Joe Ferguson

Joseph Carlton Ferguson Jr.

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: April 23, 1950 in Alvin, TX

College: Arkansas (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 81 (389th overall since 1960)

High School: Woodlawn (LA)

Draft: Buffalo Bills in the 3rd round (57th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

186

106

QBrec

79-92-0

Cmp%

52.4

Yds

29817

Y/A

6.6

196

Int

209

FantPt

1669.3

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV
1973	23	BUF	QB	12	14	14	9-5-0	73	164	44.5	939	4	2.4	10	6.1	42	5.7	3.5	12.9	67.1	45.8	20	164	10.9	4.21	2.20	2	1	5
1974	24	BUF	QB	12	14	14	9-5-0	119	232	51.3	1588	12	5.2	12	5.2	55	6.8	5.6	13.3	113.4	69.0	32	235	12.1	5.13	3.99	3	3	10
1975	25	BUF	QB	12	14	14	8-6-0	169	321	52.6	2426	25	7.8	17	5.3	77	7.6	6.7	14.4	173.3	81.3	20	153	5.9	6.67	5.89	1	3	14
1976	26	BUF	qb	12	7	7	2-5-0	74	151	49	1086	9	6	1	0.7	58	7.2	8.1	14.7	155.1	90.0	11	80	6.8	6.21	7.04	1	1	6
1977	27	BUF	QB	12	14	14	3-11-0	221	457	48.4	2803	12	2.6	24	5.3	42	6.1	4.3	12.7	200.2	54.8	36	273	7.3	5.13	3.43	1	1	7
1978	28	BUF	QB	12	16	16	5-11-0	175	330	53	2136	16	4.8	15	4.5	92	6.5	5.4	12.2	133.5	70.5	29	243	8.1	5.27	4.28	1	1	10
1979	29	BUF	QB	12	16	16	7-9-0	238	458	52	3572	14	3.1	15	3.3	84	7.8	6.9	15.0	223.3	74.4	43	387	8.6	6.36	5.57	2	3	9
1980	30	BUF	QB	12	16	16	11-5-0	251	439	57.2	2805	20	4.6	18	4.1	69	6.4	5.5	11.2	175.3	74.5	13	129	2.9	5.92	5.01	2	4	10
1981	31	BUF	QB	12	16	16	10-6-0	252	498	50.6	3652	24	4.8	20	4	67	7.3	6.5	14.5	228.3	74.1	15	137	2.9	6.85	6.03	2	2	12
1982	32	BUF	QB	12	9	9	4-5-0	144	264	54.5	1597	7	2.7	16	6.1	47	6.0	3.9	11.1	177.4	56.3	11	105	4	5.43	3.32	1	1	7
1983	33	BUF	QB	12	16	16	8-8-0	281	508	55.3	2995	26	5.1	25	4.9	43	5.9	4.7	10.7	187.2	69.3	27	266	5	5.10	3.97	3	3	7
1984	34	BUF	QB	12	12	11	1-10-0	191	344	55.5	1991	12	3.5	17	4.9	68	5.8	4.3	10.4	165.9	63.5	35	357	9.2	4.31	2.93			3
1985	35	DET		12	8	1	0-1-0	31	54	57.4	364	2	3.7	3	5.6	38	6.7	5.0	11.7	45.5	67.2	4	35	6.9	5.67	4.03			1
1986	36	DET	qb	12	6	4	2-2-0	73	155	47.1	941	7	4.5	7	4.5	73	6.1	4.9	12.9	156.8	62.9	10	101	6.1	5.09	4.03	1	1	2
1988	38	TAM		12	2	1	0-1-0	31	46	67.4	368	3	6.5	1	2.2	34	8.0	8.3	11.9	184.0	104.3	1	8	2.1	7.66	7.98			1
1989	39	TAM		12	5	2	0-2-0	44	90	48.9	533	3	3.3	6	6.7	69	5.9	3.6	12.1	106.6	50.8	5	37	5.3	5.22	3.01			2
1990	40	IND		12	1	0		2	8	25	21	0	0	2	25	13	2.6	-8.6	10.5	21.0	0.0	0	0	0	2.63	-8.63			0
Career					186	171	79-92-0	2369	4519	52.4	29817	196	4.3	209	4.6	92	6.6	5.4	12.6	160.3	68.4	312	2710	6.5	5.61	4.48	20	24	106
12 yrs		BUF			164	163	77-86-0	2188	4166	52.5	27590	181	4.3	190	4.6	92	6.6	5.4	12.6	168.2	68.9	292	2529	6.6	5.62	4.52	19	23	100
2 yrs		DET			14	5	2-3-0	104	209	49.8	1305	9	4.3	10	4.8	73	6.2	5.0	12.5	93.2	64.0	14	136	6.3	5.24	4.03	1	1	3
2 yrs		TAM			7	3	0-3-0	75	136	55.1	901	6	4.4	7	5.1	69	6.6	5.2	12.0	128.7	68.9	6	45	4.2	6.03	4.65			3
1 yr		IND			1	0		2	8	25	21	0	0	2	25	13	2.6	-8.6	10.5	21.0	0.0	0	0	0	2.63	-8.63			0

