nfl most rushing yards by a qb in 1959

Bobby Layne rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in 1959, with 181 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
181
1959
12
33
5.5
15.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
2King Hill
K. Hill
167
1959
11
39
4.3
15.2
5
0
0
0.0
0
3Tobin Rote
T. Rote
156
1959
10
35
4.5
15.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
4Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
145
1959
12
29
5.0
12.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
5Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
112
1959
12
26
4.3
9.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Ed Brown
E. Brown
108
1959
12
33
3.3
9.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
7Jerry Reichow
J. Reichow
98
1959
9
13
7.5
10.9
0
118
7
16.9
13.1
1
8Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
97
1959
9
26
3.7
10.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Billy Wade
B. Wade
95
1959
12
25
3.8
7.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
86
1959
12
7
12.3
7.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Bart Starr
B. Starr
83
1959
12
16
5.2
6.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Lamar McHan
L. McHan
64
1959
12
16
4.0
5.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
57
1959
10
19
3.0
5.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
38
1959
10
15
2.5
3.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Eagle Day
E. Day
27
1959
4
3
9.0
6.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
24
1959
11
11
2.2
2.2
0
4
1
4.0
0.4
0
17Len Dawson
L. Dawson
20
1959
12
4
5.0
1.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Milt Plum
M. Plum
20
1959
12
21
1.0
1.7
1
20
1
20.0
1.7
0
19Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
13
1959
12
11
1.2
1.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
11
1959
2
1
11.0
5.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
7
1959
12
13
0.5
0.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
22John Brodie
J. Brodie
6
1959
12
5
1.2
0.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Joe Francis
J. Francis
5
1959
12
2
2.5
0.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Don Heinrich
D. Heinrich
3
1959
8
2
1.5
0.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
25George Shaw
G. Shaw
3
1959
5
3
1.0
0.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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