who was the first quarterback to pass for 20 touchdowns and under 10 interceptions in a single season

Milt Plum had 250 passing attempts when scoring 20+ passing touchdowns and throwing <10 interceptions in 1960.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first quarterback to pass for 20 or more passing touchdowns and under 10 passing interceptions in a single season?
NAMEATTTDINTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Milt Plum
M. Plum
250
21
5
1960
CLE CLE
12
151
60.4
2,297
9.2
191.4
110.4
8.4
2.0
2Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
312
20
9
1965
CHI CHI
14
176
56.4
2,641
8.5
188.6
93.7
6.4
2.9
3Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
399
24
7
1969
LA LA
14
217
54.4
2,549
6.4
182.1
86.8
6.0
1.8
14
112
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
409
23
8
1969
NYG NYG
14
220
53.8
2,918
7.1
208.4
87.2
5.6
2.0
36
289
5Jim Hart
J. Hart
388
20
8
1974
STL STL
14
200
51.5
2,411
6.2
172.2
79.5
5.2
2.1
16
134
6Bert Jones
B. Jones
343
24
9
1976
BAL BAL
14
207
60.3
3,104
9.0
221.7
102.5
7.0
2.6
29
284
7Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
432
22
5
1983
ATL ATL
14
274
63.4
3,167
7.3
226.2
97.6
5.1
1.2
51
348
8Dan Marino
D. Marino
296
20
6
1983
MIA MIA
11
173
58.4
2,210
7.5
200.9
96.0
6.8
2.0
10
80
9Tony Eason
T. Eason
431
23
8
1984
NE NE
16
259
60.1
3,228
7.5
201.8
93.4
5.3
1.9
59
409
10Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
488
25
8
1985
NYJ NYJ
16
297
60.9
3,888
8.0
243.0
96.2
5.1
1.6
62
399
11Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
389
22
9
1987
CLE CLE
12
241
62.0
3,033
7.8
252.8
95.4
5.7
2.3
22
129
12Joe Montana
J. Montana
386
26
8
1989
SF SF
13
271
70.2
3,521
9.1
270.8
112.4
6.7
2.1
33
198
13Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
444
23
4
1990
KC KC
16
258
58.1
3,444
7.8
215.3
96.3
5.2
0.9
22
191
14Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
346
24
9
1990
BUF BUF
14
219
63.3
2,829
8.2
202.1
101.2
6.9
2.6
20
158
15Steve Young
S. Young
402
25
7
1992
SF SF
16
268
66.7
3,465
8.6
216.6
107.0
6.2
1.7
29
152
16Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
342
20
7
1997
ATL ATL
14
202
59.1
2,692
7.9
192.3
95.1
5.8
2.0
39
261
17Jeff George
J. George
521
29
9
1997
OAK OAK
16
290
55.7
3,917
7.5
244.8
91.2
5.6
1.7
58
430
18Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
354
20
9
1998
JAX JAX
13
208
58.8
2,601
7.3
200.1
89.9
5.6
2.5
28
172
19Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
421
29
7
1998
NYJ NYJ
14
259
61.5
3,256
7.7
232.6
101.6
6.9
1.7
19
140
20Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
549
27
9
2001
OAK OAK
16
361
65.8
3,828
7.0
239.3
95.5
4.9
1.6
27
155
21Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
451
22
6
2002
TB TB
13
281
62.3
3,049
6.8
234.5
92.9
4.9
1.3
21
121
22Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
399
22
6
2002
NYJ NYJ
15
275
68.9
3,120
7.8
208.0
104.2
5.5
1.5
22
135
23Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
518
24
8
2003
NO NO
16
306
59.1
3,546
6.8
221.6
88.8
4.6
1.5
34
195
24Steve McNair
S. McNair
400
24
7
2003
TEN TEN
14
250
62.5
3,215
8.0
229.6
100.4
6.0
1.8
19
108
25Drew Brees
D. Brees
400
27
7
2004
SD SD
15
262
65.5
3,159
7.9
210.6
104.8
6.8
1.8
18
131
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