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Jalen Hurts has thrown nine career touchdowns on fourth down without an interception. Overall, he's 27-for-49 for 393 yards and a 121.0 passer rating on fourth quarter along with seven rushing touchdowns. Stathead tracks all 4th-down throws since 1977, and during that 49-year span no quarterback has thrown more 4th-down touchdowns without an interception.
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Hurts leads all QBs since 1977 with 9 fourth-down TDs and zero INTs.

Hurts has thrown nine career touchdowns on fourth down without an interception, the most since 1977 when Stathead began tracking; he is 27-for-49 for 393 yards and a 121.0 passer rating in fourth quarters with seven rushing touchdowns. Among 124 quarterbacks who've thrown at least 40 passes on fourth down, his 121.0 passer rating is 3rd-highest since 1977 behind only Joe Burrow (124.9) and Justin Herbert (122.4); his seven rushing TDs are 3rd-most behind Gerald Riggs (nine) and Frank Gore (eight). Overall he has 16 fourth-down touchdowns, behind only Drew Brees (21), Josh Allen (21), Matt Stafford (19), Eli Manning (17), and teammate Andy Dalton (17).

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