Five fun facts about quarterback Vinny Testaverde
Vinny Testaverde had a long career in the National Football League and ended up playing for seven different teams. He dressed as the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets (twice), New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys, and Carolina Panthers. When he retired, he had racked up quite a few miles. An interesting race like that had to have included some unique situations.
Here’s a look at five interesting facts about Vinny Testaverde.
#1 – Vinny Testaverde’s first career touchdown throw came in the third quarter of a 44-34 loss to the New Orleans Saints and went for 37 yards to Mark Carrier. Then, 274 TD passes later, he threw his final career touchdown pass in the fourth quarter of a 31-14 win over the San Francisco 49ers in 2007, while playing quarterback for the Carolina Panthers. . That was a one-yard touchdown pass to Jeff King.
#2 – In all of Vinny Testaverde’s years in the league, when it comes to which team threw the most TD passes, it’s a tie. He threw a total of 77 touchdown passes for both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Jets.
#3 – No player caught more touchdown passes from Vinny Testaverde than Michael Jackson. Jackson was a teammate of Testaverde on the Browns and then the Ravens after the team moved to Baltimore. During that time, he and Vinny teamed up for 29 plays that resulted in touchdowns.
#4 – Similar to number two, in all of Vinny’s years in the league, when it comes to which team he threw the most touchdown passes against, it’s once again a tie. He threw 23 touchdown passes against the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots.
#5 – Testaverde played for various teams throughout his long career and along the way compiled an impressive 275 touchdown passes. He started with the Buccaneers, to whom he threw 77 touchdown passes. He then went to Cleveland where he threw 47 before the Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens for whom Vinny threw another 51 touchdown throws. He then went to the Jets for the first of two seasons for which he threw a total of 77 TDs. He also threw 17 touchdown passes for Dallas, one for the Patriots and then five for the Panthers before hanging up for good.
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