nfl qb rushing yards leaders 1978

Steve Grogan had the most rushing yards by a quarterback in 1978, with 539 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
539
1978
16
81
6.7
33.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
2Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
290
1978
16
59
4.9
18.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
3Pat Haden
P. Haden
206
1978
16
33
6.2
12.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Archie Manning
A. Manning
202
1978
16
38
5.3
12.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
5Mike Rae
M. Rae
186
1978
6
20
9.3
31.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
182
1978
15
42
4.3
12.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
7Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
177
1978
16
37
4.8
11.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
167
1978
12
29
5.8
13.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
9Scott Bull
S. Bull
100
1978
16
29
3.4
6.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Randy Dean
R. Dean
94
1978
6
14
6.7
15.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
93
1978
16
32
2.9
5.8
1
1
0
0.1
0
12Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
93
1978
16
22
4.2
5.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
87
1978
16
28
3.1
5.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
14Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
79
1978
16
30
2.6
4.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
76
1978
16
27
2.8
4.8
0
-6
1
-6.0
-0.4
0
16Craig Morton
C. Morton
71
1978
14
17
4.2
5.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
68
1978
15
17
4.0
4.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
18David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
67
1978
16
28
2.4
4.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Mark Miller
M. Miller
63
1978
8
7
9.0
7.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
60
1978
14
33
1.8
4.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
21Bob Avellini
B. Avellini
54
1978
13
34
1.6
4.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
22John Reaves
J. Reaves
50
1978
9
6
8.3
5.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
49
1978
14
23
2.1
3.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
24Norris Weese
N. Weese
48
1978
13
17
2.8
3.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43
1978
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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28.8

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18.8

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128.9

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262.3

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3
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5
0
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10
0
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14
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10
7
0
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8
9
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11
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6
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9
1
.441
5
12
0
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13
0
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11
6
0
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9
7
1
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9
8
0
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8
9
0
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8
9
0
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8
9
0
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11
0
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3
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12
5
0
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5
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