Johnny Lujack accounted for the most yards by a quarterback in the 1949 regular-season and playoffs, with 2,722 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards in 1949.
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most passing total yards by quarterbacks in 1949 including playoffs| NAME | TOTALYDS | SEASON | TM | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | YDS | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Lujack | 2,722 | 1949 | 12 | 162 | 312 | 51.9 | 2,658 | 8.5 | 221.5 | 23 | 22 | 76.0 | 7.4 | 7.1 | |||
| 2 | | B. Waterfield | 2,210 | 1949 | 13 | 159 | 309 | 51.5 | 2,211 | 7.2 | 170.1 | 17 | 25 | 59.4 | 5.5 | 8.1 | |||
| 3 | | C. Conerly | 2,180 | 1949 | 12 | 152 | 305 | 49.8 | 2,138 | 7.0 | 178.2 | 17 | 20 | 64.1 | 5.6 | 6.6 | |||
| 4 | | B. Layne | 1,992 | 1949 | 12 | 155 | 299 | 51.8 | 1,796 | 6.0 | 149.7 | 9 | 18 | 55.3 | 3.0 | 6.0 | |||
| 5 | | S. Baugh | 1,970 | 1949 | 12 | 145 | 255 | 56.9 | 1,903 | 7.5 | 158.6 | 18 | 14 | 81.2 | 7.1 | 5.5 | |||
| 6 | | T. Thompson | 1,812 | 1949 | 13 | 121 | 223 | 54.3 | 1,795 | 8.0 | 138.1 | 17 | 13 | 82.0 | 7.6 | 5.8 | |||
| 7 | | J. Girard | 1,092 | 1949 | 12 | 62 | 175 | 35.4 | 881 | 5.0 | 73.4 | 4 | 12 | 31.6 | 2.3 | 6.9 | |||
| 8 | | H. Gilmer | 1,073 | 1949 | 12 | 49 | 132 | 37.1 | 869 | 6.6 | 72.4 | 4 | 15 | 31.0 | 3.0 | 11.4 | |||
| 9 | | P. Christman | 1,049 | 1949 | 12 | 75 | 151 | 49.7 | 1,015 | 6.7 | 84.6 | 11 | 13 | 59.9 | 7.3 | 8.6 | |||
| 10 | | F. Enke | 941 | 1949 | 12 | 63 | 142 | 44.4 | 793 | 5.6 | 66.1 | 6 | 5 | 61.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | |||
| 11 | | F. Tripucka | 869 | 1949 | 6 | 62 | 145 | 42.8 | 833 | 5.7 | 138.8 | 9 | 14 | 42.8 | 6.2 | 9.7 | |||
| 12 | | J. Hardy | 754 | 1949 | 12 | 63 | 150 | 42.0 | 748 | 5.0 | 62.3 | 10 | 13 | 44.0 | 6.7 | 8.7 | |||
| 13 | | C. LeForce | 723 | 1949 | 11 | 53 | 112 | 47.3 | 665 | 5.9 | 60.5 | 3 | 9 | 41.7 | 2.7 | 8.0 | |||
| 14 |  | N. Van Brocklin | 639 | 1949 | 9 | 37 | 72 | 51.4 | 656 | 9.1 | 72.9 | 6 | 2 | 99.1 | 8.3 | 2.8 | |||
| 15 | | S. Heath | 380 | 1949 | 12 | 26 | 106 | 24.5 | 355 | 3.3 | 29.6 | 1 | 14 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 13.2 | |||
| 16 | | J. Rauch | 215 | 1949 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 169 | 6.8 | 18.8 | 1 | 3 | 40.7 | 4.0 | 12.0 | |||
| 17 | | R. Coates | 207 | 1949 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 18 | | G. Blanda | 206 | 1949 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 42.9 | 197 | 9.4 | 16.4 | 0 | 5 | 37.3 | 0.0 | 23.8 | |||
| 19 | | S. Luckman | 204 | 1949 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 44.0 | 200 | 4.0 | 18.2 | 1 | 3 | 37.1 | 2.0 | 6.0 | |||
| 20 | | B. Mackrides | 199 | 1949 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 38.9 | 182 | 5.1 | 26.0 | 2 | 2 | 50.9 | 5.6 | 5.6 | |||
| 21 | | B. DeMoss | 61 | 1949 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 60 | 3.3 | 20.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 11.1 | |||
| 22 | | J. Jacobs | 55 | 1949 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 18.8 | 55 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 0 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 18.8 | |||
| 23 | | B. Thomason | 50 | 1949 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 50 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 0 | 1 | 26.4 | 0.0 | 8.3 | |||
| 24 | | R. Mallouf | 18 | 1949 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 18.8 | 19 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
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 Patriots - y | 14 | 3 | 0 | .824 |
 Bills - w | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 |
 Dolphins - e | 7 | 10 | 0 | .412 |
 Jets - e | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
 Steelers - y | 10 | 7 | 0 | .588 |
 Ravens - e | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
 Bengals - e | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 |
 Browns - e | 5 | 12 | 0 | .294 |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
 Jaguars - y | 13 | 4 | 0 | .765 |
 Texans - w | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 |
 Colts - e | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
 Titans - e | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
 Broncos - z* | 14 | 3 | 0 | .824 |
 Chargers - w | 11 | 6 | 0 | .647 |
 Chiefs - e | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 |
 Raiders - e | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 |
| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eagles - y | 11 | 6 | 0 | .647 |
 Cowboys - e | 7 | 9 | 1 | .441 |
 Commanders - e | 5 | 12 | 0 | .294 |
 Giants - e | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
 Bears - y | 11 | 6 | 0 | .647 |
 Packers - w | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 |
 Vikings - e | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 |
 Lions - e | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
 Panthers - y | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
 Buccaneers - e | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
 Falcons - e | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
 Saints - e | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
 Seahawks - z* | 14 | 3 | 0 | .824 |
 Rams - w | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 |
 49ers - w | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 |
 Cardinals - e | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 |