most rushing yards by qb in the 70s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Greg Landry rushed for the most yards by a quarterback, with 2,335 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,335
104
380
6.1
22.5
17
0
0
0.0
0
2Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
2,246
80
359
6.3
28.1
20
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
3Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,204
125
395
5.6
17.6
19
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1,971
129
361
5.5
15.3
28
1
0
0.0
0
5Archie Manning
A. Manning
1,864
105
332
5.6
17.8
18
-7
1
-7.0
-0.1
0
6Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
1,738
73
296
5.9
23.8
23
0
0
0.0
0
7Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
1,482
119
276
5.4
12.5
14
0
0
0.0
0
8Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
1,240
109
238
5.2
11.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
9Bert Jones
B. Jones
1,096
68
189
5.8
16.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
10Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
1,002
120
244
4.1
8.4
12
0
0
0.0
0
11Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
1,001
91
209
4.8
11.0
10
0
0
0.0
0
12Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
956
56
182
5.3
17.1
13
0
0
0.0
0
13Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
844
95
233
3.6
8.9
8
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
14Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
656
125
204
3.2
5.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
15Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
650
83
135
4.8
7.8
8
0
0
0.0
0
16Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
578
81
139
4.2
7.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
17Marty Domres
M. Domres
534
80
111
4.8
6.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
18Bob Griese
B. Griese
505
122
160
3.2
4.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Pat Haden
P. Haden
493
48
103
4.8
10.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
20Joe Reed
J. Reed
484
50
84
5.8
9.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
21John Hadl
J. Hadl
461
112
131
3.5
4.1
4
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
22Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
454
72
126
3.6
6.3
9
0
0
0.0
0
23Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
435
80
119
3.7
5.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
24Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
420
50
95
4.4
8.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
407
70
134
3.0
5.8
11
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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