Joe Theismann Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
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Joseph Robert Theismann Position: QB Height: 6' 0''  Weight: 195 Born: 9/9/1949, in New Brunswick, NJ, USA High School: South River (NJ) College: University of Notre Dame
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) Regular Season Stats   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   1974 25 WAS NFL 9 11 9 81.8 145 13.18 69 1 0 2 11 149.1 232   3 12 4.0 1 12   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1975 26 WAS NFL 14 22 10 45.5 96 4.36 30t 1 3 2 18 33.7 51   3 34 11.3 0 21   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1976 27 WAS NFL 14 163 79 48.5 1036 6.36 44 8 10 22 172 59.8 89   17 97 5.7 1 22   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 1 0 -1 0 1977 28 WAS NFL 14 182 84 46.2 1097 6.03 52 7 9 30 241 57.9 95   29 149 5.1 1 14   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1978 29 WAS NFL 16 390 187 47.9 2593 6.65 63 13 18 42 391 61.6 95   37 177 4.8 1 20   0 0 0.0 0 0   8 3 0 -26 0 1979 30 WAS NFL 16 395 233 59.0 2797 7.08 62 20 13 34 263 83.9 119   46 181 3.9 4 22   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 2 0 -4 0 1980 31 WAS NFL 16 454 262 57.7 2962 6.52 54t 17 16 31 282 75.2 102   29 175 6.0 3 37t   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 0 0 -2 0 1981 32 WAS NFL 16 496 293 59.1 3568 7.19 79t 19 20 28 259 77.3 106   36 177 4.9 2 24   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 1 0 0 0 1982 33 WAS NFL 9 252 161 63.9 2033 8.07 78t 13 9 30 223 91.3 124   31 150 4.8 0 16   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 1 0 -21 0 1983 34 WAS NFL 16 459 276 60.1 3714 8.09 84 29 11 34 242 97.0 128   37 234 6.3 1 22   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 0 0 0 0 1984 35 WAS NFL 16 477 283 59.3 3391 7.11 80t 24 13 48 341 86.6 114   62 314 5.1 1 27   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 6 0 5 0 1985 36 WAS NFL 11 301 167 55.5 1774 5.89 55 8 16 37 314 59.6 81   25 115 4.6 2 25   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 0 0 0 0 12 NFL Season Totals   167 3602 2044 56.7 25206 7.00 0 160 138 340 2757 77.4     355 1815 5.1 17 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   42 14 0 -49 0   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1974 25 WAS NFL 9 15 157 10.5 3 44 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1975 26 WAS NFL 14 2 5 2.5 0 3 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1976 27 WAS NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1977 28 WAS NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1978 29 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1979 30 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1980 31 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1981 32 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1982 33 WAS NFL 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1983 34 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1984 35 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1985 36 WAS NFL 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 12 NFL Season Totals   167 17 162 9.5 3 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Year AGE Team LG GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA   1974 25 WAS NFL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1975 26 WAS NFL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1976 27 WAS NFL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1977 28 WAS NFL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1978 29 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1979 30 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1980 31 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1981 32 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1982 33 WAS NFL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1983 34 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1984 35 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1985 36 WAS NFL 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 1.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 12 NFL Season Totals   167 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Awards 1983 - AP NFL MVP - AP Offensive Player of the Year - Pro Bowl MVP - PFWA MVP 1982 - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club)
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Pass Comp 1. Brett Favre* 5720 2. Dan Marino 4967 3. John Elway 4123 4. Warren Moon 3988 5. Drew Bledsoe 3839 . . . . . 49. Joe Theismann 2044 Career Pass Att 1. Brett Favre* 9281 2. Dan Marino 8358 3. John Elway 7250 4. Warren Moon 6823 5. Drew Bledsoe 6717 . . . . . 53. Joe Theismann 3602 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 . . . . . 66. Joe Theismann 0.5675 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 . . . . . 52. Joe Theismann 25206 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 . . . . . 74. Joe Theismann 6.998 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 . . . . . 56. Joe Theismann 160 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 . . . . . 65. Joe Theismann 22.51 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 . . . . . 59. Joe Theismann 138 Career Pass Att/Int 1. Donovan McNabb* 47.81 2. Neil O'donnell 47.49 3. Jeff Garcia* 44.29 4. Mark Brunell* 43.34 5. Tom Brady* 42.48 . . . . . 75. Joe Theismann 26.10 Minimum 1500 Att. 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 . . . . . 62. Joe Theismann 77.37253 Minimum 1500 Att.   1983 - AP NFL MVP - AP Offensive Player of the Year - Pro Bowl MVP - PFWA MVP 1982 - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club)
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