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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1979 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 | 1979-09-02 | 29-358 | WAS | HOU | L 27-29 | * | 7 | 14 | 50.00% | 123 | 2 | 1 | 90.2 | 8.79 | 8.43 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1979-09-09 | 30-000 | WAS | @ | DET | W 27-24 | * | 13 | 19 | 68.42% | 116 | 2 | 0 | 119.6 | 6.11 | 8.21 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 1979-09-17 | 30-008 | WAS | NYG | W 27-0 | * | 18 | 28 | 64.29% | 153 | 1 | 2 | 60.6 | 5.46 | 2.96 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1979-09-23 | 30-014 | WAS | @ | STL | W 17-7 | * | 8 | 15 | 53.33% | 91 | 1 | 0 | 94.0 | 6.07 | 7.40 | 7 | 9 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 1979-09-30 | 30-021 | WAS | @ | ATL | W 16-7 | * | 19 | 26 | 73.08% | 233 | 0 | 1 | 84.3 | 8.96 | 7.23 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 1979-10-07 | 30-028 | WAS | @ | PHI | L 17-28 | * | 19 | 32 | 59.38% | 165 | 1 | 1 | 70.4 | 5.16 | 4.38 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 1979-10-14 | 30-035 | WAS | @ | CLE | W 13-9 | * | 14 | 24 | 58.33% | 233 | 1 | 1 | 87.7 | 9.71 | 8.67 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 1979-10-21 | 30-042 | WAS | PHI | W 17-7 | * | 15 | 24 | 62.50% | 136 | 0 | 2 | 43.1 | 5.67 | 1.92 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 9 | 9 | 1979-10-28 | 30-049 | WAS | NOR | L 10-14 | * | 8 | 16 | 50.00% | 101 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 6.31 | 3.50 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 10 | 10 | 1979-11-04 | 30-056 | WAS | @ | PIT | L 7-38 | * | 14 | 31 | 45.16% | 147 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 4.74 | 3.29 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 1979-11-11 | 30-063 | WAS | STL | W 30-28 | * | 16 | 28 | 57.14% | 197 | 2 | 0 | 102.8 | 7.04 | 8.46 | 5 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 12 | 1979-11-18 | 30-070 | WAS | DAL | W 34-20 | * | 15 | 24 | 62.50% | 210 | 3 | 0 | 130.2 | 8.75 | 11.25 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 13 | 1979-11-25 | 30-077 | WAS | @ | NYG | L 6-14 | * | 11 | 23 | 47.83% | 140 | 0 | 0 | 67.3 | 6.09 | 6.09 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 1979-12-02 | 30-084 | WAS | GNB | W 38-21 | * | 21 | 34 | 61.76% | 256 | 4 | 1 | 111.9 | 7.53 | 8.56 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 15 | 1979-12-09 | 30-091 | WAS | CIN | W 28-14 | * | 23 | 34 | 67.65% | 296 | 2 | 2 | 89.8 | 8.71 | 7.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 16 | 1979-12-16 | 30-098 | WAS | @ | DAL | L 34-35 | * | 12 | 23 | 52.17% | 200 | 1 | 0 | 96.3 | 8.70 | 9.57 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 Games | 233 | 395 | 58.99% | 2797 | 20 | 13 | 83.9 | 7.08 | 6.61 | 46 | 181 | 3.93 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||