Joseph Robert Theismann
Position: QB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 192 lbs.
Throws: Right
Born: September 9, 1949 in New Brunswick, NJ
College: Notre Dame (school history)
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 4th round (99th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 87 (296th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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1978 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Passing | Rushing | Scoring | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1978-09-03 | 28-359 | WAS | @ | NWE | W 16-14 | * | 10 | 24 | 41.67% | 184 | 1 | 1 | 65.3 | 7.67 | 6.63 | 4 | -4 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1978-09-10 | 29-001 | WAS | PHI | W 35-30 | * | 14 | 24 | 58.33% | 226 | 3 | 1 | 112.2 | 9.42 | 10.04 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1978-09-17 | 29-008 | WAS | @ | STL | W 28-10 | * | 5 | 12 | 41.67% | 59 | 2 | 0 | 96.9 | 4.92 | 8.25 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 1978-09-24 | 29-015 | WAS | NYJ | W 23-3 | * | 21 | 30 | 70.00% | 209 | 2 | 0 | 111.7 | 6.97 | 8.30 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 1978-10-02 | 29-023 | WAS | DAL | W 9-5 | * | 11 | 22 | 50.00% | 156 | 0 | 1 | 54.4 | 7.09 | 5.05 | 2 | -9 | -4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1978-10-08 | 29-029 | WAS | @ | DET | W 21-19 | * | 12 | 27 | 44.44% | 220 | 2 | 2 | 66.9 | 8.15 | 6.30 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 1978-10-15 | 29-036 | WAS | @ | PHI | L 10-17 | * | 8 | 21 | 38.10% | 163 | 0 | 2 | 26.6 | 7.76 | 3.48 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 1978-10-22 | 29-043 | WAS | @ | NYG | L 6-17 | * | 15 | 38 | 39.47% | 169 | 0 | 3 | 20.6 | 4.45 | 0.89 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 1978-11-06 | 29-058 | WAS | @ | BAL | L 17-21 | 6 | 12 | 50.00% | 92 | 0 | 0 | 75.7 | 7.67 | 7.67 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 11 | 1978-11-12 | 29-064 | WAS | NYG | W 16-13 | * | 22 | 35 | 62.86% | 270 | 0 | 0 | 86.6 | 7.71 | 7.71 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 12 | 1978-11-19 | 29-071 | WAS | STL | L 17-27 | * | 16 | 39 | 41.03% | 267 | 2 | 3 | 49.8 | 6.85 | 4.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 13 | 1978-11-23 | 29-075 | WAS | @ | DAL | L 10-37 | * | 10 | 24 | 41.67% | 150 | 1 | 0 | 76.7 | 6.25 | 7.08 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | 1978-12-03 | 29-085 | WAS | MIA | L 0-16 | * | 12 | 28 | 42.86% | 177 | 0 | 4 | 24.6 | 6.32 | -0.11 | 4 | 40 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 15 | 1978-12-10 | 29-092 | WAS | @ | ATL | L 17-20 | * | 12 | 33 | 36.36% | 144 | 0 | 0 | 50.6 | 4.36 | 4.36 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | 1978-12-16 | 29-098 | WAS | CHI | L 10-14 | * | 13 | 21 | 61.90% | 107 | 0 | 1 | 55.1 | 5.10 | 2.95 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 Games | 187 | 390 | 47.95% | 2593 | 13 | 18 | 61.6 | 6.65 | 5.24 | 37 | 177 | 4.78 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||