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Jim Ninowski

James Ninowski Jr.

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 206 lbs.
Born: March 26, 1936 in Detroit, MI
College: Michigan State

Career AV: 27 (3389th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 4th round (49th overall) of the 1958 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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 Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% AV
1958 22 CLE 15 4 0 0-1-0 8 17 47.1 139 1 5.9 3 17.6 34 8.2 1.4 17.4 34.8 55.4 2
1959 23 CLE 15 2 0 3 10 30.0 41 0 0.0 1 10.0 20 4.1 -0.4 13.7 20.5 4.6 2
1960 24 DET QB 15 11 10 5-5-0 134 283 47.3 1599 2 0.7 18 6.4 55 5.7 2.9 11.9 145.4 40.9 7
1961 25 DET QB 15 13 7 4-3-1 117 247 47.4 1921 7 2.8 18 7.3 84 7.8 5.1 16.4 147.8 53.0 7
1962 26 CLE qb 15 7 7 4-3-0 87 173 50.3 1178 7 4.0 8 4.6 53 6.8 5.5 13.5 168.3 66.6 4
1963 27 CLE 15 4 1 0-1-0 29 61 47.5 423 2 3.3 6 9.8 70 6.9 3.2 14.6 105.8 41.9 2
1964 28 CLE 11 3 0 6 9 66.7 125 2 22.2 0 0.0 41 13.9 18.3 20.8 41.7 149.3 2
1965 29 CLE 11 6 2 1-1-0 40 83 48.2 549 4 4.8 3 3.6 32 6.6 6.0 13.7 91.5 70.8 1
1966 30 CLE 11 14 0 11 18 61.1 175 4 22.2 1 5.6 44 9.7 11.7 15.9 12.5 110.0 2
1967 31 WAS 11 14 0 12 18 66.7 123 0 0.0 1 5.6 31 6.8 4.3 10.3 8.8 63.0 1
1968 32 WAS 11 7 2 1-1-0 49 95 51.6 633 4 4.2 6 6.3 56 6.7 4.7 12.9 90.4 60.5 1
1969 33 NOR 11 4 0 17 34 50.0 227 1 2.9 2 5.9 70 6.7 4.6 13.4 56.8 56.9 1 11 6.2 4.2 2.9 1
Career 89 29 15-15-1 513 1048 49.0 7133 34 3.2 67 6.4 84 6.8 4.6 13.9 80.1 55.4 1 11 6.8 4.6 0.1 32
7 yrs CLE 40 10 5-6-0 184 371 49.6 2630 20 5.4 22 5.9 70 7.1 5.5 14.3 65.8 66.2 15
2 yrs DET 24 17 9-8-1 251 530 47.4 3520 9 1.7 36 6.8 84 6.6 3.9 14.0 146.7 46.6 14
2 yrs WAS 21 2 1-1-0 61 113 54.0 756 4 3.5 7 6.2 56 6.7 4.6 12.4 36.0 60.9 2
1 yr NOR 4 0 17 34 50.0 227 1 2.9 2 5.9 70 6.7 4.6 13.4 56.8 56.9 1 11 6.2 4.2 2.9 1

Advanced Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1960 24 DET QB 15 11 10 5-5-0 283 75 79 88 66 99 77
1961 25 DET QB 15 13 7 4-3-1 247 103 93 83 80 92 84
1962 26 CLE qb 15 7 7 4-3-0 173 83 93 92 88 115 94
1963 27 CLE 15 4 1 0-1-0 61 88 65 82 81 57 65
1965 29 CLE 11 6 2 1-1-0 83 91 100 89 98 114 100
1968 32 WAS 11 7 2 1-1-0 95 95 -71 90 -3 99 91 90 148 90
Career 89 29 15-15-1 1048 88 0 87 0 88 80 98 0 85

Rushing & Receiving

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
1958 22 CLE 15 4 0 2 1 0 7 0.5 0.3 0.5 1 0 0
1959 23 CLE 15 2 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 5.5 0.5 11 0 0
1960 24 DET QB 15 11 10 32 81 5 14 2.5 7.4 2.9 81 5 2
1961 25 DET QB 15 13 7 33 238 5 40 7.2 18.3 2.5 238 5 4
1962 26 CLE qb 15 7 7 9 15 0 7 1.7 2.1 1.3 15 0 2
1963 27 CLE 15 4 1 5 -19 0 2 -3.8 -4.8 1.3 -19 0 2
1964 28 CLE 11 3 0 1 -8 0 -8 -8.0 -2.7 0.3 -8 0 1
1965 29 CLE 11 6 2 4 46 0 17 11.5 7.7 0.7 46 0 0
1966 30 CLE 11 14 0 3 -11 0 4 -3.7 -0.8 0.2 -11 0 3
1968 32 WAS 11 7 2 2 13 0 8 6.5 1.9 0.3 13 0 1
Career 89 29 92 367 10 40 4.0 4.1 1.0 367 10 15
7 yrs CLE 40 10 25 35 0 17 1.4 0.9 0.6 35 0 8
2 yrs DET 24 17 65 319 10 40 4.9 13.3 2.7 319 10 6
2 yrs WAS 21 2 2 13 0 8 6.5 0.6 0.1 13 0 1

Defense & Fumbles

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 24 DET QB 15 11 10 2 0 0 0
1961 25 DET QB 15 13 7 4 0 0 0
1962 26 CLE qb 15 7 7 2 1 0 0
1963 27 CLE 15 4 1 2 0 0 0
1964 28 CLE 11 3 0 1 0 0 0
1966 30 CLE 11 14 0 3 1 0 0
1968 32 WAS 11 7 2 1 1 0 0
Career 89 29 15 3 0 0
7 yrs CLE 40 10 8 2 0 0
2 yrs DET 24 17 6 0 0 0
2 yrs WAS 21 2 1 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1960 24 DET QB 15 11 10 5 5 30
1961 25 DET QB 15 13 7 5 5 30
Career 89 29 10 10 60

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Passes Completed

1960 NFL 134 (4)

Pass Attempts

1960 NFL 283 (3)
1961 NFL 247 (10)
Career 1048 (194)

Passing Yds

1960 NFL 1599 (6)
1961 NFL 1921 (10)
Career 7133 (187)

Passer Rating

Career 55.4 (200)

Long Pass

1961 NFL 84 (4)

Passes Intercepted

1960 NFL 18 (6)
1961 NFL 18 (4)
Career 67 (164)

Passing Yds/Game

1960 NFL 145.4 (6)
1961 NFL 147.8 (10)
1962 NFL 168.3 (10)

Yds/Pass Att

1961 NFL 7.8 (7)
Career 6.8 (121)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1961 NFL 16.4 (2/33)
Career 13.9 (33)

Pass Attempts/Game

1960 NFL 25.7 (2)
1962 NFL 24.7 (7)

Rushing TD

1960 NFL 5 (6)
1961 NFL 5 (10)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

Career 4.58 (180)

Passes Completed/Game

1960 NFL 12.2 (4)
1962 NFL 12.4 (10)

Pass Completion %

Career 49.0% (197)

Pass Intercept. %

1960 NFL 6.4% (7)
Career 6.4% (194)

Passing TD %

Career 3.2% (196)

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