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Ken Stabler

Kenneth Michael Stabler

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: December 25, 1945 in Foley, AL
College: Alabama

Career AV: 94 (195th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 2nd round (52nd overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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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% AV
1970 25 OAK 12 3 0 2 7 28.6 52 0 0.0 1 14.3 33 7.4 1.0 26.0 17.3 18.5 0 0 7.4 1.0 0.0 0
1971 26 OAK 12 14 1 1-0-0 24 48 50.0 268 1 2.1 4 8.3 23 5.6 2.3 11.2 19.1 39.2 4 37 4.4 1.4 7.7 2
1972 27 OAK 12 14 1 0-1-0 44 74 59.5 524 4 5.4 3 4.1 22 7.1 6.3 11.9 37.4 82.3 8 75 5.5 4.8 9.8 3
1973* 28 OAK QB 12 14 11 8-2-1 163 260 62.7 1997 14 5.4 10 3.8 80 7.7 7.0 12.3 142.6 88.3 34 261 5.9 5.3 11.6 10
1974*+ 29 OAK QB 12 14 13 11-2-0 178 310 57.4 2469 26 8.4 12 3.9 67 8.0 7.9 13.9 176.4 94.9 18 141 7.1 7.0 5.5 15
1975 30 OAK QB 12 14 13 10-3-0 171 293 58.4 2296 16 5.5 24 8.2 53 7.8 5.2 13.4 164.0 67.4 19 202 6.7 4.3 6.1 10
1976* 31 OAK QB 12 12 12 11-1-0 194 291 66.7 2737 27 9.3 17 5.8 88 9.4 8.6 14.1 228.1 103.4 19 203 8.2 7.4 6.1 15
1977* 32 OAK QB 12 13 13 10-3-0 169 294 57.5 2176 20 6.8 20 6.8 44 7.4 5.7 12.9 167.4 75.2 16 141 6.6 5.0 5.2 14
1978 33 OAK QB 12 16 16 9-7-0 237 406 58.4 2944 16 3.9 30 7.4 49 7.3 4.7 12.4 184.0 63.3 37 347 5.9 3.5 8.4 10
1979 34 OAK QB 12 16 16 9-7-0 304 498 61.0 3615 26 5.2 22 4.4 66 7.3 6.3 11.9 225.9 82.2 34 284 6.3 5.4 6.4 14
1980 35 HOU QB 12 16 16 11-5-0 293 457 64.1 3202 13 2.8 28 6.1 79 7.0 4.8 10.9 200.1 68.7 27 264 6.1 4.0 5.6 9
1981 36 HOU QB 12 13 12 5-7-0 165 285 57.9 1988 14 4.9 18 6.3 71 7.0 5.1 12.0 152.9 69.5 29 254 5.5 3.8 9.2 6
1982 37 NOR QB 16 8 8 4-4-0 117 189 61.9 1343 6 3.2 10 5.3 48 7.1 5.4 11.5 167.9 71.8 13 106 6.1 4.5 6.4 7
1983 38 NOR QB 16 14 14 7-7-0 176 311 56.6 1988 9 2.9 18 5.8 48 6.4 4.4 11.3 142.0 61.4 18 159 5.6 3.6 5.5 4
1984 39 NOR 16 3 0 33 70 47.1 339 2 2.9 5 7.1 29 4.8 2.2 10.3 113.0 41.3 5 40 4.0 1.5 6.7 1
Career 184 146 96-49-1 2270 3793 59.8 27938 194 5.1 222 5.9 88 7.4 5.8 12.3 151.8 75.3 281 2514 6.2 4.7 6.9 120
10 yrs OAK 130 96 69-26-1 1486 2481 59.9 19078 150 6.0 143 5.8 88 7.7 6.3 12.8 146.8 80.2 189 1691 6.5 5.2 7.1 93
3 yrs NOR 25 22 11-11-0 326 570 57.2 3670 17 3.0 33 5.8 48 6.4 4.4 11.3 146.8 62.4 36 305 5.6 3.7 5.9 12
2 yrs HOU 29 28 16-12-0 458 742 61.7 5190 27 3.6 46 6.2 79 7.0 4.9 11.3 179.0 69.0 56 518 5.9 3.9 7.0 15

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1973 (1-1), 1974 (1-1), 1975 (1-1), 1976 (3-0), 1977 (1-1), 1980 (0-1)

