Frank Tripucka

Francis Joseph Tripucka

Position: QB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 192 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: December 8, 1927 in Bloomfield, NJ
College: Notre Dame (school history)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1949 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 25 (4005th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Passing

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	4QC	GWD	AV
1949	22	DET	qb		6	4		62	145	42.8	833	9	6.2	14	9.7	64	5.7	2.6	13.4	138.8	42.8	0	0	0
1950	23	CRD	qb	8	10	2	2-0-0	47	108	43.5	720	4	3.7	7	6.5	81	6.7	4.5	15.3	72.0	51.5	0	0	3
1951	24	CRD	qb	8	3	2	1-1-0	17	29	58.6	244	2	6.9	1	3.4	48	8.4	8.2	14.4	81.3	94.6	0	0	1
1952	25	2TM			12	7	1-6-0	91	186	48.9	809	3	1.6	17	9.1	42	4.3	0.6	8.9	67.4	28.3	0	0	4
		DTX	qb	11	6	6	1-5-0	86	174	49.4	769	3	1.7	17	9.8	42	4.4	0.4	8.9	128.2	27.8	0	0	3
		CRD	P	8	6	1	0-1-0	5	12	41.7	40	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	3.3	3.3	8.0	6.7	50.7	0	0	1
1960	33	DEN	QB	18	14	14	4-9-1	248	478	51.9	3038	24	5.0	34	7.1	80	6.4	4.2	12.3	217.0	58.9	2	1	9
1961	34	DEN	QB	18	14	10	3-7-0	167	344	48.5	1690	10	2.9	21	6.1	87	4.9	2.7	10.1	120.7	47.3	1	1	1
1962*	35	DEN	QB	18	14	13	6-7-0	240	440	54.5	2917	17	3.9	25	5.7	96	6.6	4.8	12.2	208.4	64.4	3	3	9
1963	36	DEN		18	2		0-2-0	7	15	46.7	31	0	0.0	5	33.3	14	2.1	-12.9	4.4	15.5	13.9			0
Career					75	52	17-32-1	879	1745	50.4	10282	69	4.0	124	7.1	96	5.9	3.5	11.7	137.1	52.2	6	5	27
4 yrs		DEN			44	37	13-25-1	662	1277	51.8	7676	51	4.0	85	6.7	96	6.0	3.8	11.6	174.5	55.9	6	5	19
3 yrs		CRD			19	5	3-2-0	69	149	46.3	1004	6	4.0	8	5.4	81	6.7	5.1	14.6	52.8	59.8	0	0	5
1 yr		DET			6	4		62	145	42.8	833	9	6.2	14	9.7	64	5.7	2.6	13.4	138.8	42.8	0	0	0
1 yr		DTX			6	6	1-5-0	86	174	49.4	769	3	1.7	17	9.8	42	4.4	0.4	8.9	128.2	27.8	0	0	3

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

Advanced Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1949	22	DET	qb		6	4		145	87		87		88	105	84		90
1950	23	CRD	qb	8	10	2	2-0-0	108	99		101		91	88	109		97
1952	25	2TM			12	7	1-6-0	186	72		67		105	67	84		73
		DTX	qb	11	6	6	1-5-0	174
1960	33	DEN	QB	18	14	14	4-9-1	478	95		92		116	100	89		97
1961	34	DEN	QB	18	14	10	3-7-0	344	72		81		102	82	102		87
1962*	35	DEN	QB	18	14	13	6-7-0	440	97		98		120	90	106		103
Career					75	52	17-32-1	1745	88	0	89	0	109	90	96	0	93

Kicking & Punting

							0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1949	22	DET	qb		6	4																	28	1074	50	1	38.4
1950	23	CRD	qb	8	10	2																	18	787	63	0	43.7
1951	24	CRD	qb	8	3	2																	11	429	56	1	39.0
1952	25	2TM			12	7																	35	1322	65	4	37.8
		DTX	qb	11	6	6																	4	167	65	2	41.8
		CRD	P	8	6	1																	31	1155	65	2	37.3
Career					75	52																	92	3612	65	6	39.3
3 yrs		CRD			19	5																	60	2371	65	3	39.5
1 yr		DET			6	4																	28	1074	50	1	38.4
1 yr		DTX			6	6																	4	167	65	2	41.8

Rushing & Receiving

							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
1949	22	DET	qb		6	4	12	36	1	18	3.0	6.0	2.0								36	1	1
1950	23	CRD	qb	8	10	2	4	35	1	21	8.8	3.5	0.4								35	1	2
1951	24	CRD	qb	8	3	2	1	14	0	14	14.0	4.7	0.3								14	0	0
1952	25	2TM			12	7	10	25	3	15	2.5	2.1	0.8								25	3	6
		DTX	qb	11	6	6	9	28	3	15	3.1	4.7	1.5								28	3	4
		CRD	P	8	6	1	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.5	0.2								-3	0	2
1960	33	DEN	QB	18	14	14	10	0	0	8	0.0	0.0	0.7								0	0	7
1961	34	DEN	QB	18	14	10	4	-8	0	0	-2.0	-0.6	0.3								-8	0	3
1962*	35	DEN	QB	18	14	13	2	-1	1	1	-0.5	-0.1	0.1								-1	1	2
Career					75	52	43	101	6	21	2.3	1.3	0.6								101	6	21
4 yrs		DEN			44	37	16	-9	1	8	-0.6	-0.2	0.4								-9	1	12
3 yrs		CRD			19	5	6	46	1	21	7.7	2.4	0.3								46	1	4
1 yr		DET			6	4	12	36	1	18	3.0	6.0	2.0								36	1	1
1 yr		DTX			6	6	9	28	3	15	3.1	4.7	1.5								28	3	4

