who threw the first touchdown in nfl history

Bronko Nagurski made 2 touchdown passes in the 1933 NFL championship game versus the Giants on December 17, 1933.

Interpreted as:
Who threw the first touchdown in a game in NFL history?
NAMEDATETDTMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
12/17/1933
2
CHB CHB
vs
NYG NYG
2
2
100.0
42
21.0
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
2Harry Newman
H. Newman
12/17/1933
2
NYG NYG
@
CHB CHB
13
19
68.4
209
11.0
1
118.1
10.5
5.3
3Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
12/9/1934
1
NYG NYG
vs
CHB CHB
6
11
54.5
83
7.5
2
69.7
9.1
18.2
4Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
12/15/1935
1
NYG NYG
@
DET DET
4
7
57.1
88
12.6
1
101.8
14.3
14.3
5Arnie Herber
A. Herber
12/13/1936
2
GB GB
@
BOS BOS
6
14
42.9
129
9.2
1
86.0
14.3
7.1
0
0
6Ray Buivid
R. Buivid
12/5/1937
5
CHB CHB
@
CHC CHC
12
23
52.2
164
7.1
1
96.7
21.7
4.3
7Pat Coffee
P. Coffee
12/5/1937
3
CHC CHC
vs
CHB CHB
15
33
45.5
306
9.3
2
83.6
9.1
6.1
8Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
12/12/1937
3
WAS WAS
@
CHB CHB
18
33
54.5
335
10.2
1
107.5
9.1
3.0
1
26
9Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
12/12/1937
2
CHB CHB
vs
WAS WAS
4
18
22.2
130
7.2
2
54.6
11.1
11.1
1
7
10Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
12/11/1938
2
NYG NYG
vs
GB GB
7
11
63.6
74
6.7
0
122.7
18.2
0.0
0
0
11Arnie Herber
A. Herber
12/11/1938
1
GB GB
@
NYG NYG
5
14
35.7
123
8.8
0
92.3
7.1
0.0
0
0
12Arnie Herber
A. Herber
12/10/1939
1
GB GB
vs
NYG NYG
5
8
62.5
62
7.8
3
86.5
12.5
37.5
0
0
13Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
12/10/1939
1
GB GB
vs
NYG NYG
2
2
100.0
37
18.5
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
1
6
14Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
12/1/1940
1
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
33
60
55.0
316
5.3
0
75.4
1.7
0.0
15Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
12/8/1940
1
CHB CHB
@
WAS WAS
3
4
75.0
88
22.0
0
156.3
25.0
0.0
0
0
16Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
12/14/1941
1
GB GB
@
CHB CHB
8
19
42.1
107
5.6
0
78.2
5.3
0.0
17Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
12/21/1941
1
NYG NYG
@
CHB CHB
3
9
33.3
73
8.1
3
61.1
11.1
33.3
18Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
11/1/1942
5
GB GB
vs
CHC CHC
10
21
47.6
333
15.9
1
113.6
23.8
4.8
19Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
12/13/1942
1
WAS WAS
vs
CHB CHB
5
13
38.5
65
5.0
2
41.0
7.7
15.4
0
0
20Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
10/17/1943
4
WAS WAS
@
GB GB
16
29
55.2
146
5.0
2
79.9
13.8
6.9
21Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
10/31/1943
6
WAS WAS
@
BKN
16
28
57.1
376
13.4
3
101.8
21.4
10.7
22Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
11/14/1943
7
CHB CHB
@
NYG NYG
21
32
65.6
433
13.5
1
135.4
21.9
3.1
23Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
11/14/1943
4
WAS WAS
vs
DET DET
18
30
60.0
180
6.0
2
88.9
13.3
6.7
24Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
11/28/1943
4
CHB CHB
@
CHC CHC
10
21
47.6
241
11.5
2
89.6
19.0
9.5
25Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
12/19/1943
1
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
16
21
76.2
199
9.5
2
81.3
4.8
9.5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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