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Sammy Baugh

Samuel Adrian Baugh

Position: QB-TB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 182 lbs.
Born: March 17, 1914 in Temple, TX
College: TCU

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1963

6-time Pro Bowler & 4-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1937 Draft

Coaching Record

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1937+ 23 WAS TB 11 5 81 171 47.4 1127 8 4.7 14 8.2 59 6.6 3.4 13.9 102.5 50.5
1938* 24 WAS TB 9 3 63 128 49.2 853 5 3.9 11 8.6 60 6.7 3.2 13.5 94.8 48.1
1939* 25 WAS tb 9 1 53 96 55.2 518 6 6.3 9 9.4 44 5.4 1.8 9.8 57.6 52.3
1940*+ 26 WAS TB 11 11 111 177 62.7 1367 12 6.8 10 5.6 81 7.7 5.9 12.3 124.3 85.6
1941* 27 WAS TB 11 1 106 193 54.9 1236 10 5.2 19 9.8 55 6.4 2.5 11.7 112.4 52.2
1942*+ 28 WAS TB 11 8 132 225 58.7 1524 16 7.1 11 4.9 53 6.8 5.3 11.5 138.5 82.5
1943+ 29 WAS TB 10 7 133 239 55.6 1754 23 9.6 19 7.9 72 7.3 4.7 13.2 175.4 78.0
1944 30 WAS qb 8 4 82 146 56.2 849 4 2.7 8 5.5 71 5.8 3.6 10.4 106.1 59.4
1945 31 WAS QB 8 8 128 182 70.3 1669 11 6.0 4 2.2 70 9.2 8.8 13.0 208.6 109.9
1946 32 WAS QB 11 2 87 161 54.0 1163 8 5.0 17 10.6 51 7.2 3.0 13.4 105.7 54.2
1947 33 WAS QB 12 1 210 354 59.3 2938 25 7.1 15 4.2 74 8.3 7.1 14.0 244.8 92.0
1948 34 WAS QB 12 3 185 315 58.7 2599 22 7.0 23 7.3 86 8.3 5.7 14.0 216.6 78.3
1949 35 WAS QB 12 8 145 255 56.9 1903 18 7.1 14 5.5 76 7.5 5.7 13.1 158.6 81.2
1950 36 WAS QB 11 7 90 166 54.2 1130 10 6.0 11 6.6 56 6.8 4.4 12.6 102.7 68.1
1951* 37 WAS QB 12 9 67 154 43.5 1104 7 4.5 17 11.0 53 7.2 2.7 16.5 92.0 43.8
1952 38 WAS 7 5 20 33 60.6 152 2 6.1 1 3.0 20 4.6 3.8 7.6 21.7 79.4
Career 165 83 1693 2995 56.5 21886 187 6.2 203 6.8 86 7.3 4.9 12.9 132.6 72.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1939* 25 WAS tb 9 1 26 998 69 1 38.4
1940*+ 26 WAS TB 11 11 35 1799 85 1 51.4
1941* 27 WAS TB 11 1 30 1462 75 0 48.7
1942*+ 28 WAS TB 11 8 37 1785 74 0 48.2
1943+ 29 WAS TB 10 7 50 2295 81 3 45.9
1944 30 WAS qb 8 4 44 1787 76 1 40.6
1945 31 WAS QB 8 8 1 1 100.0% 33 1429 57 0 43.3
1946 32 WAS QB 11 2 33 1488 60 0 45.1
1947 33 WAS QB 12 1 35 1528 67 2 43.7
1949 35 WAS QB 12 8 1 53 53 0 53.0
1950 36 WAS QB 11 7 9 352 58 1 39.1
1951* 37 WAS QB 12 9 4 221 53 0 55.3
1952 38 WAS 7 5 1 48 48 0 48.0
Career 165 83 1 1 100.0% 338 15245 85 9 45.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1937+ 23 WAS TB 11 5 86 240 1 41 2.8 21.8 7.8 240 1 0
1938* 24 WAS TB 9 3 21 35 0 9 1.7 3.9 2.3 35 0 0
1939* 25 WAS tb 9 1 14 46 0 13 3.3 5.1 1.6 46 0 0
1940*+ 26 WAS TB 11 11 20 16 0 5 0.8 1.5 1.8 16 0 0
1941* 27 WAS TB 11 1 27 14 0 16 0.5 1.3 2.5 14 0 0
1942*+ 28 WAS TB 11 8 20 61 1 28 3.1 5.5 1.8 61 1 0
1943+ 29 WAS TB 10 7 19 -43 0 4 -2.3 -4.3 1.9 -43 0 0
1944 30 WAS qb 8 4 19 -38 0 17 -2.0 -4.8 2.4 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 -38 0 0
1945 31 WAS QB 8 8 19 -71 0 34 -3.7 -8.9 2.4 -71 0 5
1946 32 WAS QB 11 2 18 -76 1 13 -4.2 -6.9 1.6 -76 1 7
1947 33 WAS QB 12 1 25 47 2 19 1.9 3.9 2.1 47 2 15
1948 34 WAS QB 12 3 4 4 1 7 1.0 0.3 0.3 4 1 7
1949 35 WAS QB 12 8 13 67 2 17 5.2 5.6 1.1 67 2 0
1950 36 WAS QB 11 7 7 27 1 11 3.9 2.5 0.6 27 1 6
1951* 37 WAS QB 12 9 11 -5 0 7 -0.5 -0.4 0.9 -5 0 6
1952 38 WAS 7 5 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 1
Career 165 83 324 325 9 41 1.0 2.0 2.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 325 9 47

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1940*+ 26 WAS TB 11 11 3 84 0 44
1941* 27 WAS TB 11 1 4 83 0 35
1942*+ 28 WAS TB 11 8 5 77 0 29
1943+ 29 WAS TB 10 7 11 112 0 23
1944 30 WAS qb 8 4 4 21 0 18
1945 31 WAS QB 8 8 4 114 0 74 5 3 -12 0
1946 32 WAS QB 11 2 7 3 -5 0
1947 33 WAS QB 12 1 15 7 -7 0
1948 34 WAS QB 12 3 7 3 0 0
1949 35 WAS QB 12 8 0 1 2 0
1950 36 WAS QB 11 7 6 2 4 0
1951* 37 WAS QB 12 9 6 2 0 0
1952 38 WAS 7 5 1 0 0 0
Career 165 83 31 491 0 74 47 21 -18 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1942*+ 28 WAS TB 11 8 5 63 0 20 12.6 124
1943+ 29 WAS TB 10 7 2 13 0 10 6.5 -30
1944 30 WAS qb 8 4 4 23 0 11 5.8 -15
Career 165 83 11 99 0 20 9.0 424

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1937+ 23 WAS TB 11 5 1 6
1942*+ 28 WAS TB 11 8 1 6
1945 31 WAS QB 8 8 1 1
1946 32 WAS QB 11 2 1 6
1947 33 WAS QB 12 1 2 12
1948 34 WAS QB 12 3 1 6
1949 35 WAS QB 12 8 2 12
1950 36 WAS QB 11 7 1 6
Career 165 83 9 1 55

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1951

1st-team All-Pro

1937
1940
1942
1943

Passes Completed

1937 NFL 81 (1)
1938 NFL 63 (2)
1939 NFL 53 (6)
1940 NFL 111 (2)
1941 NFL 106 (2)
1942 NFL 132 (2)
1943 NFL 133 (1)
1944 NFL 82 (2)
1945 NFL 128 (1)
1946 NFL 87 (4)
1947 NFL 210 (1)
1948 NFL 185 (1)
1949 NFL 145 (5)
Career 1693 (78)

Pass Attempts

1937 NFL 171 (1)
1938 NFL 128 (3)
1939 NFL 96 (10)
1940 NFL 177 (3)
1941 NFL 193 (2)
1942 NFL 225 (3)
1943 NFL 239 (1)
1944 NFL 146 (4)
1945 NFL 182 (3)
1946 NFL 161 (6)
1947 NFL 354 (1)
1948 NFL 315 (1)
1949 NFL 255 (5)
Career 2995 (80)

Passing Yds

1937 NFL 1127 (1)
1938 NFL 853 (2)
1939 NFL 518 (10)
1940 NFL 1367 (1)
1941 NFL 1236 (2)
1942 NFL 1524 (2)
1943 NFL 1754 (2)
1944 NFL 849 (5)
1945 NFL 1669 (2)
1946 NFL 1163 (6)
1947 NFL 2938 (1)
1948 NFL 2599 (1)
1949 NFL 1903 (4)
Career 21886 (76)

Passing TD

1937 NFL 8 (2)
1938 NFL 5 (7)
1939 NFL 6 (5)
1940 NFL 12 (1)
1941 NFL 10 (2)
1942 NFL 16 (2)
1943 NFL 23 (2)
1944 NFL 4 (10)
1945 NFL 11 (3)
1946 NFL 8 (6)
1947 NFL 25 (1)
1948 NFL 22 (2)
1949 NFL 18 (2)
1950 NFL 10 (9)
Career 187 (37)

