by Chase Stuart
on July 30, 2014
Can you name the two quarterbacks with the most losses in a single season?
Trivia hint 1
Select Show
Each quarterback lost 15 games.
Trivia hint 2
Select Show
One came in 1991; the other in 1980.
Trivia hint 3
Select Show
Both were top-three draft picks, but this was not during either player’s rookie season.
What about the quarterback with the most losses
during his rookie year ?
Trivia hint 2
Select Show
After going 1-14 as a rookie, he started just five more games in his career, going 1-4.
Trivia hint 3
Select Show
His final victory came in a game where the team used a running back at quarterback for stretches, and threw just seven passes all game.
What about the most losses during a player’s first
two seasons ? Two men have done that, but I’ll only be giving hints for one of them.
Trivia hint 1
Select Show
The quarterback went 3-23.
Trivia hint 2
Select Show
He was a 10th round pick in 1977.
Trivia hint 3
Select Show
Despite the ugly start, he managed to stick around for long enough to lose a start at age 44.
The other player with 23 losses is also the only player to lose more than 30 starts in his first three seasons.
Trivia hint 1
Select Show
The years were 1984 to 1986.
Trivia hint 3
Select Show
He should not have gone undrafted.
Click 'Show' for the Answer
Select Show
After
six years in Canada ,
Warren Moon joined a terrible Houston Oilers team, and it showed. He went 3-13, 4-10, and 5-10 in his first three seasons in Houston. The Oilers, mind you, went 3-22 in 1982 and 1983 before Moon’s arrival.
Finally, the same quarterback is the record-holder for most losses in a quarterback’s first four and first five seasons. No hints this time.
Click 'Show' for the Answer
Select Show
David Carr. Carr went 22-53 in his first five seasons. His 43 losses through four years is also the most in NFL history.
{ }
