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Johnny Unitas

John Constantine Unitas

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 194 lbs.
Born: May 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, PA
College: Louisville

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1979

10-time Pro Bowler & 5-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 9th round (102nd overall) of the 1955 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1956 23 BAL QB 12 7 4-3-0 110 198 55.6 1498 9 4.5 10 5.1 54 7.6 5.7 13.6 124.8 74.0
1957* 24 BAL QB 12 12 7-5-0 172 301 57.1 2550 24 8.0 17 5.6 82 8.5 6.7 14.8 212.5 88.0
1958*+ 25 BAL QB 10 10 8-2-0 136 263 51.7 2007 19 7.2 7 2.7 77 7.6 7.2 14.8 200.7 90.0
1959*+ 26 BAL QB 12 12 9-3-0 193 367 52.6 2899 32 8.7 14 3.8 71 7.9 7.1 15.0 241.6 92.0
1960* 27 BAL QB 12 12 6-6-0 190 378 50.3 3099 25 6.6 24 6.3 80 8.2 6.0 16.3 258.3 73.7
1961* 28 BAL QB 14 14 8-6-0 229 420 54.5 2990 16 3.8 24 5.7 72 7.1 4.9 13.1 213.6 66.1
1962* 29 BAL QB 14 14 7-7-0 222 389 57.1 2967 23 5.9 23 5.9 80 7.6 5.6 13.4 211.9 76.5
1963* 30 BAL QB 14 14 8-6-0 237 410 57.8 3481 20 4.9 12 2.9 64 8.5 7.7 14.7 248.6 89.7
1964*+ 31 BAL QB 14 14 12-2-0 158 305 51.8 2824 19 6.2 6 2.0 74 9.3 9.0 17.9 201.7 96.4
1965+ 32 BAL QB 11 11 8-2-1 164 282 58.2 2530 23 8.2 12 4.3 61 9.0 7.9 15.4 230.0 97.4
1966* 33 BAL QB 14 13 9-4-0 195 348 56.0 2748 22 6.3 24 6.9 89 7.9 5.4 14.1 196.3 74.0
1967*+ 34 BAL QB 14 14 11-1-2 255 436 58.5 3428 20 4.6 16 3.7 88 7.9 6.7 13.4 244.9 83.6
1968 35 BAL 5 0 11 32 34.4 139 2 6.3 4 12.5 37 4.3 -0.7 12.6 27.8 30.1
1969 36 BAL QB 13 12 7-5-0 178 327 54.4 2342 12 3.7 20 6.1 52 7.2 4.8 13.2 180.2 64.0 12 93 6.6 4.3 3.5
1970 37 BAL QB 14 13 10-2-1 166 321 51.7 2213 14 4.4 18 5.6 55 6.9 4.8 13.3 158.1 65.1 19 158 6.0 4.1 5.6
1971 38 BAL qb 13 5 3-2-0 92 176 52.3 942 3 1.7 9 5.1 35 5.4 3.2 10.2 72.5 52.3 15 129 4.3 2.3 7.9
1972 39 BAL qb 8 5 1-4-0 88 157 56.1 1111 4 2.5 6 3.8 63 7.1 5.6 12.6 138.9 70.8 14 114 5.8 4.5 8.2
1973 40 SDG 5 4 1-3-0 34 76 44.7 471 3 3.9 7 9.2 51 6.2 2.4 13.9 94.2 40.0 14 96 4.2 1.0 15.6
Career 211 186 119-63-4 2830 5186 54.6 40239 290 5.6 253 4.9 89 7.8 6.1 14.2 190.7 78.2 74 590 7.5 5.9 1.4
17 yrs IND 206 182 118-60-4 2796 5110 54.7 39768 287 5.6 246 4.8 89 7.8 6.2 14.2 193.0 78.8 60 494 5.9 3.9 5.8
1 yr SDG 5 4 1-3-0 34 76 44.7 471 3 3.9 7 9.2 51 6.2 2.4 13.9 94.2 40.0 14 96 4.2 1.0 15.6

Postseason record as starting QB: 1964: 0-1, 1970: 3-0, 1971: 1-1.

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1956 23 BAL QB 12 7 28 155 1 34 5.5 12.9 2.3 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 156 1 4
1957* 24 BAL QB 12 12 42 171 1 24 4.1 14.3 3.5 171 1 7
1958*+ 25 BAL QB 10 10 33 139 3 28 4.2 13.9 3.3 139 3 5
1959*+ 26 BAL QB 12 12 29 145 2 21 5.0 12.1 2.4 145 2 6
1960* 27 BAL QB 12 12 36 195 0 27 5.4 16.3 3.0 195 0 8
1961* 28 BAL QB 14 14 54 190 2 18 3.5 13.6 3.9 190 2 9
1962* 29 BAL QB 14 14 50 137 0 25 2.7 9.8 3.6 137 0 5
1963* 30 BAL QB 14 14 47 224 0 26 4.8 16.0 3.4 224 0 13
1964*+ 31 BAL QB 14 14 37 162 2 20 4.4 11.6 2.6 162 2 6
1965+ 32 BAL QB 11 11 17 68 1 18 4.0 6.2 1.5 68 1 7
1966* 33 BAL QB 14 13 20 44 1 16 2.2 3.1 1.4 44 1 5
1967*+ 34 BAL QB 14 14 22 89 0 13 4.0 6.4 1.6 89 0 4
1968 35 BAL 5 0 3 -1 0 5 -0.3 -0.2 0.6 -1 0 3
1969 36 BAL QB 13 12 11 23 0 13 2.1 1.8 0.8 23 0 2
1970 37 BAL QB 14 13 9 16 0 9 1.8 1.1 0.6 16 0 2
1971 38 BAL qb 13 5 9 5 0 3 0.6 0.4 0.7 5 0 3
1972 39 BAL qb 8 5 3 15 0 8 5.0 1.9 0.4 15 0 3
Career 211 186 450 1777 13 34 3.9 8.4 2.1 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.0 0.0 1778 13 95

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1956 23 BAL QB 12 7 4 2 0 0
1957* 24 BAL QB 12 12 7 1 0 0
1958*+ 25 BAL QB 10 10 5 4 0 0
1959*+ 26 BAL QB 12 12 6 1 0 0
1960* 27 BAL QB 12 12 8 2 0 0
1961* 28 BAL QB 14 14 9 2 0 0
1962* 29 BAL QB 14 14 5 0 0 0
1963* 30 BAL QB 14 14 13 3 -4 0
1964*+ 31 BAL QB 14 14 6 5 2 0
1965+ 32 BAL QB 11 11 7 2 0 0
1966* 33 BAL QB 14 13 5 1 0 0
1967*+ 34 BAL QB 14 14 4 3 0 0
1968 35 BAL 5 0 3 0 0 0
1969 36 BAL QB 13 12 2 1 0 0
1970 37 BAL QB 14 13 2 1 0 0
1971 38 BAL qb 13 5 3 1 -2 0
1972 39 BAL qb 8 5 3 0 0 0
1973 40 SDG 5 4 3 0 0 0
Career 211 186 95 29 -4 0
17 yrs IND 206 182 92 29 -4 0
1 yr SDG 5 4 3 0 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1956 23 BAL QB 12 7 1 6
1957* 24 BAL QB 12 12 1 6
1958*+ 25 BAL QB 10 10 3 18
1959*+ 26 BAL QB 12 12 2 12
1961* 28 BAL QB 14 14 2 12
1964*+ 31 BAL QB 14 14 2 12
1965+ 32 BAL QB 11 11 1 6
1966* 33 BAL QB 14 13 1 6
Career 211 186 13 78

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1957 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1959 NFL AP MVP
1959 NFL UPI MVP
1959 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1964 NFL AP MVP
1964 NFL UPI MVP
1964 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1967 NFL AP MVP
1967 NFL UPI MVP
1967 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1967 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1970 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year

Pro Bowls

1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1966
1967

1st-team All-Pro

1958
1959
1964
1965
1967

Passes Completed

1956 NFL 110 (5)
1957 NFL 172 (2)
1958 NFL 136 (4)
1959 NFL 193 (1)
1960 NFL 190 (1)
1961 NFL 229 (2)
1962 NFL 222 (2)
1963 NFL 237 (1)
1964 NFL 158 (8)
1965 NFL 164 (5)
1966 NFL 195 (5)
1967 NFL 255 (2)
1969 NFL 178 (8)
1970 NFL 166 (10)
Career 2830 (18)

Pass Attempts

1956 NFL 198 (5)
1957 NFL 301 (1)
1958 NFL 263 (4)
1959 NFL 367 (1)
1960 NFL 378 (1)
1961 NFL 420 (1)
1962 NFL 389 (2)
1963 NFL 410 (2)
1964 NFL 305 (8)
1965 NFL 282 (10)
1966 NFL 348 (6)
1967 NFL 436 (2)
1969 NFL 327 (8)
1970 NFL 321 (10)
Career 5186 (14)

Passing Yds

1956 NFL 1498 (6)
1957 NFL 2550 (1)
1958 NFL 2007 (4)
1959 NFL 2899 (1)
1960 NFL 3099 (1)
1961 NFL 2990 (2)
1962 NFL 2967 (4)
1963 NFL 3481 (1)
1964 NFL 2824 (3)
1965 NFL 2530 (4)
1966 NFL 2748 (5)
1967 NFL 3428 (2)
1969 NFL 2342 (9)
1970 NFL 2213 (10)
Career 40239 (11)

Passing TD

1956 NFL 9 (7)
1957 NFL 24 (1)
1958 NFL 19 (1)
1959 NFL 32 (1-- 28)
1960 NFL 25 (1)
1961 NFL 16 (6)
1962 NFL 23 (2)
1963 NFL 20 (6)
1964 NFL 19 (5)
1965 NFL 23 (2)
1966 NFL 22 (4)
1967 NFL 20 (5)
Career 290 (7)

Passer Rating

1956 NFL 74.0 (3)
1957 NFL 88.0 (1)
1958 NFL 90.0 (1)
1959 NFL 92.0 (2)
1960 NFL 73.7 (4)
1961 NFL 66.1 (10)
1962 NFL 76.5 (5)
1963 NFL 89.7 (3)
1964 NFL 96.4 (2-- 74)
1965 NFL 97.4 (1-- 66)
1966 NFL 74.0 (5)
1967 NFL 83.6 (4)
Career 78.2 (61)

Long Pass

1957 NFL 82 (2)
1958 NFL 77 (8)
1959 NFL 71 (9)
1960 NFL 80 (4)
1962 NFL 80 (7)
1964 NFL 74 (8)
1966 NFL 89 (4-- 97)
1967 NFL 88 (3)

Passes Intercepted

1956 NFL 10 (9)
1957 NFL 17 (2)
1959 NFL 14 (5)
1960 NFL 24 (2-- 56)
1961 NFL 24 (1-- 56)
1962 NFL 23 (4-- 84)
1966 NFL 24 (1-- 56)
1967 NFL 16 (8)
1969 NFL 20 (2)
1970 NFL 18 (4)
Career 253 (7)

Sacked

Career 74 (166)

Sacked Yds Lost

Career 590 (154)

Passing Yds/Game

1956 NFL 124.8 (6)
1957 NFL 212.5 (1)
1958 NFL 200.7 (4)
1959 NFL 241.6 (1)
1960 NFL 258.3 (1-- 79)
1961 NFL 213.6 (2)
1962 NFL 211.9 (5)
1963 NFL 248.6 (1)
1964 NFL 201.7 (3)
1965 NFL 230.0 (2)
1966 NFL 196.3 (5)
1967 NFL 244.9 (2)
1969 NFL 180.2 (9)
Career 190.7 (48)

