Len Dawson Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
***Hall of Fame*** Full Name: Leonard Ray Dawson Position: QB Height: 6' 0''   Weight: 190 Born: 6/20/1935, in Alliance, OH, USA High School: Alliance (OH) College: Purdue University Drafted: 1957, Round 1, Pick 5, (5 Overall) by Pittsburgh Steelers
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only)   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD     1957 22 PIT NFL 3 4 2 50.0 25 6.25 15 0 0 0 1 69.8 110   3 31 10.3 0 27   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 0 0 0 0 1958 23 PIT NFL 4 6 1 16.7 11 1.83 11 0 2 0 11 0.0 0   2 -1 -0.5 0 1   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1959 24 PIT NFL 12 7 3 42.9 60 8.57 82 1 0 0 0 113.1 169   4 20 5.0 0 10   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 0 0 0 0 1960 25 CLE NFL 2 13 8 61.5 23 1.77 23 0 0 0 24 65.9 103   1 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 1 0 0 0 1961 26 CLE NFL 6 15 7 46.7 85 5.67 17t 1 3 0 19 47.2 69   1 -10 -10.0 0 -10   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1962 27 DAL AFL 14 310 189 61.0 2759 8.90 92t 29 17 0 0 98.3 170   38 252 6.6 3 22   0 0 0.0 0 0   11 0 0 0 0 1963 28 KAN AFL 14 352 190 54.0 2389 6.79 82t 26 19 0 0 77.5 119   37 272 7.4 2 43   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 0 0 0 0 1964 29 KAN AFL 14 354 199 56.2 2879 8.13 72t 30 18 0 0 89.9 144   40 89 2.2 2 18   0 0 0.0 0 0   15 0 0 0 0 1965 30 KAN AFL 14 305 163 53.4 2262 7.42 67 21 14 0 0 81.3 140   43 142 3.3 2 40   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 0 0 0 0 1966 31 KAN AFL 14 284 159 56.0 2527 8.90 89 26 10 0 0 101.7 161   24 167 7.0 0 18   0 0 0.0 0 0   5 0 0 0 0 1967 32 KAN AFL 14 357 206 57.7 2651 7.43 71t 24 17 0 0 83.7 136   20 68 3.4 0 24   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 4 0 -6 0 1968 33 KAN AFL 14 224 131 58.5 2109 9.42 92t 17 9 0 0 98.6 157   20 40 2.0 0 22   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 3 0 0 0 1969 34 KAN AFL 8 166 98 59.0 1323 7.97 55t 9 13 13 89 69.9 108   1 3 3.0 0 3   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1970 35 KAN NFL 13 262 141 53.8 1876 7.16 61t 13 14 34 277 71.0 108   11 46 4.2 0 21   0 0 0.0 0 0   5 0 0 0 0 1971 36 KAN NFL 14 301 167 55.5 2504 8.32 82 15 13 30 303 81.6 131   12 24 2.0 0 8   0 0 0.0 0 0   8 3 0 -14 0 * ProBowl * 1972 37 KAN NFL 14 305 175 57.4 1835 6.02 44 13 12 28 255 72.8 110   15 75 5.0 0 20   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 1 0 0 0 1973 38 KAN NFL 9 101 66 65.3 725 7.18 48 2 5 14 104 72.4 112   6 40 6.7 0 13   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 0 0 -1 0 1974 39 KAN NFL 14 235 138 58.7 1573 6.69 84t 7 13 25 199 65.8 102   11 28 2.5 0 10   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 2 0 -2 0 1975 40 KAN NFL 12 140 93 66.4 1095 7.82 51 5 4 23 196 90.0 137   5 7 1.4 0 9   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 1 0 0 0 8 AFL Season Totals   106 2352 1335 56.8 18899 8.04 0 182 117 13 89 87.9     223 1033 4.6 9 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   52 7 0 -6 0 11 NFL Season Totals   103 1389 801 57.7 9812 7.06 0 57 66 154 1389 73.5     71 260 3.7 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   32 8 0 -17 0 Fantasy History Click on column header to sort Click on year to see entire ADP list Year AGE Team LG GP Fantasy Pts. Value Rank 1957 22 PIT NFL 3 1958 23 PIT NFL 4 1959 24 PIT NFL 12 1960 25 CLE NFL 2 1961 26 CLE NFL 6 1962 27 DAL AFL 14 1963 28 KAN AFL 14 1964 29 KAN AFL 14 1965 30 KAN AFL 14 1966 31 KAN AFL 14 1967 32 KAN AFL 14 1968 33 KAN AFL 14 1969 34 KAN AFL 8 1970 35 KAN NFL 13 149 113 1971 36 KAN NFL 14 187 35 1972 37 KAN NFL 14 150 100 1973 38 KAN NFL 9 48 246 1974 39 KAN NFL 14 108 223 1975 40 KAN NFL 12 74 258 ADP: Average Draft Position ADP provided by www.myfantasyleague.com
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Comp. % 1. Chad Pennington* 0.6597 2. Kurt Warner* 0.6542 3. Peyton Manning* 0.6441 4. Steve Young 0.6428 5. Drew Brees* 0.6395 . . . . . 65. Len Dawson 0.5676 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass Yards 1. Brett Favre* 65127 2. Dan Marino 61361 3. John Elway 51475 4. Warren Moon 49325 5. Fran Tarkenton 47003 . . . . . 89. Len Dawson 18899 Career Pass Yds/Att 1. Otto Graham 8.626 2. Sid Luckman 8.420 3. Norm Van Brocklin 8.156 4. Kurt Warner* 8.038 5. Len Dawson 8.035 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass TDs 1. Brett Favre* 464 2. Dan Marino 420 3. Fran Tarkenton 342 4. Peyton Manning* 333 5. John Elway 300 . . . . . 36. Len Dawson 182 Career Pass Att/TD 1. Sid Luckman 12.73 2. Len Dawson 12.92 3. Frank Ryan 14.32 4. Daryle Lamonica 15.43 5. Sammy Baugh 16.02 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass Int 1. Brett Favre* 310 2. Vinny Testaverde 267 3. Fran Tarkenton 266 4. Norm Snead 257 5. Johnny Unitas 253 . . . . . 74. Len Dawson 117 Career Pass Rating 1. Steve Young 96.80897 2. Peyton Manning* 94.74832 3. Kurt Warner* 93.79334 4. Tom Brady* 92.90594 5. Joe Montana 92.25755 . . . . . 11. Len Dawson 87.93048 Minimum 1500 Att.   1969 - Super Bowl MVP 1968 - AFL All-Star Game Offensive MVP
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