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Steve Bartkowski

Steven Joseph Bartkowski

Position: QB
Height: 6-4    Weight: 216 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: November 12, 1952 in Des Moines, IA
College: California   (school history)
Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 70 (637th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Steve Bartkowski's Career 4th quarter comebacks and game-winning drives

The research for this page was done by Scott Kacsmar. Read his extensive three-part article (Part I - Part II - Part III) for full details.

View complete leaderboards for game-winning drives and comebacks.

19 fourth quarter comebacks, 22 game-winning drives

Age is Years-Days
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
1 1976 3 1976-09-26 23-319 ATL @ CHI W 10-0 14 32 43.75% 164 0 0 59.9 5.13 5.13 3 -4 -1.33 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
2 1978 5 1978-10-01 25-323 ATL NYG W 23-20 14 26 53.85% 226 1 0 96.0 8.69 9.46 8 12 1.50 1 4QC / GWD
3 1978 8 1978-10-22 25-344 ATL @ SFO W 20-17 15 20 75.00% 256 1 0 133.3 12.80 13.80 2 5 2.50 0 4QC / GWD
4 1978 11 1978-11-12 26-000 ATL @ NOR W 20-17 16 33 48.48% 218 1 1 67.5 6.61 5.85 1 0 0.00 0 4QC / GWD
5 1978 13 1978-11-26 26-014 ATL NOR W 20-17 23 43 53.49% 266 1 2 60.8 6.19 4.56 1 2 2.00 0 4QC / GWD
6 1978 15 1978-12-10 26-028 ATL WAS W 20-17 16 37 43.24% 190 0 0 59.5 5.14 5.14 5 6 1.20 0 GWD
7 1978 17 1978-12-24 26-042 ATL PHI W 14-13 18 32 56.25% 243 2 2 75.4 7.59 6.03 2 3 1.50 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
8 1979 1 1979-09-02 26-294 ATL @ NOR W 40-34 22 38 57.89% 312 3 1 99.9 8.21 8.61 2 19 9.50 0 4QC
9 1979 2 1979-09-10 26-302 ATL @ PHI W 14-10 10 16 62.50% 123 1 1 81.0 7.69 6.13 1 1 1.00 1 4QC / GWD
10 1979 10 1979-11-04 26-357 ATL TAM W 17-14 11 20 55.00% 80 1 1 60.4 4.00 2.75 4 15 3.75 0 4QC / GWD
11 1979 14 1979-12-02 27-020 ATL @ SDG W 28-26 17 30 56.67% 225 3 1 100.0 7.50 8.00 2 -1 -0.50 0 4QC / GWD
12 1979 16 1979-12-16 27-034 ATL SFO W 31-21 18 28 64.29% 187 1 2 65.6 6.68 4.18 1 0 0.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
13 1980 8 1980-10-26 27-349 ATL RAM W 13-10 12 22 54.55% 209 2 2 79.5 9.50 7.23 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
14 1980 10 1980-11-09 27-363 ATL @ STL W 33-27 31 47 65.96% 378 1 1 88.8 8.04 7.51 1 3 3.00 0 4QC / GWD
15 1980 12 1980-11-23 28-011 ATL CHI W 28-17 17 32 53.13% 250 3 1 97.1 7.81 8.28 1 0 0.00 0 4QC / GWD
16 1980 14 1980-12-07 28-025 ATL @ PHI W 20-17 13 33 39.39% 215 2 2 57.0 6.52 5.00 3 9 3.00 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
17 1981 2 1981-09-13 28-305 ATL @ GNB W 31-17 16 30 53.33% 233 1 4 50.4 7.77 2.43 2 0 0.00 0 4QC
18 1981 12 1981-11-23 29-011 ATL MIN W 31-30 21 32 65.63% 213 3 0 115.8 6.66 8.53 2 -2 -1.00 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
19 1982 1 1982-09-12 29-304 ATL @ NYG W 16-14 15 27 55.56% 187 0 1 61.8 6.93 5.26 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
20 1983 1 1983-09-04 30-296 ATL @ CHI W 20-17 14 23 60.87% 201 2 0 118.2 8.74 10.48 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
21 1983 8 1983-10-23 30-345 ATL @ NYJ W 27-21 25 36 69.44% 313 2 2 91.6 8.69 7.31 3 -5 -1.67 0 4QC / GWD
22 1983 12 1983-11-20 31-008 ATL SFO W 28-24 28 39 71.79% 301 2 0 111.2 7.72 8.74 1 4 4.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
23 1984 6 1984-10-07 31-330 ATL @ RAM W 30-28 14 19 73.68% 223 0 0 112.4 11.74 11.74 1 2 2.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
24 1986 2 1986-09-14 33-306 RAM SFO W 16-13 13 24 54.17% 114 0 0 67.0 4.75 4.75 2 -2 -1.00 0 GWD

One other game of note

Age is Years-Days
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
1 1977 9 1977-11-13 25-001 ATL DET W 17-6 6 16 37.50% 81 0 3 14.8 5.06 -3.38 2 5 2.50 0 QB deserves little credit