quarterback rushing leaders 1979

Steve Grogan had the most rushing yards by a quarterback in 1979, with 368 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 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
368
1979
NE NE
16
64
5.8
23.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
2 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
279
1979
SEA SEA
16
46
6.1
17.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
3 Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
264
1979
KC KC
16
50
5.3
16.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
4 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
235
1979
CIN CIN
15
28
8.4
15.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
5 Archie Manning
A. Manning
186
1979
NO NO
16
35
5.3
11.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
6 Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
181
1979
WAS WAS
16
46
3.9
11.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
7 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
178
1979
CLE CLE
16
45
4.0
11.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
8 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
172
1979
DAL DAL
16
37
4.6
10.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
9 Phil Simms
P. Simms
166
1979
NYG NYG
12
29
5.7
13.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
10 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
138
1979
MIN MIN
16
32
4.3
8.6
1
3
0
0.2
0
11 Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
119
1979
PHI PHI
16
43
2.8
7.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
12 Doug Williams
D. Williams
119
1979
TB TB
16
35
3.4
7.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
13 Jack Thompson
J. Thompson
116
1979
CIN CIN
9
21
5.5
12.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
14 Norris Weese
N. Weese
116
1979
DEN DEN
16
18
6.4
7.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
15 Greg Landry
G. Landry
115
1979
BAL BAL
16
31
3.7
7.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
16 Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
107
1979
DET DET
16
30
3.6
6.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
17 Pat Haden
P. Haden
97
1979
LA LA
10
16
6.1
9.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
18 Richard Todd
R. Todd
93
1979
NYJ NYJ
15
36
2.6
6.2
5
0
0
0.0
0
19 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
83
1979
PIT PIT
16
21
4.0
5.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
20 David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
73
1979
GB GB
13
18
4.1
5.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
21 Vince Evans
V. Evans
72
1979
CHI CHI
4
12
6.0
18.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
22 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
68
1979
BUF BUF
16
22
3.1
4.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
23 Randy Dean
R. Dean
56
1979
NYG NYG
16
8
7.0
3.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
24 Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
51
1979
CHI CHI
12
27
1.9
4.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
25 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
49
1979
SD SD
16
26
1.9
3.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
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22.7

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RUSH YDS/G

100.3

20th

PASS YDS/G

261.7

7th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
Jets Jets
0
3
0
.000
Dolphins Dolphins
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
CAR CAR
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM
Sun
10/12
NE NE
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Last Game
NE Patriots

1 - 2 - 0

14

Final

21

PIT Steelers

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
AFC East W L T PCT
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
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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
@
NE NE
20-13

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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