Y.A. Tittle

Yelberton Abraham Tittle (Old Reliable or The Bald Eagle)

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-0, 192lb (183cm, 87kg)

Born: October 24, 1926 in Marshall, TX

Died: October 8, 2017 in Stanford, CA

College: LSU

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 44 (2204th overall since 1960)

High School: Marshall (TX)

Draft: San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1951 NFL Draft., Detroit Lions in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1948 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1971 (Full List)

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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24 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 23 Game-Winning Drives

24 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 23 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	1951	7	1951-11-11	25-018	SFO		NYY	W 19-14	8	9	88.89	118	1	0	155.8	13.11	15.33	0	0		0	4QC / GWD
2	1951	12	1951-12-16	25-053	SFO		DET	W 21-17	7	12	58.33	83	1	0	107.3	6.92	8.58	3	3	1.00	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
3	1952	8	1952-11-16	26-023	SFO	@	WAS	W 23-17	13	28	46.43	195	1	2	51.9	6.96	4.46	1	-10	-10.00	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	1953	2	1953-10-04	26-345	SFO		RAM	W 31-30	16	31	51.61	198	1	2	55.6	6.39	4.13	1	3	3.00	0	4QC / GWD
5	1953	7	1953-11-08	27-015	SFO	@	RAM	W 31-27	18	32	56.25	301	3	3	80.3	9.41	7.06	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	1954	3	1954-10-10	27-351	SFO	@	GNB	W 23-17	4	5	80.00	84	0	0	118.7	16.80	16.80	1	2	2.00	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
7	1955	4	1955-10-16	28-357	SFO	@	DET	W 27-24	15	31	48.39	316	1	2	68.7	10.19	7.94	0	0		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
8	1956	2	1956-10-07	29-349	SFO		RAM	W 33-30	4	8	50.00	34	0	0	61.5	4.25	4.25	2	2	1.00	0	4QC / GWD
9	1956	9	1956-11-25	30-032	SFO	@	PHI	T 10-10	15	29	51.72	210	0	2	46.6	7.24	4.14	5	19	3.80	1	4QC
10	1956	10	1956-12-02	30-039	SFO	@	BAL	W 20-17	14	18	77.78	284	2	0	155.8	15.78	18.00	3	21	7.00	0	4QC / GWD
11	1956	12	1956-12-16	30-053	SFO		BAL	W 30-17	12	21	57.14	153	1	2	56.3	7.29	3.95	4	15	3.75	2	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
12	1957	2	1957-10-06	30-347	SFO		RAM	W 23-20	7	15	46.67	147	3	0	121.4	9.80	13.80	3	-1	-0.33	0	4QC / GWD
13	1957	3	1957-10-13	30-354	SFO	@	CHI	W 21-17	16	26	61.54	268	2	0	122.0	10.31	11.85	1	3	3.00	0	4QC / GWD
14	1957	5	1957-10-27	31-003	SFO		CHI	W 21-17	13	21	61.90	141	1	1	77.7	6.71	5.52	5	5	1.00	1	4QC / GWD
15	1957	6	1957-11-03	31-010	SFO		DET	W 35-31	21	28	75.00	230	2	1	107.7	8.21	8.04	6	46	7.67	1	4QC / GWD
16	1957	11	1957-12-08	31-045	SFO		BAL	W 17-13	21	34	61.76	253	0	2	60.0	7.44	4.79	3	27	9.00	0	4QC / GWD
17	1957	12	1957-12-15	31-052	SFO		GNB	W 27-20	10	14	71.43	94	0	0	89.6	6.71	6.71	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
18	1958	6	1958-11-02	32-009	SFO		DET	W 24-21	4	6	66.67	75	1	1	109.7	12.50	8.33	2	5	2.50	0	4QC / GWD
19	1958	9	1958-11-23	32-030	SFO	@	GNB	W 33-12	20	35	57.14	283	3	0	112.0	8.09	9.80	3	-2	-0.67	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	1959	5	1959-10-25	33-001	SFO		CHI	W 20-17	13	28	46.43	163	1	1	62.1	5.82	4.93	1	-4	-4.00	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
21	1960	9	1960-11-27	34-034	SFO	@	BAL	W 30-22	1	2	50.00	19	0	0	83.3	9.50	9.50					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	1961	3	1961-10-01	34-342	NYG	@	WAS	W 24-21	24	41	58.54	315	1	2	70.7	7.68	5.98	4	1	0.25	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
23	1962	8	1962-11-04	36-011	NYG		STL	W 31-28	8	31	25.81	172	3	1	69.0	5.55	6.03	2	21	10.50	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
24	1963	12	1963-12-01	37-038	NYG	@	DAL	W 34-27	16	26	61.54	220	2	3	74.7	8.46	4.81	2	3	1.50	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
25	1964	3	1964-09-25	37-337	NYG		WAS	W 13-10	12	22	54.55	150	0	1	57.0	6.82	4.77	1	-7	-7.00	0	4QC / GWD
26	1964	10	1964-11-15	38-022	NYG	@	STL	T 10-10	10	16	62.50	131	1	2	69.5	8.19	3.81	1	-2	-2.00	0	4QC

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