Bobby Layne

Robert Lawrence Layne (Blond Bomber)

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-1, 201lb (185cm, 91kg)

Born: December 19, 1926 in Santa Anna, TX

Died: December 1, 1986 in Lubbock, TX

College: Texas (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 20 (5501st overall since 1960)

High School: Highland Park (TX)

Draft: Chicago Bears in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1948 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1967 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

175

QBrec

80-48-4

Cmp%

49.0

Yds

26768

Y/A

7.2

196

Int

243

FantPt

1818.8

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
1948	22	CHI		22	11	1		16	52	30.8	232	3	5.8	2	3.8	35	4.5	3.9	14.5	21.1	49.5
1949	23	NYY	QB	22	12	12		155	299	51.8	1796	9	3.0	18	6.0	69	6.0	3.9	11.6	149.7	55.3
1950	24	DET	QB	22	12	12	6-6-0	152	336	45.2	2323	16	4.8	18	5.4	82	6.9	5.5	15.3	193.6	62.1						1	1
1951*	25	DET	QB	22	12	12	7-4-1	152	332	45.8	2403	26	7.8	23	6.9	63	7.2	5.7	15.8	200.3	67.6						1	1		PB
1952*+	26	DET	QB	22	12	11	9-2-0	139	287	48.4	1999	19	6.6	20	7.0	77	7.0	5.2	14.4	166.6	64.5									AP1, PB
1953*	27	DET	QB	22	12	11	9-2-0	125	273	45.8	2088	16	5.9	21	7.7	97	7.6	5.4	16.7	174.0	59.6						2	2		PB
1954	28	DET	QB	22	12	8	6-1-1	135	246	54.9	1818	14	5.7	12	4.9	55	7.4	6.3	13.5	151.5	77.3						3	2		UPI MVP-4, AP2
1955	29	DET	QB	22	12	10	3-7-0	143	270	53.0	1830	11	4.1	17	6.3	77	6.8	4.8	12.8	152.5	61.8						1	2
1956*+	30	DET	QB	22	12	12	9-3-0	129	244	52.9	1909	9	3.7	17	7.0	70	7.8	5.4	14.8	159.1	62.0						0	1		UPI MVP-2, AP1, PB
1957	31	DET	QB	22	11	7	4-3-0	87	179	48.6	1169	6	3.4	12	6.7	65	6.5	4.2	13.4	106.3	53.0						1	1
1958*	32	2TM	QB		12	11	7-3-1	145	294	49.3	2510	14	4.8	12	4.1	78	8.5	7.7	17.3	209.2	77.6						1	2		AP MVP-3, UPI MVP-3, AP2, PB
*		DET	QB	22	2	1	0-1-0	12	26	46.2	171	1	3.8	2	7.7		6.6	3.9	14.3	85.5	48.7									AP MVP-3, UPI MVP-3, AP2, PB
*		PIT	QB	22	10	10	7-2-1	133	268	49.6	2339	13	4.9	10	3.7	78	8.7	8.0	17.6	233.9	80.4						1	2		AP MVP-3, UPI MVP-3, AP2, PB
1959*	33	PIT	QB	22	12	12	6-5-1	142	297	47.8	1986	20	6.7	21	7.1	48	6.7	4.9	14.0	165.5	62.8						3	2		UPI MVP-3, AP2, PB
1960	34	PIT	QB	22	12	9	5-4-0	103	209	49.3	1814	13	6.2	17	8.1	70	8.7	6.3	17.6	151.2	66.2	1	52				1	2	10
1961	35	PIT	QB	22	8	6	2-4-0	75	149	50.3	1205	11	7.4	16	10.7	53	8.1	4.7	16.1	150.6	62.8	12	89	7.5	6.93	3.83			4
1962	36	PIT	QB	22	13	11	7-4-0	116	233	49.8	1686	9	3.9	17	7.3	62	7.2	4.7	14.5	129.7	56.2	23	193	9.0	5.83	3.55	2	2	7
Career					175	145	80-48-4	1814	3700	49.0	26768	196	5.3	243	6.6	97	7.2	5.3	14.8	153.0	63.4	36	334				18	19	21
9 yrs		DET			97	84	53-29-2	1074	2193	49.0	15710	118	5.4	142	6.5	97	7.2	5.3	14.6	162.0	63.7						9	10
5 yrs		PIT			55	48	27-19-2	569	1156	49.2	9030	66	5.7	81	7.0	78	7.8	5.8	15.9	164.2	65.5	36	334				7	8	21
1 yr		CHI			11	1		16	52	30.8	232	3	5.8	2	3.8	35	4.5	3.9	14.5	21.1	49.5
1 yr		NYY			12	12		155	299	51.8	1796	9	3.0	18	6.0	69	6.0	3.9	11.6	149.7	55.3						2	1

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	4QC	GWD
1952*+	26	DET	QB	2	2	2-0	16	30	53.3	212	0	0.0	4	13.3	51	7.1	1.1	13.3	106.0	36.4
1953*	27	DET	QB	1	1	1-0	12	25	48.0	179	1	4.0	2	8.0	33	7.2	4.4	14.9	179.0	51.9	1	1
1954	28	DET	QB	1	1	0-1	18	42	42.9	177	0	0.0	6	14.3	30	4.2	-2.2	9.8	177.0	15.8
Career				4	4	3-1	46	97	47.4	568	1	1.0	12	12.4	51	5.9	0.5	12.3	142.0	29.9	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+	AY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Rate+
1948	22	CHI		22	11	1		52	68	95	59	99	126	93
1949	23	NYY	QB	22	12	12		299	90	97	112	82	112	100
1950	24	DET	QB	22	12	12	6-6-0	336	103	110	96	97	118	107
1951*	25	DET	QB	22	12	12	7-4-1	332	107	112	97	125	105	114
1952*+	26	DET	QB	22	12	11	9-2-0	287	103	106	104	117	102	109
1953*	27	DET	QB	22	12	11	9-2-0	273	110	107	93	108	94	102
1954	28	DET	QB	22	12	8	6-1-1	246	107	114	116	109	118	118
1955	29	DET	QB	22	12	10	3-7-0	270	98	99	110	93	105	102
1956*+	30	DET	QB	22	12	12	9-3-0	244	112	106	109	88	99	102
1957	31	DET	QB	22	11	7	4-3-0	179	88	86	95	80	99	85
1958*	32	2TM	QB		12	11	7-3-1	294
*		PIT	QB	22	10	10	7-2-1	268
1959*	33	PIT	QB	22	12	12	6-5-1	297	92	95	93	112	94	97
1960	34	PIT	QB	22	12	9	5-4-0	209	119	105	94	107	87	99
1961	35	PIT	QB	22	8	6	2-4-0	149	108	90	93	115	66	94
1962	36	PIT	QB	22	13	11	7-4-0	233	92	83	90	86	84	82
Career					175	145	80-48-4	3700

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

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
1948	22	CHI		22	11	1	13	80	1	18	6.2	7.3	1.2				0				13	6.2	80	1	3
1949	23	NYY	QB	22	12	12	54	196	3	27	3.6	16.3	4.5				0				54	3.6	196	3	10
1950	24	DET	QB	22	12	12	56	250	4	30	4.5	20.8	4.7				0				56	4.5	250	4	13
1951*	25	DET	QB	22	12	12	61	290	1	36	4.8	24.2	5.1				0				61	4.8	290	1	8
1952*+	26	DET	QB	22	12	11	94	411	1	29	4.4	34.3	7.8				0				94	4.4	411	1	5
1953*	27	DET	QB	22	12	11	87	343	0	23	3.9	28.6	7.3				0				87	3.9	343	0	8
1954	28	DET	QB	22	12	8	30	119	2	34	4.0	9.9	2.5				0				30	4.0	119	2	2
1955	29	DET	QB	22	12	10	31	111	0	19	3.6	9.3	2.6				0				31	3.6	111	0	4
1956*+	30	DET	QB	22	12	12	46	169	5	20	3.7	14.1	3.8				0				46	3.7	169	5	3
1957	31	DET	QB	22	11	7	24	99	0	21	4.1	9.0	2.2				0				24	4.1	99	0	3
1958*	32	2TM	QB		12	11	40	154	3	21	3.9	12.8	3.3				0				40	3.9	154	3	7
*		DET	QB	22	2	1	3	1	0	4	0.3	0.5	1.5				0				3	0.3	1	0	2
*		PIT	QB	22	10	10	37	153	3	21	4.1	15.3	3.7				0				37	4.1	153	3	5
1959*	33	PIT	QB	22	12	12	33	181	2	21	5.5	15.1	2.8				0				33	5.5	181	2	2
1960	34	PIT	QB	22	12	9	19	12	2	13	0.6	1.0	1.6				0				19	0.6	12	2	1
1961	35	PIT	QB	22	8	6	8	11	0	9	1.4	1.4	1.0				0				8	1.4	11	0	4
1962	36	PIT	QB	22	13	11	15	25	1	17	1.7	1.9	1.2				0				15	1.7	25	1	7
Career					175	145	611	2451	25	36	4.0	14.0	3.5				0				611	4.0	2451	25	80
9 yrs		DET			97	84	432	1793	13	36	4.2	18.5	4.5				0				432	4.2	1793	13	48
5 yrs		PIT			55	48	112	382	8	21	3.4	6.9	2.0				0				112	3.4	382	8	19
1 yr		CHI			11	1	13	80	1	18	6.2	7.3	1.2				0				13	6.2	80	1	3
1 yr		NYY			12	12	54	196	3	27	3.6	16.3	4.5				0				54	3.6	196	3	10

