most pass attempts 1978 game

Fran Tarkenton made the most pass attempts in a game in 1978, with 56 attempts versus the Eagles on December 3, 1978.

Interpreted as:
most pass attempts by a player 1978 regular-season game
NAMEATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
56
12/3/1978
vs
30
53.6
289
5.2
4
3
69.7
7.1
5.4
2Archie Manning
A. Manning
53
9/10/1978
@
33
62.3
303
5.7
1
1
76.2
1.9
1.9
3Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
50
11/13/1978
vs
30
60.0
388
7.8
2
4
64.4
4.0
8.0
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
49
9/3/1978
@
28
57.1
282
5.8
2
4
53.3
4.1
8.2
5Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
46
9/17/1978
@
22
47.8
246
5.3
2
4
42.5
4.3
8.7
6Matt Robinson
M. Robinson
44
12/10/1978
@
22
50.0
289
6.6
3
4
56.0
6.8
9.1
7Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
44
11/26/1978
@
23
52.3
270
6.1
2
1
76.9
4.5
2.3
8Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
43
11/26/1978
vs
23
53.5
266
6.2
1
2
60.8
2.3
4.7
9Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
43
10/22/1978
vs
26
60.5
262
6.1
3
0
101.1
7.0
0.0
10Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
43
10/1/1978
@
25
58.1
278
6.5
0
0
77.5
0.0
0.0
11Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
42
11/19/1978
vs
27
64.3
230
5.5
1
2
66.6
2.4
4.8
12Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
42
10/15/1978
vs
24
57.1
223
5.3
0
3
42.1
0.0
7.1
13James Harris
J. Harris
41
11/26/1978
@
15
36.6
164
4.0
0
5
9.7
0.0
12.2
14Jim Hart
J. Hart
40
12/17/1978
vs
22
55.0
333
8.3
3
1
97.2
7.5
2.5
15Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
40
12/17/1978
@
21
52.5
369
9.2
4
2
96.8
10.0
5.0
16Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
40
10/29/1978
vs
21
52.5
231
5.8
1
3
47.0
2.5
7.5
17Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
40
10/15/1978
@
23
57.5
289
7.2
3
2
84.3
7.5
5.0
18Jim Hart
J. Hart
40
9/17/1978
vs
16
40.0
174
4.4
0
1
43.1
0.0
2.5
19Pat Haden
P. Haden
39
11/26/1978
@
20
51.3
197
5.1
1
3
42.4
2.6
7.7
20Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
39
11/19/1978
vs
16
41.0
267
6.8
2
3
49.8
5.1
7.7
21Archie Manning
A. Manning
39
10/8/1978
vs
24
61.5
249
6.4
1
1
77.8
2.6
2.6
22Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
39
10/8/1978
@
18
46.2
189
4.8
1
0
69.3
2.6
0.0
23Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
38
12/17/1978
@
23
60.5
316
8.3
3
5
73.9
7.9
13.2
24Jim Hart
J. Hart
38
12/10/1978
@
15
39.5
198
5.2
0
1
45.7
0.0
2.6
25Bill Troup
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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