most pass attempts in a season, prior to 1978

Before 1978, Sonny Jurgensen had the most passing attempts in a season, with 508 attempts in 1967.

Interpreted as:
most pass attempts by a player in a season, prior to 1978
NAME ATT SEASON TM GP CMP PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
508
1967
WAS WAS
14
288
56.7
3,747
7.4
267.6
31
16
87.3
6.1
3.1
2 George Blanda
G. Blanda
505
1964
HOU HOU
14
262
51.9
3,287
6.5
234.8
17
27
61.4
3.4
5.3
3 Joe Namath
J. Namath
491
1967
NYJ NYJ
14
258
52.5
4,007
8.2
286.2
26
28
73.8
5.3
5.7
4 Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
478
1960
DEN DEN
14
248
51.9
3,038
6.4
217.0
24
34
58.9
5.0
7.1
5 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
473
1964
BOS BOS
14
228
48.2
3,465
7.3
247.5
31
27
70.8
6.6
5.7
6 Joe Namath
J. Namath
471
1966
NYJ NYJ
14
232
49.3
3,379
7.2
241.4
19
27
62.6
4.0
5.7
7 Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
460
1973
PHI PHI
14
270
58.7
3,219
7.0
229.9
23
12
86.0
5.0
2.6
31
219
8 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
457
1977
BUF BUF
14
221
48.4
2,803
6.1
200.2
12
24
54.8
2.6
5.3
36
273
9 Archie Manning
A. Manning
448
1972
NO NO
14
230
51.3
2,781
6.2
198.6
18
21
64.6
4.0
4.7
43
347
10 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
442
1969
WAS WAS
14
274
62.0
3,102
7.0
221.6
22
15
85.4
5.0
3.4
40
322
11 George Blanda
G. Blanda
442
1965
HOU HOU
14
186
42.1
2,542
5.8
181.6
20
30
47.9
4.5
6.8
12 John Hadl
J. Hadl
440
1968
SD SD
14
208
47.3
3,473
7.9
248.1
27
32
64.5
6.1
7.3
13 Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
440
1962
DEN DEN
14
240
54.5
2,917
6.6
208.4
17
25
64.4
3.9
5.7
14 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
439
1976
SEA SEA
14
208
47.4
2,571
5.9
183.6
12
27
49.5
2.7
6.2
25
196
15 Al Dorow
A. Dorow
438
1961
NYT NYT
14
197
45.0
2,651
6.1
189.4
19
30
50.7
4.3
6.8
16 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
436
1967
BAL BAL
14
255
58.5
3,428
7.9
244.9
20
16
83.6
4.6
3.7
17 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
436
1966
WAS WAS
14
254
58.3
3,209
7.4
229.2
28
19
84.5
6.4
4.4
18 Norm Snead
N. Snead
434
1967
PHI PHI
14
240
55.3
3,399
7.8
242.8
29
24
80.0
6.7
5.5
19 John Hadl
J. Hadl
431
1971
SD SD
14
233
54.1
3,075
7.1
219.6
21
25
68.9
4.9
5.8
16
145
20 John Hadl
J. Hadl
427
1967
SD SD
14
217
50.8
3,365
7.9
240.4
24
22
74.5
5.6
5.2
21 John Brodie
J. Brodie
427
1966
SF SF
14
232
54.3
2,810
6.6
200.7
16
22
65.8
3.7
5.2
22 Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
426
1969
OAK OAK
14
221
51.9
3,302
7.8
235.9
34
25
79.8
8.0
5.9
11
100
23 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
426
1965
BOS BOS
14
173
40.6
2,597
6.1
185.5
18
26
50.0
4.2
6.1
24 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
425
1975
MIN MIN
14
273
64.2
2,994
7.0
213.9
25
13
91.8
5.9
3.1
27
245
25 Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
425
1967
OAK OAK
14
220
51.8
3,228
7.6
230.6
30
20
80.8
7.1
4.7
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
1
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Giants Giants
1
3
0
.250
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Last Game
ATL Falcons

2 - 2 - 0

34

Final

27

WAS Commanders

2 - 2 - 0

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Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
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Buccaneers Buccaneers
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1
0
.750
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2
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.500
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49ers 49ers
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1
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.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
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.750
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0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
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Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
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Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
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1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
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1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
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2
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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
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Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
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Sun
10/5
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@
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9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM