Don Meredith

Joseph Don Meredith

Position: QB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: April 10, 1938 in Mount Vernon, TX
College: SMU

Career AV: 64 (758th overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 3rd round (32nd overall) of the 1960 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	AV
1960	22	DAL		17	6	1	0-1-0	29	68	42.6	281	2	2.9	5	7.4	23	4.1	1.4	9.7	46.8	34.0	1
1961	23	DAL	qb	17	8	4	2-1-1	94	182	51.6	1161	9	4.9	11	6.0	56	6.4	4.6	12.4	145.1	63.0	3
1962	24	DAL	qb	17	13	9	3-5-1	105	212	49.5	1679	15	7.1	8	3.8	69	7.9	7.6	16.0	129.2	84.2	5
1963	25	DAL	QB	17	14	13	4-9-0	167	310	53.9	2381	17	5.5	18	5.8	55	7.7	6.2	14.3	170.1	73.1	8
1964	26	DAL	QB	17	12	10	5-4-1	158	323	48.9	2143	9	2.8	16	5.0	49	6.6	5.0	13.6	178.6	59.1	6
1965	27	DAL	QB	17	14	11	7-4-0	141	305	46.2	2415	22	7.2	13	4.3	65	7.9	7.4	17.1	172.5	79.9	8
1966*	28	DAL	QB	17	13	13	9-3-1	177	344	51.5	2805	24	7.0	12	3.5	95	8.2	8.0	15.8	215.8	87.7	15
1967*	29	DAL	QB	17	11	11	7-4-0	128	255	50.2	1834	16	6.3	16	6.3	60	7.2	5.6	14.3	166.7	68.7	12
1968*	30	DAL	QB	17	13	13	11-2-0	171	309	55.3	2500	21	6.8	12	3.9	65	8.1	7.7	14.6	192.3	88.4	15
Career					104	85	48-33-4	1170	2308	50.7	17199	135	5.8	111	4.8	95	7.5	6.5	14.7	165.4	74.8	73

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1966 (0-1), 1967 (1-1), 1968 (0-1)

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+
1960	22	DAL		17	6	1	0-1-0	68	53		67		72	82	93		71
1961	23	DAL	qb	17	8	4	2-1-1	182	81		89		98	96	102		94
1962	24	DAL	qb	17	13	9	3-5-1	212	106		120		89	114	125		116
1963	25	DAL	QB	17	14	13	4-9-0	310	104		100		106	101	96		101
1964	26	DAL	QB	17	12	10	5-4-1	323	87		88		91	78	102		86
1965	27	DAL	QB	17	14	11	7-4-0	305	112		114		82	119	107		109
1966*	28	DAL	QB	17	13	13	9-3-1	344	117		121		100	117	118		118
1967*	29	DAL	QB	17	11	11	7-4-0	255	104		101		95	113	92		101
1968*	30	DAL	QB	17	13	13	11-2-0	309	121	-71	124	-3	114	118	114	148	123
Career					104	85	48-33-4	2308	104	0	107	0	96	106	107	0	105

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
1960	22	DAL		17	6	1	3	4	0	8	1.3	0.7	0.5								4	0	2
1961	23	DAL	qb	17	8	4	22	176	1	28	8.0	22.0	2.8								176	1	9
1962	24	DAL	qb	17	13	9	21	74	0	14	3.5	5.7	1.6								74	0	10
1963	25	DAL	QB	17	14	13	41	185	3	26	4.5	13.2	2.9								185	3	7
1964	26	DAL	QB	17	12	10	32	81	4	17	2.5	6.8	2.7								81	4	16
1965	27	DAL	QB	17	14	11	35	247	1	22	7.1	17.6	2.5								247	1	11
1966*	28	DAL	QB	17	13	13	38	242	5	22	6.4	18.6	2.9								242	5	8
1967*	29	DAL	QB	17	11	11	28	84	0	16	3.0	7.6	2.5								84	0	6
1968*	30	DAL	QB	17	13	13	22	123	1	16	5.6	9.5	1.7								123	1	2
Career					104	85	242	1216	15	28	5.0	11.7	2.3								1216	15	71

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
1960	22	DAL		17	6	1								2	0	0	0
1961	23	DAL	qb	17	8	4								9	5	0	0
1962	24	DAL	qb	17	13	9								10	2	0	0
1963	25	DAL	QB	17	14	13								7	2	0	0
1964	26	DAL	QB	17	12	10								16	3	0	0
1965	27	DAL	QB	17	14	11								11	6	0	0
1966*	28	DAL	QB	17	13	13								8	4	-3	0
1967*	29	DAL	QB	17	11	11								6	3	-20	0
1968*	30	DAL	QB	17	13	13								2	0	0	0
Career					104	85								71	25	-23	0

Scoring Summary

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1961	23	DAL	qb	17	8	4	1	1	6
1963	25	DAL	QB	17	14	13	3	3	18
1964	26	DAL	QB	17	12	10	4	4	24
1965	27	DAL	QB	17	14	11	1	1	6
1966*	28	DAL	QB	17	13	13	5	5	30
1968*	30	DAL	QB	17	13	13	1	1	6
Career					104	85	15	15	90

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Danny Kanell, David Klingler, Jack Trudeau, Roman Gabriel, Jerry Tagge, Jim Harbaugh, Charlie Frye, Sam Etcheverry, Matt Cavanaugh, Joe Theismann
4	Scott Hunter, Elvis Grbac, Earl Morrall, Josh McCown, John Brodie, Jack Trudeau, Roman Gabriel, Adrian Burk, Dennis Shaw, Randy Wright
5	Bill Munson, Roman Gabriel, Elvis Grbac, Mike Tomczak, Joe Theismann, Steve Bartkowski, Jack Trudeau, David Whitehurst, Dennis Shaw, Earl Morrall
6	Bill Munson, Tim Couch, John Brodie, Mike Phipps, Mike Pagel, Frank Ryan, Elvis Grbac, Lamar McHan, Marc Wilson, Charlie Batch
7	Gus Frerotte, Charley Johnson, Frank Ryan, Elvis Grbac, Joe Theismann, Roman Gabriel, Jim Hart, Bill Kenney, Jeff George, Trent Dilfer
8	Jon Kitna, Elvis Grbac, Archie Manning, Ed Brown, Joe Theismann, Milt Plum, Frank Ryan, Trent Dilfer, Steve Bartkowski, Marc Bulger
9	Archie Manning, Jay Schroeder, Joe Theismann, Roman Gabriel, Frank Ryan, Brian Sipe, Jeff Blake, Bart Starr*, Marc Bulger, Phil Simms
Career	Marc Bulger, Doug Williams, Frank Ryan, Jeff Blake, Matt Hasselbeck, Jay Schroeder, Kordell Stewart, Richard Todd, Danny White, Lynn Dickey

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards 1966 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)	Pro Bowls 1966 1967 1968	Passes Completed 1963 NFL 167 (9) 1964 NFL 158 (8) 1966 NFL 177 (7) 1968 NFL 171 (6) Career 1170 (123)	Pass Attempts 1963 NFL 310 (8) 1964 NFL 323 (6) 1965 NFL 305 (7) 1966 NFL 344 (7) 1968 NFL 309 (8) Career 2308 (116)
Passing Yds 1963 NFL 2381 (7) 1964 NFL 2143 (9) 1965 NFL 2415 (7) 1966 NFL 2805 (4) 1967 NFL 1834 (9) 1968 NFL 2500 (4) Career 17199 (105)	Passing TD 1962 NFL 15 (10) 1963 NFL 17 (7) 1965 NFL 22 (3) 1966 NFL 24 (3) 1967 NFL 16 (8) 1968 NFL 21 (3) Career 135 (80)	Passer Rating 1962 NFL 84.2 (3) 1963 NFL 73.1 (9) 1965 NFL 79.9 (7) 1966 NFL 87.7 (3) 1967 NFL 68.7 (7) 1968 NFL 88.4 (2) Career 74.8 (98)	Long Pass 1966 NFL 95 (3/34)
Passes Intercepted 1963 NFL 18 (4) 1964 NFL 16 (5) 1965 NFL 13 (7) 1967 NFL 16 (8) 1968 NFL 12 (10) Career 111 (83)	Passing Yds/Game 1963 NFL 170.1 (7) 1964 NFL 178.6 (6) 1965 NFL 172.5 (10) 1966 NFL 215.8 (2) 1967 NFL 166.7 (7) 1968 NFL 192.3 (4) Career 165.4 (83)	Yds/Pass Att 1962 NFL 7.9 (5) 1963 NFL 7.7 (9) 1965 NFL 7.9 (7) 1966 NFL 8.2 (2) 1967 NFL 7.2 (8) 1968 NFL 8.1 (2) Career 7.5 (21)	Yds/Pass Cmp 1962 NFL 16.0 (4/56) 1963 NFL 14.3 (8) 1964 NFL 13.6 (10) 1965 NFL 17.1 (1/18) 1966 NFL 15.8 (1/67) 1967 NFL 14.3 (5) 1968 NFL 14.6 (4) Career 14.7 (13)
Pass Attempts/Game 1961 NFL 22.8 (4) 1963 NFL 22.1 (9) 1964 NFL 26.9 (5) 1966 NFL 26.5 (6) 1967 NFL 23.2 (8) 1968 NFL 23.8 (9) Career 22.2 (115)	Fumbles 1961 NFL 9 (4) 1962 NFL 10 (2) 1963 NFL 7 (8) 1964 NFL 16 (1/14) 1965 NFL 11 (2) 1966 NFL 8 (3) 1967 NFL 6 (6) Career 71 (46)	Fumbles Recovered 1961 NFL 5 (2) 1965 NFL 6 (3/44) 1966 NFL 4 (3) 1967 NFL 3 (6) Career 25 (38)	Passes Completed/Game 1961 NFL 11.8 (7) 1963 NFL 11.9 (9) 1964 NFL 13.2 (5) 1966 NFL 13.6 (8) 1967 NFL 11.6 (8) 1968 NFL 13.2 (6) Career 11.3 (134)
Pass Completion % 1963 NFL 53.9% (5) 1966 NFL 51.5% (8) 1967 NFL 50.2% (9) 1968 NFL 55.3% (4) Career 50.7% (179)	Pass Intercept. % 1962 NFL 3.8% (2) 1964 NFL 5.0% (8) 1965 NFL 4.3% (6) 1966 NFL 3.5% (2) 1967 NFL 6.3% (10) 1968 NFL 3.9% (5) Career 4.8% (139)	Passing TD % 1962 NFL 7.1% (2/83) 1963 NFL 5.5% (7) 1965 NFL 7.2% (5/75) 1966 NFL 7.0% (2/98) 1967 NFL 6.3% (5) 1968 NFL 6.8% (2) Career 5.8% (19)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1966 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1968 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL

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1966	Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
	NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
	UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1968	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL