Len Dawson

Leonard Ray Dawson

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

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 (75th 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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Len Dawson Career Splits

Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.

Career Splits

		Games				Passing											Rushing
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
League	NFL	65	33	28	4	795	1372	57.9%	9716	56	64	74.0	7.08	5.80	21.1	149.5	62	210	3.39	0	1.0	3.2
	AFL	104	67	33	4	1335	2352	56.8%	18899	182	117	87.9	8.04	7.34	22.6	181.7	223	1039	4.66	9	2.1	10.0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Place	Home	85	52	30	3	1103	1949	56.6%	15171	120	92	82.5	7.78	6.89	22.9	178.5	154	549	3.56	7	1.8	6.5
	Road	84	48	31	5	1027	1775	57.9%	13444	118	89	83.1	7.57	6.65	21.1	160.0	131	700	5.34	2	1.6	8.3
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Result	Win	100	100	0	0	1205	2037	59.2%	17479	180	75	101.2	8.58	8.69	20.4	174.8	150	679	4.53	8	1.5	6.8
	Loss	61	0	61	0	815	1492	54.6%	9767	49	93	59.9	6.55	4.40	24.5	160.1	110	412	3.75	1	1.8	6.8
	Tie	8	0	0	8	110	195	56.4%	1369	9	13	66.0	7.02	4.94	24.4	171.1	25	158	6.32	0	3.1	19.8
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Final Margin	0-7 points	49	21	20	8	679	1182	57.4%	8321	49	60	72.0	7.04	5.58	24.1	169.8	88	337	3.83	1	1.8	6.9
	8-14 points	52	31	21	0	694	1204	57.6%	8932	60	62	76.2	7.42	6.10	23.2	171.8	92	421	4.58	3	1.8	8.1
	15+ points	68	48	20	0	757	1338	56.6%	11362	129	59	98.4	8.49	8.44	19.7	167.1	105	491	4.68	5	1.5	7.2
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Month	September	33	22	9	2	436	710	61.4%	5598	53	30	93.4	7.88	7.48	21.5	169.6	56	254	4.54	1	1.7	7.7
	October	52	28	22	2	595	1078	55.2%	8206	62	59	76.2	7.61	6.30	20.7	157.8	79	308	3.90	1	1.5	5.9
	November	52	28	20	4	702	1217	57.7%	9786	79	62	84.1	8.04	7.05	23.4	188.2	91	402	4.42	4	1.8	7.7
	December	32	22	10	0	397	719	55.2%	5025	44	30	80.2	6.99	6.34	22.5	157.0	59	285	4.83	3	1.8	8.9
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Day	Sunday	143	82	53	8	1843	3218	57.3%	24525	202	160	81.8	7.62	6.64	22.5	171.5	248	1042	4.20	8	1.7	7.3
	Monday	7	6	1	0	91	149	61.1%	1200	12	6	96.6	8.05	7.85	21.3	171.4	5	-3	-0.60	0	0.7	-0.4
	Thursday	4	2	2	0	46	83	55.4%	617	4	6	65.2	7.43	5.14	20.8	154.3	2	-2	-1.00	0	0.5	-0.5
	Friday	3	1	2	0	25	60	41.7%	382	2	4	46.7	6.37	4.03	20.0	127.3	8	56	7.00	0	2.7	18.7
	Saturday	12	9	3	0	125	214	58.4%	1891	18	5	105.9	8.84	9.47	17.8	157.6	22	156	7.09	1	1.8	13.0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Conference	AFC	46	24	20	2	555	966	57.5%	7148	40	43	76.0	7.40	6.22	21.0	155.4	41	158	3.85	0	0.9	3.4
	NFC	15	6	7	2	225	378	59.5%	2460	15	18	72.2	6.51	5.16	25.2	164.0	19	62	3.26	0	1.3	4.1
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Division	NFL East	3	2	1	0	7	15	46.7%	85	1	3	47.2	5.67	-2.00	5.0	28.3	1	-10	-10.00	0	0.3	-3.3
	NFL West	1	1	0	0	8	13	61.5%	23	0	0	65.9	1.77	1.77	13.0	23.0	1	0	0.00	0	1.0	0.0
	AFL East	56	36	17	3	782	1353	57.8%	10698	104	63	89.4	7.91	7.35	24.2	191.0	138	699	5.07	3	2.5	12.5
	AFL West	48	31	16	1	553	999	55.4%	8201	78	54	85.9	8.21	7.34	20.8	170.9	85	340	4.00	6	1.8	7.1
	AFC East	9	4	5	0	126	200	63.0%	1502	11	11	81.3	7.51	6.14	22.2	166.9	8	41	5.13	0	0.9	4.6
	AFC Central	11	6	5	0	141	252	56.0%	2000	10	8	81.8	7.94	7.30	22.9	181.8	16	66	4.13	0	1.5	6.0
	AFC West	26	14	10	2	288	514	56.0%	3646	19	24	71.2	7.09	5.73	19.8	140.2	17	51	3.00	0	0.7	2.0
	NFC East	6	2	3	1	86	159	54.1%	959	7	9	63.4	6.03	4.36	26.5	159.8	12	39	3.25	0	2.0	6.5
	NFC Central	5	1	3	1	67	109	61.5%	711	3	6	66.7	6.52	4.60	21.8	142.2	3	7	2.33	0	0.6	1.4
	NFC West	4	3	1	0	72	110	65.5%	790	5	3	90.3	7.18	6.86	27.5	197.5	4	16	4.00	0	1.0	4.0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Opponent	Ari (StL/Chi) Cardinals	2	1	0	1	17	36	47.2%	131	1	3	31.1	3.64	0.44	18.0	65.5	9	22	2.44	0	4.5	11.0
	Atlanta Falcons	1	1	0	0	18	26	69.2%	139	2	1	91.7	5.35	5.15	26.0	139.0	1	20	20.00	0	1.0	20.0
	Buffalo Bills	14	5	8	1	182	324	56.2%	2429	21	16	81.2	7.50	6.57	23.1	173.5	38	176	4.63	0	2.7	12.6
	Cincinnati Bengals	6	3	3	0	68	120	56.7%	935	3	5	72.7	7.79	6.42	20.0	155.8	7	5	0.71	0	1.2	0.8
	Cleveland Browns	1	1	0	0	15	24	62.5%	234	1	0	108.7	9.75	10.58	24.0	234.0	1	8	8.00	0	1.0	8.0
	Dallas Cowboys	2	1	1	0	25	51	49.0%	242	0	2	46.4	4.75	2.98	25.5	121.0	1	0	0.00	0	0.5	0.0
	Denver Broncos	22	20	2	0	252	460	54.8%	4095	37	18	95.3	8.90	8.75	20.9	186.1	22	99	4.50	1	1.0	4.5
	Detroit Lions	2	1	1	0	30	47	63.8%	356	1	2	76.2	7.57	6.09	23.5	178.0	2	0	0.00	0	1.0	0.0
	Green Bay Packers	1	0	0	1	10	19	52.6%	67	1	1	56.3	3.53	2.21	19.0	67.0	0	0		0	0.0	0.0
	Indianapolis (Bal) Colts	3	2	1	0	49	69	71.0%	596	8	3	117.8	8.64	9.00	23.0	198.7	3	27	9.00	0	1.0	9.0
	Oakland (LA) Raiders	25	10	13	2	223	436	51.1%	3124	27	26	70.4	7.17	5.72	17.4	125.0	34	98	2.88	3	1.4	3.9
	Miami Dolphins	6	5	1	0	72	122	59.0%	1191	15	5	114.4	9.76	10.38	20.3	198.5	5	11	2.20	0	0.8	1.8
	Minnesota Vikings	2	0	2	0	27	43	62.8%	288	1	3	61.0	6.70	4.02	21.5	144.0	1	7	7.00	0	0.5	3.5
	New England Patriots	13	9	2	2	206	352	58.5%	2812	23	16	87.0	7.99	7.25	27.1	216.3	40	235	5.88	1	3.1	18.1
	New Orleans Saints	1	1	0	0	21	29	72.4%	204	2	1	100.4	7.03	6.86	29.0	204.0	2	-4	-2.00	0	2.0	-4.0
	New York Giants	2	0	2	0	25	35	71.4%	238	2	2	85.2	6.80	5.37	17.5	119.0	0	0		0	0.0	0.0
	New York Jets	16	10	6	0	223	402	55.5%	2809	22	18	77.0	6.99	6.07	25.1	175.6	28	142	5.07	1	1.8	8.9
	Philadelphia Eagles	1	0	1	0	17	29	58.6%	168	1	1	72.2	5.79	4.93	29.0	168.0	2	9	4.50	0	2.0	9.0
	Pittsburgh Steelers	5	3	2	0	57	102	55.9%	768	6	6	75.1	7.53	6.06	20.4	153.6	6	40	6.67	0	1.2	8.0
	San Diego Chargers	25	13	11	1	355	598	59.4%	4476	33	33	78.1	7.48	6.11	23.9	179.0	45	197	4.38	2	1.8	7.9
	San Francisco 49ers	2	1	1	0	33	55	60.0%	447	1	1	84.4	8.13	7.67	27.5	223.5	1	0	0.00	0	0.5	0.0
	Ten Titans/Hou Oilers	15	11	4	0	194	321	60.4%	2646	26	16	93.0	8.24	7.62	21.4	176.4	36	149	4.14	1	2.4	9.9
	Washington Redskins	2	2	0	0	11	24	45.8%	220	4	2	83.3	9.17	8.75	12.0	110.0	1	8	8.00	0	0.5	4.0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Playoffs	Total	8	5	3	0	107	188	56.9%	1497	7	8	77.4	7.96	6.79	23.5	187.1	21	103	4.90	0	2.6	12.9
	Super Bowl	2	1	1	0	28	44	63.6%	353	2	2	84.8	8.02	6.89	22.0	176.5	6	35	5.83	0	3.0	17.5
	League Championship	3	3	0	0	32	55	58.2%	444	3	0	102.4	8.07	9.16	18.3	148.0	13	59	4.54	0	4.3	19.7
	Divisional	3	1	2	0	47	89	52.8%	700	2	6	58.3	7.87	5.28	29.7	233.3	2	9	4.50	0	0.7	3.0

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