From 1970 through 1980, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards by a quarterback in a season when passing for >0.0 yards per attempt, with 4,715 yards in 1980.
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NFL qb with highest average passing passing yards per season 1970 to 1980| NAME | YDS | AVG | SEASON | TM | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Fouts | 4,715 | 8.0 | 1980 | 16 | 348 | 589 | 59.1 | 294.7 | 30 | 24 | 84.7 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 32 | 210 | |
| 2 |  | B. Sipe | 4,132 | 7.5 | 1980 | 16 | 337 | 554 | 60.8 | 258.3 | 30 | 14 | 91.4 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 23 | 217 | |
| 3 | | D. Fouts | 4,082 | 7.7 | 1979 | 16 | 332 | 530 | 62.6 | 255.1 | 24 | 24 | 82.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 28 | 195 | |
| 4 | | B. Sipe | 3,793 | 7.1 | 1979 | 16 | 286 | 535 | 53.5 | 237.1 | 28 | 26 | 73.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 43 | 347 | |
| 5 |  | T. Bradshaw | 3,724 | 7.9 | 1979 | 16 | 259 | 472 | 54.9 | 232.8 | 26 | 25 | 77.0 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 24 | 196 | |
| 6 | | A. Manning | 3,716 | 7.3 | 1980 | 16 | 309 | 509 | 60.7 | 232.3 | 23 | 20 | 81.8 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 41 | 311 | |
| 7 | | J. Zorn | 3,661 | 7.2 | 1979 | 16 | 285 | 505 | 56.4 | 228.8 | 20 | 18 | 77.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 23 | 201 | |
| 8 | | S. DeBerg | 3,652 | 6.3 | 1979 | 16 | 347 | 578 | 60.0 | 228.3 | 17 | 21 | 73.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 17 | 119 | |
| 9 | | K. Stabler | 3,615 | 7.3 | 1979 | 16 | 304 | 498 | 61.0 | 225.9 | 26 | 22 | 82.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 34 | 284 | |
| 10 | | R. Staubach | 3,586 | 7.8 | 1979 | 16 | 267 | 461 | 57.9 | 224.1 | 27 | 11 | 92.3 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 36 | 240 | |
| 11 | | T. Kramer | 3,582 | 6.9 | 1980 | 15 | 299 | 522 | 57.3 | 238.8 | 19 | 23 | 72.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 37 | 214 | |
| 12 | | J. Ferguson | 3,572 | 7.8 | 1979 | 16 | 238 | 458 | 52.0 | 223.3 | 14 | 15 | 74.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 43 | 387 | |
| 13 | | S. Bartkowski | 3,544 | 7.7 | 1980 | 16 | 257 | 463 | 55.5 | 221.5 | 31 | 16 | 88.2 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 35 | 324 | |
| 14 | | L. Dickey | 3,529 | 7.4 | 1980 | 16 | 278 | 478 | 58.2 | 220.6 | 15 | 25 | 70.0 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 37 | 314 | |
| 15 | | R. Jaworski | 3,529 | 7.8 | 1980 | 16 | 257 | 451 | 57.0 | 220.6 | 27 | 12 | 91.0 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 27 | 213 | |
| 16 | | F. Tarkenton | 3,468 | 6.1 | 1978 | 16 | 345 | 572 | 60.3 | 216.8 | 25 | 32 | 68.9 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 27 | 254 | |
| 17 | | A. Manning | 3,416 | 7.3 | 1978 | 16 | 291 | 471 | 61.8 | 213.5 | 17 | 16 | 81.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 37 | 301 | |
| 18 | | T. Kramer | 3,397 | 6.0 | 1979 | 16 | 315 | 566 | 55.7 | 212.3 | 23 | 24 | 69.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 36 | 249 | |
| 19 | | D. Williams | 3,396 | 6.5 | 1980 | 16 | 254 | 521 | 48.8 | 212.3 | 20 | 16 | 69.9 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 23 | 194 | |
| 20 | | J. Zorn | 3,346 | 6.9 | 1980 | 16 | 276 | 488 | 56.6 | 209.1 | 17 | 20 | 72.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 44 | 341 | |
| 21 | | T. Bradshaw | 3,339 | 7.9 | 1980 | 15 | 218 | 424 | 51.4 | 222.6 | 24 | 22 | 75.0 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 33 | 245 | |
| 22 | | R. Todd | 3,329 | 6.9 | 1980 | 16 | 264 | 479 | 55.1 | 208.1 | 17 | 30 | 62.7 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 42 | 326 | |
| 23 | | D. White | 3,287 | 7.5 | 1980 | 16 | 260 | 436 | 59.6 | 205.4 | 28 | 25 | 80.7 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 30 | 252 | |
| 24 | | S. Grogan | 3,286 | 7.8 | 1979 | 16 | 206 | 423 | 48.7 | 205.4 | 28 | 20 | 77.4 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 45 | 341 | |
| 25 | | J. Zorn | 3,283 | 7.4 | 1978 | 16 | 248 | 443 | 56.0 | 205.2 | 15 | 20 | 72.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 44 | 284 | |
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