William Keith Nelsen
Position: QB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: January 29, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA
College: USC (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 10th round (136th overall) of the 1963 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 54 (1253rd overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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1971 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1971-09-19 | 30-233 | CLE | HOU | W 31-0 | * | 17 | 31 | 54.8% | 254 | 1 | 1 | 79.2 | 8.19 | 7.39 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1971-09-26 | 30-240 | CLE | @ | BAL | W 14-13 | * | 13 | 26 | 50.0% | 161 | 0 | 2 | 37.5 | 6.19 | 2.73 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 1971-10-04 | 30-248 | CLE | OAK | L 20-34 | * | 15 | 25 | 60.0% | 195 | 1 | 2 | 64.6 | 7.80 | 5.00 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1971-10-10 | 30-254 | CLE | PIT | W 27-17 | * | 18 | 27 | 66.7% | 236 | 1 | 1 | 91.0 | 8.74 | 7.81 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 1971-10-17 | 30-261 | CLE | @ | CIN | W 27-24 | * | 18 | 34 | 52.9% | 213 | 1 | 2 | 57.6 | 6.26 | 4.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1971-10-24 | 30-268 | CLE | DEN | L 0-27 | * | 6 | 19 | 31.6% | 69 | 0 | 1 | 21.6 | 3.63 | 1.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1971-10-31 | 30-275 | CLE | ATL | L 14-31 | * | 9 | 19 | 47.4% | 108 | 1 | 4 | 43.2 | 5.68 | -2.74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 8 | 1971-11-07 | 30-282 | CLE | @ | PIT | L 9-26 | * | 10 | 19 | 52.6% | 114 | 0 | 2 | 31.4 | 6.00 | 1.26 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 1971-11-14 | 30-289 | CLE | @ | KAN | L 7-13 | 7 | 11 | 63.6% | 130 | 1 | 0 | 134.7 | 11.82 | 13.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 10 | 1971-11-21 | 30-296 | CLE | NWE | W 27-7 | * | 12 | 23 | 52.2% | 158 | 2 | 0 | 103.2 | 6.87 | 8.61 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | |
| 11 | 11 | 1971-11-28 | 30-303 | CLE | @ | HOU | W 37-24 | * | 11 | 22 | 50.0% | 162 | 1 | 2 | 51.7 | 7.36 | 4.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 12 | 1971-12-05 | 30-310 | CLE | CIN | W 31-27 | * | 14 | 28 | 50.0% | 224 | 2 | 2 | 71.1 | 8.00 | 6.21 | 3 | -6 | -2.00 | 0 | |
| 13 | 13 | 1971-12-12 | 30-317 | CLE | @ | NOR | W 21-17 | * | 9 | 18 | 50.0% | 130 | 0 | 2 | 34.3 | 7.22 | 2.22 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 1971-12-19 | 30-324 | CLE | @ | WAS | W 20-13 | * | 15 | 23 | 65.2% | 165 | 2 | 2 | 79.1 | 7.17 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 14 Games | 174 | 325 | 53.5% | 2319 | 13 | 23 | 60.3 | 7.14 | 4.75 | 13 | -18 | -1.38 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 1 | 15 | 1971-12-26 | 30-331 | CLE | BAL | L 3-20 | * | 9 | 21 | 42.9% | 104 | 0 | 3 | 18.8 | 4.95 | -1.48 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | |