most rushing yards by a qb in a season prior to 2006

Before 2006, Bobby Douglass rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in a season, with 968 yards in 1972.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	968	1972	CHI	14	141	6.9	69.1	8	0	0			0.0	0
2	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	942	1990	PHI	16	118	8.0	58.9	5	0	0			0.0	0
3	Michael Vick M. Vick	902	2004	ATL	15	120	7.5	60.1	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Michael Vick M. Vick	777	2002	ATL	15	113	6.9	51.8	8	16	0	0		1.1	0
5	Steve McNair S. McNair	674	1997	TEN	16	101	6.7	42.1	8	0	0			0.0	0
6	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	629	2000	PHI	16	86	7.3	39.3	6	5	2	4	2.5	0.3	0
7	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	624	1988	PHI	16	93	6.7	39.0	6	0	0			0.0	0
8	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	621	1989	PHI	16	104	6.0	38.8	4	0	0			0.0	0
9	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	609	2002	MIN	16	106	5.7	38.1	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Michael Vick M. Vick	597	2005	ATL	15	102	5.9	39.8	6	-14	1	1	-14.0	-0.9	0
11	Steve McNair S. McNair	559	1998	TEN	16	77	7.3	34.9	4	0	0			0.0	0
12	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	549	1992	PHI	15	87	6.3	36.6	5	0	0			0.0	0
13	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	540	1986	PHI	15	66	8.2	36.0	5	0	0			0.0	0
14	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	539	1978	NE	16	81	6.7	33.7	5	0	0			0.0	0
15	Kordell Stewart K. Stewart	537	2001	PIT	16	96	5.6	33.6	5	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Steve Young S. Young	537	1992	SF	16	76	7.1	33.6	4	0	0			0.0	0
17	Greg Landry G. Landry	530	1971	DET	14	76	7.0	37.9	3	0	0			0.0	0
18	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	529	2000	OAK	16	89	5.9	33.1	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	525	1973	CHI	13	94	5.6	40.4	5	0	0			0.0	0
20	Greg Landry G. Landry	524	1972	DET	14	81	6.5	37.4	9	0	0			0.0	0
21	Tobin Rote T. Rote	523	1951	GB	12	76	6.9	43.6	3	11	0			0.9	0
22	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	509	1961	SF	11	96	5.3	46.3	10	0	0			0.0	0
23	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	505	1987	PHI	12	76	6.6	42.1	3	-3	1		-3.0	-0.3	0
24	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	501	1951	CHC	12	78	6.4	41.8	4	0	0			0.0	0
25	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	482	2001	PHI	16	82	5.9	30.1	2	0	0	0		0.0	0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	5	0	1.000
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Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Mon 11/2	CHI	@	SEA	8:15 PM
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158.0

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Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Rams	2	3	0	.400
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

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Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Broncos	4	2	0	.667
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000