most rushing attempts by a quarterback in a season before 2004

Before 2004, Bill Shepherd had the most rush attempts by a quarterback in a season, with 143 carries in his rookie season in 1935.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
143
1935
TOT
12
425
3.0
35.4
4
33
4
8.3
2.8
0
2Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
141
1972
14
968
6.9
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
3Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
128
1939
10
429
3.4
42.9
3
185
8
23.1
18.5
2
4Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
118
1990
16
942
8.0
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
5Michael Vick
M. Vick
113
2002
15
777
6.9
51.8
8
16
0
0
1.1
0
6Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
106
2002
16
609
5.7
38.1
10
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
104
1989
16
621
6.0
38.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
8Steve McNair
S. McNair
101
1997
16
674
6.7
42.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
100
1940
11
-180
-1.8
-16.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
96
2001
16
537
5.6
33.6
5
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
96
1961
11
509
5.3
46.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
12Bob Davis
B. Davis
95
1944
10
363
3.8
36.3
1
97
19
5.1
9.7
0
13Merle Hapes
M. Hapes
95
1942
11
363
3.8
33.0
3
79
10
7.9
7.2
2
14Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
94
1973
13
525
5.6
40.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
15Bobby Layne
B. Layne
94
1952
12
411
4.4
34.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
16Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
93
1988
16
624
6.7
39.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
17Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
92
1942
11
-32
-0.3
-2.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Al Dorow
A. Dorow
90
1960
14
453
5.0
32.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
19Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
89
2000
16
470
5.3
29.4
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
89
2000
16
529
5.9
33.1
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
88
1999
15
476
5.4
31.7
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
88
1997
16
476
5.4
29.8
11
0
0
0.0
0
23Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
87
1992
15
549
6.3
36.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
24Bobby Layne
B. Layne
87
1953
12
343
3.9
28.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
86
2000
16
629
7.3
39.3
6
5
2
4
2.5
0.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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