most rushing tds by a quarterback in a single season for lions

Greg Landry has the most rushing touchdowns for the Lions by a quarterback in a season, with 9 touchdowns in 1972.

	NAME	RUSH TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Greg Landry G. Landry	9	1972	DET	14	524	81	6.5	37.4	0	0			0.0	0
2	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	7	1981	DET	16	168	41	4.1	10.5	0	0			0.0	0
3	Rodney Peete R. Peete	6	1990	DET	11	363	47	7.7	33.0	0	0			0.0	0
4	Jim Ninowski J. Ninowski	5	1961	DET	13	238	33	7.2	18.3	0	0			0.0	0
5	Jim Ninowski J. Ninowski	5	1960	DET	11	81	32	2.5	7.4	0	0			0.0	0
6	Bobby Layne B. Layne	5	1956	DET	12	169	46	3.7	14.1	0	0			0.0	0
7	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4	2012	DET	16	126	35	3.6	7.9	3	1	1	3.0	0.2	0
8	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	4	1996	DET	14	83	37	2.2	5.9	0	0			0.0	0
9	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	4	1995	DET	16	104	36	2.9	6.5	0	0			0.0	0
10	Bob Gagliano B. Gagliano	4	1989	DET	11	192	41	4.7	17.5	0	0			0.0	0
11	Rodney Peete R. Peete	4	1989	DET	8	148	33	4.5	18.5	0	0			0.0	0
12	Bobby Layne B. Layne	4	1950	DET	12	250	56	4.5	20.8	0	0			0.0	0
13	Mike McMahon M. McMahon	3	2002	DET	8	96	14	6.9	12.0	7	1	1	7.0	0.9	0
14	Gary Danielson G. Danielson	3	1984	DET	15	218	41	5.3	14.5	22	1		22.0	1.5	1
15	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	3	1983	DET	16	171	41	4.2	10.7	0	0			0.0	0
16	Greg Landry G. Landry	3	1971	DET	14	530	76	7.0	37.9	0	0			0.0	0
17	Milt Plum M. Plum	3	1965	DET	14	37	21	1.8	2.6	0	0			0.0	0
18	Tobin Rote T. Rote	3	1958	DET	12	351	77	4.6	29.3	0	0			0.0	0
19	Jared Goff J. Goff	2	2023	DET	17	21	32	0.7	1.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	2	2016	DET	16	207	37	5.6	12.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	2	2014	DET	16	93	43	2.2	5.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	2	2013	DET	16	69	37	1.9	4.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	2	2009	DET	10	108	20	5.4	10.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Jon Kitna J. Kitna	2	2006	DET	16	156	34	4.6	9.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Charlie Batch C. Batch	2	2000	DET	15	199	44	4.5	13.3	0	0	0		0.0	0

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