steeleers player most passing touchdown in a season by rookie

Ben Roethlisberger has the most passing touchdowns by a rookie for the Steelers, with 17 touchdowns in 2004.

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	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	17	2004	PIT	14	196	295	66.4	2,621	8.9	187.2	11	98.1	5.8	3.7	30	213
2	Mason Rudolph M. Rudolph	13	2019	PIT	10	176	283	62.2	1,765	6.2	176.5	9	82.0	4.6	3.2	15	124
3	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	11	1991	PIT	12	156	286	54.5	1,963	6.9	163.6	7	78.8	3.8	2.4	30	214
4	Terry Hanratty T. Hanratty	8	1969	PIT	8	52	126	41.3	716	5.7	89.5	13	41.7	6.3	10.3	20	168
5	Kent Nix K. Nix	8	1967	PIT	12	136	268	50.7	1,587	5.9	132.3	19	49.5	3.0	7.1
6	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	7	2022	PIT	13	245	389	63.0	2,404	6.2	184.9	9	76.7	1.8	2.3	27	182
7	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	6	1970	PIT	13	83	218	38.1	1,410	6.5	108.5	24	30.4	2.8	11.0	25	242
8	Devlin Hodges D. Hodges	5	2019	PIT	8	100	160	62.5	1,063	6.6	132.9	8	71.4	3.1	5.0	15	102
9	Joe Geri J. Geri	5	1949	PIT	12	31	77	40.3	554	7.2	46.2	5	60.2	6.5	6.5
10	Ray Evans R. Evans	5	1948	PIT	9	64	137	46.7	924	6.7	102.7	17	41.7	3.6	12.4
11	Landry Jones L. Jones	3	2015	PIT	7	32	55	58.2	513	9.3	73.3	4	77.3	5.5	7.3	2	17
12	Chuck Ortmann C. Ortmann	3	1951	PIT	12	56	139	40.3	671	4.8	55.9	13	24.0	2.2	9.4
13	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	3	1938	PIT	6	30	74	40.5	392	5.3	65.3	7	32.0	4.1	9.5
14	Jim Miller J. Miller	2	1995	PIT	3	32	56	57.1	397	7.1	132.3	5	53.9	3.6	8.9	2	8
15	Cliff Stoudt C. Stoudt	2	1980	PIT	6	32	60	53.3	493	8.2	82.2	2	78.0	3.3	3.3	4	19
16	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	2	1951	PIT	12	15	31	48.4	208	6.7	17.3	0	91.9	6.5	0.0
17	Jim Finks J. Finks	2	1949	PIT	11	24	71	33.8	322	4.5	29.3	8	19.0	2.8	11.3
18	Bobby Gage B. Gage	2	1949	PIT	12	17	36	47.2	329	9.1	27.4	4	58.4	5.6	11.1
19	Bill Dudley B. Dudley	2	1942	PIT	11	35	94	37.2	438	4.7	39.8	5	37.5	2.1	5.3
20	Hugh McCullough H. McCullough	2	1939	PIT	10	32	100	32.0	443	4.4	44.3	12	14.3	2.0	12.0
21	Coley McDonough C. McDonough	2	1939	PIT	7	15	38	39.5	292	7.7	41.7	6	45.0	5.3	15.8
22	Whizzer White W. White	2	1938	PIT	11	29	73	39.7	393	5.4	35.7	18	27.2	2.7	24.7
23	Johnny Gildea J. Gildea	2	1935	PIT	12	28	105	26.7	529	5.0	44.1	20	14.8	1.9	19.0
24	Warren Heller W. Heller	2	1934	PIT	12	31	112	27.7	511	4.6	42.6	15	12.5	1.8	13.4
25	Kordell Stewart K. Stewart	1	1995	PIT	10	5	7	71.4	60	8.6	6.0	0	136.9	14.3	0.0	1	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

999

Rodgers

RUSH

309

Warren

REC

213

Metcalf

Team Rankings

PPG

19.3

23rd

OPP PPG

21.8

14th

RUSH YDS/G

94.8

22nd

PASS YDS/G

249.8

14th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Browns	3	1	.750
Ravens	3	1	.750
Steelers	2	2	.500
Bengals	2	2	.500

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/11	IND	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	PIT	@	TB	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	PIT	@	NO	9:30 AM
Sun 11/1	CLE	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	PIT	@	CIN	8:20 PM

Last Game

Steelers

2 - 2

Final

Browns

3 - 1

Thu 1 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,268

Young

1,214

Goff

1,203

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

537

Walker

494

Robinson

421

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

498

Lamb

491

Olave

481

Smith-Njigba

Pass TD Leaders

11

Purdy

11

Cousins

9

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

7

Henry

6

Taylor

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

Lawrence

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

303.5

300.8

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

94

Gibbs

91.4

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

75.2

Lamb

60.3

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

48.4

Kittle

39.2

Johnson

36.6

Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

52

Reichard

47

McPherson

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3-1

1-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000