Fran Tarkenton

Francis Asbury Tarkenton (The Scrambler)

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 3, 1940 in Richmond, VA

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 148 (11th overall since 1960)

High School: Athens (GA)

Draft: Minnesota Vikings in the 3rd round (29th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft., Boston Patriots in the 5th round (35th overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1986 (Full List)

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SUMMARY

Career

246

233

QBrec

124-109-6

Cmp%

57.0

Yds

47003

Y/A

7.3

342

Int

266

FantPt

3190.2

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	21	MIN	QB	10	14	10	2-8-0	157	280	56.1	1997	18	6.4	17	6.1	71	7.1	5.7	12.7	142.6	74.7	42	416	13.0	4.91	3.65			11	UPI RoY-2, AP RoY-2
1962	22	MIN	QB	10	14	14	2-11-1	163	329	49.5	2595	22	6.7	25	7.6	89	7.9	5.8	15.9	185.4	66.9	45	450	12.0	5.74	3.90			10
1963	23	MIN	QB	10	14	13	4-8-1	170	297	57.2	2311	15	5.1	15	5.1	67	7.8	6.5	13.6	165.1	78.0	42	448	12.4	5.50	4.39	2	2	10
1964*	24	MIN	QB	10	14	14	8-5-1	171	306	55.9	2506	22	7.2	11	3.6	64	8.2	8.0	14.7	179.0	91.8	46	446	13.1	5.85	5.70	3	3	14	PB
1965*	25	MIN	QB	10	14	14	7-7-0	171	329	52.0	2609	19	5.8	11	3.3	72	7.9	7.6	15.3	186.4	83.8	28	250	7.8	6.61	6.29	2	2	15	PB
1966	26	MIN	QB	10	14	12	4-7-1	192	358	53.6	2561	17	4.7	16	4.5	68	7.2	6.1	13.3	182.9	73.8	37	322	9.4	5.67	4.71	2	1	12
1967*	27	NYG	QB	10	14	14	7-7-0	204	377	54.1	3088	29	7.7	19	5.0	70	8.2	7.5	15.1	220.6	85.9	29	283	7.1	6.91	6.23	2	2	19	PB
1968*	28	NYG	QB	10	14	14	7-7-0	182	337	54.0	2555	21	6.2	12	3.6	84	7.6	7.2	14.0	182.5	84.6	27	255	7.4	6.32	5.99	1	2	16	PB
1969*	29	NYG	QB	10	14	14	6-8-0	220	409	53.8	2918	23	5.6	8	2.0	65	7.1	7.4	13.3	208.4	87.2	36	289	8.1	5.91	6.13	4	4	14	PB
1970*	30	NYG	QB	10	14	14	9-5-0	219	389	56.3	2777	19	4.9	12	3.1	59	7.1	6.7	12.7	198.4	82.2	36	249	8.5	5.95	5.57	2	5	17	AP MVP-3, PB
1971	31	NYG	QB	10	13	13	4-9-0	226	386	58.5	2567	11	2.8	21	5.4	81	6.7	4.8	11.4	197.5	65.4	27	232	6.5	5.65	3.90	1	1	9
1972	32	MIN	QB	10	14	14	7-7-0	215	378	56.9	2651	18	4.8	13	3.4	76	7.0	6.4	12.3	189.4	80.2	26	203	6.4	6.06	5.50	4	3	12
1973	33	MIN	QB	10	14	14	12-2-0	169	274	61.7	2113	15	5.5	7	2.6	54	7.7	7.7	12.5	150.9	93.2	31	270	10.2	6.04	5.99			13
1974*	34	MIN	QB	10	13	13	9-4-0	199	351	56.7	2598	17	4.8	12	3.4	80	7.4	6.8	13.1	199.8	82.1	17	142	4.6	6.67	6.13	1	1	15	PB
1975*+	35	MIN	QB	10	14	14	12-2-0	273	425	64.2	2994	25	5.9	13	3.1	46	7.0	6.8	11.0	213.9	91.8	27	245	6.0	6.08	5.89	1	1	16	AP OPoY-1, AP MVP-1, AP1, PB
1976*	36	MIN	QB	10	13	13	10-2-1	255	412	61.9	2961	17	4.1	8	1.9	56	7.2	7.1	11.6	227.8	89.3	25	221	5.7	6.27	6.22	1	3	13	PB
1977	37	MIN	QB	10	9	9	6-3-0	155	258	60.1	1734	9	3.5	14	5.4	59	6.7	5.0	11.2	192.7	69.2	22	232	7.9	5.36	3.76	1	2	6
1978	38	MIN	QB	10	16	16	8-7-1	345	572	60.3	3468	25	4.4	32	5.6	58	6.1	4.4	10.1	216.8	68.9	27	254	4.5	5.37	3.80	2	1	11
Career					246	239	124-109-6	3686	6467	57.0	47003	342	5.3	266	4.1	89	7.3	6.5	12.8	191.1	80.4	570	5207	8.1	5.94	5.21	29	33	233
13 yrs		MIN			177	170	91-73-6	2635	4569	57.7	33098	239	5.2	194	4.2	89	7.2	6.4	12.6	187.0	80.1	415	3899	8.3	5.86	5.07	19	19	158
5 yrs		NYG			69	69	33-36-0	1051	1898	55.4	13905	103	5.4	72	3.8	84	7.3	6.7	13.2	201.5	81.0	155	1308	7.5	6.14	5.56	10	14	75

