oldest qbs in 1978

Billy Kilmer was the oldest quarterback in 1978. He was 39 years old.

NAMEAgeSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
39
1978
5
23
46
50.0
316
6.9
63.2
4
3
74.2
8.7
6.5
4
22
2Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
38
1978
16
345
572
60.3
3,468
6.1
216.8
25
32
68.9
4.4
5.6
27
254
3Bill Munson
B. Munson
37
1978
4
24
43
55.8
328
7.6
82.0
4
2
92.0
9.3
4.7
0
0
4Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
36
1978
15
231
413
55.9
3,190
7.7
212.7
25
16
84.9
6.1
3.9
32
219
5Craig Morton
C. Morton
35
1978
14
146
267
54.7
1,802
6.7
128.7
11
8
77.0
4.1
3.0
36
238
6Jim Hart
J. Hart
34
1978
15
240
477
50.3
3,121
6.5
208.1
16
18
66.7
3.4
3.8
20
166
7Bob Griese
B. Griese
33
1978
11
148
235
63.0
1,791
7.6
162.8
11
11
82.4
4.7
4.7
18
165
8Bob Lee
B. Lee
33
1978
3
2
4
50.0
10
2.5
3.3
0
1
16.7
0.0
25.0
2
20
9Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
33
1978
14
159
290
54.8
1,573
5.4
112.4
5
13
57.4
1.7
4.5
18
171
10Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
33
1978
16
237
406
58.4
2,944
7.3
184.0
16
30
63.3
3.9
7.4
37
347
11Greg Landry
G. Landry
32
1978
5
48
77
62.3
452
5.9
90.4
1
1
77.4
1.3
1.3
21
205
12Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
31
1978
12
5
12
41.7
90
7.5
7.5
1
1
61.1
8.3
8.3
1
9
13James Harris
J. Harris
31
1978
9
42
88
47.7
518
5.9
57.6
2
9
34.4
2.3
10.2
8
43
14Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
31
1978
6
44
83
53.0
465
5.6
77.5
2
10
38.1
2.4
12.0
6
55
15John Walton
J. Walton
31
1978
4
0
1
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
16Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
30
1978
16
207
368
56.3
2,915
7.9
182.2
28
20
84.7
7.6
5.4
21
222
17Joe Reed
J. Reed
30
1978
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
18Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
29
1978
12
173
319
54.2
2,219
7.0
184.9
10
22
58.0
3.1
6.9
30
237
19Archie Manning
A. Manning
29
1978
16
291
471
61.8
3,416
7.3
213.5
17
16
81.7
3.6
3.4
37
301
20Dave Mays
D. Mays
29
1978
1
4
15
26.7
39
2.6
39.0
1
0
61.8
6.7
0.0
1
11
21Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
29
1978
16
199
368
54.1
2,473
6.7
154.6
16
17
70.4
4.3
4.6
15
123
22Bobby Scott
B. Scott
29
1978
1
3
5
60.0
36
7.2
36.0
0
0
82.1
0.0
0.0
0
0
23Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
29
1978
16
222
399
55.6
2,906
7.3
181.6
21
15
80.7
5.3
3.8
29
229
24Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
29
1978
16
187
390
47.9
2,593
6.6
162.1
13
18
61.6
3.3
4.6
42
391
25Tony Adams
T. Adams
28
1978
16
44
79
55.7
415
5.3
25.9
2
3
63.0
2.5
3.8
3
27

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12
0
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13
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6
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8
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9
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