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Bob Griese

Robert Allen Griese

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: February 3, 1945 in Evansville, IN

College: Purdue (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 104 (103rd overall since 1960)

High School: Rex Mundi (IN)

Draft: Miami Dolphins in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1990 (Full List)

Pronunciation: \GREE-see\

Relatives: Son Brian Griese

SUMMARY

Career

161

138

QBrec

92-56-3

Cmp%

56.2

Yds

25092

Y/A

7.3

192

Int

172

FantPt

1517.1

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
1967*	22	MIA	QB	12	12	10	3-7-0	166	331	50.2	2005	15	4.5	18	5.4	68	6.1	4.5	12.1	167.1	61.6						1	2	8	AP AFL ORoY-2, PB
1968*	23	MIA	QB	12	13	13	5-7-1	186	355	52.4	2473	21	5.9	16	4.5	50	7.0	6.1	13.3	190.2	75.7						2	2	12	UPI AFL PoY-3, AP AFL PoY-3, PB
1969	24	MIA	QB	12	9	9	2-6-1	121	252	48.0	1695	10	4.0	16	6.3	53	6.7	4.7	14.0	188.3	56.9	33	289	11.6	4.93	3.11	1	0	5
1970*	25	MIA	QB	12	14	14	10-4-0	142	245	58.0	2019	12	4.9	17	6.9	54	8.2	6.1	14.2	144.2	72.1	31	282	11.2	6.29	4.39	0	1	12	PB
1971*+	26	MIA	QB	12	14	13	9-3-1	145	263	55.1	2089	19	7.2	9	3.4	86	7.9	7.8	14.4	149.2	90.9	23	248	8.0	6.44	6.35	2	2	16	AP MVP-4, AP1, PB
1972	27	MIA	QB	12	6	5	5-0-0	53	97	54.6	638	4	4.1	4	4.1	39	6.6	5.5	12.0	106.3	71.6	7	45	6.7	5.70	4.74	1	1	4
1973*	28	MIA	QB	12	13	13	12-1-0	116	218	53.2	1422	17	7.8	8	3.7	46	6.5	6.4	12.3	109.4	84.3	11	75	4.8	5.88	5.79	1	1	11	PB
1974*	29	MIA	QB	12	13	13	10-3-0	152	253	60.1	1968	16	6.3	15	5.9	54	7.8	6.4	12.9	151.4	80.9	27	202	9.6	6.31	5.04	2	3	12	PB
1975	30	MIA	QB	12	10	10	7-3-0	118	191	61.8	1693	14	7.3	13	6.8	79	8.9	7.3	14.3	169.3	86.6	16	131	7.7	7.55	6.07	2	2	11
1976	31	MIA	QB	12	13	13	5-8-0	162	272	59.6	2097	11	4.0	12	4.4	47	7.7	6.5	12.9	161.3	78.9	30	266	9.9	6.06	5.00	0	1	12
1977*+	32	MIA	QB	12	14	14	10-4-0	180	307	58.6	2252	22	7.2	13	4.2	73	7.3	6.9	12.5	160.9	87.8	36	303	10.5	5.68	5.26			15	AP MVP-2, AP OPoY-2, AP1, PB
1978*	33	MIA	QB	12	11	9	6-3-0	148	235	63.0	1791	11	4.7	11	4.7	63	7.6	6.5	12.1	162.8	82.4	18	165	7.1	6.43	5.34	0	1	9	PB
1979	34	MIA	QB	12	14	12	7-5-0	176	310	56.8	2160	14	4.5	16	5.2	51	7.0	5.5	12.3	154.3	72.0	26	223	7.7	5.76	4.46	1	1	9
1980	35	MIA	QB	12	5	3	1-2-0	61	100	61.0	790	6	6.0	4	4.0	54	7.9	7.3	13.0	158.0	89.2	9	89	8.3	6.43	5.88	2	2	2
Career					161	151	92-56-3	1926	3429	56.2	25092	192	5.6	172	5.0	86	7.3	6.2	13.0	155.9	77.1	267	2318	7.2	6.16	5.11	15	19	138

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
1970*	25	MIA	1	1	0-1	13	27	48.1	155	2	7.4	1	3.7	24	5.7	5.6	11.9	155.0	75.4	3	31	10.0	4.13	3.97
1971*+	26	MIA	3	3	2-1	36	66	54.5	555	2	3.0	4	6.1	75	8.4	6.3	15.4	185.0	67.4	3	45	4.3	7.39	5.36	1	1
1972	27	MIA	2	1	1-0	11	16	68.8	158	1	6.3	1	6.3	52	9.9	8.3	14.4	79.0	95.3	2	19	11.1	7.72	6.33
1973*	28	MIA	3	3	3-0	20	31	64.5	266	2	6.5	2	6.5	48	8.6	7.0	13.3	88.7	86.2	2	18	6.1	7.52	6.00
1974*	29	MIA	1	1	0-1	7	14	50.0	101	1	7.1	1	7.1	23	7.2	5.4	14.4	101.0	67.9	2	20	12.5	5.06	3.50
1978*	33	MIA	1	1	0-1	11	28	39.3	114	1	3.6	2	7.1	21	4.1	1.6	10.4	114.0	33.9	0	0	0.0	4.07	1.57
1979	34	MIA	1	1	0-1	14	26	53.8	118	1	3.8	1	3.8	40	4.5	3.6	8.4	118.0	62.7	3	19	10.3	3.41	2.55
Career			12	11	6-5	112	208	53.8	1467	10	4.8	12	5.8	75	7.1	5.4	13.1	122.3	68.3	15	152	6.7	5.90	4.37	1	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+
1967*	22	MIA	QB	12	12	10	3-7-0	331	91		94		108	97	102		99
1968*	23	MIA	QB	12	13	13	5-7-1	355	102		108		113	111	117		113
1969	24	MIA	QB	12	9	9	2-6-1	252	98	87	94	87	98	94	91	83	93
1970*	25	MIA	QB	12	14	14	10-4-0	245	126	113	109	102	120	105	86	82	107
1971*+	26	MIA	QB	12	14	13	9-3-1	263	121	114	129	124	111	129	118	99	129
1972	27	MIA	QB	12	6	5	5-0-0	97	98	104	105	108	109	99	113	107	108
1973*	28	MIA	QB	12	13	13	12-1-0	218	99	108	116	120	103	133	116	116	122
1974*	29	MIA	QB	12	13	13	10-3-0	253	121	116	114	111	125	119	93	92	117
1975	30	MIA	QB	12	10	10	7-3-0	191	134	132	120	120	126	129	83	104	120
1976	31	MIA	QB	12	13	13	5-8-0	272	118	112	115	112	121	99	109	93	115
1977*+	32	MIA	QB	12	14	14	10-4-0	307	112	106	120	115	118	132	111	89	125
1978*	33	MIA	QB	12	11	9	6-3-0	235	121	118	118	117	133	108	106	105	123
1979	34	MIA	QB	12	14	12	7-5-0	310	102	100	100	99	107	104	96	98	103
1980	35	MIA	QB	12	5	3	1-2-0	100	121	111	122	115	120	123	106	93	125
Career					161	151	92-56-3	3429

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
1967*	22	MIA	QB	12	12	10	37	157	1	22	4.2	13.1	3.1				0				37	4.2	157	1	3
1968*	23	MIA	QB	12	13	13	42	230	1	35	5.5	17.7	3.2				0				42	5.5	230	1	1
1969	24	MIA	QB	12	9	9	21	102	0	22	4.9	11.3	2.3				0				21	4.9	102	0	5
1970*	25	MIA	QB	12	14	14	26	89	2	16	3.4	6.4	1.9				0				26	3.4	89	2	5
1971*+	26	MIA	QB	12	14	13	26	82	0	21	3.2	5.9	1.9				0				26	3.2	82	0	9
1972	27	MIA	QB	12	6	5	3	11	1	5	3.7	1.8	0.5				0				3	3.7	11	1	0
1973*	28	MIA	QB	12	13	13	13	20	0	21	1.5	1.5	1.0				0				13	1.5	20	0	5
1974*	29	MIA	QB	12	13	13	16	66	1	22	4.1	5.1	1.2				0				16	4.1	66	1	5
1975	30	MIA	QB	12	10	10	17	59	1	17	3.5	5.9	1.7				0				17	3.5	59	1	2
1976	31	MIA	QB	12	13	13	23	108	0	26	4.7	8.3	1.8				0				23	4.7	108	0	3
1977*+	32	MIA	QB	12	14	14	16	30	0	13	1.9	2.1	1.1				0				16	1.9	30	0	6
1978*	33	MIA	QB	12	11	9	9	10	0	9	1.1	0.9	0.8				0				9	1.1	10	0	3
1979	34	MIA	QB	12	14	12	11	30	0	18	2.7	2.1	0.8				0				11	2.7	30	0	4
1980	35	MIA	QB	12	5	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.2				0				1	0.0		0	1
Career					161	151	261	994	7	35	3.8	6.2	1.6				0				261	3.8	994	7	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
1970*	25	MIA		1	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0				0				1	2.0	2	0	2
1971*+	26	MIA		3	3	4	21	0	12	5.3	7.0	1.3				0				4	5.3	21	0	1
1973*	28	MIA		3	3	5	46	0	27	9.2	23.0	2.5				0				5	9.2	46	0	0
1974*	29	MIA		1	1	2	14	0	9	7.0	14.0	2.0				0				2	7.0	14	0	0
1979	34	MIA		1	1	1	1	0	1	1.0	1.0	1.0				0				1	1.0	1	0	0
Career				12	11	13	84	0	27	6.5	7.0	1.1				0				13	6.5	84	0	3

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
1967*	22	MIA	QB	12	12	10			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1968*	23	MIA	QB	12	13	13			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1969	24	MIA	QB	12	9	9			0				5	2	0	0	0.0
1970*	25	MIA	QB	12	14	14			0				5	2	-3	0	0.0
1971*+	26	MIA	QB	12	14	13			0				9	6	-37	0	0.0
1973*	28	MIA	QB	12	13	13			0				5	3	-16	0	0.0
1974*	29	MIA	QB	12	13	13			0				5	3	-8	0	0.0
1975	30	MIA	QB	12	10	10			0				2	0	-6	0	0.0
1976	31	MIA	QB	12	13	13			0				3	2	-5	0	0.0
1977*+	32	MIA	QB	12	14	14			0				6	2	-21	0	0.0
1978*	33	MIA	QB	12	11	9			0				3	0	-10	0	0.0
1979	34	MIA	QB	12	14	12			0				4	2	-2	0	0.0
1980	35	MIA	QB	12	5	3			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					161	151			0				52	23	-108	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
1970*	25	MIA		1	1			0			0	2	2	0	0	0.0
1971*+	26	MIA		3	3			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				12	11			0			0	3	2	0	0	0.0

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	Pts	Pts/G
1967*	22	MIA	QB	12	12	10	1	1		6	0.5
1968*	23	MIA	QB	12	13	13	1	1		6	0.5
1970*	25	MIA	QB	12	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1972	27	MIA	QB	12	6	5	1	1		6	1.0
1974*	29	MIA	QB	12	13	13	1	1		6	0.5
1975	30	MIA	QB	12	10	10	1	1		6	0.6
Career					161	151	7	7	0	42	.3

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