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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 (81st overall since 1960)

High School: Alliance (OH)

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

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Career Splits

Career Splits Table
		Games				Passing														Rushing
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
League	NFL	90	46	39	5	801	1389	588	57.67	9812	57	66	73.5	158	1409	7.06	5.75	15.4	109.0	71	260	3.66	0	0.8	2.9
	AFL	104	67	33	4	1335	2352	1017	56.76	18899	182	117	87.9	218	2019	8.04	7.34	22.6	181.7	223	1033	4.63	9	2.1	9.9
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Place	Home	97	59	34	4	1104	1957	853	56.41	15182	120	94	81.8	201	1848	7.76	6.82	20.2	156.5	158	552	3.49	7	1.6	5.7
	Road	97	54	38	5	1032	1784	752	57.85	13529	119	89	83.3	175	1580	7.58	6.67	18.4	139.5	136	741	5.45	2	1.4	7.6
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Result	Win	113	113	0	0	1205	2043	838	58.98	17479	180	77	100.5	169	1561	8.56	8.62	18.1	154.7	153	681	4.45	8	1.4	6.0
	Loss	72	0	72	0	821	1503	682	54.62	9863	50	93	60.3	183	1658	6.56	4.44	20.9	137.0	116	454	3.91	1	1.6	6.3
	Tie	9	0	0	9	110	195	85	56.41	1369	9	13	66.0	24	209	7.02	4.94	21.7	152.1	25	158	6.32	0	2.8	17.6
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Final Margin	0-7 points	57	23	25	9	681	1186	505	57.42	8346	49	60	71.9	123	1146	7.04	5.59	20.8	146.4	91	368	4.04	1	1.6	6.5
	8-14 points	56	35	21	0	694	1204	510	57.64	8932	60	62	76.2	130	1179	7.42	6.10	21.5	159.5	92	421	4.58	3	1.6	7.5
	15+ points	81	55	26	0	761	1351	590	56.33	11433	130	61	97.5	123	1103	8.46	8.36	16.7	141.1	111	504	4.54	5	1.4	6.2
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Month	September	35	23	10	2	436	710	274	61.41	5598	53	30	93.4	77	660	7.88	7.48	20.3	159.9	56	248	4.43	1	1.6	7.1
	October	65	36	27	2	596	1082	486	55.08	8217	62	59	76.0	116	1113	7.59	6.29	16.6	126.4	81	307	3.79	1	1.2	4.7
	November	57	30	23	4	705	1223	518	57.65	9846	80	64	83.7	122	1089	8.05	7.00	21.5	172.7	93	418	4.49	4	1.6	7.3
	December	37	24	12	1	399	726	327	54.96	5050	44	30	79.8	61	566	6.96	6.31	19.6	136.5	64	320	5.00	3	1.7	8.6
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Game Number	1-4	59	38	19	2	626	1067	441	58.67	8164	78	47	88.9	114	1092	7.65	7.13	18.1	138.4	78	330	4.23	1	1.3	5.6
	5-8	56	29	24	3	559	992	433	56.35	7808	58	54	78.6	107	953	7.87	6.59	17.7	139.4	74	305	4.12	1	1.3	5.4
	9-12	55	29	22	4	683	1213	530	56.31	9233	69	60	79.1	118	1042	7.61	6.52	22.1	167.9	105	482	4.59	5	1.9	8.8
	13+	24	17	7	0	268	469	201	57.14	3506	34	22	85.5	37	341	7.48	6.81	19.5	146.1	37	176	4.76	2	1.5	7.3
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Day	Sunday	166	94	63	9	1849	3235	1386	57.16	24621	203	162	81.5	322	2956	7.61	6.61	19.5	148.3	257	1086	4.23	8	1.5	6.5
	Monday	8	7	1	0	91	149	58	61.07	1200	12	6	96.6	10	78	8.05	7.85	18.6	150.0	5	-3	-0.60	0	0.6	-0.4
	Thursday	4	2	2	0	46	83	37	55.42	617	4	6	65.2	9	87	7.43	5.14	20.8	154.3	2	-2	-1.00	0	0.5	-0.5
	Friday	3	1	2	0	25	60	35	41.67	382	2	4	46.7	7	75	6.37	4.03	20.0	127.3	8	56	7.00	0	2.7	18.7
	Saturday	13	9	4	0	125	214	89	58.41	1891	18	5	105.9	28	232	8.84	9.47	16.5	145.5	22	156	7.09	1	1.7	12.0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Time	Early	33	17	15	1	355	603	248	58.87	4191	22	19	79.1	66	580	6.95	6.26	18.3	127.0	26	119	4.58	0	0.8	3.6
	Afternoon	36	15	17	4	344	610	266	56.39	4294	21	36	65.3	79	693	7.04	5.07	16.9	119.3	30	105	3.50	0	0.8	2.9
	Late	125	81	40	4	1437	2528	1091	56.84	20226	196	128	87.5	231	2155	8.00	7.27	20.2	161.8	238	1069	4.49	9	1.9	8.6
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Conference	AFC	60	31	26	3	555	966	411	57.45	7148	40	43	76.0	113	961	7.40	6.22	16.1	119.1	41	158	3.85	0	0.7	2.6
	NFC	16	7	7	2	225	378	153	59.52	2460	15	18	72.2	41	373	6.51	5.16	23.6	153.8	19	62	3.26	0	1.2	3.9
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Division	NFL East	12	7	5	0	13	32	19	40.63	181	2	5	40.8	2	61	5.66	-0.13	2.7	15.1	10	40	4.00	0	0.8	3.3
	NFL West	2	1	1	0	8	13	5	61.54	23	0	0	65.9	2	14	1.77	1.77	6.5	11.5	1	0	0.00	0	0.5	0.0
	AFL East	56	36	17	3	782	1353	571	57.80	10698	104	63	89.4	104	987	7.91	7.35	24.2	191.0	138	693	5.02	3	2.5	12.4
	AFL West	48	31	16	1	553	999	446	55.36	8201	78	54	85.9	114	1032	8.21	7.34	20.8	170.9	85	340	4.00	6	1.8	7.1
	AFC East	12	6	6	0	126	200	74	63.00	1502	11	11	81.3	23	168	7.51	6.14	16.7	125.2	8	41	5.13	0	0.7	3.4
	AFC Central	16	8	7	1	141	252	111	55.95	2000	10	8	81.8	27	224	7.94	7.30	15.8	125.0	16	66	4.13	0	1.0	4.1
	AFC West	32	17	13	2	288	514	226	56.03	3646	19	24	71.2	63	569	7.09	5.73	16.1	113.9	17	51	3.00	0	0.5	1.6
	NFC East	7	3	3	1	86	159	73	54.09	959	7	9	63.4	17	141	6.03	4.36	22.7	137.0	12	39	3.25	0	1.7	5.6
	NFC Central	5	1	3	1	67	109	42	61.47	711	3	6	66.7	12	113	6.52	4.60	21.8	142.2	3	7	2.33	0	0.6	1.4
	NFC West	4	3	1	0	72	110	38	65.45	790	5	3	90.3	12	119	7.18	6.86	27.5	197.5	4	16	4.00	0	1.0	4.0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Opponent	Ari (StL/Chi) Cardinals	4	2	1	1	20	43	23	46.51	191	2	3	45.8	3	24	4.44	2.23	10.8	47.8	13	42	3.23	0	3.3	10.5
	Atlanta Falcons	1	1	0	0	18	26	8	69.23	139	2	1	91.7	3	31	5.35	5.15	26.0	139.0	1	20	20.00	0	1.0	20.0
	Buffalo Bills	15	6	8	1	182	324	142	56.17	2429	21	16	81.2	31	247	7.50	6.57	21.6	161.9	38	170	4.47	0	2.5	11.3
	Cincinnati Bengals	6	3	3	0	68	120	52	56.67	935	3	5	72.7	19	136	7.79	6.42	20.0	155.8	7	5	0.71	0	1.2	0.8
	Cleveland Browns	5	2	2	1	16	27	11	59.26	245	1	0	101.6	3	33	9.07	9.81	5.4	49.0	2	9	4.50	0	0.4	1.8
	Dallas Cowboys	3	2	1	0	25	51	26	49.02	242	0	2	46.4	5	44	4.75	2.98	17.0	80.7	1	0	0.00	0	0.3	0.0
