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Dan Fouts

Daniel Francis Fouts

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 204 lbs.
Born: June 10, 1951 in San Francisco, CA
College: Oregon

Career AV: 122 (32nd overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1993

6-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round (64th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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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% AV
1973 22 SDG QB 14 10 6 0-5-1 87 194 44.8 1126 6 3.1 13 6.7 69 5.8 3.4 12.9 112.6 46.0 14 129 4.8 2.6 6.7 2
1974 23 SDG QB 14 11 11 3-8-0 115 237 48.5 1732 8 3.4 13 5.5 75 7.3 5.5 15.1 157.5 61.4 12 99 6.6 4.9 4.8 7
1975 24 SDG QB 14 10 9 2-7-0 106 195 54.4 1396 2 1.0 10 5.1 57 7.2 5.1 13.2 139.6 59.3 25 197 5.5 3.6 11.4 6
1976 25 SDG QB 14 14 13 5-8-0 208 359 57.9 2535 14 3.9 15 4.2 81 7.1 6.0 12.2 181.1 75.4 39 220 5.8 4.8 9.8 11
1977 26 SDG 14 4 4 2-2-0 69 109 63.3 869 4 3.7 6 5.5 67 8.0 6.2 12.6 217.3 77.4 10 77 6.7 5.1 8.4 4
1978 27 SDG QB 14 15 14 9-5-0 224 381 58.8 2999 24 6.3 20 5.2 55 7.9 6.8 13.4 199.9 83.0 22 130 7.1 6.1 5.5 12
1979*+ 28 SDG QB 14 16 16 12-4-0 332 530 62.6 4082 24 4.5 24 4.5 65 7.7 6.6 12.3 255.1 82.6 28 195 7.0 5.9 5.0 16
1980* 29 SDG QB 14 16 16 11-5-0 348 589 59.1 4715 30 5.1 24 4.1 65 8.0 7.2 13.5 294.7 84.7 32 210 7.3 6.5 5.2 16
1981* 30 SDG QB 14 16 16 10-6-0 360 609 59.1 4802 33 5.4 17 2.8 67 7.9 7.7 13.3 300.1 90.6 19 134 7.4 7.3 3.0 19
1982*+ 31 SDG QB 14 9 9 6-3-0 204 330 61.8 2883 17 5.2 11 3.3 44 8.7 8.3 14.1 320.3 93.3 12 94 8.2 7.7 3.5 22
1983* 32 SDG QB 14 10 10 5-5-0 215 340 63.2 2975 20 5.9 15 4.4 59 8.8 7.9 13.8 297.5 92.5 14 107 8.1 7.3 4.0 9
1984 33 SDG QB 14 13 13 6-7-0 317 507 62.5 3740 19 3.7 17 3.4 61 7.4 6.6 11.8 287.7 83.4 29 228 6.6 5.8 5.4 11
1985* 34 SDG QB 14 14 12 7-5-0 254 430 59.1 3638 27 6.3 20 4.7 75 8.5 7.6 14.3 259.9 88.1 18 135 7.8 7.0 4.0 12
1986 35 SDG QB 14 12 12 3-9-0 252 430 58.6 3031 16 3.7 22 5.1 65 7.0 5.5 12.0 252.6 71.4 21 173 6.3 4.9 4.7 9
1987 36 SDG QB 14 11 10 5-5-0 206 364 56.6 2517 10 2.7 15 4.1 46 6.9 5.6 12.2 228.8 70.0 24 176 6.0 4.8 6.2 6
Career 181 171 86-84-1 3297 5604 58.8 43040 254 4.5 242 4.3 81 7.7 6.6 13.1 237.8 80.2 319 2304 6.9 5.9 5.4 162

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1979 (0-1), 1980 (1-1), 1981 (1-1), 1982 (1-1)

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1973 22 SDG QB 14 10 6 0-5-1 194 85 90 81 84 77 90 85 107 78
1974 23 SDG QB 14 11 11 3-8-0 237 113 120 105 109 87 93 98 120 96
1975 24 SDG QB 14 10 9 2-7-0 195 109 101 99 96 105 72 99 83 94
1976 25 SDG QB 14 14 13 5-8-0 359 107 108 109 110 117 98 111 94 111
1977 26 SDG 14 4 4 2-2-0 109 123 121 113 113 132 97 98 101 114
1978 27 SDG QB 14 15 14 9-5-0 381 126 131 122 127 119 127 99 115 123
1979*+ 28 SDG QB 14 16 16 12-4-0 530 118 125 115 119 127 104 104 116 118
1980* 29 SDG QB 14 16 16 11-5-0 589 123 128 120 124 114 111 105 112 118
1981* 30 SDG QB 14 16 16 10-6-0 609 118 131 126 134 111 115 122 125 125
1982*+ 31 SDG QB 14 9 9 6-3-0 330 133 143 130 136 119 111 113 122 124
1983* 32 SDG QB 14 10 10 5-5-0 340 132 142 124 131 121 118 98 125 121
1984 33 SDG QB 14 13 13 6-7-0 507 106 113 107 111 121 95 111 117 110
1985* 34 SDG QB 14 14 12 7-5-0 430 130 138 121 127 112 125 92 125 118
1986 35 SDG QB 14 12 12 3-9-0 430 101 110 93 98 113 95 85 119 96
1987 36 SDG QB 14 11 10 5-5-0 364 99 103 95 97 105 85 98 107 95
Career 181 171 86-84-1 5604 116 122 113 117 114 105 103 115 112

Rushing & Receiving

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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 22 SDG QB 14 10 6 7 32 0 16 4.6 3.2 0.7 32 0 2
1974 23 SDG QB 14 11 11 19 63 1 16 3.3 5.7 1.7 63 1 4
1975 24 SDG QB 14 10 9 23 170 2 32 7.4 17.0 2.3 170 2 3
1976 25 SDG QB 14 14 13 18 65 0 13 3.6 4.6 1.3 65 0 8
1977 26 SDG 14 4 4 6 13 0 11 2.2 3.3 1.5 13 0 4
1978 27 SDG QB 14 15 14 20 43 2 22 2.2 2.9 1.3 43 2 10
1979*+ 28 SDG QB 14 16 16 26 49 2 26 1.9 3.1 1.6 49 2 13
1980* 29 SDG QB 14 16 16 23 15 2 9 0.7 0.9 1.4 15 2 11
1981* 30 SDG QB 14 16 16 22 56 0 13 2.5 3.5 1.4 56 0 9
1982*+ 31 SDG QB 14 9 9 9 8 1 9 0.9 0.9 1.0 8 1 2
1983* 32 SDG QB 14 10 10 12 -5 1 3 -0.4 -0.5 1.2 -5 1 5
1984 33 SDG QB 14 13 13 12 -29 0 3 -2.4 -2.2 0.9 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 -29 0 8
1985* 34 SDG QB 14 14 12 11 -1 0 7 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 -1 0 13
1986 35 SDG QB 14 12 12 4 -3 0 0 -0.8 -0.3 0.3 -3 0 4
1987 36 SDG QB 14 11 10 12 0 2 2 0.0 0.0 1.1 0 2 10
Career 181 171 224 476 13 32 2.1 2.6 1.2 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 476 13 106

Defense & Fumbles

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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 22 SDG QB 14 10 6 2 1 0 0
1974 23 SDG QB 14 11 11 4 0 0 0
1975 24 SDG QB 14 10 9 3 1 0 0
1976 25 SDG QB 14 14 13 8 4 -5 0
1977 26 SDG 14 4 4 4 0 0 0
1978 27 SDG QB 14 15 14 10 3 -4 0
1979*+ 28 SDG QB 14 16 16 13 6 -20 0
1980* 29 SDG QB 14 16 16 11 3 -5 0
1981* 30 SDG QB 14 16 16 9 2 -22 0
1982*+ 31 SDG QB 14 9 9 2 3 0 0
1983* 32 SDG QB 14 10 10 5 2 0 0
1984 33 SDG QB 14 13 13 8 1 0 0
1985* 34 SDG QB 14 14 12 13 6 -11 0
1986 35 SDG QB 14 12 12 4 2 -13 0
1987 36 SDG QB 14 11 10 10 4 -10 0
Career 181 171 106 38 -90 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1974 23 SDG QB 14 11 11 1 1 6
1975 24 SDG QB 14 10 9 2 2 12
1978 27 SDG QB 14 15 14 2 2 12
1979*+ 28 SDG QB 14 16 16 2 2 12
1980* 29 SDG QB 14 16 16 2 2 12
1982*+ 31 SDG QB 14 9 9 1 1 6
1983* 32 SDG QB 14 10 10 1 1 6
1987 36 SDG QB 14 11 10 2 2 12
Career 181 171 13 13 78

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Bart Starr*, David Archer, Bob Celeri, Patrick Ramsey, Trent Dilfer, David Whitehurst, Mickey Slaughter, Dan Pastorini, Bill Kenney, Randy Johnson
4 Bob Avellini, Jake Plummer, Archie Manning, Trent Dilfer, Rodney Peete, Jon Kitna, Bill Kenney, Eddie LeBaron, Virgil Carter, Jason Campbell
5 Archie Manning, Jon Kitna, Dan Pastorini, Jeff George, Adrian Burk, Bob Avellini, Bart Starr*, Mike Phipps, Rick Mirer, Joey Harrington
6 Jeff George, Jim Hart, Jake Plummer, Trent Dilfer, Kerry Collins, Adrian Burk, Jon Kitna, Bart Starr*, Charley Johnson, Ed Brown
7 Marc Bulger, Kordell Stewart, Bart Starr*, Milt Plum, Mark Rypien, Brian Sipe, Jon Kitna, Terry Bradshaw*, Steve Bartkowski, Jim Plunkett
8 Brian Sipe, Terry Bradshaw*, Bart Starr*, Matt Hasselbeck, Bernie Kosar, Joe Namath*, Aaron Brooks, Kordell Stewart, Jim Everett, Jake Plummer
9 Randall Cunningham, Jeff Garcia, Joe Namath*, Troy Aikman*, Bert Jones, Terry Bradshaw*, Bart Starr*, Boomer Esiason, Jim Zorn, Drew Bledsoe
10 Randall Cunningham, Jeff Garcia, Trent Green, Daunte Culpepper, Boomer Esiason, Joe Namath*, Joe Montana*, Bert Jones, Terry Bradshaw*, Ken Anderson
11 Ken Anderson, Trent Green, Kurt Warner, Boomer Esiason, Jeff Garcia, Joe Namath*, Randall Cunningham, Terry Bradshaw*, Drew Bledsoe, Joe Theismann
12 Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, Troy Aikman*, Terry Bradshaw*, Drew Bledsoe, Trent Green, Donovan McNabb, Fran Tarkenton*, Steve McNair, Joe Montana*
13 Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, Terry Bradshaw*, Joe Montana*, Warren Moon*, Drew Bledsoe, Fran Tarkenton*, Jim Kelly*, Troy Aikman*, Bob Griese*
14 Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, Warren Moon*, Terry Bradshaw*, Bob Griese*, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Kelly*, Fran Tarkenton*, Joe Montana*, Dan Marino*
15 Ken Anderson, Warren Moon*, Boomer Esiason, Joe Montana*, Terry Bradshaw*, Bob Griese*, Drew Bledsoe, Randall Cunningham, Jim Kelly*, Fran Tarkenton*
Career Ken Anderson, Joe Montana*, Warren Moon*, Boomer Esiason, Terry Bradshaw*, Bob Griese*, Drew Bledsoe, Randall Cunningham, Jim Kelly*, Sonny Jurgensen*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1982 NFL PFWA MVP
1982 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1982 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1985

