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1979 NFL Quarterback Leaders

Every 1979 board quarterbacks are read on, one page, top ten in each.

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Dan Fouts led all quarterbacks in passing yards in 1979, with 4,082. Roger Staubach led in passer rating (92.3) and interception percentage (2.4%). Dan Fouts also led in completion percentage (62.6%) and passing yards per game (255.1).

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The rate boards count qualified players only: 14 pass attempts per team game.

Passing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Dan Fouts 4,082
  2. 2 Brian Sipe 3,793
  3. 3 Terry Bradshaw 3,724
  4. 4 Jim Zorn 3,661
  5. 5 Steve DeBerg 3,652
  6. 6 Ken Stabler 3,615
  7. 7 Roger Staubach 3,586
  8. 8 Joe Ferguson 3,572
  9. 9 Tommy Kramer 3,397
  10. 10 Steve Grogan 3,286

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Passing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Steve Grogan 28
  2. 1 Brian Sipe 28
  3. 3 Roger Staubach 27
  4. 4 Terry Bradshaw 26
  5. 4 Ken Stabler 26
  6. 6 Dan Fouts 24
  7. 7 Tommy Kramer 23
  8. 8 Joe Theismann 20
  9. 8 Jim Zorn 20
  10. 10 Ron Jaworski 18

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Passer Rating

RTG
  1. 1 Roger Staubach 92.3
  2. 2 Joe Theismann 83.9
  3. 3 Dan Fouts 82.6
  4. 4 Ken Stabler 82.2
  5. 5 Ken Anderson 80.7
  6. 6 Jim Zorn 77.7
  7. 7 Steve Grogan 77.4
  8. 8 Terry Bradshaw 77.0
  9. 9 Ron Jaworski 76.8
  10. 10 Archie Manning 75.6

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Yards per Attempt

Y/A
  1. 1 Richard Todd 7.96
  2. 2 Terry Bradshaw 7.89
  3. 3 Joe Ferguson 7.80
  4. 4 Roger Staubach 7.78
  5. 5 Steve Grogan 7.77
  6. 6 Dan Fouts 7.70
  7. 7 Archie Manning 7.55
  8. 8 Ken Stabler 7.26
  9. 9 Jim Zorn 7.25
  10. 10 Ron Jaworski 7.14

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Completion Percentage

CMP%
  1. 1 Dan Fouts 62.6%
  2. 2 Ken Stabler 61.0%
  3. 3 Steve DeBerg 60.0%
  4. 4 Archie Manning 60.0%
  5. 5 Greg Landry 59.1%
  6. 6 Joe Theismann 59.0%
  7. 7 Roger Staubach 57.9%
  8. 8 Bob Griese 56.8%
  9. 9 Jim Zorn 56.4%
  10. 10 Pat Haden 56.2%

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Passing Yards per Game

Y/G
  1. 1 Dan Fouts 255.1
  2. 2 Brian Sipe 237.1
  3. 3 Terry Bradshaw 232.8
  4. 4 Jim Zorn 228.8
  5. 5 Steve DeBerg 228.3
  6. 6 Ken Stabler 225.9
  7. 7 Roger Staubach 224.1
  8. 8 Joe Ferguson 223.3
  9. 9 Tommy Kramer 212.3
  10. 10 Steve Grogan 205.4

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Completions

CMP
  1. 1 Steve DeBerg 347
  2. 2 Dan Fouts 332
  3. 3 Tommy Kramer 315
  4. 4 Ken Stabler 304
  5. 5 Brian Sipe 286
  6. 6 Jim Zorn 285
  7. 7 Greg Landry 270
  8. 8 Roger Staubach 267
  9. 9 Terry Bradshaw 259
  10. 10 Archie Manning 252

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Pass Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Steve DeBerg 578
  2. 2 Tommy Kramer 566
  3. 3 Brian Sipe 535
  4. 4 Dan Fouts 530
  5. 5 Jim Zorn 505
  6. 6 Ken Stabler 498
  7. 7 Terry Bradshaw 472
  8. 8 Roger Staubach 461
  9. 9 Joe Ferguson 458
  10. 10 Greg Landry 457

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Touchdown Percentage

TD%
  1. 1 Steve Grogan 6.6%
  2. 2 Roger Staubach 5.9%
  3. 3 Terry Bradshaw 5.5%
  4. 4 Brian Sipe 5.2%
  5. 5 Ken Stabler 5.2%
  6. 6 Joe Theismann 5.1%
  7. 7 Phil Simms 4.9%
  8. 8 Ron Jaworski 4.8%
  9. 9 Richard Todd 4.8%
  10. 10 Ken Anderson 4.7%

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Interceptions Thrown

INT
  1. 1 Brian Sipe 26
  2. 2 Terry Bradshaw 25
  3. 3 Dan Fouts 24
  4. 3 Tommy Kramer 24
  5. 3 Doug Williams 24
  6. 6 Jeff Komlo 23
  7. 7 Ken Stabler 22
  8. 7 Richard Todd 22
  9. 9 Steve DeBerg 21
  10. 10 Steve Grogan 20

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Interception Percentage

INT%
  1. 1 Roger Staubach 2.4%
  2. 2 Ken Anderson 2.9%
  3. 3 Mike Phipps 3.1%
  4. 4 Ron Jaworski 3.2%
  5. 5 Joe Ferguson 3.3%
  6. 6 Greg Landry 3.3%
  7. 7 Joe Theismann 3.3%
  8. 8 Jim Zorn 3.6%
  9. 9 Steve DeBerg 3.6%
  10. 10 Tommy Kramer 4.2%

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Rushing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Steve Grogan 368
  2. 2 Jim Zorn 279
  3. 3 Steve Fuller 264
  4. 4 Ken Anderson 235
  5. 5 Archie Manning 186
  6. 6 Joe Theismann 181
  7. 7 Brian Sipe 178
  8. 8 Roger Staubach 172
  9. 9 Phil Simms 166
  10. 10 Tommy Kramer 138

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Rushing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Richard Todd 5
  2. 1 Jack Thompson 5
  3. 3 Joe Theismann 4
  4. 3 David Whitehurst 4
  5. 5 Norris Weese 3
  6. 6 Dan Fouts 2
  7. 6 Steve Grogan 2
  8. 6 Ron Jaworski 2
  9. 6 Jeff Komlo 2
  10. 6 Archie Manning 2

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Rushing Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Steve Grogan 64
  2. 2 Steve Fuller 50
  3. 3 Joe Theismann 46
  4. 3 Jim Zorn 46
  5. 5 Brian Sipe 45
  6. 6 Ron Jaworski 43
  7. 7 Roger Staubach 37
  8. 8 Richard Todd 36
  9. 9 Archie Manning 35
  10. 9 Doug Williams 35

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