youngest qb to start a week 1 game since 1979

Since 1979, Michael Vick is the youngest quarterback in a Week-1 game. He was 21 years and 75 days old versus the 49ers on September 9, 2001.

	NAME	AGE	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Michael Vick M. Vick	21-075	9/9/2001	ATL	@	SF	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
2	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	21-097	9/10/2018	NYJ	@	DET	16	21	76.2	198	9.4	2	1	116.8	9.5	4.8	2	18
3	Anthony Richardson Sr. A. Richardson Sr.	21-111	9/10/2023	IND	vs	JAX	24	37	64.9	223	6.0	1	1	79.0	2.7	2.7	4	8
4	Trey Lance T. Lance	21-126	9/12/2021	SF	@	DET	1	1	100.0	5	5.0	1	0	127.1	100.0	0.0	0	0
5	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	21-203	9/5/1993	NE	@	BUF	14	30	46.7	148	4.9	2	1	69.9	6.7	3.3	3	13
6	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	21-218	9/13/2009	DET	@	NO	16	37	43.2	205	5.5	0	3	27.4	0.0	8.1	1	7
7	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	21-245	9/9/2018	BAL	vs	BUF	1	4	25.0	24	6.0	0	0	52.1	0.0	0.0	1	8
8	DeShone Kizer D. Kizer	21-250	9/10/2017	CLE	vs	PIT	20	30	66.7	222	7.4	1	1	85.7	3.3	3.3	7	42
9	Jameis Winston J. Winston	21-250	9/13/2015	TB	vs	TEN	16	33	48.5	210	6.4	2	2	64.0	6.1	6.1	4	29
10	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	21-318	9/13/2015	TEN	@	TB	13	15	86.7	209	13.9	4	0	158.3	26.7	0.0	2	24
11	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	21-341	9/12/2021	JAX	@	HOU	28	51	54.9	332	6.5	3	3	70.1	5.9	5.9	1	13
12	C.J. Stroud	21-342	9/10/2023	HOU	@	BAL	28	44	63.6	242	5.5	0	0	78.0	0.0	0.0	5	46
13	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	21-361	9/10/2017	HOU	vs	JAX	12	23	52.2	102	4.4	1	1	60.4	4.3	4.3	4	21
14	Mike Pagel M. Pagel	21-364	9/12/1982	BAL	vs	NE	7	15	46.7	71	4.7	0	1	32.9	0.0	6.7	1	8
15	Dan Manucci D. Manucci	21-364	9/2/1979	BUF	vs	MIA	0	0		0		0	0
16	Tommy Maddox T. Maddox	22-003	9/5/1993	DEN	@	NYJ	0	0		0		0	0				0	0
17	Kyler Murray K. Murray	22-032	9/8/2019	ARI	vs	DET	29	54	53.7	308	5.7	2	1	75.2	3.7	1.9	5	33
18	Zach Wilson Z. Wilson	22-040	9/12/2021	NYJ	@	CAR	20	37	54.1	258	7.0	2	1	82.9	5.4	2.7	6	51
19	Tim Couch T. Couch	22-043	9/12/1999	CLE	vs	PIT	0	3	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	33.3	1	7
20	Bryce Young B. Young	22-047	9/10/2023	CAR	@	ATL	20	38	52.6	146	3.8	1	2	48.8	2.6	5.3	2	19
21	Michael Vick M. Vick	22-074	9/8/2002	ATL	@	GB	15	23	65.2	209	9.1	1	0	108.8	4.3	0.0	4	15
22	Kyle Boller K. Boller	22-082	9/7/2003	BAL	@	PIT	22	43	51.2	152	3.5	1	1	57.5	2.3	2.3	2	9
23	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	22-095	9/8/2019	NYJ	vs	BUF	28	41	68.3	175	4.3	1	0	84.9	2.4	0.0	4	20
24	Daniel Jones D. Jones	22-104	9/8/2019	NYG	@	DAL	3	4	75.0	17	4.3	0	0	82.3	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Anthony Richardson Sr. A. Richardson Sr.	22-109	9/8/2024	IND	vs	HOU	9	19	47.4	212	11.2	2	1	101.2	10.5	5.3	2	13

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