nfl passing touchdown leader 1979

Steve Grogan and Brian Sipe were tied for the most passing touchdowns in 1979, with 28 touchdowns.

NAME TD SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
28
1979
NE NE
16
206
423
48.7
3,286
7.8
205.4
20
77.4
6.6
4.7
45
341
2 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
28
1979
CLE CLE
16
286
535
53.5
3,793
7.1
237.1
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
3 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
27
1979
DAL DAL
16
267
461
57.9
3,586
7.8
224.1
11
92.3
5.9
2.4
36
240
4 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
26
1979
PIT PIT
16
259
472
54.9
3,724
7.9
232.8
25
77.0
5.5
5.3
24
196
5 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
26
1979
OAK OAK
16
304
498
61.0
3,615
7.3
225.9
22
82.2
5.2
4.4
34
284
6 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
24
1979
SD SD
16
332
530
62.6
4,082
7.7
255.1
24
82.6
4.5
4.5
28
195
7 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
23
1979
MIN MIN
16
315
566
55.7
3,397
6.0
212.3
24
69.3
4.1
4.2
36
249
8 Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
20
1979
WAS WAS
16
233
395
59.0
2,797
7.1
174.8
13
83.9
5.1
3.3
34
263
9 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
20
1979
SEA SEA
16
285
505
56.4
3,661
7.2
228.8
18
77.7
4.0
3.6
23
201
10 Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
18
1979
PHI PHI
16
190
374
50.8
2,669
7.1
166.8
12
76.8
4.8
3.2
34
272
11 Doug Williams
D. Williams
18
1979
TB TB
16
166
397
41.8
2,448
6.2
153.0
24
52.5
4.5
6.0
7
57
12 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
17
1979
ATL ATL
14
204
380
53.7
2,505
6.6
178.9
20
67.3
4.5
5.3
39
286
13 Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
17
1979
SF SF
16
347
578
60.0
3,652
6.3
228.3
21
73.1
2.9
3.6
17
119
14 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
16
1979
CIN CIN
15
189
339
55.8
2,340
6.9
156.0
10
80.7
4.7
2.9
46
324
15 Craig Morton
C. Morton
16
1979
DEN DEN
14
204
370
55.1
2,626
7.1
187.6
19
70.6
4.3
5.1
30
241
16 Richard Todd
R. Todd
16
1979
NYJ NYJ
15
171
334
51.2
2,660
8.0
177.3
22
66.5
4.8
6.6
25
222
17 Greg Landry
G. Landry
15
1979
BAL BAL
16
270
457
59.1
2,932
6.4
183.3
15
75.3
3.3
3.3
42
326
18 Archie Manning
A. Manning
15
1979
NO NO
16
252
420
60.0
3,169
7.5
198.1
20
75.6
3.6
4.8
17
140
19 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
14
1979
BUF BUF
16
238
458
52.0
3,572
7.8
223.3
15
74.4
3.1
3.3
43
387
20 Bob Griese
B. Griese
14
1979
MIA MIA
14
176
310
56.8
2,160
7.0
154.3
16
72.0
4.5
5.2
26
223
21 Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
14
1979
HOU HOU
15
163
324
50.3
2,090
6.5
139.3
18
62.1
4.3
5.6
29
212
22 Phil Simms
P. Simms
13
1979
NYG NYG
12
134
265
50.6
1,743
6.6
145.3
14
66.0
4.9
5.3
39
319
23 Pat Haden
P. Haden
11
1979
LA LA
10
163
290
56.2
1,854
6.4
185.4
14
68.1
3.8
4.8
21
178
24 Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
11
1979
DET DET
16
183
368
49.7
2,238
6.1
139.9
23
52.8
3.0
6.3
40
361
25 David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
10
1979
GB GB
13
179
322
55.6
2,247
7.0
172.8
18
64.5
3.1
5.6
32
256
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3
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Vikings Vikings
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Dolphins Dolphins
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.462
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Ravens Ravens
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5
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AFC South W L T PCT
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5
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Colts Colts
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7
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.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
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1
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Chargers Chargers
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5
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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12/11
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Sat
12/7
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1:00 PM