most sacked qb all-time before 1980

Before 1980, Roger Staubach got sacked the most by a quarterback, with 313 sacks.

Interpreted as:
most passing sacked qb all-time before 1980
NAMESCKGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKY
1Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
313
131
1,685
2,958
57.0
22,700
7.7
173.3
153
109
83.4
5.2
3.7
2,154
2Greg Landry
G. Landry
303
114
1,204
2,156
55.8
15,045
7.0
132.0
93
89
74.9
4.3
4.1
2,384
3Craig Morton
C. Morton
290
145
1,484
2,800
53.0
20,242
7.2
139.6
131
136
71.7
4.7
4.9
2,197
4Archie Manning
A. Manning
276
105
1,405
2,587
54.3
16,568
6.4
157.8
87
123
65.4
3.4
4.8
2,147
5Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
274
134
2,276
3,854
59.1
26,781
6.9
199.9
179
140
80.6
4.6
3.6
2,337
6Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
271
119
1,570
2,785
56.4
20,030
7.2
168.3
125
101
78.9
4.5
3.6
2,009
7Bob Griese
B. Griese
258
131
1,513
2,643
57.2
19,824
7.5
151.3
150
134
78.8
5.7
5.1
2,229
8Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
239
129
1,474
2,859
51.6
19,918
7.0
154.4
147
163
67.5
5.1
5.7
2,163
9Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
222
125
1,426
2,768
51.5
16,864
6.1
134.9
96
139
61.0
3.5
5.0
1,977
10Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
204
91
990
2,009
49.3
13,306
6.6
146.2
85
118
60.4
4.2
5.9
1,817
11Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
191
95
1,069
2,113
50.6
14,550
6.9
153.2
92
94
68.9
4.4
4.4
1,535
12Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
189
130
1,486
2,481
59.9
19,078
7.7
146.8
150
143
80.2
6.0
5.8
1,691
13Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
180
91
507
1,178
43.0
6,493
5.5
71.4
36
64
48.5
3.1
5.4
1,335
14John Hadl
J. Hadl
179
126
1,282
2,499
51.3
16,730
6.7
132.8
111
134
65.2
4.4
5.4
1,514
15Jim Hart
J. Hart
175
137
1,823
3,555
51.3
24,112
6.8
176.0
143
157
68.1
4.0
4.4
1,426
16Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
168
109
1,434
2,666
53.8
16,587
6.2
152.2
116
81
74.7
4.4
3.0
1,268
17Len Dawson
L. Dawson
167
85
878
1,510
58.1
10,931
7.2
128.6
64
74
74.4
4.2
4.9
1,423
18Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
160
109
814
1,660
49.0
9,705
5.8
89.0
51
99
52.7
3.1
6.0
1,404
19Bert Jones
B. Jones
159
68
890
1,592
55.9
11,435
7.2
168.2
78
56
80.3
4.9
3.5
1,423
20Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
158
109
1,281
2,388
53.6
16,441
6.9
150.8
129
109
74.5
5.4
4.6
1,193
21Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
152
90
912
1,751
52.1
11,295
6.5
125.5
56
83
63.3
3.2
4.7
1,392
22Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
150
80
1,141
2,005
56.9
14,739
7.4
184.2
82
101
72.8
4.1
5.0
1,047
23Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
144
52
627
1,260
49.8
8,129
6.5
156.3
47
75
58.1
3.7
6.0
1,278
24Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
139
70
616
1,242
49.6
8,058
6.5
115.1
53
57
65.5
4.3
4.6
1,052
25Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
132
83
602
1,163
51.8
7,764
6.7
93.5
50
53
68.4
4.3
4.6
1,096
StatMuse has season-level data for times sacked going back to the 1969 season.

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