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Rich Gannon

Richard Joseph Gannon

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: December 20, 1965 in Philadelphia, PA
College: Delaware

4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 4th round (98th overall) of the 1987 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1987 22 MIN 4 0 2 6 33.3 18 0 0.0 1 16.7 12 3.0 -4.5 9.0 4.5 2.8 0 0 3.0 -4.5 0.0
1988 23 MIN 3 0 7 15 46.7 90 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 6.0 6.0 12.9 30.0 66.0 3 22 3.8 3.8 16.7
1989 24 MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 MIN QB 14 12 5-7-0 182 349 52.1 2278 16 4.6 16 4.6 78 6.5 4.9 12.5 162.7 68.9 34 188 5.5 4.0 8.9
1991 26 MIN QB 15 11 6-5-0 211 354 59.6 2166 12 3.4 6 1.7 50 6.1 5.7 10.3 144.4 81.5 19 91 5.6 5.2 5.1
1992 27 MIN QB 12 12 8-4-0 159 279 57.0 1905 12 4.3 13 4.7 60 6.8 5.2 12.0 158.8 72.9 25 177 5.7 4.2 8.2
1993 28 WAS 8 4 1-3-0 74 125 59.2 704 3 2.4 7 5.6 54 5.6 3.4 9.5 88.0 59.5 16 87 4.4 2.4 11.3
1995 30 KAN 2 0 7 11 63.6 57 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 5.2 5.2 8.1 28.5 76.7 0 0 5.2 5.2 0.0
1996 31 KAN 4 3 1-2-0 54 90 60.0 491 6 6.7 1 1.1 25 5.5 5.6 9.1 122.8 92.4 5 42 4.7 4.9 5.3
1997 32 KAN qb 9 6 5-1-0 98 175 56.0 1144 7 4.0 4 2.3 47 6.5 5.9 11.7 127.1 79.8 13 86 5.6 5.0 6.9
1998 33 KAN QB 12 10 5-5-0 206 354 58.2 2305 10 2.8 6 1.7 80 6.5 6.0 11.2 192.1 80.1 25 155 5.7 5.2 6.6
1999* 34 OAK QB 16 16 8-8-0 304 515 59.0 3840 24 4.7 14 2.7 50 7.5 6.7 12.6 240.0 86.5 49 241 6.4 5.7 8.7
2000*+ 35 OAK QB 16 16 12-4-0 284 473 60.0 3430 28 5.9 11 2.3 84 7.3 6.8 12.1 214.4 92.4 28 124 6.6 6.2 5.6
2001* 36 OAK QB 16 16 10-6-0 361 549 65.8 3828 27 4.9 9 1.6 49 7.0 6.7 10.6 239.3 95.5 27 155 6.4 6.1 4.7
2002*+ 37 OAK QB 16 16 11-5-0 418 618 67.6 4689 26 4.2 10 1.6 75 7.6 7.3 11.2 293.1 97.3 36 214 6.8 6.6 5.5
2003 38 OAK qb 7 7 2-5-0 125 225 55.6 1274 6 2.7 4 1.8 46 5.7 5.1 10.2 182.0 73.5 17 90 4.9 4.4 7.0
2004 39 OAK 3 3 2-1-0 41 68 60.3 524 3 4.4 2 2.9 58 7.7 6.8 12.8 174.7 86.9 5 17 6.9 6.1 6.8
Career 157 132 76-56-0 2533 4206 60.2 28743 180 4.3 104 2.5 84 6.8 6.1 11.3 183.1 84.7 302 1689 6.0 5.4 6.7
6 yrs MIN 48 35 19-16-0 561 1003 55.9 6457 40 4.0 36 3.6 78 6.4 5.2 11.5 134.5 73.9 81 478 5.5 4.4 7.5
6 yrs OAK 74 74 45-29-0 1533 2448 62.6 17585 114 4.7 50 2.0 84 7.2 6.7 11.5 237.6 91.2 162 841 6.4 6.0 6.2
4 yrs KAN 27 19 11-8-0 365 630 57.9 3997 23 3.7 11 1.7 80 6.3 5.9 11.0 148.0 81.7 43 283 5.5 5.1 6.4
1 yr WAS 8 4 1-3-0 74 125 59.2 704 3 2.4 7 5.6 54 5.6 3.4 9.5 88.0 59.5 16 87 4.4 2.4 11.3

Postseason record as starting QB: 2000: 1-1, 2001: 1-1, 2002: 2-1.

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1988 23 MIN 3 0 4 29 0 15 7.3 9.7 1.3 29 0 0
1990 25 MIN QB 14 12 52 268 1 27 5.2 19.1 3.7 268 1 10
1991 26 MIN QB 15 11 43 236 2 42 5.5 15.7 2.9 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 236 2 2
1992 27 MIN QB 12 12 45 187 0 14 4.2 15.6 3.8 187 0 5
1993 28 WAS 8 4 21 88 1 12 4.2 11.0 2.6 88 1 3
1995 30 KAN 2 0 8 25 1 12 3.1 12.5 4.0 25 1 0
1996 31 KAN 4 3 12 81 0 19 6.8 20.3 3.0 81 0 1
1997 32 KAN qb 9 6 33 109 2 13 3.3 12.1 3.7 109 2 5
1998 33 KAN QB 12 10 44 168 3 21 3.8 14.0 3.7 168 3 9
1999* 34 OAK QB 16 16 46 298 2 39 6.5 18.6 2.9 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 0.1 -0.2 295 2 8
2000*+ 35 OAK QB 16 16 89 529 4 23 5.9 33.1 5.6 529 4 9
2001* 36 OAK QB 16 16 63 231 2 17 3.7 14.4 3.9 231 2 13
2002*+ 37 OAK QB 16 16 50 156 3 24 3.1 9.8 3.1 156 3 9
2003 38 OAK qb 7 7 6 18 0 6 3.0 2.6 0.9 18 0 2
2004 39 OAK 3 3 5 26 0 20 5.2 8.7 1.7 26 0 3
Career 157 132 521 2449 21 42 4.7 15.6 3.3 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 0.0 0.0 2446 21 79
6 yrs MIN 48 35 144 720 3 42 5.0 15.0 3.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 720 3 17
6 yrs OAK 74 74 259 1258 11 39 4.9 17.0 3.5 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1255 11 44
4 yrs KAN 27 19 97 383 6 21 3.9 14.2 3.6 383 6 15
1 yr WAS 8 4 21 88 1 12 4.2 11.0 2.6 88 1 3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1990 25 MIN QB 14 12 10 6 -3 0
1991 26 MIN QB 15 11 2 0 0 0
1992 27 MIN QB 12 12 5 0 0 0
1993 28 WAS 8 4 3 1 0 0
1996 31 KAN 4 3 1 0 0 0
1997 32 KAN qb 9 6 5 0 0 0
1998 33 KAN QB 12 10 9 4 -15 0
1999* 34 OAK QB 16 16 8 1 -5 0
2000*+ 35 OAK QB 16 16 9 2 -1 0
2001* 36 OAK QB 16 16 13 3 -8 0
2002*+ 37 OAK QB 16 16 9 3 -5 0
2003 38 OAK qb 7 7 2 0 0 0
2004 39 OAK 3 3 3 1 0 0
Career 157 132 79 21 -37 0
6 yrs MIN 48 35 17 6 -3 0
6 yrs OAK 74 74 44 10 -19 0
4 yrs KAN 27 19 15 4 -15 0
1 yr WAS 8 4 3 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1990 25 MIN QB 14 12 1 6
1991 26 MIN QB 15 11 2 12
1993 28 WAS 8 4 1 6
1995 30 KAN 2 0 1 6
1997 32 KAN qb 9 6 2 12
1998 33 KAN QB 12 10 3 18
1999* 34 OAK QB 16 16 2 12
2000*+ 35 OAK QB 16 16 4 1 26
2001* 36 OAK QB 16 16 2 1 14
2002*+ 37 OAK QB 16 16 3 18
Career 157 132 21 2 130
6 yrs MIN 48 35 3 18
6 yrs OAK 74 74 11 2 70
4 yrs KAN 27 19 6 36
1 yr WAS 8 4 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

2000 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
2002 NFL AP MVP
2002 NFL PFWA MVP
2002 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
2002 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)

Pro Bowls

1999
2000
2001
2002

1st-team All-Pro

2000
2002

Passes Completed

1999 NFL 304 (7)
2001 NFL 361 (2-- 26)
2002 NFL 418 (1-- 2)
Career 2533 (26)

Pass Attempts

1999 NFL 515 (6)
2001 NFL 549 (5-- 72)
2002 NFL 618 (1-- 7)
Career 4206 (34)

Passing Yds

1999 NFL 3840 (7)
2000 NFL 3430 (10)
2001 NFL 3828 (5)
2002 NFL 4689 (1-- 9)
Career 28743 (35)

Passing TD

1999 NFL 24 (4)
2000 NFL 28 (4-- 75)
2001 NFL 27 (4-- 99)
2002 NFL 26 (5)
Career 180 (41)

Passer Rating

1999 NFL 86.5 (6)
2000 NFL 92.4 (7)
2001 NFL 95.5 (2-- 83)
2002 NFL 97.3 (2-- 68)
Career 84.7 (23)

Long Pass

1990 NFL 78 (8)
2000 NFL 84 (2)

Passes Intercepted

1990 NFL 16 (7)
Career 104 (94)

Sacked

1990 NFL 34 (10)
1999 NFL 49 (4-- 41)
2002 NFL 36 (4)
Career 302 (34)

Sacked Yds Lost

1999 NFL 241 (4)
2002 NFL 214 (8)
Career 1689 (54)

Passing Yds/Game

1999 NFL 240.0 (7)
2001 NFL 239.3 (5)
2002 NFL 293.1 (1-- 14)
Career 183.1 (53)

Yds/Pass Att

1999 NFL 7.5 (7)
2000 NFL 7.3 (10)
2001 NFL 7.0 (9)
2002 NFL 7.6 (3)
Career 6.8 (119)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1999 NFL 12.6 (9)
2000 NFL 12.1 (10)
Career 11.3 (194)

Pass Attempts/Game

2001 NFL 34.3 (6)
2002 NFL 38.6 (1-- 14)
Career 26.8 (51)

Yds/Rushing Att

Career 4.7 (46)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 2 (57)

Fumbles

1990 NFL 10 (8)
1998 NFL 9 (7)
2000 NFL 9 (6)
2001 NFL 13 (4-- 64)
Career 79 (33)

Fumbles Recovered

1990 NFL 6 (2-- 43)
1998 NFL 4 (5)
Career 21 (78)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1999 NFL 6.70 (6)
2000 NFL 6.80 (9)
2001 NFL 6.73 (4)
2002 NFL 7.28 (3-- 84)
Career 6.15 (32)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1999 NFL 6.38 (6)
2000 NFL 6.60 (10)
2001 NFL 6.38 (7)
2002 NFL 6.84 (5)
Career 6.00 (63)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1999 NFL 5.69 (6)
2000 NFL 6.17 (9)
2001 NFL 6.14 (3)
2002 NFL 6.55 (3-- 78)
Career 5.36 (28)

Passes Completed/Game

1999 NFL 19.0 (9)
2001 NFL 22.6 (2-- 39)
2002 NFL 26.1 (1-- 4)
Career 16.1 (41)

Pass Completion %

2001 NFL 65.8% (2-- 44)
2002 NFL 67.6% (2-- 20)
Career 60.2% (25)

Pass Intercept. %

1991 NFL 1.7% (2-- 41)
1998 NFL 1.7% (3-- 41)
2000 NFL 2.3% (6)
2001 NFL 1.6% (1-- 31)
2002 NFL 1.6% (3-- 31)
2003 NFL 1.8% (2-- 57)
Career 2.5% (8)

Passing TD %

1992 NFL 4.3% (9)
1999 NFL 4.7% (9)
2000 NFL 5.9% (4)
2001 NFL 4.9% (6)
Career 4.3% (92)

Sack %

1991 NFL 5.09% (10)
2001 NFL 4.69% (8)
Career 6.70% (76)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
2000 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
2000 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
2000 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
2000 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
2001 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
2002 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
2002 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
2002 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
2002 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1987 22 4 QB -1 111
1988 23 3 QB 7 62
1990 25 14 QB 188 18
1991 26 15 QB 182 4 11 68
1992 27 12 QB 141 18
1993 28 8 QB 47 40
1995 30 2 QB 11 57
1996 31 4 QB 62 38
1997 32 9 QB 103 31
1998 33 12 QB 175 18
1999 34 16 QB 311 86 3 13
2000 35 16 QB 360 125 4 7
2001 36 16 QB 332 90 3 11
2002 37 16 QB 357 94 1 13
2003 38 7 QB 81 35
2004 39 3 QB 38 44
2394 399