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Tobin Rote

Tobin Cornelius Rote

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-3, 211lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: January 18, 1928 in San Antonio, TX

Died: June 27, 2000 in Saginaw, MI

College: Rice

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 16 (6540th overall since 1960)

High School: Harlandale (TX)

Draft: Green Bay Packers in the 2nd round (17th overall) of the 1950 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Cousin Kyle Rote

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SUMMARY

Career

149

QBrec

48-64-4

Cmp%

45.7

Yds

18850

Y/A

6.5

148

Int

191

FantPt

1440.4

Passing

✨Upgraded✨

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	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	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
1950	22	GNB	NFL	QB	12	12	3-9-0	83	224	37.1	1231	7	3.1	24	10.7	96	5.5	1.30	14.8	102.6	26.7		153				0	0
1951	23	GNB	NFL	QB	12	11	3-8-0	106	256	41.4	1540	15	5.9	20	7.8	85	6.0	3.67	14.5	128.3	48.6		143				1	1
1952	24	GNB	NFL	QB	12	8	4-4-0	82	157	52.2	1268	13	8.3	8	5.1	81	8.1	7.44	15.5	105.7	85.6		187				0	0
1953	25	GNB	NFL	QB	12	7	2-4-1	72	185	38.9	1005	5	2.7	15	8.1	80	5.4	2.32	14.0	83.8	32.4		117				0	0
1954	26	GNB	NFL	QB	12	12	4-8-0	180	382	47.1	2311	14	3.7	18	4.7	82	6.0	4.66	12.8	192.6	59.1		295				0	0
1955	27	GNB	NFL	QB	12	12	6-6-0	157	342	45.9	1977	17	5.0	19	5.6	60	5.8	4.27	12.6	164.8	57.8		218				3	3		AP-2
1956	28	GNB	NFL	QB	12	11	4-7-0	146	308	47.4	2203	18	5.8	15	4.9	69	7.2	6.13	15.1	183.6	70.6		177				2	2		PB,AP-2
1957	29	DET	NFL	QB	12	5	4-1-0	76	177	42.9	1070	11	6.2	10	5.6	48	6.0	4.75	14.1	89.2	60.2		94				0	0
1958	30	DET	NFL	QB	12	11	4-6-1	118	257	45.9	1678	14	5.4	10	3.9	65	6.5	5.87	14.2	139.8	69.5		231				0	0
1959	31	DET	NFL	QB	10	7	1-5-1	62	162	38.3	861	5	3.1	19	11.7	59	5.3	0.65	13.9	86.1	26.8		232				0	0
1960	Did not play - Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League)
1961	Did not play - Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League)
1962	Did not play - Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League)
1963	35	SDG	AFL	QB	14	14	11-3-0	170	286	59.4	2510	20	7.0	17	5.9	85	8.8	7.50	14.8	179.3	86.7	16	132	5.30	7.87	6.67	0	0	13	PB,AP-1
1964	36	SDG	AFL	QB	14	6	2-3-1	74	163	45.4	1156	9	5.5	15	9.2	82	7.1	4.06	15.6	82.6	49.5	11	97	6.32	6.09	3.24	1	1	3

1966	38	DEN	AFL	QB	3	0		3	8	37.5	40	0	0.0	1	12.5	20	5.0	-0.63	13.3	13.3	14.6	4	40	33.33	0.00	-3.75	0	0	0
13 Yrs					149	116	48-64-4	1329	2907	45.7	18850	148	5.1	191	6.6	96	6.5	4.55	14.2	126.5	56.8	31	2116	6.35	5.70	5.19	7	7	16
17 Game Avg					17	13		152	332	45.7	2151	17	5.1	22	6.6	96	6.5	4.55	14.2	126.5	56.8		241				1	1

GNB (7 Yrs)					84	73	26-46-1	826	1854	44.6	11535	89	4.8	119	6.4	96	6.2	4.29	14.0	137.3	54.4		1290				6	6
DET (3 Yrs)					34	23	9-12-2	256	596	43.0	3609	30	5.0	39	6.5	65	6.1	4.12	14.1	106.1	52.6		557				0	0
SDG (2 Yrs)					28	20	13-6-1	244	449	54.3	3666	29	6.5	32	7.1	85	8.2	6.25	15.0	130.9	73.2	27	229	5.67	7.22	5.41	1	1	16
DEN (1 Yr)					3	0		3	8	37.5	40	0	0.0	1	12.5	20	5.0	-0.63	13.3	13.3	14.6	4	40	33.33	0.00	-3.75	0	0	0

AFL (3 Yrs)					31	20	13-6-1	247	457	54.0	3706	29	6.3	33	7.2	85	8.1	6.13	15.0	119.5	72.0	31	269	6.35	7.04	5.19	1	1	16
NFL (10 Yrs)					118	96	35-58-3	1082	2450	44.2	15144	119	4.9	158	6.4	96	6.2	4.25	14.0	128.3	54.0		1847				6	6

Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	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	4QC	GWD
1957	29	DET	NFL	QB	2	2	2-0-0	28	49	57.1	494	5	10.2	1	2.0	78	10.1	11.20	17.6	247.0	117.2		19				1	1

1963	35	SDG	AFL	QB	1	1	1-0-0	10	15	66.7	173	2	13.3	0	0.0	48	11.5	14.20	17.3	173.0	145.3	2	13	11.76	9.41	11.76	0	0
1964	36	SDG	AFL	QB	1	1	0-1-0	10	26	38.5	118	1	3.8	2	7.7	22	4.5	1.85	11.8	118.0	33.8	1	14	3.70	3.85	1.26	0	0
3 Yrs					4	4	3-1-0	48	90	53.3	785	8	8.9	3	3.3	78	8.7	9.00	16.4	196.3	98.6	3	46	6.82	7.95	5.32	1	1
17 Game Avg					17	17	3-1-0	204	383	53.3	3336	34	8.9	13	3.3	78	8.7	9.00	16.4	196.3	98.6		196				4	4

SDG (2 Yrs)					2	2	1-1-0	20	41	48.8	291	3	7.3	2	4.9	48	7.1	6.37	14.6	145.5	76.4	3	27	6.82	6.00	5.32	0	0
DET (1 Yr)					2	2	2-0-0	28	49	57.1	494	5	10.2	1	2.0	78	10.1	11.20	17.6	247.0	117.2		19				1	1

AFL (2 Yrs)					2	2	1-1-0	20	41	48.8	291	3	7.3	2	4.9	48	7.1	6.37	14.6	145.5	76.4	3	27	6.82	6.00	5.32	0	0
NFL (1 Yr)					2	2	2-0-0	28	49	57.1	494	5	10.2	1	2.0	78	10.1	11.20	17.6	247.0	117.2		19				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+	AV	Awards
1950	22	GNB	QB	38	12	12	3-9-0	224	82	74	74	83	74	73
1951	23	GNB	QB	38	12	11	3-8-0	256	89	93	83	106	97	93
1952	24	GNB	QB	18	12	8	4-4-0	157	117	126	114	133	118	130
1953	25	GNB	QB	18	12	7	2-4-1	185	84	79	75	82	90	75
1954	26	GNB	QB	18	12	12	4-8-0	382	91	100	96	91	120	101		UPI MVP-9
1955	27	GNB	QB	18	12	12	6-6-0	342	84	94	87	102	112	97		AP2
1956*	28	GNB	QB	18	12	11	4-7-0	308	102	113	93	111	119	112		UPI MVP-4, AP2, PB
1957	29	DET	QB	18	12	5	4-1-0	177	80	93	78	114	111	96
1958	30	DET	QB	18	12	11	4-6-1	257	86	104	88	103	121	105
1959	31	DET	QB	18	10	7	1-5-1	162	71	60	62	82	64	64
1960		Missed season - Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League)
1961		Missed season - Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League)
1962		Missed season - Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League)
1963*+	35	SDG	QB	18	14	14	11-3-0	286	132	124	134	116	104	125	13	UPI AFL PoY-2, AP AFL PoY-1, AP1, PB
1964	36	SDG	QB	18	14	6	2-3-1	163	104	87	92	105	58	85	3
Career					149	116	48-64-4	2907							16

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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	Att	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
1950	22	GNB	QB	38	12	12	27	158	0	29	5.9	13.2	2.3				0				27	5.9	158	0	9
1951	23	GNB	QB	38	12	11	76	523	3	55	6.9	43.6	6.3	0	11		0	11	0.0	0.9	76	7.0	534	3	4
1952	24	GNB	QB	18	12	8	58	313	2	30	5.4	26.1	4.8	1	28	28.0	1	28	0.1	2.3	59	5.8	341	3	10
1953	25	GNB	QB	18	12	7	33	180	0	21	5.5	15.0	2.8				0				33	5.5	180	0	2
1954	26	GNB	QB	18	12	12	67	301	8	30	4.5	25.1	5.6				0				67	4.5	301	8	4
1955	27	GNB	QB	18	12	12	74	332	5	49	4.5	27.7	6.2				0				74	4.5	332	5	10
1956*	28	GNB	QB	18	12	11	84	398	11	39	4.7	33.2	7.0				0				84	4.7	398	11	5
1957	29	DET	QB	18	12	5	70	366	1	23	5.2	30.5	5.8				0				70	5.2	366	1	6
1958	30	DET	QB	18	12	11	77	351	3	27	4.6	29.3	6.4				0				77	4.6	351	3	7
1959	31	DET	QB	18	10	7	35	156	2	21	4.5	15.6	3.5				0				35	4.5	156	2	2
1963*+	35	SDG	QB	18	14	14	24	62	2	15	2.6	4.4	1.7				0				24	2.6	62	2	2
1964	36	SDG	QB	18	14	6	10	-12	0	9	-1.2	-0.9	0.7	1	-11	-11.0	0	-11	0.1	-0.8	11	-2.1	-23	0	6
Career					149	116	635	3128	37	55	4.9	21.0	4.3	2	28	14.0	1	28	0.0	0.2	637	5.0	3156	38	67
7 yrs		GNB			84	73	419	2205	29	55	5.3	26.3	5.0	1	39	39.0	1	28	0.0	0.5	420	5.3	2244	30	44
3 yrs		DET			34	23	182	873	6	27	4.8	25.7	5.4				0				182	4.8	873	6	15
2 yrs		SDG			28	20	34	50	2	15	1.5	1.8	1.2	1	-11	-11.0	0	0	0.0	-0.4	35	1.1	39	2	8
1 yr		DEN			3	0			0								0							0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	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
1957	29	DET	QB	2	2	11	32	1	17	2.9	16.0	5.5								11				2
1963*+	35	SDG	QB	1	1	4	15	1	10	3.8	15.0	4.0				0				4	3.8	15	1	0
1964	36	SDG	QB	1	1	1	6	0	6	6.0	6.0	1.0				0				1	6.0	6	0	0
Career				4	4	16	53	2	17	3.3	13.3	4.0				0				16	3.3	53	2	2
2 yrs		SDG		2	2	5	21	1	10	4.2	10.5	2.5				0				5	4.2	21	1
1 yr		DET		2	2	11	32	1	17	2.9	16.0	5.5								11				2

