nfl most rushing yards by a qb in 1966

Fran Tarkenton rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in 1966, with 376 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
376
1966
14
62
6.1
26.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
2Don Meredith
D. Meredith
242
1966
13
38
6.4
18.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
3Karl Sweetan
K. Sweetan
219
1966
10
34
6.4
21.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
4Gary Wood
G. Wood
196
1966
14
28
7.0
14.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
5Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
195
1966
11
25
7.8
17.7
2
7
1
7.0
0.6
0
6Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
176
1966
14
52
3.4
12.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
7Len Dawson
L. Dawson
167
1966
14
24
7.0
11.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
156
1966
14
36
4.3
11.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
152
1966
14
20
7.6
10.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
142
1966
14
35
4.1
10.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
11Don Trull
D. Trull
139
1966
14
38
3.7
9.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
12George Wilson
G. Wilson
137
1966
14
27
5.1
9.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
130
1966
14
40
3.3
9.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
14Bart Starr
B. Starr
104
1966
14
21
5.0
7.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
15George Mira
G. Mira
103
1966
14
10
10.3
7.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
16John Hadl
J. Hadl
95
1966
14
38
2.5
6.8
2
-13
2
-6.5
-0.9
0
17Milt Plum
M. Plum
59
1966
6
12
4.9
9.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Tom Flores
T. Flores
50
1966
14
5
10.0
3.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Craig Morton
C. Morton
50
1966
6
7
7.1
8.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Max Choboian
M. Choboian
45
1966
14
21
2.1
3.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
21Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
44
1966
14
20
2.2
3.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
22Joe Namath
J. Namath
42
1966
14
6
7.0
3.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
23Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
42
1966
14
28
1.5
3.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
24John Huarte
J. Huarte
40
1966
14
7
5.7
2.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
39
1966
9
20
2.0
4.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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