most passing yds per game 1971 to 1978 by a qb

Between the 1971 and 1978 seasons, Fran Tarkenton averaged 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	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	198.9	106	1,837	3,056	60.1	21,086	6.9	137	120	79.5	4.5	3.9	202	1,799
2	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	188.5	40	560	1,133	49.4	7,541	6.7	43	66	59.4	3.8	5.8	80	523
3	Jim Hart J. Hart	182.3	100	1,374	2,635	52.1	18,233	6.9	114	107	71.9	4.3	4.1	114	927
4	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	179.7	101	1,351	2,368	57.1	18,151	7.7	123	88	83.4	5.2	3.7	246	1,678
5	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	170.1	104	1,381	2,446	56.5	17,690	7.2	109	91	78.6	4.5	3.7	225	1,685
6	Bert Jones B. Jones	168.6	64	847	1,500	56.5	10,792	7.2	75	53	81.1	5.0	3.5	149	1,346
7	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	166.5	64	809	1,475	54.8	10,657	7.2	58	77	69.3	3.9	5.2	122	852
8	Joe Namath J. Namath	165.4	66	770	1,540	50.0	10,917	7.1	71	104	60.5	4.6	6.8	90	872
9	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	155.5	57	625	1,243	50.3	8,865	7.1	61	82	62.6	4.9	6.6	75	701
10	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	151.9	87	983	1,994	49.3	13,217	6.6	84	117	60.4	4.2	5.9	202	1,808
11	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	150.6	82	953	1,791	53.2	12,352	6.9	103	75	76.9	5.8	4.2	117	826
12	Archie Manning A. Manning	150.6	89	1,153	2,167	53.2	13,399	6.2	72	103	63.5	3.3	4.8	259	2,007
13	Bob Griese B. Griese	148.4	94	1,074	1,836	58.5	13,950	7.6	114	85	83.9	6.2	4.6	168	1,435
14	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	148.0	38	423	880	48.1	5,624	6.4	30	55	54.1	3.4	6.3	105	992
15	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	147.8	100	1,132	2,169	52.2	14,784	6.8	115	114	69.7	5.3	5.3	190	1,725
16	Pat Haden P. Haden	143.2	38	411	765	53.7	5,442	7.1	32	29	74.6	4.2	3.8	62	453
17	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	141.8	81	1,006	1,860	54.1	11,486	6.2	76	62	72.6	4.1	3.3	134	1,022
18	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	139.0	79	831	1,655	50.2	10,978	6.6	78	79	67.4	4.7	4.8	148	1,148
19	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	138.8	111	1,180	1,976	59.7	15,411	7.8	124	120	80.0	6.3	6.1	155	1,407
20	John Brodie J. Brodie	137.4	34	376	691	54.4	4,673	6.8	30	44	63.5	4.3	6.4	23	179
21	Bill Nelsen B. Nelsen	136.7	18	188	356	52.8	2,460	6.9	13	26	56.6	3.7	7.3	25	251
22	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	134.3	110	1,263	2,444	51.7	14,774	6.0	82	121	60.9	3.4	5.0	193	1,765
23	Greg Landry G. Landry	134.1	76	771	1,403	55.0	10,188	7.3	65	59	76.1	4.6	4.2	205	1,595
24	Norm Snead N. Snead	133.7	51	591	1,025	57.7	6,819	6.7	39	62	65.3	3.8	6.0	52	393
25	Mike Livingston M. Livingston	133.1	72	773	1,478	52.3	9,581	6.5	51	72	63.9	3.5	4.9	132	1,177

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