most tds per game 1950 to 1955 by a qb

Between the 1950 and 1955 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing touchdowns per game played by a quarterback, with 1.42.

Interpreted as:
most passing tds per game 1950 to 1955 by a qb
NAMETD/GPTDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1.42
102
72
846
1,744
48.5
12,461
7.1
173.1
111
65.3
5.8
6.4
2Otto Graham
O. Graham
1.22
88
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
3Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
1.18
13
11
88
176
50.0
1,566
8.9
142.4
10
81.8
7.4
5.7
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
1.18
85
72
779
1,450
53.7
12,442
8.6
172.8
92
75.7
5.9
6.3
5Jim Finks
J. Finks
1.11
52
47
618
1,278
48.4
8,064
6.3
171.6
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
6Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
1.09
60
55
553
1,078
51.3
7,681
7.1
139.7
58
70.7
5.6
5.4
7Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
1.09
74
68
575
1,205
47.7
7,827
6.5
115.1
88
59.0
6.1
7.3
8Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
1.03
73
71
796
1,478
53.9
10,610
7.2
149.4
93
67.1
4.9
6.3
9Tobin Rote
T. Rote
0.99
71
72
680
1,546
44.0
9,332
6.0
129.6
104
51.2
4.6
6.7
10Adrian Burk
A. Burk
0.97
56
58
424
915
46.3
6,014
6.6
103.7
78
53.0
6.1
8.5
11Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
0.92
11
12
107
239
44.8
1,608
6.7
134.0
22
44.4
4.6
9.2
12Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
0.85
23
27
201
430
46.7
2,879
6.7
106.6
39
49.0
5.3
9.1
13George Shaw
G. Shaw
0.83
10
12
119
237
50.2
1,586
6.7
132.2
19
52.5
4.2
8.0
14Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
0.79
15
19
133
313
42.5
2,287
7.3
120.4
18
60.0
4.8
5.8
15George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
0.78
38
49
260
508
51.2
3,881
7.6
79.2
38
70.3
7.5
7.5
16Ed Brown
E. Brown
0.75
9
12
85
164
51.8
1,307
8.0
108.9
10
71.4
5.5
6.1
17Frankie Albert
F. Albert
0.75
27
36
316
601
52.6
3,847
6.4
106.9
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
18George Blanda
G. Blanda
0.75
33
44
342
741
46.2
4,552
6.1
103.5
47
54.6
4.5
6.3
19Jim Root
J. Root
0.73
8
11
80
192
41.7
1,149
6.0
104.5
11
51.8
4.2
5.7
20Jack Scarbath
J. Scarbath
0.73
16
22
89
238
37.4
1,660
7.0
75.5
25
45.1
6.7
10.5
21Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
0.72
26
36
237
521
45.5
3,564
6.8
99.0
47
47.5
5.0
9.0
22Lamar McHan
L. McHan
0.71
17
24
183
462
39.6
2,560
5.5
106.7
41
33.5
3.7
8.9
23Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
0.67
8
12
67
130
51.5
1,087
8.4
90.6
17
60.8
6.2
13.1
24Paul Christman
P. Christman
0.64
7
11
51
126
40.5
545
4.3
49.5
7
49.2
5.6
5.6
25Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
0.63
19
30
177
353
50.1
2,386
6.8
79.5
29
55.7
5.4
8.2
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