most touchdowns by quarterback in first game

Frank Filchock had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first game, with 5 touchdowns against the Eagles on October 8, 1944.

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns by quarterback in first game
NAME TD DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
5
10/8/1944
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
25
33
75.8
291
8.8
0
141.5
15.2
0.0
2 Will Levis
W. Levis
4
10/29/2023
TEN TEN
vs
ATL ATL
19
29
65.5
238
8.2
0
130.5
13.8
0.0
2
12
3 Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
4
9/13/2015
TEN TEN
@
TB TB
13
15
86.7
209
13.9
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
24
4 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
4
9/17/1961
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
17
23
73.9
250
10.9
0
148.6
17.4
0.0
5 John Roach
J. Roach
4
9/23/1960
STL STL
@
LA LA
6
13
46.2
205
15.8
1
100.2
30.8
7.7
6 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
4
12/11/1949
LA LA
vs
WAS WAS
6
10
60.0
152
15.2
0
143.8
40.0
0.0
7 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
4
10/23/1949
NYG NYG
vs
CHB CHB
8
15
53.3
273
18.2
0
138.2
26.7
0.0
8 Paul Christman
P. Christman
4
10/13/1946
CHC CHC
@
DET DET
20
33
60.6
263
8.0
2
100.1
12.1
6.1
9 Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
3
9/12/2021
JAX JAX
@
HOU HOU
28
51
54.9
332
6.5
3
70.1
5.9
5.9
1
13
10 Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
3
11/1/2018
SF SF
vs
OAK OAK
16
22
72.7
262
11.9
0
151.9
13.6
0.0
0
0
11 Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3
11/27/2005
STL STL
@
HOU HOU
19
30
63.3
310
10.3
1
117.4
10.0
3.3
5
22
12 Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
3
10/13/2002
STL STL
vs
OAK OAK
14
21
66.7
186
8.9
0
134.1
14.3
0.0
3
22
13 Todd Marinovich
T. Marinovich
3
12/22/1991
RAI RAI
vs
KC KC
23
40
57.5
243
6.1
0
100.3
7.5
0.0
0
0
14 Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
3
9/25/1988
WAS WAS
@
PHX PHX
26
41
63.4
303
7.4
1
99.9
7.3
2.4
4
21
15 John Fourcade
J. Fourcade
3
10/4/1987
NO NO
vs
RAM RAM
16
21
76.2
222
10.6
1
129.4
14.3
4.8
1
27
16 Kevin Sweeney
K. Sweeney
3
10/4/1987
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
6
14
42.9
139
9.9
1
89.0
21.4
7.1
2
7
17 Mike Hohensee
M. Hohensee
3
10/4/1987
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
12
22
54.5
157
7.1
1
97.9
13.6
4.5
0
0
18 Ed Rubbert
E. Rubbert
3
10/4/1987
WAS WAS
vs
STL STL
14
24
58.3
334
13.9
1
125.0
12.5
4.2
0
0
19 Jim Everett
J. Everett
3
11/16/1986
RAM RAM
vs
NE NE
12
19
63.2
193
10.2
0
136.6
15.8
0.0
1
6
20 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3
9/7/1986
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
20
33
60.6
292
8.8
0
119.8
9.1
0.0
1
3
21 Otto Graham
O. Graham
3
9/16/1950
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
21
38
55.3
346
9.1
2
90.5
7.9
5.3
22 Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
3
10/31/1948
LA LA
vs
CHC CHC
28
53
52.8
406
7.7
2
81.2
5.7
3.8
23 Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
3
11/16/1947
DET DET
vs
WAS WAS
15
24
62.5
317
13.2
2
111.1
12.5
8.3
24 J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy
2
9/8/2025
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
13
20
65.0
143
7.2
1
98.5
10.0
5.0
3
9
25 Tanner McKee
T. McKee
2
12/29/2024
PHI PHI
vs
DAL DAL
3
4
75.0
54
13.5
0
156.3
50.0
0.0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
1
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
1
1
0
.500
Giants Giants
0
1
0
.000
Cowboys Cowboys
0
1
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/21
LV LV
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Last Game
GB Packers

2 - 0 - 0

27

Final

18

WAS Commanders

1 - 1 - 0

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
1
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
1
1
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
0
0
1.000
Vikings Vikings
1
0
0
1.000
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
1
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
0
1
0
.000
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
1
0
0
1.000
Cardinals Cardinals
1
0
0
1.000
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
1
0
0
1.000
Jets Jets
0
1
0
.000
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
1
0
0
1.000
Steelers Steelers
1
0
0
1.000
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
1
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
1
0
0
1.000
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
1
0
0
1.000
Broncos Broncos
1
0
0
1.000

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/14
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
9/14
DEN DEN
@
IND IND
4:05 PM
Sun
9/14
PHI PHI
@
KC KC
4:25 PM
Sun
9/14
ATL ATL
@
MIN MIN
8:20 PM
Mon
9/15
TB TB
@
HOU HOU
7:00 PM