First-Team All-Pro

1979
1982

Passes Completed

1976 NFL 208 (3)
1978 NFL 224 (8)
1979 NFL 332 (2/77)
1980 NFL 348 (1/43)
1981 NFL 360 (1/31)
1982 NFL 204 (3)
1984 NFL 317 (3)
Career 3297 (10)

Pass Attempts

1976 NFL 359 (5)
1979 NFL 530 (4)
1980 NFL 589 (1/28)
1981 NFL 609 (1/13)
1982 NFL 330 (2)
1984 NFL 507 (5)
Career 5604 (10)

Passing Yds

1976 NFL 2535 (8)
1978 NFL 2999 (6)
1979 NFL 4082 (1/60)
1980 NFL 4715 (1/8)
1981 NFL 4802 (1/5)
1982 NFL 2883 (1)
1984 NFL 3740 (4)
1985 NFL 3638 (6)
Career 43040 (9)

Passing TD

1976 NFL 14 (9)
1978 NFL 24 (4)
1979 NFL 24 (6)
1980 NFL 30 (2/50)
1981 NFL 33 (1/21)
1982 NFL 17 (1)
1984 NFL 19 (9)
1985 NFL 27 (2)
Career 254 (12)

Passer Rating

1978 NFL 83.0 (3)
1979 NFL 82.6 (3)
1980 NFL 84.7 (6)
1981 NFL 90.6 (2)
1982 NFL 93.3 (2)
1983 NFL 92.5 (6)
1984 NFL 83.4 (8)
1985 NFL 88.1 (4)
Career 80.2 (53)

Long Pass

1973 NFL 69 (7)
1974 NFL 75 (8)
1976 NFL 81 (4)
1985 NFL 75 (8)

Passes Intercepted

1973 NFL 13 (8)
1976 NFL 15 (8)
1978 NFL 20 (8)
1979 NFL 24 (3/56)
1980 NFL 24 (5/56)
1982 NFL 11 (8)
1984 NFL 17 (7)
1985 NFL 20 (5)
1986 NFL 22 (4)
1987 NFL 15 (6)
Career 242 (12)

Sacked

1976 NFL 39 (2)
Career 319 (26)

Sacked Yds Lost

Career 2304 (31)

Passing Yds/Game

1976 NFL 181.1 (9)
1978 NFL 199.9 (6)
1979 NFL 255.1 (1/95)
1980 NFL 294.7 (1/12)
1981 NFL 300.1 (1/8)
1982 NFL 320.3 (1/1)
1983 NFL 297.5 (1/9)
1984 NFL 287.7 (3/18)
1985 NFL 259.9 (1/74)
1986 NFL 252.6 (4/100)
Career 237.8 (9)

Yds/Pass Att

1974 NFL 7.3 (7)
1976 NFL 7.1 (10)
1978 NFL 7.9 (1)
1979 NFL 7.7 (6)
1980 NFL 8.0 (2)
1981 NFL 7.9 (3)
1982 NFL 8.7 (1/40)
1983 NFL 8.8 (2/34)
1985 NFL 8.5 (1/62)
Career 7.7 (12)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1974 NFL 15.1 (1)
1978 NFL 13.4 (7)
1980 NFL 13.5 (7)
1981 NFL 13.3 (9)
1982 NFL 14.1 (2)
1983 NFL 13.8 (6)
1985 NFL 14.3 (2)
Career 13.1 (61)

Pass Attempts/Game

1976 NFL 25.6 (5)
1978 NFL 25.4 (9)
1979 NFL 33.1 (4)
1980 NFL 36.8 (1/39)
1981 NFL 38.1 (2/22)
1982 NFL 36.7 (2/41)
1983 NFL 34.0 (2)
1984 NFL 39.0 (1/10)
1985 NFL 30.7 (9)
1986 NFL 35.8 (3/60)
1987 NFL 33.1 (8)
Career 31.0 (22)

Games Started

Career 171 (175)

Fumbles

1976 NFL 8 (8)
1978 NFL 10 (6)
1979 NFL 13 (2/65)
1980 NFL 11 (7)
1985 NFL 13 (4/65)
1987 NFL 10 (3)
Career 106 (10)

Fumbles Recovered

1976 NFL 4 (9)
1979 NFL 6 (1/44)
1982 NFL 3 (6)
1985 NFL 6 (1/44)
1987 NFL 4 (7)
Career 38 (9)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1976 NFL 5.96 (10)
1978 NFL 6.77 (3)
1979 NFL 6.57 (7)
1980 NFL 7.19 (5)
1981 NFL 7.71 (3/100)
1982 NFL 8.27 (1/47)
1983 NFL 7.94 (3/66)
1985 NFL 7.62 (3)
Career 6.64 (32)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1974 NFL 6.56 (4)
1976 NFL 5.82 (9)
1978 NFL 7.12 (1/85)
1979 NFL 6.97 (2)
1980 NFL 7.25 (1/60)
1981 NFL 7.43 (1/41)
1982 NFL 8.15 (1/7)
1983 NFL 8.10 (1/8)
1984 NFL 6.55 (6)
1985 NFL 7.82 (1/17)
1986 NFL 6.34 (9)
Career 6.88 (6)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1974 NFL 4.85 (10)
1978 NFL 6.08 (2)
1979 NFL 5.89 (2)
1980 NFL 6.48 (3)
1981 NFL 7.27 (2/53)
1982 NFL 7.70 (1/25)
1983 NFL 7.32 (2/48)
1984 NFL 5.83 (7)
1985 NFL 7.02 (1/82)
Career 5.90 (20)

Passes Completed/Game

1976 NFL 14.9 (4)
1978 NFL 14.9 (6)
1979 NFL 20.8 (2)
1980 NFL 21.8 (1/62)
1981 NFL 22.5 (2/44)
1982 NFL 22.7 (3/39)
1983 NFL 21.5 (2/80)
1984 NFL 24.4 (1/11)
1985 NFL 18.1 (7)
1986 NFL 21.0 (3)
1987 NFL 18.7 (10)
Career 18.2 (20)

Pass Completion %

1976 NFL 57.9% (5)
1978 NFL 58.8% (4)
1979 NFL 62.6% (1)
1980 NFL 59.1% (10)
1981 NFL 59.1% (5)
1982 NFL 61.8% (6)
1983 NFL 63.2% (4)
1984 NFL 62.5% (5)
1985 NFL 59.1% (6)
1986 NFL 58.6% (8)
Career 58.8% (44)

Pass Intercept. %

1980 NFL 4.1% (10)
1981 NFL 2.8% (5)
1982 NFL 3.3% (7)
1984 NFL 3.4% (9)
Career 4.3% (122)

Passing TD %

1978 NFL 6.3% (2)
1981 NFL 5.4% (6)
1982 NFL 5.2% (6)
1983 NFL 5.9% (6)
1985 NFL 6.3% (1)
Career 4.5% (73)

Sack %

1973 NFL 6.73% (8)
1974 NFL 4.82% (4)
1978 NFL 5.46% (6)
1979 NFL 5.02% (6)
1980 NFL 5.15% (6)
1981 NFL 3.03% (2/49)
1982 NFL 3.51% (3/76)
1983 NFL 3.95% (2)
1984 NFL 5.41% (4)
1985 NFL 4.02% (2)
1986 NFL 4.66% (4)
Career 5.39% (37)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1979Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1980UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1981UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1982UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1983UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1985UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1973 22 10 QB 58 29
1974 23 11 QB 104 17
1975 24 10 QB 77 24
1976 25 14 QB 162 12 77
1977 26 4 QB 48 30
1978 27 15 QB 240 69 5 15
1979 28 16 QB 276 69 4 16
1980 29 16 QB 334 105 1 5
1981 30 16 QB 362 127 1 3
1982 31 9 QB 202 126 2 5
1983 32 10 QB 215 12 76
1984 33 13 QB 227 15 11 55
1985 34 14 QB 267 53 6 25
1986 35 12 QB 173 18
1987 36 11 QB 143 20
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