who led the league in passing touchdowns from 1977 to 1979

From 1977 through 1979, Terry Bradshaw had the most passing touchdowns, with 71 touchdowns.

Regular season

	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	71	46	628	1,154	54.4	9,162	7.9	199.2	64	77.9	6.2	5.5	71	653
2	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	70	45	708	1,235	57.3	9,396	7.6	208.8	36	88.3	5.7	2.9	98	678
3	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	62	45	710	1,198	59.3	8,735	7.3	194.1	72	74.1	5.2	6.0	87	772
4	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	60	46	547	1,090	50.2	8,272	7.6	179.8	64	69.4	5.5	5.9	80	680
5	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	58	41	620	1,129	54.9	7,932	7.0	193.5	55	73.9	5.1	4.9	88	690
6	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	52	35	625	1,020	61.3	7,950	7.8	227.1	50	82.2	5.1	4.9	60	402
7	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	52	46	562	1,118	50.3	7,339	6.6	159.5	49	68.6	4.7	4.4	122	902
8	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	51	42	637	1,199	53.1	8,631	7.2	205.5	57	70.7	4.3	4.8	78	528
9	Bob Griese B. Griese	47	39	504	852	59.2	6,203	7.3	159.1	40	80.5	5.5	4.7	80	691
10	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	43	45	531	1,011	52.5	6,550	6.5	145.6	53	65.2	4.3	5.2	64	533
11	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	42	46	634	1,245	50.9	8,511	6.8	185.0	54	66.2	3.4	4.3	108	903
12	Craig Morton C. Morton	41	42	481	891	54.0	6,357	7.1	151.4	35	75.8	4.6	3.9	109	817
13	Archie Manning A. Manning	40	42	656	1,096	59.9	7,869	7.2	187.4	45	76.9	3.6	4.1	90	729
14	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	40	46	504	967	52.1	6,487	6.7	141.0	40	70.0	4.1	4.1	106	895
15	Jim Hart J. Hart	38	43	620	1,210	51.2	7,881	6.5	183.3	58	62.4	3.1	4.8	58	438
16	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	37	41	528	981	53.8	6,704	6.8	163.5	43	69.7	3.8	4.4	104	758
17	Pat Haden P. Haden	35	38	514	950	54.1	6,400	6.7	168.4	39	70.4	3.7	4.1	70	545
18	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	34	25	500	830	60.2	5,202	6.3	208.1	46	69.0	4.1	5.5	49	486
19	Richard Todd R. Todd	33	32	364	706	51.6	5,372	7.6	167.9	49	63.4	4.7	6.9	64	547
20	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	32	36	455	885	51.4	5,790	6.5	160.8	51	60.2	3.6	5.8	107	931
21	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	28	26	350	639	54.8	3,872	6.1	148.9	29	68.7	4.4	4.5	43	305
22	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	25	28	484	880	55.0	5,222	5.9	186.5	43	61.8	2.8	4.9	34	275
23	Doug Williams D. Williams	25	26	239	591	40.4	3,618	6.1	139.2	32	52.8	4.2	5.4	13	126
24	Bert Jones B. Jones	24	21	294	527	55.8	3,699	7.0	176.1	15	81.1	4.6	2.8	42	360
25	Greg Landry G. Landry	22	32	453	774	58.5	4,743	6.1	148.2	23	73.5	2.8	3.0	97	833

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