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	4QC	GWD
1973	33	MIN	QB	3	3	2-1	44	77	57.1	537	3	3.9	3	3.9	54	7.0	6.0	12.2	179.0	75.5	7	50	8.3	5.80	4.90	1	1
1974*	34	MIN	QB	3	3	2-1	34	69	49.3	394	3	4.3	6	8.7	38	5.7	2.7	11.6	131.3	45.2	3	21	4.2	5.18	2.26
1975*+	35	MIN	QB	1	1	0-1	12	26	46.2	135	0	0.0	1	3.8	40	5.2	3.5	11.3	135.0	46.2	4	35	13.3	3.33	1.83
1976*	36	MIN	QB	3	3	2-1	41	83	49.4	518	4	4.8	5	6.0	57	6.2	4.5	12.6	172.7	60.2	5	38	5.7	5.45	3.81
1978	38	MIN	QB	1	1	0-1	18	37	48.6	219	1	2.7	2	5.4	31	5.9	4.0	12.2	219.0	53.8	1	11	2.6	5.47	3.63
Career				11	11	6-5	149	292	51.0	1803	11	3.8	17	5.8	57	6.2	4.3	12.1	163.9	58.6	20	155	6.4	5.28	3.54	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+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1961	21	MIN	QB	10	14	10	2-8-0	280	93		99		114	108	101		106
1962	22	MIN	QB	10	14	14	2-11-1	329	105		97		89	110	80		95
1963	23	MIN	QB	10	14	13	4-8-1	297	106	89	104	95	119	97	104	81	107
1964*	24	MIN	QB	10	14	14	8-5-1	306	115	99	119	109	115	116	117	80	121
1965*	25	MIN	QB	10	14	14	7-7-0	329	113	114	115	116	101	106	117	107	112
1966	26	MIN	QB	10	14	12	4-7-1	358	102	98	104	102	108	98	108	93	105
1967*	27	NYG	QB	10	14	14	7-7-0	377	120	119	119	118	109	126	104	107	119
1968*	28	NYG	QB	10	14	14	7-7-0	337	111	110	119	117	109	113	117	103	118
1969*	29	NYG	QB	10	14	14	6-8-0	409	105	105	120	118	107	109	130	100	121
1970*	30	NYG	QB	10	14	14	9-5-0	389	106	107	115	114	115	104	119	97	117
1971	31	NYG	QB	10	13	13	4-9-0	386	99	102	96	98	122	86	100	106	101
1972	32	MIN	QB	10	14	14	7-7-0	378	106	109	114	116	116	105	119	108	117
1973	33	MIN	QB	10	14	14	12-2-0	274	121	110	130	122	130	112	128	90	132
1974*	34	MIN	QB	10	13	13	9-4-0	351	114	122	118	123	114	106	118	121	118
1975*+	35	MIN	QB	10	14	14	12-2-0	425	107	111	116	118	133	116	120	114	125
1976*	36	MIN	QB	10	13	13	10-2-1	412	109	115	121	125	128	100	133	117	125
1977	37	MIN	QB	10	9	9	6-3-0	258	102	100	99	98	123	95	99	104	105
1978	38	MIN	QB	10	16	16	8-7-1	572	85	97	89	95	124	104	95	120	104
Career					246	239	124-109-6	6467

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Fantasy

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
1961	21	MIN	QB	10	14	10	56	308	5	52	5.5	22.0	4.0				0				56	5.5	308	5	8
1962	22	MIN	QB	10	14	14	41	361	2	31	8.8	25.8	2.9	0	-12		0	-12	0.0	-0.9	41	8.5	349	2	5
1963	23	MIN	QB	10	14	13	28	162	1	24	5.8	11.6	2.0				0				28	5.8	162	1	7
1964*	24	MIN	QB	10	14	14	50	330	2	31	6.6	23.6	3.6				0				50	6.6	330	2	6
1965*	25	MIN	QB	10	14	14	56	356	1	36	6.4	25.4	4.0				0				56	6.4	356	1	5
1966	26	MIN	QB	10	14	12	62	376	4	28	6.1	26.9	4.4				0				62	6.1	376	4	8
1967*	27	NYG	QB	10	14	14	44	306	2	22	7.0	21.9	3.1				0				44	7.0	306	2	4
1968*	28	NYG	QB	10	14	14	57	301	3	22	5.3	21.5	4.1				0				57	5.3	301	3	2
1969*	29	NYG	QB	10	14	14	37	172	0	21	4.6	12.3	2.6				0				37	4.6	172	0	7
1970*	30	NYG	QB	10	14	14	43	236	2	20	5.5	16.9	3.1				0				43	5.5	236	2	3
1971	31	NYG	QB	10	13	13	30	111	3	16	3.7	8.5	2.3				0				30	3.7	111	3	4
1972	32	MIN	QB	10	14	14	27	180	0	21	6.7	12.9	1.9				0				27	6.7	180	0	3
1973	33	MIN	QB	10	14	14	41	202	1	16	4.9	14.4	2.9				0				41	4.9	202	1	5
1974*	34	MIN	QB	10	13	13	21	120	2	15	5.7	9.2	1.6				0				21	5.7	120	2	2
1975*+	35	MIN	QB	10	14	14	16	108	2	21	6.8	7.7	1.1				0				16	6.8	108	2	1
1976*	36	MIN	QB	10	13	13	27	45	1	20	1.7	3.5	2.1				0				27	1.7	45	1	4
1977	37	MIN	QB	10	9	9	15	6	0	8	0.4	0.7	1.7				0				15	0.4	6	0	3
1978	38	MIN	QB	10	16	16	24	-6	1	15	-0.3	-0.4	1.5				0				24	-0.3	-6	1	7
Career					246	239	675	3674	32	52	5.4	14.9	2.7	0	-12		0	0	0.0	0.0	675	5.4	3662	32	84
13 yrs		MIN			177	170	464	2548	22	52	5.5	14.4	2.6	0	-12		0	0	0.0	-0.1	464	5.5	2536	22	64
5 yrs		NYG			69	69	211	1126	10	22	5.3	16.3	3.1				0				211	5.3	1126	10	20

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
1973	33	MIN	QB	3	3	12	34	1	11	2.8	11.3	4.0				0				12	2.8	34	1	3
1974*	34	MIN	QB	3	3	7	5	0	3	0.7	1.7	2.3				0				7	0.7	5	0	2
1975*+	35	MIN	QB	1	1	3	32	0	16	10.7	32.0	3.0				0				3	10.7	32	0	0
1976*	36	MIN	QB	3	3	2	1	0	3	0.5	0.5	1.0				0				2	0.5	1	0	1
1978	38	MIN	QB	1	1	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	1.0				0				1	-2.0	-2	0	1
Career				11	11	25	70	1	16	2.8	6.4	2.3				0				25	2.8	70	1	7

