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List of Tennessee Titans starting quarterbacks
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These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). The Titans were the Houston Oilers from 1960 to 1996 and the Tennessee Oilers from 1997 to 1998.
Starting quarterbacks
The players are listed in order of the date of each one's first start at quarterback for the Titans. The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
Regular season
| Season(s) | Quarterback(s) | Houston Oilers}};color:white;border:2px solid #C60C30;text-align:center" | Houston Oilers 1960–1996 | Houston Oilers}};color:white;border:2px solid #C60C30;text-align:center" | Tennessee Oilers 1997–1998 | Tennessee Titans}}; color:white; border: 2px solid #0D254C" | Tennessee Titans 1999–present | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 (AFL) | George Blanda (11) / Jacky Lee (3) | |||||||
| 1961 (AFL) | George Blanda (11) / Jacky Lee (3) | |||||||
| 1962 (AFL) | George Blanda (14) | |||||||
| 1963 (AFL) | George Blanda (13) / Jacky Lee (1) | |||||||
| 1964 (AFL) | George Blanda (13) / Don Trull (1) | |||||||
| 1965 (AFL) | George Blanda (12) / Don Trull (2) | |||||||
| 1966 (AFL) | George Blanda (8) / Don Trull (5) / Buddy Humphrey (1) | |||||||
| 1967 (AFL) | Pete Beathard (9) / Jacky Lee (3) / Bob Davis (2) | |||||||
| 1968 (AFL) | Pete Beathard (7) / Don Trull (4) / Bob Davis (3) | |||||||
| 1969 (AFL) | Pete Beathard (10) / Don Trull (3) / Bob Davis (1) | |||||||
| 1970 | Charley Johnson (10) / Jerry Rhome (4) | |||||||
| 1971 | Dan Pastorini (8) / Charley Johnson (4) / Lynn Dickey (2) | |||||||
| 1972 | Dan Pastorini (12) / Kent Nix (2) | |||||||
| 1973 | Dan Pastorini (10) / Lynn Dickey (4) | |||||||
| 1974 | Dan Pastorini (10) / Lynn Dickey (4) | |||||||
| 1975 | Dan Pastorini (14) | |||||||
| 1976 | Dan Pastorini (10) / John Hadl (4) | |||||||
| 1977 | Dan Pastorini (12) / John Hadl (2) | |||||||
| 1978 | Dan Pastorini (16) | |||||||
| 1979 | Dan Pastorini (15) / Gifford Nielsen (1) | |||||||
| 1980 | Ken Stabler (16) | |||||||
| 1981 | Ken Stabler (12) / Gifford Nielsen (2) / John Reaves (2) | |||||||
| 1982 | Archie Manning (5) / Gifford Nielsen (4) | |||||||
| 1983 | Gifford Nielsen (7) / Oliver Luck (6) / Archie Manning (3) | |||||||
| 1984 | Warren Moon (16) | |||||||
| 1985 | Warren Moon (14) / Oliver Luck (2) | |||||||
| 1986 | Warren Moon (15) / Oliver Luck (1) | |||||||
| 1987 | Warren Moon (12) / Brent Pease (3) | |||||||
| 1988 | Warren Moon (11) / Cody Carlson (5) | |||||||
| 1989 | Warren Moon (16) | |||||||
| 1990 | Warren Moon (15) / Cody Carlson (1) | |||||||
| 1991 | Warren Moon (16) | |||||||
| 1992 | Warren Moon (10) / Cody Carlson (6) | |||||||
| 1993 | Warren Moon (14) / Cody Carlson (2) | |||||||
| 1994 | Billy Joe Tolliver (7) / Cody Carlson (5) / Bucky Richardson (4) | |||||||
| 1995 | Chris Chandler (13) / Steve McNair (2) / Will Furrer (1) | |||||||
| 1996 | Chris Chandler (12) / Steve McNair (4) | |||||||
| 1997 | Steve McNair (16) | |||||||
| 1998 | Steve McNair (16) | |||||||
| 1999 | Steve McNair (11) / Neil O'Donnell (5) | |||||||
| 2000 | Steve McNair (15) / Neil O'Donnell (1) | |||||||
| 2001 | Steve McNair (15) / Neil O'Donnell (1) | |||||||
| 2002 | Steve McNair (16) | |||||||
| 2003 | Steve McNair (14) / Billy Volek (1) / Neil O'Donnell (1) | |||||||
| 2004 | Steve McNair (8) / Billy Volek (8) | |||||||
| 2005 | Steve McNair (14) / Billy Volek (1) / Matt Mauck (1) | |||||||
| 2006 | Vince Young (13) / Kerry Collins (3) | |||||||
| 2007 | Vince Young (15) / Kerry Collins (1) | |||||||
| 2008 | Kerry Collins (15) / Vince Young (1) | |||||||
| 2009 | Vince Young (10) / Kerry Collins (6) | |||||||
| 2010 | Vince Young (8) / Kerry Collins (7) / Rusty Smith (1) | |||||||
| 2011 | Matt Hasselbeck (16) | |||||||
| 2012 | Jake Locker (11) / Matt Hasselbeck (5) | |||||||
| 2013 | Ryan Fitzpatrick (9) / Jake Locker (7) | |||||||
| 2014 | Zach Mettenberger (6) / Jake Locker (5) / Charlie Whitehurst (5) | |||||||
| 2015 | Marcus Mariota (12) / Zach Mettenberger (4) | |||||||
| 2016 | Marcus Mariota (15) / Matt Cassel (1) | |||||||
| 2017 | Marcus Mariota (15) / Matt Cassel (1) | |||||||
| 2018 | Marcus Mariota (13) / Blaine Gabbert (3) | |||||||
| 2019 | Ryan Tannehill (10) / Marcus Mariota (6) | |||||||
| 2020 | Ryan Tannehill (16) | |||||||
| 2021 | Ryan Tannehill (17) | |||||||
| 2022 | Ryan Tannehill (12) / Malik Willis (3) / Joshua Dobbs (2) | |||||||
| 2023 | Will Levis (9) / Ryan Tannehill (8) | |||||||
| 2024 | Will Levis (12) / Mason Rudolph (5) | |||||||
| 2025 | Cam Ward (17) |
Postseason
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have at least 40 starts for the Oilers/Titans in regular season games.
| Name | GP | GS | W | L | T | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games played | ||||||
| Games started | ||||||
| Number of wins as starting quarterback | ||||||
| Number of losses as starting quarterback | ||||||
| Number of ties as starting quarterback | ||||||
| Winning percentage as starting quarterback |
| Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | Name | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | Period | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | GP | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | GS | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | W | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | L | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | T | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–1993 | 141 | 139 | 70 | 69 | — | .504 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2005 | 139 | 131 | 76 | 55 | — | .580 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1979 | 125 | 107 | 53 | 54 | — | .495 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1966 | 98 | 82 | 44 | 38 | — | .537 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | 67 | 63 | 39 | 24 | — | .619 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | 63 | 61 | 29 | 32 | — | .475 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | 54 | 47 | 30 | 17 | — | .638 |
Team career passing records
These quarterbacks have over 10,000 career passing yards with the Oilers/Titans in regular season games.
| Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | Name | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | Comp | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | Att | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | % | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | Yds | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | TD | Tennessee Titans | border=2}};" | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,632 | 4,546 | 57.9 | 33,685 | 196 | 166 | |||||||||||||||
| 2,305 | 3,871 | 59.5 | 27,141 | 156 | 103 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,426 | 2,768 | 51.5 | 16,864 | 96 | 139 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,347 | 2,784 | 48.4 | 19,149 | 165 | 189 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,234 | 1,853 | 66.6 | 14,447 | 93 | 40 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,110 | 1,764 | 62.9 | 13,183 | 76 | 44 |
References
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