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Terry Bradshaw

Terry Paxton Bradshaw

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 215 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: September 2, 1948 in Shreveport, LA
College: Louisiana Tech   (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 106 (100th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1989

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 25, 2013 2:25PM
All-Time Rank: #187. Y.A. Tittle… #188. Alan Faneca… #189. Larry Fitzgerald… #190. TERRY BRADSHAW… #191. John Mackey… #192. Mick Tingelhoff… #193. Curley Culp… 

Passing

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% 4QC GWD AV
1970 22 PIT QB 12 13 8 3-5-0 83 218 38.1 1410 6 2.8 24 11.0 87 6.5 2.1 17.0 108.5 30.4 25 242 4.81 0.86 10.3 2
1971 23 PIT QB 12 14 13 5-8-0 203 373 54.4 2259 13 3.5 22 5.9 49 6.1 4.1 11.1 161.4 59.7 33 287 4.86 3.06 8.1 3 3 10
1972 24 PIT QB 12 14 14 11-3-0 147 308 47.7 1887 12 3.9 12 3.9 78 6.1 5.2 12.8 134.8 64.1 29 237 4.90 4.01 8.6 3 4 13
1973 25 PIT QB 12 10 9 8-1-0 89 180 49.4 1183 10 5.6 15 8.3 67 6.6 3.9 13.3 118.3 54.5 24 186 4.89 2.56 11.8 0 1 6
1974 26 PIT QB 12 8 7 5-2-0 67 148 45.3 785 7 4.7 8 5.4 56 5.3 3.8 11.7 98.1 55.2 10 104 4.31 2.92 6.3 1 1 5
1975* 27 PIT QB 12 14 14 12-2-0 165 286 57.7 2055 18 6.3 9 3.1 59 7.2 7.0 12.5 146.8 88.0 31 290 5.57 5.43 9.8 1 3 14
1976 28 PIT QB 12 10 8 4-4-0 92 192 47.9 1177 10 5.2 9 4.7 50 6.1 5.1 12.8 117.7 65.4 16 164 4.87 3.88 7.7 9
1977 29 PIT QB 12 14 14 9-5-0 162 314 51.6 2523 17 5.4 19 6.1 65 8.0 6.4 15.6 180.2 71.4 26 235 6.73 5.21 7.6 0 1 15
1978*+ 30 PIT QB 12 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 6.92 6.05 5.4 2 2 16
1979* 31 PIT QB 12 16 16 12-4-0 259 472 54.9 3724 26 5.5 25 5.3 65 7.9 6.6 14.4 232.8 77.0 24 196 7.11 5.89 4.8 5 5 14
1980 32 PIT QB 12 15 15 9-6-0 218 424 51.4 3339 24 5.7 22 5.2 68 7.9 6.7 15.3 222.6 75.0 33 245 6.77 5.65 7.2 3 4 12
1981 33 PIT QB 12 14 14 8-6-0 201 370 54.3 2887 22 5.9 14 3.8 90 7.8 7.3 14.4 206.2 83.9 17 155 7.06 6.57 4.4 0 2 11
1982 34 PIT QB 12 9 9 6-3-0 127 240 52.9 1768 17 7.1 11 4.6 74 7.4 6.7 13.9 196.4 81.4 18 131 6.34 5.74 7.0 1 1 11
1983 35 PIT qb 12 1 1 1-0-0 5 8 62.5 77 2 25.0 0 0.0 24 9.6 14.6 15.4 77.0 133.9 0 0 9.63 14.63 0.0 0
Career 168 158 107-51-0 2025 3901 51.9 27989 212 5.4 210 5.4 90 7.2 5.8 13.8 166.6 70.9 307 2694 6.01 4.77 7.3 19 27 138

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1972 (1-1), 1973 (0-1), 1974 (3-0), 1975 (3-0), 1976 (1-1), 1977 (0-1), 1978 (3-0), 1979 (3-0), 1982 (0-1)
Playoff Comebacks: 1972 (1),1974 (1),1975 (1),1979 (1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 1972 (1),1974 (1),1975 (1),1979 (1)

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Advanced Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1970 22 PIT QB 12 13 8 3-5-0 218 95 87 68 65 59 83 52 87 64
1971 23 PIT QB 12 14 13 5-8-0 373 88 89 89 89 109 92 96 98 95
1972 24 PIT QB 12 14 14 11-3-0 308 90 90 101 100 88 96 115 97 100
1973 25 PIT QB 12 10 9 8-1-0 180 99 91 87 84 91 112 68 82 88
1974 26 PIT QB 12 8 7 5-2-0 148 78 83 88 89 76 105 98 111 90
1975* 27 PIT QB 12 14 14 12-2-0 286 109 103 118 114 115 119 119 92 122
1976 28 PIT QB 12 10 8 4-4-0 192 93 93 100 100 88 110 106 106 101
1977 29 PIT QB 12 14 14 9-5-0 314 124 123 115 115 98 114 92 105 107
1978*+ 30 PIT QB 12 16 16 14-2-0 368 127 127 125 127 111 143 97 115 126
1979* 31 PIT QB 12 16 16 12-4-0 472 123 128 115 119 101 116 94 117 110
1980 32 PIT QB 12 15 15 9-6-0 424 120 118 113 112 87 119 90 99 104
1981 33 PIT QB 12 14 14 8-6-0 370 117 123 120 124 95 121 108 116 115
1982 34 PIT QB 12 9 9 6-3-0 240 106 108 110 111 90 133 97 103 109
Career 168 158 107-51-0 3901 109 108 107 107 95 114 96 103 105

Rushing & Receiving

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
1970 22 PIT QB 12 13 8 32 233 1 22 7.3 17.9 2.5 233 1 3
1971 23 PIT QB 12 14 13 53 247 5 39 4.7 17.6 3.8 247 5 7
1972 24 PIT QB 12 14 14 58 346 7 20 6.0 24.7 4.1 346 7 4
1973 25 PIT QB 12 10 9 34 145 3 21 4.3 14.5 3.4 145 3 3
1974 26 PIT QB 12 8 7 34 224 2 34 6.6 28.0 4.3 224 2 1
1975* 27 PIT QB 12 14 14 35 210 3 27 6.0 15.0 2.5 210 3 6
1976 28 PIT QB 12 10 8 31 219 3 17 7.1 21.9 3.1 219 3 7
1977 29 PIT QB 12 14 14 31 171 3 26 5.5 12.2 2.2 171 3 10
1978*+ 30 PIT QB 12 16 16 32 93 1 17 2.9 5.8 2.0 94 1 8
1979* 31 PIT QB 12 16 16 21 83 0 28 4.0 5.2 1.3 83 0 10
1980 32 PIT QB 12 15 15 36 111 2 18 3.1 7.4 2.4 111 2 13
1981 33 PIT QB 12 14 14 38 162 2 16 4.3 11.6 2.7 162 2 7
1982 34 PIT QB 12 9 9 8 10 0 6 1.3 1.1 0.9 10 0 5
1983 35 PIT qb 12 1 1 1 3 0 3 3.0 3.0 1.0 3 0 0
Career 168 158 444 2257 32 39 5.1 13.4 2.6 2258 32 84

Defense & Fumbles

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
1970 22 PIT QB 12 13 8 0 3 0 0 0
1971 23 PIT QB 12 14 13 0 7 4 -2 0
1972 24 PIT QB 12 14 14 0 4 2 -9 0
1973 25 PIT QB 12 10 9 0 3 1 -4 0
1974 26 PIT QB 12 8 7 0 1 0 0 0
1975* 27 PIT QB 12 14 14 0 6 0 0 0
1976 28 PIT QB 12 10 8 0 7 2 -4 0
1977 29 PIT QB 12 14 14 0 10 4 -3 0
1978*+ 30 PIT QB 12 16 16 0 8 1 -3 0
1979* 31 PIT QB 12 16 16 0 10 4 -10 0
1980 32 PIT QB 12 15 15 0 13 3 -34 0
1981 33 PIT QB 12 14 14 0 7 3 -23 0
1982 34 PIT QB 12 9 9 0 5 1 -3 0
Career 168 158 0 84 25 -95 0

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1970 22 PIT QB 12 13 8 3 52 39 1 17.3
1980 32 PIT QB 12 15 15 5 173 44 0 34.6
Career 168 158 8 225 44 1 28.1

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1970 22 PIT QB 12 13 8 1 1 6
1971 23 PIT QB 12 14 13 5 5 30
1972 24 PIT QB 12 14 14 7 7 42
1973 25 PIT QB 12 10 9 3 3 18
1974 26 PIT QB 12 8 7 2 2 12
1975* 27 PIT QB 12 14 14 3 3 18
1976 28 PIT QB 12 10 8 3 3 18
1977 29 PIT QB 12 14 14 3 3 18
1978*+ 30 PIT QB 12 16 16 1 1 6
1980 32 PIT QB 12 15 15 2 2 12
1981 33 PIT QB 12 14 14 2 2 12
Career 168 158 32 32 192

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?
NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 John Elway*, Joe Flacco, Matt Ryan, Ed Brown, Gus Frerotte, Joe Ferguson, Brett Favre, Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Ken Anderson
4 Tony Eason, Bill Kenney, Ed Brown, David Carr, Joe Ferguson, Gus Frerotte, Trent Dilfer, Doug Williams, Jake Plummer, Bobby Hebert
5 Brian Sipe, Tony Eason, Bill Kenney, Trent Dilfer, Bart Starr*, Pat Haden, David Woodley, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Ferguson, Jim Hart
6 Brian Sipe, Jim Plunkett, Bernie Kosar, Doug Williams, Bart Starr*, Ed Brown, David Carr, Jay Schroeder, Marc Bulger, Joe Ferguson
7 Jim Plunkett, Jay Schroeder, Jon Kitna, Ed Brown, Marc Bulger, Dan Fouts*, Joe Ferguson, Tobin Rote, Steve Bartkowski, Milt Plum
8 Brian Sipe, Bart Starr*, Jim Everett, Bernie Kosar, Dan Fouts*, Tobin Rote, Jake Plummer, Joe Namath*, Marc Bulger, Ken Stabler
9 Bart Starr*, Steve Grogan, Drew Bledsoe, Joe Namath*, Ken Anderson, Jake Plummer, Troy Aikman*, Ken O'Brien, Jim Everett, Ken Stabler
10 Steve Grogan, Ken Anderson, Drew Bledsoe, Steve McNair, Joe Namath*, Ken Stabler, Troy Aikman*, Boomer Esiason, Bart Starr*, Jim Everett
11 Steve McNair, Drew Bledsoe, Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, Bob Griese*, Bart Starr*, Jim Everett, Joe Namath*, Donovan McNabb, Ken Stabler
12 Steve McNair, Drew Bledsoe, Bob Griese*, Donovan McNabb, Boomer Esiason, Jim Kelly*, Mark Brunell, Fran Tarkenton*, Troy Aikman*, Bart Starr*
13 Drew Bledsoe, Bob Griese*, Jim Kelly*, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb, John Elway*, Fran Tarkenton*, Warren Moon*, Mark Brunell, Boomer Esiason
14 Bob Griese*, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Kelly*, Steve McNair, Boomer Esiason, Donovan McNabb, Mark Brunell, Ken Stabler, Roman Gabriel, Bart Starr*
Career Bob Griese*, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Kelly*, Steve McNair, Boomer Esiason, Donovan McNabb, Mark Brunell, Ken Stabler, Len Dawson*, Roman Gabriel

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards
1978 NFL AP MVP
1978 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1978 NFL Super Bowl MVP
1979 NFL Super Bowl MVP

Pro Bowls
1975
1978
1979

First-Team All-Pro
1978

Approximate Value
1978 NFL 16 (3)
Career 138 (111)

Approximate Value (Weighted)
Career 106 (100)

Passes Completed
1971 NFL 203 (4)
1977 NFL 162 (10)
1978 NFL 207 (10)
1979 NFL 259 (9)
Career 2025 (58)

Pass Attempts
1971 NFL 373 (4)
1972 NFL 308 (9)
1977 NFL 314 (8)
1979 NFL 472 (7)
Career 3901 (49)

Passing Yds
1971 NFL 2259 (6)
1977 NFL 2523 (5)
1978 NFL 2915 (9)
1979 NFL 3724 (3)
1980 NFL 3339 (10)
Career 27989 (49)

Passing TD
1971 NFL 13 (10)
1975 NFL 18 (6)
1977 NFL 17 (5)
1978 NFL 28 (1/100)
1979 NFL 26 (4)
1980 NFL 24 (7)
1981 NFL 22 (8)
1982 NFL 17 (1)
Career 212 (25)

Passer Rating
1975 NFL 88.0 (4)
1977 NFL 71.4 (7)
1978 NFL 84.7 (2)
1979 NFL 77.0 (8)
1981 NFL 83.9 (6)
1982 NFL 81.4 (7)
Career 70.9 (152)

Long Pass
1970 NFL 87 (3)
1972 NFL 78 (10)
1973 NFL 67 (10)
1978 NFL 70 (10)
1981 NFL 90 (3/89)
1982 NFL 74 (6)

Passes Intercepted
1970 NFL 24 (1/58)
1971 NFL 22 (5)
1973 NFL 15 (6)
1977 NFL 19 (6)
1978 NFL 20 (8)
1979 NFL 25 (2/39)
1980 NFL 22 (7)
1982 NFL 11 (8)
Career 210 (19)

Sacked
1971 NFL 33 (3)
1972 NFL 29 (8)
1975 NFL 31 (7)
Career 307 (36)

Sacked Yds Lost
1970 NFL 242 (8)
1971 NFL 287 (4)
1972 NFL 237 (8)
1973 NFL 186 (10)
1975 NFL 290 (4)
Career 2694 (18)

Passing Yds/Game
1971 NFL 161.4 (8)
1977 NFL 180.2 (6)
1978 NFL 182.2 (10)
1979 NFL 232.8 (3)
1980 NFL 222.6 (5)
Career 166.6 (97)

Yds/Pass Att
1975 NFL 7.2 (7)
1977 NFL 8.0 (1)
1978 NFL 7.9 (1)
1979 NFL 7.9 (2)
1980 NFL 7.9 (3)
1981 NFL 7.8 (5)
1982 NFL 7.4 (10)
Career 7.2 (50)

Yds/Pass Cmp
1970 NFL 17.0 (2/20)
1977 NFL 15.6 (2/79)
1978 NFL 14.1 (4)
1979 NFL 14.4 (5)
1980 NFL 15.3 (1/95)
1981 NFL 14.4 (4)
1982 NFL 13.9 (3)
Career 13.8 (35)

Pass Attempts/Game
1971 NFL 26.6 (4)
1972 NFL 22.0 (10)
1979 NFL 29.5 (7)
Career 23.2 (114)

Adj Yds/Pass Att
1975 NFL 7.03 (4)
1977 NFL 6.39 (6)
1978 NFL 7.00 (2)
1979 NFL 6.61 (5)
1980 NFL 6.67 (7)
1981 NFL 7.29 (5)
1982 NFL 6.72 (8)
Career 5.84 (113)

Net Yds/Pass Att
1977 NFL 6.73 (1)
1978 NFL 6.92 (2)
1979 NFL 7.11 (1)
1980 NFL 6.77 (6)
1981 NFL 7.06 (4)
1982 NFL 6.34 (10)
Career 6.01 (67)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att
1975 NFL 5.43 (8)
1977 NFL 5.21 (5)
1978 NFL 6.05 (3)
1979 NFL 5.89 (2)
1980 NFL 5.65 (7)
1981 NFL 6.57 (3)
1982 NFL 5.74 (9)
Career 4.77 (129)

Passes Completed/Game
1971 NFL 14.5 (4)
1979 NFL 16.2 (10)
Career 12.1 (132)

Pass Completion %
1971 NFL 54.4% (7)
1975 NFL 57.7% (5)
1978 NFL 56.3% (7)
Career 51.9% (179)

Pass Intercept. %
1972 NFL 3.9% (5)
1975 NFL 3.1% (3)
Career 5.4% (185)

Passing TD %
1975 NFL 6.3% (3)
1977 NFL 5.4% (6)
1978 NFL 7.6% (1/53)
1979 NFL 5.5% (3)
1980 NFL 5.7% (6)
1981 NFL 5.9% (2)
1982 NFL 7.1% (1/85)
Career 5.4% (30)

Sack %
1978 NFL 5.40% (5)
1979 NFL 4.84% (5)
1981 NFL 4.39% (6)
Career 7.30% (112)

Game-Winning Drives
1971 NFL 3 (1)
1972 NFL 4 (2/78)
1973 NFL 1 (8)
1975 NFL 3 (5)
1978 NFL 2 (10)
1979 NFL 5 (2/29)
1980 NFL 4 (1/78)
1981 NFL 2 (7)
Career 27 (18)

Comebacks
1971 NFL 3 (1/100)
1972 NFL 3 (3/100)
1978 NFL 2 (7)
1979 NFL 5 (1/10)
1980 NFL 3 (3/100)
Career 19 (23)

Rushing TD
Career 32 (166)

Yds/Rushing Att
Career 5.1 (21)

Total Offense
1971 NFL 2219 (6)
1977 NFL 2459 (5)
1978 NFL 2786 (9)
1979 NFL 3611 (4)
Career 27552 (38)

Playoff Games
Career 19 (75)

Playoff Games Started
Career 19 (23)

Punts Blocked
1970 NFL 1 (2)

Fumbles
1977 NFL 10 (3)
1979 NFL 10 (7)
1980 NFL 13 (3/72)
Career 84 (25)

Fumbles Recovered
1971 NFL 4 (6)
1977 NFL 4 (5)
Career 25 (38)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19752nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19781st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19781st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19781st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19781st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19781st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19782nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19781st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19792nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19792nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 22 13 QB 74 26
1971 23 14 QB 179 51 8 21
1972 24 14 QB 200 48 5 29
1973 25 10 QB 110 16
1974 26 8 QB 92 22
1975 27 14 QB 211 84 7 18
1976 28 10 QB 129 14
1977 29 14 QB 200 67 3 14
1978 30 16 QB 260 89 2 4
1979 31 16 QB 263 56 6 24
1980 32 15 QB 257 28 9 40
1981 33 14 QB 248 13 9 63
1982 34 9 QB 152 36 8 43
1983 35 1 QB 15 51
2390 472