Francis Abury Tarkenton
Position: QB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: February 3, 1940 in Richmond, VA
College: Georgia
Career AV: 139 (11th overall since 1950)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1986
9-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 3rd round (29th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 5th round (34th overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.
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| Score | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Week | Day | Date | Tm | Opp | Tm | Opp | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Lng | TD | ||||||||
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Division | Sun | Dec 31, 1978 | box | L | MIN* | @ | RAM | 10 | 34 | 18 | 37 | 219 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 5.9 | 48.6 | 53.8 | 1 | -2 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Division | Sat | Dec 18, 1976 | box | W | MIN* | WAS | 35 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 170 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 8.1 | 57.1 | 83.4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | ConfChamp | Sun | Dec 26, 1976 | box | W | MIN* | RAM | 24 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 143 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 5.3 | 44.4 | 45.8 | 1 | -2 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | SuperBowl | Sun | Jan 9, 1977 | box | L | MIN* | N | OAK | 14 | 32 | 17 | 35 | 205 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 5.9 | 48.6 | 52.7 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Division | Sun | Dec 28, 1975 | box | L | MIN* | DAL | 14 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 5.2 | 46.2 | 46.2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 10.7 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Division | Sat | Dec 21, 1974 | box | W | MIN* | STL | 30 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 169 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 7.3 | 56.5 | 72.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | ConfChamp | Sun | Dec 29, 1974 | box | W | MIN* | RAM | 14 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 6.2 | 50.0 | 65.2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1.3 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | SuperBowl | Sun | Jan 12, 1975 | box | L | MIN* | N | PIT | 6 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 102 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 3.9 | 42.3 | 14.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Division | Sat | Dec 22, 1973 | box | W | MIN* | WAS | 27 | 20 | 16 | 28 | 222 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 7.9 | 57.1 | 91.7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0.3 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | ConfChamp | Sun | Dec 30, 1973 | box | W | MIN* | @ | DAL | 27 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 133 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 6.3 | 47.6 | 64.2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4.0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | SuperBowl | Sun | Jan 13, 1974 | box | L | MIN* | N | MIA | 7 | 24 | 18 | 28 | 182 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6.5 | 64.3 | 67.9 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 4.3 | 1 | |||||
| 11 games | 149 | 292 | 1803 | 11 | 17 | 6.2 | 51.0 | 58.6 | 25 | 70 | 16 | 2.8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||