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Fran Tarkenton

Francis Abury Tarkenton

Position: QB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: February 3, 1940 in Richmond, VA
College: Georgia

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1986

9-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 3rd round (29th overall) of the 1961 Draft
Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 5th round (34th overall) of the AFL 1961 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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 NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1961 21 MIN QB 14 10 2-8-0 157 280 56.1 1997 18 6.4 17 6.1 71 7.1 5.0 12.7 142.6 74.7
1962 22 MIN QB 14 14 2-11-1 163 329 49.5 2595 22 6.7 25 7.6 89 7.9 5.1 15.9 185.4 66.9
1963 23 MIN QB 14 13 4-8-1 170 297 57.2 2311 15 5.1 15 5.1 67 7.8 6.0 13.6 165.1 78.0
1964* 24 MIN QB 14 14 8-5-1 171 306 55.9 2506 22 7.2 11 3.6 64 8.2 7.3 14.7 179.0 91.8
1965* 25 MIN QB 14 14 7-7-0 171 329 52.0 2609 19 5.8 11 3.3 72 7.9 7.0 15.3 186.4 83.8
1966 26 MIN QB 14 12 4-7-1 192 358 53.6 2561 17 4.7 16 4.5 68 7.2 5.6 13.3 182.9 73.8
1967* 27 NYG QB 14 14 7-7-0 204 377 54.1 3088 29 7.7 19 5.0 70 8.2 6.7 15.1 220.6 85.9
1968* 28 NYG QB 14 14 7-7-0 182 337 54.0 2555 21 6.2 12 3.6 84 7.6 6.6 14.0 182.5 84.6
1969* 29 NYG QB 14 14 6-8-0 220 409 53.8 2918 23 5.6 8 2.0 65 7.1 6.8 13.3 208.4 87.2 36 289 5.9 5.6 8.1
1970* 30 NYG QB 14 14 9-5-0 219 389 56.3 2777 19 4.9 12 3.1 59 7.1 6.2 12.7 198.4 82.2 36 249 5.9 5.1 8.5
1971 31 NYG QB 13 13 4-9-0 226 386 58.5 2567 11 2.8 21 5.4 81 6.7 4.5 11.4 197.5 65.4 27 232 5.7 3.6 6.5
1972 32 MIN QB 14 14 7-7-0 215 378 56.9 2651 18 4.8 13 3.4 76 7.0 5.9 12.3 189.4 80.2 26 203 6.1 5.1 6.4
1973 33 MIN QB 14 14 12-2-0 169 274 61.7 2113 15 5.5 7 2.6 54 7.7 7.1 12.5 150.9 93.2 31 270 6.0 5.5 10.2
1974* 34 MIN QB 13 13 9-4-0 199 351 56.7 2598 17 4.8 12 3.4 80 7.4 6.3 13.1 199.8 82.1 17 142 6.7 5.7 4.6
1975*+ 35 MIN QB 14 14 12-2-0 273 425 64.2 2994 25 5.9 13 3.1 46 7.0 6.3 11.0 213.9 91.8 27 245 6.1 5.3 6.0
1976* 36 MIN QB 13 13 10-2-1 255 412 61.9 2961 17 4.1 8 1.9 56 7.2 6.7 11.6 227.8 89.3 25 221 6.3 5.8 5.7
1977 37 MIN QB 9 9 6-3-0 155 258 60.1 1734 9 3.5 14 5.4 59 6.7 4.6 11.2 192.7 69.2 22 232 5.4 3.4 7.9
1978 38 MIN QB 16 16 8-7-1 345 572 60.3 3468 25 4.4 32 5.6 58 6.1 4.0 10.1 216.8 68.9 27 254 5.4 3.4 4.5
Career 246 239 124-109-6 3686 6467 57.0 47003 342 5.3 266 4.1 89 7.3 5.9 12.8 191.1 80.4 274 2337 6.6 5.4 4.1
13 yrs MIN 177 170 91-73-6 2635 4569 57.7 33098 239 5.2 194 4.2 89 7.2 5.9 12.6 187.0 80.1 175 1567 6.0 4.8 6.2
5 yrs NYG 69 69 33-36-0 1051 1898 55.4 13905 103 5.4 72 3.8 84 7.3 6.2 13.2 201.5 81.0 99 770 5.8 4.8 7.7

Postseason record as starting QB: 1973: 2-1, 1974: 2-1, 1975: 0-1, 1976: 2-1, 1978: 0-1.

