nfl most rushing yards by a qb in 1970

Greg Landry rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in 1970, with 350 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Greg Landry
G. Landry
350
1970
12
35
10.0
29.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
2Virgil Carter
V. Carter
246
1970
13
34
7.2
18.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
236
1970
14
43
5.5
16.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
233
1970
13
32
7.3
17.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
5Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
221
1970
8
27
8.2
27.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
210
1970
14
39
5.4
15.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
7John Hadl
J. Hadl
188
1970
14
28
6.7
13.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
136
1970
14
42
3.2
9.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
9Sam Wyche
S. Wyche
118
1970
14
19
6.2
8.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Al Woodall
A. Woodall
110
1970
10
28
3.9
11.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
104
1970
14
28
3.7
7.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
12Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
94
1970
14
11
8.5
6.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Bob Griese
B. Griese
89
1970
14
26
3.4
6.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
14Al Pastrana
A. Pastrana
89
1970
5
14
6.4
17.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
71
1970
11
20
3.6
6.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Bart Starr
B. Starr
62
1970
14
12
5.2
4.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
61
1970
12
17
3.6
5.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Bob Berry
B. Berry
60
1970
12
13
4.6
5.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Jerry Rhome
J. Rhome
54
1970
13
9
6.0
4.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Len Dawson
L. Dawson
46
1970
14
11
4.2
3.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
42
1970
13
12
3.5
3.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Pete Liske
P. Liske
42
1970
11
7
6.0
3.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Marty Domres
M. Domres
39
1970
8
14
2.8
4.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
39
1970
14
6
6.5
2.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Craig Morton
C. Morton
37
1970
12
16
2.3
3.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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