nfl passing yards per attempt leaders 1970 to 189

Craig Morton averaged the most passing yards per attempt in 1970, with 8.8 yards.

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NFL passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game leaders 1970 to 189

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Craig Morton C. Morton	8.8	1970	DAL	12	102	207	49.3	1,819	151.6	15	7	89.8	7.2	3.4	20	166
2	Bob Griese B. Griese	8.2	1970	MIA	14	142	245	58.0	2,019	144.2	12	17	72.1	4.9	6.9	31	282
3	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	7.8	1970	BUF	14	178	321	55.5	2,507	179.1	10	20	65.3	3.1	6.2	41	387
4	John Brodie J. Brodie	7.8	1970	SF	14	223	378	59.0	2,941	210.1	24	10	93.8	6.3	2.6	8	67
5	John Hadl J. Hadl	7.3	1970	SD	14	162	327	49.5	2,388	170.6	22	15	77.1	6.7	4.6	42	327
6	Len Dawson L. Dawson	7.2	1970	KC	14	141	262	53.8	1,876	134.0	13	14	71.0	5.0	5.3	34	277
7	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	7.1	1970	NYG	14	219	389	56.3	2,777	198.4	19	12	82.2	4.9	3.1	36	249
8	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	7.1	1970	OAK	14	179	356	50.3	2,516	179.7	22	15	76.5	6.2	4.2	15	127
9	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	7.0	1970	WAS	14	202	337	59.9	2,354	168.1	23	10	91.5	6.8	3.0	25	214
10	Norm Snead N. Snead	6.9	1970	PHI	14	181	335	54.0	2,323	165.9	15	20	66.1	4.5	6.0	21	181
11	Jim Hart J. Hart	6.9	1970	STL	14	171	373	45.8	2,575	183.9	14	18	61.5	3.8	4.8	26	216
12	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	6.9	1970	BAL	14	166	321	51.7	2,213	158.1	14	18	65.1	4.4	5.6	19	158
13	Bill Nelsen B. Nelsen	6.9	1970	CLE	12	159	313	50.8	2,156	179.7	16	16	68.9	5.1	5.1	8	79
14	Bob Berry B. Berry	6.7	1970	ATL	12	156	269	58.0	1,806	150.5	16	13	78.1	5.9	4.8	36	274
15	Gary Cuozzo G. Cuozzo	6.7	1970	MIN	12	128	257	49.8	1,720	143.3	7	10	64.3	2.7	3.9	23	161
16	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	6.6	1970	NO	13	135	237	57.0	1,557	119.8	6	17	55.5	2.5	7.2	19	155
17	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	6.5	1970	PIT	13	83	218	38.1	1,410	108.5	6	24	30.4	2.8	11.0	25	242
18	Bart Starr B. Starr	6.5	1970	GB	14	140	255	54.9	1,645	117.5	8	13	63.9	3.1	5.1	29	252
19	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	6.3	1970	LA	14	211	407	51.8	2,552	182.3	16	12	72.2	3.9	2.9	20	134
20	Virgil Carter V. Carter	5.9	1970	CIN	13	143	278	51.4	1,647	126.7	9	9	66.9	3.2	3.2	21	154
21	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	5.9	1970	HOU	10	144	281	51.2	1,652	165.2	7	12	59.8	2.5	4.3	15	124
22	Pete Liske P. Liske	5.6	1970	DEN	11	112	238	47.1	1,340	121.8	7	11	55.3	2.9	4.6	28	228
23	Jack Concannon J. Concannon	5.5	1970	CHI	14	194	385	50.4	2,130	152.1	16	18	61.5	4.2	4.7	24	206
24	Joe Kapp J. Kapp	5.0	1970	BOS	11	98	219	44.7	1,104	100.4	3	17	32.6	1.4	7.8	27	231

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