most touchdown passes by a 1st game starter

5 quarterbacks are tied for the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback as a starter in a game, with 7 touchdowns. The first three are Drew Brees on November 1, 2015, Nick Foles on November 3, 2013 and Peyton Manning on September 5, 2013.

Interpreted as:
most touchdown passes by a 1st regular-season game starter
NAMETDDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
7
11/1/2015
vs
39
50
78.0
505
10.1
2
131.7
14.0
4.0
0
0
2Nick Foles
N. Foles
7
11/3/2013
@
22
28
78.6
406
14.5
0
158.3
25.0
0.0
1
1
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7
9/5/2013
vs
27
42
64.3
462
11.0
0
141.1
16.7
0.0
3
17
4Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
7
9/28/1969
vs
28
43
65.1
449
10.4
1
129.7
16.3
2.3
5Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
7
10/28/1962
vs
27
39
69.2
505
12.9
0
151.4
17.9
0.0
6Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
6
9/18/2022
@
36
50
72.0
469
9.4
2
124.1
12.0
4.0
1
8
7Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
6
11/19/2018
@
33
46
71.7
478
10.4
3
117.6
13.0
6.5
3
30
8Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
6
9/30/2018
vs
19
26
73.1
354
13.6
0
154.6
23.1
0.0
1
10
9Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
6
9/16/2018
@
23
28
82.1
326
11.6
0
154.8
21.4
0.0
1
4
10Eli Manning
E. Manning
6
11/1/2015
@
30
41
73.2
350
8.5
0
138.2
14.6
0.0
3
21
11Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
6
11/30/2014
vs
24
33
72.7
358
10.8
0
147.5
18.2
0.0
0
0
12Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
6
11/9/2014
vs
18
27
66.7
315
11.7
0
145.8
22.2
0.0
0
0
13Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
6
11/2/2014
vs
25
37
67.6
340
9.2
0
136.3
16.2
0.0
3
19
14Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
6
10/26/2014
vs
40
49
81.6
522
10.7
0
150.6
12.2
0.0
0
0
15Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
6
10/14/2012
@
24
37
64.9
338
9.1
0
133.8
16.2
0.0
2
10
16Matt Flynn
M. Flynn
6
1/1/2012
vs
31
44
70.5
480
10.9
1
136.4
13.6
2.3
3
11
17Tom Brady
T. Brady
6
10/18/2009
vs
29
34
85.3
380
11.2
0
152.8
17.6
0.0
2
6
18Drew Brees
D. Brees
6
9/13/2009
vs
26
34
76.5
358
10.5
1
137.0
17.6
2.9
0
0
19Brett Favre
B. Favre
6
9/28/2008
vs
24
34
70.6
289
8.5
1
123.7
17.6
2.9
2
5
20Tom Brady
T. Brady
6
10/21/2007
@
21
25
84.0
354
14.2
0
158.3
24.0
0.0
1
10
21Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
6
9/16/2007
@
33
50
66.0
401
8.0
2
113.4
12.0
4.0
1
7
22Peyton Manning
P. Manning
6
11/25/2004
@
23
28
82.1
236
8.4
0
141.4
21.4
0.0
0
0
23Peyton Manning
P. Manning
6
9/28/2003
@
20
25
80.0
314
12.6
0
158.3
24.0
0.0
1
9
24Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
6
11/10/1991
vs
16
31
51.6
442
14.3
0
136.8
19.4
0.0
0
0
25Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
6
9/8/1991
vs
31
43
72.1
363
8.4
2
117.5
14.0
4.7
2
20
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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