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Y.A. Tittle

Yelberton Abraham Tittle (Old Reliable or The Bald Eagle)

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-0, 192lb (183cm, 87kg)

Born: October 24, 1926 in Marshall, TX

Died: October 8, 2017 in Stanford, CA

College: LSU

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 44 (2204th overall since 1960)

High School: Marshall (TX)

Draft: San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1951 NFL Draft., Detroit Lions in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1948 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1971 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

204

QBrec

78-50-5

Cmp%

55.2

Yds

33070

Y/A

7.5

242

Int

248

FantPt

2097.8

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	BCL	QB	63	14	12		161	289	55.7	2522	16	5.5	9	3.1	80	8.7	8.4	15.7	180.1	90.3	30	235	9.4	7.17	6.90
1949	23	BCL	QB	63	11	7		148	289	51.2	2209	14	4.8	18	6.2	80	7.6	5.8	14.9	200.8	66.8	45	336	13.5	5.61	4.02
1950	24	BCL	QB	63	12	7	1-6-0	161	315	51.1	1884	8	2.5	19	6.0	62	6.0	3.8	11.7	157.0	52.9		269				0	0
1951	25	SFO	QB	64	12	1	1-0-0	63	114	55.3	808	8	7.0	9	7.9	48	7.1	4.9	12.8	67.3	68.2		137				2	2
1952	26	SFO	QB	14	12	5	3-2-0	106	208	51.0	1407	11	5.3	12	5.8	77	6.8	5.2	13.3	117.3	66.3		206				1	1
1953*	27	SFO	QB	14	11	10	8-2-0	149	259	57.5	2121	20	7.7	16	6.2	71	8.2	7.0	14.2	192.8	84.1		221				2	2		PB
1954*	28	SFO	QB	14	12	11	6-4-1	170	295	57.6	2205	9	3.1	9	3.1	70	7.5	6.7	13.0	183.8	78.7		185				1	1		UPI MVP-5, PB
1955	29	SFO	QB	14	12	12	4-8-0	147	287	51.2	2185	17	5.9	28	9.8	78	7.6	4.4	14.9	182.1	56.6		287				1	1
1956	30	SFO	QB	14	11	8	4-3-1	124	218	56.9	1641	7	3.2	12	5.5	77	7.5	5.7	13.2	149.2	68.6		249				4	2
1957*+	31	SFO	QB	14	12	11	7-4-0	176	279	63.1	2157	13	4.7	15	5.4	46	7.7	6.2	12.3	179.8	80.0		362				5	6		AP MVP-2, UPI MVP-1, AP1, PB
1958	32	SFO	QB	14	11	6	3-3-0	120	208	57.7	1467	9	4.3	15	7.2	64	7.1	4.7	12.2	133.4	63.9		149				1	2
1959*	33	SFO	QB	14	11	10	6-4-0	102	199	51.3	1331	10	5.0	15	7.5	75	6.7	4.3	13.0	121.0	58.0		136				1	1		PB
1960	34	SFO	QB	14	9	4	3-1-0	69	127	54.3	694	4	3.1	3	2.4	45	5.5	5.0	10.1	77.1	70.8	13	98	9.3	4.26	3.86	1	1	3
1961*	35	NYG	QB	14	13	10	8-1-1	163	285	57.2	2272	17	6.0	12	4.2	62	8.0	7.3	13.9	174.8	85.3	15	161	5.0	7.04	6.37	1	1	10	UPI MVP-5, PB
1962*+	36	NYG	QB	14	14	14	12-2-0	200	375	53.3	3224	33	8.8	20	5.3	69	8.6	8.0	16.1	230.3	89.5	10	92	2.6	8.14	7.51	1	1	15	AP MVP-2, UPI MVP-1, AP1, PB
1963*+	37	NYG	QB	14	13	13	11-2-0	221	367	60.2	3145	36	9.8	14	3.8	70	8.6	8.8	14.2	241.9	104.8	24	205	6.1	7.52	7.75	1	1	16	AP MVP-1, UPI MVP-2, AP1, PB
1964	38	NYG	QB	14	14	11	1-8-2	147	281	52.3	1798	10	3.6	22	7.8	54	6.4	3.6	12.2	128.4	51.6	30	243	9.6	5.00	2.46	2	1	3
Career					204	152	78-50-5	2427	4395	55.2	33070	242	5.5	248	5.6	80	7.5	6.1	13.6	162.1	74.3	167	3571	3.7	6.47	5.08	24	23	47
10 yrs		SFO			113	78	45-31-2	1226	2194	55.9	16016	108	4.9	134	6.1	78	7.3	5.5	13.1	141.7	70.0	13	2030				19	19	3
4 yrs		NYG			54	48	32-13-3	731	1308	55.9	10439	96	7.3	68	5.2	70	8.0	7.1	14.3	193.3	84.7	79	701	5.7	7.02	6.20	5	4	44
3 yrs		BCL			37	26	1-6-0	470	893	52.6	6615	38	4.3	46	5.2	80	7.4	5.9	14.1	178.8	69.5	75	840				0	0

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
1948	22	BCL	QB	1	0	0-0	17	36	47.2	217	0	0.0	1	2.8		6.0	4.8	12.8	217.0	55.0	5	27	12.2	4.63	3.54
1957*+	31	SFO	QB	1	1	0-1	18	31	58.1	248	3	9.7	3	9.7	47	8.0	5.6	13.8	248.0	76.5		24
1961*	35	NYG	QB	1	1	0-1	6	20	30.0	65	0	0.0	4	20.0	19	3.3	-5.8	10.8	65.0	1.0	2	15	9.1	2.27	-5.91
1962*+	36	NYG	QB	1	1	0-1	18	41	43.9	197	0	0.0	1	2.4	25	4.8	3.7	10.9	197.0	48.5	0	0	0.0	4.80	3.71
1963*+	37	NYG	QB	1	1	0-1	11	29	37.9	147	1	3.4	5	17.2	36	5.1	-2.0	13.4	147.0	26.7	1	7	3.3	4.67	-2.17
Career				5	4	0-4	70	157	44.6	874	4	2.5	14	8.9	47	5.6	2.1	12.5	174.8	33.8	8	73	6.0	4.31	0.76
3 yrs		NYG		3	3	0-3	35	90	38.9	409	1	1.1	10	11.1	36	4.5	-0.2	11.7	136.3	17.5	3	22	3.2	4.16	-0.46
1 yr		BCL		1	0	0-0	17	36	47.2	217	0	0.0	1	2.8		6.0	4.8	12.8	217.0	55.0	5	27	12.2	4.63	3.54
1 yr		SFO		1	1	0-1	18	31	58.1	248	3	9.7	3	9.7	47	8.0	5.6	13.8	248.0	76.5		24

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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+
1948	22	BCL	QB	63	14	12		289	122		127		123	97	139		124
1949	23	BCL	QB	63	11	7		289	108		106		111	94	106		104
1950	24	BCL	QB	63	12	7	1-6-0	315	89		95		112	77	113		98
1951	25	SFO	QB	64	12	1	1-0-0	114	105		105		128	117	97		115
1952	26	SFO	QB	14	12	5	3-2-0	208	101		107		111	104	112		111
1953*	27	SFO	QB	14	11	10	8-2-0	259	116		122		124	124	108		127
1954*	28	SFO	QB	14	12	11	6-4-1	295	108		117		123	86	135		119
1955	29	SFO	QB	14	12	12	4-8-0	287	109		96		104	111	73		96
1956	30	SFO	QB	14	11	8	4-3-1	218	108		109		121	83	113		110
1957*+	31	SFO	QB	14	12	11	7-4-0	279	109		114		138	95	113		124
1958	32	SFO	QB	14	11	6	3-3-0	208	96		91		121	91	91		98
1959*	33	SFO	QB	14	11	10	6-4-0	199	92		90		104	98	91		93
1960	34	SFO	QB	14	9	4	3-1-0	127	73		96		111	84	127		104
1961*	35	NYG	QB	14	13	10	8-1-1	285	107		113		118	104	115		116
1962*+	36	NYG	QB	14	14	14	12-2-0	375	120		124		103	128	107		122
1963*+	37	NYG	QB	14	13	13	11-2-0	367	122	125	131	133	130	140	115	112	138
1964	38	NYG	QB	14	14	11	1-8-2	281	82	84	73	75	103	84	70	97	78
Career					204	152	78-50-5	4395