Passing Table
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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1974	24	BUF		1	1	0-1	11	26	42.3	164	2	7.7	0	0	25	6.3	7.8	14.9	164.0	89.3	0	0	0	6.31	7.85
1980	30	BUF	QB	1	1	0-1	15	29	51.7	180	1	3.4	3	10.3	19	6.2	2.2	12.0	180.0	43.0	3	33	9.4	4.59	1.00
1981	31	BUF	QB	2	2	1-1	32	65	49.2	470	3	4.6	6	9.2	54	7.2	4.0	14.7	235.0	50.2	2	38	3	6.45	3.31
Career				4	4	1-3	58	120	48.3	814	6	5	9	7.5	54	6.8	4.4	14.0	203.5	56.0	5	71	4	5.94	3.66

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1973	23	BUF	QB	12	14	14	9-5-0	164	83	80	81	80	76	84	91	87	78
1974	24	BUF	QB	12	14	14	9-5-0	232	105	96	105	100	96	109	101	78	104
1975	25	BUF	QB	12	14	14	8-6-0	321	114	119	115	118	101	133	98	114	115
1976	26	BUF	qb	12	7	7	2-5-0	151	110	114	131	133	91	117	146	111	126
1977	27	BUF	QB	12	14	14	3-11-0	457	92	97	92	95	89	86	100	107	89
1978	28	BUF	QB	12	16	16	5-11-0	330	95	95	103	102	100	110	107	100	106
1979	29	BUF	QB	12	16	16	7-9-0	458	121	112	120	115	91	86	119	92	106
1980	30	BUF	QB	12	16	16	11-5-0	439	87	100	95	103	107	104	105	126	103
1981	31	BUF	QB	12	16	16	10-6-0	498	107	119	109	116	83	108	105	126	101
1982	32	BUF	QB	12	9	9	4-5-0	264	80	89	73	79	95	82	77	120	77
1983	33	BUF	QB	12	16	16	8-8-0	508	76	84	83	87	96	110	91	118	92
1984	34	BUF	QB	12	12	11	1-10-0	344	73	69	77	75	98	92	91	94	86
1985	35	DET		12	8	1	0-1-0	54	93	96	86	88	106	95	80	107	90
1986	36	DET	qb	12	6	4	2-2-0	155	79	84	85	87	70	104	93	110	85
1989	39	TAM		12	5	2	0-2-0	90	77	84	67	71	77	91	61	112	68
Career					186	171	79-92-0	4519

