Fran Tarkenton

Francis Asbury Tarkenton (The Scrambler)

Position: QB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: February 3, 1940 in Richmond, VA
College: Georgia (school history)
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.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 152 (7th overall since 1950)
9-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1986, finalist in 1984, 1985

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News -- May 2013

5/23 FootballPerspective.com: Charles Woodson Returns To Oakland: Now Where Does He Rank?: Charles Woodson is back in Silver and Black. Woodson was drafted by Oakland with the 4th pick in the 1998 Draft and had a very...
5/1 FootballPerspective.com: Where Does Tim Tebow Rank in the Pantheon of Great Quarterbacks: With the Jets releasing Tim Tebow, it appears that his NFL career may be over. If that’s the case, it’s time to reflect...

4/13 FootballPerspective.com: Fourth Quarter/Overtime Game-Winning Passing Touchdowns: Yesterday, I looked at the career leaders in 4th quarter (and overtime) game-winning touchdowns from scrimmage. Today I will do...

2/15 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, February 16th: It’s hard not to be amazed by the seasons that Colin Kaepernick, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson had as first-year...
2/13 FootballPerspective.com: Happy Valentine’s Day to The Quarterback in Your Life: There have been 35 quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for at least 30,000 yards. Given enough time, you could probably guess...
2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...

1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Super Bowl History: Now that the Super Bowl matchup is set, I thought I’d start the two-week period with some Super Bow history. The table below...
1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia: Name the last team to start different QBs in consecutive conference championship games: In 2011, San Francisco made it to the NFC Championship Game with Alex Smith at quarterback; today, the 49ers will face the Falcons...
1/9 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing Matt Ryan to the previous Mayors of Chokesville: For the second time in three years, the Atlanta Falcons are the NFC’s number one seed. Just like in 2010, the Falcons started...
1/4 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career passing stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses; today I will do the same but for quarterbacks. I looked at...

12/29 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losses: Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He’s also averaging...
12/3 WSJ Daily Fix: When QB Stinkers Come in Pairs: The Count: Mark Sanchez and Ryan Lindley joined the likes of Fran Tarkenton and George Blanda in parti**** in an NFL game with...

11/19 FootballPerspective.com: Are advanced statistical analysts the next Pete Gogolak – Part I: You know the name Pete Gogolak, don’t you? The former Buffalo Bill placekicker is a famous figure in football history for...
11/17 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: QB Playoff Wins by College: Watching Matt Barkley today against UCLA, I tweeted that Mark Sanchez is responsible for 4 of the 9 playoff wins by USC quarterbacks....
11/4 FootballPerspective.com: Investing heavily in a Left Tackle is a luxury bad teams can not afford: The game is won in the trenches, I know. As we hit the halfway mark of the season, some teams are already thinking about next...

10/26 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 26, 2002: In 1971, a man named Don Smith was flying over Kansas, naturally, when he came up with the basic formula for the passer rating....
10/4 FootballPerspective.com: Quarter-by-Quarter Team Win Probability Added: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a method of calculating a team’s win probability at the end of any given quarter, given...

9/24 FootballPerspective.com: Interceptions per Incompletion (or POPIP): I leave the baseball analysis to my brothers at baseball-reference.com, but I know enough to be dangerous. There’s a stat...

8/30 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest QB of All-Time IV, Part II: Career Rankings: Yesterday, I explained the methodology behind the formula involved in ranking every quarterback season in football history. Today,...
8/24 FootballPerspective.com: The best fantasy football players since 1950: Bill Simmons wrote about LaDainian Tomlinson last month and called him the best fantasy football player of all-time. “Greatest...
8/16 FootballPerspective.com: Joe Namath has become football’s most misunderstood quarterback: A couple of years ago, my colleague Jason Lisk explained why Joe Namath is a legitimate Hall of Famer. With each passing year,...

7/18 FootballPerspective.com: Quarterback wins over Pythagoras: No, this article isn’t an article about quarterbacks squaring off against ancient Greek mathematicians. Today, we’re...

6/20 FootballPerspective.com: Cleveland Browns: Through 13 seasons, where do they rank among expansion teams?: Thirteen years ago, the Cleveland Browns were preparing for their return to the NFL. The Browns were the dominant team of the...
6/17 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Sunday, June 17: Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. Check back tomorrow for a post on quarterbacks, but first, here are a couple...