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
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 YScm RRTD Fmb
1961 21 MIN QB 14 10 56 308 5 52 5.5 22.0 4.0 308 5 8
1962 22 MIN QB 14 14 41 361 2 31 8.8 25.8 2.9 349 2 5
1963 23 MIN QB 14 13 28 162 1 24 5.8 11.6 2.0 162 1 7
1964* 24 MIN QB 14 14 50 330 2 31 6.6 23.6 3.6 330 2 6
1965* 25 MIN QB 14 14 56 356 1 36 6.4 25.4 4.0 356 1 5
1966 26 MIN QB 14 12 62 376 4 28 6.1 26.9 4.4 376 4 8
1967* 27 NYG QB 14 14 44 306 2 22 7.0 21.9 3.1 306 2 4
1968* 28 NYG QB 14 14 57 301 3 22 5.3 21.5 4.1 301 3 2
1969* 29 NYG QB 14 14 37 172 0 21 4.6 12.3 2.6 172 0 7
1970* 30 NYG QB 14 14 43 236 2 20 5.5 16.9 3.1 236 2 3
1971 31 NYG QB 13 13 30 111 3 16 3.7 8.5 2.3 111 3 4
1972 32 MIN QB 14 14 27 180 0 21 6.7 12.9 1.9 180 0 3
1973 33 MIN QB 14 14 41 202 1 16 4.9 14.4 2.9 202 1 5
1974* 34 MIN QB 13 13 21 120 2 15 5.7 9.2 1.6 120 2 2
1975*+ 35 MIN QB 14 14 16 108 2 21 6.8 7.7 1.1 108 2 1
1976* 36 MIN QB 13 13 27 45 1 20 1.7 3.5 2.1 45 1 4
1977 37 MIN QB 9 9 15 6 0 8 0.4 0.7 1.7 6 0 3
1978 38 MIN QB 16 16 24 -6 1 15 -0.3 -0.4 1.5 -6 1 7
Career 246 239 675 3674 32 52 5.4 14.9 2.7 3662 32 84
13 yrs MIN 177 170 464 2548 22 52 5.5 14.4 2.6 2536 22 64
5 yrs NYG 69 69 211 1126 10 22 5.3 16.3 3.1 1126 10 20

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1961 21 MIN QB 14 10 8 5 0 0
1962 22 MIN QB 14 14 5 2 0 0
1963 23 MIN QB 14 13 7 2 0 0
1964* 24 MIN QB 14 14 6 2 0 0
1965* 25 MIN QB 14 14 5 3 0 0
1966 26 MIN QB 14 12 8 4 0 0
1967* 27 NYG QB 14 14 4 0 0 0
1968* 28 NYG QB 14 14 2 0 0 0
1969* 29 NYG QB 14 14 7 2 0 0
1970* 30 NYG QB 14 14 3 3 0 0
1971 31 NYG QB 13 13 4 4 -4 0
1972 32 MIN QB 14 14 3 1 0 0
1973 33 MIN QB 14 14 5 1 0 0
1974* 34 MIN QB 13 13 2 0 0 0
1975*+ 35 MIN QB 14 14 1 3 -3 0
1976* 36 MIN QB 13 13 4 2 -9 0
1977 37 MIN QB 9 9 3 2 -14 0
1978 38 MIN QB 16 16 7 7 -7 0
Career 246 239 84 43 -37 0
13 yrs MIN 177 170 64 34 -33 0
5 yrs NYG 69 69 20 9 -4 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1961 21 MIN QB 14 10 5 30
1962 22 MIN QB 14 14 2 12
1963 23 MIN QB 14 13 1 6
1964* 24 MIN QB 14 14 2 12
1965* 25 MIN QB 14 14 1 6
1966 26 MIN QB 14 12 4 24
1967* 27 NYG QB 14 14 2 12
1968* 28 NYG QB 14 14 3 18
1970* 30 NYG QB 14 14 2 12
1971 31 NYG QB 13 13 3 18
1973 33 MIN QB 14 14 1 6
1974* 34 MIN QB 13 13 2 12
1975*+ 35 MIN QB 14 14 2 12
1976* 36 MIN QB 13 13 1 6
1978 38 MIN QB 16 16 1 6
Career 246 239 32 192
13 yrs MIN 177 170 22 132
5 yrs NYG 69 69 10 60

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1975 NFL AP MVP
1975 NFL PFWA MVP
1975 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1975 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1975 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1964
1965
1967
1968
1969
1970
1974
1975
1976

1st-team All-Pro

1975

Passes Completed

1961 NFL 157 (7)
1962 NFL 163 (9)
1963 NFL 170 (7)
1964 NFL 171 (6)
1965 NFL 171 (4)
1966 NFL 192 (6)
1967 NFL 204 (4)
1968 NFL 182 (3)
1969 NFL 220 (2)
1970 NFL 219 (2)
1971 NFL 226 (2)
1972 NFL 215 (2)
1973 NFL 169 (7)
1974 NFL 199 (3)
1975 NFL 273 (1)
1976 NFL 255 (1)
1978 NFL 345 (1-- 47)
Career 3686 (7)

Pass Attempts

1961 NFL 280 (8)
1962 NFL 329 (6)
1963 NFL 297 (9)
1964 NFL 306 (7)
1965 NFL 329 (3)
1966 NFL 358 (5)
1967 NFL 377 (5)
1968 NFL 337 (3)
1969 NFL 409 (2)
1970 NFL 389 (2)
1971 NFL 386 (3)
1972 NFL 378 (2)
1973 NFL 274 (9)
1974 NFL 351 (5)
1975 NFL 425 (1)
1976 NFL 412 (2)
1978 NFL 572 (1-- 36)
Career 6467 (7)

Passing Yds

1961 NFL 1997 (9)
1962 NFL 2595 (6)
1963 NFL 2311 (8)
1964 NFL 2506 (4)
1965 NFL 2609 (3)
1966 NFL 2561 (6)
1967 NFL 3088 (4)
1968 NFL 2555 (3)
1969 NFL 2918 (2)
1970 NFL 2777 (2)
1971 NFL 2567 (3)
1972 NFL 2651 (3)
1973 NFL 2113 (7)
1974 NFL 2598 (3)
1975 NFL 2994 (2)
1976 NFL 2961 (2)
1978 NFL 3468 (1)
Career 47003 (5)

Passing TD

1961 NFL 18 (3)
1962 NFL 22 (3)
1963 NFL 15 (8)
1964 NFL 22 (3)
1965 NFL 19 (6)
1966 NFL 17 (5)
1967 NFL 29 (2-- 59)
1968 NFL 21 (3)
1969 NFL 23 (2)
1970 NFL 19 (5)
1972 NFL 18 (3)
1973 NFL 15 (7)
1974 NFL 17 (6)
1975 NFL 25 (1)
1976 NFL 17 (6)
1978 NFL 25 (2)
Career 342 (3)

Passer Rating

1961 NFL 74.7 (7)
1962 NFL 66.9 (10)
1963 NFL 78.0 (7)
1964 NFL 91.8 (3)
1965 NFL 83.8 (6)
1966 NFL 73.8 (6)
1967 NFL 85.9 (2)
1968 NFL 84.6 (4)
1969 NFL 87.2 (1)
1970 NFL 82.2 (4)
1972 NFL 80.2 (3)
1973 NFL 93.2 (2)
1974 NFL 82.1 (6)
1975 NFL 91.8 (2)
1976 NFL 89.3 (4)
1977 NFL 69.2 (9)
Career 80.4 (45)

Long Pass

1962 NFL 89 (1-- 93)
1968 NFL 84 (5)
1971 NFL 81 (7)
1974 NFL 80 (4)

Passes Intercepted

1961 NFL 17 (5)
1962 NFL 25 (2-- 38)
1963 NFL 15 (6)
1966 NFL 16 (6)
1967 NFL 19 (4)
1968 NFL 12 (10)
1971 NFL 21 (6)
1978 NFL 32 (1-- 4)
Career 266 (5)

Sacked

1969 NFL 36 (3)
1970 NFL 36 (3)
1971 NFL 27 (8)
1972 NFL 26 (10)
1973 NFL 31 (5)
1975 NFL 27 (9)
Career 274 (40)

Sacked Yds Lost

1969 NFL 289 (3)
1970 NFL 249 (7)
1971 NFL 232 (8)
1972 NFL 203 (9)
1973 NFL 270 (4)
1975 NFL 245 (9)
1978 NFL 254 (10)
Career 2337 (29)

Passing Yds/Game

1962 NFL 185.4 (7)
1963 NFL 165.1 (8)
1964 NFL 179.0 (5)
1965 NFL 186.4 (7)
1966 NFL 182.9 (6)
1967 NFL 220.6 (4)
1968 NFL 182.5 (5)
1969 NFL 208.4 (3)
1970 NFL 198.4 (2)
1971 NFL 197.5 (2)
1972 NFL 189.4 (3)
1973 NFL 150.9 (8)
1974 NFL 199.8 (2)
1975 NFL 213.9 (2)
1976 NFL 227.8 (2)
1977 NFL 192.7 (2)
1978 NFL 216.8 (1)
Career 191.1 (45)

Yds/Pass Att

1961 NFL 7.1 (9)
1962 NFL 7.9 (5)
1963 NFL 7.8 (7)
1964 NFL 8.2 (2)
1965 NFL 7.9 (7)
1966 NFL 7.2 (6)
1967 NFL 8.2 (2)
1968 NFL 7.6 (4)
1969 NFL 7.1 (6)
1970 NFL 7.1 (7)
1972 NFL 7.0 (10)
1973 NFL 7.7 (4)
1974 NFL 7.4 (6)
1976 NFL 7.2 (8)
Career 7.3 (36)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1962 NFL 15.9 (5-- 60)
1964 NFL 14.7 (3)
1965 NFL 15.3 (7-- 95)
1966 NFL 13.3 (6)
1967 NFL 15.1 (3)
1968 NFL 14.0 (5)
1969 NFL 13.3 (7)
1973 NFL 12.5 (8)
1974 NFL 13.1 (10)
Career 12.8 (78)

Pass Attempts/Game

1961 NFL 20.0 (9)
1962 NFL 23.5 (8)
1963 NFL 21.2 (10)
1964 NFL 21.9 (9)
1965 NFL 23.5 (8)
1966 NFL 25.6 (7)
1967 NFL 26.9 (5)
1968 NFL 24.1 (8)
1969 NFL 29.2 (2)
1970 NFL 27.8 (3)
1971 NFL 29.7 (2)
1972 NFL 27.0 (2)
1974 NFL 27.0 (4)
1975 NFL 30.4 (1)
1976 NFL 31.7 (1)
1977 NFL 28.7 (2)
1978 NFL 35.8 (1-- 57)
Career 26.3 (56)

Rushing Yds

Career 3674 (194)

Rushing TD

1961 NFL 5 (10)
Career 32 (149)

Yds/Rushing Att

Career 5.4 (9)

Games

Career 246 (34)

Games Started

Career 239 (13)

