most touchdowns per game by a qb with at least 1000 attempts from 1970 to 1979

From 1970 through 1979, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing touchdowns per game played by a quarterback when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, with 1.3.

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	NAME	TD/GP	ATT	TD	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	1.3	3,445	156	120	2,056	59.7	23,863	6.9	198.9	132	79.8	4.5	3.8	238	2,048
2	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	1.22	1,666	89	73	831	49.9	12,151	7.3	166.5	102	66.3	5.3	6.1	120	1,042
3	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	1.22	2,911	152	125	1,662	57.1	22,279	7.7	178.2	107	83.6	5.2	3.7	301	2,048
4	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	1.15	2,481	150	130	1,486	59.9	19,078	7.7	146.8	143	80.2	6.0	5.8	189	1,691
5	Bob Griese B. Griese	1.15	2,391	140	122	1,392	58.2	18,129	7.6	148.6	118	81.1	5.9	4.9	225	1,940
6	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	1.15	2,028	109	95	1,088	53.6	13,909	6.9	146.4	92	74.4	5.4	4.5	136	981
7	Bert Jones B. Jones	1.15	1,592	78	68	890	55.9	11,435	7.2	168.2	56	80.3	4.9	3.5	159	1,423
8	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	1.14	2,859	147	129	1,474	51.6	19,918	7.0	154.4	163	67.5	5.1	5.7	239	2,163
9	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	1.13	1,638	63	56	845	51.6	11,202	6.8	200.0	84	65.0	3.8	5.1	103	724
10	John Brodie J. Brodie	1.13	1,069	54	48	599	56.0	7,614	7.1	158.6	54	74.2	5.1	5.1	31	246
11	Joe Namath J. Namath	1.07	1,719	76	71	860	50.0	12,176	7.1	171.5	116	59.9	4.4	6.7	96	935
12	Jim Hart J. Hart	1.07	3,386	137	128	1,739	51.4	23,026	6.8	179.9	145	68.9	4.0	4.3	165	1,326
13	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	1.07	1,637	77	72	902	55.1	11,075	6.8	153.8	79	71.8	4.7	4.8	127	1,012
14	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	1.05	2,785	125	119	1,570	56.4	20,030	7.2	168.3	101	78.9	4.5	3.6	271	2,009
15	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	1.02	2,005	82	80	1,141	56.9	14,739	7.4	184.2	101	72.8	4.1	5.0	150	1,047
16	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	0.97	2,113	92	95	1,069	50.6	14,550	6.9	153.2	94	68.9	4.4	4.4	191	1,535
17	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	0.97	2,267	92	95	1,217	53.7	14,038	6.2	147.8	74	72.5	4.1	3.3	154	1,156
18	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	0.93	2,009	85	91	990	49.3	13,306	6.6	146.2	118	60.4	4.2	5.9	204	1,817
19	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	0.9	1,260	47	52	627	49.8	8,129	6.5	156.3	75	58.1	3.7	6.0	144	1,278
20	John Hadl J. Hadl	0.9	2,175	101	112	1,124	51.7	14,477	6.7	129.3	123	64.8	4.6	5.7	161	1,324
21	Pat Haden P. Haden	0.9	1,055	43	48	574	54.4	7,296	6.9	152.0	43	72.8	4.1	4.1	83	631
22	Greg Landry G. Landry	0.86	1,996	89	104	1,124	56.3	14,192	7.1	136.5	79	77.0	4.5	4.0	273	2,119
23	Craig Morton C. Morton	0.83	2,498	110	132	1,322	52.9	17,623	7.1	133.5	121	70.1	4.4	4.8	260	1,951
24	Norm Snead N. Snead	0.83	1,360	54	65	772	56.8	9,142	6.7	140.6	82	65.5	4.0	6.0	73	574
25	Archie Manning A. Manning	0.83	2,587	87	105	1,405	54.3	16,568	6.4	157.8	123	65.4	3.4	4.8	276	2,147

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