Bob Griese

Robert Allen Griese

Position: QB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: February 3, 1945 in Evansville, IN
College: Purdue (school history)
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 104 (109th overall since 1950)

Relatives: Father of Brian Griese
8-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1990, finalist in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

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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
1967*	22	MIA	QB	12	12	10	3-7-0	166	331	50.2	2005	15	4.5	18	5.4	68	6.1	4.5	12.1	167.1	61.6						1	2	8
1968*	23	MIA	QB	12	13	13	5-7-1	186	355	52.4	2473	21	5.9	16	4.5	50	7.0	6.1	13.3	190.2	75.7						2	2	12
1969	24	MIA	QB	12	9	9	2-6-1	121	252	48.0	1695	10	4.0	16	6.3	53	6.7	4.7	14.0	188.3	56.9	33	289	4.93	3.11	11.6	1	0	5
1970*	25	MIA	QB	12	14	14	10-4-0	142	245	58.0	2019	12	4.9	17	6.9	54	8.2	6.1	14.2	144.2	72.1	31	282	6.29	4.39	11.2	0	1	12
1971*+	26	MIA	QB	12	14	13	9-3-1	145	263	55.1	2089	19	7.2	9	3.4	86	7.9	7.8	14.4	149.2	90.9	23	248	6.44	6.35	8.0	3	3	15
1972	27	MIA	qb	12	6	5	5-0-0	53	97	54.6	638	4	4.1	4	4.1	39	6.6	5.5	12.0	106.3	71.6	7	45	5.70	4.74	6.7	1	1	4
1973*	28	MIA	QB	12	13	13	12-1-0	116	218	53.2	1422	17	7.8	8	3.7	46	6.5	6.4	12.3	109.4	84.3	11	75	5.88	5.79	4.8	1	1	11
1974*	29	MIA	QB	12	13	13	10-3-0	152	253	60.1	1968	16	6.3	15	5.9	54	7.8	6.4	12.9	151.4	80.9	27	202	6.31	5.04	9.6	2	3	13
1975	30	MIA	QB	12	10	10	7-3-0	118	191	61.8	1693	14	7.3	13	6.8	79	8.9	7.3	14.3	169.3	86.6	16	131	7.55	6.07	7.7	2	2	11
1976	31	MIA	QB	12	13	13	5-8-0	162	272	59.6	2097	11	4.0	12	4.4	47	7.7	6.5	12.9	161.3	78.9	30	266	6.06	5.00	9.9	0	1	12
1977*+	32	MIA	QB	12	14	14	10-4-0	180	307	58.6	2252	22	7.2	13	4.2	73	7.3	6.9	12.5	160.9	87.8	36	303	5.68	5.26	10.5			16
1978*	33	MIA	QB	12	11	9	6-3-0	148	235	63.0	1791	11	4.7	11	4.7	63	7.6	6.5	12.1	162.8	82.4	18	165	6.43	5.34	7.1	0	1	9
1979	34	MIA	QB	12	14	12	7-5-0	176	310	56.8	2160	14	4.5	16	5.2	51	7.0	5.5	12.3	154.3	72.0	26	223	5.76	4.46	7.7	1	1	9
1980	35	MIA	qb	12	5	3	1-2-0	61	100	61.0	790	6	6.0	4	4.0	54	7.9	7.3	13.0	158.0	89.2	9	89	6.43	5.88	8.3	2	2	2
Career					161	151	92-56-3	1926	3429	56.2	25092	192	5.6	172	5.0	86	7.3	6.2	13.0	155.9	77.1	267	2318	6.16	5.11	7.2	16	20	139

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1970 (0-1), 1971 (2-1), 1972 (1-0), 1973 (3-0), 1974 (0-1), 1978 (0-1), 1979 (0-1)
Playoff Comebacks: 1971 (1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 1971 (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+
1967*	22	MIA	QB	12	12	10	3-7-0	331	91		94		108	97	102		99
1968*	23	MIA	QB	12	13	13	5-7-1	355	102		108		113	111	117		113
1969	24	MIA	QB	12	9	9	2-6-1	252	98	87	94	87	98	94	91	83	93
1970*	25	MIA	QB	12	14	14	10-4-0	245	126	113	109	102	120	105	86	82	107
1971*+	26	MIA	QB	12	14	13	9-3-1	263	121	114	129	124	111	129	118	99	129
1972	27	MIA	qb	12	6	5	5-0-0	97	98	104	105	108	109	99	113	107	108
1973*	28	MIA	QB	12	13	13	12-1-0	218	99	108	116	120	103	133	116	116	122
1974*	29	MIA	QB	12	13	13	10-3-0	253	121	116	114	111	125	119	93	92	117
1975	30	MIA	QB	12	10	10	7-3-0	191	134	132	120	120	126	129	83	104	120
1976	31	MIA	QB	12	13	13	5-8-0	272	118	112	115	112	121	99	109	93	115
1977*+	32	MIA	QB	12	14	14	10-4-0	307	112	106	120	115	118	132	111	89	125
1978*	33	MIA	QB	12	11	9	6-3-0	235	121	118	118	117	133	108	106	105	123
1979	34	MIA	QB	12	14	12	7-5-0	310	102	100	100	99	107	104	96	98	103
1980	35	MIA	qb	12	5	3	1-2-0	100	121	111	122	115	120	123	106	93	125
Career					161	151	92-56-3	3429	111	110	111	110	115	112	104	96	113

