8
7.9
0
0
0
0
7Steve Young
S. Young
60
11/24/1985
vs
10
6.0
0
0
0
0
8Randy Fasani
R. Fasani
58
10/20/2002
@
8
7.3
0
0
0
0
0
9John Wolford
J. Wolford
56
1/3/2021
vs
6
9.3
0
0
0
0
0
10Dave Ragone
D. Ragone
51
12/7/2003
@
5
10.2
0
-5
1
1
-5.0
0
11Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
51
9/29/1968
vs
5
10.2
1
0
0
0
12Geno Smith
G. Smith
47
9/8/2013
vs
6
7.8
0
0
0
0
0
13Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
46
9/13/2020
vs
8
5.8
1
0
0
0
0
14David Klingler
D. Klingler
44
11/29/1992
vs
8
5.5
0
0
0
0
15Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
42
9/9/2012
@
9
4.7
0
0
0
0
0
16Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
42
10/19/1969
@
5
8.4
0
0
0
0
17Bob Brodhead
B. Brodhead
42
9/11/1960
@
4
10.5
0
0
0
0
18Turk Schonert
T. Schonert
41
9/6/1981
vs
7
5.9
0
0
0
0
19Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
40
9/10/2023
vs
10
4.0
1
0
0
0
0
20Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
39
9/9/2018
vs
7
5.6
0
0
0
0
0
21John Fourcade
J. Fourcade
39
10/4/1987
vs
6
6.5
0
0
0
0
22Desmond Ridder
D. Ridder
38
12/18/2022
@
6
6.3
0
0
0
0
0
23Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
38
9/19/1999
vs
5
7.6
0
0
0
0
0
24Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
37
9/7/2008
vs
4
9.3
1
0
0
0
0
25George Wilson
G. Wilson
37
9/2/1966
vs
1
37.0
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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