nfl passing touchdown leaders 1979 season

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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	13	179	322	55.6	2,247	7.0	172.8	18	64.5	3.1	5.6	32	256

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