Defense & Fumbles

								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
1949	22	DET	qb		6	4							0	1	0	0	0
1950	23	CRD	qb	8	10	2							0	2	0	0	0
1952	25	2TM			12	7							0	6	2	-14	0
		DTX	qb	11	6	6							0	4	1	0	0
		CRD	P	8	6	1							0	2	1	-14	0
1960	33	DEN	QB	18	14	14							0	7	0	0	0
1961	34	DEN	QB	18	14	10							0	3	0	0	0
1962*	35	DEN	QB	18	14	13							0	2	0	0	0
Career					75	52							0	21	2	-14	0
4 yrs		DEN			44	37							0	12	0	0	0
3 yrs		CRD			19	5							0	4	1	-14	0
1 yr		DET			6	4							0	1	0	0	0
1 yr		DTX			6	6							0	4	1	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1949	22	DET	qb		6	4	1	1	6
1950	23	CRD	qb	8	10	2	1	1	6
1952	25	2TM			12	7	3	3	18
		DTX	qb	11	6	6	3	3	18
1962*	35	DEN	QB	18	14	13	1	1	6
Career					75	52	6	6	36
4 yrs		DEN			44	37	1	1	6
3 yrs		CRD			19	5	1	1	6
1 yr		DET			6	4	1	1	6
1 yr		DTX			6	6	3	3	18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1962	Passes Completed 1949 NFL 62 (10) 1952 NFL 91 (8) 1960 AFL 248 (1) 1961 AFL 167 (4) 1962 AFL 240 (1) Career 879 (162)	Pass Attempts 1949 NFL 145 (10) 1952 NFL 186 (8) 1960 AFL 478 (1) 1961 AFL 344 (5) 1962 AFL 440 (1) Career 1745 (153)	Passing Yds 1949 NFL 833 (10) 1960 AFL 3038 (1) 1961 AFL 1690 (6) 1962 AFL 2917 (1) Career 10282 (169)
Passing TD 1949 NFL 9 (8) 1960 AFL 24 (2) 1961 AFL 10 (9) 1962 AFL 17 (4) Career 69 (156)	Passer Rating 1960 AFL 58.9 (7) 1961 AFL 47.3 (8) 1962 AFL 64.4 (3)	Long Pass 1949 NFL 64 (7) 1950 NFL 81 (4) 1960 AFL 80 (3) 1961 AFL 87 (2) 1962 AFL 96 (3/29)	Passes Intercepted 1949 NFL 14 (6) 1952 NFL 17 (4) 1960 AFL 34 (1/3) 1961 AFL 21 (6) 1962 AFL 25 (2/39) Career 124 (78)
Passing Yds/Game 1949 NFL 138.8 (7) 1960 AFL 217.0 (1) 1961 AFL 120.7 (6) 1962 AFL 208.4 (1) Career 137.1 (155)	Yds/Pass Att 1960 AFL 6.4 (6) 1961 AFL 4.9 (9) 1962 AFL 6.6 (5)	Yds/Pass Cmp 1960 AFL 12.3 (8) 1961 AFL 10.1 (9) 1962 AFL 12.2 (7) Career 11.7 (174)	Pass Attempts/Game 1949 NFL 24.2 (5) 1952 NFL 15.5 (9) 1960 AFL 34.1 (1) 1961 AFL 24.6 (5) 1962 AFL 31.4 (1) Career 23.3 (112)
Passes Completed/Game 1949 NFL 10.3 (6) 1952 NFL 7.6 (8) 1960 AFL 17.7 (1) 1961 AFL 11.9 (4) 1962 AFL 17.1 (1) Career 11.7 (142)	Pass Completion % 1952 NFL 49.4% (5) 1960 AFL 51.9% (3) 1961 AFL 48.5% (4) 1962 AFL 54.5% (3)	Pass Intercept. % 1960 AFL 7.1% (8) 1961 AFL 6.1% (5) 1962 AFL 5.7% (3)	Passing TD % 1960 AFL 5.0% (4) 1961 AFL 2.9% (8) 1962 AFL 3.9% (5) Career 4.0% (130)
Game-Winning Drives 1960 AFL 1 (4) 1961 AFL 1 (4) 1962 AFL 3 (1) Career 5 (181)	Comebacks 1960 AFL 2 (3) 1961 AFL 1 (3) 1962 AFL 3 (1/100) Career 6 (145)	Rushing TD 1952 NFL 3 (10)	Long Punt 1950 NFL 63 (9) 1952 NFL 65 (8)
Punts Blocked 1949 NFL 1 (2) 1951 NFL 1 (1) 1952 NFL 4 (1/2) Career 6 (33)	Yds/Punt 1950 NFL 43.7 (1)	Fumbles 1952 NFL 6 (9)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1960	2nd Team	All-AFL	UPI

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