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Len Dawson

Leonard Ray Dawson

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: June 20, 1935 in Alliance, OH

Died: August 24, 2022

College: Purdue (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 109 (80th overall since 1960)

High School: Alliance (OH)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1987 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

211

143

QBrec

94-57-8

Cmp%

57.1

Yds

28711

Y/A

7.7

239

Int

183

FantPt

1837.8

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
1957	22	PIT	QB	16	3	1	0-1-0	2	4	50.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	6.3	6.3	12.5	8.3	69.8
1958	23	PIT	QB	16	4	0		1	6	16.7	11	0	0.0	2	33.3	11	1.8	-13.2	11.0	2.8	0.0
1959	24	PIT	QB	16	12	0		3	7	42.9	60	1	14.3	0	0.0	32	8.6	11.4	20.0	5.0	113.1
1960	25	CLE	QB	18	2	0		8	13	61.5	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	1.8	1.8	2.9	11.5	65.9	1	24						0
1961	26	CLE	QB	18	7	1	1-0-0	7	15	46.7	85	1	6.7	3	20.0	17	5.7	-2.0	12.1	12.1	47.2	2	13	11.8	4.24	-2.53			0
1962*+	27	DTX	QB	16	14	14	11-3-0	189	310	61.0	2759	29	9.4	17	5.5	92	8.9	8.3	14.6	197.1	98.3						0	1	18	UPI AFL PoY-2, AP AFL PoY-2, AP1, PB
1963	28	KAN	QB	16	14	13	5-7-1	190	352	54.0	2389	26	7.4	19	5.4	82	6.8	5.8	12.6	170.6	77.5						1	0	12
1964*	29	KAN	QB	16	14	14	7-7-0	199	354	56.2	2879	30	8.5	18	5.1	72	8.1	7.5	14.5	205.6	89.9						1	1	13	AP2, PB
1965	30	KAN	QB	16	14	12	6-4-2	163	305	53.4	2262	21	6.9	14	4.6	67	7.4	6.7	13.9	161.6	81.3						1	1	10
1966*+	31	KAN	QB	16	14	14	11-2-1	159	284	56.0	2527	26	9.2	10	3.5	89	8.9	9.1	15.9	180.5	101.7						1	1	16	UPI AFL PoY-2, AP AFL PoY-2, AP1, PB
1967*	32	KAN	QB	16	14	14	9-5-0	206	357	57.7	2651	24	6.7	17	4.8	71	7.4	6.6	12.9	189.4	83.7						0	1	15	PB
1968*	33	KAN	QB	16	14	13	11-2-0	131	224	58.5	2109	17	7.6	9	4.0	92	9.4	9.1	16.1	150.6	98.6						2	2	12	UPI AFL PoY-3, AP AFL PoY-4, AP2, PB
1969*	34	KAN	QB	16	9	7	5-2-0	98	166	59.0	1323	9	5.4	13	7.8	55	8.0	5.5	13.5	147.0	69.9	13	89	7.3	6.89	4.63	1	1	5	UPI AFL PoY-3, PB
1970	35	KAN	QB	16	14	12	5-5-2	141	262	53.8	1876	13	5.0	14	5.3	61	7.2	5.7	13.3	134.0	71.0	34	277	11.5	5.40	4.15	1	0	9
1971*	36	KAN	QB	16	14	13	9-3-1	167	301	55.5	2504	15	5.0	13	4.3	82	8.3	7.4	15.0	178.9	81.6	30	303	9.1	6.65	5.79	3	3	12	AP MVP-6, PB
1972	37	KAN	QB	16	14	12	7-5-0	175	305	57.4	1835	13	4.3	12	3.9	44	6.0	5.1	10.5	131.1	72.8	28	255	8.4	4.74	3.90	2	2	8
1973	38	KAN	QB	16	8	6	3-2-1	66	101	65.3	725	2	2.0	5	5.0	48	7.2	5.3	11.0	90.6	72.4	14	104	12.2	5.40	3.79	2	1	3
1974	39	KAN	QB	16	14	8	3-5-0	138	235	58.7	1573	7	3.0	13	5.5	84	6.7	4.8	11.4	112.4	65.8	25	199	9.6	5.28	3.57	0	1	6
1975	40	KAN	QB	16	12	5	1-4-0	93	140	66.4	1095	5	3.6	4	2.9	51	7.8	7.3	11.8	91.3	90.0	23	196	14.1	5.52	5.02	0	1	4
Career					211	159	94-57-8	2136	3741	57.1	28711	239	6.4	183	4.9	92	7.7	6.8	13.4	136.1	82.6	170	1460				15	16	143
14 yrs		DTX-KAN			183	157	93-56-8	2115	3696	57.2	28507	237	6.4	178	4.8	92	7.7	6.8	13.5	155.8	83.2	167	1423				15	16	143
3 yrs		PIT			19	1	0-1-0	6	17	35.3	96	1	5.9	2	11.8	32	5.6	1.5	16.0	5.1	35.0
2 yrs		CLE			9	1	1-0-0	15	28	53.6	108	1	3.6	3	10.7	23	3.9	-0.3	7.2	12.0	35.1	3	37	9.7	2.29	-1.42			0

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	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
1962*+	27	DTX	1	1	1-0	9	14	64.3	88	1	7.1	0	0.0	28	6.3	7.7	9.8	88.0	105.7	6	50	30.0	1.90	2.90	0	1
1966*+	31	KAN	2	2	1-1	32	51	62.7	438	3	5.9	1	2.0	45	8.6	8.9	13.7	219.0	101.6	13	106	20.3	5.19	5.42
1968*	33	KAN	1	1	0-1	17	36	47.2	253	0	0.0	4	11.1	55	7.0	2.0	14.9	253.0	31.1	1	11	2.7	6.54	1.68
1969*	34	KAN	3	3	3-0	31	61	50.8	472	2	3.3	1	1.6	61	7.7	7.7	15.2	157.3	80.8	6	52	9.0	6.27	6.19	0	1
1971*	36	KAN	1	1	0-1	18	26	69.2	246	1	3.8	2	7.7	63	9.5	6.8	13.7	246.0	80.0	0	0	0.0	9.46	6.77
Career			8	8	5-3	107	188	56.9	1497	7	3.7	8	4.3	63	8.0	6.8	14.0	187.1	77.4	26	219	12.1	5.97	4.94	0	2

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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+
1962*+	27	DTX	QB	16	14	14	11-3-0	310	129		128		140	132	108		134
1963	28	KAN	QB	16	14	13	5-7-1	352	96		107		117	120	110		115
1964*	29	KAN	QB	16	14	14	7-7-0	354	121		129		128	133	111		133
1965	30	KAN	QB	16	14	12	6-4-2	305	109		115		120	117	112		119
1966*+	31	KAN	QB	16	14	14	11-2-1	284	131		138		127	138	129		138
1967*	32	KAN	QB	16	14	14	9-5-0	357	107		111		128	115	110		118
1968*	33	KAN	QB	16	14	13	11-2-0	224	134		136		133	126	123		137
1969*	34	KAN	QB	16	9	7	5-2-0	166	113	119	102	105	136	106	73	103	106
1970	35	KAN	QB	16	14	12	5-5-2	262	107	97	105	100	107	105	100	80	105
1971*	36	KAN	QB	16	14	13	9-3-1	301	128	118	124	118	112	107	110	94	118
1972	37	KAN	QB	16	14	12	7-5-0	305	88	88	100	99	117	100	114	98	109
1973	38	KAN	QB	16	8	6	3-2-1	101	111	100	103	97	141	80	103	80	108
1974	39	KAN	QB	16	14	8	3-5-0	235	102	99	98	96	121	90	97	93	101
1975	40	KAN	QB	16	12	5	1-4-0	140	118	102	120	110	139	95	122	68	124
Career					211	159	94-57-8	3741

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
1957	22	PIT	QB	16	3	1	3	31	0	27	10.3	10.3	1.0				0				3	10.3	31	0	1
1958	23	PIT	QB	16	4	0	2	-1	0	1	-0.5	-0.3	0.5				0				2	-0.5	-1	0	0
1959	24	PIT	QB	16	12	0	4	20	0	10	5.0	1.7	0.3				0				4	5.0	20	0	1
1960	25	CLE	QB	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.5				0				1	0.0		0	1
1961	26	CLE	QB	18	7	1	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-1.4	0.1				0				1	-10.0	-10	0	0
1962*+	27	DTX	QB	16	14	14	38	252	3	22	6.6	18.0	2.7				0				38	6.6	252	3	11
1963	28	KAN	QB	16	14	13	37	272	2	43	7.4	19.4	2.6				0				37	7.4	272	2	4
1964*	29	KAN	QB	16	14	14	40	89	2	18	2.2	6.4	2.9				0				40	2.2	89	2	15
1965	30	KAN	QB	16	14	12	43	142	2	40	3.3	10.1	3.1				0				43	3.3	142	2	7
1966*+	31	KAN	QB	16	14	14	24	167	0	18	7.0	11.9	1.7				0				24	7.0	167	0	5
1967*	32	KAN	QB	16	14	14	20	68	0	24	3.4	4.9	1.4				0				20	3.4	68	0	6
1968*	33	KAN	QB	16	14	13	20	40	0	22	2.0	2.9	1.4				0				20	2.0	40	0	4
1969*	34	KAN	QB	16	9	7	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0.1				0				1	3.0	3	0	0
1970	35	KAN	QB	16	14	12	11	46	0	21	4.2	3.3	0.8				0				11	4.2	46	0	5
1971*	36	KAN	QB	16	14	13	12	24	0	8	2.0	1.7	0.9				0				12	2.0	24	0	8
1972	37	KAN	QB	16	14	12	15	75	0	20	5.0	5.4	1.1				0				15	5.0	75	0	2
1973	38	KAN	QB	16	8	6	6	40	0	13	6.7	5.0	0.8				0				6	6.7	40	0	4
1974	39	KAN	QB	16	14	8	11	28	0	10	2.5	2.0	0.8				0				11	2.5	28	0	6
1975	40	KAN	QB	16	12	5	5	7	0	9	1.4	0.6	0.4				0				5	1.4	7	0	4
Career					211	159	294	1293	9	43	4.4	6.1	1.4				0				294	4.4	1293	9	84
14 yrs		DTX-KAN			183	157	283	1253	9	43	4.4	6.8	1.5				0				283	4.4	1253	9	81
3 yrs		PIT			19	1	9	50	0	27	5.6	2.6	0.5				0				9	5.6	50	0	2
2 yrs		CLE			9	1	2	-10	0	0	-5.0	-1.1	0.2				0				2	-5.0	-10	0	1

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
1962*+	27	DTX		1	1	5	26	0	11	5.2	26.0	5.0				0				5	5.2	26	0	0
1966*+	31	KAN		2	2	8	52	0	20	6.5	26.0	4.0				0				8	6.5	52	0	1
1968*	33	KAN		1	1	2	9	0	9	4.5	9.0	2.0				0				2	4.5	9	0	0
1969*	34	KAN		3	3	6	16	0	11	2.7	8.0	3.0				0				6	2.7	16	0	1
Career				8	8	21	103	0	20	4.9	12.9	2.6				0				21	4.9	103	0	2

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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
1957	22	PIT	QB	16	3	1			0				1	0	0	0
1959	24	PIT	QB	16	12	0			0				1	0	0	0
1960	25	CLE	QB	18	2	0			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
1962*+	27	DTX	QB	16	14	14			0				11	0	0	0	0.0
1963	28	KAN	QB	16	14	13			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
1964*	29	KAN	QB	16	14	14			0				15	0	0	0	0.0
1965	30	KAN	QB	16	14	12			0				7	0	0	0	0.0
1966*+	31	KAN	QB	16	14	14			0				5	0	0	0	0.0
1967*	32	KAN	QB	16	14	14			0				6	4	-6	0	0.0
1968*	33	KAN	QB	16	14	13			0				4	3	0	0	0.0
1970	35	KAN	QB	16	14	12			0				5	0	0	0	0.0
1971*	36	KAN	QB	16	14	13			0				8	3	-14	0	0.0
1972	37	KAN	QB	16	14	12			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1973	38	KAN	QB	16	8	6			0				4	0	-1	0	0.0
1974	39	KAN	QB	16	14	8			0				6	2	-2	0	0.0
1975	40	KAN	QB	16	12	5			0				4	1	0	0	0.0
Career					211	159			0				84	15	-23	0	0.0
14 yrs		DTX-KAN			183	157			0				81	14	-23	0	0.0
3 yrs		PIT			19	1			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		CLE			9	1			0				1	1	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1966*+	31	KAN		2	2			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1968*	33	KAN		1	1			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1969*	34	KAN		3	3			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				8	8			0			0	2	2	0	0	0.0

Kicking

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

Regular Season

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
1957	22	PIT	QB	16	3	1											1			0.0%	2		0.0%
Career					211	159											1			0.0%	2		0.0%
14 yrs		DTX-KAN			183	157
3 yrs		PIT			19	1											1			0.0%	2		0.0%
2 yrs		CLE			9	1

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	XPA	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1962*+	27	DTX	QB	16	14	14	3	3				18	1.3
1963	28	KAN	QB	16	14	13	2	2				12	0.9
1964*	29	KAN	QB	16	14	14	2	2				12	0.9
1965	30	KAN	QB	16	14	12	2	2				12	0.9
Career					211	159	9	9	0	2	1	54	.3
14 yrs		DTX-KAN			183	157	9	9	0			54	.3
3 yrs		PIT			19	1			0	2	1	0	0.0
2 yrs		CLE			9	1			0			0	0.0

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