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Bill Nelsen

William Keith Nelsen

Position: QB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: January 29, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA
College: USC

1-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 10th round (136th overall) of the 1963 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 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%
1963 22 PIT 2 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1964 23 PIT 5 1 0-1-0 16 42 38.1 276 2 4.8 3 7.1 44 6.6 3.8 17.3 55.2 47.3
1965 24 PIT QB 12 12 2-10-0 121 270 44.8 1917 8 3.0 17 6.3 87 7.1 4.6 15.8 159.8 52.7
1966 25 PIT qb 5 5 3-1-1 63 112 56.3 1122 7 6.3 1 0.9 68 10.0 10.2 17.8 224.4 107.8
1967 26 PIT qb 8 5 1-3-1 74 165 44.8 1125 10 6.1 9 5.5 58 6.8 5.0 15.2 140.6 65.3
1968 27 CLE QB 14 10 9-2-0 152 293 51.9 2366 19 6.5 10 3.4 87 8.1 7.2 15.6 169.0 86.4
1969* 28 CLE QB 14 14 10-3-1 190 352 54.0 2743 23 6.5 19 5.4 82 7.8 6.0 14.4 195.9 78.8 17 164 7.0 5.3 4.6
1970 29 CLE QB 12 12 6-6-0 159 313 50.8 2156 16 5.1 16 5.1 78 6.9 5.1 13.6 179.7 68.9 8 79 6.5 4.7 2.5
1971 30 CLE QB 14 13 9-4-0 174 325 53.5 2319 13 4.0 23 7.1 53 7.1 4.4 13.3 165.6 60.3 22 222 6.0 3.4 6.3
1972 31 CLE 4 1 0-1-0 14 31 45.2 141 0 0.0 3 9.7 26 4.5 0.2 10.1 35.3 19.1 3 29 3.3 -0.7 8.8
Career 90 73 40-31-3 963 1905 50.6 14165 98 5.1 101 5.3 87 7.4 5.6 14.7 157.4 70.2 50 494 7.0 5.2 2.6
5 yrs CLE 58 50 34-16-1 689 1314 52.4 9725 71 5.4 71 5.4 87 7.4 5.5 14.1 167.7 72.1 50 494 6.4 4.3 4.7
5 yrs PIT 32 23 6-15-2 274 591 46.4 4440 27 4.6 30 5.1 87 7.5 5.7 16.2 138.8 66.1

Postseason record as starting QB: 1968: 1-1, 1969: 1-1, 1971: 0-1.

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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
1963 22 PIT 2 0 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -3.0 0.5 -6 0 1
1964 23 PIT 5 1 3 17 0 13 5.7 3.4 0.6 17 0 0
1965 24 PIT QB 12 12 26 84 1 21 3.2 7.0 2.2 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5 0.1 -0.4 79 1 6
1966 25 PIT qb 5 5 6 18 0 9 3.0 3.6 1.2 18 0 1
1967 26 PIT qb 8 5 9 -19 0 11 -2.1 -2.4 1.1 -19 0 7
1968 27 CLE QB 14 10 13 30 1 18 2.3 2.1 0.9 30 1 2
1969* 28 CLE QB 14 14 5 -11 0 3 -2.2 -0.8 0.4 -11 0 8
1970 29 CLE QB 12 12 7 -4 0 2 -0.6 -0.3 0.6 -4 0 6
1971 30 CLE QB 14 13 13 -18 0 1 -1.4 -1.3 0.9 -18 0 10
1972 31 CLE 4 1 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.5 0.3 -2 0 0
Career 90 73 84 89 2 21 1.1 1.0 0.9 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 0.0 -0.1 84 2 41
5 yrs CLE 58 50 39 -5 1 18 -0.1 -0.1 0.7 -5 1 26
5 yrs PIT 32 23 45 94 1 21 2.1 2.9 1.4 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 0.0 -0.2 89 1 15

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1963 22 PIT 2 0 1 1 0 0
1965 24 PIT QB 12 12 6 0 0 0
1966 25 PIT qb 5 5 1 1 0 0
1967 26 PIT qb 8 5 7 3 0 0
1968 27 CLE QB 14 10 2 1 1 0
1969* 28 CLE QB 14 14 8 3 0 0
1970 29 CLE QB 12 12 6 3 0 0
1971 30 CLE QB 14 13 10 5 -9 0
Career 90 73 41 17 -8 0
5 yrs CLE 58 50 26 12 -8 0
5 yrs PIT 32 23 15 5 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1965 24 PIT QB 12 12 1 6
1968 27 CLE QB 14 10 1 6
Career 90 73 2 12
5 yrs CLE 58 50 1 6
5 yrs PIT 32 23 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1969

Passes Completed

1968 NFL 152 (9)
1969 NFL 190 (6)
1971 NFL 174 (6)
Career 963 (131)

Pass Attempts

1968 NFL 293 (10)
1969 NFL 352 (6)
1971 NFL 325 (7)
Career 1905 (128)

Passing Yds

1968 NFL 2366 (5)
1969 NFL 2743 (4)
1971 NFL 2319 (5)
Career 14165 (124)

Passing TD

1967 NFL 10 (10)
1968 NFL 19 (5)
1969 NFL 23 (2)
1970 NFL 16 (6)
1971 NFL 13 (10)
Career 98 (113)

Passer Rating

1968 NFL 86.4 (3)
1969 NFL 78.8 (5)
Career 70.2 (132)

Long Pass

1965 NFL 87 (2)
1968 NFL 87 (3)
1969 NFL 82 (6)
1970 NFL 78 (9)

Passes Intercepted

1965 NFL 17 (2)
1969 NFL 19 (3)
1970 NFL 16 (10)
1971 NFL 23 (4-- 84)
Career 101 (99)

Sacked Yds Lost

1971 NFL 222 (10)
Career 494 (174)

Passing Yds/Game

1967 NFL 140.6 (10)
1968 NFL 169.0 (7)
1969 NFL 195.9 (5)
1970 NFL 179.7 (5)
1971 NFL 165.6 (6)
Career 157.4 (97)

Yds/Pass Att

1968 NFL 8.1 (2)
1969 NFL 7.8 (2)
1970 NFL 6.9 (10)
1971 NFL 7.1 (9)
Career 7.4 (28)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1965 NFL 15.8 (2-- 67)
1968 NFL 15.6 (2-- 79)
1969 NFL 14.4 (4)
1970 NFL 13.6 (8)
Career 14.7 (13)

Pass Attempts/Game

1965 NFL 22.5 (9)
1969 NFL 25.1 (8)
1970 NFL 26.1 (7)
1971 NFL 23.2 (7)
Career 21.2 (125)

Fumbles

1967 NFL 7 (2)
1969 NFL 8 (1)
1970 NFL 6 (7)
1971 NFL 10 (2)
Career 41 (160)

Fumbles Recovered

1967 NFL 3 (6)
1969 NFL 3 (10)
1971 NFL 5 (2)
Career 17 (148)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 6.02 (4)
Career 5.56 (84)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 6.99 (2)
1970 NFL 6.47 (3)
Career 6.41 (20)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 5.30 (4)
1970 NFL 4.73 (7)
Career 4.33 (113)

Passes Completed/Game

1969 NFL 13.6 (8)
1970 NFL 13.3 (7)
1971 NFL 12.4 (7)
Career 10.7 (139)

Pass Completion %

1968 NFL 51.9% (10)
1969 NFL 54.0% (5)
Career 50.6% (171)

Pass Intercept. %

1968 NFL 3.4% (2)
1969 NFL 5.4% (9)
Career 5.3% (149)

Passing TD %

1968 NFL 6.5% (3)
1969 NFL 6.5% (3)
1970 NFL 5.1% (7)
Career 5.1% (38)

Sack %

1969 NFL 4.61% (5)
1970 NFL 2.49% (2-- 21)
1971 NFL 6.34% (8)
Career 4.67% (14)

 

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: 2nd team all-NFL
1968 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 29 12 QB 150 2 11 74
1971 30 14 QB 123 14
1972 31 4 QB -1 58
272 2