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Joe Ferguson

Joseph Carlton Ferguson Jr.

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 195 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: April 23, 1950 in Alvin, TX
College: Arkansas   (school history)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 3rd round (57th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 80 (386th overall since 1950)

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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
1973 23 BUF QB 12 14 14 9-5-0 73 164 44.5 939 4 2.4 10 6.1 42 5.7 3.5 12.9 67.1 45.8 20 164 4.21 2.20 10.9 2 1 5
1974 24 BUF QB 12 14 14 9-5-0 119 232 51.3 1588 12 5.2 12 5.2 55 6.8 5.6 13.3 113.4 69.0 32 235 5.13 3.99 12.1 3 3 10
1975 25 BUF QB 12 14 14 8-6-0 169 321 52.6 2426 25 7.8 17 5.3 77 7.6 6.7 14.4 173.3 81.3 20 153 6.67 5.89 5.9 1 3 14
1976 26 BUF qb 12 7 7 2-5-0 74 151 49.0 1086 9 6.0 1 0.7 58 7.2 8.1 14.7 155.1 90.0 11 80 6.21 7.04 6.8 1 1 6
1977 27 BUF QB 12 14 14 3-11-0 221 457 48.4 2803 12 2.6 24 5.3 42 6.1 4.3 12.7 200.2 54.8 36 273 5.13 3.43 7.3 1 1 7
1978 28 BUF QB 12 16 16 5-11-0 175 330 53.0 2136 16 4.8 15 4.5 92 6.5 5.4 12.2 133.5 70.5 29 243 5.27 4.28 8.1 1 1 10
1979 29 BUF QB 12 16 16 7-9-0 238 458 52.0 3572 14 3.1 15 3.3 84 7.8 6.9 15.0 223.3 74.4 43 387 6.36 5.57 8.6 2 3 9
1980 30 BUF QB 12 16 16 11-5-0 251 439 57.2 2805 20 4.6 18 4.1 69 6.4 5.5 11.2 175.3 74.5 13 129 5.92 5.01 2.9 2 4 10
1981 31 BUF QB 12 16 16 10-6-0 252 498 50.6 3652 24 4.8 20 4.0 67 7.3 6.5 14.5 228.3 74.1 15 137 6.85 6.03 2.9 2 2 12
1982 32 BUF QB 12 9 9 4-5-0 144 264 54.5 1597 7 2.7 16 6.1 47 6.0 3.9 11.1 177.4 56.3 11 105 5.43 3.32 4.0 1 1 7
1983 33 BUF QB 12 16 16 8-8-0 281 508 55.3 2995 26 5.1 25 4.9 43 5.9 4.7 10.7 187.2 69.3 27 266 5.10 3.97 5.0 3 3 7
1984 34 BUF QB 12 12 11 1-10-0 191 344 55.5 1991 12 3.5 17 4.9 68 5.8 4.3 10.4 165.9 63.5 35 357 4.31 2.93 9.2 3
1985 35 DET qb 12 8 1 0-1-0 31 54 57.4 364 2 3.7 3 5.6 38 6.7 5.0 11.7 45.5 67.2 4 35 5.67 4.03 6.9 1
1986 36 DET qb 12 6 4 2-2-0 73 155 47.1 941 7 4.5 7 4.5 73 6.1 4.9 12.9 156.8 62.9 10 101 5.09 4.03 6.1 1 1 2
1988 38 TAM qb 12 2 1 0-1-0 31 46 67.4 368 3 6.5 1 2.2 34 8.0 8.3 11.9 184.0 104.3 1 8 7.66 7.98 2.1 1
1989 39 TAM qb 12 5 2 0-2-0 44 90 48.9 533 3 3.3 6 6.7 69 5.9 3.6 12.1 106.6 50.8 5 37 5.22 3.01 5.3 2
1990 40 IND 12 1 0 2 8 25.0 21 0 0.0 2 25.0 13 2.6 -8.6 10.5 21.0 0.0 0 0 2.63 -8.63 0.0 0
Career 186 171 79-92-0 2369 4519 52.4 29817 196 4.3 209 4.6 92 6.6 5.4 12.6 160.3 68.4 312 2710 5.61 4.48 6.5 20 24 106
12 yrs BUF 164 163 77-86-0 2188 4166 52.5 27590 181 4.3 190 4.6 92 6.6 5.4 12.6 168.2 68.9 292 2529 5.62 4.52 6.6 19 23 100
2 yrs DET 14 5 2-3-0 104 209 49.8 1305 9 4.3 10 4.8 73 6.2 5.0 12.5 93.2 64.0 14 136 5.24 4.03 6.3 1 1 3
2 yrs TAM 7 3 0-3-0 75 136 55.1 901 6 4.4 7 5.1 69 6.6 5.2 12.0 128.7 68.9 6 45 6.03 4.65 4.2 3
1 yr IND 1 0 2 8 25.0 21 0 0.0 2 25.0 13 2.6 -8.6 10.5 21.0 0.0 0 0 2.63 -8.63 0.0 0

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+
1973 23 BUF QB 12 14 14 9-5-0 164 83 80 81 80 76 84 91 87 78
1974 24 BUF QB 12 14 14 9-5-0 232 105 96 105 100 96 109 101 78 104
1975 25 BUF QB 12 14 14 8-6-0 321 114 119 115 118 101 133 98 114 115
1976 26 BUF qb 12 7 7 2-5-0 151 110 114 131 133 91 117 146 111 126
1977 27 BUF QB 12 14 14 3-11-0 457 92 97 92 95 89 86 100 107 89
1978 28 BUF QB 12 16 16 5-11-0 330 95 95 103 102 100 110 107 100 106
1979 29 BUF QB 12 16 16 7-9-0 458 121 112 120 115 91 86 119 92 106
1980 30 BUF QB 12 16 16 11-5-0 439 87 100 95 103 107 104 105 126 103
1981 31 BUF QB 12 16 16 10-6-0 498 107 119 109 116 83 108 105 126 101
1982 32 BUF QB 12 9 9 4-5-0 264 80 89 73 79 95 82 77 120 77
1983 33 BUF QB 12 16 16 8-8-0 508 76 84 83 87 96 110 91 118 92
1984 34 BUF QB 12 12 11 1-10-0 344 73 69 77 75 98 92 91 94 86
1985 35 DET qb 12 8 1 0-1-0 54 93 96 86 88 106 95 80 107 90
1986 36 DET qb 12 6 4 2-2-0 155 79 84 85 87 70 104 93 110 85
1989 39 TAM qb 12 5 2 0-2-0 90 77 84 67 71 77 91 61 112 68
Career 186 171 79-92-0 4519 94 98 97 99 93 101 100 108 97

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
1973 23 BUF QB 12 14 14 48 147 2 24 3.1 10.5 3.4 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 0.1 -0.2 144 2 7
1974 24 BUF QB 12 14 14 54 111 2 15 2.1 7.9 3.9 111 2 14
1975 25 BUF QB 12 14 14 23 82 1 17 3.6 5.9 1.6 82 1 4
1976 26 BUF qb 12 7 7 18 81 0 19 4.5 11.6 2.6 81 0 2
1977 27 BUF QB 12 14 14 41 279 2 41 6.8 19.9 2.9 279 2 12
1978 28 BUF QB 12 16 16 27 76 0 12 2.8 4.8 1.7 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 0.1 -0.4 70 0 5
1979 29 BUF QB 12 16 16 22 68 1 15 3.1 4.3 1.4 68 1 5
1980 30 BUF QB 12 16 16 31 65 0 15 2.1 4.1 1.9 65 0 9
1981 31 BUF QB 12 16 16 20 29 1 16 1.5 1.8 1.3 29 1 2
1982 32 BUF QB 12 9 9 16 46 1 13 2.9 5.1 1.8 46 1 5
1983 33 BUF QB 12 16 16 20 88 0 19 4.4 5.5 1.3 88 0 3
1984 34 BUF QB 12 12 11 19 102 0 20 5.4 8.5 1.6 102 0 8
1985 35 DET qb 12 8 1 4 12 1 15 3.0 1.5 0.5 12 1 1
1986 36 DET qb 12 6 4 5 25 0 14 5.0 4.2 0.8 25 0 3
1988 38 TAM qb 12 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0 0 1
1989 39 TAM qb 12 5 2 4 6 0 7 1.5 1.2 0.8 6 0 1
Career 186 171 353 1217 11 41 3.4 6.5 1.9 2 -9 -4.5 0 0 0.0 0.0 1208 11 82
12 yrs BUF 164 163 339 1174 10 41 3.5 7.2 2.1 2 -9 -4.5 0 0 0.0 -0.1 1165 10 76
2 yrs DET 14 5 9 37 1 15 4.1 2.6 0.6 37 1 4
2 yrs TAM 7 3 5 6 0 7 1.2 0.9 0.7 6 0 2