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
1948	22	BCL	QB	63	14	12	52	157	4		3.0	11.2	3.7				0				52	3.0	157	4	0
1949	23	BCL	QB	63	11	7	29	89	2		3.1	8.1	2.6				0				29	3.1	89	2	0
1950	24	BCL	QB	63	12	7	20	77	2	33	3.9	6.4	1.7				0				20	3.9	77	2	2
1951	25	SFO	QB	64	12	1	13	18	1	5	1.4	1.5	1.1				0				13	1.4	18	1	3
1952	26	SFO	QB	14	12	5	11	-11	0	4	-1.0	-0.9	0.9				0				11	-1.0	-11	0	3
1953*	27	SFO	QB	14	11	10	14	41	6	14	2.9	3.7	1.3				0				14	2.9	41	6	3
1954*	28	SFO	QB	14	12	11	28	68	4	10	2.4	5.7	2.3				0				28	2.4	68	4	4
1955	29	SFO	QB	14	12	12	23	114	0	35	5.0	9.5	1.9				0				23	5.0	114	0	2
1956	30	SFO	QB	14	11	8	24	67	4	13	2.8	6.1	2.2				0				24	2.8	67	4	3
1957*+	31	SFO	QB	14	12	11	40	220	6	45	5.5	18.3	3.3				0				40	5.5	220	6	0
1958	32	SFO	QB	14	11	6	22	35	2	12	1.6	3.2	2.0				0				22	1.6	35	2	5
1959*	33	SFO	QB	14	11	10	11	24	0	22	2.2	2.2	1.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.4	12	2.3	28	0	7
1960	34	SFO	QB	14	9	4	10	61	0	28	6.1	6.8	1.1				0				10	6.1	61	0	2
1961*	35	NYG	QB	14	13	10	25	85	3	17	3.4	6.5	1.9				0				25	3.4	85	3	0
1962*+	36	NYG	QB	14	14	14	17	108	2	23	6.4	7.7	1.2				0				17	6.4	108	2	6
1963*+	37	NYG	QB	14	13	13	18	99	2	18	5.5	7.6	1.4				0				18	5.5	99	2	5
1964	38	NYG	QB	14	14	11	15	-7	1	7	-0.5	-0.5	1.1				0				15	-0.5	-7	1	11
Career					204	152	372	1245	39	45	3.3	6.1	1.8	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.0	0.0	373	3.3	1249	39	56
10 yrs		SFO			113	78	196	637	23	45	3.3	5.6	1.7	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.0	0.0	197	3.3	641	23	32
4 yrs		NYG			54	48	75	285	8	23	3.8	5.3	1.4				0				75	3.8	285	8	22
3 yrs		BCL			37	26	101	323	8	33	3.2	8.7	2.7				0				101	3.2	323	8	2

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
1948	22	BCL	QB	1	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0				0				1	2.0	2	0	0
1957*+	31	SFO	QB	1	1	3	-12	0	4	-4.0	-12.0	3.0								3				3
1961*	35	NYG	QB	1	1	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-4.0	1.0				0				1	-4.0	-4	0	1
1963*+	37	NYG	QB	1	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0				0				1	2.0	2	0	1
Career				5	4	6	-12	0	4	-2.0	-2.4	1.2				0				6	-2.0	-12	0	5
3 yrs		NYG		3	3	2	-2	0	2	-1.0	-0.7	0.7				0				2	-1.0	-2	0	2
1 yr		BCL		1	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0				0				1	2.0	2	0
1 yr		SFO		1	1	3	-12	0	4	-4.0	-12.0	3.0								3				3

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	24	BCL	QB	63	12	7			0				2	0	0	0
1951	25	SFO	QB	64	12	1			0				3	1	0	0
1952	26	SFO	QB	14	12	5			0				3	1	0	0
1953*	27	SFO	QB	14	11	10			0				3	2	0	0
1954*	28	SFO	QB	14	12	11			0				4	2	0	0
1955	29	SFO	QB	14	12	12			0				2	0	0	0
1956	30	SFO	QB	14	11	8			0				3	1	0	0
1957*+	31	SFO	QB	14	12	11			0				0	1	0	0
1958	32	SFO	QB	14	11	6			0				5	1	0	0
1959*	33	SFO	QB	14	11	10			0				7	3	0	0
1960	34	SFO	QB	14	9	4			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1961*	35	NYG	QB	14	13	10			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
1962*+	36	NYG	QB	14	14	14			0				6	2	0	0	0.0
1963*+	37	NYG	QB	14	13	13			0				5	4	0	0	0.0
1964	38	NYG	QB	14	14	11			0				11	4	0	0	0.0
Career					204	152			0				56	24	0	0	0.0
10 yrs		SFO			113	78			0				32	13	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		NYG			54	48			0				22	11	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		BCL			37	26			0				2	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*+	31	SFO	QB	1	1						0	3	1	0	0
1961*	35	NYG	QB	1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1963*+	37	NYG	QB	1	1			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career				5	4			0			0	5	2	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		NYG		3	3			0			0	2	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		BCL		1	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		SFO		1	1						0	3	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1948	22	BCL	QB	63	14	12	4	4		24	1.7
1949	23	BCL	QB	63	11	7	2	2		12	1.1
1950	24	BCL	QB	63	12	7	2	2		12	1.0
1951	25	SFO	QB	64	12	1	1	1		6	0.5
1953*	27	SFO	QB	14	11	10	6	6		36	3.3
1954*	28	SFO	QB	14	12	11	4	4		24	2.0
1956	30	SFO	QB	14	11	8	4	4		24	2.2
1957*+	31	SFO	QB	14	12	11	6	6		36	3.0
1958	32	SFO	QB	14	11	6	2	2		12	1.1
1961*	35	NYG	QB	14	13	10	3	3		18	1.4
1962*+	36	NYG	QB	14	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1963*+	37	NYG	QB	14	13	13	2	2		12	0.9
1964	38	NYG	QB	14	14	11	1	1		6	0.4
Career					204	152	39	39	0	234	1.1
10 yrs		SFO			113	78	23	23	0	138	1.2
4 yrs		NYG			54	48	8	8	0	48	.9
3 yrs		BCL			37	26	8	8	0	48	1.3

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Y.A. Tittle born?

Y.A. Tittle was born on October 24, 1926.

Where was Y.A. Tittle born?

Y.A. Tittle was born in Marshall, TX.

How tall was Y.A. Tittle?

Y.A. Tittle was 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much did Y.A. Tittle weigh when playing?

Y.A. Tittle weighed 192 lbs (87 kg) when playing.

Is Y.A. Tittle in the Hall of Fame?

Y.A. Tittle was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1971.

How many games did Y.A. Tittle play?

Y.A. Tittle played 204 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Y.A. Tittle have?

Y.A. Tittle had 33,070 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Y.A. Tittle have?

Y.A. Tittle had 242 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Y.A. Tittle won?

Y.A. Tittle never won a Super Bowl.

When did Y.A. Tittle retire?

Y.A. Tittle last played in 1964.

What are Y.A. Tittle's nicknames?

Old Reliable, The Bald Eagle are nicknames for Y.A. Tittle.

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