Yds/Pass Att

1956 NFL 7.6 (4)
1957 NFL 8.5 (1-- 62)
1958 NFL 7.6 (4)
1959 NFL 7.9 (2)
1960 NFL 8.2 (4)
1961 NFL 7.1 (9)
1962 NFL 7.6 (9)
1963 NFL 8.5 (2-- 62)
1964 NFL 9.3 (1-- 11)
1965 NFL 9.0 (1-- 20)
1966 NFL 7.9 (3)
1967 NFL 7.9 (3)
1969 NFL 7.2 (5)
1970 NFL 6.9 (10)
Career 7.8 (9)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1956 NFL 13.6 (5)
1957 NFL 14.8 (4)
1958 NFL 14.8 (4)
1959 NFL 15.0 (2)
1960 NFL 16.3 (3-- 39)
1963 NFL 14.7 (7)
1964 NFL 17.9 (1-- 6)
1965 NFL 15.4 (6-- 90)
1966 NFL 14.1 (4)
1967 NFL 13.4 (10)
1969 NFL 13.2 (8)
1970 NFL 13.3 (10)
Career 14.2 (22)

Pass Attempts/Game

1956 NFL 16.5 (5)
1957 NFL 25.1 (1)
1958 NFL 26.3 (4)
1959 NFL 30.6 (1)
1960 NFL 31.5 (1)
1961 NFL 30.0 (1)
1962 NFL 27.8 (3)
1963 NFL 29.3 (2)
1964 NFL 21.8 (10)
1965 NFL 25.6 (6)
1966 NFL 24.9 (8)
1967 NFL 31.1 (2)
1969 NFL 25.2 (7)
Career 24.6 (74)

Games

Career 211 (139)

Games Started

Career 186 (95)

Fumbles

1957 NFL 7 (8)
1960 NFL 8 (3)
1961 NFL 9 (4)
1963 NFL 13 (2-- 64)
1965 NFL 7 (10)
Career 95 (16)

Fumbles Recovered

1958 NFL 4 (3)
1964 NFL 5 (1)
1967 NFL 3 (6)
Career 29 (25)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

Career 6.12 (36)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 6.63 (3)
1970 NFL 6.04 (6)
Career 5.74 (103)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 4.33 (10)
Career 3.67 (159)

Passes Completed/Game

1956 NFL 9.2 (5)
1957 NFL 14.3 (2)
1958 NFL 13.6 (3)
1959 NFL 16.1 (1)
1960 NFL 15.8 (1)
1961 NFL 16.4 (2)
1962 NFL 15.9 (2)
1963 NFL 16.9 (2)
1965 NFL 14.9 (2)
1966 NFL 13.9 (6)
1967 NFL 18.2 (2)
1969 NFL 13.7 (7)
Career 13.4 (82)

Pass Completion %

1956 NFL 55.6% (3)
1957 NFL 57.1% (2)
1958 NFL 51.7% (7)
1959 NFL 52.6% (5)
1960 NFL 50.3% (6)
1961 NFL 54.5% (8)
1962 NFL 57.1% (3)
1963 NFL 57.8% (2)
1964 NFL 51.8% (9)
1965 NFL 58.2% (2)
1966 NFL 56.0% (3)
1967 NFL 58.5% (1)
1969 NFL 54.4% (3)
Career 54.6% (116)

Pass Intercept. %

1956 NFL 5.1% (3)
1957 NFL 5.6% (5)
1958 NFL 2.7% (1)
1959 NFL 3.8% (3)
1960 NFL 6.3% (6)
1961 NFL 5.7% (7)
1962 NFL 5.9% (6)
1963 NFL 2.9% (1)
1964 NFL 2.0% (2-- 81)
1965 NFL 4.3% (6)
1967 NFL 3.7% (3)
Career 4.9% (139)

Passing TD %

1956 NFL 4.5% (5)
1957 NFL 8.0% (1-- 33)
1958 NFL 7.2% (1-- 75)
1959 NFL 8.7% (1-- 19)
1960 NFL 6.6% (4)
1961 NFL 3.8% (10)
1962 NFL 5.9% (6)
1963 NFL 4.9% (9)
1964 NFL 6.2% (4)
1965 NFL 8.2% (1-- 28)
1966 NFL 6.3% (4)
1967 NFL 4.6% (8)
Career 5.6% (22)

Sack %

1969 NFL 3.54% (2-- 81)
1970 NFL 5.59% (6)
Career 6.54% (70)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1957 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1957 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1958 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1960 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1960 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1963 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1963 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1963 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1963 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1964 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1967 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1970 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 37 14 QB 138 16
1971 38 13 QB 38 34
1972 39 8 QB 58 28
1973 40 5 QB 23 42
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