Passing
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | AV | Awards | |||||||||||
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1963 | 22 | PIT | QB | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 1 | 11 | 33.3 | -3.67 | -3.67 | 0 | |||||
1964 | 23 | PIT | QB | 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 | 5 | 47 | 10.6 | 4.87 | 2.85 | 1 | |||
1965 | 24 | PIT | QB | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2-10-0 | 121 | 270 | 44.8 | 1917 | 8 | 3.0 | 17 | 6.3 | 87 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 15.8 | 159.8 | 52.7 | 42 | 333 | 13.5 | 5.08 | 3.14 | 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 | 15 | 141 | 11.8 | 7.72 | 8.47 | 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 | 22 | 186 | 11.8 | 5.02 | 3.93 | 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 | 11 | 102 | 3.6 | 7.45 | 7.22 | 0 | 1 | 14 | AP MVP-3, UPI MVP-3, AP2 |
1969* | 28 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10-3-1 | 190 | 352 | 54.0 | 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 | PB |
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 | 4.0 | 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 | QB | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 14 | 31 | 45.2 | 141 | 0 | 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 | 146 | 1314 | 7.1 | 6.27 | 5.01 | 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 | 61 | 596 | 4.4 | 6.64 | 5.35 | 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 | 85 | 718 | 12.6 | 5.51 | 4.31 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||
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1968 | 27 | CLE | 2 | 2 | 1-1 | 24 | 51 | 47.1 | 335 | 1 | 2.0 | 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 | 0.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 39 | 5.0 | -1.5 | 11.6 | 104.0 | 18.8 | 4 | 34 | 16.0 | 2.80 | -2.60 | |||
1972 | 31 | CLE | QB | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Career | 6 | 5 | 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 AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Att | Y/A+ | NY/A+ | AY/A+ | ANY/A+ | Cmp%+ | TD%+ | Int%+ | Sack%+ | Rate+ |
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1965 | 24 | PIT | QB | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2-10-0 | 270 | 99 | 89 | 90 | 86 | 77 | 81 | 86 | 78 | 82 |
1966 | 25 | PIT | QB | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3-1-1 | 112 | 146 | 131 | 147 | 138 | 117 | 110 | 144 | 80 | 137 |
1967 | 26 | PIT | QB | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1-3-1 | 165 | 98 | 89 | 101 | 96 | 75 | 111 | 100 | 79 | 98 |
1968 | 27 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9-2-0 | 293 | 120 | 131 | 125 | 131 | 100 | 115 | 119 | 124 | 120 |
1969* | 28 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10-3-1 | 352 | 117 | 123 | 112 | 116 | 107 | 118 | 98 | 120 | 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 | 107 | 95 |
Career | 90 | 74 | 40-31-3 | 1905 |
Rushing & Receiving
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Games | Rushing | Receiving | Total Yds | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rush | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
1963 | 22 | PIT | QB | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -3.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
1964 | 23 | PIT | QB | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
1967 | 26 | PIT | QB | 14 | 8 | 5 | 9 | -19 | 0 | 11 | -2.1 | -2.4 | 1.1 | 0 | 9 | -2.1 | -19 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
1968 | 27 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0 | 13 | 2.3 | 30 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
1969* | 28 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 14 | 5 | -11 | 0 | 3 | -2.2 | -0.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | -2.2 | -11 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
1970 | 29 | CLE | QB | 16 | 12 | 12 | 7 | -4 | 0 | 2 | -0.6 | -0.3 | 0.6 | 0 | 7 | -0.6 | -4 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
1971 | 30 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | -18 | 0 | 4 | -1.4 | -1.3 | 0.9 | 0 | 13 | -1.4 | -18 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
1972 | 31 | CLE | QB | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 |
Defense & Fumbles
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Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Sfty |
1963 | 22 | PIT | QB | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1965 | 24 | PIT | QB | 14 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1966 | 25 | PIT | QB | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1967 | 26 | PIT | QB | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1968 | 27 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1969* | 28 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1970 | 29 | CLE | QB | 16 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1971 | 30 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 5 | -9 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Career | 90 | 74 | 0 | 41 | 17 | -8 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
5 yrs | CLE | 58 | 51 | 0 | 26 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
5 yrs | PIT | 32 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Scoring Summary
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
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