1978 NFL Passing

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Fran Tarkenton	MIN	38	QB	16	16	8-7-1	345	572	60.3	3468	25	4.4	32	5.6	58	6.1	4.4	10.1	216.8	68.9	27	254	4.5	5.37	3.80	2	1
2	Archie Manning*	NOR	29	QB	16	16	7-9-0	291	471	61.8	3416	17	3.6	16	3.4	71	7.3	6.4	11.7	213.5	81.7	37	301	7.3	6.13	5.38	2	4
3	Jim Zorn	SEA	25	QB	16	16	9-7-0	248	443	56.0	3283	15	3.4	20	4.5	64	7.4	6.1	13.2	205.2	72.1	44	284	9.0	6.16	4.93	3	4
4	Roger Staubach*	DAL	36	QB	15	15	11-4-0	231	413	55.9	3190	25	6.1	16	3.9	91	7.7	7.2	13.8	212.7	84.9	32	219	7.2	6.68	6.18	1	3
5	Jim Hart	STL	34	QB	15	15	6-9-0	240	477	50.3	3121	16	3.4	18	3.8	74	6.5	5.5	13.0	208.1	66.7	20	166	4.0	5.95	4.96	0	1
6	Dan Fouts	SDG	27	QB	15	14	9-5-0	224	381	58.8	2999	24	6.3	20	5.2	55	7.9	6.8	13.4	199.9	83.0	22	130	5.5	7.12	6.08	1	2
7	Pat Haden	RAM	25	QB	16	16	12-4-0	229	444	51.6	2995	13	2.9	19	4.3	68	6.7	5.4	13.1	187.2	65.1	32	216	6.7	5.84	4.59	3	6
8	Ken Stabler	OAK	33	QB	16	16	9-7-0	237	406	58.4	2944	16	3.9	30	7.4	49	7.3	4.7	12.4	184.0	63.3	37	347	8.4	5.86	3.54	3	3
9	Terry Bradshaw*+	PIT	30	QB	16	16	14-2-0	207	368	56.3	2915	28	7.6	20	5.4	70	7.9	7.0	14.1	182.2	84.7	21	222	5.4	6.92	6.05	2	2
10	Brian Sipe	CLE	29	QB	16	16	8-8-0	222	399	55.6	2906	21	5.3	15	3.8	69	7.3	6.6	13.1	181.6	80.7	29	229	6.8	6.25	5.66	2	2
11	Steve Grogan	NWE	25	QB	16	16	11-5-0	181	362	50.0	2824	15	4.1	23	6.4	75	7.8	5.8	15.6	176.5	63.6	21	184	5.5	6.89	4.97	3	6
12	Joe Theismann	WAS	29	QB	16	14	7-7-0	187	390	47.9	2593	13	3.3	18	4.6	63	6.6	5.2	13.9	162.1	61.6	42	391	9.7	5.10	3.82	2	2
13	Steve Bartkowski	ATL	26	QB	14	13	8-5-0	187	369	50.7	2489	10	2.7	18	4.9	71	6.7	5.1	13.3	177.8	61.1	39	349	9.6	5.25	3.75	4	5
14	Ron Jaworski	PHI	27	QB	16	16	9-7-0	206	398	51.8	2487	16	4.0	16	4.0	56	6.2	5.2	12.1	155.4	67.9	41	288	9.3	5.01	4.10	1	2
15	Dan Pastorini	HOU	29	QB	16	16	10-6-0	199	368	54.1	2473	16	4.3	17	4.6	80	6.7	5.5	12.4	154.6	70.4	15	123	3.9	6.14	4.97	6	6
16	Gary Danielson	DET	27	QB	16	11	6-5-0	199	351	56.7	2294	18	5.1	17	4.8	47	6.5	5.4	11.5	143.4	73.5	25	237	6.6	5.47	4.39	1	1
17	Ken Anderson	CIN	29	QB	12	12	4-8-0	173	319	54.2	2219	10	3.1	22	6.9	57	7.0	4.5	12.8	184.9	58.0	30	237	8.6	5.68	3.42	1	1
18	Joe Ferguson	BUF	28	QB	16	16	5-11-0	175	330	53.0	2136	16	4.8	15	4.5	92	6.5	5.4	12.2	133.5	70.5	29	243	8.1	5.27	4.28	1	1
19	Joe Pisarcik	NYG	26	QB	15	12	4-8-0	143	301	47.5	2096	12	4.0	23	7.6	67	7.0	4.3	14.7	139.7	52.1	28	205	8.5	5.75	3.33
20	David Whitehurst	GNB	23	QB	16	16	8-7-1	168	328	51.2	2093	10	3.0	17	5.2	58	6.4	4.7	12.5	130.8	59.9	35	258	9.6	5.06	3.50	1	1
21	Matt Robinson	NYJ	23	QB	16	11	6-5-0	124	266	46.6	2002	13	4.9	16	6.0	77	7.5	5.8	16.1	125.1	63.5	28	228	9.5	6.03	4.47	1	1
22	Bill Troup	BAL	27	QB	12	11	3-8-0	154	296	52.0	1882	10	3.4	21	7.1	67	6.4	3.8	12.2	156.8	53.6	32	340	9.8	4.70	2.43	1	0
23	Craig Morton	DEN	35	QB	14	13	8-5-0	146	267	54.7	1802	11	4.1	8	3.0	42	6.7	6.2	12.3	128.7	77.0	36	238	11.9	5.16	4.70	1	3
24	Bob Griese*	MIA	33	QB	11	9	6-3-0	148	235	63.0	1791	11	4.7	11	4.7	63	7.6	6.5	12.1	162.8	82.4	18	165	7.1	6.43	5.34	0	1
25	Bob Avellini	CHI	25	QB	13	12	4-8-0	141	264	53.4	1718	5	1.9	16	6.1	61	6.5	4.2	12.2	132.2	54.8	26	208	9.0	5.21	3.07	1	2
26	Mike Livingston	KAN	33	QB	14	14	4-10-0	159	290	54.8	1573	5	1.7	13	4.5	44	5.4	3.8	9.9	112.4	57.4	18	171	5.8	4.55	2.98
27	Steve DeBerg	SFO	24	QB	12	11	1-10-0	137	302	45.4	1570	8	2.6	22	7.3	58	5.2	2.5	11.5	130.8	40.0	17	156	5.3	4.43	1.83	0	1
28	Doug Williams	TAM	23	QB	10	10	4-6-0	73	194	37.6	1170	7	3.6	8	4.1	56	6.0	4.9	16.0	117.0	53.4	6	69	3.0	5.51	4.41	1	1
29	Richard Todd	NYJ	25	QB	5	5	2-3-0	60	107	56.1	849	6	5.6	10	9.3	49	7.9	4.9	14.2	169.8	61.6	15	122	12.3	5.96	3.25	1	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
30	Don Strock	MIA	28	QB	16	7	5-2-0	72	135	53.3	825	12	8.9	6	4.4	57	6.1	5.9	11.5	51.6	83.1	9	73	6.3	5.22	5.01
31	John Reaves	CIN	28	QB	9	4	0-4-0	74	144	51.4	790	3	2.1	8	5.6	51	5.5	3.4	10.7	87.8	51.6	8	61	5.3	4.80	2.82
32	Norris Weese	DEN	27	QB	13	1	1-0-0	55	87	63.2	723	4	4.6	5	5.7	31	8.3	6.6	13.1	55.6	80.8	12	94	12.1	6.35	4.89	0	0
33	Mike Rae	TAM	27	QB	6	5	1-4-0	57	118	48.3	705	4	3.4	7	5.9	33	6.0	4.0	12.4	117.5	53.8	37	288	23.9	2.69	1.17
34	Scott Bull	SFO	25	QB	16	5	1-4-0	48	121	39.7	651	1	0.8	11	9.1	48	5.4	1.5	13.6	40.7	22.4	22	160	15.4	3.43	0.11
35	James Harris	SDG	31	QB	9	2	0-2-0	42	88	47.7	518	2	2.3	9	10.2	34	5.9	1.7	12.3	57.6	34.4	8	43	8.3	4.95	1.15
36	Mike Phipps	CHI	31	QB	6	4	3-1-0	44	83	53.0	465	2	2.4	10	12.0	35	5.6	0.7	10.6	77.5	38.1	6	55	6.7	4.61	0.00
37	Greg Landry	DET	32	QB	5	5	1-4-0	48	77	62.3	452	1	1.3	1	1.3	20	5.9	5.5	9.4	90.4	77.4	21	205	21.4	2.52	2.27
38	Tony Adams	KAN	28	QB	16	2	0-2-0	44	79	55.7	415	2	2.5	3	3.8	26	5.3	4.1	9.4	25.9	63.0	3	27	3.7	4.73	3.57
39	June Jones	ATL	25	QB	7	3	1-2-0	34	79	43.0	394	1	1.3	4	5.1	38	5.0	3.0	11.6	56.3	41.9	17	132	17.7	2.73	1.06	1	1
40	Bert Jones	BAL	27	QB	3	3	2-1-0	27	42	64.3	370	4	9.5	1	2.4	78	8.8	9.6	13.7	123.3	114.2	6	62	12.5	6.42	7.15	1	1
41	Bill Munson	BUF	37	QB	4	0		24	43	55.8	328	4	9.3	2	4.7	43	7.6	7.4	13.7	82.0	92.0	0	0	0.0	7.63	7.40
42	Billy Kilmer	WAS	39	QB	5	2	1-1-0	23	46	50.0	316	4	8.7	3	6.5	50	6.9	5.7	13.7	63.2	74.2	4	22	8.0	5.88	4.78
43	Danny White	DAL	26	P	16	1	1-0-0	20	34	58.8	215	0	0.0	1	2.9	35	6.3	5.0	10.8	13.4	65.2	1	10	2.9	5.86	4.57
44	Mark Miller	CLE	22	QB	8	0		13	39	33.3	212	1	2.6	4	10.3	44	5.4	1.3	16.3	26.5	21.5	5	47	11.4	3.75	0.11
45	Mike Kirkland	BAL	24	QB	16	2	0-2-0	19	41	46.3	211	1	2.4	8	19.5	34	5.1	-3.1	11.1	13.2	30.7	11	78	21.2	2.56	-3.98
46	Randy Dean	NYG	23	QB	6	2	1-1-0	19	39	48.7	188	1	2.6	3	7.7	48	4.8	1.9	9.9	31.3	39.3	2	16	4.9	4.20	1.39
47	Craig Penrose	DEN	25	QB	4	2	1-1-0	16	37	43.2	185	2	5.4	4	10.8	29	5.0	1.2	11.6	46.3	37.4	0	0	0.0	5.00	1.22
48	Tom Owen	NWE	26	QB	2	0		15	26	57.7	182	0	0.0	2	7.7	23	7.0	3.5	12.1	91.0	47.3	3	22	10.3	5.52	2.41
49	Gary Huff	TAM	27	QB	6	0		15	36	41.7	169	1	2.8	3	8.3	31	4.7	1.5	11.3	28.2	30.9	5	54	12.2	2.80	0.00
50	Steve Pisarkiewicz	STL	25	QB	3	1	0-1-0	10	29	34.5	164	0	0.0	3	10.3	40	5.7	1.0	16.4	54.7	14.8	2	20	6.5	4.65	0.29
51	David Humm	OAK	26	QB	16	0		14	26	53.8	151	0	0.0	1	3.8	23	5.8	4.1	10.8	9.4	55.1	2	21	7.1	4.64	3.04
52	Vince Ferragamo	RAM	24	QB	9	0		7	20	35.0	114	0	0.0	2	10.0	28	5.7	1.2	16.3	12.7	15.4	2	19	9.1	4.32	0.23
53	Jerry Golsteyn	NYG	24	QB	7	2	1-1-0	12	40	30.0	110	0	0.0	1	2.5	20	2.8	1.6	9.2	15.7	29.2	8	62	16.7	1.00	0.06	1	1
54	Pat Ryan	NYJ	23	QB	2	0		9	14	64.3	106	0	0.0	2	14.3	18	7.6	1.1	11.8	53.0	47.6	0	0	0.0	7.57	1.14
55	Steve Myer	SEA	24	QB	4	0		11	22	50.0	94	0	0.0	2	9.1	17	4.3	0.2	8.5	23.5	23.7	0	0	0.0	4.27	0.18
56	Guy Benjamin	MIA	23	QB	3	0		6	8	75.0	91	1	12.5	1	12.5	43	11.4	8.3	15.2	30.3	112.0	0	0	0.0	11.38	8.25
57	Bobby Douglass	GNB	31	QB	12	0		5	12	41.7	90	1	8.3	1	8.3	30	7.5	5.4	18.0	7.5	61.1	1	9	7.7	6.23	4.31
58	David Beverly	GNB	28	P	16	0		2	2	100.0	88	0	0.0	0	0.0	57	44.0	44.0	44.0	5.5	118.7	0	0	0.0	44.00	44.00
59	Louis Carter	TAM	25	RB	16	5		2	5	40.0	87	0	0.0	0	0.0	66	17.4	17.4	43.5	5.4	87.5	0	0	0.0	17.40	17.40
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
60	Dennis Sproul	GNB	22	QB	6	0		5	13	38.5	87	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	6.7	6.7	17.4	14.5	62.0	1	7	7.1	5.71	5.71
61	Freddie Solomon	SFO	25	WR	16	15		5	10	50.0	85	0	0.0	1	10.0	30	8.5	4.0	17.0	5.3	39.6	3	34	23.1	3.92	0.46
62	Joe Washington	BAL	25	RB	16	12		2	4	50.0	80	2	50.0	0	0.0	54	20.0	30.0	40.0	5.0	135.4	0	0	0.0	20.00	30.00
63	Mike Bragg	WAS	32	P	16	0		2	2	100.0	69	0	0.0	0	0.0	56	34.5	34.5	34.5	4.3	118.7	0	0	0.0	34.50	34.50
64	Tommy Kramer	MIN	23	QB	4	0		5	16	31.3	50	0	0.0	1	6.3	19	3.1	0.3	10.0	12.5	15.1	1	11	5.9	2.29	-0.35	0	1
65	Cliff Olander	SDG	23	QB	9	0		5	8	62.5	49	0	0.0	1	12.5	22	6.1	0.5	9.8	5.4	40.1	2	18	20.0	3.10	-1.40
66	Mike Kruczek	PIT	25	QB	9	0		5	11	45.5	46	0	0.0	2	18.2	21	4.2	-4.0	9.2	5.1	17.8	4	40	26.7	0.40	-5.60
67	Walter White	KAN	27	TE	16	16		1	1	100.0	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	44	44.0	44.0	44.0	2.8	118.7	0	0	0.0	44.00	44.00
68	Dave Stief	STL	22	WR	15	3		1	1	100.0	43	0	0.0	0	0.0	43	43.0	43.0	43.0	2.9	118.7	0	0	0.0	43.00	43.00
69	Dave Mays	BUF	29	QB	1	0		4	15	26.7	39	1	6.7	0	0.0	19	2.6	3.9	9.8	39.0	61.8	1	11	6.3	1.75	3.00
70	Vince Evans	CHI	23	QB	3	0		1	3	33.3	38	0	0.0	1	33.3	38	12.7	-2.3	38.0	12.7	42.4	2	25	40.0	2.60	-6.40
71	Bobby Scott	NOR	29	QB	1	0		3	5	60.0	36	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	7.2	7.2	12.0	36.0	82.1	0	0	0.0	7.20	7.20
72	Larry Mallory	NYG	26	SS	16	7		1	1	100.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	35.0	35.0	35.0	2.2	118.7	0	0	0.0	35.00	35.00
73	Mike Wood	2TM	24	P	15	0		1	1	100.0	29	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	29.0	29.0	29.0	1.9	118.7	0	0	0.0	29.00	29.00
74	Dave Green	TAM	29	P	16	0		2	3	66.7	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	8.3	8.3	12.5	1.6	92.4	0	0	0.0	8.33	8.33
75	Archie Griffin	CIN	24	RB	16	8		2	3	66.7	21	1	33.3	0	0.0	18	7.0	13.7	10.5	1.3	126.4	0	0	0.0	7.00	13.67
76	Johnny Evans	CLE	22	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	19.0	19.0	19.0	1.2	118.7	0	0	0.0	19.00	19.00
77	Mike Boryla	TAM	27	QB	1	1	0-1-0	2	5	40.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	3.0	3.0	7.5	15.0	47.9	4	57	44.4	-4.67	-4.67
78	David Sims	SEA	23	FB	12	9		1	1	100.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	15.0	15.0	15.0	1.3	118.7	0	0	0.0	15.00	15.00
79	Bob Lee	MIN	32	QB	3	0		2	4	50.0	10	0	0.0	1	25.0	6	2.5	-8.8	5.0	3.3	16.7	2	20	33.3	-1.67	-9.17
80	Rob Hertel	CIN	23	QB	3	0		1	4	25.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	2.3	2.3	9.0	3.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	2.25	2.25
81	Herman Weaver	SEA	30	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	9.0	9.0	9.0	0.6	104.2	0	0	0.0	9.00	9.00
82	Bubba Bean	ATL	24	FB	15	15		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
83	Ken Burrough	HOU	30	WR	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
84	Dave Casper*+	OAK	26	TE	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
85	Scott Dierking	NYJ	23	RB	15	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
86	Tony Dorsett*	DAL	24	RB	16	15		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
87	Roland Harper	CHI	25	FB	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
88	Franco Harris*	PIT	28	FB	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
89	Ike Harris	NOR	26	WR	15	15		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
90	Tony Hill*	DAL	22	WR	16	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
91	Andy Johnson	NWE	26	RB	15	13		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
92	James Lofton*	GNB	22	WR	16	16		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
93	Lawrence McCutcheon	RAM	28	RB	8	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
94	Chuck Muncie	NOR	25	RB	13	11		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
95	Gifford Nielsen	HOU	24	QB	2	0		2	4	50.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	56.2	2	12	33.3	-2.00	-2.00
96	Bob Parsons	CHI	28	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
97	Greg Pruitt	CLE	27	RB	12	12		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	66.7	0	0.0	-30.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-30.00
98	John Sciarra	PHI	24	FS	16	2		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
99	Tom Skladany	DET	23	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
100	Mike Strachan	NOR	25	RB	15	5		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
101	Bruce Threadgill	SFO	22	FS	14	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
102	Glen Walker	RAM	26	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
103	John Walton	PHI	31	QB	4	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
104	Delvin Williams*+	MIA	27	RB	16	15		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
105	Dave Jennings*	NYG	26	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	-0.1	79.2	0	0	0.0	-1.00	-1.00
106	Rick Engles	PHI	24	P	6	0		1	1	100.0	-2	0	0.0	0	0.0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	-2.0	-0.3	79.2	0	0	0.0	-2.00	-2.00

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