most rushing yards by qb in 1981

Ken Anderson rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in 1981, with 320 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
320
1981
CIN CIN
16
46
7.0
20.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
2 David Woodley
D. Woodley
272
1981
MIA MIA
15
63
4.3
18.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
3 Vince Evans
V. Evans
218
1981
CHI CHI
16
43
5.1
13.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
4 Doug Williams
D. Williams
209
1981
TB TB
16
48
4.4
13.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
5 Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
177
1981
WAS WAS
16
36
4.9
11.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
6 Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
168
1981
DET DET
16
41
4.1
10.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
7 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
162
1981
PIT PIT
14
38
4.3
11.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
8 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
153
1981
CLE CLE
16
38
4.0
9.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
9 Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
147
1981
OAK OAK
13
30
4.9
11.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
10 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
140
1981
SEA SEA
13
30
4.7
10.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
11 Richard Todd
R. Todd
131
1981
NYJ NYJ
16
32
4.1
8.2
0
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
12 Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
128
1981
PHI PHI
16
22
5.8
8.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
13 Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
118
1981
KC KC
13
19
6.2
9.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
14 Pat Haden
P. Haden
104
1981
LA LA
13
18
5.8
8.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
15 Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
104
1981
STL STL
14
19
5.5
7.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
16 Danny White
D. White
104
1981
DAL DAL
16
38
2.7
6.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
17 Joe Montana
J. Montana
95
1981
SF SF
16
25
3.8
5.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
18 Matt Cavanaugh
M. Cavanaugh
92
1981
NE NE
16
17
5.4
5.8
3
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
19 Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
89
1981
KC KC
13
24
3.7
6.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
20 Bert Jones
B. Jones
85
1981
BAL BAL
15
20
4.3
5.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
21 Mark Malone
M. Malone
68
1981
PIT PIT
8
16
4.3
8.5
2
90
1
90.0
11.3
1
22 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
56
1981
SD SD
16
22
2.5
3.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23 Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
56
1981
SEA SEA
7
11
5.1
8.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
24 David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
51
1981
GB GB
9
15
3.4
5.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
25 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
49
1981
NE NE
8
12
4.1
6.1
2
27
2
13.5
3.4
0
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173.8

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3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
Browns Browns
1
3
0
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3
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10/5
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CIN CIN
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Sun
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CIN CIN
@
GB GB
4:25 PM
Thu
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PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/26
NYJ NYJ
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
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1:00 PM
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0
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2
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1
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.750
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2
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1
0
.750
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1
0
.750
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1
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2
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
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Sat
9/6
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Sun
10/5
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Sun
10/5
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@
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1:00 PM
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10/5
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@
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM