Y.A. Tittle

Yelberton Abraham Tittle (Old Reliable)

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 (2139th 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
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						0	0
1950	24	BCL	QB	63	12	7	1-6-0	161	315	51.1	1884	8	2.5	19	6	62	6.0	3.8	11.7	157.0	52.9						0	0
1951	25	SFO		64	12	1	1-0-0	63	114	55.3	808	8	7	9	7.9	48	7.1	4.9	12.8	67.3	68.2						2	2
1952	26	SFO	qb	14	12	5	3-2-0	106	208	51	1407	11	5.3	12	5.8	77	6.8	5.2	13.3	117.3	66.3						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						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						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						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						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						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						1	2
1959*	33	SFO	QB	14	11	10	6-4-0	102	199	51.3	1331	10	5	15	7.5	75	6.7	4.3	13.0	121.0	58.0						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						1	1	3
1961*	35	NYG	QB	14	13	10	8-1-1	163	285	57.2	2272	17	6	12	4.2	62	8.0	7.3	13.9	174.8	85.3						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						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	25	205	6.4	7.50	7.73	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	55	448	1.2	7.33	5.91	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						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	55	448	7.8	6.39	5.40	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						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		1	0	0-0	17	36	47.2	217	0	0	1	2.8	0	6.0	4.8	12.8	217.0	55.0	0	0	0	6.03	4.78
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
1961*	35	NYG		1	1	0-1	6	20	30	65	0	0	4	20	19	3.3	-5.8	10.8	65.0	1.0	2	15	9.1	2.27	-5.91
1962*+	36	NYG		1	1	0-1	18	41	43.9	197	0	0	1	2.4	25	4.8	3.7	10.9	197.0	48.5	0	0	0	4.80	3.71
1963*+	37	NYG		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	3	22	2.3	4.68	1.00
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	1	2.8	0	6.0	4.8	12.8	217.0	55.0	0	0	0	6.03	4.78
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

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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+
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		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	131	130	140	115	138
1964	38	NYG	QB	14	14	11	1-8-2	281	82	73	103	84	70	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	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
1948	22	BCL	QB	63	14	12	52	157	4	0	3.0	11.2	3.7								52	3.0	157	4	0
1949	23	BCL	QB	63	11	7	29	89	2	0	3.1	8.1	2.6								29	3.1	89	2	0
1950	24	BCL	QB	63	12	7	20	77	2	33	3.9	6.4	1.7								20	3.9	77	2	2
1951	25	SFO		64	12	1	13	18	1	5	1.4	1.5	1.1								13	1.4	18	1	3
1952	26	SFO	qb	14	12	5	11	-11	0	4	-1.0	-0.9	0.9								11	-1.0	-11	0	3
1953*	27	SFO	QB	14	11	10	14	41	6	14	2.9	3.7	1.3								14	2.9	41	6	3
1954*	28	SFO	QB	14	12	11	28	68	4	10	2.4	5.7	2.3								28	2.4	68	4	4
1955	29	SFO	QB	14	12	12	23	114	0	35	5.0	9.5	1.9								23	5.0	114	0	2
1956	30	SFO	QB	14	11	8	24	67	4	13	2.8	6.1	2.2								24	2.8	67	4	3
1957*+	31	SFO	QB	14	12	11	40	220	6	45	5.5	18.3	3.3								40	5.5	220	6	0
1958	32	SFO	QB	14	11	6	22	35	2	12	1.6	3.2	2.0								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								10	6.1	61	0	2
1961*	35	NYG	QB	14	13	10	25	85	3	17	3.4	6.5	1.9								25	3.4	85	3	0
1962*+	36	NYG	QB	14	14	14	17	108	2	23	6.4	7.7	1.2								17	6.4	108	2	6
1963*+	37	NYG	QB	14	13	13	18	99	2	18	5.5	7.6	1.4								18	5.5	99	2	5
1964	38	NYG	QB	14	14	11	15	-7	1	7	-0.5	-0.5	1.1								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								75	3.8	285	8	22
3 yrs		BCL			37	26	101	323	8	33	3.2	8.7	2.7								101	3.2	323	8	2

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
1948	22	BCL		1	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0								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		1	1	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-4.0	1.0								1	-4.0	-4	0	1
1963*+	37	NYG		1	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0								1	2.0	2	0	1
Career				5	4	6	-12	0	4	-2.0	-2.4	1.2								6	-2.0	-12	0	5
3 yrs		NYG		3	3	2	-2	0	2	-1.0	-0.7	0.7								2	-1.0	-2	0	2
1 yr		BCL		1	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0								1	2.0	2	0	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

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

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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		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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