most total td by a qb in 1979 including playoffs

Terry Bradshaw accounted for the most touchdowns by a quarterback in the 1979 regular-season and playoffs, with 32 combined passing, rushing, and receiving touchdowns in 1979.

Interpreted as:
most passing total td by a qb in 1979 including playoffs
NAME TOTALTD SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
32
1979
PIT PIT
19
312
554
56.3
4,482
8.1
235.9
32
29
80.2
5.8
5.2
28
228
2 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
30
1979
NE NE
16
206
423
48.7
3,286
7.8
205.4
28
20
77.4
6.6
4.7
45
341
3 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
30
1979
CLE CLE
16
286
535
53.5
3,793
7.1
237.1
28
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
4 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
28
1979
DAL DAL
17
279
489
57.1
3,710
7.6
218.2
28
12
90.1
5.7
2.5
37
240
5 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
26
1979
SD SD
17
357
577
61.9
4,415
7.7
259.7
24
29
78.4
4.2
5.0
30
211
6 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
26
1979
OAK OAK
16
304
498
61.0
3,615
7.3
225.9
26
22
82.2
5.2
4.4
34
284
7 Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
25
1979
PHI PHI
18
217
436
49.8
3,072
7.0
170.7
23
13
78.1
5.3
3.0
39
320
8 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
24
1979
MIN MIN
16
315
566
55.7
3,397
6.0
212.3
23
24
69.3
4.1
4.2
36
249
9 Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
24
1979
WAS WAS
16
233
395
59.0
2,797
7.1
174.8
20
13
83.9
5.1
3.3
34
263
10 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
22
1979
SEA SEA
16
285
505
56.4
3,661
7.2
228.8
20
18
77.7
4.0
3.6
23
201
11 Richard Todd
R. Todd
21
1979
NYJ NYJ
15
171
334
51.2
2,660
8.0
177.3
16
22
66.5
4.8
6.6
25
222
12 Doug Williams
D. Williams
21
1979
TB TB
18
175
425
41.2
2,592
6.1
144.0
19
26
51.2
4.5
6.1
7
57
13 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
19
1979
ATL ATL
14
204
380
53.7
2,505
6.6
178.9
17
20
67.3
4.5
5.3
39
286
14 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
18
1979
CIN CIN
15
189
339
55.8
2,340
6.9
156.0
16
10
80.7
4.7
2.9
46
324
15 Craig Morton
C. Morton
18
1979
DEN DEN
15
218
397
54.9
2,770
7.0
184.7
17
20
70.2
4.3
5.0
36
281
16 Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
17
1979
SF SF
16
347
578
60.0
3,652
6.3
228.3
17
21
73.1
2.9
3.6
17
119
17 Archie Manning
A. Manning
17
1979
NO NO
16
252
420
60.0
3,169
7.5
198.1
15
20
75.6
3.6
4.8
17
140
18 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
15
1979
BUF BUF
16
238
458
52.0
3,572
7.8
223.3
14
15
74.4
3.1
3.3
43
387
19 Bob Griese
B. Griese
15
1979
MIA MIA
15
190
336
56.5
2,278
6.8
151.9
15
17
71.3
4.5
5.1
29
242
20 Greg Landry
G. Landry
15
1979
BAL BAL
16
270
457
59.1
2,932
6.4
183.3
15
15
75.3
3.3
3.3
42
326
21 Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
14
1979
HOU HOU
17
190
370
51.4
2,442
6.6
143.6
14
20
62.5
3.8
5.4
31
232
22 Phil Simms
P. Simms
14
1979
NYG NYG
12
134
265
50.6
1,743
6.6
145.3
13
14
66.0
4.9
5.3
39
319
23 David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
14
1979
GB GB
13
179
322
55.6
2,247
7.0
172.8
10
18
64.5
3.1
5.6
32
256
24 Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
13
1979
DET DET
16
183
368
49.7
2,238
6.1
139.9
11
23
52.8
3.0
6.3
40
361
25 Pat Haden
P. Haden
11
1979
LA LA
10
163
290
56.2
1,854
6.4
185.4
11
14
68.1
3.8
4.8
21
178
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