Len Dawson

Leonard Ray Dawson (Lenny the Cool)

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: June 20, 1935 in Alliance, OH

Died: August 24, 2022

College: Purdue (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 109 (80th overall since 1960)

High School: Alliance (OH)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1987 (Full List)

The research for this page was done by Scott Kacsmar. Read his extensive three-part article (Part I - Part II - Part III) for full details.

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15 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 16 Game-Winning Drives

15 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 16 Game-Winning Drives Table
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
1	1962	6	1962-10-21	27-123	DTX		NYT	W 20-17	19	27	70.37	276	1	1	100.2	10.22	9.30					GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
2	1963	2	1963-09-22	28-094	KAN	@	BUF	T 27-27	25	38	65.79	267	3	3	79.6	7.03	5.05	6	28	4.67	0	4QC
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
3	1964	2	1964-09-27	29-099	KAN	@	OAK	W 21-9	12	18	66.67	189	2	0	138.4	10.50	12.72	2	-1	-0.50	1	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
4	1965	3	1965-09-26	30-098	KAN	@	SDG	T 10-10	14	26	53.85	144	1	2	50.8	5.54	2.85	3	46	15.33	0	4QC
5	1965	8	1965-10-31	30-133	KAN		OAK	W 14-7	9	17	52.94	76	1	0	84.4	4.47	5.65	5	8	1.60	1	GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
6	1966	13	1966-12-11	31-174	KAN	@	MIA	W 19-18	11	24	45.83	121	1	2	40.5	5.04	2.13	1	7	7.00	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
7	1967	12	1967-12-03	32-166	KAN		BUF	W 23-13	15	29	51.72	159	1	1	65.2	5.48	4.62	3	17	5.67	0	GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
8	1968	8	1968-10-27	33-129	KAN		SDG	W 27-20	8	13	61.54	180	1	0	131.1	13.85	15.38	1	11	11.00	0	4QC / GWD
9	1968	10	1968-11-10	33-143	KAN	@	CIN	W 16-9	0	2	0.00	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00					4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
10	1969	8	1969-11-02	34-135	KAN	@	BUF	W 29-7	7	14	50.00	94	0	0	71.7	6.71	6.71					4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
11	1970	7	1970-11-01	35-134	KAN		OAK	T 17-17	8	14	57.14	174	1	1	95.5	12.43	10.64					4QC
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
12	1971	2	1971-09-26	36-098	KAN	@	HOU	W 20-16	14	24	58.33	207	0	0	86.6	8.63	8.63	2	6	3.00	0	4QC / GWD
13	1971	6	1971-10-24	36-126	KAN		WAS	W 27-20	10	23	43.48	203	3	2	78.4	8.83	7.52	1	8	8.00	0	4QC / GWD
14	1971	13	1971-12-12	36-175	KAN		OAK	W 16-14	18	31	58.06	199	1	2	61.1	6.42	4.16	2	-2	-1.00	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
15	1972	2	1972-09-25	37-097	KAN	@	NOR	W 20-17	21	29	72.41	204	2	1	100.4	7.03	6.86	2	-4	-2.00	0	4QC / GWD
16	1972	14	1972-12-17	37-180	KAN	@	ATL	W 17-14	18	26	69.23	139	2	1	91.7	5.35	5.15	1	20	20.00	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
17	1973	4	1973-10-07	38-109	KAN		DEN	W 16-14	18	29	62.07	170	1	0	89.7	5.86	6.55	2	21	10.50	0	4QC / GWD
18	1973	5	1973-10-14	38-116	KAN	@	GNB	T 10-10	10	19	52.63	67	1	1	56.3	3.53	2.21					4QC
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
19	1974	7	1974-10-27	39-129	KAN	@	SDG	W 24-14	4	4	100.00	84	1	0	158.3	21.00	26.00					GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
20	1975	10	1975-11-23	40-156	KAN		DET	W 24-21	17	25	68.00	217	1	1	91.6	8.68	7.68	2	0	0.00	0	GWD

2 Postseason Game-Winning Drives

2 Postseason Game-Winning Drives Table
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
1	1962	15	1962-12-23	27-186	DTX	@	HOU	W 20-17	9	14	64.29	88	1	0	105.7	6.29	7.71	5	26	5.20	0	GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
2	1969	17	1969-12-20	34-183	KAN	@	NYJ	W 13-6	12	27	44.44	201	1	0	82.5	7.44	8.19	0	0		0	GWD

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