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 1960–1996 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) Tennessee Oilers 1997–1998 1997 Steve McNair (16) 1998 Steve McNair (16) Tennessee Titans 1999–present 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)2021Ryan Tannehill (17)2022Ryan Tannehill (12) / Malik Willis (3) / Joshua Dobbs (2)2023Will Levis (9) / Ryan Tannehill (8)2024Will Levis (12) / Mason Rudolph (5)2025Cam Ward (17)2026Cam Ward (3)
Postseason 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 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 % 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. Name Comp Att % Yds TD 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
See also Lists of NFL starting quarterbacks
References Tennessee Titans Franchise Encyclopedia