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
1973 23 BUF QB 12 14 14 0 7 4 -3 0
1974 24 BUF QB 12 14 14 0 14 5 -13 0
1975 25 BUF QB 12 14 14 0 4 3 -1 0
1976 26 BUF qb 12 7 7 0 2 0 0 0
1977 27 BUF QB 12 14 14 0 12 7 -7 0
1978 28 BUF QB 12 16 16 0 5 3 -3 0
1979 29 BUF QB 12 16 16 0 5 3 0 0
1980 30 BUF QB 12 16 16 0 9 1 -12 0
1981 31 BUF QB 12 16 16 0 2 0 0 0
1982 32 BUF QB 12 9 9 0 5 2 -10 1
1983 33 BUF QB 12 16 16 0 3 3 0 0
1984 34 BUF QB 12 12 11 0 8 2 -26 0
1985 35 DET qb 12 8 1 0 1 0 0 0
1986 36 DET qb 12 6 4 0 3 2 0 0
1988 38 TAM qb 12 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
1989 39 TAM qb 12 5 2 0 1 0 0 0
Career 186 171 0 82 35 -75 1
12 yrs BUF 164 163 0 76 33 -75 1
2 yrs DET 14 5 0 4 2 0 0
2 yrs TAM 7 3 0 2 0 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
1973 23 BUF QB 12 14 14 2 2 12
1974 24 BUF QB 12 14 14 2 2 12
1975 25 BUF QB 12 14 14 1 1 6
1977 27 BUF QB 12 14 14 2 2 12
1979 29 BUF QB 12 16 16 1 1 6
1981 31 BUF QB 12 16 16 1 1 6
1982 32 BUF QB 12 9 9 1 1 2 12
1985 35 DET qb 12 8 1 1 1 6
Career 186 171 11 1 12 72
12 yrs BUF 164 163 10 1 11 66
2 yrs DET 14 5 1 1 6

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4 David Carr, Marc Bulger, Doug Williams, Jay Schroeder, Terry Bradshaw*, Bernie Kosar, Norm Snead, Tony Eason, Pat Haden, Gus Frerotte
5 David Carr, Jay Schroeder, Terry Bradshaw*, Bill Kenney, Trent Dilfer, Jim McMahon, Tony Banks, Rodney Peete, Fran Tarkenton*, Ed Brown
6 David Carr, Bernie Kosar, Tobin Rote, Jim Plunkett, Ken O'Brien, Norm Snead, Marc Bulger, Terry Bradshaw*, Bill Kenney, Jeff George
7 Jim Plunkett, Norm Snead, Terry Bradshaw*, Jay Schroeder, Ken O'Brien, Jon Kitna, Bernie Kosar, Kerry Collins, Neil O'Donnell, Jake Plummer
8 Norm Snead, Jake Plummer, Richard Todd, Tobin Rote, Neil O'Donnell, Ken O'Brien, John Hadl, Kerry Collins, Neil Lomax, Milt Plum
9 Ken O'Brien, Norm Snead, Tobin Rote, John Hadl, Richard Todd, Neil Lomax, Kerry Collins, Jake Plummer, Bob Griese*, Steve Bartkowski
10 Norm Snead, Kerry Collins, John Hadl, Jim Harbaugh, Jake Plummer, Ken O'Brien, Tobin Rote, Vinny Testaverde, Steve Bartkowski, Dave Krieg
11 Kerry Collins, Norm Snead, Jim Harbaugh, John Hadl, Vinny Testaverde, Roman Gabriel, Eddie LeBaron, Jake Plummer, Steve Bartkowski, Ken O'Brien
12 Norm Snead, Jim Harbaugh, Kerry Collins, Vinny Testaverde, John Hadl, Dave Krieg, Eddie LeBaron, Phil Simms, Steve Bartkowski, Brad Johnson
13 Jim Harbaugh, Norm Snead, Kerry Collins, Vinny Testaverde, Brad Johnson, Phil Simms, John Hadl, Jim Hart, Chris Chandler, Dave Krieg
14 Jim Harbaugh, Norm Snead, Kerry Collins, Chris Chandler, Charley Johnson, Phil Simms, Dave Krieg, Steve DeBerg, Brad Johnson, John Brodie
15 Jim Harbaugh, Norm Snead, Kerry Collins, Chris Chandler, Charley Johnson, Craig Morton, Tobin Rote, Jim Plunkett, Brad Johnson, Steve DeBerg
16 Jim Harbaugh, Norm Snead, Kerry Collins, Craig Morton, Jim Plunkett, Chris Chandler, Charley Johnson, Tobin Rote, Brad Johnson, Steve DeBerg
17 Jim Harbaugh, Norm Snead, Craig Morton, Kerry Collins, Chris Chandler, Jim Plunkett, Charley Johnson, Tobin Rote, Steve DeBerg, Brad Johnson
Career Jim Harbaugh, Norm Snead, Kerry Collins, Craig Morton, Chris Chandler, Jim Plunkett, Charley Johnson, Tobin Rote, Steve DeBerg, Brad Johnson

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Passes Completed
1975 NFL 169 (10)
1977 NFL 221 (2)
1981 NFL 252 (9)
1983 NFL 281 (7)
Career 2369 (41)

Pass Attempts
1977 NFL 457 (1)
1979 NFL 458 (9)
1981 NFL 498 (5)
1982 NFL 264 (8)
1983 NFL 508 (5)
Career 4519 (28)

Passing Yds
1975 NFL 2426 (7)
1977 NFL 2803 (1)
1979 NFL 3572 (8)
1981 NFL 3652 (6)
Career 29817 (38)

Passing TD
1974 NFL 12 (9)
1975 NFL 25 (1)
1978 NFL 16 (8)
1980 NFL 20 (10)
1981 NFL 24 (6)
1983 NFL 26 (4)
Career 196 (36)

Passer Rating
1975 NFL 81.3 (5)
1978 NFL 70.5 (10)
Career 68.4 (171)

Long Pass
1975 NFL 77 (8)
1978 NFL 92 (1/65)
1979 NFL 84 (2)

Passes Intercepted
1975 NFL 17 (8)
1977 NFL 24 (1/58)
1981 NFL 20 (4)
1982 NFL 16 (1)
1983 NFL 25 (3/39)
1984 NFL 17 (7)
Career 209 (20)

Sacked
1974 NFL 32 (7)
1977 NFL 36 (3)
1979 NFL 43 (3)
Career 312 (34)

Sacked Yds Lost
1974 NFL 235 (9)
1977 NFL 273 (8)
1979 NFL 387 (1/23)
1984 NFL 357 (5/46)
Career 2710 (16)

Passing Yds/Game
1975 NFL 173.3 (8)
1977 NFL 200.2 (1)
1979 NFL 223.3 (8)
1981 NFL 228.3 (7)
Career 160.3 (108)

Yds/Pass Att
1975 NFL 7.6 (4)
1979 NFL 7.8 (3)
1981 NFL 7.3 (8)
Career 6.6 (169)

Yds/Pass Cmp
1974 NFL 13.3 (8)
1975 NFL 14.4 (3)
1979 NFL 15.0 (3)
1981 NFL 14.5 (3)
Career 12.6 (91)

Pass Attempts/Game
1977 NFL 32.6 (1)
1979 NFL 28.6 (10)
1981 NFL 31.1 (6)
1982 NFL 29.3 (10)
1983 NFL 31.8 (7)
Career 24.3 (97)

Adj Yds/Pass Att
1975 NFL 6.73 (6)
1979 NFL 6.94 (3)
1981 NFL 6.49 (10)
Career 5.38 (166)

Net Yds/Pass Att
1975 NFL 6.67 (5)
1979 NFL 6.36 (7)
1981 NFL 6.85 (7)
Career 5.61 (141)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att
1975 NFL 5.89 (3)
1979 NFL 5.57 (5)
1981 NFL 6.03 (7)
Career 4.48 (149)

Passes Completed/Game
1977 NFL 15.8 (3)
1983 NFL 17.6 (10)
Career 12.7 (118)

Pass Completion %
Career 52.4% (172)

Pass Intercept. %
1978 NFL 4.5% (8)
1979 NFL 3.3% (5)
1980 NFL 4.1% (10)
Career 4.6% (153)

Passing TD %
1974 NFL 5.2% (8)
1975 NFL 7.8% (1/42)
1978 NFL 4.8% (7)
1983 NFL 5.1% (10)
Career 4.3% (92)

Sack %
1975 NFL 5.87% (4)
1977 NFL 7.30% (9)
1980 NFL 2.88% (1/45)
1981 NFL 2.92% (1/49)
1982 NFL 4.00% (4)
1983 NFL 5.05% (5)
Career 6.46% (77)

Game-Winning Drives
1973 NFL 1 (8)
1974 NFL 3 (1)
1975 NFL 3 (5)
1979 NFL 3 (8)
1980 NFL 4 (1/78)
1981 NFL 2 (7)
1983 NFL 3 (7)
Career 24 (27)

Comebacks
1973 NFL 2 (3)
1974 NFL 3 (1/100)
1976 NFL 1 (9)
1977 NFL 1 (9)
1979 NFL 2 (8)
1980 NFL 2 (7)
1981 NFL 2 (4)
1983 NFL 3 (1/100)
1986 NFL 1 (10)
Career 20 (19)

Non-Offensive TDs
1982 NFL 1 (4)

Total Offense
1975 NFL 2355 (6)
1977 NFL 2809 (1)
1979 NFL 3253 (10)
1981 NFL 3544 (6)
Career 28324 (34)

Fumbles
1974 NFL 14 (1/42)
1977 NFL 12 (1)
Career 82 (30)

Fumbles Recovered
1973 NFL 4 (9)
1974 NFL 5 (3)
1977 NFL 7 (1/17)
Career 35 (15)

Fumble Return TD
1982 NFL 1 (2/41)

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1973 23 14 QB 68 23
1974 24 14 QB 135 12 78
1975 25 14 QB 227 102 5 9
1976 26 7 QB 104 21
1977 27 14 QB 176 39 8 34
1978 28 16 QB 158 15
1979 29 16 QB 210 2 11 73
1980 30 16 QB 203 16
1981 31 16 QB 259 24 7 55
1982 32 9 QB 84 22
1983 33 16 QB 235 20 10 55
1984 34 12 QB 128 23
1985 35 8 QB 28 48
1986 36 6 QB 68 37
1988 38 2 QB 31 49
1989 39 5 QB 28 45
1990 40 1 QB -3 71
2139 187