Mike Taliaferro

Myron Eugene Taliaferro

Position: QB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 202 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: July 26, 1941 in Houston, TX
College: Illinois (school history)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 10th round (138th overall) of the 1963 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 28th round (219th overall) of the 1963 AFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 15 (5701st overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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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%	4QC	GWD	AV
1964	23	NYJ		17	14			23	73	31.5	341	2	2.7	5	6.8	66	4.7	2.1	14.8	24.4	28.4								1
1965	24	NYJ	qb	17	14	5	2-3-0	45	119	37.8	531	3	2.5	7	5.9	37	4.5	2.3	11.8	37.9	36.1						1	0	2
1966	25	NYJ		17	14		1-0-0	19	41	46.3	177	2	4.9	2	4.9	21	4.3	3.1	9.3	12.6	54.6								1
1967	26	NYJ		17	3			11	20	55.0	96	1	5.0	1	5.0	20	4.8	3.6	8.7	32.0	63.7								1
1968	27	BOS	QB	17	7	7	3-4-0	67	176	38.1	889	4	2.3	15	8.5	70	5.1	1.7	13.3	127.0	26.9								-1
1969*	28	BOS	QB	17	14	14	4-10-0	160	331	48.3	2160	19	5.7	18	5.4	77	6.5	5.2	13.5	154.3	66.0	24	261	5.35	4.14	6.8	1	2	10
1970	29	BOS	qb	17	11	4	1-3-0	78	173	45.1	871	4	2.3	11	6.4	45	5.0	2.6	11.2	79.2	41.8	15	158	3.79	1.59	8.0			0
1972	31	BUF		17	5	0		16	33	48.5	176	1	3.0	4	12.1	24	5.3	0.5	11.0	35.2	35.2	6	48	3.28	-0.82	15.4			1
Career					82	30	11-20-0	419	966	43.4	5241	36	3.7	63	6.5	77	5.4	3.2	12.5	63.9	46.1	45	467	4.72	2.63	4.5	2	2	15
4 yrs		NYJ			45	5	3-3-0	98	253	38.7	1145	8	3.2	15	5.9	66	4.5	2.5	11.7	25.4	39.1						1	0	5
3 yrs		BOS			32	25	8-17-0	305	680	44.9	3920	27	4.0	44	6.5	77	5.8	3.6	12.9	122.5	49.8	39	419	4.81	3.25	7.2	1	2	9
1 yr		BUF			5	0		16	33	48.5	176	1	3.0	4	12.1	24	5.3	0.5	11.0	35.2	35.2	6	48	3.28	-0.82	15.4			1

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

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1964	23	NYJ		17	14			73	66		64		47	79	88		60
1965	24	NYJ	qb	17	14	5	2-3-0	119	69		74		72	81	98		76
1968	27	BOS	QB	17	7	7	3-4-0	176	76		67		66	76	62		62
1969*	28	BOS	QB	17	14	14	4-10-0	331	95	94	99	99	99	109	103	105	102
1970	29	BOS	qb	17	11	4	1-3-0	173	70	69	73	73	80	79	91	100	75
Career					82	30	11-20-0	966	80	85	81	90	81	90	90	103	82

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
1966	25	NYJ		17	14										1				2
Career					82										1				2

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

Pro Bowls 1969	Passes Completed 1969 AFL 160 (5)	Pass Attempts 1969 AFL 331 (5)	Passing Yds 1969 AFL 2160 (5)
Passing TD 1969 AFL 19 (2)	Passer Rating 1969 AFL 66.0 (6)	Long Pass 1968 AFL 70 (9) 1969 AFL 77 (7)	Passes Intercepted 1965 AFL 7 (10) 1968 AFL 15 (6) 1969 AFL 18 (4) Career 63 (181)
Sacked 1969 AFL 24 (5)	Sacked Yds Lost 1969 AFL 261 (2)	Passing Yds/Game 1968 AFL 127.0 (8) 1969 AFL 154.3 (7)	Yds/Pass Att 1969 AFL 6.5 (8)
Yds/Pass Cmp 1969 AFL 13.5 (8) Career 12.5 (98)	Pass Attempts/Game 1968 AFL 25.1 (5) 1969 AFL 23.6 (6)	Adj Yds/Pass Att 1969 AFL 5.23 (6)	Net Yds/Pass Att 1969 AFL 5.35 (7)
Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1969 AFL 4.14 (6)	Passes Completed/Game 1968 AFL 9.6 (6) 1969 AFL 11.4 (6)	Pass Completion % 1969 AFL 48.3% (7)	Pass Intercept. % 1969 AFL 5.4% (4)
Passing TD % 1969 AFL 5.7% (3) Career 3.7% (162)	Sack % 1969 AFL 6.76% (6)	Game-Winning Drives 1969 AFL 2 (3)	Comebacks 1965 AFL 1 (5) 1969 AFL 1 (5)
2-pt. Conv. Made Career 1 (178)	Total Offense 1969 AFL 1883 (6)

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	PosRank
1970	29	11	QB	38	35
1972	31	5	QB	7	46
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