Billy Kilmer

William Orland Kilmer Jr.

Position: QB-HB Throws: Right

6-0, 204lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: September 5, 1939 in Topeka, KS

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 75 (526th overall since 1960)

High School: Citrus (CA)

Draft: San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft., San Diego Chargers in the 5th round (39th overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.

1x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

170

100

QBrec

61-52-1

Cmp%

53.1

Yds

20495

Y/A

6.9

152

Int

146

FantPt

1289.8

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
1961	22	SFO	QB	17	11	0		19	34	55.9	286	0	0.0	4	11.8	28	8.4	3.1	15.1	26.0	44.1	8	71	19.0	5.12	0.83			6
1962	23	SFO	HB	17	12	9	0-1-0	8	13	61.5	191	1	7.7	3	23.1		14.7	5.8	23.9	15.9	91.5	2	27	13.3	10.93	3.27			7
1963		Missed season - Injured (leg)
1964	25	SFO	HB	17	10	2		8	14	57.1	92	1	7.1	1	7.1	24	6.6	4.8	11.5	9.2	71.1	2	24	12.5	4.25	2.69			2
1966	27	SFO	QB	17	6	0		5	16	31.3	84	0	0.0	1	6.3	26	5.3	2.4	16.8	14.0	24.0	2	12	11.1	4.00	1.50			0
1967	28	NOR	QB	17	10	4	0-4-0	97	204	47.5	1341	6	2.9	11	5.4	96	6.6	4.7	13.8	134.1	56.4	18	147	8.1	5.38	3.69	1	1	5
1968	29	NOR	QB	17	12	11	4-7-0	167	315	53.0	2060	15	4.8	17	5.4	51	6.5	5.1	12.3	171.7	66.9	26	170	7.6	5.54	4.18	1	1	7
1969	30	NOR	QB	17	14	14	5-9-0	193	360	53.6	2532	20	5.6	17	4.7	52	7.0	6.0	13.1	180.9	74.9	22	212	5.8	6.07	5.12	3	3	11
1970	31	NOR	QB	17	13	10	2-8-0	135	237	57.0	1557	6	2.5	17	7.2	46	6.6	3.8	11.5	119.8	55.5	19	155	7.4	5.48	2.96	2	1	3
1971	32	WAS	QB	17	14	13	8-4-1	166	306	54.2	2221	13	4.2	13	4.2	71	7.3	6.2	13.4	158.6	74.0	16	110	5.0	6.56	5.55	1	0	10	AP MVP-5
1972*	33	WAS	QB	17	12	10	7-3-0	120	225	53.3	1648	19	8.4	11	4.9	89	7.3	6.8	13.7	137.3	84.8	9	67	3.8	6.76	6.26	1	2	10	AP MVP-6, PB
1973	34	WAS	QB	17	10	10	7-3-0	122	227	53.7	1656	14	6.2	9	4.0	64	7.3	6.7	13.6	165.6	81.3	15	88	6.2	6.48	5.96			9
1974	35	WAS	QB	17	11	10	7-3-0	137	234	58.5	1632	10	4.3	6	2.6	51	7.0	6.7	11.9	148.4	83.5	13	96	5.3	6.22	5.94			9
1975	36	WAS	QB	17	12	12	8-4-0	178	346	51.4	2440	23	6.6	16	4.6	96	7.1	6.3	13.7	203.3	77.2	23	138	6.2	6.24	5.53	2	4	10
1976	37	WAS	QB	17	10	9	7-2-0	108	206	52.4	1252	12	5.8	10	4.9	53	6.1	5.1	11.6	125.2	70.3	15	125	6.8	5.10	4.15	3	4	5
1977	38	WAS	QB	17	8	8	5-3-0	99	201	49.3	1187	8	4.0	7	3.5	59	5.9	5.1	12.0	148.4	66.5	22	180	9.9	4.52	3.82			5
1978	39	WAS	QB	17	5	2	1-1-0	23	46	50.0	316	4	8.7	3	6.5	50	6.9	5.7	13.7	63.2	74.2	4	22	8.0	5.88	4.78			1
Career					170	124	61-52-1	1585	2984	53.1	20495	152	5.1	146	4.9	96	6.9	5.7	12.9	120.6	71.6	216	1644	6.8	5.89	4.79	14	16	100
8 yrs		WAS			82	74	50-23-1	953	1791	53.2	12352	103	5.8	75	4.2	96	6.9	6.2	13.0	150.6	76.9	117	826	6.1	6.04	5.35	7	10	59
4 yrs		NOR			49	39	11-28-0	592	1116	53.0	7490	47	4.2	62	5.6	96	6.7	5.1	12.7	152.9	65.1	85	684	7.1	5.67	4.13	7	6	26
4 yrs		SFO			39	11	0-1-0	40	77	51.9	653	2	2.6	9	11.7	28	8.5	3.7	16.3	16.7	49.8	14	134	15.4	5.70	1.69			15

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
1971	32	WAS	1	1	0-1	11	27	40.7	106	2	7.4	1	3.7	16	3.9	3.7	9.6	106.0	61.7	1	13	3.6	3.32	3.14
1972*	33	WAS	3	3	2-1	35	60	58.3	398	3	5.0	3	5.0	51	6.6	5.4	11.4	132.7	74.2	3	23	4.8	5.95	4.76
1973	34	WAS	1	1	0-1	13	24	54.2	159	1	4.2	1	4.2	30	6.6	5.6	12.2	159.0	71.4	0	0	0.0	6.63	5.58
1974	35	WAS	1	1	0-1	7	18	38.9	99	0	0.0	0	0.0	41	5.5	5.5	14.1	99.0	57.4	0	0	0.0	5.50	5.50
1976	37	WAS	1	1	0-1	26	49	53.1	298	2	4.1	2	4.1	30	6.1	5.1	11.5	298.0	68.2	1	8	2.0	5.80	4.80
Career			7	7	2-5	92	178	51.7	1060	8	4.5	7	3.9	51	6.0	5.1	11.5	151.4	68.6	5	44	2.7	5.55	4.70

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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	28	NOR	QB	17	10	4	0-4-0	204	94	95	93	94	85	82	100	101	89
1968	29	NOR	QB	17	12	11	4-7-0	315	92	96	94	97	105	97	99	102	98
1969	30	NOR	QB	17	14	14	5-9-0	360	103	107	106	108	106	108	104	113	107
1970	31	NOR	QB	17	13	10	2-8-0	237	97	98	86	87	117	81	84	103	89
1971	32	WAS	QB	17	14	13	8-4-1	306	109	116	111	115	109	99	111	114	110
1972*	33	WAS	QB	17	12	10	7-3-0	225	111	121	119	124	105	140	105	122	122
1973	34	WAS	QB	17	10	10	7-3-0	227	113	118	119	122	105	118	113	110	118
1974	35	WAS	QB	17	11	10	7-3-0	234	107	114	117	121	120	101	126	117	119
1975	36	WAS	QB	17	12	12	8-4-0	346	107	113	111	115	97	123	105	112	111
1976	37	WAS	QB	17	10	9	7-2-0	206	92	97	100	103	101	116	104	111	106
1977	38	WAS	QB	17	8	8	5-3-0	201	88	87	101	99	91	100	119	93	102
Career					170	124	61-52-1	2984

