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Len Dawson

Leonard Ray Dawson

Position: QB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 190 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: June 20, 1935 in Alliance, OH
College: Purdue   (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 110 (82nd overall since 1950)
7-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1987, finalist in 1982, 1986

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 23, 2013 7:25AM
All-Time Rank: #196. Dave Robinson… #197. Harold Jackson… #198. Neil Smith… #199. LEN DAWSON… #200. Jason Witten… #201. Rayfield Wright… #202. Lawrence Taylor… 

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
1957 22 PIT qb 16 3 1 0-1-0 2 4 50.0 25 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 6.3 6.3 12.5 8.3 69.8 0 0 1
1958 23 PIT 16 4 1 6 16.7 11 0 0.0 2 33.3 11 1.8 -13.2 11.0 2.8 0.0 0 0 1
1959 24 PIT 16 12 3 7 42.9 60 1 14.3 0 0.0 32 8.6 11.4 20.0 5.0 113.1 0 0 1
1960 25 CLE 18 2 8 13 61.5 23 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 1.8 1.8 2.9 11.5 65.9 0
1961 26 CLE qb 18 7 1 1-0-0 7 15 46.7 85 1 6.7 3 20.0 17 5.7 -2.0 12.1 12.1 47.2 0
1962*+ 27 DTX QB 16 14 14 11-3-0 189 310 61.0 2759 29 9.4 17 5.5 92 8.9 8.3 14.6 197.1 98.3 0 2 18
1963 28 KAN QB 16 14 13 5-7-1 190 352 54.0 2389 26 7.4 19 5.4 82 6.8 5.8 12.6 170.6 77.5 1 0 12
1964* 29 KAN QB 16 14 14 7-7-0 199 354 56.2 2879 30 8.5 18 5.1 72 8.1 7.5 14.5 205.6 89.9 1 1 13
1965 30 KAN QB 16 14 12 6-4-2 163 305 53.4 2262 21 6.9 14 4.6 67 7.4 6.7 13.9 161.6 81.3 1 1 10
1966*+ 31 KAN QB 16 14 14 11-2-1 159 284 56.0 2527 26 9.2 10 3.5 89 8.9 9.1 15.9 180.5 101.7 1 1 16
1967* 32 KAN QB 16 14 14 9-5-0 206 357 57.7 2651 24 6.7 17 4.8 71 7.4 6.6 12.9 189.4 83.7 0 1 15
1968* 33 KAN QB 16 14 13 11-2-0 131 224 58.5 2109 17 7.6 9 4.0 92 9.4 9.1 16.1 150.6 98.6 2 2 12
1969* 34 KAN QB 16 9 7 5-2-0 98 166 59.0 1323 9 5.4 13 7.8 55 8.0 5.5 13.5 147.0 69.9 13 89 6.89 4.63 7.3 1 2 6
1970 35 KAN QB 16 14 12 5-5-2 141 262 53.8 1876 13 5.0 14 5.3 61 7.2 5.7 13.3 134.0 71.0 34 277 5.40 4.15 11.5 1 0 9
1971* 36 KAN QB 16 14 13 9-3-1 167 301 55.5 2504 15 5.0 13 4.3 82 8.3 7.4 15.0 178.9 81.6 30 303 6.65 5.79 9.1 3 3 12
1972 37 KAN QB 16 14 12 7-5-0 175 305 57.4 1835 13 4.3 12 3.9 44 6.0 5.1 10.5 131.1 72.8 28 255 4.74 3.90 8.4 2 2 8
1973 38 KAN qb 16 8 6 3-2-1 66 101 65.3 725 2 2.0 5 5.0 48 7.2 5.3 11.0 90.6 72.4 14 104 5.40 3.79 12.2 2 1 3
1974 39 KAN QB 16 14 8 3-5-0 138 235 58.7 1573 7 3.0 13 5.5 84 6.7 4.8 11.4 112.4 65.8 25 199 5.28 3.57 9.6 0 1 6
1975 40 KAN qb 16 12 5 1-4-0 93 140 66.4 1095 5 3.6 4 2.9 51 7.8 7.3 11.8 91.3 90.0 23 196 5.52 5.02 14.1 0 1 4
Career 211 159 94-57-8 2136 3741 57.1 28711 239 6.4 183 4.9 92 7.7 6.8 13.4 136.1 82.6 167 1423 6.98 6.10 4.3 15 18 147
14 yrs KAN-DTX 183 157 93-56-8 2115 3696 57.2 28507 237 6.4 178 4.8 92 7.7 6.8 13.5 155.8 83.2 167 1423 5.67 4.45 10.0 15 18 144
3 yrs PIT 19 1 0-1-0 6 17 35.3 96 1 5.9 2 11.8 32 5.6 1.5 16.0 5.1 35.0 0 0 3
2 yrs CLE 9 1 1-0-0 15 28 53.6 108 1 3.6 3 10.7 23 3.9 -0.3 7.2 12.0 35.1 0

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1962 (1-0), 1966 (1-1), 1968 (0-1), 1969 (3-0), 1971 (0-1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 1962 (1),1969 (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+
1962*+ 27 DTX QB 16 14 14 11-3-0 310 129 128 140 132 108 134
1963 28 KAN QB 16 14 13 5-7-1 352 96 107 117 120 110 115
1964* 29 KAN QB 16 14 14 7-7-0 354 121 129 128 133 111 133
1965 30 KAN QB 16 14 12 6-4-2 305 109 115 120 117 112 119
1966*+ 31 KAN QB 16 14 14 11-2-1 284 131 138 127 138 129 138
1967* 32 KAN QB 16 14 14 9-5-0 357 107 111 128 115 110 118
1968* 33 KAN QB 16 14 13 11-2-0 224 134 136 133 126 123 137
1969* 34 KAN QB 16 9 7 5-2-0 166 113 119 102 105 136 106 73 103 106
1970 35 KAN QB 16 14 12 5-5-2 262 107 97 105 100 107 105 100 80 105
1971* 36 KAN QB 16 14 13 9-3-1 301 128 118 124 118 112 107 110 94 118
1972 37 KAN QB 16 14 12 7-5-0 305 88 88 100 99 117 100 114 98 109
1973 38 KAN qb 16 8 6 3-2-1 101 111 100 103 97 141 80 103 80 108
1974 39 KAN QB 16 14 8 3-5-0 235 102 99 98 96 121 90 97 93 101
1975 40 KAN qb 16 12 5 1-4-0 140 118 102 120 110 139 95 122 68 124
Career 211 159 94-57-8 3741 113 103 116 104 125 115 110 90 120

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
1957 22 PIT qb 16 3 1 3 31 0 27 10.3 10.3 1.0 31 0 1
1958 23 PIT 16 4 2 -1 0 1 -0.5 -0.3 0.5 -1 0 0
1959 24 PIT 16 12 4 20 0 10 5.0 1.7 0.3 20 0 1
1960 25 CLE 18 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0 0 1
1961 26 CLE qb 18 7 1 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -1.4 0.1 -10 0 0
1962*+ 27 DTX QB 16 14 14 38 252 3 22 6.6 18.0 2.7 252 3 11
1963 28 KAN QB 16 14 13 37 272 2 43 7.4 19.4 2.6 272 2 4
1964* 29 KAN QB 16 14 14 40 89 2 18 2.2 6.4 2.9 89 2 15
1965 30 KAN QB 16 14 12 43 142 2 40 3.3 10.1 3.1 142 2 7
1966*+ 31 KAN QB 16 14 14 24 167 0 18 7.0 11.9 1.7 167 0 5
1967* 32 KAN QB 16 14 14 20 68 0 24 3.4 4.9 1.4 68 0 6
1968* 33 KAN QB 16 14 13 20 40 0 22 2.0 2.9 1.4 40 0 4
1969* 34 KAN QB 16 9 7 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 3 0 0
1970 35 KAN QB 16 14 12 11 46 0 21 4.2 3.3 0.8 46 0 5
1971* 36 KAN QB 16 14 13 12 24 0 8 2.0 1.7 0.9 24 0 8
1972 37 KAN QB 16 14 12 15 75 0 20 5.0 5.4 1.1 75 0 2
1973 38 KAN qb 16 8 6 6 40 0 13 6.7 5.0 0.8 40 0 4
1974 39 KAN QB 16 14 8 11 28 0 10 2.5 2.0 0.8 28 0 6
1975 40 KAN qb 16 12 5 5 7 0 9 1.4 0.6 0.4 7 0 4
Career 211 159 294 1293 9 43 4.4 6.1 1.4 1293 9 84
14 yrs KAN-DTX 183 157 283 1253 9 43 4.4 6.8 1.5 1253 9 81
3 yrs PIT 19 1 9 50 0 27 5.6 2.6 0.5 50 0 2
2 yrs CLE 9 1 2 -10 0 0 -5.0 -1.1 0.2 -10 0 1

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
1957 22 PIT qb 16 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
1959 24 PIT 16 12 0 1 0 0 0
1960 25 CLE 18 2 0 1 1 0 0
1962*+ 27 DTX QB 16 14 14 0 11 0 0 0
1963 28 KAN QB 16 14 13 0 4 0 0 0
1964* 29 KAN QB 16 14 14 0 15 0 0 0
1965 30 KAN QB 16 14 12 0 7 0 0 0
1966*+ 31 KAN QB 16 14 14 0 5 0 0 0
1967* 32 KAN QB 16 14 14 0 6 4 -6 0
1968* 33 KAN QB 16 14 13 0 4 3 0 0
1970 35 KAN QB 16 14 12 0 5 0 0 0
1971* 36 KAN QB 16 14 13 0 8 3 -14 0
1972 37 KAN QB 16 14 12 0 2 1 0 0
1973 38 KAN qb 16 8 6 0 4 0 -1 0
1974 39 KAN QB 16 14 8 0 6 2 -2 0
1975 40 KAN qb 16 12 5 0 4 1 0 0
Career 211 159 0 84 15 -23 0
14 yrs KAN-DTX 183 157 0 81 14 -23 0
3 yrs PIT 19 1 0 2 0 0 0
2 yrs CLE 9 1 0 1 1 0 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
1957 22 PIT qb 16 3 1 1 0.0% 2 0.0%
Career 211 159 1 0.0% 2 0.0%

