nfl qb rushing yards leaders 1978

Steve Grogan rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in 1978, with 539 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
539
1978
NE NE
16
81
6.7
33.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
2 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
290
1978
SEA SEA
16
59
4.9
18.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
3 Pat Haden
P. Haden
206
1978
LA LA
16
33
6.2
12.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
4 Archie Manning
A. Manning
202
1978
NO NO
16
38
5.3
12.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
5 Mike Rae
M. Rae
186
1978
TB TB
6
20
9.3
31.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
6 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
182
1978
DAL DAL
15
42
4.3
12.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
7 Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
177
1978
WAS WAS
16
37
4.8
11.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
8 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
167
1978
CIN CIN
12
29
5.8
13.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
9 Scott Bull
S. Bull
100
1978
SF SF
16
29
3.4
6.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
10 Randy Dean
R. Dean
94
1978
NYG NYG
6
14
6.7
15.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
11 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
93
1978
PIT PIT
16
32
2.9
5.8
1
1
0
0.1
0
12 Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
93
1978
DET DET
16
22
4.2
5.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
13 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
87
1978
CLE CLE
16
28
3.1
5.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
14 Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
79
1978
PHI PHI
16
30
2.6
4.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
15 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
76
1978
BUF BUF
16
27
2.8
4.8
0
-6
1
-6.0
-0.4
0
16 Craig Morton
C. Morton
71
1978
DEN DEN
14
17
4.2
5.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
17 Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
68
1978
NYG NYG
15
17
4.0
4.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
18 David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
67
1978
GB GB
16
28
2.4
4.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
19 Mark Miller
M. Miller
63
1978
CLE CLE
8
7
9.0
7.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
20 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
60
1978
ATL ATL
14
33
1.8
4.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
21 Bob Avellini
B. Avellini
54
1978
CHI CHI
13
34
1.6
4.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
22 John Reaves
J. Reaves
50
1978
CIN CIN
9
6
8.3
5.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
23 Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
49
1978
KC KC
14
23
2.1
3.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
24 Norris Weese
N. Weese
48
1978
DEN DEN
13
17
2.8
3.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
25 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43
1978
SD SD
15
20
2.2
2.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

20.0

21st

OPP PPG

22.7

18th

RUSH YDS/G

100.3

19th

PASS YDS/G

261.7

7th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
Jets Jets
0
3
0
.000
Dolphins Dolphins
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
CAR CAR
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM
Sun
10/12
NE NE
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Last Game
NE Patriots

1 - 2 - 0

14

Final

21

PIT Steelers

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

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NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM