most passing yards by lions qb in 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Eric Hipple had the most passing yards by a Lions quarterback, with 10,711 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
10,711
102
830
1,546
53.7
6.9
105.0
55
70
68.7
3.6
4.5
160
1,188
2Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
9,146
55
711
1,233
57.7
7.4
166.3
50
49
78.0
4.1
4.0
124
970
3Chuck Long
C. Long
3,743
23
330
602
54.8
6.2
162.7
19
28
64.8
3.2
4.7
43
330
4Bob Gagliano
B. Gagliano
1,671
11
117
232
50.4
7.2
151.9
6
12
61.2
2.6
5.2
25
153
5Rusty Hilger
R. Hilger
1,558
11
126
306
41.2
5.1
141.6
7
12
48.9
2.3
3.9
31
251
6Rodney Peete
R. Peete
1,479
8
103
195
52.8
7.6
184.9
5
9
67.0
2.6
4.6
27
164
7Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
1,305
14
104
209
49.8
6.2
93.2
9
10
64.0
4.3
4.8
14
136
8Todd Hons
T. Hons
552
3
43
92
46.7
6.0
184.0
5
5
61.5
5.4
5.4
9
67
9Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
316
7
31
61
50.8
5.2
45.1
1
4
44.2
1.6
6.6
5
45
10John Witkowski
J. Witkowski
210
5
13
35
37.1
6.0
42.0
0
0
58.0
0.0
0.0
11
74
11Mike Machurek
M. Machurek
193
4
14
43
32.6
4.5
48.3
0
6
8.3
0.0
14.0
1
12
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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6
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7
1
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Lions Lions
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8
0
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
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6
11
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5
12
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13
4
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12
5
0
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Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
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3
14
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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11
6
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.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176