	Denver Broncos	25	21	4	0	252	460	208	54.78	4095	37	18	95.3	42	433	8.90	8.75	18.4	163.8	22	99	4.50	1	0.9	4.0
	Detroit Lions	2	1	1	0	30	47	17	63.83	356	1	2	76.2	6	61	7.57	6.09	23.5	178.0	2	0	0.00	0	1.0	0.0
	Green Bay Packers	2	0	1	1	10	19	9	52.63	67	1	1	56.3	3	20	3.53	2.21	9.5	33.5
	Indianapolis (Bal) Colts	3	2	1	0	49	69	20	71.01	596	8	3	117.8	7	44	8.64	9.00	23.0	198.7	3	27	9.00	0	1.0	9.0
	Oakland (LA) Raiders	27	11	14	2	223	436	213	51.15	3124	27	26	70.4	73	613	7.17	5.72	16.1	115.7	34	98	2.88	3	1.3	3.6
	Miami Dolphins	7	5	2	0	72	122	50	59.02	1191	15	5	114.4	10	104	9.76	10.38	17.4	170.1	5	11	2.20	0	0.7	1.6
	Minnesota Vikings	2	0	2	0	27	43	16	62.79	288	1	3	61.0	4	38	6.70	4.02	21.5	144.0	1	7	7.00	0	0.5	3.5
	New England Patriots	14	10	2	2	206	352	146	58.52	2812	23	16	87.0	24	229	7.99	7.25	25.1	200.9	40	235	5.88	1	2.9	16.8
	New Orleans Saints	1	1	0	0	21	29	8	72.41	204	2	1	100.4	2	19	7.03	6.86	29.0	204.0	2	-4	-2.00	0	2.0	-4.0
	New York Giants	3	1	2	0	25	37	12	67.57	238	2	4	63.6	4	37	6.43	2.65	12.3	79.3	0	0		0	0.0	0.0
	New York Jets	16	10	6	0	223	402	179	55.47	2809	22	18	77.0	31	298	6.99	6.07	25.1	175.6	28	142	5.07	1	1.8	8.9
	Philadelphia Eagles	3	1	2	0	19	34	15	55.88	193	1	1	69.9	2	26	5.68	4.94	11.3	64.3	6	38	6.33	0	2.0	12.7
	Pittsburgh Steelers	6	3	3	0	57	102	45	55.88	768	6	6	75.1	7	65	7.53	6.06	17.0	128.0	6	40	6.67	0	1.0	6.7
	LA/ San Diego Chargers	26	14	11	1	355	598	243	59.36	4476	33	33	78.1	60	540	7.48	6.11	23.0	172.2	45	197	4.38	2	1.7	7.6
	San Francisco 49ers	2	1	1	0	33	55	22	60.00	447	1	1	84.4	7	69	8.13	7.67	27.5	223.5	1	0	0.00	0	0.5	0.0
	Ten Titans/Hou Oilers	17	12	5	0	194	321	127	60.44	2646	26	16	93.0	25	245	8.24	7.62	18.9	155.6	36	149	4.14	1	2.1	8.8
	Washington Redskins	4	4	0	0	11	24	13	45.83	220	4	2	83.3	5	72	9.17	8.75	6.0	55.0	1	8	8.00	0	0.3	2.0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Playoffs	Total	8	5	3	0	107	188	81	56.91	1497	7	8	77.4	26	219	7.96	6.79	23.5	187.1	21	103	4.90	0	2.6	12.9
	Super Bowl	2	1	1	0	28	44	16	63.64	353	2	2	84.8	7	63	8.02	6.89	22.0	176.5	6	35	5.83	0	3.0	17.5
	League Championship	3	3	0	0	32	55	23	58.18	444	3	0	102.4	16	121	8.07	9.16	18.3	148.0	13	59	4.54	0	4.3	19.7
	Divisional	3	1	2	0	47	89	42	52.81	700	2	6	58.3	3	35	7.87	5.28	29.7	233.3	2	9	4.50	0	0.7	3.0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
Stadium	dome	3	3	0	0	24	42	18	57.14	284	0	0	77.9	1	17	6.76	6.76	14.0	94.7	3	7	2.33	0	1.0	2.3
	outdoors	191	110	72	9	2112	3699	1587	57.10	28427	239	183	82.6	375	3411	7.69	6.75	19.4	148.8	291	1286	4.42	9	1.5	6.7
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Cmp	Att	Inc	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G
QB Start	Starter	159	94	57	8	2051	3589	1538	57.15	27680	229	175	82.8	362	3278	7.71	6.79	22.6	174.1	283	1282	4.53	9	1.8	8.1