quarterback rushing leaders 1965

Fran Tarkenton rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in 1965, with 356 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 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
356
1965
MIN MIN
14
56
6.4
25.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
2 Don Meredith
D. Meredith
247
1965
DAL DAL
14
35
7.1
17.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
3 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
200
1965
BOS BOS
14
50
4.0
14.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
4 Bart Starr
B. Starr
169
1965
GB GB
14
18
9.4
12.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
5 Bill Munson
B. Munson
157
1965
LA LA
10
26
6.0
15.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
6 Don Trull
D. Trull
145
1965
HOU HOU
14
29
5.0
10.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
7 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
142
1965
KC KC
14
43
3.3
10.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
8 Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
138
1965
KC KC
14
25
5.5
9.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
9 Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
104
1965
PHI PHI
3
9
11.6
34.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
10 John Hadl
J. Hadl
91
1965
SD SD
14
28
3.3
6.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
11 Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
84
1965
PIT PIT
12
26
3.2
7.0
1
-5
1
-5.0
-0.4
0
12 Norm Snead
N. Snead
81
1965
PHI PHI
11
24
3.4
7.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
13 Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
79
1965
LA LA
7
23
3.4
11.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
14 Mickey Slaughter
M. Slaughter
75
1965
DEN DEN
10
20
3.8
7.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
15 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
72
1965
CLE CLE
12
19
3.8
6.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
16 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
68
1965
BAL BAL
11
17
4.0
6.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
17 Gary Wood
G. Wood
68
1965
NYG NYG
9
5
13.6
7.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
18 George Mira
G. Mira
64
1965
SF SF
10
5
12.8
6.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
19 John Brodie
J. Brodie
60
1965
SF SF
13
15
4.0
4.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
20 Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
60
1965
STL STL
11
25
2.4
5.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
21 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
52
1965
NYG NYG
14
17
3.1
3.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
22 Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
49
1965
BUF BUF
14
36
1.4
3.5
4
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
23 Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
46
1965
CLE CLE
6
4
11.5
7.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Tommy Wade
T. Wade
43
1965
PIT PIT
4
8
5.4
10.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
25 Milt Plum
M. Plum
37
1965
DET DET
14
21
1.8
2.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
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PPG

27.0

6th

OPP PPG

18.7

9th

RUSH YDS/G

122.3

13th

PASS YDS/G

167.7

30th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Lions Lions
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
Bears Bears
1
2
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
PHI PHI
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Thu
10/23
MIN MIN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Last Game
MIN Vikings

2 - 1 - 0

48

Final

10

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2 - 1 - 0

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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
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
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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
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NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM