nfl most rushing yards by a qb in 1965

Fran Tarkenton rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in 1965, with 356 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
356
1965
14
56
6.4
25.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
2Don Meredith
D. Meredith
247
1965
14
35
7.1
17.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
3Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
200
1965
14
50
4.0
14.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Bart Starr
B. Starr
169
1965
14
18
9.4
12.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
5Bill Munson
B. Munson
157
1965
10
26
6.0
15.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
6Don Trull
D. Trull
145
1965
14
29
5.0
10.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
7Len Dawson
L. Dawson
142
1965
14
43
3.3
10.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
8Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
138
1965
14
25
5.5
9.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
9Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
104
1965
3
9
11.6
34.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
10John Hadl
J. Hadl
91
1965
14
28
3.3
6.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
11Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
84
1965
12
26
3.2
7.0
1
-5
1
-5.0
-0.4
0
12Norm Snead
N. Snead
81
1965
11
24
3.4
7.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
13Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
79
1965
7
23
3.4
11.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
14Mickey Slaughter
M. Slaughter
75
1965
10
20
3.8
7.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
72
1965
12
19
3.8
6.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
68
1965
11
17
4.0
6.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Gary Wood
G. Wood
68
1965
9
5
13.6
7.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
18George Mira
G. Mira
64
1965
10
5
12.8
6.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
19John Brodie
J. Brodie
60
1965
13
15
4.0
4.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
60
1965
11
25
2.4
5.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
52
1965
14
17
3.1
3.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
49
1965
14
36
1.4
3.5
4
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
23Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
46
1965
6
4
11.5
7.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Tommy Wade
T. Wade
43
1965
4
8
5.4
10.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Milt Plum
M. Plum
37
1965
14
21
1.8
2.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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