most fumbles by a qb in 1961

Sam Etcheverry had the most fumbles by a quarterback in 1961, with 15 fumbles in his rookie season.

NAMEFUMSEASONTMLOSTGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sam Etcheverry
S. Etcheverry
15
1961
14
96
196
49.0
1,275
6.5
91.1
14
11
70.4
7.1
5.6
2Al Dorow
A. Dorow
10
1961
14
197
438
45.0
2,651
6.1
189.4
19
30
50.7
4.3
6.8
3Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
10
1961
14
165
364
45.3
2,686
7.4
191.9
15
22
59.2
4.1
6.0
4Don Meredith
D. Meredith
9
1961
8
94
182
51.6
1,161
6.4
145.1
9
11
63.0
4.9
6.0
5Milt Plum
M. Plum
9
1961
14
177
302
58.6
2,416
8.0
172.6
18
10
90.3
6.0
3.3
6Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
9
1961
14
229
420
54.5
2,990
7.1
213.6
16
24
66.1
3.8
5.7
7Tom Flores
T. Flores
8
1961
14
190
366
51.9
2,176
5.9
155.4
15
19
62.1
4.1
5.2
8Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
8
1961
11
19
34
55.9
286
8.4
26.0
0
4
44.1
0.0
11.8
9Bart Starr
B. Starr
8
1961
14
172
295
58.3
2,418
8.2
172.7
16
16
80.3
5.4
5.4
10Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
8
1961
14
157
280
56.1
1,997
7.1
142.6
18
17
74.7
6.4
6.1
11Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
7
1961
11
89
156
57.1
1,253
8.0
113.9
11
16
67.0
7.1
10.3
12Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
7
1961
14
151
330
45.8
2,445
7.4
174.6
17
23
59.2
5.2
7.0
13Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
7
1961
9
56
116
48.3
927
8.0
103.0
5
8
61.2
4.3
6.9
14Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
7
1961
14
120
236
50.8
1,741
7.4
124.4
14
16
66.7
5.9
6.8
15Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
6
1961
14
235
416
56.5
3,723
8.9
265.9
32
24
88.1
7.7
5.8
16Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
6
1961
13
69
150
46.0
909
6.1
69.9
7
9
56.2
4.7
6.0
17Norm Snead
N. Snead
6
1961
14
172
375
45.9
2,337
6.2
166.9
11
22
51.6
2.9
5.9
18Warren Rabb
W. Rabb
5
1961
9
34
74
45.9
586
7.9
65.1
5
2
84.6
6.8
2.7
19Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
4
1961
13
124
230
53.9
1,547
6.7
119.0
8
13
63.1
3.5
5.7
20Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
4
1961
13
44
106
41.5
634
6.0
48.8
7
8
52.2
6.6
7.5
21Hunter Enis
H. Enis
4
1961
13
23
55
41.8
365
6.6
28.1
2
3
54.0
3.6
5.5
22Johnny Green
J. Green
4
1961
8
56
126
44.4
903
7.2
112.9
6
5
68.3
4.8
4.0
23Bobby Layne
B. Layne
4
1961
8
75
149
50.3
1,205
8.1
150.6
11
16
62.8
7.4
10.7
24Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
4
1961
13
117
247
47.4
1,921
7.8
147.8
7
18
53.0
2.8
7.3
25Butch Songin
B. Songin
4
1961
14
98
212
46.2
1,429
6.7
102.1
14
9
73.0
6.6
4.2
StatMuse has season-level data for fumbles going back to the 1945 season.

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