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Brian Sipe

Brian Winfield Sipe

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 195 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: August 8, 1949 in San Diego, CA
College: San Diego St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 13th round (330th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 75 (508th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 19, 2013 11:25PM
All-Time Rank: #362. Mike Stratton… #363. Seth Joyner… #364. Jake Scott… #365. BRIAN SIPE… #366. O.J. Simpson… #367. Verlon Biggs… #368. Sam Madison… 

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% 4QC GWD AV
1974 25 CLE qb 17 10 5 2-3-0 59 108 54.6 603 1 0.9 7 6.5 37 5.6 2.9 10.2 60.3 47.0 15 122 3.91 1.51 12.2 1 2 3
1975 26 CLE qb 17 7 1 0-2-0 45 88 51.1 427 1 1.1 3 3.4 22 4.9 3.5 9.5 61.0 54.5 8 58 3.84 2.65 8.3 2
1976 27 CLE QB 17 14 12 7-5-0 178 312 57.1 2113 17 5.4 14 4.5 52 6.8 5.8 11.9 150.9 77.3 16 142 6.01 5.13 4.9 1 1 10
1977 28 CLE QB 17 9 9 5-4-0 112 195 57.4 1233 9 4.6 14 7.2 52 6.3 4.0 11.0 137.0 61.8 16 114 5.30 3.17 7.6 2 2 6
1978 29 CLE QB 17 16 16 8-8-0 222 399 55.6 2906 21 5.3 15 3.8 69 7.3 6.6 13.1 181.6 80.7 29 229 6.25 5.66 6.8 2 2 12
1979 30 CLE QB 17 16 16 9-7-0 286 535 53.5 3793 28 5.2 26 4.9 74 7.1 5.9 13.3 237.1 73.4 43 347 5.96 4.91 7.4 5 7 14
1980*+ 31 CLE QB 17 16 16 11-5-0 337 554 60.8 4132 30 5.4 14 2.5 65 7.5 7.4 12.3 258.3 91.4 23 217 6.79 6.73 4.0 3 4 16
1981 32 CLE QB 17 16 16 5-11-0 313 567 55.2 3876 17 3.0 25 4.4 62 6.8 5.5 12.4 242.3 68.2 34 310 5.93 4.63 5.7 2 2 10
1982 33 CLE QB 17 6 6 2-4-0 101 185 54.6 1064 4 2.2 8 4.3 40 5.8 4.2 10.5 177.3 60.7 13 117 4.78 3.37 6.6 0 1 3
1983 34 CLE QB 17 15 14 8-6-0 291 496 58.7 3566 26 5.2 23 4.6 66 7.2 6.2 12.3 237.7 79.1 27 233 6.37 5.39 5.2 1 2 12
Career 125 111 57-55-0 1944 3439 56.5 23713 154 4.5 149 4.3 74 6.9 5.8 12.2 189.7 74.8 224 1889 5.96 4.97 6.1 17 23 88

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Advanced Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1974 25 CLE qb 17 10 5 2-3-0 108 83 76 78 75 107 72 88 78 81
1975 26 CLE qb 17 7 1 0-2-0 88 74 78 85 87 96 73 117 100 89
1976 27 CLE QB 17 14 12 7-5-0 312 103 111 108 113 114 112 108 121 113
1977 28 CLE QB 17 9 9 5-4-0 195 95 99 89 92 115 106 80 106 97
1978 29 CLE QB 17 16 16 8-8-0 399 113 114 120 122 109 115 116 107 120
1979 30 CLE QB 17 16 16 9-7-0 535 105 104 106 105 96 113 99 100 105
1980*+ 31 CLE QB 17 16 16 11-5-0 554 111 118 123 127 120 116 126 119 129
1981 32 CLE QB 17 16 16 5-11-0 567 96 100 94 96 98 85 100 109 92
1982 33 CLE QB 17 6 6 2-4-0 185 74 77 78 79 96 77 100 105 83
1983 34 CLE QB 17 15 14 8-6-0 496 101 109 101 106 106 111 95 117 104
Career 125 111 57-55-0 3439 101 105 104 106 106 104 105 109 106

