youngest player to throw 4 touchdowns in a game

Fran Tarkenton is the youngest in a game with 4+ passing touchdowns. He was 21 years and 226 days old versus the Bears on September 17, 1961.

Interpreted as:
youngest player to throw 4 or more touchdowns in a regular-season game
NAMEAgeTDDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
21-226
4
9/17/1961
vs
17
23
73.9
250
10.9
0
148.6
17.4
0.0
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
21-288
5
11/22/2009
vs
26
43
60.5
422
9.8
2
112.7
11.6
4.7
2
6
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
21-303
4
12/3/1961
vs
21
30
70.0
252
8.4
1
121.1
13.3
3.3
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
21-317
4
12/17/1961
@
12
22
54.5
161
7.3
1
98.7
18.2
4.5
5Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
21-318
4
9/13/2015
@
13
15
86.7
209
13.9
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
24
6Jameis Winston
J. Winston
21-320
5
11/22/2015
@
19
29
65.5
246
8.5
0
131.6
17.2
0.0
1
8
7Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
21-322
4
1/2/1994
vs
27
43
62.8
329
7.7
1
107.6
9.3
2.3
0
0
8Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
22-009
4
11/8/2015
@
28
39
71.8
371
9.5
0
135.7
10.3
0.0
0
0
9Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
22-017
4
10/1/2017
vs
25
34
73.5
283
8.3
1
125.0
11.8
2.9
1
3
10Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
22-024
5
10/8/2017
vs
16
31
51.6
261
8.4
0
119.8
16.1
0.0
3
13
11C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
22-033
5
11/5/2023
vs
30
42
71.4
470
11.2
0
147.8
11.9
0.0
3
27
12Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
22-045
4
10/29/2017
@
19
30
63.3
402
13.4
3
106.9
13.3
10.0
5
35
13Ray Buivid
R. Buivid
22-112
5
12/5/1937
@
12
23
52.2
164
7.1
1
96.7
21.7
4.3
14Daniel Jones
D. Jones
22-153
4
10/27/2019
@
28
41
68.3
322
7.9
0
124.2
9.8
0.0
3
32
15Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
22-165
4
11/17/2019
@
19
30
63.3
293
9.8
1
121.3
13.3
3.3
2
8
16Daniel Jones
D. Jones
22-167
4
11/10/2019
@
26
40
65.0
308
7.7
0
121.7
10.0
0.0
6
50
17Joe Namath
J. Namath
22-174
4
11/21/1965
vs
17
26
65.4
221
8.5
1
115.5
15.4
3.8
18Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
22-202
4
9/4/1994
@
32
51
62.7
421
8.3
2
98.6
7.8
3.9
1
3
19Daniel Jones
D. Jones
22-209
5
12/22/2019
@
28
42
66.7
352
8.4
0
132.1
11.9
0.0
1
6
20Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
22-216
4
10/12/2020
@
20
34
58.8
264
7.8
0
122.7
11.8
0.0
3
25
21Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
22-244
5
9/8/2019
@
17
20
85.0
324
16.2
0
158.3
25.0
0.0
1
1
22Jameis Winston
J. Winston
22-249
4
9/11/2016
@
23
32
71.9
281
8.8
1
125.1
12.5
3.1
0
0
23Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
22-266
4
10/31/2010
vs
26
45
57.8
212
4.7
1
90.2
8.9
2.2
1
10
24Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
22-274
4
11/4/1962
@
13
21
61.9
273
13.0
1
125.5
19.0
4.8
25Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
22-280
4
11/18/2012
vs
14
15
93.3
200
13.3
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
8
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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