Fran Tarkenton made the most pass attempts in a game in 1978, with 56 attempts against the Eagles on December 3, 1978.
| NAME | ATT | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | PCT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | F. Tarkenton | 56 | 12/3/1978 | vs | 30 | 53.6 | 289 | 5.2 | 4 | 3 | 69.7 | 7.1 | 5.4 | ||||
| 2 | | A. Manning | 53 | 9/10/1978 | @ | 33 | 62.3 | 303 | 5.7 | 1 | 1 | 76.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||||
| 3 | | K. Anderson | 50 | 11/13/1978 | vs | 30 | 60.0 | 388 | 7.8 | 2 | 4 | 64.4 | 4.0 | 8.0 | ||||
| 4 | | F. Tarkenton | 49 | 9/3/1978 | @ | 28 | 57.1 | 282 | 5.8 | 2 | 4 | 53.3 | 4.1 | 8.2 | ||||
| 5 | | R. Staubach | 46 | 9/17/1978 | @ | 22 | 47.8 | 246 | 5.3 | 2 | 4 | 42.5 | 4.3 | 8.7 | ||||
| 6 | | M. Robinson | 44 | 12/10/1978 | @ | 22 | 50.0 | 289 | 6.6 | 3 | 4 | 56.0 | 6.8 | 9.1 | ||||
| 7 | | J. Zorn | 44 | 11/26/1978 | @ | 23 | 52.3 | 270 | 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 76.9 | 4.5 | 2.3 | ||||
| 8 | | S. Bartkowski | 43 | 11/26/1978 | vs | 23 | 53.5 | 266 | 6.2 | 1 | 2 | 60.8 | 2.3 | 4.7 | ||||
| 9 | | F. Tarkenton | 43 | 10/22/1978 | vs | 26 | 60.5 | 262 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 101.1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 10 | | K. Stabler | 43 | 10/1/1978 | @ | 25 | 58.1 | 278 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 77.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 11 | | F. Tarkenton | 42 | 11/19/1978 | vs | 27 | 64.3 | 230 | 5.5 | 1 | 2 | 66.6 | 2.4 | 4.8 | ||||
| 12 | | K. Anderson | 42 | 10/15/1978 | vs | 24 | 57.1 | 223 | 5.3 | 0 | 3 | 42.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 | ||||
| 13 | | J. Harris | 41 | 11/26/1978 | @ | 15 | 36.6 | 164 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 12.2 | ||||
| 14 | | J. Hart | 40 | 12/17/1978 | vs | 22 | 55.0 | 333 | 8.3 | 3 | 1 | 97.2 | 7.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 15 |  | D. Fouts | 40 | 12/17/1978 | @ | 21 | 52.5 | 369 | 9.2 | 4 | 2 | 96.8 | 10.0 | 5.0 | ||||
| 16 | | R. Jaworski | 40 | 10/29/1978 | vs | 21 | 52.5 | 231 | 5.8 | 1 | 3 | 47.0 | 2.5 | 7.5 | ||||
| 17 | | R. Staubach | 40 | 10/15/1978 | @ | 23 | 57.5 | 289 | 7.2 | 3 | 2 | 84.3 | 7.5 | 5.0 | ||||
| 18 | | J. Hart | 40 | 9/17/1978 | vs | 16 | 40.0 | 174 | 4.4 | 0 | 1 | 43.1 | 0.0 | 2.5 | ||||
| 19 | | P. Haden | 39 | 11/26/1978 | @ | 20 | 51.3 | 197 | 5.1 | 1 | 3 | 42.4 | 2.6 | 7.7 | ||||
| 20 | | J. Theismann | 39 | 11/19/1978 | vs | 16 | 41.0 | 267 | 6.8 | 2 | 3 | 49.8 | 5.1 | 7.7 | ||||
| 21 | | A. Manning | 39 | 10/8/1978 | vs | 24 | 61.5 | 249 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 77.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||||
| 22 | | R. Jaworski | 39 | 10/8/1978 | @ | 18 | 46.2 | 189 | 4.8 | 1 | 0 | 69.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | ||||
| 23 | | F. Tarkenton | 38 | 12/17/1978 | @ | 23 | 60.5 | 316 | 8.3 | 3 | 5 | 73.9 | 7.9 | 13.2 | ||||
| 24 | | J. Hart | 38 | 12/10/1978 | @ | 15 | 39.5 | 198 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 45.7 | 0.0 | 2.6 | ||||
| 25 | | B. Troup | 38 | 11/19/1978 | vs | 24 | 63.2 | 296 | 7.8 | 2 | 1 | 93.8 | 5.3 | 2.6 | ||||
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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Rams| AFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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