nfl passing yards leaders 1979 to 1980

Between the 1979 and 1980 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 8,797 yards.

NAME YDS GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
8,797
32
680
1,119
60.8
7.9
274.9
54
48
83.7
4.8
4.3
60
405
2 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
7,925
32
623
1,089
57.2
7.3
247.7
58
40
82.5
5.3
3.7
66
564
3 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7,063
31
477
896
53.2
7.9
227.8
50
47
76.0
5.6
5.2
57
441
4 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
7,007
32
561
993
56.5
7.1
219.0
37
38
75.0
3.7
3.8
67
542
5 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
6,979
31
614
1,088
56.4
6.4
225.1
42
47
70.7
3.9
4.3
73
463
6 Archie Manning
A. Manning
6,885
32
561
929
60.4
7.4
215.2
38
40
79.0
4.1
4.3
58
451
7 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
6,817
32
597
955
62.5
7.1
213.0
39
50
75.7
4.1
5.2
61
548
8 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
6,377
32
489
897
54.5
7.1
199.3
34
33
74.4
3.8
3.7
56
516
9 Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
6,198
32
447
825
54.2
7.5
193.7
45
24
84.6
5.5
2.9
61
485
10 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
6,049
30
461
843
54.7
7.2
201.6
48
36
78.7
5.7
4.3
74
610
11 Richard Todd
R. Todd
5,989
31
435
813
53.5
7.4
193.2
33
52
64.2
4.1
6.4
67
548
12 Doug Williams
D. Williams
5,844
32
420
918
45.8
6.4
182.6
38
40
62.4
4.1
4.4
30
251
13 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
5,761
28
381
729
52.3
7.9
205.8
46
42
75.6
6.3
5.8
62
479
14 Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
5,759
32
495
849
58.3
6.8
180.0
37
29
79.2
4.4
3.4
65
545
15 Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
5,650
27
533
899
59.3
6.3
209.3
29
38
70.8
3.2
4.2
31
233
16 Jim Hart
J. Hart
5,164
29
422
803
52.6
6.4
178.1
25
40
62.3
3.1
5.0
64
475
17 Craig Morton
C. Morton
4,776
26
387
671
57.7
7.1
183.7
28
32
73.8
4.2
4.8
56
431
18 Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
4,316
21
338
597
56.6
7.2
205.5
20
29
70.3
3.4
4.9
52
434
19 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
4,118
28
355
614
57.8
6.7
147.1
22
23
74.5
3.6
3.7
70
498
20 Phil Simms
P. Simms
4,064
25
327
667
49.0
6.1
162.6
28
33
61.7
4.2
4.9
75
552
21 Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
3,977
24
293
514
57.0
7.7
165.7
35
29
81.0
6.8
5.6
34
306
22 Bert Jones
B. Jones
3,777
19
291
538
54.1
7.0
198.8
26
24
73.9
4.8
4.5
44
339
23 Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
3,734
30
339
590
57.5
6.3
124.5
16
26
67.0
2.7
4.4
86
592
24 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
3,586
16
267
461
57.9
7.8
224.1
27
11
92.3
5.9
2.4
36
240
25 Danny White
D. White
3,554
32
279
475
58.7
7.5
111.1
29
27
78.9
6.1
5.7
34
298
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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1
0
.750
Broncos Broncos
2
2
0
.500
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500
Raiders Raiders
1
3
0
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LAC LAC
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LAC LAC
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MIA MIA
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IND IND
@
LAC LAC
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10/23
MIN MIN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
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11/2
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@
TEN TEN
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21

Final

18

LAC Chargers

3 - 1 - 0

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4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
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2
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.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
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.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
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Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
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.500
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49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
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Bills Bills
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0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
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3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
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9/6
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Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
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CLE CLE
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Sun
10/5
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10/5
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@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM