who had the most touchdown passes in 1978

Terry Bradshaw had the most passing touchdowns in 1978, with 28 touchdowns.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
28
1978
PIT PIT
16
207
368
56.3
2,915
7.9
182.2
20
84.7
7.6
5.4
21
222
2Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
25
1978
DAL DAL
15
231
413
55.9
3,190
7.7
212.7
16
84.9
6.1
3.9
32
219
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
25
1978
MIN MIN
16
345
572
60.3
3,468
6.1
216.8
32
68.9
4.4
5.6
27
254
4Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
24
1978
SD SD
15
224
381
58.8
2,999
7.9
199.9
20
83.0
6.3
5.2
22
130
5Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
21
1978
CLE CLE
16
222
399
55.6
2,906
7.3
181.6
15
80.7
5.3
3.8
29
229
6Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
18
1978
DET DET
16
199
351
56.7
2,294
6.5
143.4
17
73.5
5.1
4.8
25
237
7Archie Manning
A. Manning
17
1978
NO NO
16
291
471
61.8
3,416
7.3
213.5
16
81.7
3.6
3.4
37
301
8Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
16
1978
BUF BUF
16
175
330
53.0
2,136
6.5
133.5
15
70.5
4.8
4.5
29
243
9Jim Hart
J. Hart
16
1978
STL STL
15
240
477
50.3
3,121
6.5
208.1
18
66.7
3.4
3.8
20
166
10Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
16
1978
PHI PHI
16
206
398
51.8
2,487
6.2
155.4
16
67.9
4.0
4.0
41
288
11Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
16
1978
HOU HOU
16
199
368
54.1
2,473
6.7
154.6
17
70.4
4.3
4.6
15
123
12Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
16
1978
OAK OAK
16
237
406
58.4
2,944
7.3
184.0
30
63.3
3.9
7.4
37
347
13Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
15
1978
NE NE
16
181
362
50.0
2,824
7.8
176.5
23
63.6
4.1
6.4
21
184
14Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
15
1978
SEA SEA
16
248
443
56.0
3,283
7.4
205.2
20
72.1
3.4
4.5
44
284
15Pat Haden
P. Haden
13
1978
LA LA
16
229
444
51.6
2,995
6.7
187.2
19
65.1
2.9
4.3
32
216
16Matt Robinson
M. Robinson
13
1978
NYJ NYJ
16
124
266
46.6
2,002
7.5
125.1
16
63.5
4.9
6.0
28
228
17Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
13
1978
WAS WAS
16
187
390
47.9
2,593
6.6
162.1
18
61.6
3.3
4.6
42
391
18Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
12
1978
NYG NYG
15
143
301
47.5
2,096
7.0
139.7
23
52.1
4.0
7.6
28
205
19Don Strock
D. Strock
12
1978
MIA MIA
16
72
135
53.3
825
6.1
51.6
6
83.1
8.9
4.4
9
73
20Bob Griese
B. Griese
11
1978
MIA MIA
11
148
235
63.0
1,791
7.6
162.8
11
82.4
4.7
4.7
18
165
21Craig Morton
C. Morton
11
1978
DEN DEN
14
146
267
54.7
1,802
6.7
128.7
8
77.0
4.1
3.0
36
238
22Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
10
1978
CIN CIN
12
173
319
54.2
2,219
7.0
184.9
22
58.0
3.1
6.9
30
237
23Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
10
1978
ATL ATL
14
187
369
50.7
2,489
6.7
177.8
18
61.1
2.7
4.9
39
349
24Bill Troup
B. Troup
10
1978
BAL BAL
12
154
296
52.0
1,882
6.4
156.8
21
53.6
3.4
7.1
32
340
25David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
10
1978
GB GB
16
168
328
51.2
2,093
6.4
130.8
17
59.9
3.0
5.2
35
258
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