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Sonny Jurgensen

Christian Adolph Jurgensen II

Position: QB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 202 lbs.
Born: August 23, 1934 in Wilmington, NC
College: Duke

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1983

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

Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 4th round (43rd overall) of the 1957 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1957 23 PHI qb 10 5 33 70 47.1 470 5 7.1 8 11.4 61 6.7 2.3 14.2 47.0 53.6
1958 24 PHI 12 0 12 22 54.5 259 0 0.0 1 4.5 61 11.8 9.7 21.6 21.6 77.7
1959 25 PHI 12 0 3 5 60.0 27 1 20.0 0 0.0 19 5.4 7.4 9.0 2.3 114.2
1960 26 PHI 12 0 24 44 54.5 486 5 11.4 1 2.3 71 11.0 11.2 20.3 40.5 122.0
1961*+ 27 PHI QB 14 14 235 416 56.5 3723 32 7.7 24 5.8 69 8.9 7.1 15.8 265.9 88.1
1962 28 PHI QB 14 13 196 366 53.6 3261 22 6.0 26 7.1 84 8.9 6.3 16.6 232.9 74.3
1963 29 PHI QB 9 9 99 184 53.8 1413 11 6.0 13 7.1 75 7.7 5.1 14.3 157.0 69.4
1964* 30 WAS QB 14 14 207 385 53.8 2934 24 6.2 13 3.4 80 7.6 6.7 14.2 209.6 85.4
1965 31 WAS QB 13 13 190 356 53.4 2367 15 4.2 16 4.5 55 6.6 5.0 12.5 182.1 69.6
1966* 32 WAS QB 14 14 254 436 58.3 3209 28 6.4 19 4.4 86 7.4 6.0 12.6 229.2 84.5
1967* 33 WAS QB 14 14 288 508 56.7 3747 31 6.1 16 3.1 86 7.4 6.6 13.0 267.6 87.3
1968 34 WAS QB 12 12 167 292 57.2 1980 17 5.8 11 3.8 99 6.8 5.7 11.9 165.0 81.7
1969*+ 35 WAS QB 14 14 274 442 62.0 3102 22 5.0 15 3.4 88 7.0 6.0 11.3 221.6 85.4 40 322 5.8 4.8 8.3
1970 36 WAS QB 14 14 202 337 59.9 2354 23 6.8 10 3.0 66 7.0 6.3 11.7 168.1 91.5 25 214 5.9 5.3 6.9
1971 37 WAS 5 1 16 28 57.1 170 0 0.0 2 7.1 30 6.1 2.9 10.6 34.0 45.2 1 8 5.6 2.5 3.4
1972 38 WAS 7 4 39 59 66.1 633 2 3.4 4 6.8 36 10.7 8.0 16.2 90.4 84.9 2 21 10.0 7.4 3.3
1973 39 WAS 14 4 87 145 60.0 904 6 4.1 5 3.4 36 6.2 5.1 10.4 64.6 77.5 16 114 4.9 3.9 9.9
1974 40 WAS qb 14 4 107 167 64.1 1185 11 6.6 5 3.0 44 7.1 6.4 11.1 84.6 94.5 10 69 6.3 5.7 5.6
Career 218 149 2433 4262 57.1 32224 255 6.0 189 4.4 99 7.6 6.2 13.2 147.8 82.6 94 748 7.2 5.9 2.2
11 yrs WAS 135 108 1831 3155 58.0 22585 179 5.7 116 3.7 99 7.2 6.1 12.3 167.3 83.9 94 748 6.0 5.0 7.4
7 yrs PHI 83 41 602 1107 54.4 9639 76 6.9 73 6.6 84 8.7 6.4 16.0 116.1 79.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 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
1957 23 PHI qb 10 5 10 -3 2 8 -0.3 -0.3 1.0 -3 2 0
1958 24 PHI 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 1
1960 26 PHI 12 0 4 5 0 9 1.3 0.4 0.3 5 0 3
1961*+ 27 PHI QB 14 14 20 27 0 14 1.4 1.9 1.4 27 0 6
1962 28 PHI QB 14 13 17 44 2 30 2.6 3.1 1.2 44 2 4
1963 29 PHI QB 9 9 13 38 1 13 2.9 4.2 1.4 38 1 1
1964* 30 WAS QB 14 14 27 57 3 24 2.1 4.1 1.9 57 3 3
1965 31 WAS QB 13 13 17 23 2 27 1.4 1.8 1.3 23 2 6
1966* 32 WAS QB 14 14 12 14 0 16 1.2 1.0 0.9 14 0 5
1967* 33 WAS QB 14 14 15 46 2 21 3.1 3.3 1.1 46 2 5
1968 34 WAS QB 12 12 8 21 1 11 2.6 1.8 0.7 21 1 2
1969*+ 35 WAS QB 14 14 17 156 1 33 9.2 11.1 1.2 156 1 2
1970 36 WAS QB 14 14 6 39 1 14 6.5 2.8 0.4 39 1 4
1971 37 WAS 5 1 3 29 0 11 9.7 5.8 0.6 29 0 1
1972 38 WAS 7 4 4 -5 0 0 -1.3 -0.7 0.6 -5 0 4
1973 39 WAS 14 4 3 7 0 7 2.3 0.5 0.2 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 0.1 -0.2 4 0 1
1974 40 WAS qb 14 4 4 -6 0 0 -1.5 -0.4 0.3 -6 0 2
Career 218 149 181 493 15 33 2.7 2.3 0.8 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 490 15 50
11 yrs WAS 135 108 116 381 10 33 3.3 2.8 0.9 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 378 10 35
7 yrs PHI 83 41 65 112 5 30 1.7 1.3 0.8 112 5 15

