nfl qb rushing yard leaders in 1979

Steve Grogan rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in 1979, with 368 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
368
1979
16
64
5.8
23.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
2Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
279
1979
16
46
6.1
17.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
3Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
264
1979
16
50
5.3
16.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
4Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
235
1979
15
28
8.4
15.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
5Archie Manning
A. Manning
186
1979
16
35
5.3
11.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
6Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
181
1979
16
46
3.9
11.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
7Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
178
1979
16
45
4.0
11.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
8Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
172
1979
16
37
4.6
10.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Phil Simms
P. Simms
166
1979
12
29
5.7
13.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
138
1979
16
32
4.3
8.6
1
3
0
0.2
0
11Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
119
1979
16
43
2.8
7.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
12Doug Williams
D. Williams
119
1979
16
35
3.4
7.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
13Jack Thompson
J. Thompson
116
1979
9
21
5.5
12.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
14Norris Weese
N. Weese
116
1979
16
18
6.4
7.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Greg Landry
G. Landry
115
1979
16
31
3.7
7.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
107
1979
16
30
3.6
6.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Pat Haden
P. Haden
97
1979
10
16
6.1
9.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Richard Todd
R. Todd
93
1979
15
36
2.6
6.2
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
83
1979
16
21
4.0
5.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
20David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
73
1979
13
18
4.1
5.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
21Vince Evans
V. Evans
72
1979
4
12
6.0
18.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
22Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
68
1979
16
22
3.1
4.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Randy Dean
R. Dean
56
1979
16
8
7.0
3.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
24Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
51
1979
12
27
1.9
4.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
49
1979
16
26
1.9
3.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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