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
1967*	22	MIA	QB	12	12	10	37	157	1	22	4.2	13.1	3.1								157	1	3
1968*	23	MIA	QB	12	13	13	42	230	1	35	5.5	17.7	3.2								230	1	1
1969	24	MIA	QB	12	9	9	21	102	0	22	4.9	11.3	2.3								102	0	5
1970*	25	MIA	QB	12	14	14	26	89	2	16	3.4	6.4	1.9								89	2	5
1971*+	26	MIA	QB	12	14	13	26	82	0	21	3.2	5.9	1.9								82	0	9
1972	27	MIA	qb	12	6	5	3	11	1	5	3.7	1.8	0.5								11	1	0
1973*	28	MIA	QB	12	13	13	13	20	0	21	1.5	1.5	1.0								20	0	5
1974*	29	MIA	QB	12	13	13	16	66	1	22	4.1	5.1	1.2								66	1	5
1975	30	MIA	QB	12	10	10	17	59	1	17	3.5	5.9	1.7								59	1	2
1976	31	MIA	QB	12	13	13	23	108	0	26	4.7	8.3	1.8								108	0	3
1977*+	32	MIA	QB	12	14	14	16	30	0	13	1.9	2.1	1.1								30	0	6
1978*	33	MIA	QB	12	11	9	9	10	0	9	1.1	0.9	0.8								10	0	3
1979	34	MIA	QB	12	14	12	11	30	0	18	2.7	2.1	0.8								30	0	4
1980	35	MIA	qb	12	5	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.2								0	0	1
Career					161	151	261	994	7	35	3.8	6.2	1.6								994	7	52

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
1967*	22	MIA	QB	12	12	10							0	3	1	0	0
1968*	23	MIA	QB	12	13	13							0	1	0	0	0
1969	24	MIA	QB	12	9	9							0	5	2	0	0
1970*	25	MIA	QB	12	14	14							0	5	2	-3	0
1971*+	26	MIA	QB	12	14	13							0	9	6	-37	0
1973*	28	MIA	QB	12	13	13							0	5	3	-16	0
1974*	29	MIA	QB	12	13	13							0	5	3	-8	0
1975	30	MIA	QB	12	10	10							0	2	0	-6	0
1976	31	MIA	QB	12	13	13							0	3	2	-5	0
1977*+	32	MIA	QB	12	14	14							0	6	2	-21	0
1978*	33	MIA	QB	12	11	9							0	3	0	-10	0
1979	34	MIA	QB	12	14	12							0	4	2	-2	0
1980	35	MIA	qb	12	5	3							0	1	0	0	0
Career					161	151							0	52	23	-108	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1967*	22	MIA	QB	12	12	10	1	1	6
1968*	23	MIA	QB	12	13	13	1	1	6
1970*	25	MIA	QB	12	14	14	2	2	12
1972	27	MIA	qb	12	6	5	1	1	6
1974*	29	MIA	QB	12	13	13	1	1	6
1975	30	MIA	QB	12	10	10	1	1	6
Career					161	151	7	7	42

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4	Jason Campbell, Norm Snead, Doug Williams, Ken O'Brien, Jim Plunkett, John Elway*, David Carr, Jim McMahon, Jay Cutler, Marc Bulger
5	Milt Plum, Ken O'Brien, Mark Rypien, Marc Bulger, John Elway*, Doug Williams, Norm Snead, Bernie Kosar, Jim Everett, Drew Bledsoe
6	Marc Bulger, Jim Plunkett, Milt Plum, Steve McNair, Mark Rypien, Ken O'Brien, Bernie Kosar, Jim Everett, Norm Snead, Joe Namath*
7	Jim Plunkett, Ken O'Brien, Bernie Kosar, Jim Everett, Steve McNair, Tobin Rote, Richard Todd, Marc Bulger, Norm Snead, Joe Namath*
8	Ken O'Brien, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Everett, Ken Anderson, Terry Bradshaw*, Bernie Kosar, Steve McNair, Steve Grogan, Brian Sipe, Neil Lomax
9	Ken O'Brien, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Everett, Ken Anderson, Jake Plummer, Joe Ferguson, Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, Steve McNair, Steve Grogan
10	Jim Everett, John Elway, Drew Bledsoe, Ken Anderson, Mark Brunell, Jake Plummer, Terry Bradshaw, Ken O'Brien, John Hadl, Troy Aikman*
11	Terry Bradshaw, John Elway, Jim Kelly, Jim Everett, Drew Bledsoe, Donovan McNabb, Troy Aikman, Warren Moon*, Steve McNair, Ken Anderson
12	Terry Bradshaw, Jim Kelly, Drew Bledsoe, John Elway, Mark Brunell, Troy Aikman, Warren Moon, Fran Tarkenton, Donovan McNabb, Steve McNair
13	Terry Bradshaw, Drew Bledsoe, Warren Moon, Jim Kelly, Mark Brunell, Fran Tarkenton, John Elway, Roman Gabriel, John Hadl, Troy Aikman
14	Terry Bradshaw, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Kelly, Roman Gabriel, Mark Brunell, Warren Moon, John Hadl, Boomer Esiason, Jim Hart, Troy Aikman
Career	Terry Bradshaw, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Kelly, Mark Brunell, Len Dawson, Roman Gabriel, Phil Simms, John Hadl, Warren Moon, Jim Hart

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards 1971 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP 1977 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)	Pro Bowls 1967 1968 1970 1971 1973 1974 1977 1978	First-Team All-Pro 1971 1977	Approximate Value Career 139 (105)
Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 104 (109)	Passes Completed 1967 AFL 166 (5) 1968 AFL 186 (4) 1969 AFL 121 (8) 1974 NFL 152 (10) 1977 NFL 180 (5) Career 1926 (67)	Pass Attempts 1967 AFL 331 (7) 1968 AFL 355 (4) 1969 AFL 252 (8) 1977 NFL 307 (9) Career 3429 (67)	Passing Yds 1967 AFL 2005 (7) 1968 AFL 2473 (4) 1969 AFL 1695 (9) 1974 NFL 1968 (9) 1977 NFL 2252 (6) Career 25092 (64)
Passing TD 1967 AFL 15 (7) 1968 AFL 21 (3) 1969 AFL 10 (7) 1971 NFL 19 (2) 1973 NFL 17 (6) 1974 NFL 16 (7) 1977 NFL 22 (1) Career 192 (41)	Passer Rating 1967 AFL 61.6 (5) 1968 AFL 75.7 (3) 1969 AFL 56.9 (7) 1970 NFL 72.1 (9) 1971 NFL 90.9 (2) 1973 NFL 84.3 (6) 1974 NFL 80.9 (7) 1976 NFL 78.9 (7) 1977 NFL 87.8 (1) 1978 NFL 82.4 (4) Career 77.1 (88)	Long Pass 1967 AFL 68 (7) 1971 NFL 86 (3) 1975 NFL 79 (7)	Passes Intercepted 1967 AFL 18 (6) 1968 AFL 16 (3) 1969 AFL 16 (6) 1970 NFL 17 (7) 1974 NFL 15 (6) Career 172 (41)
Sacked 1969 AFL 33 (1) 1970 NFL 31 (6) 1971 NFL 23 (10) 1974 NFL 27 (9) 1976 NFL 30 (8) 1977 NFL 36 (3) Career 267 (48)	Sacked Yds Lost 1969 AFL 289 (1) 1970 NFL 282 (3) 1971 NFL 248 (6) 1976 NFL 266 (7) 1977 NFL 303 (3) Career 2318 (31)	Passing Yds/Game 1967 AFL 167.1 (6) 1968 AFL 190.2 (4) 1969 AFL 188.3 (4) 1975 NFL 169.3 (9) 1977 NFL 160.9 (9) Career 155.9 (122)	Yds/Pass Att 1967 AFL 6.1 (7) 1968 AFL 7.0 (6) 1969 AFL 6.7 (6) 1970 NFL 8.2 (2) 1971 NFL 7.9 (5) 1974 NFL 7.8 (4) 1976 NFL 7.7 (4) 1977 NFL 7.3 (4) 1978 NFL 7.6 (5) Career 7.3 (41)
Yds/Pass Cmp 1967 AFL 12.1 (8) 1968 AFL 13.3 (7) 1969 AFL 14.0 (6) 1970 NFL 14.2 (5) 1971 NFL 14.4 (7) 1973 NFL 12.3 (10) Career 13.0 (64)	Pass Attempts/Game 1967 AFL 27.6 (4) 1968 AFL 27.3 (3) 1969 AFL 28.0 (3) Career 21.3 (145)	Adj Yds/Pass Att 1969 AFL 4.66 (7) 1970 NFL 6.10 (7) 1971 NFL 7.85 (2) 1973 NFL 6.43 (10) 1974 NFL 6.38 (7) 1975 NFL 7.27 (2) 1976 NFL 6.53 (8) 1977 NFL 6.86 (4) 1978 NFL 6.45 (5) Career 6.18 (80)	Net Yds/Pass Att 1969 AFL 4.93 (8) 1970 NFL 6.29 (5) 1971 NFL 6.44 (8) 1974 NFL 6.31 (7) 1975 NFL 7.55 (1/42) 1976 NFL 6.06 (7) 1978 NFL 6.43 (5) Career 6.08 (56)
Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1969 AFL 3.11 (8) 1971 NFL 6.35 (2) 1973 NFL 5.79 (7) 1974 NFL 5.04 (8) 1975 NFL 6.07 (2) 1976 NFL 5.00 (10) 1977 NFL 5.26 (4) 1978 NFL 5.34 (6) Career 5.05 (94)	Passes Completed/Game 1967 AFL 13.8 (5) 1968 AFL 14.3 (3) 1969 AFL 13.4 (3) 1977 NFL 12.9 (7) Career 12.0 (134)	Pass Completion % 1967 AFL 50.2% (5) 1968 AFL 52.4% (2) 1969 AFL 48.0% (8) 1970 NFL 58.0% (3) 1971 NFL 55.1% (6) 1973 NFL 53.2% (9) 1974 NFL 60.1% (2) 1976 NFL 59.6% (4) 1977 NFL 58.6% (2) 1978 NFL 63.0% (1) 1979 NFL 56.8% (8) Career 56.2% (111)	Pass Intercept. % 1967 AFL 5.4% (5) 1968 AFL 4.5% (3) 1969 AFL 6.3% (8) 1971 NFL 3.4% (5) 1973 NFL 3.7% (6) 1977 NFL 4.2% (8) Career 5.0% (166)
Passing TD % 1967 AFL 4.5% (7) 1968 AFL 5.9% (5) 1969 AFL 4.0% (6) 1970 NFL 4.9% (9) 1971 NFL 7.2% (1/77) 1973 NFL 7.8% (3/42) 1974 NFL 6.3% (2) 1977 NFL 7.2% (1/77) 1978 NFL 4.7% (8) Career 5.6% (22)	Sack % 1969 AFL 11.58% (8) 1973 NFL 4.80% (3) Career 8.87% (163)	Game-Winning Drives 1967 AFL 2 (2) 1968 AFL 2 (2) 1970 NFL 1 (10) 1971 NFL 3 (1) 1973 NFL 1 (8) 1974 NFL 3 (1) 1975 NFL 2 (9) Career 20 (44)	Comebacks 1967 AFL 1 (3) 1968 AFL 2 (2) 1969 AFL 1 (5) 1971 NFL 3 (1/100) 1973 NFL 1 (8) 1974 NFL 2 (5) 1975 NFL 2 (5) 1980 NFL 2 (7) Career 16 (44)
Total Offense 1969 AFL 1508 (9) 1974 NFL 1832 (8) 1977 NFL 1979 (9) Career 18903 (79)	Fumbles 1969 AFL 5 (8) 1971 NFL 9 (4) Career 52 (112)	Fumbles Recovered 1971 NFL 6 (1/45) Career 23 (52)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1968	2nd Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1970	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1970	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1971	1st Team	All-Conf.	Associated Press
1971	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1971	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1971	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1971	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1971	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1971	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1971	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1973	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1973	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1977	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1977	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1977	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1977	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1977	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1977	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1970	25	14	QB	140		14
1971	26	14	QB	188	61	7	16
1972	27	6	QB	49		32
1973	28	13	QB	145	2	11	68
1974	29	13	QB	157	26	8	39
1975	30	10	QB	138		13
1976	31	13	QB	137		13
1977	32	14	QB	199	66	4	15
1978	33	11	QB	117		23
1979	34	14	QB	141		22
1980	35	5	QB	60		32
				1471	155

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