who led the league in passing yards per attempt in 1978

Terry Bradshaw had the most passing yards per attempt in 1978, with 7.9 yards.

Interpreted as:
Who led the league in passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game in 1978?
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7.9
1978
PIT PIT
16
207
368
56.3
2,915
182.2
28
20
84.7
7.6
5.4
21
222
2Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
7.9
1978
SD SD
15
224
381
58.8
2,999
199.9
24
20
83.0
6.3
5.2
22
130
3Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
7.8
1978
NE NE
16
181
362
50.0
2,824
176.5
15
23
63.6
4.1
6.4
21
184
4Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
7.7
1978
DAL DAL
15
231
413
55.9
3,190
212.7
25
16
84.9
6.1
3.9
32
219
5Bob Griese
B. Griese
7.6
1978
MIA MIA
11
148
235
63.0
1,791
162.8
11
11
82.4
4.7
4.7
18
165
6Matt Robinson
M. Robinson
7.5
1978
NYJ NYJ
16
124
266
46.6
2,002
125.1
13
16
63.5
4.9
6.0
28
228
7Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
7.4
1978
SEA SEA
16
248
443
56.0
3,283
205.2
15
20
72.1
3.4
4.5
44
284
8Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
7.3
1978
CLE CLE
16
222
399
55.6
2,906
181.6
21
15
80.7
5.3
3.8
29
229
9Archie Manning
A. Manning
7.3
1978
NO NO
16
291
471
61.8
3,416
213.5
17
16
81.7
3.6
3.4
37
301
10Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
7.3
1978
OAK OAK
16
237
406
58.4
2,944
184.0
16
30
63.3
3.9
7.4
37
347
11Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
7.0
1978
NYG NYG
15
143
301
47.5
2,096
139.7
12
23
52.1
4.0
7.6
28
205
12Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
7.0
1978
CIN CIN
12
173
319
54.2
2,219
184.9
10
22
58.0
3.1
6.9
30
237
13Craig Morton
C. Morton
6.7
1978
DEN DEN
14
146
267
54.7
1,802
128.7
11
8
77.0
4.1
3.0
36
238
14Pat Haden
P. Haden
6.7
1978
LA LA
16
229
444
51.6
2,995
187.2
13
19
65.1
2.9
4.3
32
216
15Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
6.7
1978
ATL ATL
14
187
369
50.7
2,489
177.8
10
18
61.1
2.7
4.9
39
349
16Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
6.7
1978
HOU HOU
16
199
368
54.1
2,473
154.6
16
17
70.4
4.3
4.6
15
123
17Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
6.6
1978
WAS WAS
16
187
390
47.9
2,593
162.1
13
18
61.6
3.3
4.6
42
391
18Jim Hart
J. Hart
6.5
1978
STL STL
15
240
477
50.3
3,121
208.1
16
18
66.7
3.4
3.8
20
166
19Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
6.5
1978
DET DET
16
199
351
56.7
2,294
143.4
18
17
73.5
5.1
4.8
25
237
20Bob Avellini
B. Avellini
6.5
1978
CHI CHI
13
141
264
53.4
1,718
132.2
5
16
54.8
1.9
6.1
26
208
21Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
6.5
1978
BUF BUF
16
175
330
53.0
2,136
133.5
16
15
70.5
4.8
4.5
29
243
22David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
6.4
1978
GB GB
16
168
328
51.2
2,093
130.8
10
17
59.9
3.0
5.2
35
258
23Bill Troup
B. Troup
6.4
1978
BAL BAL
12
154
296
52.0
1,882
156.8
10
21
53.6
3.4
7.1
32
340
24Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
6.2
1978
PHI PHI
16
206
398
51.8
2,487
155.4
16
16
67.9
4.0
4.0
41
288
25Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
6.1
1978
MIN MIN
16
345
572
60.3
3,468
216.8
25
32
68.9
4.4
5.6
27
254
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