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
1948	22	CHI		22	11	1											1			0.0%
1950	24	DET	QB	22	12	12															2	1	50.0%
1952*+	26	DET	QB	22	12	11															2	2	100.0%
1956*+	30	DET	QB	22	12	12											15	12		80.0%	33	33	100.0%
1957	31	DET	QB	22	11	7											11	6		54.5%	25	25	100.0%
1958*	32	2TM	QB		12	11															3	1	33.3%
*		DET	QB	22	2	1															3	1	33.3%
1959*	33	PIT	QB	22	12	12											17	11		64.7%	32	32	100.0%
1960	34	PIT	QB	22	12	9	4	4	2	1							6	5	21	83.3%	22	21	95.5%
1961	35	PIT	QB	22	8	6															5	5	100.0%
Career					175	145	4	4	2	1							50	34	37	68.0%	124	120	96.8%
9 yrs		DET			97	84											26	18	30	69.2%	65	62	95.4%
5 yrs		PIT			55	48	4	4	2	1							23	16	37	69.6%	59	58	98.3%
1 yr		CHI			11	1											1			0.0%
1 yr		NYY			12	12

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
1948	22	CHI		22	11	1			0				3	1	0	0
1949	23	NYY	QB	22	12	12			0				10	6	-6	0
1950	24	DET	QB	22	12	12			0				13	5	0	0
1951*	25	DET	QB	22	12	12			0				8	2	0	0
1952*+	26	DET	QB	22	12	11			0				5	1	0	0
1953*	27	DET	QB	22	12	11			0				8	2	0	0
1954	28	DET	QB	22	12	8			0				2	0	0	0
1955	29	DET	QB	22	12	10			0				4	0	0	0
1956*+	30	DET	QB	22	12	12			0				3	0	0	0
1957	31	DET	QB	22	11	7			0				3	2	0	0
1958*	32	2TM	QB		12	11			0				7	1	0	0
*		DET	QB	22	2	1			0				2	1	0	0
*		PIT	QB	22	10	10			0				5	0	0	0
1959*	33	PIT	QB	22	12	12			0				2	2	0	0
1960	34	PIT	QB	22	12	9			0				1	2	0	0	0.0
1961	35	PIT	QB	22	8	6			0				4	1	0	0	0.0
1962	36	PIT	QB	22	13	11			0				7	2	0	0	0.0
Career					175	145			0				80	27	-6	0	0.0
9 yrs		DET			97	84			0				48	13	0	0	0.0
5 yrs		PIT			55	48			0				19	7	0	0	0.0
1 yr		CHI			11	1			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		NYY			12	12			0				10	6	-6	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
1953*	27	DET	QB	1	1						0	1	0	3	0
1954	28	DET	QB	1	1						0	1	0	0	0
Career				4	4						0	2	0	3	0

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	Lng	Blck
1948	22	CHI		22	11	1	1	24	24.0	24	0
Career					175	145	1	24	24.0	24	0
9 yrs		DET			97	84	0	0		0	0
5 yrs		PIT			55	48	0	0		0	0
1 yr		CHI			11	1	1	24	24.0	24	0
1 yr		NYY			12	12	0	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	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1948	22	CHI		22	11	1	1	1					1	6	0.5
1949	23	NYY	QB	22	12	12	3	3						18	1.5
1950	24	DET	QB	22	12	12	4	4		1	2			25	2.1
1951*	25	DET	QB	22	12	12	1	1						6	0.5
1952*+	26	DET	QB	22	12	11	1	1		2	2			8	0.7
1954	28	DET	QB	22	12	8	2	2						12	1.0
1956*+	30	DET	QB	22	12	12	5	5		33	33	12	15	99	8.3
1957	31	DET	QB	22	11	7				25	25	6	11	43	3.9
1958*	32	2TM	QB		12	11	3	3	0	1	3			19	1.6
*		DET	QB	22	2	1				1	3			1	0.5
*		PIT	QB	22	10	10	3	3						18	1.8
1959*	33	PIT	QB	22	12	12	2	2		32	32	11	17	77	6.4
1960	34	PIT	QB	22	12	9	2	2		21	22	5	6	48	4.0
1961	35	PIT	QB	22	8	6				5	5			5	0.6
1962	36	PIT	QB	22	13	11	1	1						6	0.5
Career					175	145	25	25	0	120	124	34	50	372	2.1
9 yrs		DET			97	84	13	13	0	62	65	18	26	194	2.0
5 yrs		PIT			55	48	8	8	0	58	59	16	23	154	2.8
1 yr		CHI			11	1	1	1	0				1	6	.5
1 yr		NYY			12	12	3	3	0					18	1.5

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
1952*+	26	DET	QB	2	2	1										0						6	3.0
Career				4	4	1										0						6	1.5

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bobby Layne born?

Bobby Layne was born on December 19, 1926.

Where was Bobby Layne born?

Bobby Layne was born in Santa Anna, TX.

How tall was Bobby Layne?

Bobby Layne was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Bobby Layne weigh when playing?

Bobby Layne weighed 201 lbs (91 kg) when playing.

Is Bobby Layne in the Hall of Fame?

Bobby Layne was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1967.

How many games did Bobby Layne play?

Bobby Layne played 175 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Bobby Layne have?

Bobby Layne had 26,768 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Bobby Layne have?

Bobby Layne had 196 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Bobby Layne won?

Bobby Layne never won a Super Bowl.

When did Bobby Layne retire?

Bobby Layne last played in 1962.

What are Bobby Layne's nicknames?

Blond Bomber is a nickname for Bobby Layne.

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