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	21	MIN	QB	10	14	10			0				8	5	0	0	0.0
1962	22	MIN	QB	10	14	14			0				5	2	0	0	0.0
1963	23	MIN	QB	10	14	13			0				7	2	0	0	0.0
1964*	24	MIN	QB	10	14	14			0				6	2	0	0	0.0
1965*	25	MIN	QB	10	14	14			0				5	3	0	0	0.0
1966	26	MIN	QB	10	14	12			0				8	4	0	0	0.0
1967*	27	NYG	QB	10	14	14			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
1968*	28	NYG	QB	10	14	14			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1969*	29	NYG	QB	10	14	14			0				7	2	0	0	0.0
1970*	30	NYG	QB	10	14	14			0				3	3	0	0	0.0
1971	31	NYG	QB	10	13	13			0				4	4	-4	0	0.0
1972	32	MIN	QB	10	14	14			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1973	33	MIN	QB	10	14	14			0				5	1	0	0	0.0
1974*	34	MIN	QB	10	13	13			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1975*+	35	MIN	QB	10	14	14			0				1	3	-3	0	0.0
1976*	36	MIN	QB	10	13	13			0				4	2	-9	0	0.0
1977	37	MIN	QB	10	9	9			0				3	2	-14	0	0.0
1978	38	MIN	QB	10	16	16			0				7	7	-7	0	0.0
Career					246	239			0				84	43	-37	0	0.0
13 yrs		MIN			177	170			0				64	34	-33	0	0.0
5 yrs		NYG			69	69			0				20	9	-4	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
1973	33	MIN	QB	3	3			0			0	3	3	-2	0	0.0
1974*	34	MIN	QB	3	3			0			0	2	1	-10	0	0.0
1976*	36	MIN	QB	3	3			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1978	38	MIN	QB	1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				11	11			0			0	7	4	-12	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	Pts	Pts/G
1961	21	MIN	QB	10	14	10	5	5		30	2.1
1962	22	MIN	QB	10	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1963	23	MIN	QB	10	14	13	1	1		6	0.4
1964*	24	MIN	QB	10	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1965*	25	MIN	QB	10	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1966	26	MIN	QB	10	14	12	4	4		24	1.7
1967*	27	NYG	QB	10	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1968*	28	NYG	QB	10	14	14	3	3		18	1.3
1970*	30	NYG	QB	10	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1971	31	NYG	QB	10	13	13	3	3		18	1.4
1973	33	MIN	QB	10	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1974*	34	MIN	QB	10	13	13	2	2		12	0.9
1975*+	35	MIN	QB	10	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1976*	36	MIN	QB	10	13	13	1	1		6	0.5
1978	38	MIN	QB	10	16	16	1	1		6	0.4
Career					246	239	32	32	0	192	.8
13 yrs		MIN			177	170	22	22	0	132	.7
5 yrs		NYG			69	69	10	10	0	60	.9

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
1973	33	MIN	QB	3	3	1							1			0						6	2.0
Career				11	11	1							1			0						6	.5

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How old is Fran Tarkenton?

Fran Tarkenton is 84 years old.

When was Fran Tarkenton born?

Fran Tarkenton was born on February 3, 1940.

Where was Fran Tarkenton born?

Fran Tarkenton was born in Richmond, VA.

How tall is Fran Tarkenton?

Fran Tarkenton is 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much did Fran Tarkenton weigh when playing?

Fran Tarkenton weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

Is Fran Tarkenton in the Hall of Fame?

Fran Tarkenton was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1986.

How many games did Fran Tarkenton play?

Fran Tarkenton played 246 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Fran Tarkenton have?

Fran Tarkenton had 47,003 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Fran Tarkenton have?

Fran Tarkenton had 342 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Fran Tarkenton won?

Fran Tarkenton has never won a Super Bowl.

When did Fran Tarkenton retire?

Fran Tarkenton last played in 1978.

What are Fran Tarkenton's nicknames?

The Scrambler is a nickname for Fran Tarkenton.

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