Fumbles

1961 NFL 8 (7)
1963 NFL 7 (8)
1966 NFL 8 (3)
1969 NFL 7 (3)
Career 84 (23)

Fumbles Recovered

1961 NFL 5 (2)
1966 NFL 4 (3)
1971 NFL 4 (6)
1978 NFL 7 (1-- 15)
Career 43 (4)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 6.82 (2)
1970 NFL 6.24 (4)
1972 NFL 5.94 (5)
1973 NFL 7.11 (1)
1974 NFL 6.35 (5)
1975 NFL 6.26 (5)
1976 NFL 6.73 (4)
Career 5.95 (51)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 5.91 (8)
1970 NFL 5.95 (8)
1972 NFL 6.06 (9)
1973 NFL 6.04 (7)
1974 NFL 6.67 (3)
1975 NFL 6.08 (9)
1976 NFL 6.27 (6)
Career 5.92 (78)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 5.62 (3)
1970 NFL 5.12 (5)
1972 NFL 5.06 (5)
1973 NFL 5.50 (2)
1974 NFL 5.67 (4)
1975 NFL 5.34 (3)
1976 NFL 5.84 (4)
Career 4.83 (64)

Passes Completed/Game

1961 NFL 11.2 (8)
1963 NFL 12.1 (7)
1964 NFL 12.2 (8)
1965 NFL 12.2 (8)
1966 NFL 13.7 (7)
1967 NFL 14.6 (4)
1968 NFL 13.0 (8)
1969 NFL 15.7 (2)
1970 NFL 15.6 (2)
1971 NFL 17.4 (1)
1972 NFL 15.4 (2)
1973 NFL 12.1 (9)
1974 NFL 15.3 (3)
1975 NFL 19.5 (1)
1976 NFL 19.6 (1)
1977 NFL 17.2 (1)
1978 NFL 21.6 (1-- 64)
Career 15.0 (59)

Pass Completion %

1961 NFL 56.1% (5)
1963 NFL 57.2% (3)
1964 NFL 55.9% (2)
1965 NFL 52.0% (8)
1966 NFL 53.6% (6)
1967 NFL 54.1% (5)
1968 NFL 54.0% (6)
1969 NFL 53.8% (6)
1970 NFL 56.3% (6)
1971 NFL 58.5% (4)
1972 NFL 56.9% (3)
1973 NFL 61.7% (3)
1974 NFL 56.7% (8)
1975 NFL 64.2% (1-- 69)
1976 NFL 61.9% (2)
1977 NFL 60.1% (1)
1978 NFL 60.3% (3)
Career 57.0% (69)

Pass Intercept. %

1963 NFL 5.1% (8)
1964 NFL 3.6% (4)
1965 NFL 3.3% (2)
1966 NFL 4.5% (6)
1967 NFL 5.0% (6)
1968 NFL 3.6% (3)
1969 NFL 2.0% (2-- 75)
1970 NFL 3.1% (4)
1971 NFL 5.4% (10)
1972 NFL 3.4% (3)
1973 NFL 2.6% (1)
1974 NFL 3.4% (6)
1975 NFL 3.1% (3)
1976 NFL 1.9% (1-- 61)
Career 4.1% (109)

Passing TD %

1961 NFL 6.4% (4)
1962 NFL 6.7% (3)
1963 NFL 5.1% (8)
1964 NFL 7.2% (2-- 75)
1965 NFL 5.8% (8)
1966 NFL 4.7% (7)
1967 NFL 7.7% (1-- 47)
1968 NFL 6.2% (4)
1969 NFL 5.6% (5)
1970 NFL 4.9% (9)
1972 NFL 4.8% (10)
1973 NFL 5.5% (6)
1974 NFL 4.8% (10)
1975 NFL 5.9% (4)
1976 NFL 4.1% (10)
1978 NFL 4.4% (9)
Career 5.3% (32)

Sack %

1969 NFL 8.09% (8)
1971 NFL 6.54% (9)
1974 NFL 4.62% (3)
1975 NFL 5.97% (5)
1976 NFL 5.72% (5)
1978 NFL 4.51% (3)
Career 6.64% (70)

 

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1970 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1972 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1973 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1973 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1973 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1974 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1975 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1975 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1975 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1975 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1976 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 30 14 QB 237 101 2 10
1971 31 13 QB 156 25 10 49
1972 32 14 QB 206 54 4 24
1973 33 14 QB 187 50 6 27
1974 34 13 QB 206 81 4 11
1975 35 14 QB 267 147 1 4
1976 36 13 QB 215 61 4 21
1977 37 9 QB 96 20
1978 38 16 QB 230 59 8 18
1800 578