Jim Plunkett

James William Plunkett Jr.

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: December 5, 1947 in San Jose, CA

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 85 (341st overall since 1960)

High School: William C. Overfelt (CA), James Lick (CA)

Draft: New England Patriots in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

The research for this page was done by Scott Kacsmar. Read his extensive three-part article (Part I - Part II - Part III) for full details.

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18 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 22 Game-Winning Drives

18 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 22 Game-Winning Drives Table
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
1	1971	8	1971-11-07	23-337	NWE		HOU	W 28-20	14	30	46.67	157	1	0	73.9	5.23	5.90	5	18	3.60	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
2	1972	2	1972-09-24	24-294	NWE		ATL	W 21-20	12	29	41.38	195	1	0	76.1	6.72	7.41	6	23	3.83	0	4QC / GWD
3	1972	3	1972-10-01	24-301	NWE		WAS	W 24-23	17	33	51.52	255	2	0	97.4	7.73	8.94	1	-1	-1.00	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
4	1973	6	1973-10-21	25-320	NWE	@	CHI	W 13-10	7	16	43.75	86	0	0	60.9	5.38	5.38	8	61	7.63	1	4QC / GWD
5	1973	10	1973-11-18	25-348	NWE		GNB	W 33-24	18	32	56.25	348	2	1	102.1	10.88	10.72	3	8	2.67	1	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
6	1974	7	1974-10-27	26-326	NWE	@	MIN	W 17-14	15	28	53.57	238	2	2	76.2	8.50	6.71	3	16	5.33	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
7	1977	9	1977-11-13	29-343	SFO	@	NOR	W 10-7	7	20	35.00	70	0	1	25.0	3.50	1.25	3	4	1.33	0	GWD
8	1977	11	1977-11-27	29-357	SFO		NOR	W 20-17	5	7	71.43	85	0	0	112.2	12.14	12.14	4	7	1.75	0	GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
9	1980	6	1980-10-12	32-312	OAK		SDG	W 38-24	11	14	78.57	164	1	0	139.3	11.71	13.14	2	18	9.00	0	GWD
10	1980	11	1980-11-17	32-348	OAK	@	SEA	W 19-17	9	22	40.91	135	0	1	42.8	6.14	4.09	4	19	4.75	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
11	1982	1	1982-09-12	34-281	RAI	@	SFO	W 23-17	10	20	50.00	123	1	2	46.5	6.15	2.65	2	-4	-2.00	0	4QC / GWD
12	1982	3	1982-11-22	34-352	RAI		SDG	W 28-24	18	25	72.00	163	1	2	69.2	6.52	3.72	1	6	6.00	0	4QC / GWD
13	1982	6	1982-12-12	35-007	RAI	@	KAN	W 21-16	18	33	54.55	303	3	1	103.5	9.18	9.64	0	0		0	4QC / GWD
14	1982	7	1982-12-18	35-013	RAI		RAM	W 37-31	22	34	64.71	321	2	4	75.4	9.44	5.32	2	11	5.50	0	4QC / GWD
15	1982	9	1983-01-02	35-028	RAI	@	SDG	W 41-34	17	28	60.71	227	1	0	98.4	8.11	8.82	2	5	2.50	0	4QC
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
16	1983	6	1983-10-09	35-308	RAI		KAN	W 21-20	15	28	53.57	123	1	2	47.2	4.39	1.89	3	14	4.67	0	4QC / GWD
17	1983	10	1983-11-06	35-336	RAI	@	KAN	W 28-20	5	9	55.56	114	1	0	137.5	12.67	14.89	2	5	2.50	0	4QC / GWD
18	1983	11	1983-11-13	35-343	RAI		DEN	W 22-20	26	42	61.90	252	0	0	78.7	6.00	6.00	0	0		0	4QC / GWD
19	1983	12	1983-11-20	35-350	RAI	@	BUF	W 27-24	24	32	75.00	232	1	0	105.2	7.25	7.88	0	0		0	GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
20	1984	3	1984-09-16	36-286	RAI	@	KAN	W 22-20	28	47	59.57	313	1	4	51.1	6.66	3.26	3	-1	-0.33	0	4QC / GWD
21	1984	4	1984-09-24	36-294	RAI		SDG	W 33-30	24	33	72.73	363	1	1	106.0	11.00	10.24	1	-2	-2.00	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
22	1986	10	1986-11-09	38-339	RAI	@	DAL	W 17-13	7	12	58.33	119	2	0	131.6	9.92	13.25	1	6	6.00	0	4QC / GWD
23	1986	12	1986-11-20	38-350	RAI	@	SDG	W 37-31	23	40	57.50	348	2	1	92.5	8.70	8.58	2	15	7.50	0	GWD