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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
1950	22	GNB	QB	38	12	12			0				9	3	-21	0
1951	23	GNB	QB	38	12	11			0				4	1	0	0
1952	24	GNB	QB	18	12	8			0				10	1	0	0
1953	25	GNB	QB	18	12	7			0				2	0	0	0
1954	26	GNB	QB	18	12	12			0				4	2	0	0
1955	27	GNB	QB	18	12	12			0				10	2	0	0
1956*	28	GNB	QB	18	12	11			0				5	1	0	0
1957	29	DET	QB	18	12	5			0				6	0	0	0
1958	30	DET	QB	18	12	11			0				7	3	-6	0
1959	31	DET	QB	18	10	7			0				2	2	0	0
1963*+	35	SDG	QB	18	14	14			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1964	36	SDG	QB	18	14	6			0				6	0	0	0	0.0
Career					149	116			0				67	15	-27	0	0.0
7 yrs		GNB			84	73			0				44	10	-21	0	0.0
3 yrs		DET			34	23			0				15	5	-6	0	0.0
2 yrs		SDG			28	20			0				8	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		DEN			3	0			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
1957	29	DET	QB	2	2						0	2	1	0	0
Career				4	4			0			0	2	1	0	0
2 yrs		SDG		2	2			0							0	0.0
1 yr		DET		2	2						0	2	1	0	0	0.0

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
1951	23	GNB	QB	38	12	11	1	55	55.0	55	0
1953	25	GNB	QB	18	12	7	1	57	57.0	57	0
Career					149	116	2	112	56.0	57	0
7 yrs		GNB			84	73	2	112	56.0	57	0
3 yrs		DET			34	23	0	0		0	0
2 yrs		SDG			28	20	0	0		0	0
1 yr		DEN			3	0	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	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1951	23	GNB	QB	38	12	11	3		3		18	1.5
1952	24	GNB	QB	18	12	8	2	1	3		18	1.5
1954	26	GNB	QB	18	12	12	8		8		48	4.0
1955	27	GNB	QB	18	12	12	5		5		30	2.5
1956*	28	GNB	QB	18	12	11	11		11		66	5.5
1957	29	DET	QB	18	12	5	1		1		6	0.5
1958	30	DET	QB	18	12	11	3		3		18	1.5
1959	31	DET	QB	18	10	7	2		2		12	1.2
1963*+	35	SDG	QB	18	14	14	2		2		12	0.9
Career					149	116	37	1	38	0	228	1.5
7 yrs		GNB			84	73	29	1	30	0	180	2.1
3 yrs		DET			34	23	6		6	0	36	1.1
2 yrs		SDG			28	20	2		2	0	12	.4
1 yr		DEN			3	0				0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1957	29	DET	QB	2	2	1		6	3.0
1963*+	35	SDG	QB	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
Career				4	4	2	2	12	3.0
2 yrs		SDG		2	2	1	1	6	3.0
1 yr		DET		2	2	1		6	3.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Tobin Rote born?

Tobin Rote was born on January 18, 1928.

Where was Tobin Rote born?

Tobin Rote was born in San Antonio, TX.

How tall was Tobin Rote?

Tobin Rote was 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Tobin Rote weigh when playing?

Tobin Rote weighed 211 lbs (95 kg) when playing.

Is Tobin Rote in the Hall of Fame?

Tobin Rote has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Tobin Rote play?

Tobin Rote played 149 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Tobin Rote have?

Tobin Rote had 18,850 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Tobin Rote have?

Tobin Rote had 148 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Tobin Rote won?

Tobin Rote never won a Super Bowl.

When did Tobin Rote retire?

Tobin Rote last played in 1966.

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