The Los Angeles Chargers beat the Denver Broncos 19-16 in overtime on Monday Night Football in Week 6 of the 2022 NFL season on October 17. While the Chargers began the game underwhelmingly, they managed to make a comeback, which was completed when kicker Dustin Hopkins converted his fourth field goal in the game in overtime, essentially winning the game.
However, while Hopkins turned into the star of the night, quarterback Justin Herbert struggled in the game as he failed to deliver any passing touchdowns against the Denver Broncos.
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The 24-year-old registered 37 successful passes out of 57 attempts for 238 yards with 0 passing touchdowns. He was also sacked twice in the game and was intercepted by Denver Broncos’ Baron Browning once.
It was the second time in the 2022 NFL season that a player threw at least 57 passes but did not register a single touchdown. The only other time this happened in the ongoing season was when Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray threw 58 passes against the Los Angeles Rams on September 26, without a single touchdown.
The Cardinals were beaten 20-12 by the Rams in that game, as Murray registered 37 successful passes out of 58 attempts for 314 yards, 0 touchdowns and a pass completion rate of 63.8%.
While it has happened twice this season already within the first six weeks, a similar incident did not take place in the NFL in the last 17 years.
The last time when a player threw at least 57 passes in a single game in the NFL without a touchdown before Murray was Brett Favre when he did it in the 2005 season for the Green Bay Packers.
Favre finished the 2005 season with 372 successful passes out of 607 attempts for 3,881 yards, 20 passing touchdowns, 29 interceptions and 24 sacks. He also had a pass completion rate of 61.3% that season.
