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Jack Kemp

John French Kemp

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 201 lbs.
Born: July 13, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
College: Occidental

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

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 17th round (203rd overall) of the 1957 Draft

Passing

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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%
1957 22 PIT 4 0 8 18 44.4 88 0 0.0 2 11.1 21 4.9 -0.1 11.0 22.0 19.9
1960+ 25 LAC QB 14 12 9-3-0 211 406 52.0 3018 20 4.9 25 6.2 69 7.4 5.2 14.3 215.6 67.1
1961* 26 SDG QB 14 14 12-2-0 165 364 45.3 2686 15 4.1 22 6.0 91 7.4 5.1 16.3 191.9 59.2
1962 27 2TM 6 5 3-2-0 64 139 46.0 928 5 3.6 6 4.3 67 6.7 5.1 14.5 154.7 62.3
BUF 4 3 2-1-0 51 94 54.3 636 3 3.2 4 4.3 31 6.8 5.2 12.5 159.0 68.4
SDG 2 2 1-1-0 13 45 28.9 292 2 4.4 2 4.4 67 6.5 4.9 22.5 146.0 50.4
1963* 28 BUF QB 14 12 5-6-1 193 384 50.3 2910 13 3.4 20 5.2 89 7.6 5.6 15.1 207.9 65.1
1964* 29 BUF QB 14 13 11-2-0 119 269 44.2 2285 13 4.8 26 9.7 94 8.5 4.6 19.2 163.2 50.9
1965*+ 30 BUF QB 14 13 9-3-1 179 391 45.8 2368 10 2.6 18 4.6 78 6.1 4.2 13.2 169.1 54.8
1966* 31 BUF QB 14 14 9-4-1 166 389 42.7 2451 11 2.8 16 4.1 55 6.3 4.7 14.8 175.1 56.2
1967 32 BUF QB 14 11 3-8-0 161 369 43.6 2503 14 3.8 26 7.0 63 6.8 4.0 15.5 178.8 50.0
1969* 34 BUF QB 14 11 4-7-0 170 344 49.4 1981 13 3.8 22 6.4 55 5.8 3.3 11.7 141.5 53.2 21 187 4.9 2.6 5.8
Career 122 105 65-37-3 1436 3073 46.7 21218 114 3.7 183 6.0 94 6.9 4.6 14.8 173.9 57.3 21 187 6.8 4.5 0.7
7 yrs BUF 88 77 43-31-3 1039 2240 46.4 15134 77 3.4 132 5.9 94 6.8 4.4 14.6 172.0 55.8 21 187 4.9 2.6 5.8
3 yrs SDG 30 28 22-6-0 389 815 47.7 5996 37 4.5 49 6.0 91 7.4 5.1 15.4 199.9 62.6
1 yr PIT 4 0 8 18 44.4 88 0 0.0 2 11.1 21 4.9 -0.1 11.0 22.0 19.9

Postseason record as starting QB: 1960: 0-1, 1961: 0-1, 1963: 0-1, 1964: 1-0, 1965: 1-0, 1966: 0-1.

Rushing & Receiving

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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 22 PIT 4 0 3 -1 0 2 -0.3 -0.3 0.8 -1 0 1
1960+ 25 LAC QB 14 12 54 238 8 8 4.4 17.0 3.9 238 8 9
1961* 26 SDG QB 14 14 43 105 6 23 2.4 7.5 3.1 105 6 10
1962 27 2TM 6 5 20 84 2 28 4.2 14.0 3.3 84 2 3
SDG 2 2 8 28 1 19 3.5 14.0 4.0 28 1 2
BUF 4 3 12 56 1 28 4.7 14.0 3.0 56 1 1
1963* 28 BUF QB 14 12 50 239 8 26 4.8 17.1 3.6 239 8 10
1964* 29 BUF QB 14 13 37 124 5 14 3.4 8.9 2.6 124 5 7
1965*+ 30 BUF QB 14 13 36 49 4 12 1.4 3.5 2.6 1 -9 -9.0 0 -9 0.1 -0.6 40 4 9
1966* 31 BUF QB 14 14 40 130 5 26 3.3 9.3 2.9 130 5 7
1967 32 BUF QB 14 11 36 58 2 14 1.6 4.1 2.6 58 2 14
1969* 34 BUF QB 14 11 37 124 0 13 3.4 8.9 2.6 124 0 8
Career 122 105 356 1150 40 28 3.2 9.4 2.9 1 -9 -9.0 0 0 0.0 -0.1 1141 40 78
7 yrs BUF 88 77 248 780 25 28 3.1 8.9 2.8 1 -9 -9.0 0 0 0.0 -0.1 771 25 56
3 yrs SDG 30 28 105 371 15 23 3.5 12.4 3.5 371 15 21
1 yr PIT 4 0 3 -1 0 2 -0.3 -0.3 0.8 -1 0 1

Defense & Fumbles

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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 22 PIT 4 0 1 0 0 0
1960+ 25 LAC QB 14 12 9 0 0 0
1961* 26 SDG QB 14 14 10 0 0 0
1962 27 2TM 6 5 3 0 0 0
SDG 2 2 2 0 0 0
BUF 4 3 1 0 0 0
1963* 28 BUF QB 14 12 10 0 0 0
1964* 29 BUF QB 14 13 7 0 0 0
1965*+ 30 BUF QB 14 13 9 6 0 0
1966* 31 BUF QB 14 14 7 0 0 0
1967 32 BUF QB 14 11 14 6 0 0
1969* 34 BUF QB 14 11 8 5 0 0
Career 122 105 78 17 0 0
7 yrs BUF 88 77 56 17 0 0
3 yrs SDG 30 28 21 0 0 0
1 yr PIT 4 0 1 0 0 0

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1957 22 PIT 4 0 2 55 33 0 27.5
Career 122 105 2 55 33 0 27.5

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1960+ 25 LAC QB 14 12 8 48
1961* 26 SDG QB 14 14 6 36
1962 27 2TM 6 5 2 12
SDG 2 2 1 6
BUF 4 3 1 6
1963* 28 BUF QB 14 12 8 48
1964* 29 BUF QB 14 13 5 30
1965*+ 30 BUF QB 14 13 4 24
1966* 31 BUF QB 14 14 5 30
1967 32 BUF QB 14 11 2 1 14
Career 122 105 40 1 242
7 yrs BUF 88 77 25 1 152
3 yrs SDG 30 28 15 90

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1965 AFL AP Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1969

1st-team All-Pro

1960
1965

Passes Completed

1960 AFL 211 (2)
1961 AFL 165 (5)
1962 AFL 64 (9)
1963 AFL 193 (2)
1964 AFL 119 (8)
1965 AFL 179 (2)
1966 AFL 166 (4)
1967 AFL 161 (6)
1969 AFL 170 (4)
Career 1436 (93)

Pass Attempts

1960 AFL 406 (2)
1961 AFL 364 (3)
1962 AFL 139 (9)
1963 AFL 384 (2)
1964 AFL 269 (7)
1965 AFL 391 (3)
1966 AFL 389 (2)
1967 AFL 369 (4)
1969 AFL 344 (4)
Career 3073 (74)

Passing Yds

1960 AFL 3018 (2)
1961 AFL 2686 (2)
1962 AFL 928 (9)
1963 AFL 2910 (2)
1964 AFL 2285 (6)
1965 AFL 2368 (4)
1966 AFL 2451 (6)
1967 AFL 2503 (5)
1969 AFL 1981 (7)
Career 21218 (79)

Passing TD

1960 AFL 20 (5)
1961 AFL 15 (4)
1963 AFL 13 (6)
1964 AFL 13 (7)
1965 AFL 10 (7)
1966 AFL 11 (7)
1967 AFL 14 (8)
1969 AFL 13 (6)
Career 114 (96)

Passer Rating

1960 AFL 67.1 (4)
1961 AFL 59.2 (5)
1963 AFL 65.1 (6)
1964 AFL 50.9 (9)
1965 AFL 54.8 (5)
1966 AFL 56.2 (6)
1967 AFL 50.0 (8)
1969 AFL 53.2 (9)
Career 57.3 (187)

Long Pass

1960 AFL 69 (7)
1961 AFL 91 (1-- 65)
1963 AFL 89 (3-- 92)
1964 AFL 94 (1-- 40)
1965 AFL 78 (4)
1967 AFL 63 (8)

Passes Intercepted

1960 AFL 25 (3-- 38)
1961 AFL 22 (3)
1963 AFL 20 (3)
1964 AFL 26 (3-- 26)
1965 AFL 18 (4)
1966 AFL 16 (4)
1967 AFL 26 (2-- 26)
1969 AFL 22 (2)
Career 183 (31)

Sacked

1969 AFL 21 (7)

Sacked Yds Lost

1969 AFL 187 (7)

Passing Yds/Game

1960 AFL 215.6 (2)
1961 AFL 191.9 (2)
1963 AFL 207.9 (2)
1964 AFL 163.2 (6)
1965 AFL 169.1 (5)
1966 AFL 175.1 (6)
1967 AFL 178.8 (5)
1969 AFL 141.5 (10)
Career 173.9 (66)

Yds/Pass Att

1960 AFL 7.4 (1)
1961 AFL 7.4 (2)
1963 AFL 7.6 (3)
1964 AFL 8.5 (1-- 62)
1965 AFL 6.1 (4)
1966 AFL 6.3 (7)
1967 AFL 6.8 (5)
1969 AFL 5.8 (9)
Career 6.9 (96)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1960 AFL 14.3 (1)
1961 AFL 16.3 (2-- 39)
1963 AFL 15.1 (3)
1964 AFL 19.2 (1-- 2)
1965 AFL 13.2 (6)
1966 AFL 14.8 (4)
1967 AFL 15.5 (1-- 87)
1969 AFL 11.7 (9)
Career 14.8 (11)

Pass Attempts/Game

1960 AFL 29.0 (2)
1961 AFL 26.0 (3)
1963 AFL 27.4 (3)
1964 AFL 19.2 (7)
1965 AFL 27.9 (3)
1966 AFL 27.8 (2)
1967 AFL 26.4 (5)
1969 AFL 24.6 (5)
Career 25.2 (65)

Rushing TD

1960 AFL 8 (2)
1961 AFL 6 (4)
1963 AFL 8 (2)
1964 AFL 5 (4)
1965 AFL 4 (9)
1966 AFL 5 (7)
Career 40 (88)

Touchdowns

1960 AFL 8 (10)
1963 AFL 8 (10)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1960 AFL 8 (9)
1963 AFL 8 (10)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (134)

Fumbles

1960 AFL 9 (3)
1961 AFL 10 (2)
1963 AFL 10 (1)
1964 AFL 7 (4)
1965 AFL 9 (1)
1966 AFL 7 (3)
1967 AFL 14 (1-- 41)
1969 AFL 8 (3)
Career 78 (35)

Fumbles Recovered

1965 AFL 6 (1-- 43)
1967 AFL 6 (1-- 43)
1969 AFL 5 (1)
Career 17 (148)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1969 AFL 3.26 (9)
Career 4.60 (161)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 AFL 4.92 (9)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 AFL 2.56 (9)

Passes Completed/Game

1960 AFL 15.1 (2)
1961 AFL 11.8 (5)
1963 AFL 13.8 (2)
1964 AFL 8.5 (8)
1965 AFL 12.8 (2)
1966 AFL 11.9 (4)
1967 AFL 11.5 (6)
1969 AFL 12.1 (5)
Career 11.8 (116)

Pass Completion %

1960 AFL 52.0% (2)
1961 AFL 45.3% (7)
1963 AFL 50.3% (4)
1964 AFL 44.2% (9)
1965 AFL 45.8% (4)
1966 AFL 42.7% (7)
1967 AFL 43.6% (7)
1969 AFL 49.4% (4)
Career 46.7% (199)

Pass Intercept. %

1960 AFL 6.2% (6)
1961 AFL 6.0% (4)
1963 AFL 5.2% (1)
1964 AFL 9.7% (9)
1965 AFL 4.6% (3)
1966 AFL 4.1% (3)
1967 AFL 7.0% (8)
1969 AFL 6.4% (9)
Career 6.0% (177)

Passing TD %

1960 AFL 4.9% (5)
1961 AFL 4.1% (6)
1963 AFL 3.4% (8)
1964 AFL 4.8% (5)
1965 AFL 2.6% (8)
1966 AFL 2.8% (7)
1967 AFL 3.8% (9)
1969 AFL 3.8% (7)
Career 3.7% (147)

Sack %

1969 AFL 5.75% (5)

   

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
1960 - AFL: 1st team all-AFL
1960 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL
1960 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL
1961 - AFL: 2nd team all-AFL
1961 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-AFL
1961 - UPI: 2nd team all-AFL
1963 - UPI: 2nd team all-AFL
1965 - AFL: 1st team all-AFL
1965 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL
1965 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-AFL
1965 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-AFL
1965 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL
1966 - AFL: 2nd team all-AFL
1966 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-AFL
1966 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-AFL