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Phil Simms

Phillip Martin Simms

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 216 lbs.
Born: November 3, 1954 in Lebanon, KY
College: Morehead State

2-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1979 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%
1979 25 NYG QB 11 12 11 6-5-0 134 265 50.6 1743 13 4.9 14 5.3 61 6.6 4.7 13.0 145.3 66.0 39 319 4.7 3.0 12.8
1980 26 NYG QB 11 13 13 3-10-0 193 402 48.0 2321 15 3.7 19 4.7 58 5.8 4.0 12.0 178.5 58.9 36 233 4.8 3.2 8.2
1981 27 NYG QB 11 10 10 5-5-0 172 316 54.4 2031 11 3.5 9 2.8 80 6.4 5.5 11.8 203.1 74.0 38 301 4.9 4.1 10.7
1983 29 NYG 11 2 0 7 13 53.8 130 0 0.0 1 7.7 36 10.0 6.5 18.6 65.0 56.6 3 35 5.9 3.1 18.8
1984 30 NYG QB 11 16 16 9-7-0 286 533 53.7 4044 22 4.1 18 3.4 65 7.6 6.5 14.1 252.8 78.1 55 434 6.1 5.1 9.4
1985* 31 NYG QB 11 16 16 10-6-0 275 495 55.6 3829 22 4.4 20 4.0 70 7.7 6.4 13.9 239.3 78.6 52 396 6.3 5.0 9.5
1986 32 NYG QB 11 16 16 14-2-0 259 468 55.3 3487 21 4.5 22 4.7 49 7.5 5.8 13.5 217.9 74.6 45 359 6.1 4.6 8.8
1987 33 NYG QB 11 9 9 4-5-0 163 282 57.8 2230 17 6.0 9 3.2 50 7.9 7.1 13.7 247.8 90.0 35 225 6.3 5.6 11.0
1988 34 NYG QB 11 15 15 9-6-0 263 479 54.9 3359 21 4.4 11 2.3 62 7.0 6.4 12.8 223.9 82.1 53 405 5.6 5.0 10.0
1989 35 NYG QB 11 15 15 11-4-0 228 405 56.3 3061 14 3.5 14 3.5 62 7.6 6.3 13.4 204.1 77.6 40 244 6.3 5.2 9.0
1990 36 NYG QB 11 14 14 11-3-0 184 311 59.2 2284 15 4.8 4 1.3 80 7.3 7.2 12.4 163.1 92.7 20 104 6.6 6.5 6.0
1991 37 NYG 11 6 4 1-3-0 82 141 58.2 993 8 5.7 4 2.8 38 7.0 6.3 12.1 165.5 87.0 14 79 5.9 5.3 9.0
1992 38 NYG 11 4 4 1-3-0 83 137 60.6 912 5 3.6 3 2.2 38 6.7 6.0 11.0 228.0 83.3 10 67 5.7 5.2 6.8
1993* 39 NYG QB 11 16 16 11-5-0 247 400 61.8 3038 15 3.8 9 2.3 62 7.6 7.0 12.3 189.9 88.3 37 217 6.5 5.9 8.5
Career 164 159 95-64-0 2576 4647 55.4 33462 199 4.3 157 3.4 80 7.2 6.1 13.0 204.0 78.5 477 3418 5.9 4.9 9.3

Postseason record as starting QB: 1984: 1-1, 1985: 1-1, 1986: 3-0, 1989: 0-1, 1993: 1-1.

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
1979 25 NYG QB 11 12 11 29 166 1 27 5.7 13.8 2.4 166 1 9
1980 26 NYG QB 11 13 13 36 190 1 20 5.3 14.6 2.8 190 1 6
1981 27 NYG QB 11 10 10 19 42 0 24 2.2 4.2 1.9 42 0 7
1984 30 NYG QB 11 16 16 42 162 0 21 3.9 10.1 2.6 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 0.8 175 0 8
1985* 31 NYG QB 11 16 16 37 132 0 28 3.6 8.3 2.3 132 0 16
1986 32 NYG QB 11 16 16 43 72 1 18 1.7 4.5 2.7 72 1 9
1987 33 NYG QB 11 9 9 14 44 0 20 3.1 4.9 1.6 44 0 4
1988 34 NYG QB 11 15 15 33 152 0 17 4.6 10.1 2.2 152 0 7
1989 35 NYG QB 11 15 15 32 141 1 15 4.4 9.4 2.1 141 1 9
1990 36 NYG QB 11 14 14 21 61 1 20 2.9 4.4 1.5 61 1 7
1991 37 NYG 11 6 4 9 42 1 19 4.7 7.0 1.5 42 1 4
1992 38 NYG 11 4 4 6 17 0 7 2.8 4.3 1.5 17 0 0
1993* 39 NYG QB 11 16 16 28 31 0 9 1.1 1.9 1.8 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 0.1 -0.4 25 0 7
Career 164 159 349 1252 6 28 3.6 7.6 2.1 2 7 3.5 0 13 0.0 0.0 1259 6 93

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
1979 25 NYG QB 11 12 11 9 0 -2 0
1980 26 NYG QB 11 13 13 6 2 -5 0
1981 27 NYG QB 11 10 10 7 2 -15 0
1984 30 NYG QB 11 16 16 8 4 -5 0
1985* 31 NYG QB 11 16 16 16 5 -22 0
1986 32 NYG QB 11 16 16 9 3 -2 0
1987 33 NYG QB 11 9 9 4 1 0 0
1988 34 NYG QB 11 15 15 7 1 0 0
1989 35 NYG QB 11 15 15 9 3 -1 0
1990 36 NYG QB 11 14 14 7 2 -5 0
1991 37 NYG 11 6 4 4 2 -16 0
1993* 39 NYG QB 11 16 16 7 3 -13 0
Career 164 159 93 28 -86 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
1979 25 NYG QB 11 12 11 1 6
1980 26 NYG QB 11 13 13 1 6
1986 32 NYG QB 11 16 16 1 6
1989 35 NYG QB 11 15 15 1 6
1990 36 NYG QB 11 14 14 1 6
1991 37 NYG 11 6 4 1 6
Career 164 159 6 36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1986 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1986 NFL Super Bowl MVP

Pro Bowls

1985
1993

Passes Completed

1984 NFL 286 (5)
1985 NFL 275 (7)
1986 NFL 259 (10)
1988 NFL 263 (7)
Career 2576 (25)

Pass Attempts

1984 NFL 533 (3)
1985 NFL 495 (5)
1986 NFL 468 (10)
1988 NFL 479 (5)
Career 4647 (21)

Passing Yds

1984 NFL 4044 (3-- 63)
1985 NFL 3829 (4)
1986 NFL 3487 (8)
1988 NFL 3359 (7)
Career 33462 (20)

Passing TD

1984 NFL 22 (8)
1985 NFL 22 (7)
1986 NFL 21 (7)
1987 NFL 17 (10)
1988 NFL 21 (5)
1993 NFL 15 (10)
Career 199 (27)

Passer Rating

1987 NFL 90.0 (3)
1988 NFL 82.1 (9)
1989 NFL 77.6 (10)
1990 NFL 92.7 (4)
1993 NFL 88.3 (4)
Career 78.5 (59)

Long Pass

1981 NFL 80 (7)
1990 NFL 80 (6)

Passes Intercepted

1984 NFL 18 (5)
1985 NFL 20 (5)
1986 NFL 22 (4)
Career 157 (49)

Sacked

1979 NFL 39 (7)
1980 NFL 36 (9)
1981 NFL 38 (3)
1984 NFL 55 (2-- 15)
1985 NFL 52 (3-- 27)
1986 NFL 45 (5-- 81)
1987 NFL 35 (5)
1988 NFL 53 (2-- 23)
1989 NFL 40 (6)
1993 NFL 37 (7)
Career 477 (4)

Sacked Yds Lost

1979 NFL 319 (7-- 100)
1981 NFL 301 (3)
1984 NFL 434 (1-- 8)
1985 NFL 396 (4-- 17)
1986 NFL 359 (4-- 44)
1987 NFL 225 (8)
1988 NFL 405 (2-- 14)
1993 NFL 217 (7)
Career 3418 (4)

Passing Yds/Game

1984 NFL 252.8 (4-- 98)
1985 NFL 239.3 (6)
1987 NFL 247.8 (6)
1988 NFL 223.9 (7)
Career 204.0 (32)

Yds/Pass Att

1984 NFL 7.6 (8)
1985 NFL 7.7 (4)
1986 NFL 7.5 (8)
1987 NFL 7.9 (2)
1989 NFL 7.6 (8)
1990 NFL 7.3 (9)
1993 NFL 7.6 (5)
Career 7.2 (49)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1979 NFL 13.0 (9)
1984 NFL 14.1 (2)
1985 NFL 13.9 (4)
1986 NFL 13.5 (6)
1987 NFL 13.7 (6)
1989 NFL 13.4 (7)
1993 NFL 12.3 (6)
Career 13.0 (63)

Pass Attempts/Game

1980 NFL 30.9 (6)
1981 NFL 31.6 (5)
1984 NFL 33.3 (4)
1985 NFL 30.9 (8)
1988 NFL 31.9 (6)
Career 28.3 (36)

Fumbles

1985 NFL 16 (1-- 14)
1986 NFL 9 (9)
Career 93 (18)

Fumbles Recovered

1984 NFL 4 (5)
1985 NFL 5 (3)
Career 28 (27)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1984 NFL 6.48 (6)
1985 NFL 6.36 (7)
1987 NFL 7.07 (2)
1988 NFL 6.42 (9)
1989 NFL 6.35 (8)
1990 NFL 7.25 (5-- 87)
1993 NFL 6.96 (4)
Career 6.11 (38)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1984 NFL 6.14 (10)
1985 NFL 6.28 (8)
1989 NFL 6.33 (10)
1990 NFL 6.59 (6)
1993 NFL 6.46 (10)
Career 5.86 (89)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1984 NFL 5.14 (10)
1985 NFL 5.03 (9)
1987 NFL 5.58 (6)
1990 NFL 6.50 (5-- 85)
1993 NFL 5.87 (8)
Career 4.87 (63)

Passes Completed/Game

1981 NFL 17.2 (10)
1984 NFL 17.9 (6)
1985 NFL 17.2 (10)
1988 NFL 17.5 (8)
Career 15.7 (49)

Pass Completion %

1987 NFL 57.8% (9)
1990 NFL 59.2% (4)
1993 NFL 61.8% (5)
Career 55.4% (107)

Pass Intercept. %

1981 NFL 2.8% (5)
1984 NFL 3.4% (9)
1988 NFL 2.3% (2)
1990 NFL 1.3% (2-- 11)
1993 NFL 2.3% (7)
Career 3.4% (60)

Passing TD %

1979 NFL 4.9% (7)
1986 NFL 4.5% (9)
1987 NFL 6.0% (3)
1988 NFL 4.4% (10)
1990 NFL 4.8% (10)
Career 4.3% (91)

Sack %

1990 NFL 6.04% (10)
Career 9.31% (153)

     

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
1986 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1979 25 12 QB 142 21
1980 26 13 QB 170 23
1981 27 10 QB 133 22
1983 29 2 QB 3 61
1984 30 16 QB 275 64 7 26
1985 31 16 QB 258 44 8 34
1986 32 16 QB 235 39 11 44
1987 33 9 QB 178 12 77
1988 34 15 QB 254 46 5 26
1989 35 15 QB 199 15
1990 36 14 QB 185 19
1991 37 6 QB 90 34
1992 38 4 QB 62 33
1993 39 16 QB 196 14
2380 193