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
1974 25 CLE qb 17 10 5 16 44 4 17 2.8 4.4 1.6 44 4 8
1975 26 CLE qb 17 7 1 9 60 0 21 6.7 8.6 1.3 60 0 1
1976 27 CLE QB 17 14 12 18 71 0 17 3.9 5.1 1.3 71 0 7
1977 28 CLE QB 17 9 9 10 14 0 9 1.4 1.6 1.1 14 0 4
1978 29 CLE QB 17 16 16 28 87 3 35 3.1 5.4 1.8 87 3 12
1979 30 CLE QB 17 16 16 45 178 2 34 4.0 11.1 2.8 178 2 10
1980*+ 31 CLE QB 17 16 16 20 55 1 24 2.8 3.4 1.3 55 1 3
1981 32 CLE QB 17 16 16 38 153 1 22 4.0 9.6 2.4 153 1 10
1982 33 CLE QB 17 6 6 13 44 0 12 3.4 7.3 2.2 44 0 1
1983 34 CLE QB 17 15 14 26 56 0 9 2.2 3.7 1.7 56 0 6
Career 125 111 223 762 11 35 3.4 6.1 1.8 762 11 62

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
1974 25 CLE qb 17 10 5 0 8 4 0 0
1975 26 CLE qb 17 7 1 0 1 0 0 0
1976 27 CLE QB 17 14 12 0 7 2 -21 0
1977 28 CLE QB 17 9 9 0 4 2 0 0
1978 29 CLE QB 17 16 16 0 12 4 -11 0
1979 30 CLE QB 17 16 16 0 10 6 -8 0
1980*+ 31 CLE QB 17 16 16 0 3 1 -4 0
1981 32 CLE QB 17 16 16 0 10 4 -39 0
1982 33 CLE QB 17 6 6 0 1 1 -2 0
1983 34 CLE QB 17 15 14 0 6 1 0 0
Career 125 111 0 62 25 -85 0

Kicking & Punting

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
1976 27 CLE QB 17 14 12 1 1 100.0%
Career 125 111 1 1 100.0%

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1974 25 CLE qb 17 10 5 4 4 24
1976 27 CLE QB 17 14 12 1 1
1978 29 CLE QB 17 16 16 3 3 18
1979 30 CLE QB 17 16 16 2 2 12
1980*+ 31 CLE QB 17 16 16 1 1 6
1981 32 CLE QB 17 16 16 1 1 6
Career 125 111 11 11 1 67

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards
1980 NFL AP MVP
1980 NFL PFWA MVP

Pro Bowls
1980

First-Team All-Pro
1980

Approximate Value
1980 NFL 16 (3)

Passes Completed
1976 NFL 178 (10)
1978 NFL 222 (9)
1979 NFL 286 (5)
1980 NFL 337 (2)
1981 NFL 313 (3)
1983 NFL 291 (5)
Career 1944 (64)

Pass Attempts
1976 NFL 312 (9)
1978 NFL 399 (8)
1979 NFL 535 (3)
1980 NFL 554 (2/94)
1981 NFL 567 (3/68)
1983 NFL 496 (6)
Career 3439 (66)

Passing Yds
1978 NFL 2906 (10)
1979 NFL 3793 (2)
1980 NFL 4132 (2/79)
1981 NFL 3876 (3)
1983 NFL 3566 (6)
Career 23713 (72)

Passing TD
1976 NFL 17 (6)
1978 NFL 21 (5)
1979 NFL 28 (1/100)
1980 NFL 30 (2/67)
1983 NFL 26 (4)
Career 154 (74)

Passer Rating
1976 NFL 77.3 (9)
1978 NFL 80.7 (6)
1980 NFL 91.4 (1)
Career 74.8 (113)

Long Pass
1979 NFL 74 (7)

Passes Intercepted
1976 NFL 14 (10)
1979 NFL 26 (1/26)
1981 NFL 25 (1/39)
1983 NFL 23 (4/86)
Career 149 (52)

Sacked
1979 NFL 43 (3)
1981 NFL 34 (5)
Career 224 (73)

Sacked Yds Lost
1979 NFL 347 (3/58)
1981 NFL 310 (2)
Career 1889 (51)

Passing Yds/Game
1979 NFL 237.1 (2)
1980 NFL 258.3 (2)
1981 NFL 242.3 (3)
1983 NFL 237.7 (6)
Career 189.7 (62)

Yds/Pass Att
1978 NFL 7.3 (8)
1979 NFL 7.1 (10)
1980 NFL 7.5 (8)
Career 6.9 (105)

Yds/Pass Cmp
1978 NFL 13.1 (10)
1979 NFL 13.3 (8)
Career 12.2 (128)

Pass Attempts/Game
1979 NFL 33.4 (3)
1980 NFL 34.6 (3)
1981 NFL 35.4 (3/100)
1982 NFL 30.8 (8)
1983 NFL 33.1 (4)
Career 27.5 (62)

Adj Yds/Pass Att
1978 NFL 6.64 (4)
1980 NFL 7.40 (3)
Career 5.84 (113)

Net Yds/Pass Att
1976 NFL 6.01 (8)
1978 NFL 6.25 (6)
1979 NFL 5.96 (10)
1980 NFL 6.79 (5)
Career 5.96 (81)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att
1976 NFL 5.13 (7)
1978 NFL 5.66 (4)
1980 NFL 6.73 (2)
Career 4.97 (110)

Passes Completed/Game
1977 NFL 12.4 (9)
1978 NFL 13.9 (10)
1979 NFL 17.9 (5)
1980 NFL 21.1 (2)
1981 NFL 19.6 (3)
1983 NFL 19.4 (6)
Career 15.6 (66)

Pass Completion %
1976 NFL 57.1% (7)
1978 NFL 55.6% (10)
1980 NFL 60.8% (3)
Career 56.5% (102)

Pass Intercept. %
1978 NFL 3.8% (3)
1980 NFL 2.5% (1)
Career 4.3% (139)

Passing TD %
1976 NFL 5.4% (7)
1978 NFL 5.3% (4)
1979 NFL 5.2% (4)
1980 NFL 5.4% (9)
1983 NFL 5.2% (9)
Career 4.5% (75)

Sack %
1976 NFL 4.88% (2)
1980 NFL 3.99% (2)
1983 NFL 5.16% (6)
Career 6.12% (57)

Game-Winning Drives
1974 NFL 2 (8)
1977 NFL 2 (5)
1978 NFL 2 (10)
1979 NFL 7 (1/3)
1980 NFL 4 (1/78)
1981 NFL 2 (7)
Career 23 (32)

Comebacks
1976 NFL 1 (9)
1977 NFL 2 (2)
1978 NFL 2 (7)
1979 NFL 5 (1/10)
1980 NFL 3 (3/100)
1981 NFL 2 (4)
Career 17 (38)

Total Offense
1978 NFL 2764 (10)
1979 NFL 3624 (3)
1980 NFL 3970 (2/96)
1981 NFL 3719 (4)
1983 NFL 3389 (6)
Career 22586 (58)

Fumbles
1974 NFL 8 (7)
1978 NFL 12 (1)
1979 NFL 10 (7)
1981 NFL 10 (9)
Career 62 (78)

Fumbles Recovered
1974 NFL 4 (4)
1978 NFL 4 (10)
1979 NFL 6 (1/45)
1981 NFL 4 (4)
Career 25 (38)

   

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19792nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19801st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19801st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19801st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19801st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19801st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19801st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19801st TeamAll-NFLSporting News

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1974 25 10 QB 45 32
1975 26 7 QB 23 46
1976 27 14 QB 166 4 11 67
1977 28 9 QB 77 24
1978 29 16 QB 239 68 6 16
1979 30 16 QB 298 90 3 7
1980 31 16 QB 329 100 2 7
1981 32 16 QB 228 13
1982 33 6 QB 55 29
1983 34 15 QB 258 44 7 37
1718 306