1979 highest passer rating

Roger Staubach had the best passer rating in 1979, with a 92.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
1979 highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player
NAME RTG SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
92.3
1979
DAL DAL
16
267
461
57.9
3,586
7.8
224.1
27
11
5.9
2.4
36
240
2 Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
83.9
1979
WAS WAS
16
233
395
59.0
2,797
7.1
174.8
20
13
5.1
3.3
34
263
3 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
82.6
1979
SD SD
16
332
530
62.6
4,082
7.7
255.1
24
24
4.5
4.5
28
195
4 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
82.2
1979
OAK OAK
16
304
498
61.0
3,615
7.3
225.9
26
22
5.2
4.4
34
284
5 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
80.7
1979
CIN CIN
15
189
339
55.8
2,340
6.9
156.0
16
10
4.7
2.9
46
324
6 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
77.7
1979
SEA SEA
16
285
505
56.4
3,661
7.2
228.8
20
18
4.0
3.6
23
201
7 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
77.4
1979
NE NE
16
206
423
48.7
3,286
7.8
205.4
28
20
6.6
4.7
45
341
8 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
77.0
1979
PIT PIT
16
259
472
54.9
3,724
7.9
232.8
26
25
5.5
5.3
24
196
9 Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
76.8
1979
PHI PHI
16
190
374
50.8
2,669
7.1
166.8
18
12
4.8
3.2
34
272
10 Archie Manning
A. Manning
75.6
1979
NO NO
16
252
420
60.0
3,169
7.5
198.1
15
20
3.6
4.8
17
140
11 Greg Landry
G. Landry
75.3
1979
BAL BAL
16
270
457
59.1
2,932
6.4
183.3
15
15
3.3
3.3
42
326
12 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
74.4
1979
BUF BUF
16
238
458
52.0
3,572
7.8
223.3
14
15
3.1
3.3
43
387
13 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
73.4
1979
CLE CLE
16
286
535
53.5
3,793
7.1
237.1
28
26
5.2
4.9
43
347
14 Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
73.1
1979
SF SF
16
347
578
60.0
3,652
6.3
228.3
17
21
2.9
3.6
17
119
15 Bob Griese
B. Griese
72.0
1979
MIA MIA
14
176
310
56.8
2,160
7.0
154.3
14
16
4.5
5.2
26
223
16 Craig Morton
C. Morton
70.6
1979
DEN DEN
14
204
370
55.1
2,626
7.1
187.6
16
19
4.3
5.1
30
241
17 Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
69.6
1979
CHI CHI
12
134
255
52.5
1,535
6.0
127.9
9
8
3.5
3.1
15
145
18 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
69.3
1979
MIN MIN
16
315
566
55.7
3,397
6.0
212.3
23
24
4.1
4.2
36
249
19 Pat Haden
P. Haden
68.1
1979
LA LA
10
163
290
56.2
1,854
6.4
185.4
11
14
3.8
4.8
21
178
20 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
67.3
1979
ATL ATL
14
204
380
53.7
2,505
6.6
178.9
17
20
4.5
5.3
39
286
21 Richard Todd
R. Todd
66.5
1979
NYJ NYJ
15
171
334
51.2
2,660
8.0
177.3
16
22
4.8
6.6
25
222
22 Phil Simms
P. Simms
66.0
1979
NYG NYG
12
134
265
50.6
1,743
6.6
145.3
13
14
4.9
5.3
39
319
23 David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
64.5
1979
GB GB
13
179
322
55.6
2,247
7.0
172.8
10
18
3.1
5.6
32
256
24 Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
62.1
1979
HOU HOU
15
163
324
50.3
2,090
6.5
139.3
14
18
4.3
5.6
29
212
25 Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
55.8
1979
KC KC
16
146
270
54.1
1,484
5.5
92.8
6
14
2.2
5.2
37
244
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11
2
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.846
Commanders Commanders
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DAL DAL
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Sun
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PHI PHI
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12/15
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
8
6
0
.571
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
12/11
LAR LAR
@
SF SF
12-6
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
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LAR LAR
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
TB TB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM