most tds by a rookie qb in first game

4 quarterbacks were tied for the most passing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in their first game, with 4 touchdowns. The first three are Will Levis on October 29, 2023, Marcus Mariota on September 13, 2015 and Fran Tarkenton on September 17, 1961.

Interpreted as:
most passing tds by a rookie qb in first game
NAMETDDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Will Levis
W. Levis
4
10/29/2023
vs
19
29
65.5
238
8.2
0
130.5
13.8
0.0
2
12
2Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
4
9/13/2015
@
13
15
86.7
209
13.9
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
24
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
4
9/17/1961
vs
17
23
73.9
250
10.9
0
148.6
17.4
0.0
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
4
12/11/1949
vs
6
10
60.0
152
15.2
0
143.8
40.0
0.0
5Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
3
9/12/2021
@
28
51
54.9
332
6.5
3
70.1
5.9
5.9
1
13
6Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
3
11/1/2018
vs
16
22
72.7
262
11.9
0
151.9
13.6
0.0
0
0
7Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3
11/27/2005
@
19
30
63.3
310
10.3
1
117.4
10.0
3.3
5
22
8Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
3
10/13/2002
vs
14
21
66.7
186
8.9
0
134.1
14.3
0.0
3
22
9Todd Marinovich
T. Marinovich
3
12/22/1991
vs
23
40
57.5
243
6.1
0
100.3
7.5
0.0
0
0
10Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
3
9/25/1988
@
26
41
63.4
303
7.4
1
99.9
7.3
2.4
4
21
11John Fourcade
J. Fourcade
3
10/4/1987
vs
16
21
76.2
222
10.6
1
129.4
14.3
4.8
1
27
12Kevin Sweeney
K. Sweeney
3
10/4/1987
@
6
14
42.9
139
9.9
1
89.0
21.4
7.1
2
7
13Mike Hohensee
M. Hohensee
3
10/4/1987
@
12
22
54.5
157
7.1
1
97.9
13.6
4.5
0
0
14Ed Rubbert
E. Rubbert
3
10/4/1987
vs
14
24
58.3
334
13.9
1
125.0
12.5
4.2
0
0
15Jim Everett
J. Everett
3
11/16/1986
vs
12
19
63.2
193
10.2
0
136.6
15.8
0.0
1
6
16Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3
9/7/1986
vs
20
33
60.6
292
8.8
0
119.8
9.1
0.0
1
3
17Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
3
11/16/1947
vs
15
24
62.5
317
13.2
2
111.1
12.5
8.3
18J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy
2
9/8/2025
@
13
20
65.0
143
7.2
1
98.5
10.0
5.0
3
9
19Tanner McKee
T. McKee
2
12/29/2024
vs
3
4
75.0
54
13.5
0
156.3
50.0
0.0
0
0
20Zach Wilson
Z. Wilson
2
9/12/2021
@
20
37
54.1
258
7.0
1
82.9
5.4
2.7
6
51
21Drew Lock
D. Lock
2
12/1/2019
vs
18
28
64.3
134
4.8
1
84.5
7.1
3.6
0
0
22David Blough
D. Blough
2
11/28/2019
vs
22
38
57.9
280
7.4
1
87.6
5.3
2.6
2
21
23Brandon Allen
B. Allen
2
11/3/2019
vs
12
20
60.0
193
9.7
0
125.6
10.0
0.0
3
18
24Mason Rudolph
M. Rudolph
2
9/15/2019
vs
12
19
63.2
112
5.9
1
92.4
10.5
5.3
0
0
25Gardner Minshew
G. Minshew
2
9/8/2019
vs
22
25
88.0
275
11.0
1
122.5
8.0
4.0
1
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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