nfl most rushing yards in a season for a qb before 2005

Before 2005, Bobby Douglass rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in a season, with 968 yards in 1972.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
968
1972
CHI CHI
14
141
6.9
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
2Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
942
1990
PHI PHI
16
118
8.0
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
3Michael Vick
M. Vick
902
2004
ATL ATL
15
120
7.5
60.1
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Michael Vick
M. Vick
777
2002
ATL ATL
15
113
6.9
51.8
8
16
0
0
1.1
0
5Steve McNair
S. McNair
674
1997
TEN TEN
16
101
6.7
42.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
6Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
629
2000
PHI PHI
16
86
7.3
39.3
6
5
2
4
2.5
0.3
0
7Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
624
1988
PHI PHI
16
93
6.7
39.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
8Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
621
1989
PHI PHI
16
104
6.0
38.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
9Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
609
2002
MIN MIN
16
106
5.7
38.1
10
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Steve McNair
S. McNair
559
1998
TEN TEN
16
77
7.3
34.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
11Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
549
1992
PHI PHI
15
87
6.3
36.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
12Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
540
1986
PHI PHI
15
66
8.2
36.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
13Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
539
1978
NE NE
16
81
6.7
33.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
14Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
537
2001
PIT PIT
16
96
5.6
33.6
5
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Steve Young
S. Young
537
1992
SF SF
16
76
7.1
33.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
16Greg Landry
G. Landry
530
1971
DET DET
14
76
7.0
37.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
17Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
529
2000
OAK OAK
16
89
5.9
33.1
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
525
1973
CHI CHI
13
94
5.6
40.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Greg Landry
G. Landry
524
1972
DET DET
14
81
6.5
37.4
9
0
0
0.0
0
20Tobin Rote
T. Rote
523
1951
GB GB
12
76
6.9
43.6
3
11
0
0.9
0
21Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
509
1961
SF SF
11
96
5.3
46.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
22Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
505
1987
PHI PHI
12
76
6.6
42.1
3
-3
1
-3.0
-0.3
0
23Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
501
1951
CHC CHC
12
78
6.4
41.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
24Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
482
2001
PHI PHI
16
82
5.9
30.1
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
480
1995
JAX JAX
13
67
7.2
36.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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26.4

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RUSH YDS/G

124.6

10th

PASS YDS/G

237.6

11th

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TEAMWLTPCT
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5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
Bears Bears
4
3
0
.571
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4
0
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11/28
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AFC EastWLTPCT
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2
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.750
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.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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.571
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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2
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
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2
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4
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2
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.714
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