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Jim Plunkett

James William Plunkett Jr.

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: December 5, 1947 in San Jose , CA
College: Stanford

Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1971 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%
1971 24 NWE QB 14 14 6-8-0 158 328 48.2 2158 19 5.8 16 4.9 88 6.6 5.0 13.7 154.1 68.6 36 319 5.1 3.6 9.9
1972 25 NWE QB 14 14 3-11-0 169 355 47.6 2196 8 2.3 25 7.0 62 6.2 3.2 13.0 156.9 45.7 39 385 4.6 1.9 9.9
1973 26 NWE QB 14 14 5-9-0 193 376 51.3 2550 13 3.5 17 4.5 64 6.8 5.1 13.2 182.1 65.8 37 350 5.3 3.8 9.0
1974 27 NWE QB 14 14 7-7-0 173 352 49.1 2457 19 5.4 22 6.3 69 7.0 4.7 14.2 175.5 64.1 21 174 6.1 4.0 5.6
1975 28 NWE qb 5 5 2-3-0 36 92 39.1 571 3 3.3 7 7.6 76 6.2 3.1 15.9 114.2 39.7 13 89 4.6 1.9 12.4
1976 29 SFO QB 12 12 6-6-0 126 243 51.9 1592 13 5.3 16 6.6 85 6.6 4.1 12.6 132.7 63.0 26 249 5.0 2.8 9.7
1977 30 SFO QB 14 14 5-9-0 128 248 51.6 1693 9 3.6 14 5.6 47 6.8 4.6 13.2 120.9 62.1 30 242 5.2 3.3 10.8
1979 32 OAK 4 0 7 15 46.7 89 1 6.7 1 6.7 39 5.9 3.6 12.7 22.3 60.1 2 9 4.7 2.6 11.8
1980 33 OAK QB 13 11 9-2-0 165 320 51.6 2299 18 5.6 16 5.0 86 7.2 5.5 13.9 176.8 72.9 36 285 5.7 4.1 10.1
1981 34 OAK qb 9 7 2-5-0 94 179 52.5 1045 4 2.2 9 5.0 42 5.8 3.8 11.1 116.1 56.7 22 184 4.3 2.5 10.9
1982 35 RAI QB 9 9 8-1-0 152 261 58.2 2035 14 5.4 15 5.7 52 7.8 5.7 13.4 226.1 77.0 23 211 6.4 4.5 8.1
1983 36 RAI QB 14 13 10-3-0 230 379 60.7 2935 20 5.3 18 4.7 99 7.7 6.1 12.8 209.6 82.7 42 363 6.1 4.7 10.0
1984 37 RAI qb 8 6 5-1-0 108 198 54.5 1473 6 3.0 10 5.1 73 7.4 5.5 13.6 184.1 67.6 13 103 6.5 4.6 6.2
1985 38 RAI 3 3 1-2-0 71 103 68.9 803 3 2.9 3 2.9 41 7.8 6.8 11.3 267.7 89.6 13 101 6.1 5.1 11.2
1986 39 RAI QB 10 8 3-5-0 133 252 52.8 1986 14 5.6 9 3.6 81 7.9 6.8 14.9 198.6 82.5 27 215 6.3 5.4 9.7
Career 157 144 72-72-0 1943 3701 52.5 25882 164 4.4 198 5.3 99 7.0 5.0 13.3 164.9 67.5 380 3279 5.5 3.8 9.3
8 yrs OAK 70 57 38-19-0 960 1707 56.2 12665 80 4.7 81 4.7 99 7.4 5.8 13.2 180.9 75.7 178 1471 5.9 4.4 9.4
5 yrs NWE 61 61 23-38-0 729 1503 48.5 9932 62 4.1 87 5.8 88 6.6 4.4 13.6 162.8 59.7 146 1317 5.2 3.2 8.9
2 yrs SFO 26 26 11-15-0 254 491 51.7 3285 22 4.5 30 6.1 85 6.7 4.4 12.9 126.3 62.5 56 491 5.1 3.0 10.2

Postseason record as starting QB: 1980: 4-0, 1982: 1-1, 1983: 3-0, 1984: 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
1971 24 NWE QB 14 14 45 210 0 16 4.7 15.0 3.2 210 0 6
1972 25 NWE QB 14 14 36 230 1 21 6.4 16.4 2.6 230 1 6
1973 26 NWE QB 14 14 44 209 5 20 4.8 14.9 3.1 209 5 6
1974 27 NWE QB 14 14 30 161 2 37 5.4 11.5 2.1 161 2 4
1975 28 NWE qb 5 5 4 7 1 5 1.8 1.4 0.8 7 1 2
1976 29 SFO QB 12 12 19 95 0 12 5.0 7.9 1.6 95 0 1
1977 30 SFO QB 14 14 28 71 1 9 2.5 5.1 2.0 71 1 2
1979 32 OAK 4 0 3 18 0 15 6.0 4.5 0.8 18 0 0
1980 33 OAK QB 13 11 28 141 2 17 5.0 10.8 2.2 141 2 9
1981 34 OAK qb 9 7 12 38 1 13 3.2 4.2 1.3 38 1 3
1982 35 RAI QB 9 9 15 6 0 10 0.4 0.7 1.7 6 0 4
1983 36 RAI QB 14 13 26 78 0 20 3.0 5.6 1.9 78 0 7
1984 37 RAI qb 8 6 16 14 1 9 0.9 1.8 2.0 14 1 2
1985 38 RAI 3 3 5 12 0 7 2.4 4.0 1.7 12 0 6
1986 39 RAI QB 10 8 12 47 0 11 3.9 4.7 1.2 47 0 4
Career 157 144 323 1337 14 37 4.1 8.5 2.1 1337 14 62
8 yrs OAK 70 57 117 354 4 20 3.0 5.1 1.7 354 4 35
5 yrs NWE 61 61 159 817 9 37 5.1 13.4 2.6 817 9 24
2 yrs SFO 26 26 47 166 1 12 3.5 6.4 1.8 166 1 3

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
1971 24 NWE QB 14 14 6 0 0 0
1972 25 NWE QB 14 14 6 1 0 0
1973 26 NWE QB 14 14 6 1 0 0
1974 27 NWE QB 14 14 4 1 0 0
1975 28 NWE qb 5 5 2 0 0 0
1976 29 SFO QB 12 12 1 0 0 0
1977 30 SFO QB 14 14 2 2 0 0
1980 33 OAK QB 13 11 9 2 -2 0
1981 34 OAK qb 9 7 3 1 -6 0
1982 35 RAI QB 9 9 4 1 -7 0
1983 36 RAI QB 14 13 7 3 0 0
1984 37 RAI qb 8 6 2 1 0 0
1985 38 RAI 3 3 6 1 -5 0
1986 39 RAI QB 10 8 4 0 -3 0
Career 157 144 62 14 -23 0
8 yrs OAK 70 57 35 9 -23 0
5 yrs NWE 61 61 24 3 0 0
2 yrs SFO 26 26 3 2 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
1972 25 NWE QB 14 14 1 6
1973 26 NWE QB 14 14 5 30
1974 27 NWE QB 14 14 2 12
1975 28 NWE qb 5 5 1 6
1977 30 SFO QB 14 14 1 6
1980 33 OAK QB 13 11 2 12
1981 34 OAK qb 9 7 1 6
1984 37 RAI qb 8 6 1 6
Career 157 144 14 84
8 yrs OAK 70 57 4 24
5 yrs NWE 61 61 9 54
2 yrs SFO 26 26 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1980 NFL Super Bowl MVP
1980 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year

Passes Completed

1971 NFL 158 (9)
1972 NFL 169 (8)
1973 NFL 193 (2)
1974 NFL 173 (8)
Career 1943 (55)

Pass Attempts

1971 NFL 328 (6)
1972 NFL 355 (4)
1973 NFL 376 (2)
1974 NFL 352 (4)
1982 NFL 261 (10)
Career 3701 (48)

Passing Yds

1971 NFL 2158 (10)
1972 NFL 2196 (7)
1973 NFL 2550 (2)
1974 NFL 2457 (6)
1982 NFL 2035 (8)
Career 25882 (51)

Passing TD

1971 NFL 19 (2)
1974 NFL 19 (4)
1982 NFL 14 (6)
Career 164 (53)

Passer Rating

1971 NFL 68.6 (10)
1986 NFL 82.5 (9)
Career 67.5 (152)

Long Pass

1971 NFL 88 (2)
1975 NFL 76 (10)
1976 NFL 85 (2)
1980 NFL 86 (4)
1983 NFL 99 (1-- 1)
1986 NFL 81 (8)

Passes Intercepted

1971 NFL 16 (9)
1972 NFL 25 (2-- 38)
1973 NFL 17 (3)
1974 NFL 22 (1)
1976 NFL 16 (5)
1982 NFL 15 (2)
1983 NFL 18 (10)
Career 198 (26)

Sacked

1971 NFL 36 (2)
1972 NFL 39 (2)
1973 NFL 37 (3)
1977 NFL 30 (8)
1980 NFL 36 (9)
1982 NFL 23 (9)
1983 NFL 42 (5)
Career 380 (12)

Sacked Yds Lost

1971 NFL 319 (2-- 100)
1972 NFL 385 (1-- 26)
1973 NFL 350 (2-- 51)
1976 NFL 249 (9)
1977 NFL 242 (10)
1980 NFL 285 (9)
1982 NFL 211 (6)
1983 NFL 363 (2-- 39)
Career 3279 (6)

Passing Yds/Game

1972 NFL 156.9 (7)
1973 NFL 182.1 (3)
1974 NFL 175.5 (7)
1982 NFL 226.1 (9)
Career 164.9 (81)

Yds/Pass Att

1974 NFL 7.0 (10)
1977 NFL 6.8 (10)
1982 NFL 7.8 (6)
1983 NFL 7.7 (7)
1986 NFL 7.9 (3)
Career 7.0 (75)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1971 NFL 13.7 (8)
1973 NFL 13.2 (7)
1974 NFL 14.2 (4)
1977 NFL 13.2 (7)
1980 NFL 13.9 (3)
1982 NFL 13.4 (6)
1986 NFL 14.9 (1)
Career 13.3 (55)

Pass Attempts/Game

1971 NFL 23.4 (6)
1972 NFL 25.4 (4)
1973 NFL 26.9 (2)
1974 NFL 25.1 (9)
Career 23.6 (88)

Fumbles

Career 62 (72)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1986 NFL 6.83 (5)
Career 5.03 (142)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1974 NFL 6.12 (9)
1982 NFL 6.42 (8)
1986 NFL 6.35 (8)
Career 5.54 (130)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1986 NFL 5.40 (9)
Career 3.76 (153)

Passes Completed/Game

1972 NFL 12.1 (9)
1973 NFL 13.8 (3)
Career 12.4 (102)

Pass Completion %

1983 NFL 60.7% (6)
Career 52.5% (145)

Pass Intercept. %

1971 NFL 4.9% (8)
Career 5.3% (149)

Passing TD %

1971 NFL 5.8% (5)
1974 NFL 5.4% (6)
1976 NFL 5.3% (8)
1980 NFL 5.6% (7)
1982 NFL 5.4% (4)
1983 NFL 5.3% (8)
1986 NFL 5.6% (3)
Career 4.4% (79)

Sack %

1974 NFL 5.63% (9)
Career 9.31% (149)

 

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 24 14 QB 189 63 4 11
1972 25 14 QB 115 23
1973 26 14 QB 197 62 3 19
1974 27 14 QB 196 71 5 16
1975 28 5 QB 34 34
1976 29 12 QB 119 16
1977 30 14 QB 107 19
1979 32 4 QB 9 53
1980 33 13 QB 194 18
1981 34 9 QB 58 36
1982 35 9 QB 136 6 10 63
1983 36 14 QB 209 14
1984 37 8 QB 82 32
1985 38 3 QB 45 41
1986 39 10 QB 150 21
1840 202