most rushing yards by a quarterback in a season before 2004

Before 2004, Bobby Douglass rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in a season, with 968 yards in 1972.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
968
1972
14
141
6.9
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
2Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
942
1990
16
118
8.0
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
3Michael Vick
M. Vick
777
2002
15
113
6.9
51.8
8
16
0
0
1.1
0
4Steve McNair
S. McNair
674
1997
16
101
6.7
42.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
5Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
629
2000
16
86
7.3
39.3
6
5
2
4
2.5
0.3
0
6Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
624
1988
16
93
6.7
39.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
7Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
621
1989
16
104
6.0
38.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
8Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
609
2002
16
106
5.7
38.1
10
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Steve McNair
S. McNair
559
1998
16
77
7.3
34.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
10Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
549
1992
15
87
6.3
36.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
11Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
540
1986
15
66
8.2
36.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
12Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
539
1978
16
81
6.7
33.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
13Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
537
2001
16
96
5.6
33.6
5
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Steve Young
S. Young
537
1992
16
76
7.1
33.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
15Greg Landry
G. Landry
530
1971
14
76
7.0
37.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
529
2000
16
89
5.9
33.1
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
525
1973
13
94
5.6
40.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
18Greg Landry
G. Landry
524
1972
14
81
6.5
37.4
9
0
0
0.0
0
19Tobin Rote
T. Rote
523
1951
12
76
6.9
43.6
3
11
0
0.9
0
20Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
509
1961
11
96
5.3
46.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
21Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
505
1987
12
76
6.6
42.1
3
-3
1
-3.0
-0.3
0
22Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
501
1951
12
78
6.4
41.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
23Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
482
2001
16
82
5.9
30.1
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
480
1995
13
67
7.2
36.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
25Cliff Stoudt
C. Stoudt
479
1983
16
77
6.2
29.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
5
0
.688
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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8
0
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
9
1
.441
4
12
0
.250
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13
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.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
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.471
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11
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14
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12
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5
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13
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AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
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.813
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11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
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