most total yards gained by a quarterback in a single season between 1970 to 1979

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Dan Fouts accounted for the most yards by a quarterback in a season, with 4,131 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards in 1979.

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most passing total yards gained by a quarterback in a single season between 1970 to 1979

	NAME	TOTALYDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,131	1979	SD	16	332	530	62.6	4,082	7.7	255.1	24	24	82.6	4.5	4.5	28	195
2	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	3,971	1979	CLE	16	286	535	53.5	3,793	7.1	237.1	28	26	73.4	5.2	4.9	43	347
3	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	3,940	1979	SEA	16	285	505	56.4	3,661	7.2	228.8	20	18	77.7	4.0	3.6	23	201
4	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	3,807	1979	PIT	16	259	472	54.9	3,724	7.9	232.8	26	25	77.0	5.5	5.3	24	196
5	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	3,758	1979	DAL	16	267	461	57.9	3,586	7.8	224.1	27	11	92.3	5.9	2.4	36	240
6	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	3,662	1979	SF	16	347	578	60.0	3,652	6.3	228.3	17	21	73.1	2.9	3.6	17	119
7	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	3,654	1979	NE	16	206	423	48.7	3,286	7.8	205.4	28	20	77.4	6.6	4.7	45	341
8	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	3,640	1979	BUF	16	238	458	52.0	3,572	7.8	223.3	14	15	74.4	3.1	3.3	43	387
9	Archie Manning A. Manning	3,618	1978	NO	16	291	471	61.8	3,416	7.3	213.5	17	16	81.7	3.6	3.4	37	301
10	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	3,611	1979	OAK	16	304	498	61.0	3,615	7.3	225.9	26	22	82.2	5.2	4.4	34	284
11	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	3,573	1978	SEA	16	248	443	56.0	3,283	7.4	205.2	15	20	72.1	3.4	4.5	44	284
12	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	3,538	1979	MIN	16	315	566	55.7	3,397	6.0	212.3	23	24	69.3	4.1	4.2	36	249
13	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	3,462	1978	MIN	16	345	572	60.3	3,468	6.1	216.8	25	32	68.9	4.4	5.6	27	254
14	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	3,372	1978	DAL	15	231	413	55.9	3,190	7.7	212.7	25	16	84.9	6.1	3.9	32	219
15	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	3,363	1978	NE	16	181	362	50.0	2,824	7.8	176.5	15	23	63.6	4.1	6.4	21	184
16	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	3,357	1975	CIN	13	228	377	60.5	3,169	8.4	243.8	21	11	93.9	5.6	2.9	32	247
17	Archie Manning A. Manning	3,355	1979	NO	16	252	420	60.0	3,169	7.5	198.1	15	20	75.6	3.6	4.8	17	140
18	Bert Jones B. Jones	3,318	1976	BAL	14	207	343	60.3	3,104	9.0	221.7	24	9	102.5	7.0	2.6	29	284
19	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	3,229	1973	PHI	14	270	460	58.7	3,219	7.0	229.9	23	12	86.0	5.0	2.6	31	219
20	Pat Haden P. Haden	3,201	1978	LA	16	229	444	51.6	2,995	6.7	187.2	13	19	65.1	2.9	4.3	32	216
21	John Hadl J. Hadl	3,150	1971	SD	14	233	431	54.1	3,075	7.1	219.6	21	25	68.9	4.9	5.8	16	145
22	Jim Hart J. Hart	3,132	1978	STL	15	240	477	50.3	3,121	6.5	208.1	16	18	66.7	3.4	3.8	20	166
23	Archie Manning A. Manning	3,132	1972	NO	14	230	448	51.3	2,781	6.2	198.6	18	21	64.6	4.0	4.7	43	347
24	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	3,102	1975	MIN	14	273	425	64.2	2,994	7.0	213.9	25	13	91.8	5.9	3.1	27	245
25	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	3,082	1977	BUF	14	221	457	48.4	2,803	6.1	200.2	12	24	54.8	2.6	5.3	36	273

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