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Archie Manning

Elisha Archie Manning III

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 212 lbs.
Born: May 19, 1949 in Cleveland, MS
College: Mississippi

Career AV: 75 (460th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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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% AV
1971 22 NOR QB 8 12 10 3-5-2 86 177 48.6 1164 6 3.4 9 5.1 63 6.6 5.0 13.5 97.0 60.1 40 332 3.8 2.5 18.4 7
1972 23 NOR QB 8 14 14 2-11-1 230 448 51.3 2781 18 4.0 21 4.7 66 6.2 4.9 12.1 198.6 64.6 43 347 5.0 3.8 8.8 11
1973 24 NOR QB 8 13 13 5-8-0 140 267 52.4 1642 10 3.7 12 4.5 65 6.1 4.9 11.7 126.3 65.2 28 177 5.0 3.8 9.5 7
1974 25 NOR QB 8 11 11 3-8-0 134 261 51.3 1429 6 2.3 16 6.1 79 5.5 3.2 10.7 129.9 49.8 26 172 4.4 2.3 9.1 4
1975 26 NOR QB 8 13 13 2-11-0 159 338 47.0 1683 7 2.1 20 5.9 71 5.0 2.7 10.6 129.5 44.3 49 390 3.3 1.4 12.7 3
1977 28 NOR QB 8 10 9 1-8-0 113 205 55.1 1284 8 3.9 9 4.4 59 6.3 5.1 11.4 128.4 68.8 36 288 4.1 3.1 14.9 9
1978* 29 NOR QB 8 16 16 7-9-0 291 471 61.8 3416 17 3.6 16 3.4 71 7.3 6.4 11.7 213.5 81.7 37 301 6.1 5.4 7.3 14
1979* 30 NOR QB 8 16 16 8-8-0 252 420 60.0 3169 15 3.6 20 4.8 85 7.5 6.1 12.6 198.1 75.6 17 140 6.9 5.6 3.9 15
1980 31 NOR QB 8 16 16 1-15-0 309 509 60.7 3716 23 4.5 20 3.9 56 7.3 6.4 12.0 232.3 81.8 41 311 6.2 5.4 7.5 11
1981 32 NOR QB 8 12 11 3-8-0 134 232 57.8 1447 5 2.2 11 4.7 55 6.2 4.5 10.8 120.6 63.6 21 164 5.1 3.5 8.3 3
1982 33 2TM /QB 7 5 0-5-0 67 132 50.8 880 6 4.5 8 6.1 54 6.7 4.8 13.1 125.7 62.1 29 234 4.0 2.5 18.0 5
NOR 8 1 0 1 7 14.3 3 0 0.0 2 28.6 3 0.4 -12.4 3.0 3.0 0.0 2 18 -1.7 -11.7 22.2 0
HOU QB 8 6 5 0-5-0 66 125 52.8 877 6 4.8 6 4.8 54 7.0 5.8 13.3 146.2 71.3 27 216 4.3 3.4 17.8 5
1983 34 2TM 5 3 0-3-0 44 88 50.0 755 2 2.3 8 9.1 47 8.6 4.9 17.2 151.0 49.2 11 83 6.8 3.6 11.1 2
MIN 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
HOU 8 3 3 0-3-0 44 88 50.0 755 2 2.3 8 9.1 47 8.6 4.9 17.2 251.7 49.2 11 83 6.8 3.6 11.1 2
1984 35 MIN 4 6 2 0-2-0 52 94 55.3 545 2 2.1 3 3.2 56 5.8 4.8 10.5 90.8 66.1 18 153 3.5 2.7 16.1 2
Career 151 139 35-101-3 2011 3642 55.2 23911 125 3.4 173 4.8 85 6.6 5.1 11.9 158.4 67.1 396 3092 5.2 3.8 9.8 93
11 yrs NOR 134 129 35-91-3 1849 3335 55.4 21734 115 3.4 156 4.7 85 6.5 5.1 11.8 162.2 67.4 340 2640 5.2 3.9 9.3 84
2 yrs HOU 9 8 0-8-0 110 213 51.6 1632 8 3.8 14 6.6 54 7.7 5.5 14.8 181.3 62.2 38 299 5.3 3.4 15.1 7
2 yrs MIN 8 2 0-2-0 52 94 55.3 545 2 2.1 3 3.2 56 5.8 4.8 10.5 68.1 66.1 18 153 3.5 2.7 16.1 2

