Dan Fouts had the most passing yards by a quarterback in 1979, with 4,082 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,082	1979	SD	16	332	530	62.6	7.7	255.1	24	24	82.6	4.5	4.5	28	195
2	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	3,793	1979	CLE	16	286	535	53.5	7.1	237.1	28	26	73.4	5.2	4.9	43	347
3	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	3,724	1979	PIT	16	259	472	54.9	7.9	232.8	26	25	77.0	5.5	5.3	24	196
4	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	3,661	1979	SEA	16	285	505	56.4	7.2	228.8	20	18	77.7	4.0	3.6	23	201
5	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	3,652	1979	SF	16	347	578	60.0	6.3	228.3	17	21	73.1	2.9	3.6	17	119
6	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	3,615	1979	OAK	16	304	498	61.0	7.3	225.9	26	22	82.2	5.2	4.4	34	284
7	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	3,586	1979	DAL	16	267	461	57.9	7.8	224.1	27	11	92.3	5.9	2.4	36	240
8	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	3,572	1979	BUF	16	238	458	52.0	7.8	223.3	14	15	74.4	3.1	3.3	43	387
9	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	3,397	1979	MIN	16	315	566	55.7	6.0	212.3	23	24	69.3	4.1	4.2	36	249
10	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	3,286	1979	NE	16	206	423	48.7	7.8	205.4	28	20	77.4	6.6	4.7	45	341
11	Archie Manning A. Manning	3,169	1979	NO	16	252	420	60.0	7.5	198.1	15	20	75.6	3.6	4.8	17	140
12	Greg Landry G. Landry	2,932	1979	BAL	16	270	457	59.1	6.4	183.3	15	15	75.3	3.3	3.3	42	326
13	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	2,797	1979	WAS	16	233	395	59.0	7.1	174.8	20	13	83.9	5.1	3.3	34	263
14	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	2,669	1979	PHI	16	190	374	50.8	7.1	166.8	18	12	76.8	4.8	3.2	34	272
15	Richard Todd R. Todd	2,660	1979	NYJ	15	171	334	51.2	8.0	177.3	16	22	66.5	4.8	6.6	25	222
16	Craig Morton C. Morton	2,626	1979	DEN	14	204	370	55.1	7.1	187.6	16	19	70.6	4.3	5.1	30	241
17	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	2,505	1979	ATL	14	204	380	53.7	6.6	178.9	17	20	67.3	4.5	5.3	39	286
18	Doug Williams D. Williams	2,448	1979	TB	16	166	397	41.8	6.2	153.0	18	24	52.5	4.5	6.0	7	57
19	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	2,340	1979	CIN	15	189	339	55.8	6.9	156.0	16	10	80.7	4.7	2.9	46	324
20	David Whitehurst D. Whitehurst	2,247	1979	GB	13	179	322	55.6	7.0	172.8	10	18	64.5	3.1	5.6	32	256
21	Jeff Komlo J. Komlo	2,238	1979	DET	16	183	368	49.7	6.1	139.9	11	23	52.8	3.0	6.3	40	361
22	Jim Hart J. Hart	2,218	1979	STL	14	194	378	51.3	5.9	158.4	9	20	55.2	2.4	5.3	25	183
23	Bob Griese B. Griese	2,160	1979	MIA	14	176	310	56.8	7.0	154.3	14	16	72.0	4.5	5.2	26	223
24	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	2,090	1979	HOU	15	163	324	50.3	6.5	139.3	14	18	62.1	4.3	5.6	29	212
25	Pat Haden P. Haden	1,854	1979	LA	10	163	290	56.2	6.4	185.4	11	14	68.1	3.8	4.8	21	178

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