most passing yards in a season before 1980

Before 1980, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards in a season, with 4,082 yards in 1979.

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most passing yards by a player in a season before 1980

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,082	1979	SD	16	332	530	62.6	7.7	255.1	24	24	82.6	4.5	4.5	28	195
2	Joe Namath J. Namath	4,007	1967	NYJ	14	258	491	52.5	8.2	286.2	26	28	73.8	5.3	5.7
3	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	3,793	1979	CLE	16	286	535	53.5	7.1	237.1	28	26	73.4	5.2	4.9	43	347
4	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	3,747	1967	WAS	14	288	508	56.7	7.4	267.6	31	16	87.3	6.1	3.1
5	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	3,724	1979	PIT	16	259	472	54.9	7.9	232.8	26	25	77.0	5.5	5.3	24	196
6	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	3,723	1961	PHI	14	235	416	56.5	8.9	265.9	32	24	88.1	7.7	5.8
7	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	3,661	1979	SEA	16	285	505	56.4	7.2	228.8	20	18	77.7	4.0	3.6	23	201
8	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	3,652	1979	SF	16	347	578	60.0	6.3	228.3	17	21	73.1	2.9	3.6	17	119
9	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	3,615	1979	OAK	16	304	498	61.0	7.3	225.9	26	22	82.2	5.2	4.4	34	284
10	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	3,586	1979	DAL	16	267	461	57.9	7.8	224.1	27	11	92.3	5.9	2.4	36	240
11	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	3,572	1979	BUF	16	238	458	52.0	7.8	223.3	14	15	74.4	3.1	3.3	43	387
12	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	3,481	1963	BAL	14	237	410	57.8	8.5	248.6	20	12	89.7	4.9	2.9
13	John Hadl J. Hadl	3,473	1968	SD	14	208	440	47.3	7.9	248.1	27	32	64.5	6.1	7.3
14	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	3,468	1978	MIN	16	345	572	60.3	6.1	216.8	25	32	68.9	4.4	5.6	27	254
15	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	3,465	1964	BOS	14	228	473	48.2	7.3	247.5	31	27	70.8	6.6	5.7
16	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	3,428	1967	BAL	14	255	436	58.5	7.9	244.9	20	16	83.6	4.6	3.7
17	Archie Manning A. Manning	3,416	1978	NO	16	291	471	61.8	7.3	213.5	17	16	81.7	3.6	3.4	37	301
18	Norm Snead N. Snead	3,399	1967	PHI	14	240	434	55.3	7.8	242.8	29	24	80.0	6.7	5.5
19	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	3,397	1979	MIN	16	315	566	55.7	6.0	212.3	23	24	69.3	4.1	4.2	36	249
20	Joe Namath J. Namath	3,379	1966	NYJ	14	232	471	49.3	7.2	241.4	19	27	62.6	4.0	5.7
21	John Hadl J. Hadl	3,365	1967	SD	14	217	427	50.8	7.9	240.4	24	22	74.5	5.6	5.2
22	George Blanda G. Blanda	3,330	1961	HOU	14	187	362	51.7	9.2	237.9	36	22	91.3	9.9	6.1
23	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	3,302	1969	OAK	14	221	426	51.9	7.8	235.9	34	25	79.8	8.0	5.9	11	100
24	George Blanda G. Blanda	3,287	1964	HOU	14	262	505	51.9	6.5	234.8	17	27	61.4	3.4	5.3
25	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	3,286	1979	NE	16	206	423	48.7	7.8	205.4	28	20	77.4	6.6	4.7	45	341

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