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1972 27 OAK 12 14 1 0-1-0 74 107 100 114 109 124 111 113 91 119
1973* 28 OAK QB 12 14 11 8-2-1 260 121 108 122 114 133 111 114 83 126
1974*+ 29 OAK QB 12 14 13 11-2-0 310 124 128 129 132 117 137 113 116 131
1975 30 OAK QB 12 14 13 10-3-0 293 119 120 101 103 117 112 69 113 102
1976* 31 OAK QB 12 12 12 11-1-0 291 145 143 137 138 142 148 94 114 140
1977* 32 OAK QB 12 13 13 10-3-0 294 113 120 107 112 115 128 84 120 112
1978 33 OAK QB 12 16 16 9-7-0 406 112 107 93 92 118 99 74 98 96
1979 34 OAK QB 12 16 16 9-7-0 498 109 110 111 112 122 113 105 107 117
1980 35 HOU QB 12 16 16 11-5-0 457 101 103 86 88 131 82 78 109 94
1981 36 HOU QB 12 13 12 5-7-0 285 99 91 89 85 107 109 74 86 94
1982 37 NOR QB 16 8 8 4-4-0 189 101 103 92 94 119 88 87 106 97
1983 38 NOR QB 16 14 14 7-7-0 311 86 93 79 83 100 86 80 116 83
1984 39 NOR 16 3 0 70 53 63 51 57 70 85 62 109 59
Career 184 146 96-49-1 3793 110 110 103 104 120 109 88 106 107

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1970 25 OAK 12 3 0 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -1.3 0.3 -4 0 1
1971 26 OAK 12 14 1 4 29 2 18 7.3 2.1 0.3 29 2 1
1972 27 OAK 12 14 1 6 27 0 15 4.5 1.9 0.4 27 0 2
1973* 28 OAK QB 12 14 11 21 101 0 13 4.8 7.2 1.5 101 0 5
1974*+ 29 OAK QB 12 14 13 12 -2 1 6 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 -2 1 3
1975 30 OAK QB 12 14 13 6 -5 0 0 -0.8 -0.4 0.4 -5 0 4
1976* 31 OAK QB 12 12 12 7 -2 1 5 -0.3 -0.2 0.6 -2 1 5
1977* 32 OAK QB 12 13 13 3 -3 0 0 -1.0 -0.2 0.2 -3 0 3
1978 33 OAK QB 12 16 16 4 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 9
1979 34 OAK QB 12 16 16 16 -4 0 13 -0.3 -0.3 1.0 -4 0 10
1980 35 HOU QB 12 16 16 15 -22 0 0 -1.5 -1.4 0.9 -22 0 7
1981 36 HOU QB 12 13 12 10 -3 0 4 -0.3 -0.2 0.8 -3 0 7
1982 37 NOR QB 16 8 8 3 -4 0 0 -1.3 -0.5 0.4 -4 0 4
1983 38 NOR QB 16 14 14 9 -14 0 0 -1.6 -1.0 0.6 -14 0 4
1984 39 NOR 16 3 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.3 0.3 -1 0 1
Career 184 146 118 93 4 18 0.8 0.5 0.6 93 4 66
10 yrs OAK 130 96 80 137 4 18 1.7 1.1 0.6 137 4 43
3 yrs NOR 25 22 13 -19 0 0 -1.5 -0.8 0.5 -19 0 9
2 yrs HOU 29 28 25 -25 0 4 -1.0 -0.9 0.9 -25 0 14

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1970 25 OAK 12 3 0 1 0 0 0
1971 26 OAK 12 14 1 1 1 -10 0
1972 27 OAK 12 14 1 2 2 0 0
1973* 28 OAK QB 12 14 11 5 1 -1 0
1974*+ 29 OAK QB 12 14 13 3 1 -11 0
1975 30 OAK QB 12 14 13 4 2 -2 0
1976* 31 OAK QB 12 12 12 5 1 -5 0
1977* 32 OAK QB 12 13 13 3 0 -3 0
1978 33 OAK QB 12 16 16 9 1 -4 0
1979 34 OAK QB 12 16 16 10 5 -30 0
1980 35 HOU QB 12 16 16 7 2 -16 0
1981 36 HOU QB 12 13 12 7 2 -13 0
1982 37 NOR QB 16 8 8 4 0 0 0
1983 38 NOR QB 16 14 14 4 0 0 0
1984 39 NOR 16 3 0 1 0 0 0
Career 184 146 66 18 -95 0
10 yrs OAK 130 96 43 14 -66 0
3 yrs NOR 25 22 9 0 0 0
2 yrs HOU 29 28 14 4 -29 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1971 26 OAK 12 14 1 2 2 12
1974*+ 29 OAK QB 12 14 13 1 1 6
1976* 31 OAK QB 12 12 12 1 1 6
Career 184 146 4 4 24

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Joe Reed, Dave Krieg, Jack Thompson, Gary Cuozzo, Chad Hutchinson, Marty Domres, Lynn Dickey, Seneca Wallace, Mike Taliaferro, Bob Lee
4 Dave Krieg, Steve Pelluer, Billy Joe Tolliver, Cliff Stoudt, Matt Robinson, Jim Harbaugh, Scott Brunner, Ron Jaworski, J.P. Losman, Gary Danielson
5 Dave Krieg, Jay Cutler, Jim Harbaugh, Gary Danielson, Eric Hipple, Matt Hasselbeck, Bobby Douglass, Billy Wade, Steve Pelluer, Gus Frerotte
6 Jim Harbaugh, Dave Krieg, Eric Hipple, Brad Johnson, Bobby Hebert, Matt Hasselbeck, Eddie LeBaron, Bobby Douglass, Brian Sipe, Gus Frerotte
7 Jeff Blake, Dave Krieg, Matt Hasselbeck, Tommy Kramer, Brian Sipe, Eli Manning, Carson Palmer, Stan Humphries, David Garrard, Terry Bradshaw*
8 Brian Sipe, Jeff Blake, Dave Krieg, Terry Bradshaw*, Bart Starr*, Matt Hasselbeck, Aaron Brooks, Roger Staubach*, Danny White, Jim Plunkett
9 Brian Sipe, Terry Bradshaw*, Jeff Blake, Dave Krieg, Matt Hasselbeck, Bart Starr*, Archie Manning, Don Meredith, Joe Namath*, Ken O'Brien
10 Steve McNair, Terry Bradshaw*, Bart Starr*, Steve Grogan, Brian Sipe, Randall Cunningham, Joe Namath*, Ken Anderson, Drew Bledsoe, Dave Krieg
11 Steve McNair, Terry Bradshaw*, Mark Brunell, Joe Namath*, Steve Grogan, Bart Starr*, Donovan McNabb, Dave Krieg, Joe Theismann, Jake Plummer
12 Joe Namath*, Steve Grogan, Roman Gabriel, Jim Everett, Donovan McNabb, Joe Theismann, Steve McNair, Bart Starr*, Dave Krieg, John Hadl
13 Troy Aikman*, Steve McNair, Roman Gabriel, Bart Starr*, Dave Krieg, Steve Grogan, Joe Namath*, John Hadl, Jim Hart, Jim Everett
14 Steve Grogan, Troy Aikman*, Steve McNair, Roman Gabriel, Dave Krieg, Bart Starr*, Joe Namath*, Jim Hart, John Hadl, Sonny Jurgensen*
15 Len Dawson*, Troy Aikman*, Roman Gabriel, Steve McNair, Steve Grogan, Joe Namath*, John Hadl, Sonny Jurgensen*, Phil Simms, Terry Bradshaw*
Career Troy Aikman*, Roman Gabriel, Steve McNair, Steve Grogan, Jim Plunkett, Len Dawson*, Joe Namath*, John Hadl, Phil Simms, Terry Bradshaw*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1974 NFL AP MVP
1974 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1974 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year
1976 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)

Pro Bowls

1973
1974
1976
1977

First-Team All-Pro

1974

Passes Completed

1973 NFL 163 (8)
1974 NFL 178 (7)
1975 NFL 171 (9)
1976 NFL 194 (7)
1977 NFL 169 (6)
1978 NFL 237 (5)
1979 NFL 304 (4)
1980 NFL 293 (5)
Career 2270 (45)

Pass Attempts

1974 NFL 310 (8)
1978 NFL 406 (7)
1979 NFL 498 (6)
1980 NFL 457 (10)
Career 3793 (48)

Passing Yds

1973 NFL 1997 (9)
1974 NFL 2469 (5)
1975 NFL 2296 (9)
1976 NFL 2737 (4)
1977 NFL 2176 (8)
1978 NFL 2944 (8)
1979 NFL 3615 (6)
Career 27938 (45)

Passing TD

1973 NFL 14 (9)
1974 NFL 26 (1)
1975 NFL 16 (9)
1976 NFL 27 (1)
1977 NFL 20 (2)
1978 NFL 16 (8)
1979 NFL 26 (4)
Career 194 (37)

Passer Rating

1973 NFL 88.3 (4)
1974 NFL 94.9 (2)
1976 NFL 103.4 (1/26)
1977 NFL 75.2 (6)
1979 NFL 82.2 (4)
Career 75.3 (90)

Long Pass

1973 NFL 80 (2)
1976 NFL 88 (1)
1980 NFL 79 (6)

Passes Intercepted

1975 NFL 24 (2/57)
1976 NFL 17 (4)
1977 NFL 20 (4)
1978 NFL 30 (2/7)
1979 NFL 22 (7)
1980 NFL 28 (2/14)
1981 NFL 18 (10)
1983 NFL 18 (10)
Career 222 (16)

Sacked

1973 NFL 34 (4)
1978 NFL 37 (5)
Career 281 (40)

Sacked Yds Lost

1973 NFL 261 (6)
1978 NFL 347 (3/57)
1979 NFL 284 (9)
1981 NFL 254 (9)
Career 2514 (22)

Passing Yds/Game

1974 NFL 176.4 (6)
1976 NFL 228.1 (1)
1977 NFL 167.4 (8)
1978 NFL 184.0 (9)
1979 NFL 225.9 (6)
Career 151.8 (118)

Yds/Pass Att

1973 NFL 7.7 (4)
1974 NFL 8.0 (3)
1975 NFL 7.8 (2)
1976 NFL 9.4 (1/8)
1977 NFL 7.4 (3)
1978 NFL 7.3 (8)
1979 NFL 7.3 (8)
Career 7.4 (31)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1973 NFL 12.3 (10)
1974 NFL 13.9 (5)
1975 NFL 13.4 (10)
1976 NFL 14.1 (4)
Career 12.3 (118)

Pass Attempts/Game

1976 NFL 24.3 (7)
1978 NFL 25.4 (9)
1979 NFL 31.1 (6)
Career 20.6 (142)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1973 NFL 7.03 (5)
1974 NFL 7.90 (1/78)
1976 NFL 8.63 (2/27)
1977 NFL 5.70 (8)
1979 NFL 6.32 (10)
Career 5.75 (119)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1973 NFL 5.90 (10)
1974 NFL 7.10 (1/97)
1975 NFL 6.71 (4)
1976 NFL 8.17 (1/6)
1977 NFL 6.56 (3)
1979 NFL 6.26 (9)
Career 6.24 (36)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1973 NFL 5.33 (9)
1974 NFL 7.04 (1/87)
1976 NFL 7.45 (2/47)
1977 NFL 4.95 (7)
1979 NFL 5.38 (10)
Career 4.74 (122)

Passes Completed/Game

1973 NFL 11.6 (10)
1974 NFL 12.7 (10)
1976 NFL 16.2 (2)
1977 NFL 13.0 (6)
1978 NFL 14.8 (7)
1979 NFL 19.0 (4)
1980 NFL 18.3 (5)
Career 12.3 (113)

Pass Completion %

1973 NFL 62.7% (1)
1974 NFL 57.4% (5)
1975 NFL 58.4% (4)
1976 NFL 66.7% (1/34)
1977 NFL 57.5% (4)
1978 NFL 58.4% (5)
1979 NFL 61.0% (2)
1980 NFL 64.1% (2/91)
1981 NFL 57.9% (7)
1982 NFL 61.9% (5)
Career 59.8% (32)

Pass Intercept. %

1973 NFL 3.8% (7)
1974 NFL 3.9% (10)
Career 5.9% (187)

Passing TD %

1973 NFL 5.4% (8)
1974 NFL 8.4% (1/25)
1975 NFL 5.5% (6)
1976 NFL 9.3% (1/12)
1977 NFL 6.8% (2)
1979 NFL 5.2% (4)
1981 NFL 4.9% (10)
Career 5.1% (41)

Sack %

1974 NFL 5.49% (8)
1975 NFL 6.09% (6)
1976 NFL 6.13% (6)
1977 NFL 5.16% (4)
1979 NFL 6.39% (10)
1982 NFL 6.44% (10)
1983 NFL 5.47% (7)
Career 6.90% (89)

Fumbles

1978 NFL 9 (7)
1979 NFL 10 (7)
Career 66 (58)

Fumbles Recovered

1979 NFL 5 (6)
Career 18 (125)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1973Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1974Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1976Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 25 3 QB 64
1971 26 14 QB 24 42
1972 27 14 QB 42 36
1973 28 14 QB 154 13 9 51
1974 29 14 QB 237 117 2 6
1975 30 14 QB 139 1 11 72
1976 31 12 QB 243 93 3 11
1977 32 13 QB 167 29 9 42
1978 33 16 QB 154 16
1979 34 16 QB 256 49 7 29
1980 35 16 QB 148 26
1981 36 13 QB 127 23
1982 37 8 QB 69 26
1983 38 14 QB 96 28
1984 39 3 QB 15 53
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