most rushing yards by quarterbacks in a career through 1980

Before 1981, Fran Tarkenton rushed for the most yards by a quarterback, with 3,674 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	3,674	246	675	5.4	14.9	32	-12	0		0.0	0
2	Tobin Rote T. Rote	3,128	149	635	4.9	21.0	37	28	2	14.0	0.2	1
3	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	2,654	91	410	6.5	29.2	22	-2	1	-2.0	0.0	0
4	Greg Landry G. Landry	2,643	134	427	6.2	19.7	20	0	0		0.0	0
5	Bobby Layne B. Layne	2,451	175	611	4.0	14.0	25	0	0		0.0	0
6	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	2,264	131	410	5.5	17.3	20	-13	1	-13.0	-0.1	0
7	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	2,082	144	397	5.2	14.5	30	1	0		0.0	0
8	Archie Manning A. Manning	2,030	121	355	5.7	16.8	18	-7	1	-7.0	-0.1	0
9	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	1,850	85	326	5.7	21.8	24	0	0		0.0	0
10	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	1,777	211	450	3.9	8.4	13	1	1	1.0	0.0	0
11	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	1,604	132	292	5.5	12.2	14	0	0		0.0	0
12	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	1,416	177	351	4.0	8.0	22	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
13	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	1,358	126	310	4.4	10.8	6	31	0		0.2	1
14	Billy Wade B. Wade	1,334	128	318	4.2	10.4	24	10	0		0.1	0
15	Bart Starr B. Starr	1,308	196	247	5.3	6.7	15	0	0		0.0	0
16	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	1,304	183	358	3.6	7.1	30	-5	1	-5.0	0.0	0
17	Len Dawson L. Dawson	1,293	211	294	4.4	6.1	9	0	0		0.0	0
18	Mike Phipps M. Phipps	1,278	116	253	5.1	11.0	13	0	0		0.0	0
19	Bert Jones B. Jones	1,271	83	216	5.9	15.3	14	0	0		0.0	0
20	Don Meredith D. Meredith	1,216	104	242	5.0	11.7	15	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	1,170	72	226	5.2	16.3	14	0	0		0.0	0
22	John Brodie J. Brodie	1,167	201	235	5.0	5.8	22	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	1,150	122	356	3.2	9.4	40	-9	1	-9.0	-0.1	0
24	Al Dorow A. Dorow	1,150	69	248	4.6	16.7	16	0	0		0.0	0
25	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	1,142	104	237	4.8	11.0	12	0	0		0.0	0

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PASS

1,022

Murray

RUSH

474

Jones

REC

393

Jefferson

Team Rankings

PPG

18.3

27th

OPP PPG

14.5

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RUSH YDS/G

106.0

19th

PASS YDS/G

179.6

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bears	7	2	.778
Lions	6	2	.750
Vikings	6	2	.750
Packers	6	3	.667

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	MIN	@	GB	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	MIN	@	SF	8:20 PM
Sun 11/29	ATL	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	CAR	@	MIN	4:25 PM
Thu 12/10	MIN	@	NE	8:15 PM

Last Game

Bills

7 - 1

Final

Vikings

6 - 2

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Pass Yards Leaders

2,618

Love

2,386

Burrow

2,381

Prescott

Rush Yards Leaders

880

Robinson

872

Walker

847

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

1,036

Smith-Njigba

904

Lamb

879

Watson

Pass TD Leaders

23

Burrow

20

Cousins

19

Love

Rush TD Leaders

10

Swift

9

Gibbs

9

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

7

Likely

7

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

114.8

Burrow

111.7

Lawrence

109.8

Purdy

Sack Leaders

9.5

Anderson

8.0

Rousseau

8.0

Young

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PPG Rankings

32.0

30.0

29.4

28.6

27.8

27.3

Opp PPG Rankings

14.5

15.1

17.9

18.0

19.5

Total Yards Rankings

386.4

384.1

383.0

379.8

376.8

Rush Yards Rankings

163.9

146.6

142.0

137.8

137.2

Pass Yards Rankings

298.3

290.9

282.3

280.5

268.1

266.8

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

175.2

Gibbs

170.4

Walker

149

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

161.1

Smith-Njigba

131.8

Lamb

127.9

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

101.5

Likely

98

Bowers

89.8

McBride

Fantasy K Rankings

106

Shrader

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McLaughlin

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7-2

6-2

6-3

Worst Record ATS

0-7-1

1-8

2-7

3-6

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Giants	5	3	1	.611
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	3	5	1	.389
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	7	2	0	.778
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Buccaneers	3	6	0	.333
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	7	1	0	.875
Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	7	1	0	.875
Patriots	5	4	0	.556
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000