Passer Rating

1937 NFL 50.5 (1)
1940 NFL 85.6 (1)
1941 NFL 52.2 (2)
1942 NFL 82.5 (2)
1943 NFL 78.0 (2)
1944 NFL 59.4 (3)
1945 NFL 109.9 (1)
1946 NFL 54.2 (6)
1947 NFL 92.0 (1)
1948 NFL 78.3 (4)
1949 NFL 81.2 (2)
Career 72.2 (122)

Long Pass

1937 NFL 59 (5)
1938 NFL 60 (3)
1939 NFL 44 (10)
1940 NFL 81 (1)
1943 NFL 72 (3)
1944 NFL 71 (4)
1945 NFL 70 (5)
1947 NFL 74 (6)
1948 NFL 86 (1)
1949 NFL 76 (3)

Passes Intercepted

1937 NFL 14 (1)
1938 NFL 11 (2)
1939 NFL 9 (8)
1940 NFL 10 (7)
1941 NFL 19 (1)
1942 NFL 11 (9)
1943 NFL 19 (3)
1946 NFL 17 (3)
1947 NFL 15 (8)
1948 NFL 23 (1-- 84)
1949 NFL 14 (6)
1951 NFL 17 (5)
Career 203 (24)

Passing Yds/Game

1937 NFL 102.5 (1)
1938 NFL 94.8 (1)
1940 NFL 124.3 (1)
1941 NFL 112.4 (2)
1942 NFL 138.5 (2)
1943 NFL 175.4 (2)
1944 NFL 106.1 (4)
1945 NFL 208.6 (1)
1946 NFL 105.7 (6)
1947 NFL 244.8 (1)
1948 NFL 216.6 (1)
1949 NFL 158.6 (4)
Career 132.6 (147)

Yds/Pass Att

1937 NFL 6.6 (1)
1940 NFL 7.7 (1)
1941 NFL 6.4 (2)
1942 NFL 6.8 (3)
1943 NFL 7.3 (2)
1944 NFL 5.8 (5)
1945 NFL 9.2 (2)
1946 NFL 7.2 (3)
1947 NFL 8.3 (3-- 88)
1948 NFL 8.3 (1-- 88)
1949 NFL 7.5 (3)
Career 7.3 (37)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1937 NFL 13.9 (1)
1940 NFL 12.3 (2)
1941 NFL 11.7 (2)
1942 NFL 11.5 (3)
1943 NFL 13.2 (5)
1944 NFL 10.4 (6)
1945 NFL 13.0 (3)
1946 NFL 13.4 (6)
1947 NFL 14.0 (8)
1948 NFL 14.0 (2)
1949 NFL 13.1 (6)
Career 12.9 (70)

Pass Attempts/Game

1937 NFL 15.5 (1)
1938 NFL 14.2 (1)
1939 NFL 10.7 (5)
1940 NFL 16.1 (3)
1941 NFL 17.5 (3)
1942 NFL 20.5 (3)
1943 NFL 23.9 (1)
1944 NFL 18.3 (2)
1945 NFL 22.8 (2)
1946 NFL 14.6 (6)
1947 NFL 29.5 (1)
1948 NFL 26.3 (1)
1949 NFL 21.3 (6)
Career 18.2 (162)

Long Rush

1937 NFL 41 (3)
1938 NFL 9 (9)
1939 NFL 13 (7)
1940 NFL 5 (9)

Punts

1940 NFL 35 (6)
1941 NFL 30 (5)
1942 NFL 37 (3)
1943 NFL 50 (1)
1944 NFL 44 (3)
1945 NFL 33 (7)
1946 NFL 33 (6)
1947 NFL 35 (9)
Career 338 (117)

Punting Yds

1940 NFL 1799 (4)
1941 NFL 1462 (5)
1942 NFL 1785 (3)
1943 NFL 2295 (1)
1944 NFL 1787 (3)
1945 NFL 1429 (5)
1946 NFL 1488 (5)
1947 NFL 1528 (9)
Career 15245 (108)

Long Punt

1939 NFL 69 (5)
1940 NFL 85 (1-- 12)
1941 NFL 75 (1-- 71)
1942 NFL 74 (1-- 96)
1943 NFL 81 (1-- 23)
1944 NFL 76 (1-- 59)
1945 NFL 57 (8)
1947 NFL 67 (5)

Punts Blocked

1939 NFL 1 (2)
1940 NFL 1 (1)
1943 NFL 3 (1-- 5)
1944 NFL 1 (1)
1947 NFL 2 (2-- 35)
1950 NFL 1 (4)
Career 9 (9)

Yds/Punt

1940 NFL 51.4 (1-- 1)
1941 NFL 48.7 (1-- 8)
1942 NFL 48.2 (1-- 10)
1943 NFL 45.9 (1-- 49)
1944 NFL 40.6 (5)
1945 NFL 43.3 (1)
1946 NFL 45.1 (2)
1947 NFL 43.7 (3)
Career 45.1 (3)

Fumbles

1945 NFL 5 (7)
1946 NFL 7 (6)
1947 NFL 15 (1-- 28)
1948 NFL 7 (7)
1951 NFL 6 (8)
Career 47 (128)

Fumbles Recovered

1947 NFL 7 (2-- 15)
Career 21 (78)

Interceptions

1941 NFL 4 (6)
1942 NFL 5 (7)
1943 NFL 11 (1-- 14)
1944 NFL 4 (9)
1945 NFL 4 (6)
Career 31 (174)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1940 NFL 84 (4)
1941 NFL 83 (6)
1942 NFL 77 (5)
1943 NFL 112 (4)
1945 NFL 114 (2)
Career 491 (149)

Long Intercep. Return

1940 NFL 44 (7)
1945 NFL 74 (1)

Passes Completed/Game

1937 NFL 7.4 (1)
1938 NFL 7.0 (1)
1939 NFL 5.9 (4)
1940 NFL 10.1 (2)
1941 NFL 9.6 (2)
1942 NFL 12.0 (2)
1943 NFL 13.3 (1)
1944 NFL 10.3 (1)
1945 NFL 16.0 (1)
1946 NFL 7.9 (4)
1947 NFL 17.5 (1)
1948 NFL 15.4 (1)
1949 NFL 12.1 (5)
Career 10.3 (154)

Pass Completion %

1937 NFL 47.4% (1)
1940 NFL 62.7% (1)
1941 NFL 54.9% (2)
1942 NFL 58.7% (1)
1943 NFL 55.6% (1)
1944 NFL 56.2% (2)
1945 NFL 70.3% (1)
1946 NFL 54.0% (1)
1947 NFL 59.3% (1)
1948 NFL 58.7% (1)
1949 NFL 56.9% (1)
Career 56.5% (81)

Pass Intercept. %

1937 NFL 8.2% (1)
1940 NFL 5.6% (1)
1941 NFL 9.8% (3)
1942 NFL 4.9% (1)
1943 NFL 7.9% (2)
1944 NFL 5.5% (1)
1945 NFL 2.2% (1)
1946 NFL 10.6% (5)
1947 NFL 4.2% (1)
1948 NFL 7.3% (4)
1949 NFL 5.5% (2)
Career 6.8% (200)

Passing TD %

1937 NFL 4.7% (1)
1940 NFL 6.8% (1)
1941 NFL 5.2% (2)
1942 NFL 7.1% (2-- 83)
1943 NFL 9.6% (2-- 10)
1944 NFL 2.7% (6)
1945 NFL 6.0% (3)
1946 NFL 5.0% (6)
1947 NFL 7.1% (4-- 83)
1948 NFL 7.0% (4-- 97)
1949 NFL 7.1% (3-- 83)
Career 6.2% (11)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1937 - Int. News Service: 1st team all-NFL
1937 - NFL: 1st team all-NFL
1937 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1937 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1938 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 2nd team all-NFL
1938 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1938 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1940 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1940 - Chicago Herald Am.: 2nd team all-NFL
1940 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 1st team all-NFL
1940 - Int. News Service: 2nd team all-NFL
1940 - NFL: 1st team all-NFL
1940 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1940 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1941 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 2nd team all-NFL
1941 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1941 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1942 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1942 - Int. News Service: 1st team all-NFL
1942 - NFL: 2nd team all-NFL
1942 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1943 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1943 - Chicago Herald Am.: 1st team all-NFL
1943 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st team all-NFL
1943 - Int. News Service: 1st team all-NFL
1943 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1943 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 2nd team all-NFL
1945 - Int. News Service: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1947 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1947 - Chicago Herald Am.: 1st team all-NFL
1947 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 2nd team all-NFL
1947 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1948 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-NFL/AAFC
1948 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1948 - Chicago Herald Am.: 1st team all-NFL
1948 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st team all-NFL
1948 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1948 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL