Norm Snead

Norman Bailey Snead

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: July 31, 1939 in Halifax County, VA

Died: January 14, 2024 in Naples, FL

College: Wake Forest (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 87 (311th overall since 1960)

High School: Warwick (VA)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft., Buffalo Bills in the 5th round (33rd overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.

4x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

178

114

QBrec

52-100-7

Cmp%

52.3

Yds

30797

Y/A

7.1

196

Int

257

FantPt

1631.9

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
1961	22	WAS	QB	16	14	14	1-12-1	172	375	45.9	2337	11	2.9	22	5.9	80	6.2	4.2	13.6	166.9	51.6	49	368	11.6	4.64	2.83	0	0	5	UPI RoY-5
1962*	23	WAS	QB	16	14	14	5-7-2	184	354	52.0	2926	22	6.2	22	6.2	85	8.3	6.7	15.9	209.0	74.7	31	240	8.1	6.98	5.55	3	1	11	PB
1963*	24	WAS	QB	16	14	14	3-11-0	175	363	48.2	3043	13	3.6	27	7.4	77	8.4	5.8	17.4	217.4	58.1	37	337	9.3	6.77	4.38	1	1	10	PB
1964	25	PHI	QB	16	12	10	4-6-0	138	283	48.8	1906	14	4.9	12	4.2	87	6.7	5.8	13.8	158.8	69.6	20	160	6.6	5.76	4.90			8
1965*	26	PHI	QB	16	11	10	4-6-0	150	288	52.1	2346	15	5.2	13	4.5	78	8.1	7.2	15.6	213.3	78.0	26	191	8.3	6.86	5.96	1	3	11	PB
1966	27	PHI	QB	16	10	10	5-5-0	103	226	45.6	1275	8	3.5	11	4.9	48	5.6	4.2	12.4	127.5	55.1	25	190	10.0	4.32	2.99	0	1	5
1967	28	PHI	QB	16	14	14	6-7-1	240	434	55.3	3399	29	6.7	24	5.5	87	7.8	6.7	14.2	242.8	80.0	48	351	10.0	6.32	5.29	0	1	15
1968	29	PHI	QB	16	11	11	2-9-0	152	291	52.2	1655	11	3.8	21	7.2	55	5.7	3.2	10.9	150.5	51.8	20	154	6.4	4.83	2.50	1	1	3
1969	30	PHI	QB	16	13	13	4-8-1	190	379	50.1	2768	19	5.0	23	6.1	80	7.3	5.6	14.6	212.9	65.7	21	170	5.3	6.50	4.86	3	2	10
1970	31	PHI	QB	16	14	13	3-9-1	181	335	54.0	2323	15	4.5	20	6.0	79	6.9	5.1	12.8	165.9	66.1	21	181	5.9	6.02	4.33	1	2	9
1971	32	MIN	QB	16	7	2	2-0-0	37	75	49.3	470	1	1.3	6	8.0	55	6.3	2.9	12.7	67.1	40.4	7	67	8.5	4.91	1.87	0	1	2
1972*	33	NYG	QB	16	14	13	8-5-0	196	325	60.3	2307	17	5.2	12	3.7	94	7.1	6.5	11.8	164.8	84.0	8	66	2.4	6.73	6.13	2	3	14	PB
1973	34	NYG	QB	16	10	7	1-5-1	131	235	55.7	1483	7	3.0	22	9.4	46	6.3	2.7	11.3	148.3	45.8	9	67	3.7	5.80	2.32	1	1	2
1974	35	2TM	QB		8	5	1-4-0	97	159	61.0	983	5	3.1	8	5.0	53	6.2	4.5	10.1	122.9	68.2	7	57	4.2	5.58	4.01	1	1	3
		NYG	QB	16	5	4	1-3-0	67	111	60.4	615	3	2.7	7	6.3	53	5.5	3.2	9.2	123.0	58.2	5	42	4.3	4.94	2.74			2
		SFO	QB	16	3	1	0-1-0	30	48	62.5	368	2	4.2	1	2.1	39	7.7	7.6	12.3	122.7	91.3	2	15	4.0	7.06	6.96	1	1	1
1975	36	SFO	QB	16	9	7	2-5-0	108	189	57.1	1337	9	4.8	10	5.3	60	7.1	5.6	12.4	148.6	73.0	16	109	7.8	5.99	4.67			5
1976	37	NYG	QB	16	3	2	1-1-0	22	42	52.4	239	0	0.0	4	9.5	31	5.7	1.4	10.9	79.7	29.9	5	27	10.6	4.51	0.68	0	1	1
Career					178	159	52-100-7	2276	4353	52.3	30797	196	4.5	257	5.9	94	7.1	5.3	13.5	173.0	65.5	350	2735	7.4	5.97	4.34	14	19	114
7 yrs		PHI			85	81	28-50-3	1154	2236	51.6	15672	111	5.0	124	5.5	87	7.0	5.5	13.6	184.4	67.7	181	1397	7.5	5.91	4.52	6	10	61
4 yrs		NYG			32	26	11-14-1	416	713	58.3	4644	27	3.8	45	6.3	94	6.5	4.4	11.2	145.1	64.2	27	202	3.6	6.00	4.00	3	5	19
3 yrs		WAS			42	42	9-30-3	531	1092	48.6	8306	46	4.2	71	6.5	85	7.6	5.5	15.6	197.8	61.2	117	945	9.7	6.09	4.21	4	2	26
2 yrs		SFO			12	8	2-6-0	138	237	58.2	1705	11	4.6	11	4.6	60	7.2	6.0	12.4	142.1	76.7	18	124	7.1	6.20	5.12	1	1	6
1 yr		MIN			7	2	2-0-0	37	75	49.3	470	1	1.3	6	8.0	55	6.3	2.9	12.7	67.1	40.4	7	67	8.5	4.91	1.87	0	1	2

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1961	22	WAS	QB	16	14	14	1-12-1	375	79		85		77	81	103		82
1962*	23	WAS	QB	16	14	14	5-7-2	354	113		108		98	106	97		104
1963*	24	WAS	QB	16	14	14	3-11-0	363	118	112	95	95	85	84	81	98	84
1964	25	PHI	QB	16	12	10	4-6-0	283	89	97	96	101	90	96	109	113	97
1965*	26	PHI	QB	16	11	10	4-6-0	288	116	118	111	113	102	101	105	105	107
1966	27	PHI	QB	16	10	10	5-5-0	226	78	78	86	86	80	87	104	93	87
1967	28	PHI	QB	16	14	14	6-7-1	434	114	110	111	109	114	117	99	90	113
1968	29	PHI	QB	16	11	11	2-9-0	291	77	83	73	78	101	87	82	109	80
1969	30	PHI	QB	16	13	13	4-8-1	379	108	115	101	105	94	103	92	116	97
1970	31	PHI	QB	16	14	13	3-9-1	335	103	108	99	102	108	100	95	111	100
1971	32	MIN	QB	16	7	2	2-0-0	75	92	89	76	76	94	70	77	96	74
1972*	33	NYG	QB	16	14	13	8-5-0	325	107	120	115	123	126	109	117	129	121
1973	34	NYG	QB	16	10	7	1-5-1	235	94	106	73	81	111	89	57	122	78
1974	35	2TM	QB		8	5	1-4-0	159
		NYG	QB	16	5	4	1-3-0	111	82	93	82	87	126	88	90	123	93
1975	36	SFO	QB	16	9	7	2-5-0	189	107	109	105	106	113	106	98	103	107
Career					178	159	52-100-7	4353

Fantasy

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
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	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1961	22	WAS	QB	16	14	14	34	47	3	9	1.4	3.4	2.4				0				34	1.4	47	3	6
1962*	23	WAS	QB	16	14	14	20	10	3	9	0.5	0.7	1.4				0				20	0.5	10	3	5
1963*	24	WAS	QB	16	14	14	23	100	2	16	4.3	7.1	1.6				0				23	4.3	100	2	6
1964	25	PHI	QB	16	12	10	16	59	2	19	3.7	4.9	1.3				0				16	3.7	59	2	3
1965*	26	PHI	QB	16	11	10	24	81	3	20	3.4	7.4	2.2				0				24	3.4	81	3	5
1966	27	PHI	QB	16	10	10	15	32	1	17	2.1	3.2	1.5				0				15	2.1	32	1	7
1967	28	PHI	QB	16	14	14	9	30	2	21	3.3	2.1	0.6				0				9	3.3	30	2	5
1968	29	PHI	QB	16	11	11	9	27	0	9	3.0	2.5	0.8				0				9	3.0	27	0	2
1969	30	PHI	QB	16	13	13	8	2	2	5	0.3	0.2	0.6				0				8	0.3	2	2	4
1970	31	PHI	QB	16	14	13	18	35	3	16	1.9	2.5	1.3				0				18	1.9	35	3	3
1971	32	MIN	QB	16	7	2	6	6	1	5	1.0	0.9	0.9				0				6	1.0	6	1	2
1972*	33	NYG	QB	16	14	13	10	21	0	15	2.1	1.5	0.7				0				10	2.1	21	0	4
1973	34	NYG	QB	16	10	7	4	13	0	14	3.3	1.3	0.4				0				4	3.3	13	0	2
1974	35	2TM	QB		8	5	4	29	0	25	7.3	3.6	0.5				0				4	7.3	29	0	0
		NYG	QB	16	5	4	3	4	0	3	1.3	0.8	0.6				0				3	1.3	4	0	0
		SFO	QB	16	3	1	1	25	0	25	25.0	8.3	0.3				0				1	25.0	25	0	0
1975	36	SFO	QB	16	9	7	9	30	1	10	3.3	3.3	1.0				0				9	3.3	30	1	5
1976	37	NYG	QB	16	3	2	3	-1	0	0	-0.3	-0.3	1.0				0				3	-0.3	-1	0	1
Career					178	159	212	521	23	25	2.5	2.9	1.2				0				212	2.5	521	23	60
7 yrs		PHI			85	81	99	266	13	21	2.7	3.1	1.2				0				99	2.7	266	13	29
4 yrs		NYG			32	26	20	37	0	15	1.9	1.2	0.6				0				20	1.9	37	0	7
3 yrs		WAS			42	42	77	157	8	16	2.0	3.7	1.8				0				77	2.0	157	8	17
2 yrs		SFO			12	8	10	55	1	25	5.5	4.6	0.8				0				10	5.5	55	1	5
1 yr		MIN			7	2	6	6	1	5	1.0	0.9	0.9				0				6	1.0	6	1	2

Defense & Fumbles

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Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1961	22	WAS	QB	16	14	14			0				6	1	0	0	0.0
1962*	23	WAS	QB	16	14	14			0				5	1	0	0	0.0
1963*	24	WAS	QB	16	14	14			0				6	2	0	0	0.0
1964	25	PHI	QB	16	12	10			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1965*	26	PHI	QB	16	11	10			0				5	1	0	0	0.0
1966	27	PHI	QB	16	10	10			0				7	2	-7	0	0.0
1967	28	PHI	QB	16	14	14			0				5	1	0	0	0.0
1968	29	PHI	QB	16	11	11			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1969	30	PHI	QB	16	13	13			0				4	0	-34	0	0.0
1970	31	PHI	QB	16	14	13			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1971	32	MIN	QB	16	7	2			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1972*	33	NYG	QB	16	14	13			0				4	1	-9	0	0.0
1973	34	NYG	QB	16	10	7			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1975	36	SFO	QB	16	9	7			0				5	0	-2	0	0.0
1976	37	NYG	QB	16	3	2			0				1	1	-2	0	0.0
Career					178	159			0				60	12	-54	0	0.0
7 yrs		PHI			85	81			0				29	6	-41	0	0.0
4 yrs		NYG			32	26			0				7	2	-11	0	0.0
3 yrs		WAS			42	42			0				17	4	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		SFO			12	8			0				5	0	-2	0	0.0
1 yr		MIN			7	2			0				2	0	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1961	22	WAS	QB	16	14	14	3	3		18	1.3
1962*	23	WAS	QB	16	14	14	3	3		18	1.3
1963*	24	WAS	QB	16	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1964	25	PHI	QB	16	12	10	2	2		12	1.0
1965*	26	PHI	QB	16	11	10	3	3		18	1.6
1966	27	PHI	QB	16	10	10	1	1		6	0.6
1967	28	PHI	QB	16	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1969	30	PHI	QB	16	13	13	2	2		12	0.9
1970	31	PHI	QB	16	14	13	3	3		18	1.3
1971	32	MIN	QB	16	7	2	1	1		6	0.9
1975	36	SFO	QB	16	9	7	1	1		6	0.7
Career					178	159	23	23	0	138	.8
7 yrs		PHI			85	81	13	13	0	78	.9
4 yrs		NYG			32	26			0	0	0.0
3 yrs		WAS			42	42	8	8	0	48	1.1
2 yrs		SFO			12	8	1	1	0	6	.5
1 yr		MIN			7	2	1	1	0	6	.9

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Norm Snead born?

Norm Snead was born on July 31, 1939.

Where was Norm Snead born?

Norm Snead was born in Halifax County, VA.

How tall was Norm Snead?

Norm Snead was 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Norm Snead weigh when playing?

Norm Snead weighed 215 lbs (97 kg) when playing.

Is Norm Snead in the Hall of Fame?

Norm Snead has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Norm Snead play?

Norm Snead played 178 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Norm Snead have?

Norm Snead had 30,797 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Norm Snead have?

Norm Snead had 196 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Norm Snead won?

Norm Snead never won a Super Bowl.

When did Norm Snead retire?

Norm Snead last played in 1976.

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