Bill Nelsen

William Keith Nelsen

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: January 29, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA

Died: April 11, 2019

College: USC (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 54 (1365th overall since 1960)

High School: El Rancho (CA)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 10th round (136th overall) of the 1963 NFL Draft.

As Coach: 3 Yrs (Full Record)

1x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

QBrec

40-31-3

Cmp%

50.6

Yds

14165

Y/A

7.4

Int

101

FantPt

737.5

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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
1963	22	PIT		14	2	0		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6								0
1964	23	PIT		14	5	1	0-1-0	16	42	38.1	276	2	4.8	3	7.1	44	6.6	4.3	17.3	55.2	47.3								1
1965	24	PIT	QB	14	12	12	2-10-0	121	270	44.8	1917	8	3	17	6.3	87	7.1	4.9	15.8	159.8	52.7								5
1966	25	PIT	qb	14	5	5	3-1-1	63	112	56.3	1122	7	6.3	1	0.9	68	10.0	10.9	17.8	224.4	107.8						1	0	4
1967	26	PIT	qb	14	8	5	1-3-1	74	165	44.8	1125	10	6.1	9	5.5	58	6.8	5.6	15.2	140.6	65.3						2	1	4
1968	27	CLE	QB	16	14	11	9-2-0	152	293	51.9	2366	19	6.5	10	3.4	87	8.1	7.8	15.6	169.0	86.4						0	1	14
1969*	28	CLE	QB	16	14	14	10-3-1	190	352	54	2743	23	6.5	19	5.4	82	7.8	6.7	14.4	195.9	78.8	17	164	4.6	6.99	5.92	2	2	13
1970	29	CLE	QB	16	12	12	6-6-0	159	313	50.8	2156	16	5.1	16	5.1	78	6.9	5.6	13.6	179.7	68.9	8	79	2.5	6.47	5.22	1	1	9
1971	30	CLE	QB	16	14	13	9-4-0	174	325	53.5	2319	13	4	23	7.1	53	7.1	4.8	13.3	165.6	60.3	22	222	6.3	6.04	3.81	2	3	10
1972	31	CLE		16	4	1	0-1-0	14	31	45.2	141	0	0	3	9.7	26	4.5	0.2	10.1	35.3	19.1	3	29	8.8	3.29	-0.68			1
Career					90	74	40-31-3	963	1905	50.6	14165	98	5.1	101	5.3	87	7.4	6.1	14.7	157.4	70.2	50	494	2.6	6.99	5.67	8	8	61
5 yrs		CLE			58	51	34-16-1	689	1314	52.4	9725	71	5.4	71	5.4	87	7.4	6.1	14.1	167.7	72.1	50	494	4.7	6.41	4.82	5	7	47
5 yrs		PIT			32	23	6-15-2	274	591	46.4	4440	27	4.6	30	5.1	87	7.5	6.1	16.2	138.8	66.1						3	1	14

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
1968	27	CLE		2	2	1-1	24	51	47.1	335	1	2	3	5.9	45	6.6	4.3	14.0	167.5	50.7	5	52	8.9	5.05	3.00
1969*	28	CLE		2	2	1-1	35	60	58.3	400	2	3.3	2	3.3	35	6.7	5.8	11.4	200.0	75.7	3	17	4.8	6.08	5.29
1971	30	CLE		1	1	0-1	9	21	42.9	104	0	0	3	14.3	39	5.0	-1.5	11.6	104.0	18.8	4	34	16	2.80	-2.60
1972	31	CLE	QB	1	0	0-0
Career				6	0	2-3	68	132	51.5	839	3	2.3	8	6.1	45	6.4	4.1	12.3	139.8	53.8	12	103	8.3	5.11	3.03

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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+
1965	24	PIT	QB	14	12	12	2-10-0	270	99		90		77	81	86		82
1966	25	PIT	qb	14	5	5	3-1-1	112	146		147		117	110	144		137
1967	26	PIT	qb	14	8	5	1-3-1	165	98		101		75	111	100		98
1968	27	CLE	QB	16	14	11	9-2-0	293	120		125		100	115	119		120
1969*	28	CLE	QB	16	14	14	10-3-1	352	117	126	112	117	107	118	98	118	112
1970	29	CLE	QB	16	12	12	6-6-0	313	102	116	104	111	98	107	102	130	103
1971	30	CLE	QB	16	14	13	9-4-0	325	107	108	96	97	107	97	85	108	95
Career					90	74	40-31-3	1905

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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
1963	22	PIT		14	2	0	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-3.0	0.5								1	-6.0	-6	0	1
1964	23	PIT		14	5	1	3	17	0	13	5.7	3.4	0.6								3	5.7	17	0	0
1965	24	PIT	QB	14	12	12	26	84	1	21	3.2	7.0	2.2	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5	0.1	-0.4	27	2.9	79	1	6
1966	25	PIT	qb	14	5	5	6	18	0	9	3.0	3.6	1.2								6	3.0	18	0	1
1967	26	PIT	qb	14	8	5	9	-19	0	11	-2.1	-2.4	1.1								9	-2.1	-19	0	7
1968	27	CLE	QB	16	14	11	13	30	1	18	2.3	2.1	0.9								13	2.3	30	1	2
1969*	28	CLE	QB	16	14	14	5	-11	0	3	-2.2	-0.8	0.4								5	-2.2	-11	0	8
1970	29	CLE	QB	16	12	12	7	-4	0	2	-0.6	-0.3	0.6								7	-0.6	-4	0	6
1971	30	CLE	QB	16	14	13	13	-18	0	4	-1.4	-1.3	0.9								13	-1.4	-18	0	10
1972	31	CLE		16	4	1	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.5	0.3								1	-2.0	-2	0	0
Career					90	74	84	89	2	21	1.1	1.0	0.9	1	-5	-5.0	0	0	0.0	-0.1	85	1.0	84	2	41
5 yrs		CLE			58	51	39	-5	1	18	-0.1	-0.1	0.7								39	-0.1	-5	1	26
5 yrs		PIT			32	23	45	94	1	21	2.1	2.9	1.4	1	-5	-5.0	0	0	0.0	-0.2	46	1.9	89	1	15

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
1968	27	CLE		2	2	2	-2	0	1	-1.0	-2.0	2.0								2	-1.0	-2	0	1
1971	30	CLE		1	1	2	-5	0	-2	-2.5	-5.0	2.0								2	-2.5	-5	0	3
Career				6	0	4	-7	0	1	-1.8	-1.2	0.7								4	-1.8	-7	0	4

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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
1963	22	PIT		14	2	0							1	1	0	0	0.0
1965	24	PIT	QB	14	12	12							6	0	0	0	0.0
1966	25	PIT	qb	14	5	5							1	1	0	0	0.0
1967	26	PIT	qb	14	8	5							7	3	0	0	0.0
1968	27	CLE	QB	16	14	11							2	1	1	0	0.0
1969*	28	CLE	QB	16	14	14							8	3	0	0	0.0
1970	29	CLE	QB	16	12	12							6	3	0	0	0.0
1971	30	CLE	QB	16	14	13							10	5	-9	0	0.0
Career					90	74							41	17	-8	0	0.0
5 yrs		CLE			58	51							26	12	-8	0	0.0
5 yrs		PIT			32	23							15	5	0	0	0.0