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Bobby Layne

Robert Lawrence Layne

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 201 lbs.
Born: December 19, 1926 in Santa Ana, TX
College: Texas

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1967

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

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1948 Draft

Passing

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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%
1948 22 CHI 11 0 16 52 30.8 232 3 5.8 2 3.8 35 4.5 3.3 14.5 21.1 49.5
1949 23 NYY QB 12 12 155 299 51.8 1796 9 3.0 18 6.0 69 6.0 3.6 11.6 149.7 55.3
1950 24 DET QB 12 12 152 336 45.2 2323 16 4.8 18 5.4 82 6.9 5.0 15.3 193.6 62.1
1951* 25 DET QB 12 12 152 332 45.8 2403 26 7.8 23 6.9 63 7.2 4.9 15.8 200.3 67.6
1952*+ 26 DET QB 12 11 139 287 48.4 1999 19 6.6 20 7.0 77 7.0 4.5 14.4 166.6 64.5
1953* 27 DET QB 12 11 125 273 45.8 2088 16 5.9 21 7.7 97 7.6 4.8 16.7 174.0 59.6
1954 28 DET QB 12 8 135 246 54.9 1818 14 5.7 12 4.9 55 7.4 5.8 13.5 151.5 77.3
1955 29 DET QB 12 10 143 270 53.0 1830 11 4.1 17 6.3 77 6.8 4.4 12.8 152.5 61.8
1956*+ 30 DET QB 12 12 129 244 52.9 1909 9 3.7 17 7.0 70 7.8 5.1 14.8 159.1 62.0
1957 31 DET qb 11 8 87 179 48.6 1169 6 3.4 12 6.7 65 6.5 3.8 13.4 106.3 53.0
1958* 32 2TM /QB 12 11 145 294 49.3 2510 14 4.8 12 4.1 78 8.5 7.2 17.3 209.2 77.6
DET 2 1 12 26 46.2 171 1 3.8 2 7.7 0 6.6 3.5 14.3 85.5 48.7
PIT QB 10 10 133 268 49.6 2339 13 4.9 10 3.7 78 8.7 7.5 17.6 233.9 80.4
1959* 33 PIT QB 12 12 142 297 47.8 1986 20 6.7 21 7.1 48 6.7 4.2 14.0 165.5 62.8
1960 34 PIT QB 12 11 103 209 49.3 1814 13 6.2 17 8.1 70 8.7 5.6 17.6 151.2 66.2
1961 35 PIT QB 8 7 75 149 50.3 1205 11 7.4 16 10.7 53 8.1 4.0 16.1 150.6 62.8
1962 36 PIT QB 13 11 116 233 49.8 1686 9 3.9 17 7.3 62 7.2 4.3 14.5 129.7 56.2
Career 175 148 1814 3700 49.0 26768 196 5.3 243 6.6 97 7.2 4.8 14.8 153.0 63.4
9 yrs DET 97 85 1074 2193 49.0 15710 118 5.4 142 6.5 97 7.2 4.8 14.6 162.0 63.7
5 yrs PIT 55 51 569 1156 49.2 9030 66 5.7 81 7.0 78 7.8 5.2 15.9 164.2 65.5
1 yr CHI 11 0 16 52 30.8 232 3 5.8 2 3.8 35 4.5 3.3 14.5 21.1 49.5
1 yr NYY 12 12 155 299 51.8 1796 9 3.0 18 6.0 69 6.0 3.6 11.6 149.7 55.3

