Jim Harbaugh

James Joseph Harbaugh (twitter: @JimHarbaugh)

Position: QB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: December 23, 1963 in Toledo, OH
College: Michigan (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (26th overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 78 (438th overall since 1950)

Relatives: Brother of John Harbaugh
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Coaching Record

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Fine Details · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 1:25AM

All-Time Rank: #1120. Mel Farr… #1121. Phillip Daniels… #1122. Steve Foley… #1123. JIM HARBAUGH… #1124. Ken Reaves… #1125. Vince Costello… #1126. Danny Abramowicz…

All-Time Rank: #1120. Mel Farr… #1121. Phillip Daniels… #1122. Steve Foley… #1123. JIM HARBAUGH… #1124. Ken Reaves… #1125. Vince Costello… #1126. Danny Abramowicz…

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
1987	24	CHI		14	6	0		8	11	72.7	62	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	5.6	5.6	7.8	10.3	86.2	4	45	1.13	1.13	26.7			0
1988	25	CHI	qb	4	10	2	1-1-0	47	97	48.5	514	0	0.0	2	2.1	56	5.3	4.4	10.9	51.4	55.9	6	49	4.51	3.64	5.8	1	1	2
1989	26	CHI	qb	4	12	5	1-4-0	111	178	62.4	1204	5	2.8	9	5.1	49	6.8	5.1	10.8	100.3	70.5	18	106	5.60	4.05	9.2			5
1990	27	CHI	QB	4	14	14	10-4-0	180	312	57.7	2178	10	3.2	6	1.9	80	7.0	6.8	12.1	155.6	81.9	31	206	5.75	5.55	9.0	1	3	10
1991	28	CHI	QB	4	16	16	11-5-0	275	478	57.5	3121	15	3.1	16	3.3	84	6.5	5.7	11.3	195.1	73.7	24	163	5.89	5.06	4.8	3	3	13
1992	29	CHI	QB	4	16	13	5-8-0	202	358	56.4	2486	13	3.6	12	3.4	83	6.9	6.2	12.3	155.4	76.2	31	167	5.96	5.24	8.0	1	1	10
1993	30	CHI	QB	4	15	15	7-8-0	200	325	61.5	2002	7	2.2	11	3.4	48	6.2	5.1	10.0	133.5	72.1	43	210	4.87	3.90	11.7	1	1	8
1994	31	IND	QB	12	12	9	4-5-0	125	202	61.9	1440	9	4.5	6	3.0	85	7.1	6.7	11.5	120.0	85.8	17	72	6.25	5.84	7.8			7
1995*	32	IND	QB	4	15	12	7-5-0	200	314	63.7	2575	17	5.4	5	1.6	52	8.2	8.6	12.9	171.7	100.7	36	219	6.73	7.06	10.3	3	4	12
1996	33	IND	QB	4	14	14	7-7-0	232	405	57.3	2630	13	3.2	11	2.7	51	6.5	5.9	11.3	187.9	76.3	36	190	5.53	5.00	8.2	2	2	10
1997	34	IND	QB	4	12	11	2-9-0	189	309	61.2	2060	10	3.2	4	1.3	58	6.7	6.7	10.9	171.7	86.2	41	256	5.15	5.21	11.7			8
1998	35	BAL	QB	4	14	12	5-7-0	164	293	56.0	1839	12	4.1	11	3.8	66	6.3	5.4	11.2	131.4	72.9	23	145	5.36	4.55	7.3	1	2	5
1999	36	SDG	QB	4	14	12	6-6-0	249	434	57.4	2761	10	2.3	14	3.2	80	6.4	5.4	11.1	197.2	70.6	37	208	5.42	4.51	7.9	2	2	8
2000	37	SDG	qb	4	7	5	0-5-0	123	202	60.9	1416	8	4.0	10	5.0	62	7.0	5.6	11.5	202.3	74.6	14	96	6.11	4.77	6.5			3
Career					177	140	66-74-0	2305	3918	58.8	26288	129	3.3	117	3.0	85	6.7	6.0	11.4	148.5	77.6	361	2132	5.65	5.02	8.4	15	19	101
7 yrs		CHI			89	65	35-30-0	1023	1759	58.2	11567	50	2.8	56	3.2	84	6.6	5.7	11.3	130.0	74.2	157	946	5.54	4.75	8.2	7	9	48
4 yrs		IND			53	46	20-26-0	746	1230	60.7	8705	49	4.0	26	2.1	85	7.1	6.9	11.7	164.2	86.6	130	737	5.86	5.72	9.6	5	6	37
2 yrs		SDG			21	17	6-11-0	372	636	58.5	4177	18	2.8	24	3.8	80	6.6	5.4	11.2	198.9	71.9	51	304	5.64	4.59	7.4	2	2	11
1 yr		BAL			14	12	5-7-0	164	293	56.0	1839	12	4.1	11	3.8	66	6.3	5.4	11.2	131.4	72.9	23	145	5.36	4.55	7.3	1	2	5

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+
1988	25	CHI	qb	4	10	2	1-1-0	97	63	70	77	80	79	55	125	108	76
1989	26	CHI	qb	4	12	5	1-4-0	178	95	92	86	85	124	85	83	86	94
1990	27	CHI	QB	4	14	14	10-4-0	312	99	94	108	104	105	91	124	87	108
1991	28	CHI	QB	4	16	16	11-5-0	478	92	100	94	99	102	91	104	115	96
1992	29	CHI	QB	4	16	13	5-8-0	358	102	102	103	102	96	100	102	94	100
1993	30	CHI	QB	4	15	15	7-8-0	325	88	82	87	84	111	79	100	69	94
1994	31	IND	QB	12	12	9	4-5-0	202	108	106	108	107	112	108	102	90	110
1995*	32	IND	QB	4	15	12	7-5-0	314	136	119	139	127	119	119	126	72	132
1996	33	IND	QB	4	14	14	7-7-0	405	95	93	98	96	100	91	107	90	98
1997	34	IND	QB	4	12	11	2-9-0	309	99	87	108	100	117	92	127	72	111
1998	35	BAL	QB	4	14	12	5-7-0	293	91	92	92	92	97	101	93	99	94
1999	36	SDG	QB	4	14	12	6-6-0	434	93	93	92	92	100	82	101	95	92
2000	37	SDG	qb	4	7	5	0-5-0	202	105	105	94	94	111	101	74	103	95
Career					177	140	66-74-0	3918	98	96	100	98	106	93	106	90	101

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
1987	24	CHI		14	6	0	4	15	0	9	3.8	2.5	0.7								15	0	0
1988	25	CHI	qb	4	10	2	19	110	1	19	5.8	11.0	1.9								110	1	1
1989	26	CHI	qb	4	12	5	45	276	3	26	6.1	23.0	3.8								276	3	2
1990	27	CHI	QB	4	14	14	51	321	4	17	6.3	22.9	3.6								321	4	8
1991	28	CHI	QB	4	16	16	70	338	2	20	4.8	21.1	4.4								338	2	6
1992	29	CHI	QB	4	16	13	47	272	1	17	5.8	17.0	2.9								272	1	6
1993	30	CHI	QB	4	15	15	60	277	4	25	4.6	18.5	4.0	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.1	0.1	278	4	15
1994	31	IND	QB	12	12	9	39	223	0	41	5.7	18.6	3.3								223	0	1
1995*	32	IND	QB	4	15	12	52	235	2	21	4.5	15.7	3.5	1	-9	-9.0	0	-9	0.1	-0.6	226	2	4
1996	33	IND	QB	4	14	14	48	192	1	21	4.0	13.7	3.4								192	1	8
1997	34	IND	QB	4	12	11	36	206	0	18	5.7	17.2	3.0								206	0	4
1998	35	BAL	QB	4	14	12	40	172	0	15	4.3	12.3	2.9								172	0	7
1999	36	SDG	QB	4	14	12	34	126	0	16	3.7	9.0	2.4								126	0	12
2000	37	SDG	qb	4	7	5	16	24	0	7	1.5	3.4	2.3								24	0	5
Career					177	140	561	2787	18	41	5.0	15.7	3.2	2	-8	-4.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	2779	18	79
7 yrs		CHI			89	65	296	1609	15	26	5.4	18.1	3.3	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	1610	15	38
4 yrs		IND			53	46	175	856	3	41	4.9	16.2	3.3	1	-9	-9.0	0	0	0.0	-0.2	847	3	17
2 yrs		SDG			21	17	50	150	0	16	3.0	7.1	2.4								150	0	17
1 yr		BAL			14	12	40	172	0	15	4.3	12.3	2.9								172	0	7

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
1988	25	CHI	qb	4	10	2							0	1	0	-1	0
1989	26	CHI	qb	4	12	5							0	2	0	0	0
1990	27	CHI	QB	4	14	14							0	8	3	-4	0
1991	28	CHI	QB	4	16	16							0	6	0	-3	0
1992	29	CHI	QB	4	16	13							0	6	3	0	0
1993	30	CHI	QB	4	15	15							0	15	4	-1	0
1994	31	IND	QB	12	12	9							0	1	0	0	0
1995*	32	IND	QB	4	15	12							0	4	1	-20	0
1996	33	IND	QB	4	14	14							0	8	4	-3	0
1997	34	IND	QB	4	12	11							0	4	1	0	0
1998	35	BAL	QB	4	14	12							0	7	3	-7	0
1999	36	SDG	QB	4	14	12							0	12	4	-20	0
2000	37	SDG	qb	4	7	5							0	5	1	-5	0
Career					177	140							0	79	24	-64	0
7 yrs		CHI			89	65							0	38	10	-9	0
4 yrs		IND			53	46							0	17	6	-23	0
2 yrs		SDG			21	17							0	17	5	-25	0
1 yr		BAL			14	12							0	7	3	-7	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1988	25	CHI	qb	4	10	2	1	1	6
1989	26	CHI	qb	4	12	5	3	3	18
1990	27	CHI	QB	4	14	14	4	4	24
1991	28	CHI	QB	4	16	16	2	2	12
1992	29	CHI	QB	4	16	13	1	1	6
1993	30	CHI	QB	4	15	15	4	4	24
1995*	32	IND	QB	4	15	12	2	2	12
1996	33	IND	QB	4	14	14	1	1	6
Career					177	140	18	18	108
7 yrs		CHI			89	65	15	15	90
4 yrs		IND			53	46	3	3	18

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11	John Hadl, Norm Snead, Billy Wade, Dave Krieg, Kerry Collins, Eddie LeBaron, Joe Ferguson, Jake Plummer, Tobin Rote, Ken O'Brien
12	Kerry Collins, Joe Ferguson, Dave Krieg, Billy Wade, Norm Snead, Bobby Hebert, Brad Johnson, Eddie LeBaron, Tommy Kramer, Tobin Rote
13	Joe Ferguson, Norm Snead, Kerry Collins, Dave Krieg, Vinny Testaverde, Brad Johnson, Chris Chandler, Jim Hart, Steve DeBerg, Billy Wade
14	Joe Ferguson, Kerry Collins, Norm Snead, Chris Chandler, Steve DeBerg, Charley Johnson, Dave Krieg, Jim Hart, Craig Morton, Brad Johnson
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards 1995 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year	Pro Bowls 1995	Passes Completed 1991 NFL 275 (8) Career 2305 (45)	Pass Attempts 1991 NFL 478 (8) Career 3918 (48)
Passing Yds 1991 NFL 3121 (9) Career 26288 (58)	Passing TD 1991 NFL 15 (9) Career 129 (90)	Passer Rating 1990 NFL 81.9 (9) 1995 NFL 100.7 (1/55) 1997 NFL 86.2 (8) Career 77.6 (81)	Long Pass 1990 NFL 80 (6) 1991 NFL 84 (4) 1992 NFL 83 (3) 1994 NFL 85 (4) 1999 NFL 80 (7)
Passes Intercepted 1991 NFL 16 (7) Career 117 (84)	Sacked 1992 NFL 31 (8) 1993 NFL 43 (2) 1995 NFL 36 (8) 1996 NFL 36 (7) 1997 NFL 41 (5) 1999 NFL 37 (5) Career 361 (18)	Sacked Yds Lost 1993 NFL 210 (8) 1995 NFL 219 (8) 1997 NFL 256 (10) 1999 NFL 208 (8) Career 2132 (38)	Passing Yds/Game Career 148.5 (140)
Yds/Pass Att 1995 NFL 8.2 (1) Career 6.7 (147)	Yds/Pass Cmp 1992 NFL 12.3 (9) 1995 NFL 12.9 (2) Career 11.4 (199)	Pass Attempts/Game Career 22.1 (133)	Adj Yds/Pass Att 1990 NFL 6.76 (9) 1995 NFL 8.57 (1/39) 1997 NFL 6.73 (9) Career 6.02 (95)
Net Yds/Pass Att 1995 NFL 6.73 (7) Career 5.65 (137)	Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1995 NFL 7.06 (4) Career 5.02 (97)	Passes Completed/Game Career 13.0 (107)	Pass Completion % 1990 NFL 57.7% (9) 1993 NFL 61.5% (7) 1995 NFL 63.7% (4) 1997 NFL 61.2% (2) Career 58.8% (57)
Pass Intercept. % 1990 NFL 1.9% (3/83) 1992 NFL 3.4% (9) 1995 NFL 1.6% (1/41) 1996 NFL 2.7% (9) 1997 NFL 1.3% (1/14) Career 3.0% (42)	Passing TD % 1995 NFL 5.4% (4)	Sack % 1991 NFL 4.78% (8) Career 8.44% (150)	Game-Winning Drives 1990 NFL 3 (7) 1991 NFL 3 (8) 1995 NFL 4 (2/78) 1996 NFL 2 (10) 1998 NFL 2 (9) 1999 NFL 2 (9) Career 19 (51)
Comebacks 1991 NFL 3 (3/100) 1995 NFL 3 (1/100) 1996 NFL 2 (7) 1999 NFL 2 (7) Career 15 (55)	Yds/Rushing Att Career 5.0 (25)	Total Offense 1991 NFL 3296 (6) Career 26943 (41)	Fumbles 1993 NFL 15 (1/28) 1999 NFL 12 (4) Career 79 (36)
Fumbles Recovered 1993 NFL 4 (8) 1996 NFL 4 (6) 1999 NFL 4 (7) Career 24 (43)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1995	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1995	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1987	24	6	QB	4		90
1988	25	10	QB	34		47
1989	26	12	QB	106		30
1990	27	14	QB	191		16
1991	28	16	QB	229	50	9	27
1992	29	16	QB	187		14
1993	30	15	QB	152		19
1994	31	12	QB	122		25
1995	32	15	QB	230		14
1996	33	14	QB	186		16
1997	34	12	QB	155		23
1998	35	14	QB	141		24
1999	36	14	QB	155		23
2000	37	7	QB	87		36
				1979	50

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