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Ken Anderson

Kenneth Allan Anderson

Position: QB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 212 lbs.
Born: February 15, 1949 in Batavia, IL
College: Augustana (IL)

Career AV: 121 (37th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 3rd round (67th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% AV
1971 22 CIN 14 11 4 0-4-0 72 131 55.0 777 5 3.8 4 3.1 44 5.9 5.3 10.8 70.6 72.6 23 159 4.0 3.5 14.9 4
1972 23 CIN QB 14 13 13 7-6-0 171 301 56.8 1918 7 2.3 7 2.3 65 6.4 5.8 11.2 147.5 74.0 18 155 5.5 5.0 5.6 9
1973 24 CIN QB 14 14 14 10-4-0 179 329 54.4 2428 18 5.5 12 3.6 78 7.4 6.8 13.6 173.4 81.2 24 163 6.4 5.9 6.8 14
1974 25 CIN QB 14 13 13 7-6-0 213 328 64.9 2667 18 5.5 10 3.0 77 8.1 7.9 12.5 205.2 95.7 36 292 6.5 6.3 9.9 16
1975* 26 CIN QB 14 13 13 10-3-0 228 377 60.5 3169 21 5.6 11 2.9 55 8.4 8.2 13.9 243.8 93.9 32 247 7.1 7.0 7.8 16
1976* 27 CIN QB 14 14 14 10-4-0 179 338 53.0 2367 19 5.6 14 4.1 85 7.0 6.3 13.2 169.1 76.9 34 235 5.7 5.1 9.1 13
1977 28 CIN QB 14 14 13 7-6-0 166 323 51.4 2145 11 3.4 11 3.4 94 6.6 5.8 12.9 153.2 69.7 28 197 5.5 4.8 8.0 11
1978 29 CIN QB 14 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 5.7 3.4 8.6 6
1979 30 CIN QB 14 15 15 4-11-0 189 339 55.8 2340 16 4.7 10 2.9 73 6.9 6.5 12.4 156.0 80.7 46 324 5.2 4.9 11.9 11
1980 31 CIN QB 14 13 12 5-7-0 166 275 60.4 1778 6 2.2 13 4.7 67 6.5 4.8 10.7 136.8 66.9 24 174 5.4 3.8 8.0 5
1981*+ 32 CIN QB 14 16 16 12-4-0 300 479 62.6 3754 29 6.1 10 2.1 74 7.8 8.1 12.5 234.6 98.4 25 140 7.2 7.4 5.0 18
1982* 33 CIN QB 14 9 9 7-2-0 218 309 70.6 2495 12 3.9 9 2.9 56 8.1 7.5 11.4 277.2 95.3 26 154 7.0 6.5 7.8 20
1983 34 CIN QB 14 13 13 5-8-0 198 297 66.7 2333 12 4.0 13 4.4 80 7.9 6.7 11.8 179.5 85.6 25 187 6.7 5.6 7.8 9
1984 35 CIN QB 14 11 9 3-6-0 175 275 63.6 2107 10 3.6 12 4.4 80 7.7 6.4 12.0 191.5 81.0 24 191 6.4 5.3 8.0 7
1985 36 CIN 14 3 2 0-2-0 16 32 50.0 170 2 6.3 0 0.0 44 5.3 6.6 10.6 56.7 86.7 2 16 4.5 5.7 5.9 1
1986 37 CIN 14 8 0 11 23 47.8 171 1 4.3 2 8.7 43 7.4 4.4 15.5 21.4 51.2 1 4 7.0 4.0 4.2 1
Career 192 172 91-81-0 2654 4475 59.3 32838 197 4.4 160 3.6 94 7.3 6.6 12.4 171.0 81.9 398 2875 6.1 5.5 8.2 161

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1973 (0-1), 1975 (0-1), 1981 (2-1), 1982 (0-1)

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1971 22 CIN 14 11 4 0-4-0 131 86 75 102 94 111 95 121 64 109
1972 23 CIN QB 14 13 13 7-6-0 301 95 101 108 110 116 82 130 112 110
1973 24 CIN QB 14 14 14 10-4-0 329 115 116 120 121 107 112 116 107 118
1974 25 CIN QB 14 13 13 7-6-0 328 127 119 129 124 141 112 121 91 132
1975* 26 CIN QB 14 13 13 10-3-0 377 127 126 129 129 122 113 122 103 127
1976* 27 CIN QB 14 14 14 10-4-0 338 107 107 112 112 103 114 111 98 112
1977 28 CIN QB 14 14 13 7-6-0 323 100 103 108 110 97 94 120 103 106
1978 29 CIN QB 14 12 12 4-8-0 319 106 103 90 90 104 89 80 97 89
1979 30 CIN QB 14 15 15 4-11-0 339 101 89 114 105 104 107 123 70 115
1980 31 CIN QB 14 13 12 5-7-0 275 89 89 85 85 118 73 96 94 91
1981*+ 32 CIN QB 14 16 16 12-4-0 479 117 125 132 136 123 123 131 113 137
1982* 33 CIN QB 14 9 9 7-2-0 309 120 120 120 121 146 97 118 98 127
1983 34 CIN QB 14 13 13 5-8-0 297 115 114 108 108 132 98 98 102 112
1984 35 CIN QB 14 11 9 3-6-0 275 112 110 105 104 125 93 98 101 107
Career 192 172 91-81-0 4475 110 109 113 113 118 102 114 98 115

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1971 22 CIN 14 11 4 22 125 1 16 5.7 11.4 2.0 125 1 5
1972 23 CIN QB 14 13 13 22 94 3 18 4.3 7.2 1.7 94 3 5
1973 24 CIN QB 14 14 14 26 97 0 17 3.7 6.9 1.9 97 0 5
1974 25 CIN QB 14 13 13 43 314 2 20 7.3 24.2 3.3 314 2 3
1975* 26 CIN QB 14 13 13 49 188 2 29 3.8 14.5 3.8 188 2 4
1976* 27 CIN QB 14 14 14 31 134 1 25 4.3 9.6 2.2 134 1 3
1977 28 CIN QB 14 14 13 26 128 2 17 4.9 9.1 1.9 128 2 5
1978 29 CIN QB 14 12 12 29 167 1 16 5.8 13.9 2.4 167 1 8
1979 30 CIN QB 14 15 15 28 235 2 21 8.4 15.7 1.9 235 2 1
1980 31 CIN QB 14 13 12 16 122 0 20 7.6 9.4 1.2 122 0 1
1981*+ 32 CIN QB 14 16 16 46 320 1 25 7.0 20.0 2.9 320 1 5
1982* 33 CIN QB 14 9 9 25 85 4 12 3.4 9.4 2.8 85 4 1
1983 34 CIN QB 14 13 13 22 147 1 29 6.7 11.3 1.7 147 1 4
1984 35 CIN QB 14 11 9 11 64 0 14 5.8 5.8 1.0 64 0 1
1985 36 CIN 14 3 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 1
Career 192 172 397 2220 20 29 5.6 11.6 2.1 2220 20 52

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1971 22 CIN 14 11 4 5 2 -9 0
1972 23 CIN QB 14 13 13 5 0 -20 0
1973 24 CIN QB 14 14 14 5 3 -7 0
1974 25 CIN QB 14 13 13 3 1 0 0
1975* 26 CIN QB 14 13 13 4 1 -8 0
1976* 27 CIN QB 14 14 14 3 0 0 0
1977 28 CIN QB 14 14 13 5 2 -13 0
1978 29 CIN QB 14 12 12 8 3 -8 0
1979 30 CIN QB 14 15 15 1 0 0 0
1980 31 CIN QB 14 13 12 1 2 0 0
1981*+ 32 CIN QB 14 16 16 5 2 -20 0
1982* 33 CIN QB 14 9 9 1 0 0 0
1983 34 CIN QB 14 13 13 4 1 0 0
1984 35 CIN QB 14 11 9 1 0 0 0
1985 36 CIN 14 3 2 1 0 0 0
Career 192 172 52 17 -85 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1971 22 CIN 14 11 4 1 1 6
1972 23 CIN QB 14 13 13 3 3 18
1974 25 CIN QB 14 13 13 2 2 12
1975* 26 CIN QB 14 13 13 2 2 12
1976* 27 CIN QB 14 14 14 1 1 6
1977 28 CIN QB 14 14 13 2 2 12
1978 29 CIN QB 14 12 12 1 1 6
1979 30 CIN QB 14 15 15 2 2 12
1981*+ 32 CIN QB 14 16 16 1 1 6
1982* 33 CIN QB 14 9 9 4 4 24
1983 34 CIN QB 14 13 13 1 1 6
Career 192 172 20 20 120

