Fran Tarkenton accounted for the most touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in his first game, with 5 combined passing, rushing, and receiving touchdowns versus the Bears on September 17, 1961.
Interpreted as:
most passing total tds by a rookie qb in a first game| NAME | TOTALTD | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | ATT | PCT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | F. Tarkenton | 5 | 9/17/1961 |  MIN | vs |  CHI | 17 | 23 | 73.9 | 250 | 10.9 | 4 | 0 | 148.6 | 17.4 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 |  | W. Levis | 4 | 10/29/2023 |  TEN | vs |  ATL | 19 | 29 | 65.5 | 238 | 8.2 | 4 | 0 | 130.5 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 |  | M. Mariota | 4 | 9/13/2015 | TEN | @ |  TB | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 209 | 13.9 | 4 | 0 | 158.3 | 26.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | | M. Bulger | 4 | 10/13/2002 |  STL | vs |  OAK | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 186 | 8.9 | 3 | 0 | 134.1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 |  | J.J. McCarthy | 3 | 9/8/2025 | MIN | @ |  CHI | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 143 | 7.2 | 2 | 1 | 98.5 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 |  | T. Lawrence | 3 | 9/12/2021 |  JAX | @ |  HOU | 28 | 51 | 54.9 | 332 | 6.5 | 3 | 3 | 70.1 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | | N. Mullens | 3 | 11/1/2018 |  SF | vs | OAK | 16 | 22 | 72.7 | 262 | 11.9 | 3 | 0 | 151.9 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  | C. Newton | 3 | 9/11/2011 |  CAR | @ |  ARI | 24 | 37 | 64.9 | 422 | 11.4 | 2 | 1 | 110.4 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 |  | R. Fitzpatrick | 3 | 11/27/2005 | STL | @ | HOU | 19 | 30 | 63.3 | 310 | 10.3 | 3 | 1 | 117.4 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 5 | 22 |
| 10 | | J. Delhomme | 3 | 12/24/1999 |  NO | vs |  DAL | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 278 | 10.3 | 2 | 1 | 103.6 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | | T. Marinovich | 3 | 12/22/1991 | RAI | vs |  KC | 23 | 40 | 57.5 | 243 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 100.3 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | | M. Rypien | 3 | 9/25/1988 |  WAS | @ |  PHX | 26 | 41 | 63.4 | 303 | 7.4 | 3 | 1 | 99.9 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 4 | 21 |
| 13 | | J. Fourcade | 3 | 10/4/1987 | NO | vs |  RAM | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 222 | 10.6 | 3 | 1 | 129.4 | 14.3 | 4.8 | 1 | 27 |
| 14 | | K. Sweeney | 3 | 10/4/1987 | DAL | @ |  NYJ | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 139 | 9.9 | 3 | 1 | 89.0 | 21.4 | 7.1 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | | M. Hohensee | 3 | 10/4/1987 | CHI | @ |  PHI | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 157 | 7.1 | 3 | 1 | 97.9 | 13.6 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | E. Rubbert | 3 | 10/4/1987 | WAS | vs |  STL | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 334 | 13.9 | 3 | 1 | 125.0 | 12.5 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | J. Everett | 3 | 11/16/1986 | RAM | vs |  NE | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 193 | 10.2 | 3 | 0 | 136.6 | 15.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 |  | J. Kelly | 3 | 9/7/1986 |  BUF | vs | NYJ | 20 | 33 | 60.6 | 292 | 8.8 | 3 | 0 | 119.8 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | | J. Zorn | 3 | 9/12/1976 |  SEA | vs | STL | 17 | 37 | 45.9 | 292 | 7.9 | 2 | 2 | 68.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 20 | | J. Milton III | 2 | 1/5/2025 | NE | vs | BUF | 22 | 29 | 75.9 | 241 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 | 111.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | | T. McKee | 2 | 12/29/2024 | PHI | vs | DAL | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 54 | 13.5 | 2 | 0 | 156.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  | J. Daniels | 2 | 9/8/2024 |  WAS | @ | TB | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 184 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 93.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 23 |
| 23 |  | A. Richardson Sr. | 2 | 9/10/2023 |  IND | vs | JAX | 24 | 37 | 64.9 | 223 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 79.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 |  | S. Howell | 2 | 1/8/2023 | WAS | vs | DAL | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 169 | 8.9 | 1 | 1 | 83.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3 | 11 |
| 25 |  | K. Pickett | 2 | 10/2/2022 |  PIT | vs |  NYJ | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 120 | 9.2 | 0 | 3 | 65.1 | 0.0 | 23.1 | 0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for total touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.
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