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
1957 23 PHI qb 10 5 0 1 0 0
1958 24 PHI 12 0 1 1 0 0
1960 26 PHI 12 0 3 2 0 0
1961*+ 27 PHI QB 14 14 6 2 0 0
1962 28 PHI QB 14 13 4 2 0 0
1963 29 PHI QB 9 9 1 1 0 0
1964* 30 WAS QB 14 14 3 0 0 0
1965 31 WAS QB 13 13 6 3 0 0
1966* 32 WAS QB 14 14 5 1 0 0
1967* 33 WAS QB 14 14 5 0 0 0
1968 34 WAS QB 12 12 2 1 0 0
1969*+ 35 WAS QB 14 14 2 1 0 0
1970 36 WAS QB 14 14 4 1 0 0
1971 37 WAS 5 1 1 0 0 0
1972 38 WAS 7 4 4 0 -9 0
1973 39 WAS 14 4 1 0 0 0
1974 40 WAS qb 14 4 2 2 -11 0
Career 218 149 50 18 -20 0
11 yrs WAS 135 108 35 9 -20 0
7 yrs PHI 83 41 15 9 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
1957 23 PHI qb 10 5 2 12
1962 28 PHI QB 14 13 2 12
1963 29 PHI QB 9 9 1 6
1964* 30 WAS QB 14 14 3 18
1965 31 WAS QB 13 13 2 12
1967* 33 WAS QB 14 14 2 12
1968 34 WAS QB 12 12 1 6
1969*+ 35 WAS QB 14 14 1 6
1970 36 WAS QB 14 14 1 6
Career 218 149 15 90
11 yrs WAS 135 108 10 60
7 yrs PHI 83 41 5 30

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1961
1964
1966
1967
1969

1st-team All-Pro

1961
1969

Passes Completed

1961 NFL 235 (1)
1962 NFL 196 (4)
1964 NFL 207 (2)
1965 NFL 190 (2)
1966 NFL 254 (1)
1967 NFL 288 (1)
1968 NFL 167 (7)
1969 NFL 274 (1)
1970 NFL 202 (4)
Career 2433 (29)

Pass Attempts

1961 NFL 416 (2)
1962 NFL 366 (4)
1964 NFL 385 (3)
1965 NFL 356 (2)
1966 NFL 436 (1)
1967 NFL 508 (1)
1969 NFL 442 (1)
1970 NFL 337 (7)
Career 4262 (32)

Passing Yds

1961 NFL 3723 (1)
1962 NFL 3261 (1)
1964 NFL 2934 (2)
1965 NFL 2367 (8)
1966 NFL 3209 (1)
1967 NFL 3747 (1)
1968 NFL 1980 (10)
1969 NFL 3102 (1)
1970 NFL 2354 (8)
Career 32224 (25)

Passing TD

1961 NFL 32 (1-- 28)
1962 NFL 22 (3)
1964 NFL 24 (2)
1965 NFL 15 (10)
1966 NFL 28 (2-- 75)
1967 NFL 31 (1-- 38)
1968 NFL 17 (8)
1969 NFL 22 (4)
1970 NFL 23 (2)
1974 NFL 11 (10)
Career 255 (11)

Passer Rating

1961 NFL 88.1 (3)
1962 NFL 74.3 (7)
1964 NFL 85.4 (4)
1966 NFL 84.5 (4)
1967 NFL 87.3 (1)
1968 NFL 81.7 (6)
1969 NFL 85.4 (3)
1970 NFL 91.5 (2)
Career 82.6 (29)

Long Pass

1960 NFL 71 (6)
1962 NFL 84 (5)
1963 NFL 75 (8)
1964 NFL 80 (5)
1966 NFL 86 (5)
1967 NFL 86 (5)
1968 NFL 99 (1-- 1)
1969 NFL 88 (2)

Passes Intercepted

1961 NFL 24 (1-- 56)
1962 NFL 26 (1-- 26)
1963 NFL 13 (9)
1964 NFL 13 (10)
1965 NFL 16 (3)
1966 NFL 19 (5)
1967 NFL 16 (8)
1969 NFL 15 (5)
Career 189 (28)

Sacked

1969 NFL 40 (1)
Career 94 (135)

Sacked Yds Lost

1969 NFL 322 (1-- 95)
Career 748 (130)

Passing Yds/Game

1961 NFL 265.9 (1-- 59)
1962 NFL 232.9 (1)
1964 NFL 209.6 (2)
1965 NFL 182.1 (8)
1966 NFL 229.2 (1)
1967 NFL 267.6 (1-- 55)
1968 NFL 165.0 (9)
1969 NFL 221.6 (1)
1970 NFL 168.1 (9)
Career 147.8 (121)

Yds/Pass Att

1961 NFL 8.9 (3-- 26)
1962 NFL 8.9 (1-- 26)
1964 NFL 7.6 (5)
1966 NFL 7.4 (5)
1967 NFL 7.4 (7)
1968 NFL 6.8 (7)
1969 NFL 7.0 (8)
1970 NFL 7.0 (9)
Career 7.6 (17)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1961 NFL 15.8 (4-- 67)
1962 NFL 16.6 (1-- 27)
1964 NFL 14.2 (5)
1966 NFL 12.6 (8)
Career 13.2 (58)

Pass Attempts/Game

1961 NFL 29.7 (2)
1962 NFL 26.1 (5)
1964 NFL 27.5 (4)
1965 NFL 27.4 (3)
1966 NFL 31.1 (1)
1967 NFL 36.3 (1-- 44)
1968 NFL 24.3 (6)
1969 NFL 31.6 (1)
1970 NFL 24.1 (9)
Career 19.6 (142)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 5.99 (5)
1970 NFL 6.33 (3)
Career 6.16 (29)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 5.77 (10)
1970 NFL 5.91 (9)
Career 5.97 (67)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 4.82 (6)
1970 NFL 5.30 (3)
Career 5.03 (44)

Passes Completed/Game

1961 NFL 16.8 (1)
1962 NFL 14.0 (4)
1963 NFL 11.0 (10)
1964 NFL 14.8 (3)
1965 NFL 14.6 (3)
1966 NFL 18.1 (1)
1967 NFL 20.6 (1)
1968 NFL 13.9 (3)
1969 NFL 19.6 (1)
1970 NFL 14.4 (4)
Career 11.2 (130)

Pass Completion %

1961 NFL 56.5% (4)
1962 NFL 53.6% (6)
1964 NFL 53.8% (4)
1965 NFL 53.4% (6)
1966 NFL 58.3% (2)
1967 NFL 56.7% (2)
1968 NFL 57.2% (3)
1969 NFL 62.0% (1)
1970 NFL 59.9% (1)
Career 57.1% (63)

Pass Intercept. %

1961 NFL 5.8% (9)
1962 NFL 7.1% (10)
1964 NFL 3.4% (3)
1965 NFL 4.5% (8)
1966 NFL 4.4% (5)
1967 NFL 3.1% (1)
1968 NFL 3.8% (4)
1969 NFL 3.4% (3)
1970 NFL 3.0% (3)
Career 4.4% (116)

Passing TD %

1961 NFL 7.7% (2-- 47)
1962 NFL 6.0% (5)
1964 NFL 6.2% (4)
1966 NFL 6.4% (3)
1967 NFL 6.1% (6)
1968 NFL 5.8% (6)
1969 NFL 5.0% (7)
1970 NFL 6.8% (2)
Career 6.0% (12)

Sack %

1969 NFL 8.30% (9)
1970 NFL 6.91% (10)
Career 7.39% (97)

Games

Career 218 (103)

Fumbles

1967 NFL 5 (10)
Career 50 (116)

Fumbles Recovered

Career 18 (123)

   

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
1961 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1964 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1966 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1967 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1967 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1967 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1967 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1967 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1969 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1969 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1969 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-NFL
1969 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 36 14 QB 222 84 4 13
1971 37 5 QB 6 54
1972 38 7 QB 29 38
1973 39 14 QB 63 26
1974 40 14 QB 103 18
423 84