Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Jack Thompson had the most passing yards, with 7,818 yards.

Interpreted as:

most passing yards by a player 1970s

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Jack Thompson J. Thompson	7,818	44	601	1,086	55.3	7.2	177.7	53	49	122.9	4.9	4.5
2	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	7,637	34	535	937	57.1	8.2	224.6	61	46	137.2	6.5	4.9
3	Gene Swick G. Swick	7,266	44	556	938	59.3	7.7	165.1	43	44	130.1	4.6	4.7
4	Ed Luther E. Luther	7,190	45	600	1,118	53.7	6.4	159.8	47	52	112.3	4.2	4.7
5	Mark Herrmann M. Herrmann	6,431	33	509	902	56.4	7.1	194.9	45	58	119.9	5.0	6.4
6	Gary Huff G. Huff	6,378	33	436	793	55.0	8.0	193.3	52	42	133.6	6.6	5.3
7	Tony Adams T. Adams	6,226	32	456	867	52.6	7.2	194.6	52	34	124.9	6.0	3.9
8	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	6,197	44	507	1,036	48.9	6.0	140.8	37	52	100.9	3.6	5.0
9	Mike Pusey M. Pusey	6,160	33	420	855	49.1	7.2	186.7	43	51	114.3	5.0	6.0
10	Craig Kimball C. Kimball	6,139	34	485	983	49.3	6.2	180.6	50	56	107.2	5.1	5.7
11	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	6,073	44	459	850	54.0	7.1	138.0	34	42	117.3	4.0	4.9
12	Don Strock D. Strock	6,009	33	440	829	53.1	7.2	182.1	29	47	114.2	3.5	5.7
13	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	5,995	33	482	956	50.4	6.3	181.7	37	54	104.6	3.9	5.6
14	Guy Benjamin G. Benjamin	5,946	42	488	808	60.4	7.4	141.6	45	43	129.9	5.6	5.3
15	Danny White D. White	5,932	33	345	649	53.2	9.1	179.8	59	36	148.8	9.1	5.5
16	Mark Miller M. Miller	5,919	45	454	851	53.3	7.0	131.5	33	38	115.6	3.9	4.5
17	Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	5,830	33	415	708	58.6	8.2	176.7	55	29	145.2	7.8	4.1
18	Joe Pisarcik J. Pisarcik	5,780	33	445	936	47.5	6.2	175.2	30	51	99.1	3.2	5.4
19	Dennis Sproul D. Sproul	5,751	45	380	767	49.5	7.5	127.8	43	43	119.8	5.6	5.6
20	Ed Smith E. Smith	5,706	32	418	789	53.0	7.2	178.3	43	32	123.6	5.4	4.1
21	Roch Hontas R. Hontas	5,669	41	502	857	58.6	6.6	138.3	39	41	119.6	4.6	4.8
22	Greg Kokal G. Kokal	5,587	44	405	786	51.5	7.1	127.0	30	49	111.4	3.8	6.2
23	Leamon Hall L. Hall	5,502	44	426	878	48.5	6.3	125.0	38	68	100.0	4.3	7.7
24	Sonny Sixkiller S. Sixkiller	5,496	32	385	811	47.5	6.8	171.8	35	51	106.1	4.3	6.3
25	Chuck Fusina C. Fusina	5,382	36	371	664	55.9	8.1	149.5	37	32	132.7	5.6	4.8