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1971 22 NOR QB 8 12 10 3-5-2 177 97 72 98 83 92 91 103 47 95
1972 23 NOR QB 8 14 14 2-11-1 448 92 91 98 97 99 98 107 96 100
1973 24 NOR QB 8 13 13 5-8-0 267 91 93 98 98 101 96 108 94 100
1974 25 NOR QB 8 11 11 3-8-0 261 81 84 81 83 96 84 91 96 84
1975 26 NOR QB 8 13 13 2-11-0 338 76 71 77 74 85 82 92 76 79
1977 28 NOR QB 8 10 9 1-8-0 205 94 80 100 91 108 99 110 64 105
1978* 29 NOR QB 8 16 16 7-9-0 471 112 112 118 118 129 95 120 104 122
1979* 30 NOR QB 8 16 16 8-8-0 420 115 124 108 115 118 92 101 123 108
1980 31 NOR QB 8 16 16 1-15-0 509 107 106 109 108 119 104 107 97 114
1981 32 NOR QB 8 12 11 3-8-0 232 84 82 81 80 107 75 95 92 86
1982 33 2TM /QB 7 5 0-5-0 132 92 61 86 68 83 104 77 40 85
HOU QB 8 6 5 0-5-0 125
1983 34 2TM 5 3 0-3-0 88 129 117 86 82 79 79 37 82 68
HOU 8 3 3 0-3-0 88
1984 35 MIN 4 6 2 0-2-0 94 73 53 84 71 97 77 113 53 89
Career 151 139 35-101-3 3642 97 93 98 96 106 93 102 89 100

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1971 22 NOR QB 8 12 10 33 172 4 17 5.2 14.3 2.8 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7 0.1 -0.6 165 4 7
1972 23 NOR QB 8 14 14 63 351 2 18 5.6 25.1 4.5 351 2 9
1973 24 NOR QB 8 13 13 63 293 2 23 4.7 22.5 4.8 293 2 9
1974 25 NOR QB 8 11 11 28 204 1 26 7.3 18.5 2.5 204 1 4
1975 26 NOR QB 8 13 13 33 186 1 16 5.6 14.3 2.5 186 1 7
1977 28 NOR QB 8 10 9 39 270 5 27 6.9 27.0 3.9 270 5 5
1978* 29 NOR QB 8 16 16 38 202 1 19 5.3 12.6 2.4 202 1 8
1979* 30 NOR QB 8 16 16 35 186 2 20 5.3 11.6 2.2 186 2 4
1980 31 NOR QB 8 16 16 23 166 0 24 7.2 10.4 1.4 166 0 6
1981 32 NOR QB 8 12 11 2 28 0 15 14.0 2.3 0.2 28 0 3
1982 33 2TM /QB 7 5 13 85 0 24 6.5 12.1 1.9 85 0 5
HOU QB 8 6 5 13 85 0 24 6.5 14.2 2.2 85 0 5
1983 34 2TM 5 3 3 12 0 11 4.0 2.4 0.6 12 0 2
HOU 8 3 3 2 13 0 11 6.5 4.3 0.7 13 0 2
MIN 4 2 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.5 0.5 -1 0 0
1984 35 MIN 4 6 2 11 42 0 16 3.8 7.0 1.8 42 0 4
Career 151 139 384 2197 18 27 5.7 14.5 2.5 1 -7 -7.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2190 18 73
11 yrs NOR 134 129 357 2058 18 27 5.8 15.4 2.7 1 -7 -7.0 0 0 0.0 -0.1 2051 18 62
2 yrs HOU 9 8 15 98 0 24 6.5 10.9 1.7 98 0 7
2 yrs MIN 8 2 12 41 0 16 3.4 5.1 1.5 41 0 4

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1971 22 NOR QB 8 12 10 7 3 -2 0
1972 23 NOR QB 8 14 14 9 4 0 0
1973 24 NOR QB 8 13 13 9 2 -15 0
1974 25 NOR QB 8 11 11 4 0 -9 0
1975 26 NOR QB 8 13 13 7 1 0 0
1977 28 NOR QB 8 10 9 5 1 0 0
1978* 29 NOR QB 8 16 16 8 4 -26 0
1979* 30 NOR QB 8 16 16 4 2 -4 0
1980 31 NOR QB 8 16 16 6 2 -3 0
1981 32 NOR QB 8 12 11 3 0 0 0
1982 33 2TM /QB 7 5 5 1 -4 0
HOU QB 8 6 5 5 1 -4 0
1983 34 2TM 5 3 2 2 0 0
HOU 8 3 3 2 2 0 0
1984 35 MIN 4 6 2 4 2 0 0
Career 151 139 73 24 -63 0
11 yrs NOR 134 129 62 19 -59 0
2 yrs HOU 9 8 7 3 -4 0
2 yrs MIN 8 2 4 2 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1971 22 NOR QB 8 12 10 4 4 24
1972 23 NOR QB 8 14 14 2 2 12
1973 24 NOR QB 8 13 13 2 2 12
1974 25 NOR QB 8 11 11 1 1 6
1975 26 NOR QB 8 13 13 1 1 6
1977 28 NOR QB 8 10 9 5 5 30
1978* 29 NOR QB 8 16 16 1 1 6
1979* 30 NOR QB 8 16 16 2 2 12
Career 151 139 18 18 108

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Neil O'Donnell, Doug Williams, Rodney Peete, Rick Mirer, Mark Rypien, Drew Bledsoe, Tony Banks, Charlie Batch, Bob Avellini, Pat Haden
4 Bob Avellini, Rick Mirer, Rodney Peete, Dan Fouts*, Jake Plummer, Joey Harrington, Neil O'Donnell, Jim McMahon, Pat Haden, Bill Kenney
5 Dan Fouts*, Bob Avellini, Jeff George, Adrian Burk, Jon Kitna, Dan Pastorini, Rick Mirer, Joey Harrington, Tim Couch, Rodney Peete
6 Bob Avellini, Mike Phipps, Rick Mirer, Tim Couch, Steve Beuerlein, Elvis Grbac, John Brodie, Jim Hart, Roman Gabriel, Steve Fuller
7 Jim Hart, Adrian Burk, Tony Banks, David Woodley, Pat Haden, Charley Johnson, Dan Pastorini, Mike Phipps, Joey Harrington, Chris Miller
8 Jon Kitna, Jim Hart, Elvis Grbac, Jim Harbaugh, Steve Bartkowski, Don Meredith, Gus Frerotte, Roman Gabriel, Brad Johnson, Trent Dilfer
9 Brad Johnson, Jeff Blake, Don Meredith, Roman Gabriel, Marc Bulger, Frank Ryan, Jim Hart, Jay Schroeder, Eddie LeBaron, Brian Sipe
10 Brad Johnson, Jim Hart, Roman Gabriel, Jim Zorn, Tobin Rote, Dave Krieg, Frank Ryan, Jake Plummer, Steve Bartkowski, Matt Hasselbeck
11 Eddie LeBaron, Tobin Rote, Brad Johnson, Jon Kitna, Jake Plummer, Brian Sipe, Ken O'Brien, Frank Ryan, Steve Bartkowski, Jeff Blake
12 Eddie LeBaron, Brad Johnson, Tobin Rote, Jake Plummer, Jon Kitna, Jim Plunkett, Steve Bartkowski, Jeff Blake, Jeff George, Ken O'Brien
13 Eddie LeBaron, Brad Johnson, Steve Bartkowski, Tobin Rote, Jake Plummer, Jon Kitna, Jeff Blake, Jeff George, Frank Ryan, Ken O'Brien
Career Eddie LeBaron, Brad Johnson, Tobin Rote, Steve Bartkowski, Jake Plummer, Jon Kitna, Jeff Blake, Jeff George, Lynn Dickey, Frank Ryan

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1978
1979

Passes Completed

1972 NFL 230 (1)
1978 NFL 291 (2)
1979 NFL 252 (10)
1980 NFL 309 (3)
Career 2011 (56)

Pass Attempts

1972 NFL 448 (1)
1973 NFL 267 (10)
1975 NFL 338 (10)
1978 NFL 471 (3)
1980 NFL 509 (5)
Career 3642 (57)

Passing Yds

1972 NFL 2781 (2)
1978 NFL 3416 (2)
1980 NFL 3716 (3)
Career 23911 (66)

Passing TD

1972 NFL 18 (3)
1978 NFL 17 (7)
1980 NFL 23 (8)
Career 125 (87)

Passer Rating

1977 NFL 68.8 (10)
1978 NFL 81.7 (5)
1979 NFL 75.6 (10)
1980 NFL 81.8 (8)
Career 67.1 (170)

Long Pass

1974 NFL 79 (6)
1978 NFL 71 (8)
1979 NFL 85 (1)

Passes Intercepted

1972 NFL 21 (3)
1973 NFL 12 (10)
1974 NFL 16 (5)
1975 NFL 20 (4)
1979 NFL 20 (10)
1980 NFL 20 (10)
Career 173 (40)

Sacked

1971 NFL 40 (1)
1972 NFL 43 (1)
1973 NFL 28 (8)
1974 NFL 26 (10)
1975 NFL 49 (1/43)
1977 NFL 36 (3)
1978 NFL 37 (5)
1980 NFL 41 (5)
1982 NFL 29 (4)
Career 396 (10)

Sacked Yds Lost

1971 NFL 332 (1/77)
1972 NFL 347 (2/57)
1975 NFL 390 (1/21)
1977 NFL 288 (6)
1978 NFL 301 (5)
1980 NFL 311 (7)
1982 NFL 234 (3)
Career 3092 (9)

Passing Yds/Game

1972 NFL 198.6 (2)
1978 NFL 213.5 (2)
1980 NFL 232.3 (4)
Career 158.4 (100)

Yds/Pass Att

1978 NFL 7.3 (8)
1979 NFL 7.5 (7)
Career 6.6 (158)

Yds/Pass Cmp

Career 11.9 (152)

Pass Attempts/Game

1972 NFL 32.0 (1)
1975 NFL 26.0 (6)
1978 NFL 29.4 (3)
1980 NFL 31.8 (5)
Career 24.1 (91)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1978 NFL 6.45 (5)
1980 NFL 6.44 (8)
Career 5.11 (165)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1978 NFL 6.13 (9)
1979 NFL 6.93 (3)
Career 5.16 (165)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1978 NFL 5.38 (5)
1979 NFL 5.56 (7)
1980 NFL 5.39 (9)
Career 3.85 (169)

Passes Completed/Game

1972 NFL 16.4 (1)
1978 NFL 18.2 (2)
1980 NFL 19.3 (4)
Career 13.3 (90)

Pass Completion %

1977 NFL 55.1% (8)
1978 NFL 61.8% (2)
1979 NFL 60.0% (3)
1980 NFL 60.7% (5)
1981 NFL 57.8% (8)
Career 55.2% (116)

Pass Intercept. %

1977 NFL 4.4% (9)
1978 NFL 3.4% (2)
1980 NFL 3.9% (9)
Career 4.8% (144)

Passing TD %

Career 3.4% (185)

Sack %

1979 NFL 3.89% (3)
Career 9.81% (169)

Fumbles

1972 NFL 9 (3)
1973 NFL 9 (6)
Career 73 (41)

Fumbles Recovered

1972 NFL 4 (5)
1978 NFL 4 (10)
Career 24 (43)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1978Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1971 22 12 QB 105 17
1972 23 14 QB 224 75 3 13
1973 24 13 QB 143 12 75
1974 25 11 QB 88 24
1975 26 13 QB 94 21
1977 28 10 QB 138 14
1978 29 16 QB 233 61 7 17
1979 30 16 QB 207 12 78
1980 31 16 QB 263 34 8 37
1981 32 12 QB 69 32
1982 33 7 QB 64 28
1983 34 5 QB 27 46
1984 35 6 QB 32 47
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