Stanley Gifford Nielsen
Position: QB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: October 25, 1954 in Provo, UT
College: BYU (school history)
Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 3rd round (73rd overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 10 (6605th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 1 | 1978 | 16 | 1978-12-17 | 24-053 | HOU | SDG | L 24-45 | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 2 | 1979 | 2 | 1979-09-09 | 24-319 | HOU | @ | PIT | L 7-38 | 4 | 11 | 36.4% | 41 | 1 | 2 | 38.6 | 3.73 | -2.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1979 | 3 | 1979-09-16 | 24-326 | HOU | KAN | W 20-6 | * | 12 | 18 | 66.7% | 173 | 1 | 0 | 116.2 | 9.61 | 10.72 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1979 | 7 | 1979-10-14 | 24-354 | HOU | @ | BAL | W 28-16 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | -2 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | -1.00 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 1979 | 12 | 1979-11-18 | 25-024 | HOU | CIN | W 42-21 | 10 | 16 | 62.5% | 140 | 1 | 0 | 111.5 | 8.75 | 10.00 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 1979 | 15 | 1979-12-10 | 25-046 | HOU | PIT | W 20-17 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | 1979 | 16 | 1979-12-16 | 25-052 | HOU | PHI | L 20-26 | 5 | 13 | 38.5% | 52 | 0 | 1 | 18.8 | 4.00 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 8 | 1980 | 8 | 1980-10-26 | 26-001 | HOU | CIN | W 23-3 | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | 1980 | 9 | 1980-11-02 | 26-008 | HOU | @ | DEN | W 20-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | 1980 | 11 | 1980-11-16 | 26-022 | HOU | @ | CHI | W 10-6 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 8 | 1 | 0 | 139.6 | 8.00 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 11 | 1981 | 13 | 1981-11-29 | 27-035 | HOU | ATL | L 27-31 | 8 | 15 | 53.3% | 106 | 1 | 1 | 70.4 | 7.07 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | 1981 | 14 | 1981-12-03 | 27-039 | HOU | CLE | W 17-13 | 7 | 11 | 63.6% | 86 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 7.82 | 9.64 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 1981 | 15 | 1981-12-13 | 27-049 | HOU | @ | SFO | L 6-28 | * | 21 | 30 | 70.0% | 140 | 0 | 0 | 79.9 | 4.67 | 4.67 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 14 | 1981 | 16 | 1981-12-20 | 27-056 | HOU | PIT | W 21-20 | * | 24 | 37 | 64.9% | 377 | 3 | 2 | 103.1 | 10.19 | 9.38 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | |
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 15 | 1982 | 1 | 1982-09-12 | 27-322 | HOU | @ | CIN | L 6-27 | * | 11 | 17 | 64.7% | 119 | 1 | 0 | 104.8 | 7.00 | 8.18 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 |
| 16 | 1982 | 2 | 1982-09-19 | 27-329 | HOU | SEA | W 23-21 | * | 17 | 37 | 45.9% | 131 | 1 | 1 | 52.9 | 3.54 | 2.86 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | |
| 17 | 1982 | 3 | 1982-11-21 | 28-027 | HOU | PIT | L 10-24 | * | 17 | 39 | 43.6% | 209 | 1 | 3 | 37.2 | 5.36 | 2.41 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | |
| 18 | 1982 | 5 | 1982-12-05 | 28-041 | HOU | @ | NYG | L 14-17 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 39 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | 19.50 | 29.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 1982 | 8 | 1982-12-26 | 28-062 | HOU | CLE | L 14-20 | 18 | 33 | 54.5% | 266 | 1 | 3 | 53.3 | 8.06 | 4.58 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 1982 | 9 | 1983-01-02 | 28-069 | HOU | CIN | L 27-35 | * | 22 | 33 | 66.7% | 241 | 1 | 1 | 85.5 | 7.30 | 6.55 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | |
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 21 | 1983 | 4 | 1983-09-25 | 28-335 | HOU | @ | BUF | L 13-30 | * | 19 | 29 | 65.5% | 251 | 0 | 0 | 92.7 | 8.66 | 8.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 1983 | 5 | 1983-10-02 | 28-342 | HOU | @ | PIT | L 10-17 | * | 13 | 28 | 46.4% | 155 | 0 | 3 | 24.3 | 5.54 | 0.71 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 |
| 23 | 1983 | 6 | 1983-10-09 | 28-349 | HOU | DEN | L 14-26 | * | 15 | 32 | 46.9% | 189 | 1 | 0 | 76.2 | 5.91 | 6.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 1983 | 7 | 1983-10-16 | 28-356 | HOU | @ | MIN | L 14-34 | * | 17 | 31 | 54.8% | 197 | 1 | 2 | 58.1 | 6.35 | 4.10 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 |
| 25 | 1983 | 8 | 1983-10-23 | 28-363 | HOU | KAN | L 10-13 | * | 14 | 24 | 58.3% | 130 | 1 | 1 | 69.8 | 5.42 | 4.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 1983 | 9 | 1983-10-30 | 29-005 | HOU | @ | CLE | L 19-25 | * | 11 | 27 | 40.7% | 155 | 2 | 1 | 69.2 | 5.74 | 5.56 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 |
| 27 | 1983 | 10 | 1983-11-06 | 29-012 | HOU | CIN | L 14-55 | * | 1 | 4 | 25.0% | 48 | 0 | 1 | 37.5 | 12.00 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 Games | 273 | 498 | 54.8% | 3255 | 20 | 22 | 70.0 | 6.54 | 5.35 | 29 | 89 | 3.07 | 0 | |||||||||
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 1 | 1978 | 18 | 1978-12-31 | 24-067 | HOU | @ | NWE | W 31-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | |||||
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 2 | 1979 | 17 | 1979-12-23 | 25-059 | HOU | DEN | W 13-7 | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 9 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 2.25 | -9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 1979 | 18 | 1979-12-29 | 25-065 | HOU | @ | SDG | W 17-14 | * | 10 | 19 | 52.6% | 111 | 1 | 1 | 65.9 | 5.84 | 4.53 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 |
| 4 | 1979 | 19 | 1980-01-06 | 25-073 | HOU | @ | PIT | L 13-27 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 9 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 Games | 13 | 24 | 54.2% | 129 | 1 | 2 | 48.8 | 5.38 | 2.46 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | |||||||||