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1962*+ 27 DTX QB 16 14 14 3 3 18
1963 28 KAN QB 16 14 13 2 2 12
1964* 29 KAN QB 16 14 14 2 2 12
1965 30 KAN QB 16 14 12 2 2 12
Career 211 159 9 9 54
NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Dick Shiner, Jacky Lee, Rex Grossman, Bob Davis, Jack Concannon, Pete Beathard, Danny White, Bobby Scott, Hugh Millen, John McCormick
4 Daryle Lamonica, James Harris, Craig Morton, Mike Taliaferro, Dick Shiner, Jacky Lee, Don Horn, Ryan Leaf, Steve Dils, Rudy Bukich
5 James Harris, Don Horn, Rudy Bukich, Jacky Lee, Brady Quinn, Gary Marangi, Ryan Leaf, Jeff Hostetler, Cotton Davidson, Rusty Hilger
6 James Harris, Rex Grossman, Shaun King, Timm Rosenbach, Cliff Stoudt, Matt Robinson, Hugh Millen, Tommy O'Connell, Jay Fiedler, Scott Brunner
7 Mike Taliaferro, Tommy O'Connell, Scott Brunner, James Harris, Earl Morrall, Kyle Orton, Jeff Hostetler, Ty Detmer, Jeff Kemp, Rex Grossman
8 James Harris, Tony Eason, Gary Danielson, Jack Concannon, Vince Ferragamo, Mike Phipps, Matt Schaub, Wade Wilson, Jay Fiedler, Dave M. Brown
9 Jeff Hostetler, James Harris, Craig Morton, Adrian Burk, Jay Fiedler, Eric Hipple, Bubby Brister, Mike Phipps, Tony Eason, Charlie Batch
10 Scott Mitchell, Mark Rypien, Bill Nelsen, David Carr, Sonny Jurgensen*, Gary Danielson, Gus Frerotte, Jeff Hostetler, Bob Berry, Stan Humphries
11 Chad Pennington, Jake Delhomme, Frank Ryan, Sonny Jurgensen*, Mark Rypien, Daryle Lamonica, Bill Nelsen, Danny White, Don Meredith, Doug Williams
12 Brian Sipe, Danny White, Daryle Lamonica, Jon Kitna, Frank Ryan, Jim Plunkett, Jake Plummer, Matt Hasselbeck, Jim Zorn, Aaron Brooks
13 Brian Sipe, Ken O'Brien, Ron Jaworski, Jake Plummer, Danny White, Jon Kitna, Jim Plunkett, Matt Hasselbeck, Jim Zorn, Neil Lomax
14 Ron Jaworski, Jake Plummer, Jim Everett, Jim Plunkett, Brian Sipe, Joe Namath*, Joe Theismann, Tobin Rote, Eddie LeBaron, Ken O'Brien
15 Ken Stabler, Jim Everett, Mark Brunell, Troy Aikman*, Roman Gabriel, Joe Namath*, Jim Plunkett, Sonny Jurgensen*, Phil Simms, Drew Bledsoe
16 Drew Bledsoe, Roman Gabriel, Ken Stabler, Troy Aikman*, John Hadl, Jim Hart, Phil Simms, Jim Kelly*, Jim Everett, Bob Griese*
17 Drew Bledsoe, Roman Gabriel, Ken Stabler, Jim Hart, John Hadl, Phil Simms, Troy Aikman*, Bob Griese*, Terry Bradshaw*, Boomer Esiason
18 Drew Bledsoe, Roman Gabriel, John Hadl, Jim Hart, Bob Griese*, Ken Stabler, Phil Simms, Terry Bradshaw*, Bart Starr*, Sonny Jurgensen*
19 Drew Bledsoe, Roman Gabriel, Jim Hart, John Hadl, Bob Griese*, Phil Simms, Bart Starr*, Ken Stabler, Dave Krieg, Sonny Jurgensen*
Career Drew Bledsoe, Roman Gabriel, Jim Hart, John Hadl, Bob Griese*, Phil Simms, Bart Starr*, Ken Stabler, Dave Krieg, Sonny Jurgensen*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

All-Pro Teams

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 35 14 QB 130 17
1971 36 14 QB 167 37 9 33
1972 37 14 QB 135 15
1973 38 8 QB 35 34
1974 39 14 QB 82 26
1975 40 12 QB 67 26
616 37