List of Tennessee Titans starting quarterbacks
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. The Titans were the Houston Oilers from 1960 to 1996 and the Tennessee Oilers from 1997 to 1998.
Starting quarterbacks
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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
[edit]Postseason
[edit]| Season | Quarterback(s) |
|---|---|
| 1960 (AFL) | George Blanda (1–0) |
| 1961 (AFL) | George Blanda (1–0) |
| 1962 (AFL) | George Blanda (0–1) |
| 1967 (AFL) | Pete Beathard (0–1) |
| 1969 (AFL) | Pete Beathard (0–1) |
| 1978 | Dan Pastorini (2–1) |
| 1979 | Gifford Nielsen (1–0) |
| Dan Pastorini (1–1) | |
| 1980 | Ken Stabler (0–1) |
| 1987 | Warren Moon (1–1) |
| 1988 | Warren Moon (1–1) |
| 1989 | Warren Moon (0–1) |
| 1990 | Cody Carlson (0–1) |
| 1991 | Warren Moon (1–1) |
| 1992 | Warren Moon (0–1) |
| 1993 | Warren Moon (0–1) |
| 1999 | Steve McNair (3–1) |
| 2000 | Steve McNair (0–1) |
| 2002 | Steve McNair (1–1) |
| 2003 | Steve McNair (1–1) |
| 2007 | Vince Young (0–1) |
| 2008 | Kerry Collins (0–1) |
| 2017 | Marcus Mariota (1–1) |
| 2019 | Ryan Tannehill (2-1) |
| 2020 | Ryan Tannehill (0-1) |
| 2021 | Ryan Tannehill (0-1) |
Most games as starting quarterback
[edit]These quarterbacks have at least 40 starts for the Oilers/Titans in regular season games.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| GP | Games played |
| GS | Games started |
| W | Number of wins as starting quarterback |
| L | Number of losses as starting quarterback |
| T | Number of ties as starting quarterback |
| Pct | Winning percentage as starting quarterback |
| Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Moon | 1984–1993 | 141 | 139 | 70 | 69 | — | .504 |
| Steve McNair | 1995–2005 | 139 | 131 | 76 | 55 | — | .580 |
| Dan Pastorini | 1971–1979 | 125 | 107 | 53 | 54 | — | .495 |
| George Blanda | 1960–1966 | 98 | 82 | 44 | 38 | — | .537 |
| Ryan Tannehill | 2019–2023 | 67 | 63 | 39 | 24 | — | .619 |
| Marcus Mariota | 2015–2019 | 63 | 61 | 29 | 32 | — | .475 |
| Vince Young | 2006–2010 | 54 | 47 | 30 | 17 | — | .638 |
Team career passing records
[edit]These quarterbacks have over 10,000 career passing yards with the Oilers/Titans in regular season games.
| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Moon | 2,632 | 4,546 | 57.9 | 33,685 | 196 | 166 |
| Steve McNair | 2,305 | 3,871 | 59.5 | 27,141 | 156 | 103 |
| Dan Pastorini | 1,426 | 2,768 | 51.5 | 16,864 | 96 | 139 |
| George Blanda | 1,347 | 2,784 | 48.4 | 19,149 | 165 | 189 |
| Ryan Tannehill | 1,234 | 1,853 | 66.6 | 14,447 | 93 | 40 |
| Marcus Mariota | 1,110 | 1,764 | 62.9 | 13,183 | 76 | 44 |