most passing yards per game by a qb 1964 to 1976

Between the 1964 and 1976 seasons, Joe Namath gained the most passing yards per game by a quarterback, with 198.9 per game.

NAME YDS/G GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Joe Namath
J. Namath
198.9
136
1,836
3,655
50.2
27,057
7.4
170
215
65.8
4.7
5.9
102
976
2 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
195.0
179
2,696
4,731
57.0
34,898
7.4
253
163
83.8
5.3
3.4
225
1,851
3 Don Meredith
D. Meredith
185.7
63
775
1,536
50.5
11,697
7.6
92
69
77.1
6.0
4.5
4 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
183.6
14
208
439
47.4
2,571
5.9
12
27
49.5
2.7
6.2
25
196
5 John Brodie
J. Brodie
180.6
130
1,862
3,379
55.1
23,472
6.9
163
160
73.3
4.8
4.7
47
380
6 Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
176.4
152
2,178
4,113
53.0
26,812
6.5
190
136
75.0
4.6
3.3
168
1,268
7 Jim Hart
J. Hart
174.8
122
1,539
3,069
50.1
21,327
6.9
139
147
68.0
4.5
4.8
117
988
8 John Hadl
J. Hadl
171.9
182
2,217
4,339
51.1
31,293
7.2
223
235
69.3
5.1
5.4
177
1,488
9 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
170.8
78
1,042
1,804
57.8
13,326
7.4
88
58
83.9
4.9
3.2
167
1,251
10 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
168.9
111
1,341
2,460
54.5
18,748
7.6
122
122
75.1
5.0
5.0
74
590
11 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
167.3
135
1,831
3,155
58.0
22,585
7.2
179
116
83.9
5.7
3.7
94
748
12 Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
165.5
70
795
1,762
45.1
11,588
6.6
61
108
53.1
3.5
6.1
21
187
13 Norm Snead
N. Snead
165.4
136
1,745
3,261
53.5
22,491
6.9
150
186
67.0
4.6
5.7
94
744
14 Bert Jones
B. Jones
164.6
47
596
1,065
56.0
7,736
7.3
54
41
79.8
5.1
3.8
117
1,063
15 Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
161.0
88
963
1,903
50.6
14,165
7.4
98
101
70.3
5.1
5.3
50
494
16 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
158.1
62
662
1,310
50.5
9,801
7.5
99
68
78.9
7.6
5.2
4
35
17 Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
157.9
73
855
1,746
49.0
11,524
6.6
75
103
60.1
4.3
5.9
172
1,566
18 Greg Cook
G. Cook
155.4
12
107
200
53.5
1,865
9.3
15
11
87.6
7.5
5.5
29
195
19 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
154.7
86
977
1,723
56.7
13,304
7.7
83
73
79.9
4.8
4.2
215
1,476
20 Bob Griese
B. Griese
154.7
117
1,361
2,477
54.9
18,099
7.3
139
128
75.5
5.6
5.2
178
1,538
21 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
150.9
45
516
985
52.4
6,789
6.9
30
51
63.0
3.0
5.2
90
645
22 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
150.7
155
1,736
3,034
57.2
23,359
7.7
182
142
82.3
6.0
4.7
167
1,423
23 Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
148.6
124
1,428
2,676
53.4
18,423
6.9
138
128
72.5
5.2
4.8
132
991
24 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
146.2
16
172
375
45.9
2,339
6.2
15
24
53.0
4.0
6.4
37
347
25 Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
144.5
11
93
224
41.5
1,589
7.1
14
13
62.9
6.3
5.8
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PPG

22.5

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OPP PPG

30.0

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RUSH YDS/G

144.5

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PASS YDS/G

181.0

29th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
Dolphins Dolphins
1
3
0
.250
Jets Jets
0
4
0
.000
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Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
CAR CAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
NYJ NYJ
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
CLE CLE
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
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MIA Dolphins

1 - 3 - 0

27

Final

21

NYJ Jets

0 - 4 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
20-13

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM