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Earl Morrall

Earl Edwin Morrall

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: May 17, 1934 in Muskegon, MI
College: Michigan State

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

Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1956 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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%
1956 22 SFO P 12 4 38 78 48.7 621 1 1.3 6 7.7 37 8.0 4.6 16.3 51.8 48.1
1957* 23 PIT QB 12 11 6-5-0 139 289 48.1 1900 11 3.8 12 4.2 64 6.6 5.1 13.7 158.3 64.9
1958 24 2TM 11 2 0-2-0 25 78 32.1 463 5 6.4 9 11.5 66 5.9 1.4 18.5 42.1 35.3
DET 9 0 9 32 28.1 188 4 12.5 2 6.3 66 5.9 4.3 20.9 20.9 65.1
PIT 2 2 0-2-0 16 46 34.8 275 1 2.2 7 15.2 66 6.0 -0.7 17.2 137.5 23.6
1959 25 DET QB 12 5 65 137 47.4 1102 5 3.6 6 4.4 79 8.0 6.4 17.0 91.8 69.1
1960 26 DET 12 2 2-0-0 32 49 65.3 423 4 8.2 3 6.1 65 8.6 6.7 13.2 35.3 94.2
1961 27 DET qb 13 5 4-2-0 69 150 46.0 909 7 4.7 9 6.0 61 6.1 3.8 13.2 69.9 56.2
1962 28 DET 14 0 32 52 61.5 449 4 7.7 4 7.7 53 8.6 5.9 14.0 32.1 82.9
1963 29 DET QB 14 11 4-6-1 174 328 53.0 2621 24 7.3 14 4.3 75 8.0 6.8 15.1 187.2 86.2
1964 30 DET 6 3 3-0-0 50 91 54.9 588 4 4.4 3 3.3 48 6.5 5.4 11.8 98.0 75.7
1965 31 NYG QB 14 14 7-7-0 155 302 51.3 2446 22 7.3 12 4.0 89 8.1 7.0 15.8 174.7 86.3
1966 32 NYG QB 7 7 1-5-1 71 151 47.0 1105 7 4.6 12 7.9 98 7.3 4.2 15.6 157.9 54.1
1967 33 NYG 8 0 13 24 54.2 181 3 12.5 1 4.2 27 7.5 6.9 13.9 22.6 100.9
1968*+ 34 BAL QB 14 14 13-1-0 182 317 57.4 2909 26 8.2 17 5.4 84 9.2 7.6 16.0 207.8 93.2
1969 35 BAL 9 2 1-0-1 46 99 46.5 755 5 5.1 7 7.1 42 7.6 4.9 16.4 83.9 60.0 7 63 6.5 4.0 6.6
1970 36 BAL 14 1 1-0-0 51 93 54.8 792 9 9.7 4 4.3 44 8.5 7.5 15.5 56.6 97.6 14 131 6.2 5.3 13.1
1971 37 BAL QB 14 9 7-2-0 84 167 50.3 1210 7 4.2 12 7.2 64 7.2 4.4 14.4 86.4 58.2 11 89 6.3 3.7 6.2
1972+ 38 MIA QB 14 9 9-0-0 83 150 55.3 1360 11 7.3 7 4.7 49 9.1 7.7 16.4 97.1 91.0 14 114 7.6 6.3 8.5
1973 39 MIA 14 1 0-1-0 17 38 44.7 253 0 0.0 4 10.5 53 6.7 1.9 14.9 18.1 27.5 2 18 5.9 1.4 5.0
1974 40 MIA 14 1 1-0-0 17 27 63.0 301 2 7.4 3 11.1 46 11.1 6.9 17.7 21.5 86.1 3 16 9.5 5.7 10.0
1975 41 MIA 13 1 1-0-0 26 43 60.5 273 3 7.0 2 4.7 31 6.3 5.0 10.5 21.0 82.8 4 27 5.2 4.0 8.5
1976 42 MIA 14 0 10 26 38.5 148 1 3.8 1 3.8 67 5.7 4.3 14.8 10.6 54.6 3 29 4.1 2.9 10.3
Career 255 102 60-31-3 1379 2689 51.3 20809 161 6.0 148 5.5 98 7.7 5.9 15.1 81.6 74.1 58 487 7.4 5.6 2.1
7 yrs DET 80 26 13-8-1 431 839 51.4 6280 52 6.2 41 4.9 79 7.5 5.9 14.6 78.5 76.4
5 yrs MIA 69 12 11-1-0 153 284 53.9 2335 17 6.0 17 6.0 67 8.2 6.1 15.3 33.8 76.2 26 204 6.9 5.0 8.4
4 yrs IND 51 26 22-3-1 363 676 53.7 5666 47 7.0 40 5.9 84 8.4 6.4 15.6 111.1 80.3 32 283 6.3 4.2 8.2
3 yrs NYG 29 21 8-12-1 239 477 50.1 3732 32 6.7 25 5.2 98 7.8 6.1 15.6 128.7 77.0
2 yrs PIT 14 13 6-7-0 155 335 46.3 2175 12 3.6 19 5.7 66 6.5 4.3 14.0 155.4 56.0
1 yr SFO 12 4 38 78 48.7 621 1 1.3 6 7.7 37 8.0 4.6 16.3 51.8 48.1

Postseason record as starting QB: 1968: 2-1, 1972: 2-0.

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
1956 22 SFO P 12 4 6 10 0 8 1.7 0.8 0.5 10 0 1
1957* 23 PIT QB 12 11 41 81 2 35 2.0 6.8 3.4 81 2 12
1958 24 2TM 11 2 11 80 0 40 7.3 7.3 1.0 80 0 1
PIT 2 2 4 39 0 22 9.8 19.5 2.0 39 0 1
DET 9 0 7 41 0 40 5.9 4.6 0.8 41 0 0
1959 25 DET QB 12 5 26 112 0 22 4.3 9.3 2.2 112 0 7
1960 26 DET 12 2 10 37 1 17 3.7 3.1 0.8 37 1 3
1961 27 DET qb 13 5 20 86 0 25 4.3 6.6 1.5 86 0 6
1962 28 DET 14 0 17 65 1 29 3.8 4.6 1.2 65 1 1
1963 29 DET QB 14 11 26 105 1 18 4.0 7.5 1.9 105 1 5
1964 30 DET 6 3 10 70 0 25 7.0 11.7 1.7 70 0 3
1965 31 NYG QB 14 14 17 52 0 14 3.1 3.7 1.2 52 0 5
1966 32 NYG QB 7 7 5 12 0 9 2.4 1.7 0.7 12 0 3
1967 33 NYG 8 0 4 11 1 10 2.8 1.4 0.5 11 1 0
1968*+ 34 BAL QB 14 14 11 18 1 11 1.6 1.3 0.8 18 1 7
1970 36 BAL 14 1 2 6 0 5 3.0 0.4 0.1 6 0 2
1971 37 BAL QB 14 9 6 13 0 16 2.2 0.9 0.4 13 0 3
1972+ 38 MIA QB 14 9 17 67 1 31 3.9 4.8 1.2 67 1 3
1973 39 MIA 14 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.6 0.1 9 0 0
1974 40 MIA 14 1 1 11 0 11 11.0 0.8 0.1 11 0 0
1975 41 MIA 13 1 4 33 0 16 8.3 2.5 0.3 33 0 1
Career 255 102 235 878 8 40 3.7 3.4 0.9 878 8 63
7 yrs DET 80 26 116 516 3 40 4.4 6.5 1.5 516 3 25
5 yrs MIA 69 12 23 120 1 31 5.2 1.7 0.3 120 1 4
4 yrs IND 51 26 19 37 1 16 1.9 0.7 0.4 37 1 12
3 yrs NYG 29 21 26 75 1 14 2.9 2.6 0.9 75 1 8
2 yrs PIT 14 13 45 120 2 35 2.7 8.6 3.2 120 2 13
1 yr SFO 12 4 6 10 0 8 1.7 0.8 0.5 10 0 1

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
1956 22 SFO P 12 4 45 1705 57 0 37.9
1958 24 2TM 11 2 1 25 25 0 25.0
DET 9 0 1 25 25 0 25.0
1959 25 DET QB 12 5 11 481 66 0 43.7
1961 27 DET qb 13 5 3 113 43 0 37.7
1962 28 DET 14 0 1 48 48 0 48.0
1963 29 DET QB 14 11 29 1143 55 0 39.4
1964 30 DET 6 3 1 8 8 0 8.0
1967 33 NYG 8 0 15 472 43 1 31.5
Career 255 102 106 3995 66 1 37.7
7 yrs DET 80 26 46 1818 66 0 39.5
3 yrs NYG 29 21 15 472 43 1 31.5
1 yr SFO 12 4 45 1705 57 0 37.9

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
1956 22 SFO P 12 4 1 0 0 0
1957* 23 PIT QB 12 11 12 6 -2 0
1958 24 2TM 11 2 1 0 0 0
PIT 2 2 1 0 0 0
1959 25 DET QB 12 5 7 1 0 0
1960 26 DET 12 2 3 0 0 0
1961 27 DET qb 13 5 6 3 0 0
1962 28 DET 14 0 1 0 0 0
1963 29 DET QB 14 11 5 0 0 0
1964 30 DET 6 3 3 0 0 0
1965 31 NYG QB 14 14 5 2 0 0
1966 32 NYG QB 7 7 3 0 0 0
1968*+ 34 BAL QB 14 14 7 2 0 0
1970 36 BAL 14 1 2 0 0 0
1971 37 BAL QB 14 9 3 1 0 0
1972+ 38 MIA QB 14 9 3 1 -9 0
1975 41 MIA 13 1 1 0 -2 0
Career 255 102 63 16 -13 0
7 yrs DET 80 26 25 4 0 0
5 yrs MIA 69 12 4 1 -11 0
4 yrs IND 51 26 12 3 0 0
3 yrs NYG 29 21 8 2 0 0
2 yrs PIT 14 13 13 6 -2 0
1 yr SFO 12 4 1 0 0 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
1957* 23 PIT QB 12 11 2 12
1960 26 DET 12 2 1 6
1962 28 DET 14 0 1 6
1963 29 DET QB 14 11 1 6
1967 33 NYG 8 0 1 6
1968*+ 34 BAL QB 14 14 1 6
1972+ 38 MIA QB 14 9 1 6
Career 255 102 8 48
7 yrs DET 80 26 3 18
5 yrs MIA 69 12 1 6
4 yrs IND 51 26 1 6
3 yrs NYG 29 21 1 6
2 yrs PIT 14 13 2 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1968 NFL AP MVP
1968 NFL UPI MVP
1968 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1972 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1957
1968

1st-team All-Pro

1968
1972

Passes Completed

1957 NFL 139 (3)
1963 NFL 174 (6)
1965 NFL 155 (6)
1968 NFL 182 (3)
Career 1379 (101)

Pass Attempts

1957 NFL 289 (2)
1963 NFL 328 (7)
1965 NFL 302 (8)
1968 NFL 317 (5)
Career 2689 (92)

Passing Yds

1957 NFL 1900 (4)
1959 NFL 1102 (9)
1963 NFL 2621 (6)
1965 NFL 2446 (5)
1968 NFL 2909 (2)
Career 20809 (82)

Passing TD

1957 NFL 11 (4)
1963 NFL 24 (4)
1965 NFL 22 (3)
1968 NFL 26 (1)
Career 161 (58)

Passer Rating

1957 NFL 64.9 (6)
1963 NFL 86.2 (4)
1965 NFL 86.3 (5)
1968 NFL 93.2 (1)
Career 74.1 (102)

Long Pass

1959 NFL 79 (4)
1963 NFL 75 (8)
1965 NFL 89 (1-- 93)
1966 NFL 98 (2-- 12)
1968 NFL 84 (5)

Passes Intercepted

1957 NFL 12 (6)
1963 NFL 14 (7)
1968 NFL 17 (4)
Career 148 (53)

Sacked

Career 58 (195)

Sacked Yds Lost

Career 487 (176)

Passing Yds/Game

1957 NFL 158.3 (4)
1959 NFL 91.8 (10)
1963 NFL 187.2 (6)
1965 NFL 174.7 (9)
1966 NFL 157.9 (10)
1968 NFL 207.8 (2)

Yds/Pass Att

1957 NFL 6.6 (8)
1963 NFL 8.0 (5)
1965 NFL 8.1 (4)
1968 NFL 9.2 (1-- 12)
Career 7.7 (12)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1957 NFL 13.7 (6)
1963 NFL 15.1 (3)
1965 NFL 15.8 (2-- 67)
1968 NFL 16.0 (1-- 56)
Career 15.1 (8)

Pass Attempts/Game

1957 NFL 24.1 (2)
1963 NFL 23.4 (7)

Games

Career 255 (26)

Playoff Games

Career 15 (189)

Punts

1956 NFL 45 (6)

Punting Yds

1956 NFL 1705 (6)

Long Punt

1956 NFL 57 (8)
1959 NFL 66 (4)

Punts Blocked

1967 NFL 1 (4)
Career 1 (200)

Fumbles

1957 NFL 12 (1)
1959 NFL 7 (4)
1968 NFL 7 (3)
Career 63 (69)

Fumbles Recovered

1957 NFL 6 (1-- 43)
Career 16 (191)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

Career 5.86 (60)

Passes Completed/Game

1957 NFL 11.6 (3)
1963 NFL 12.4 (6)
1965 NFL 11.1 (10)
1968 NFL 13.0 (8)

Pass Completion %

1957 NFL 48.1% (7)
1963 NFL 53.0% (7)
1965 NFL 51.3% (9)
1968 NFL 57.4% (2)
Career 51.3% (164)

Pass Intercept. %

1957 NFL 4.2% (1)
1963 NFL 4.3% (6)
1965 NFL 4.0% (4)
1968 NFL 5.4% (8)
Career 5.5% (166)

Passing TD %

1957 NFL 3.8% (7)
1963 NFL 7.3% (3-- 72)
1965 NFL 7.3% (4-- 72)
1968 NFL 8.2% (1-- 28)
Career 6.0% (13)

     

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
1968 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1968 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1968 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 36 14 QB 78 25
1971 37 14 QB 68 27
1972 38 14 QB 119 21
1973 39 14 QB 3 55
1974 40 14 QB 19 45
1975 41 13 QB 28 39
1976 42 14 QB 10 55
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