Ken Anderson

Kenneth Allan Anderson (Kenny)

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-2, 212lb (188cm, 96kg)

Born: February 15, 1949 in Batavia, IL

College: Augustana (IL)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 120 (42nd overall since 1960)

High School: Batavia (IL)

Draft: Cincinnati Bengals in the 3rd round (67th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

As Coach: 5 Yrs (Full Record)

SUMMARY

Career

192

160

QBrec

91-81-0

Cmp%

59.3

Yds

32838

Y/A

7.3

197

Int

160

FantPt

2071.6

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
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	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
1971	22	CIN	qb	14	11	4	0-4-0	72	131	55	777	5	3.8	4	3.1	44	5.9	5.3	10.8	70.6	72.6	23	159	14.9	4.01	3.49			4
1972	23	CIN	QB	14	13	13	7-6-0	171	301	56.8	1918	7	2.3	7	2.3	65	6.4	5.8	11.2	147.5	74.0	18	155	5.6	5.53	4.98	2	2	9
1973	24	CIN	QB	14	14	14	10-4-0	179	329	54.4	2428	18	5.5	12	3.6	78	7.4	6.8	13.6	173.4	81.2	24	163	6.8	6.42	5.91	0	2	14
1974	25	CIN	QB	14	13	13	7-6-0	213	328	64.9	2667	18	5.5	10	3	77	8.1	7.9	12.5	205.2	95.7	36	292	9.9	6.52	6.28			16
1975*	26	CIN	QB	14	13	13	10-3-0	228	377	60.5	3169	21	5.6	11	2.9	55	8.4	8.2	13.9	243.8	93.9	32	247	7.8	7.14	6.96	1	2	16	AP2, PB
1976*	27	CIN	QB	14	14	14	10-4-0	179	338	53	2367	19	5.6	14	4.1	85	7.0	6.3	13.2	169.1	76.9	34	235	9.1	5.73	5.06	3	3	13	PB
1977	28	CIN	QB	14	14	13	7-6-0	166	323	51.4	2145	11	3.4	11	3.4	94	6.6	5.8	12.9	153.2	69.7	28	197	8	5.55	4.77	1	2	11
1978	29	CIN	QB	14	12	12	4-8-0	173	319	54.2	2219	10	3.1	22	6.9	57	7.0	4.5	12.8	184.9	58.0	30	237	8.6	5.68	3.42	1	1	6
1979	30	CIN	QB	14	15	15	4-11-0	189	339	55.8	2340	16	4.7	10	2.9	73	6.9	6.5	12.4	156.0	80.7	46	324	11.9	5.24	4.90			11
1980	31	CIN	QB	14	13	12	5-7-0	166	275	60.4	1778	6	2.2	13	4.7	67	6.5	4.8	10.7	136.8	66.9	24	174	8	5.36	3.81			5
1981*+	32	CIN	QB	14	16	16	12-4-0	300	479	62.6	3754	29	6.1	10	2.1	74	7.8	8.1	12.5	234.6	98.4	25	140	5	7.17	7.43	2	2	18	AP MVP-1, AP OPoY-1, AP1, PB
1982*	33	CIN	QB	14	9	9	7-2-0	218	309	70.6	2495	12	3.9	9	2.9	56	8.1	7.5	11.4	277.2	95.3	26	154	7.8	6.99	6.50			19	PB
1983	34	CIN	QB	14	13	13	5-8-0	198	297	66.7	2333	12	4	13	4.4	80	7.9	6.7	11.8	179.5	85.6	25	187	7.8	6.66	5.59			9
1984	35	CIN	QB	14	11	9	3-6-0	175	275	63.6	2107	10	3.6	12	4.4	80	7.7	6.4	12.0	191.5	81.0	24	191	8	6.41	5.27			7
1985	36	CIN	qb	14	3	2	0-2-0	16	32	50	170	2	6.3	0	0	44	5.3	6.6	10.6	56.7	86.7	2	16	5.9	4.53	5.71			1
1986	37	CIN	qb	14	8	0		11	23	47.8	171	1	4.3	2	8.7	43	7.4	4.4	15.5	21.4	51.2	1	4	4.2	6.96	4.04			1
Career					192	172	91-81-0	2654	4475	59.3	32838	197	4.4	160	3.6	94	7.3	6.6	12.4	171.0	81.9	398	2875	8.2	6.15	5.48	10	14	160

Passing Table
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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1973	24	CIN		1	1	0-1	14	27	51.9	113	0	0	1	3.7	18	4.2	2.5	8.1	113.0	47.3	3	16	10	3.23	1.73
1975*	26	CIN		1	1	0-1	17	27	63	201	2	7.4	0	0	37	7.4	8.9	11.8	201.0	110.3	5	40	15.6	5.03	6.28
1981*+	32	CIN	QB	3	3	2-1	53	77	68.8	653	5	6.5	2	2.6	49	8.5	8.6	12.3	217.7	105.6	9	39	10.5	7.14	7.26	0	1
1982*	33	CIN	QB	1	1	0-1	26	35	74.3	354	2	5.7	3	8.6	53	10.1	7.4	13.6	354.0	89.5	4	21	10.3	8.54	6.10
Career				6	6	2-4	110	166	66.3	1321	9	5.4	6	3.6	53	8.0	7.4	12.0	220.2	93.5	21	116	11.2	6.44	5.96	0	1

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1971	22	CIN	qb	14	11	4	0-4-0	131	86	75	102	94	111	95	121	64	109
1972	23	CIN	QB	14	13	13	7-6-0	301	95	101	108	110	116	82	130	112	110
1973	24	CIN	QB	14	14	14	10-4-0	329	115	116	120	121	107	112	116	107	118
1974	25	CIN	QB	14	13	13	7-6-0	328	127	119	129	124	141	112	121	91	132
1975*	26	CIN	QB	14	13	13	10-3-0	377	127	126	129	129	122	113	122	103	127
1976*	27	CIN	QB	14	14	14	10-4-0	338	107	107	112	112	103	114	111	98	112
1977	28	CIN	QB	14	14	13	7-6-0	323	100	103	108	110	97	94	120	103	106
1978	29	CIN	QB	14	12	12	4-8-0	319	106	103	90	90	104	89	80	97	89
1979	30	CIN	QB	14	15	15	4-11-0	339	101	89	114	105	104	107	123	70	115
1980	31	CIN	QB	14	13	12	5-7-0	275	89	89	85	85	118	73	96	94	91
1981*+	32	CIN	QB	14	16	16	12-4-0	479	117	125	132	136	123	123	131	113	137
1982*	33	CIN	QB	14	9	9	7-2-0	309	120	120	120	121	146	97	118	98	127
1983	34	CIN	QB	14	13	13	5-8-0	297	115	114	108	108	132	98	98	102	112
1984	35	CIN	QB	14	11	9	3-6-0	275	112	110	105	104	125	93	98	101	107
Career					192	172	91-81-0	4475

