nfl qb rushing yards leaders 1972

Bobby Douglass rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in 1972, with 968 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
968
1972
14
141
6.9
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
2Greg Landry
G. Landry
524
1972
14
81
6.5
37.4
9
0
0
0.0
0
3Archie Manning
A. Manning
351
1972
14
63
5.6
25.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
346
1972
14
58
6.0
24.7
7
0
0
0.0
0
5Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
256
1972
14
60
4.3
18.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
6Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
230
1972
14
36
6.4
16.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
7Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
205
1972
14
38
5.4
14.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
8Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
180
1972
14
27
6.7
12.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
138
1972
14
35
3.9
9.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Marty Domres
M. Domres
137
1972
12
30
4.6
11.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
11Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
133
1972
5
14
9.5
26.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
12John Reaves
J. Reaves
109
1972
11
18
6.1
9.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
13John Hadl
J. Hadl
99
1972
14
22
4.5
7.1
1
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
14Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
94
1972
13
22
4.3
7.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Bob Berry
B. Berry
86
1972
14
24
3.6
6.1
2
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
16Len Dawson
L. Dawson
75
1972
14
15
5.0
5.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
67
1972
14
17
3.9
4.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Virgil Carter
V. Carter
57
1972
10
12
4.8
5.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
19Steve Spurrier
S. Spurrier
51
1972
13
11
4.6
3.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
45
1972
4
6
7.5
11.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
37
1972
14
22
1.7
2.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
22Brian Dowling
B. Dowling
35
1972
14
7
5.0
2.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
23Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
33
1972
14
10
3.3
2.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Bob Davis
B. Davis
32
1972
14
6
5.3
2.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Tim Van Galder
T. Van Galder
28
1972
5
9
3.1
5.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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25.9

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OPP PPG

24.4

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144.5

3rd

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234.8

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