Eli Manning Becomes The First QB To Lose 100 Starts With One Team

by Chase Stuart on November 24, 2017

in Data Dump, History, Statgeekery

One of the very first trivia questions posted at Football Perspective was about the first quarterback to lose 100 games as a starter. You might have thought that the answer was Archie Manning (35-101-3 career record), but he only had the worst record of all-time; he wasn’t the first to get to 100 losses (answer in the original post). (Actually, that post now appears to have been wrong. At some point since 2012, PFR has updated the career record of Norm Snead from 52-99-7 to 52-100-7. The extra start came in 1965, specifically this game against the Browns; five years ago, PFR had King Hill starting that game; now it had Snead — who went 0/1 — as the starter.

Well, last night, Archie’s son set another record. With the Giants loss to the Redskins on Thanksgiving, Eli Manning became the first quarterback in NFL history to lose 100 starts with a single team. The table below shows all quarterbacks with at least 70 losses with one team, through November 24, 2017:

Quarterback	Team	First Yr	Last Yr	QB W	QB L	QB T
Eli Manning	NYG	2016	2017	110	100	0
Brett Favre	GNB	2007	2007	160	93	0
Dan Marino	MIA	1999	1999	147	93	0
Archie Manning	NOR	1981	1981	35	91	3
Jim Hart	CRD	1983	1983	87	88	5
Joe Ferguson	BUF	1984	1984	77	86	0
Philip Rivers	SDG	2016	2016	102	85	0
Dan Fouts	SDG	1987	1987	86	84	1
John Elway	DEN	1998	1998	148	82	1
Ken Anderson	CIN	1986	1986	91	81	0
John Brodie	SFO	1973	1973	73	76	8
Drew Brees	NOR	2016	2017	109	75	0
Fran Tarkenton	MIN	1978	1978	91	73	6
Troy Aikman	DAL	2000	2000	94	71	0

As for Manning, Manning became the 8th quarterback in NFL history to lose 100 games in his career.

Quarterback	First Yr	Last Yr	QB W	QB L	QB T
Vinny Testaverde	1987	2007	90	123	1
Brett Favre	1991	2010	186	112	0
Fran Tarkenton	1961	1978	124	109	6
Drew Brees	2001	2017	139	103	0
Warren Moon	1984	2000	102	101	0
Archie Manning	1971	1984	35	101	3
Eli Manning	2004	2017	110	100	0
Norm Snead	1961	1976	50	100	7
Kerry Collins	1995	2011	80	99	0
Drew Bledsoe	1993	2006	98	95	0
Dan Marino	1983	1999	147	93	0
Boomer Esiason	1984	1997	80	93	0
Joe Ferguson	1973	1990	79	92	0
Jim Everett	1986	1997	63	89	0
Carson Palmer	2004	2017	86	88	1
Jim Hart	1966	1984	87	88	5
Steve DeBerg	1978	1998	53	86	1
Philip Rivers	2004	2017	102	85	0
Chris Chandler	1988	2004	67	85	0
Dan Fouts	1973	1987	86	84	1
John Elway	1983	1998	148	82	1
Ken Anderson	1971	1986	91	81	0
Peyton Manning	1998	2015	186	79	0
Jeff George	1990	2001	46	78	0
Dave Krieg	1980	1998	98	77	0
Jay Cutler	2006	2017	72	76	0
John Brodie	1957	1973	73	76	8
Matt Hasselbeck	1999	2015	85	75	0
John Hadl	1962	1977	82	75	9

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