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Frank Ryan

Frank Bell Ryan

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 199 lbs.
Born: July 12, 1936 in Fort Worth, TX
College: Rice

3-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 5th round (55th overall) of the 1958 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1958 22 RAM 5 0 5 14 35.7 34 1 7.1 3 21.4 14 2.4 -6.5 6.8 6.8 28.6
1959 23 RAM qb 10 3 42 89 47.2 709 2 2.2 4 4.5 67 8.0 6.2 16.9 70.9 63.4
1960 24 RAM qb 11 5 62 128 48.4 816 7 5.5 9 7.0 61 6.4 3.8 13.2 74.2 57.9
1961 25 RAM 14 3 72 142 50.7 1115 5 3.5 7 4.9 96 7.9 6.0 15.5 79.6 68.3
1962 26 CLE QB 11 7 112 194 57.7 1541 10 5.2 7 3.6 65 7.9 6.8 13.8 140.1 85.4
1963 27 CLE QB 13 13 135 256 52.7 2026 25 9.8 13 5.1 83 7.9 6.6 15.0 155.8 90.4
1964* 28 CLE QB 14 14 174 334 52.1 2404 25 7.5 19 5.7 62 7.2 5.4 13.8 171.7 76.7
1965* 29 CLE QB 12 12 119 243 49.0 1751 18 7.4 13 5.3 80 7.2 5.5 14.7 145.9 75.3
1966* 30 CLE QB 14 14 200 382 52.4 2974 29 7.6 14 3.7 54 7.8 6.9 14.9 212.4 88.2
1967 31 CLE QB 13 13 136 280 48.6 2026 20 7.1 16 5.7 49 7.2 5.4 14.9 155.8 72.7
1968 32 CLE 7 3 31 66 47.0 639 7 10.6 6 9.1 57 9.7 6.7 20.6 91.3 79.0
1969 33 WAS 1 0 1 1 100.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 83.3 0 0 4.0 4.0 0.0
1970 34 WAS 1 0 1 4 25.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.8 0.8 3.0 3.0 39.6 4 35 -4.0 -4.0 50.0
Career 126 87 1090 2133 51.1 16042 149 7.0 111 5.2 96 7.5 5.9 14.7 127.3 77.6 4 35 7.5 5.9 0.2
7 yrs CLE 84 76 907 1755 51.7 13361 134 7.6 88 5.0 83 7.6 6.1 14.7 159.1 81.4
4 yrs STL 40 11 181 373 48.5 2674 15 4.0 23 6.2 96 7.2 4.8 14.8 66.9 60.1
2 yrs WAS 2 0 2 5 40.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 1.4 1.4 3.5 3.5 47.9 4 35 -3.1 -3.1 44.4

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1958 22 RAM 5 0 5 45 0 12 9.0 9.0 1.0 45 0 1
1959 23 RAM qb 10 3 19 57 1 13 3.0 5.7 1.9 57 1 5
1960 24 RAM qb 11 5 19 85 1 24 4.5 7.7 1.7 117 2 1
1961 25 RAM 14 3 38 139 0 28 3.7 9.9 2.7 139 0 3
1962 26 CLE QB 11 7 42 242 1 39 5.8 22.0 3.8 242 1 6
1963 27 CLE QB 13 13 62 224 2 25 3.6 17.2 4.8 223 2 6
1964* 28 CLE QB 14 14 37 217 1 19 5.9 15.5 2.6 217 1 4
1965* 29 CLE QB 12 12 19 72 0 18 3.8 6.0 1.6 72 0 5
1966* 30 CLE QB 14 14 36 156 0 17 4.3 11.1 2.6 156 0 5
1967 31 CLE QB 13 13 22 57 0 12 2.6 4.4 1.7 57 0 4
1968 32 CLE 7 3 11 64 0 19 5.8 9.1 1.6 64 0 2
Career 126 87 310 1358 6 39 4.4 10.8 2.5 1389 7 42
7 yrs CLE 84 76 229 1032 4 39 4.5 12.3 2.7 1031 4 32
4 yrs STL 40 11 81 326 2 28 4.0 8.2 2.0 358 3 10

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1958 22 RAM 5 0 1 0 0 0
1959 23 RAM qb 10 3 5 3 0 0
1960 24 RAM qb 11 5 1 0 0 0
1961 25 RAM 14 3 3 0 0 0
1962 26 CLE QB 11 7 6 0 0 0
1963 27 CLE QB 13 13 6 3 0 0
1964* 28 CLE QB 14 14 4 1 0 0
1965* 29 CLE QB 12 12 5 1 -2 0
1966* 30 CLE QB 14 14 5 0 0 0
1967 31 CLE QB 13 13 4 1 0 0
1968 32 CLE 7 3 2 1 0 0
Career 126 87 42 10 -2 0
7 yrs CLE 84 76 32 7 -2 0
4 yrs STL 40 11 10 3 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1959 23 RAM qb 10 3 1 6
1960 24 RAM qb 11 5 1 1 12
1962 26 CLE QB 11 7 1 6
1963 27 CLE QB 13 13 2 12
1964* 28 CLE QB 14 14 1 6
Career 126 87 6 1 42
7 yrs CLE 84 76 4 24
4 yrs STL 40 11 2 1 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1964
1965
1966

Passes Completed

1963 NFL 135 (10)
1964 NFL 174 (5)
1966 NFL 200 (4)
1967 NFL 136 (9)
Career 1090 (123)

Pass Attempts

1964 NFL 334 (4)
1966 NFL 382 (4)
1967 NFL 280 (9)
Career 2133 (119)

Passing Yds

1963 NFL 2026 (10)
1964 NFL 2404 (6)
1966 NFL 2974 (2)
1967 NFL 2026 (7)
Career 16042 (111)

Passing TD

1963 NFL 25 (3)
1964 NFL 25 (1)
1965 NFL 18 (7)
1966 NFL 29 (1-- 59)
1967 NFL 20 (5)
Career 149 (69)

Passer Rating

1963 NFL 90.4 (2)
1964 NFL 76.7 (6)
1965 NFL 75.3 (9)
1966 NFL 88.2 (2)
1967 NFL 72.7 (6)
Career 77.6 (62)

Long Pass

1961 NFL 96 (2-- 25)
1963 NFL 83 (3)
1965 NFL 80 (4)

Passes Intercepted

1963 NFL 13 (9)
1964 NFL 19 (3)
1965 NFL 13 (7)
1966 NFL 14 (8)
1967 NFL 16 (8)
Career 111 (81)

Passing Yds/Game

1964 NFL 171.7 (10)
1966 NFL 212.4 (3)
1967 NFL 155.8 (8)
Career 127.3 (149)

Yds/Pass Att

1963 NFL 7.9 (6)
1964 NFL 7.2 (8)
1965 NFL 7.2 (10)
1966 NFL 7.8 (4)
1967 NFL 7.2 (8)
Career 7.5 (19)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1963 NFL 15.0 (4)
1964 NFL 13.8 (7)
1965 NFL 14.7 (9)
1966 NFL 14.9 (2)
1967 NFL 14.9 (4)
Career 14.7 (13)

Pass Attempts/Game

1964 NFL 23.9 (6)
1966 NFL 27.3 (5)
1967 NFL 21.5 (10)
Career 16.9 (178)

Passes Completed/Game

1964 NFL 12.4 (7)
1966 NFL 14.3 (5)
1967 NFL 10.5 (10)
Career 8.7 (177)

Pass Completion %

1963 NFL 52.7% (8)
1964 NFL 52.1% (8)
1965 NFL 49.0% (10)
1966 NFL 52.4% (7)
Career 51.1% (164)

Pass Intercept. %

1963 NFL 5.1% (8)
1964 NFL 5.7% (10)
1966 NFL 3.7% (3)
1967 NFL 5.7% (9)
Career 5.2% (145)

Passing TD %

1963 NFL 9.8% (1-- 8)
1964 NFL 7.5% (1-- 58)
1965 NFL 7.4% (3-- 63)
1966 NFL 7.6% (1-- 52)
1967 NFL 7.1% (2-- 83)
Career 7.0% (3)

Fumbles

Career 42 (152)

Fumbles Recovered

1959 NFL 3 (9)

   

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1965 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 34 1 QB 61