most passing yards + rushing yards before 1978

Before 1978, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards + rushing yards, with 47,215.

Interpreted as:

most passing yards + rushing yards by a player before 1978

	NAME	YDS+YDS	PASS YDS	RUSH YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	47,215	43,535	3,680	230	3,341	5,895	56.7	7.4	189.3	317	234	81.5	5.4	4.0	247	2,083
2	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	42,016	40,239	1,777	211	2,830	5,186	54.6	7.8	190.7	290	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
3	John Hadl J. Hadl	34,615	33,503	1,112	224	2,363	4,687	50.4	7.1	149.6	244	268	67.4	5.2	5.7	179	1,514
4	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	32,717	32,224	493	218	2,433	4,262	57.1	7.6	147.8	255	189	82.6	6.0	4.4	94	748
5	John Brodie J. Brodie	32,715	31,548	1,167	201	2,469	4,491	55.0	7.0	157.0	214	224	72.3	4.8	5.0	47	380
6	Norm Snead N. Snead	31,318	30,797	521	178	2,276	4,353	52.3	7.1	173.0	196	257	65.5	4.5	5.9	94	744
7	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	30,748	29,444	1,304	183	2,366	4,498	52.6	6.5	160.9	201	149	74.3	4.5	3.3	168	1,268
8	Len Dawson L. Dawson	30,004	28,711	1,293	211	2,136	3,741	57.1	7.7	136.1	239	183	82.6	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
9	Y.A. Tittle	29,338	28,339	999	178	2,118	3,817	55.5	7.4	159.2	212	221	73.6	5.6	5.8
10	Bobby Layne B. Layne	29,219	26,768	2,451	175	1,814	3,700	49.0	7.2	153.0	196	243	63.4	5.3	6.6
11	Joe Namath J. Namath	27,803	27,663	140	140	1,886	3,762	50.1	7.4	197.6	173	220	65.5	4.6	5.8	109	1,052
12	George Blanda G. Blanda	27,264	26,920	344	340	1,911	4,007	47.7	6.7	79.2	236	277	60.6	5.9	6.9	12	94
13	Bart Starr B. Starr	26,026	24,718	1,308	196	1,808	3,149	57.4	7.8	126.1	152	138	80.5	4.8	4.4	59	533
14	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	24,949	24,410	539	165	1,737	3,392	51.2	7.2	147.9	170	181	69.2	5.0	5.3	118	894
15	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	24,203	22,681	1,522	189	1,552	3,330	46.6	6.8	120.0	178	220	59.6	5.3	6.6	0	0
16	Jim Hart J. Hart	24,035	23,869	166	136	1,725	3,424	50.4	7.0	175.5	152	167	67.6	4.4	4.9	130	1,077
17	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	23,651	23,611	40	140	1,553	2,895	53.6	8.2	168.7	173	178	75.1	6.0	6.1
18	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	22,368	21,218	1,150	122	1,436	3,073	46.7	6.9	173.9	114	183	57.3	3.7	6.0	21	187
19	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	22,211	21,886	325	165	1,693	2,995	56.5	7.3	132.6	187	203	72.2	6.2	6.8
20	Tobin Rote T. Rote	21,978	18,850	3,128	149	1,329	2,907	45.7	6.5	126.5	148	191	56.8	5.1	6.6
21	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	21,687	20,179	1,508	165	1,562	2,938	53.2	6.9	122.3	148	143	71.5	5.0	4.9	154	1,171
22	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	21,687	20,809	878	255	1,379	2,689	51.3	7.7	81.6	161	148	74.1	6.0	5.5	58	487
23	Bob Griese B. Griese	21,305	20,351	954	131	1,541	2,784	55.4	7.3	155.4	161	141	76.8	5.8	5.1	214	1,841
24	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	20,173	19,488	685	161	1,418	2,833	50.1	6.9	121.0	173	167	68.2	6.1	5.9
25	Billy Wade B. Wade	19,864	18,530	1,334	128	1,370	2,523	54.3	7.3	144.8	124	134	72.2	4.9	5.3

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