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Dan Pastorini

Dante Anthony Pastorini Jr.

Position: QB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 208 lbs.
Born: May 26, 1949 in Sonora, CA
College: Santa Clara

1-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1971 Draft

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Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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%
1971 22 HOU QB 7 14 13 4-4-0 127 270 47.0 1702 7 2.6 21 7.8 62 6.3 3.1 13.4 121.6 43.8 20 152 5.3 2.3 6.9
1972 23 HOU QB 7 14 12 1-11-0 144 299 48.2 1711 7 2.3 12 4.0 82 5.7 4.2 11.9 122.2 57.1 37 310 4.2 2.8 11.0
1973 24 HOU QB 7 14 10 0-10-0 154 290 53.1 1482 5 1.7 17 5.9 50 5.1 2.6 9.6 105.9 49.0 30 313 3.7 1.4 9.4
1974 25 HOU QB 7 11 10 6-4-0 140 247 56.7 1571 10 4.0 10 4.0 65 6.4 4.9 11.2 142.8 72.4 23 225 5.0 3.7 8.5
1975* 26 HOU QB 7 14 14 10-4-0 163 342 47.7 2053 14 4.1 16 4.7 77 6.0 4.3 12.6 146.6 61.0 24 210 5.0 3.5 6.6
1976 27 HOU QB 7 13 10 4-6-0 167 309 54.0 1795 10 3.2 10 3.2 67 5.8 4.7 10.7 138.1 68.6 24 234 4.7 3.6 7.2
1977 28 HOU QB 7 14 12 8-4-0 169 319 53.0 1987 13 4.1 18 5.6 85 6.2 4.1 11.8 141.9 62.3 20 198 5.3 3.3 5.9
1978 29 HOU QB 7 16 16 10-6-0 199 368 54.1 2473 16 4.3 17 4.6 80 6.7 5.1 12.4 154.6 70.4 15 123 6.1 4.6 3.9
1979 30 HOU QB 7 15 15 10-5-0 163 324 50.3 2090 14 4.3 18 5.6 55 6.5 4.4 12.8 139.3 62.1 29 212 5.3 3.4 8.2
1980 31 OAK qb 7 5 5 2-3-0 66 130 50.8 932 5 3.8 8 6.2 56 7.2 4.8 14.1 186.4 61.4 10 103 5.9 3.7 7.1
1981 32 RAM qb 10 7 5 1-4-0 64 152 42.1 719 2 1.3 14 9.2 46 4.7 0.7 11.2 102.7 22.9 14 149 3.4 -0.2 8.4
1983 34 PHI 6 3 0 0 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 140 122 56-61-0 1556 3055 50.9 18515 103 3.4 161 5.3 85 6.1 4.0 11.9 132.3 59.1 246 2229 4.9 3.1 7.5
9 yrs OTI 125 112 53-54-0 1426 2768 51.5 16864 96 3.5 139 5.0 85 6.1 4.2 11.8 134.9 61.0 222 1977 5.0 3.2 7.4
1 yr PHI 3 0 0 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 yr RAI 5 5 2-3-0 66 130 50.8 932 5 3.8 8 6.2 56 7.2 4.8 14.1 186.4 61.4 10 103 5.9 3.7 7.1
1 yr RAM 7 5 1-4-0 64 152 42.1 719 2 1.3 14 9.2 46 4.7 0.7 11.2 102.7 22.9 14 149 3.4 -0.2 8.4

Postseason record as starting QB: 1978: 2-1, 1979: 1-1.

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1971 22 HOU QB 7 14 13 75 3044 62 0 40.6
1972 23 HOU QB 7 14 12 82 3381 63 1 41.2
1973 24 HOU QB 7 14 10 27 1087 59 0 40.3
1975* 26 HOU QB 7 14 14 62 2447 68 0 39.5
1976 27 HOU QB 7 13 10 70 2571 74 0 36.7
1977 28 HOU QB 7 14 12 1 0.0%
Career 140 122 1 0.0% 316 12530 74 1 39.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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
1971 22 HOU QB 7 14 13 26 140 3 27 5.4 10.0 1.9 140 3 3
1972 23 HOU QB 7 14 12 38 205 2 17 5.4 14.6 2.7 205 2 6
1973 24 HOU QB 7 14 10 31 102 0 17 3.3 7.3 2.2 102 0 17
1974 25 HOU QB 7 11 10 24 -6 0 7 -0.3 -0.5 2.2 -6 0 8
1975* 26 HOU QB 7 14 14 23 97 1 19 4.2 6.9 1.6 97 1 3
1976 27 HOU QB 7 13 10 11 45 0 11 4.1 3.5 0.8 45 0 6
1977 28 HOU QB 7 14 12 18 39 2 15 2.2 2.8 1.3 39 2 7
1978 29 HOU QB 7 16 16 18 11 0 11 0.6 0.7 1.1 11 0 5
1979 30 HOU QB 7 15 15 15 23 0 14 1.5 1.5 1.0 23 0 6
1980 31 OAK qb 7 5 5 4 24 0 10 6.0 4.8 0.8 24 0 3
1981 32 RAM qb 10 7 5 7 5 0 13 0.7 0.7 1.0 5 0 4
1983 34 PHI 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 1
Career 140 122 216 685 8 27 3.2 4.9 1.5 685 8 69
9 yrs OTI 125 112 204 656 8 27 3.2 5.2 1.6 656 8 61
1 yr PHI 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 1
1 yr RAI 5 5 4 24 0 10 6.0 4.8 0.8 24 0 3
1 yr RAM 7 5 7 5 0 13 0.7 0.7 1.0 5 0 4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
1971 22 HOU QB 7 14 13 3 3 0 0
1972 23 HOU QB 7 14 12 6 2 -10 0
1973 24 HOU QB 7 14 10 17 3 -37 0
1974 25 HOU QB 7 11 10 8 4 -17 0
1975* 26 HOU QB 7 14 14 3 4 0 0
1976 27 HOU QB 7 13 10 6 0 0 0
1977 28 HOU QB 7 14 12 7 4 -2 0
1978 29 HOU QB 7 16 16 5 1 -19 0
1979 30 HOU QB 7 15 15 6 3 0 0
1980 31 OAK qb 7 5 5 3 0 0 0
1981 32 RAM qb 10 7 5 4 1 -2 0
1983 34 PHI 6 3 0 1 1 0 0
Career 140 122 69 26 -87 0
9 yrs OTI 125 112 61 24 -85 0
1 yr PHI 3 0 1 1 0 0
1 yr RAI 5 5 3 0 0 0
1 yr RAM 7 5 4 1 -2 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1971 22 HOU QB 7 14 13 3 18
1972 23 HOU QB 7 14 12 2 12
1975* 26 HOU QB 7 14 14 1 6
1977 28 HOU QB 7 14 12 2 12
Career 140 122 8 48

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1975

Passes Completed

1973 NFL 154 (9)
1977 NFL 169 (6)
Career 1556 (87)

Pass Attempts

1973 NFL 290 (7)
1975 NFL 342 (9)
1977 NFL 319 (7)
Career 3055 (78)

Passing Yds

Career 18515 (96)

Passing TD

1977 NFL 13 (10)
1978 NFL 16 (8)
Career 103 (107)

Passer Rating

1974 NFL 72.4 (10)
Career 59.1 (193)

Long Pass

1972 NFL 82 (6)
1975 NFL 77 (8)
1977 NFL 85 (4)
1978 NFL 80 (3)

Passes Intercepted

1971 NFL 21 (6)
1973 NFL 17 (3)
1975 NFL 16 (9)
1977 NFL 18 (8)
Career 161 (44)

Sacked

1972 NFL 37 (6)
1973 NFL 30 (7)
Career 246 (58)

Sacked Yds Lost

1972 NFL 310 (5)
1973 NFL 313 (3)
1974 NFL 225 (10)
Career 2229 (32)

Passing Yds/Game

Career 132.3 (149)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1971 NFL 13.4 (10)
Career 11.9 (150)

Pass Attempts/Game

1973 NFL 20.7 (10)
Career 21.8 (120)

Punts

1971 NFL 75 (8)
1972 NFL 82 (1)

Career 316 (128)

Punting Yds

1971 NFL 3044 (9)
1972 NFL 3381 (2)
Career 12530 (134)

Long Punt

1971 NFL 62 (8)
1972 NFL 63 (9)
1975 NFL 68 (4)
1976 NFL 74 (2-- 96)

Punts Blocked

1972 NFL 1 (4)

Fumbles

1973 NFL 17 (1-- 7)

1974 NFL 8 (7)
Career 69 (50)

Fumbles Recovered

1974 NFL 4 (4)
1975 NFL 4 (9)
1977 NFL 4 (5)
Career 26 (32)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

Career 4.03 (184)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1978 NFL 6.14 (8)
Career 4.93 (172)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1978 NFL 4.56 (10)
Career 3.05 (173)

Passes Completed/Game

1974 NFL 12.7 (10)
1976 NFL 12.8 (10)
Career 11.1 (138)

Pass Completion %

1974 NFL 56.7% (8)
1977 NFL 53.0% (9)
Career 50.9% (175)

Pass Intercept. %

1972 NFL 4.0% (7)
1976 NFL 3.2% (5)
Career 5.3% (157)

Passing TD %

1978 NFL 4.3% (10)
Career 3.4% (181)

Sack %

1975 NFL 6.56% (8)
1976 NFL 7.21% (9)
1977 NFL 5.90% (6)
1978 NFL 3.92% (1)

Career 7.45% (104)

 

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)

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1971 22 14 QB 100 18
1972 23 14 QB 119 22
1973 24 14 QB 65 24
1974 25 11 QB 102 19
1975 26 14 QB 150 13 10 56
1976 27 13 QB 116 17
1977 28 14 QB 137 15
1978 29 16 QB 162 14
1979 30 15 QB 134 23
1980 31 5 QB 54 33
1981 32 7 QB 13 49
1983 34 3 QB 68
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