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Joe Ferguson, Jim Everett, John Elway*, Joe Namath*, Gus Frerotte, Jay Schroeder, Bob Griese*, Marc Bulger, Terry Bradshaw*, David Carr
4 Joe Namath*, Jim Everett, John Elway*, Donovan McNabb, Mark Brunell, Drew Bledsoe, Boomer Esiason, Ken O'Brien, Milt Plum, Randall Cunningham
5 Carson Palmer, Donovan McNabb, John Elway*, Mark Brunell, Drew Bledsoe, Joe Namath*, Jim Everett, Randall Cunningham, Troy Aikman*, Michael Vick
6 Aaron Brooks, Donovan McNabb, Steve Grogan, John Elway*, Mark Brunell, Drew Bledsoe, Michael Vick, Tom Brady, Troy Aikman*, Randall Cunningham
7 Steve Grogan, Donovan McNabb, Mark Brunell, Troy Aikman*, Tom Brady, Drew Bledsoe, John Elway*, Steve McNair, Aaron Brooks, Joe Montana*
8 Steve Grogan, Troy Aikman*, Donovan McNabb, Joe Namath*, Drew Bledsoe, Steve McNair, Bob Griese*, Joe Montana*, Jim Zorn, Mark Brunell
9 Troy Aikman*, Steve Grogan, Donovan McNabb, Drew Bledsoe, Bob Griese*, Terry Bradshaw*, Steve McNair, Mark Brunell, Jim Everett, Joe Montana*
10 Terry Bradshaw*, Drew Bledsoe, Steve Grogan, Troy Aikman*, Joe Namath*, Jim Everett, Fran Tarkenton*, Bart Starr*, Steve McNair, Bob Griese*
11 Terry Bradshaw*, Boomer Esiason, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb, Troy Aikman*, Drew Bledsoe, Fran Tarkenton*, Joe Namath*, Bob Griese*, Joe Montana*
12 Dan Fouts*, Joe Montana*, Terry Bradshaw*, Boomer Esiason, Dan Marino*, Steve McNair, Fran Tarkenton*, Bob Griese*, Warren Moon*, Troy Aikman*
13 Dan Fouts*, Terry Bradshaw*, Fran Tarkenton*, Joe Montana*, Warren Moon*, Boomer Esiason, Dan Marino*, Bob Griese*, Johnny Unitas*, John Elway*
14 Dan Fouts*, Fran Tarkenton*, Boomer Esiason, Warren Moon*, Terry Bradshaw*, Joe Montana*, Dan Marino*, Bob Griese*, Johnny Unitas*, Drew Bledsoe
15 Dan Fouts*, Joe Montana*, Boomer Esiason, Terry Bradshaw*, Warren Moon*, Fran Tarkenton*, Bob Griese*, Drew Bledsoe, Randall Cunningham, Johnny Unitas*
16 Dan Fouts*, Joe Montana*, Boomer Esiason, Terry Bradshaw*, Warren Moon*, Bob Griese*, Randall Cunningham, Drew Bledsoe, Johnny Unitas*, Jim Kelly*
Career Dan Fouts*, Joe Montana*, Boomer Esiason, Terry Bradshaw*, Warren Moon*, Bob Griese*, Randall Cunningham, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Kelly*, Sonny Jurgensen*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1975 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year
1981 NFL AP MVP
1981 NFL PFWA MVP
1981 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1981 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1981 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year
1981 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1975
1976
1981
1982

First-Team All-Pro

1981

Passes Completed

1972 NFL 171 (7)
1973 NFL 179 (4)
1974 NFL 213 (1)
1975 NFL 228 (2)
1976 NFL 179 (9)
1977 NFL 166 (8)
1981 NFL 300 (5)
1982 NFL 218 (1)
Career 2654 (23)

Pass Attempts

1973 NFL 329 (4)
1974 NFL 328 (7)
1975 NFL 377 (2)
1976 NFL 338 (7)
1977 NFL 323 (6)
1981 NFL 479 (9)
1982 NFL 309 (3)
Career 4475 (27)

Passing Yds

1973 NFL 2428 (4)
1974 NFL 2667 (1)
1975 NFL 3169 (1)
1976 NFL 2367 (9)
1977 NFL 2145 (10)
1981 NFL 3754 (5)
1982 NFL 2495 (3)
Career 32838 (24)

Passing TD

1973 NFL 18 (5)
1974 NFL 18 (5)
1975 NFL 21 (4)
1976 NFL 19 (3)
1981 NFL 29 (3/62)
1982 NFL 12 (9)
Career 197 (29)

Passer Rating

1972 NFL 74.0 (9)
1973 NFL 81.2 (8)
1974 NFL 95.7 (1/82)
1975 NFL 93.9 (1)
1976 NFL 76.9 (10)
1977 NFL 69.7 (8)
1979 NFL 80.7 (5)
1981 NFL 98.4 (1/49)
1982 NFL 95.3 (1/87)
1983 NFL 85.6 (9)
Career 81.9 (35)

Long Pass

1973 NFL 78 (5)
1974 NFL 77 (7)
1976 NFL 85 (2)
1977 NFL 94 (2/42)
1979 NFL 73 (8)
1983 NFL 80 (6)
1984 NFL 80 (5)

Passes Intercepted

1973 NFL 12 (10)
1976 NFL 14 (10)
1978 NFL 22 (5)
Career 160 (47)

Sacked

1971 NFL 23 (10)
1974 NFL 36 (2)
1975 NFL 32 (6)
1976 NFL 34 (5)
1979 NFL 46 (1/72)
1982 NFL 26 (6)
Career 398 (9)

Sacked Yds Lost

1974 NFL 292 (3)
1975 NFL 247 (8)
1976 NFL 235 (10)
1979 NFL 324 (6/92)
Career 2875 (12)

Passing Yds/Game

1973 NFL 173.4 (5)
1974 NFL 205.2 (1)
1975 NFL 243.8 (1)
1976 NFL 169.1 (10)
1978 NFL 184.9 (8)
1981 NFL 234.6 (5)
1982 NFL 277.2 (3/37)
Career 171.0 (74)

Yds/Pass Att

1973 NFL 7.4 (6)
1974 NFL 8.1 (1)
1975 NFL 8.4 (1/77)
1981 NFL 7.8 (5)
1982 NFL 8.1 (4)
1983 NFL 7.9 (6)
1984 NFL 7.7 (7)
Career 7.3 (38)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1973 NFL 13.6 (3)
1975 NFL 13.9 (5)
1976 NFL 13.2 (7)
Career 12.4 (109)

Pass Attempts/Game

1972 NFL 23.2 (7)
1973 NFL 23.5 (5)
1974 NFL 25.2 (8)
1975 NFL 29.0 (2)
1976 NFL 24.1 (9)
1978 NFL 26.6 (7)
1982 NFL 34.3 (3)
Career 23.3 (97)

Games Started

Career 172 (169)

Fumbles

Career 52 (105)

Fumbles Recovered

Career 17 (149)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1973 NFL 6.83 (6)
1974 NFL 7.86 (2/76)
1975 NFL 8.21 (1/51)
1976 NFL 6.26 (9)
1977 NFL 5.79 (7)
1979 NFL 6.52 (8)
1981 NFL 8.11 (1/57)
1982 NFL 7.54 (2)
Career 6.61 (34)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1973 NFL 6.42 (4)
1974 NFL 6.52 (5)
1975 NFL 7.14 (2/83)
1976 NFL 5.73 (10)
1981 NFL 7.17 (2/77)
1982 NFL 6.99 (3)
1983 NFL 6.66 (7)
1984 NFL 6.41 (9)
Career 6.15 (43)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1973 NFL 5.91 (5)
1974 NFL 6.28 (3)
1975 NFL 6.96 (1/91)
1976 NFL 5.06 (9)
1977 NFL 4.77 (9)
1981 NFL 7.43 (1/42)
1982 NFL 6.50 (2)
Career 5.48 (42)

Passes Completed/Game

1972 NFL 13.2 (5)
1973 NFL 12.8 (6)
1974 NFL 16.4 (2)
1975 NFL 17.5 (2)
1976 NFL 12.8 (10)
1978 NFL 14.4 (8)
1981 NFL 18.8 (5)
1982 NFL 24.2 (1/12)
Career 13.8 (75)

Pass Completion %

1972 NFL 56.8% (4)
1973 NFL 54.4% (7)
1974 NFL 64.9% (1/59)
1975 NFL 60.5% (2)
1980 NFL 60.4% (6)
1981 NFL 62.6% (2)
1982 NFL 70.6% (1/1)
1983 NFL 66.7% (1/30)
1984 NFL 63.6% (4/98)
Career 59.3% (38)

Pass Intercept. %

1972 NFL 2.3% (1)
1973 NFL 3.6% (5)
1974 NFL 3.0% (4)
1975 NFL 2.9% (2)
1976 NFL 4.1% (10)
1977 NFL 3.4% (6)
1979 NFL 2.9% (2)
1981 NFL 2.1% (1)
1982 NFL 2.9% (1)
Career 3.6% (78)

Passing TD %

1973 NFL 5.5% (6)
1974 NFL 5.5% (4)
1975 NFL 5.6% (5)
1976 NFL 5.6% (6)
1979 NFL 4.7% (10)
1981 NFL 6.1% (1)
Career 4.4% (80)

Sack %

1972 NFL 5.64% (10)
1973 NFL 6.80% (9)
1981 NFL 4.96% (7)
Career 8.17% (127)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1974UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1975Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1981Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1982UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1971 22 11 QB 72 26
1972 23 13 QB 132 16
1973 24 14 QB 191 55 4 23
1974 25 13 QB 238 118 1 5
1975 26 13 QB 262 141 2 5
1976 27 14 QB 200 44 8 33
1977 28 14 QB 155 15 10 57
1978 29 12 QB 127 20
1979 30 15 QB 205 14
1980 31 13 QB 93 30
1981 32 16 QB 342 108 2 7
1982 33 9 QB 186 98 3 13
1983 34 13 QB 160 23
1984 35 11 QB 127 24
1985 36 3 QB 19 52
1986 37 8 QB 9 62
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