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
1948 22 CHI 11 0 13 80 1 18 6.2 7.3 1.2 80 1 3
1949 23 NYY QB 12 12 54 196 3 27 3.6 16.3 4.5 196 3 10
1950 24 DET QB 12 12 56 250 4 30 4.5 20.8 4.7 250 4 13
1951* 25 DET QB 12 12 61 290 1 36 4.8 24.2 5.1 290 1 8
1952*+ 26 DET QB 12 11 94 411 1 29 4.4 34.3 7.8 411 1 5
1953* 27 DET QB 12 11 87 343 0 23 3.9 28.6 7.3 343 0 8
1954 28 DET QB 12 8 30 119 2 34 4.0 9.9 2.5 119 2 2
1955 29 DET QB 12 10 31 111 0 19 3.6 9.3 2.6 111 0 4
1956*+ 30 DET QB 12 12 46 169 5 20 3.7 14.1 3.8 169 5 3
1957 31 DET qb 11 8 24 99 0 21 4.1 9.0 2.2 99 0 3
1958* 32 2TM /QB 12 11 40 154 3 21 3.9 12.8 3.3 154 3 7
DET 2 1 3 1 0 4 0.3 0.5 1.5 1 0 2
PIT QB 10 10 37 153 3 21 4.1 15.3 3.7 153 3 5
1959* 33 PIT QB 12 12 33 181 2 21 5.5 15.1 2.8 181 2 2
1960 34 PIT QB 12 11 19 12 2 13 0.6 1.0 1.6 12 2 1
1961 35 PIT QB 8 7 8 11 0 9 1.4 1.4 1.0 11 0 4
1962 36 PIT QB 13 11 15 25 1 17 1.7 1.9 1.2 25 1 7
Career 175 148 611 2451 25 36 4.0 14.0 3.5 2451 25 80
9 yrs DET 97 85 432 1793 13 36 4.2 18.5 4.5 1793 13 48
5 yrs PIT 55 51 112 382 8 21 3.4 6.9 2.0 382 8 19
1 yr CHI 11 0 13 80 1 18 6.2 7.3 1.2 80 1 3
1 yr NYY 12 12 54 196 3 27 3.6 16.3 4.5 196 3 10

Kicking & Punting

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Kicking Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1948 22 CHI 11 0 1 0.0% 1 24 24 0 24.0
1950 24 DET QB 12 12 2 1 50.0%
1952*+ 26 DET QB 12 11 2 2 100.0%
1956*+ 30 DET QB 12 12 15 12 80.0% 33 33 100.0%
1957 31 DET qb 11 8 11 6 54.5% 25 25 100.0%
1958* 32 2TM /QB 12 11 3 1 33.3%
DET 2 1 3 1 33.3%
1959* 33 PIT QB 12 12 17 11 64.7% 32 32 100.0%
1960 34 PIT QB 12 11 6 5 83.3% 22 21 95.5%
1961 35 PIT QB 8 7 5 5 100.0%
Career 175 148 50 34 68.0% 124 120 96.8% 1 24 24 0 24.0
9 yrs DET 97 85 26 18 69.2% 65 62 95.4%
5 yrs PIT 55 51 23 16 69.6% 59 58 98.3%
1 yr CHI 11 0 1 0.0% 1 24 24 0 24.0

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
1948 22 CHI 11 0 3 1 0 0
1949 23 NYY QB 12 12 10 6 -6 0
1950 24 DET QB 12 12 13 5 0 0
1951* 25 DET QB 12 12 8 2 0 0
1952*+ 26 DET QB 12 11 5 1 0 0
1953* 27 DET QB 12 11 8 2 0 0
1954 28 DET QB 12 8 2 0 0 0
1955 29 DET QB 12 10 4 0 0 0
1956*+ 30 DET QB 12 12 3 0 0 0
1957 31 DET qb 11 8 3 2 0 0
1958* 32 2TM /QB 12 11 7 1 0 0
DET 2 1 2 1 0 0
PIT QB 10 10 5 0 0 0
1959* 33 PIT QB 12 12 2 2 0 0
1960 34 PIT QB 12 11 1 2 0 0
1961 35 PIT QB 8 7 4 1 0 0
1962 36 PIT QB 13 11 7 2 0 0
Career 175 148 80 27 -6 0
9 yrs DET 97 85 48 13 0 0
5 yrs PIT 55 51 19 7 0 0
1 yr CHI 11 0 3 1 0 0
1 yr NYY 12 12 10 6 -6 0

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
1948 22 CHI 11 0 1 6
1949 23 NYY QB 12 12 3 18
1950 24 DET QB 12 12 4 1 25
1951* 25 DET QB 12 12 1 6
1952*+ 26 DET QB 12 11 1 2 8
1954 28 DET QB 12 8 2 12
1956*+ 30 DET QB 12 12 5 33 12 99
1957 31 DET qb 11 8 25 6 43
1958* 32 2TM /QB 12 11 3 1 19
DET 2 1 1 1
PIT QB 10 10 3 18
1959* 33 PIT QB 12 12 2 32 11 77
1960 34 PIT QB 12 11 2 21 5 48
1961 35 PIT QB 8 7 5 5
1962 36 PIT QB 13 11 1 6
Career 175 148 25 120 34 372
9 yrs DET 97 85 13 62 18 194
5 yrs PIT 55 51 8 58 16 154
1 yr CHI 11 0 1 6
1 yr NYY 12 12 3 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1951
1952
1953
1956
1958
1959

1st-team All-Pro

1952
1956

Passes Completed

1949 NFL 155 (2)
1950 NFL 152 (3)
1951 NFL 152 (1)
1952 NFL 139 (3)
1953 NFL 125 (8)
1954 NFL 135 (6)
1955 NFL 143 (5)
1956 NFL 129 (2)
1957 NFL 87 (8)
1958 NFL 145 (3)
1959 NFL 142 (5)
1960 NFL 103 (8)
Career 1814 (70)

Pass Attempts

1949 NFL 299 (3)
1950 NFL 336 (1)
1951 NFL 332 (1)
1952 NFL 287 (3)
1953 NFL 273 (6)
1954 NFL 246 (7)
1955 NFL 270 (5)
1956 NFL 244 (3)
1957 NFL 179 (9)
1958 NFL 294 (3)
1959 NFL 297 (3)
1960 NFL 209 (7)
Career 3700 (49)

Passing Yds

1949 NFL 1796 (5)
1950 NFL 2323 (1)
1951 NFL 2403 (1)
1952 NFL 1999 (3)
1953 NFL 2088 (6)
1954 NFL 1818 (7)
1955 NFL 1830 (5)
1956 NFL 1909 (2)
1958 NFL 2510 (2)
1959 NFL 1986 (5)
1960 NFL 1814 (4)
Career 26768 (47)

Passing TD

1949 NFL 9 (8)
1950 NFL 16 (4)
1951 NFL 26 (1)
1952 NFL 19 (3)
1953 NFL 16 (4)
1954 NFL 14 (4)
1955 NFL 11 (5)
1956 NFL 9 (7)
1958 NFL 14 (4)
1959 NFL 20 (2)
1960 NFL 13 (5)
Career 196 (30)

Passer Rating

1949 NFL 55.3 (6)
1950 NFL 62.1 (5)
1951 NFL 67.6 (6)
1952 NFL 64.5 (7)
1953 NFL 59.6 (5)
1954 NFL 77.3 (3)
1955 NFL 61.8 (5)
1956 NFL 62.0 (7)
1957 NFL 53.0 (9)
1958 NFL 80.4 (2)
1959 NFL 62.8 (7)
1960 NFL 66.2 (6)
Career 63.4 (167)

Long Pass

1949 NFL 69 (6)
1950 NFL 82 (2)
1952 NFL 77 (6)
1953 NFL 97 (1-- 20)
1955 NFL 77 (5)
1956 NFL 70 (6)
1958 NFL 78 (7)
1960 NFL 70 (8)

Passes Intercepted

1949 NFL 18 (4)
1950 NFL 18 (9)
1951 NFL 23 (1-- 84)
1952 NFL 20 (2)
1953 NFL 21 (3)
1955 NFL 17 (6)
1956 NFL 17 (3)
1957 NFL 12 (6)
1958 NFL 12 (8)
1959 NFL 21 (1)
1960 NFL 17 (7)
1961 NFL 16 (6)
1962 NFL 17 (9)
Career 243 (11)

Passing Yds/Game

1949 NFL 149.7 (5)
1950 NFL 193.6 (1)
1951 NFL 200.3 (1)
1952 NFL 166.6 (3)
1953 NFL 174.0 (6)
1954 NFL 151.5 (7)
1955 NFL 152.5 (5)
1956 NFL 159.1 (3)
1958 NFL 233.9 (2)
1959 NFL 165.5 (6)
1960 NFL 151.2 (5)
1961 NFL 150.6 (9)
Career 153.0 (105)

Yds/Pass Att

1949 NFL 6.0 (6)
1950 NFL 6.9 (5)
1951 NFL 7.2 (6)
1952 NFL 7.0 (5)
1953 NFL 7.6 (5)
1954 NFL 7.4 (5)
1955 NFL 6.8 (6)
1956 NFL 7.8 (3)
1957 NFL 6.5 (9)
1958 NFL 8.7 (1-- 62)
1959 NFL 6.7 (7)
1960 NFL 8.7 (2-- 40)
Career 7.2 (45)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1949 NFL 11.6 (7)
1950 NFL 15.3 (3-- 95)
1951 NFL 15.8 (4-- 67)
1952 NFL 14.4 (6)
1953 NFL 16.7 (1-- 24)
1954 NFL 13.5 (8)
1955 NFL 12.8 (10)
1956 NFL 14.8 (4)
1957 NFL 13.4 (7)
1958 NFL 17.6 (1-- 16)
1959 NFL 14.0 (4)
1960 NFL 17.6 (1-- 10)
1962 NFL 14.5 (7)
Career 14.8 (11)

Pass Attempts/Game

1949 NFL 24.9 (3)
1950 NFL 28.0 (1)
1951 NFL 27.7 (1)
1952 NFL 23.9 (3)
1953 NFL 22.8 (7)
1954 NFL 20.5 (9)
1955 NFL 22.5 (5)
1956 NFL 20.3 (4)
1957 NFL 16.3 (8)
1958 NFL 26.8 (3)
1959 NFL 24.8 (3)
1960 NFL 17.4 (8)
Career 21.1 (126)

Passes Completed/Game

1949 NFL 12.9 (2)
1950 NFL 12.7 (3)
1951 NFL 12.7 (1)
1952 NFL 11.6 (3)
1953 NFL 10.4 (8)
1954 NFL 11.3 (8)
1955 NFL 11.9 (5)
1956 NFL 10.8 (3)
1957 NFL 7.9 (8)
1958 NFL 13.3 (4)
1959 NFL 11.8 (5)
1960 NFL 8.6 (9)
Career 10.4 (145)

Pass Completion %

1949 NFL 51.8% (5)
1950 NFL 45.2% (9)
1951 NFL 45.8% (8)
1952 NFL 48.4% (7)
1953 NFL 45.8% (7)
1954 NFL 54.9% (3)
1955 NFL 53.0% (1)
1956 NFL 52.9% (4)
1957 NFL 48.6% (6)
1958 NFL 49.6% (8)
1959 NFL 47.8% (8)
1960 NFL 49.3% (9)
1962 NFL 49.8% (10)
Career 49.0% (188)

Pass Intercept. %

1949 NFL 6.0% (3)
1950 NFL 5.4% (1)
1951 NFL 6.9% (8)
1952 NFL 7.0% (6)
1953 NFL 7.7% (8)
1954 NFL 4.9% (3)
1955 NFL 6.3% (5)
1956 NFL 7.0% (6)
1957 NFL 6.7% (7)
1958 NFL 3.7% (2)
1959 NFL 7.1% (8)
1960 NFL 8.1% (8)
Career 6.6% (188)

Passing TD %

1949 NFL 3.0% (6)
1950 NFL 4.8% (6)
1951 NFL 7.8% (1-- 41)
1952 NFL 6.6% (5)
1953 NFL 5.9% (4)
1954 NFL 5.7% (4)
1955 NFL 4.1% (9)
1956 NFL 3.7% (7)
1957 NFL 3.4% (9)
1958 NFL 4.9% (8)
1959 NFL 6.7% (3)
1960 NFL 6.2% (6)
Career 5.3% (31)

Rushing Yds

1952 NFL 411 (9)

Rushing TD

1956 NFL 5 (9)

Yds/Rushing Att

1952 NFL 4.4 (4)

Points Scored

1956 NFL 99 (1)
1959 NFL 77 (6)

Extra Pt Made

1956 NFL 33 (3)
1957 NFL 25 (7)
1959 NFL 32 (4)
1960 NFL 21 (10)
Career 120 (146)

Extra Pt Att

1956 NFL 33 (4)
1957 NFL 25 (8)
1959 NFL 32 (4)
Career 124 (144)

Extra Point %

Career 96.774% (86)

Field Goals Made

1956 NFL 12 (3)
1957 NFL 6 (10)
1959 NFL 11 (3)
Career 34 (168)

Field Goals Att

1956 NFL 15 (6)
1959 NFL 17 (6)
Career 50 (182)

Field Goal %

1956 NFL 80.000% (1)
1957 NFL 54.545% (8)
1959 NFL 64.706% (3)
Career 68.000% (86)

Fumbles

1949 NFL 10 (1)
1950 NFL 13 (1-- 64)
1951 NFL 8 (2)
1953 NFL 8 (4)
1958 NFL 7 (8)
1962 NFL 7 (8)
Career 80 (31)

Fumbles Recovered

1949 NFL 6 (2-- 43)
1950 NFL 5 (1)
Career 27 (29)

     

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
1952 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1952 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1953 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1954 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1954 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-NFL
1954 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1956 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1958 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1958 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1958 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1959 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL