nfl qb total touchdown leaders 1979

Steve Grogan and Brian Sipe were tied for the most touchdowns by a quarterback in 1979, with 30 combined passing, rushing, and receiving touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
NFL qb passing total touchdown leaders 1979
NAMETOTALTDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
30
1979
16
206
423
48.7
3,286
7.8
205.4
28
20
77.4
6.6
4.7
45
341
2Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
30
1979
16
286
535
53.5
3,793
7.1
237.1
28
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
3Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
27
1979
16
267
461
57.9
3,586
7.8
224.1
27
11
92.3
5.9
2.4
36
240
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
26
1979
16
259
472
54.9
3,724
7.9
232.8
26
25
77.0
5.5
5.3
24
196
5Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
26
1979
16
332
530
62.6
4,082
7.7
255.1
24
24
82.6
4.5
4.5
28
195
6Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
26
1979
16
304
498
61.0
3,615
7.3
225.9
26
22
82.2
5.2
4.4
34
284
7Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
24
1979
16
315
566
55.7
3,397
6.0
212.3
23
24
69.3
4.1
4.2
36
249
8Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
24
1979
16
233
395
59.0
2,797
7.1
174.8
20
13
83.9
5.1
3.3
34
263
9Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
22
1979
16
285
505
56.4
3,661
7.2
228.8
20
18
77.7
4.0
3.6
23
201
10Richard Todd
R. Todd
21
1979
15
171
334
51.2
2,660
8.0
177.3
16
22
66.5
4.8
6.6
25
222
11Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
20
1979
16
190
374
50.8
2,669
7.1
166.8
18
12
76.8
4.8
3.2
34
272
12Doug Williams
D. Williams
20
1979
16
166
397
41.8
2,448
6.2
153.0
18
24
52.5
4.5
6.0
7
57
13Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
19
1979
14
204
380
53.7
2,505
6.6
178.9
17
20
67.3
4.5
5.3
39
286
14Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
18
1979
15
189
339
55.8
2,340
6.9
156.0
16
10
80.7
4.7
2.9
46
324
15Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
17
1979
16
347
578
60.0
3,652
6.3
228.3
17
21
73.1
2.9
3.6
17
119
16Archie Manning
A. Manning
17
1979
16
252
420
60.0
3,169
7.5
198.1
15
20
75.6
3.6
4.8
17
140
17Craig Morton
C. Morton
17
1979
14
204
370
55.1
2,626
7.1
187.6
16
19
70.6
4.3
5.1
30
241
18Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
15
1979
16
238
458
52.0
3,572
7.8
223.3
14
15
74.4
3.1
3.3
43
387
19Greg Landry
G. Landry
15
1979
16
270
457
59.1
2,932
6.4
183.3
15
15
75.3
3.3
3.3
42
326
20Bob Griese
B. Griese
14
1979
14
176
310
56.8
2,160
7.0
154.3
14
16
72.0
4.5
5.2
26
223
21Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
14
1979
15
163
324
50.3
2,090
6.5
139.3
14
18
62.1
4.3
5.6
29
212
22Phil Simms
P. Simms
14
1979
12
134
265
50.6
1,743
6.6
145.3
13
14
66.0
4.9
5.3
39
319
23David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
14
1979
13
179
322
55.6
2,247
7.0
172.8
10
18
64.5
3.1
5.6
32
256
24Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
13
1979
16
183
368
49.7
2,238
6.1
139.9
11
23
52.8
3.0
6.3
40
361
25Pat Haden
P. Haden
11
1979
10
163
290
56.2
1,854
6.4
185.4
11
14
68.1
3.8
4.8
21
178
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