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
1961	22	SFO	QB	17	11	0	96	509	10	31	5.3	46.3	8.7				0				96	5.3	509	10	8
1962	23	SFO	HB	17	12	9	93	478	5	35	5.1	39.8	7.8	16	152	9.5	1		1.3	12.7	109	5.8	630	6	5
1964	25	SFO	HB	17	10	2	36	113	0	14	3.1	11.3	3.6	11	136	12.4	0	35	1.1	13.6	47	5.3	249	0	3
1966	27	SFO	QB	17	6	0	3	23	0	13	7.7	3.8	0.5				0				3	7.7	23	0	0
1967	28	NOR	QB	17	10	4	20	142	1	31	7.1	14.2	2.0				0				20	7.1	142	1	5
1968	29	NOR	QB	17	12	11	21	97	2	22	4.6	8.1	1.8				0				21	4.6	97	2	5
1969	30	NOR	QB	17	14	14	11	18	0	12	1.6	1.3	0.8				0				11	1.6	18	0	5
1970	31	NOR	QB	17	13	10	12	42	0	15	3.5	3.2	0.9				0				12	3.5	42	0	4
1971	32	WAS	QB	17	14	13	17	5	2	3	0.3	0.4	1.2				0				17	0.3	5	2	2
1972*	33	WAS	QB	17	12	10	3	-3	0	1	-1.0	-0.3	0.3				0				3	-1.0	-3	0	1
1973	34	WAS	QB	17	10	10	9	10	0	5	1.1	1.0	0.9				0				9	1.1	10	0	6
1974	35	WAS	QB	17	11	10	6	27	0	10	4.5	2.5	0.5				0				6	4.5	27	0	3
1975	36	WAS	QB	17	12	12	11	34	1	11	3.1	2.8	0.9				0				11	3.1	34	1	3
1976	37	WAS	QB	17	10	9	13	-7	0	2	-0.5	-0.7	1.3				0				13	-0.5	-7	0	3
1977	38	WAS	QB	17	8	8	10	20	0	12	2.0	2.5	1.3				0				10	2.0	20	0	4
1978	39	WAS	QB	17	5	2	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.2	0.2				0				1	1.0	1	0	1
Career					170	124	362	1509	21	35	4.2	8.9	2.1	27	288	10.7	1	35	0.2	1.7	389	4.6	1797	22	58
8 yrs		WAS			82	74	70	87	3	12	1.2	1.1	0.9				0				70	1.2	87	3	23
4 yrs		NOR			49	39	64	299	3	31	4.7	6.1	1.3				0				64	4.7	299	3	19
4 yrs		SFO			39	11	228	1123	15	35	4.9	28.8	5.8	27	288	10.7	1	35	0.7	7.4	255	5.5	1411	16	16

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
1971	32	WAS		1	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0				0				1	0.0		0	0
1972*	33	WAS		3	3	6	36	0	9	6.0	12.0	2.0				0				6	6.0	36	0	1
1974	35	WAS		1	1	2	5	0	5	2.5	5.0	2.0				0				2	2.5	5	0	1
Career				7	7	9	41	0	9	4.6	5.9	1.3				0				9	4.6	41	0	2

Punting

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

Regular Season

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1961	22	SFO	QB	17	11	0	9	364	40.4				64					0
1966	27	SFO	QB	17	6	0	7	234	33.4				45					0
Career					170		16	598	37.4	0			64					0
8 yrs		WAS			82	74	0	0					0					0
4 yrs		NOR			49	39	0	0					0					0
4 yrs		SFO			39	11	16	598	37.4	0			64					0

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
1961	22	SFO	QB	17	11	0			0				8	0	0	0	0.0
1962	23	SFO	HB	17	12	9							5	1	0	0	0.0
1964	25	SFO	HB	17	10	2			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1967	28	NOR	QB	17	10	4			0				5	2	0	0	0.0
1968	29	NOR	QB	17	12	11			0				5	1	0	0	0.0
1969	30	NOR	QB	17	14	14			0				5	1	0	0	0.0
1970	31	NOR	QB	17	13	10			0				4	1	-10	0	0.0
1971	32	WAS	QB	17	14	13			0				2	2	-3	0	0.0
1972*	33	WAS	QB	17	12	10			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1973	34	WAS	QB	17	10	10			0				6	2	-18	0	0.0
1974	35	WAS	QB	17	11	10			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1975	36	WAS	QB	17	12	12			0				3	1	-6	0	0.0
1976	37	WAS	QB	17	10	9			0				3	2	-3	0	0.0
1977	38	WAS	QB	17	8	8			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
1978	39	WAS	QB	17	5	2			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
Career					170	124			0				58	16	-40	0	0.0
8 yrs		WAS			82	74			0				23	9	-30	0	0.0
4 yrs		NOR			49	39			0				19	5	-10	0	0.0
4 yrs		SFO			39	11			0				16	2	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
1972*	33	WAS		3	3			0			0	1	0	-14	0	0.0
1974	35	WAS		1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				7	7			0			0	2	0	-14	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	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1961	22	SFO	QB	17	11	0	10		10		60	5.5
1962	23	SFO	HB	17	12	9	5	1	6		36	3.0
1967	28	NOR	QB	17	10	4	1		1		6	0.6
1968	29	NOR	QB	17	12	11	2		2		12	1.0
1971	32	WAS	QB	17	14	13	2		2		12	0.9
1975	36	WAS	QB	17	12	12	1		1		6	0.5
Career					170	124	21	1	22	0	96	.6
8 yrs		WAS			82	74	3		3	0	18	.2
4 yrs		NOR			49	39	3		3	0	18	.4
4 yrs		SFO			39	11	15	1	16	0	96	2.5

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