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1971	22	CIN	qb	14	11	4	22	125	1	16	5.7	11.4	2.0								22	5.7	125	1	5
1972	23	CIN	QB	14	13	13	22	94	3	18	4.3	7.2	1.7								22	4.3	94	3	5
1973	24	CIN	QB	14	14	14	26	97	0	17	3.7	6.9	1.9								26	3.7	97	0	5
1974	25	CIN	QB	14	13	13	43	314	2	20	7.3	24.2	3.3								43	7.3	314	2	3
1975*	26	CIN	QB	14	13	13	49	188	2	29	3.8	14.5	3.8								49	3.8	188	2	4
1976*	27	CIN	QB	14	14	14	31	134	1	25	4.3	9.6	2.2								31	4.3	134	1	3
1977	28	CIN	QB	14	14	13	26	128	2	17	4.9	9.1	1.9								26	4.9	128	2	5
1978	29	CIN	QB	14	12	12	29	167	1	16	5.8	13.9	2.4								29	5.8	167	1	8
1979	30	CIN	QB	14	15	15	28	235	2	21	8.4	15.7	1.9								28	8.4	235	2	1
1980	31	CIN	QB	14	13	12	16	122	0	20	7.6	9.4	1.2								16	7.6	122	0	1
1981*+	32	CIN	QB	14	16	16	46	320	1	25	7.0	20.0	2.9								46	7.0	320	1	5
1982*	33	CIN	QB	14	9	9	25	85	4	12	3.4	9.4	2.8								25	3.4	85	4	1
1983	34	CIN	QB	14	13	13	22	147	1	29	6.7	11.3	1.7								22	6.7	147	1	4
1984	35	CIN	QB	14	11	9	11	64	0	14	5.8	5.8	1.0								11	5.8	64	0	1
1985	36	CIN	qb	14	3	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.3								1	0.0	0	0	1
Career					192	172	397	2220	20	29	5.6	11.6	2.1								397	5.6	2220	20	52

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1973	24	CIN		1	1	3	26	0	22	8.7	26.0	3.0								3	8.7	26	0	0
1975*	26	CIN		1	1	3	12	0	8	4.0	12.0	3.0								3	4.0	12	0	0
1981*+	32	CIN	QB	3	3	11	69	1	13	6.3	23.0	3.7								11	6.3	69	1	0
1982*	33	CIN	QB	1	1	2	5	0	3	2.5	5.0	2.0								2	2.5	5	0	0
Career				6	6	19	112	1	22	5.9	18.7	3.2								19	5.9	112	1	0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1971	22	CIN	qb	14	11	4							5	2	-9	0	0.0
1972	23	CIN	QB	14	13	13							5	0	-20	0	0.0
1973	24	CIN	QB	14	14	14							5	3	-7	0	0.0
1974	25	CIN	QB	14	13	13							3	1	0	0	0.0
1975*	26	CIN	QB	14	13	13							4	1	-8	0	0.0
1976*	27	CIN	QB	14	14	14							3	0	0	0	0.0
1977	28	CIN	QB	14	14	13							5	2	-13	0	0.0
1978	29	CIN	QB	14	12	12							8	3	-8	0	0.0
1979	30	CIN	QB	14	15	15							1	0	0	0	0.0
1980	31	CIN	QB	14	13	12							1	2	0	0	0.0
1981*+	32	CIN	QB	14	16	16							5	2	-20	0	0.0
1982*	33	CIN	QB	14	9	9							1	0	0	0	0.0
1983	34	CIN	QB	14	13	13							4	1	0	0	0.0
1984	35	CIN	QB	14	11	9							1	0	0	0	0.0
1985	36	CIN	qb	14	3	2							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					192	172							52	17	-85	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1971	22	CIN	qb	14	11	4	1	1		6	0.5
1972	23	CIN	QB	14	13	13	3	3		18	1.4
1974	25	CIN	QB	14	13	13	2	2		12	0.9
1975*	26	CIN	QB	14	13	13	2	2		12	0.9
1976*	27	CIN	QB	14	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1977	28	CIN	QB	14	14	13	2	2		12	0.9
1978	29	CIN	QB	14	12	12	1	1		6	0.5
1979	30	CIN	QB	14	15	15	2	2		12	0.8
1981*+	32	CIN	QB	14	16	16	1	1		6	0.4
1982*	33	CIN	QB	14	9	9	4	4		24	2.7
1983	34	CIN	QB	14	13	13	1	1		6	0.5
Career					192	172	20	20	0	120	.6

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1981*+	32	CIN	QB	3	3	1							1			0						6	2.0
Career				6	6	1							1			0						6	1.0

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