most passing touchdowns in a quarterback's first game

Frank Filchock had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first game, with 5 touchdowns versus the Eagles on October 8, 1944.

NAMETDDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
5
10/8/1944
@
25
33
75.8
291
8.8
0
141.5
15.2
0.0
2Will Levis
W. Levis
4
10/29/2023
vs
19
29
65.5
238
8.2
0
130.5
13.8
0.0
2
12
3Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
4
9/13/2015
@
13
15
86.7
209
13.9
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
24
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
4
9/17/1961
vs
17
23
73.9
250
10.9
0
148.6
17.4
0.0
5John Roach
J. Roach
4
9/23/1960
@
6
13
46.2
205
15.8
1
100.2
30.8
7.7
6Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
4
12/11/1949
vs
6
10
60.0
152
15.2
0
143.8
40.0
0.0
7Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
4
10/23/1949
vs
8
15
53.3
273
18.2
0
138.2
26.7
0.0
8Paul Christman
P. Christman
4
10/13/1946
@
20
33
60.6
263
8.0
2
100.1
12.1
6.1
9Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
3
9/12/2021
@
28
51
54.9
332
6.5
3
70.1
5.9
5.9
1
13
10Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
3
11/1/2018
vs
16
22
72.7
262
11.9
0
151.9
13.6
0.0
0
0
11Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3
11/27/2005
@
19
30
63.3
310
10.3
1
117.4
10.0
3.3
5
22
12Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
3
10/13/2002
vs
14
21
66.7
186
8.9
0
134.1
14.3
0.0
3
22
13Todd Marinovich
T. Marinovich
3
12/22/1991
vs
23
40
57.5
243
6.1
0
100.3
7.5
0.0
0
0
14Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
3
9/25/1988
@
26
41
63.4
303
7.4
1
99.9
7.3
2.4
4
21
15John Fourcade
J. Fourcade
3
10/4/1987
vs
16
21
76.2
222
10.6
1
129.4
14.3
4.8
1
27
16Kevin Sweeney
K. Sweeney
3
10/4/1987
@
6
14
42.9
139
9.9
1
89.0
21.4
7.1
2
7
17Mike Hohensee
M. Hohensee
3
10/4/1987
@
12
22
54.5
157
7.1
1
97.9
13.6
4.5
0
0
18Ed Rubbert
E. Rubbert
3
10/4/1987
vs
14
24
58.3
334
13.9
1
125.0
12.5
4.2
0
0
19Jim Everett
J. Everett
3
11/16/1986
vs
12
19
63.2
193
10.2
0
136.6
15.8
0.0
1
6
20Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3
9/7/1986
vs
20
33
60.6
292
8.8
0
119.8
9.1
0.0
1
3
21Otto Graham
O. Graham
3
9/16/1950
@
21
38
55.3
346
9.1
2
90.5
7.9
5.3
22Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
3
10/31/1948
vs
28
53
52.8
406
7.7
2
81.2
5.7
3.8
23Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
3
11/16/1947
vs
15
24
62.5
317
13.2
2
111.1
12.5
8.3
24J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy
2
9/8/2025
@
13
20
65.0
143
7.2
1
98.5
10.0
5.0
3
9
25Tanner McKee
T. McKee
2
12/29/2024
vs
3
4
75.0
54
13.5
0
156.3
50.0
0.0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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