most touchdown passes in a playoff game detroit lions quarterback

Tobin Rote has the most passing touchdowns by a Lions quarterback in a playoff game, with 4 touchdowns in the 1957 NFL championship game against the Browns on December 29, 1957.

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most touchdown passes by a player in a playoff game detroit lions quarterback
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1Tobin Rote
T. Rote
4
12/29/1957
NFL Championship
vs
12
19
63.2
280
14.7
0
146.4
21.1
0.0
0
0
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
3
1/7/2012
NFC Wild Card
@
28
43
65.1
380
8.8
2
97.0
7.0
4.7
0
0
3Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
3
12/30/1995
NFC Wild Card
@
14
23
60.9
206
9.0
2
93.5
13.0
8.7
0
0
4Erik Kramer
E. Kramer
3
1/5/1992
NFC Divisional
vs
29
38
76.3
341
9.0
0
129.4
7.9
0.0
1
4
5Jared Goff
J. Goff
2
1/21/2024
NFC Divisional
vs
30
43
69.8
287
6.7
0
103.5
4.7
0.0
2
10
6Jared Goff
J. Goff
1
1/18/2025
NFC Divisional
vs
23
40
57.5
313
7.8
3
59.7
2.5
7.5
2
16
7Jared Goff
J. Goff
1
1/28/2024
NFC Championship
@
25
41
61.0
273
6.7
0
88.8
2.4
0.0
2
13
8Jared Goff
J. Goff
1
1/14/2024
NFC Wild Card
vs
22
27
81.5
277
10.3
0
121.8
3.7
0.0
3
22
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
1
1/4/2015
NFC Wild Card
@
28
42
66.7
323
7.7
1
87.7
2.4
2.4
3
16
10Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
1
1/8/2000
NFC Wild Card
@
21
46
45.7
251
5.5
2
52.0
2.2
4.3
5
38
11Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
1
12/30/1995
NFC Wild Card
@
13
29
44.8
155
5.3
4
33.6
3.4
13.8
2
11
12Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
1
12/31/1994
NFC Wild Card
@
17
35
48.6
199
5.7
0
75.8
2.9
0.0
4
24
13Erik Kramer
E. Kramer
1
1/8/1994
NFC Wild Card
vs
22
31
71.0
248
8.0
2
78.4
3.2
6.5
4
13
14Erik Kramer
E. Kramer
1
1/12/1992
NFC Championship
@
21
33
63.6
249
7.5
1
84.0
3.0
3.0
4
26
15Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
1
1/8/1983
NFC Wild Card
@
22
38
57.9
298
7.8
2
69.8
2.6
5.3
4
29
16Tobin Rote
T. Rote
1
12/22/1957
NFL Divisional
@
16
30
53.3
214
7.1
1
73.5
3.3
3.3
3
19
17Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1
12/27/1953
NFL Championship
vs
12
25
48.0
179
7.2
2
51.9
4.0
8.0
2
15

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4,564

Goff

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RUSH

1,223

Gibbs

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REC

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28.3

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OPP PPG

24.3

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RUSH YDS/G

120.1

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PASS YDS/G

268.6

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16

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