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1973	23	BUF	QB	12	14	14	48	147	2	24	3.1	10.5	3.4	1	-3	-3.0	0	-3	0.1	-0.2	49	2.9	144	2	7
1974	24	BUF	QB	12	14	14	54	111	2	15	2.1	7.9	3.9								54	2.1	111	2	14
1975	25	BUF	QB	12	14	14	23	82	1	17	3.6	5.9	1.6								23	3.6	82	1	4
1976	26	BUF	qb	12	7	7	18	81	0	19	4.5	11.6	2.6								18	4.5	81	0	2
1977	27	BUF	QB	12	14	14	41	279	2	41	6.8	19.9	2.9								41	6.8	279	2	12
1978	28	BUF	QB	12	16	16	27	76	0	12	2.8	4.8	1.7	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6	0.1	-0.4	28	2.5	70	0	5
1979	29	BUF	QB	12	16	16	22	68	1	15	3.1	4.3	1.4								22	3.1	68	1	5
1980	30	BUF	QB	12	16	16	31	65	0	15	2.1	4.1	1.9								31	2.1	65	0	9
1981	31	BUF	QB	12	16	16	20	29	1	16	1.5	1.8	1.3								20	1.5	29	1	2
1982	32	BUF	QB	12	9	9	16	46	1	13	2.9	5.1	1.8								16	2.9	46	1	5
1983	33	BUF	QB	12	16	16	20	88	0	19	4.4	5.5	1.3								20	4.4	88	0	3
1984	34	BUF	QB	12	12	11	19	102	0	20	5.4	8.5	1.6								19	5.4	102	0	8
1985	35	DET		12	8	1	4	12	1	15	3.0	1.5	0.5								4	3.0	12	1	1
1986	36	DET	qb	12	6	4	5	25	0	14	5.0	4.2	0.8								5	5.0	25	0	3
1988	38	TAM		12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.5								1	0.0	0	0	1
1989	39	TAM		12	5	2	4	6	0	7	1.5	1.2	0.8								4	1.5	6	0	1
Career					186	171	353	1217	11	41	3.4	6.5	1.9	2	-9	-4.5	0	0	0.0	0.0	355	3.4	1208	11	82
12 yrs		BUF			164	163	339	1174	10	41	3.5	7.2	2.1	2	-9	-4.5	0	0	0.0	-0.1	341	3.4	1165	10	76
2 yrs		DET			14	5	9	37	1	15	4.1	2.6	0.6								9	4.1	37	1	4
2 yrs		TAM			7	3	5	6	0	7	1.2	0.9	0.7								5	1.2	6	0	2
1 yr		IND			1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1974	24	BUF		1	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0								1	3.0	3	0	0
1981	31	BUF	QB	2	2	2	-4	0	0	-2.0	-4.0	2.0								2	-2.0	-4	0	1
Career				4	4	3	-1	0	3	-0.3	-0.3	0.8								3	-0.3	-1	0	1

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1973	23	BUF	QB	12	14	14							7	4	-3	0	0.0
1974	24	BUF	QB	12	14	14							14	5	-13	0	0.0
1975	25	BUF	QB	12	14	14							4	3	-1	0	0.0
1976	26	BUF	qb	12	7	7							2	0	0	0	0.0
1977	27	BUF	QB	12	14	14							12	7	-7	0	0.0
1978	28	BUF	QB	12	16	16							5	3	-3	0	0.0
1979	29	BUF	QB	12	16	16							5	3	0	0	0.0
1980	30	BUF	QB	12	16	16							9	1	-12	0	0.0
1981	31	BUF	QB	12	16	16							2	0	0	0	0.0
1982	32	BUF	QB	12	9	9							5	2	-10	1	0.0
1983	33	BUF	QB	12	16	16							3	3	0	0	0.0
1984	34	BUF	QB	12	12	11							8	2	-26	0	0.0
1985	35	DET		12	8	1							1	0	0	0	0.0
1986	36	DET	qb	12	6	4							3	2	0	0	0.0
1988	38	TAM		12	2	1							1	0	0	0	0.0
1989	39	TAM		12	5	2							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					186	171							82	35	-75	1	0.0
12 yrs		BUF			164	163							76	33	-75	1	0.0
2 yrs		DET			14	5							4	2	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		TAM			7	3							2	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		IND			1	0											0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1981	31	BUF	QB	2	2						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				4	4						0	1	0	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	FblTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1973	23	BUF	QB	12	14	14	2		2		12	0.9
1974	24	BUF	QB	12	14	14	2		2		12	0.9
1975	25	BUF	QB	12	14	14	1		1		6	0.4
1977	27	BUF	QB	12	14	14	2		2		12	0.9
1979	29	BUF	QB	12	16	16	1		1		6	0.4
1981	31	BUF	QB	12	16	16	1		1		6	0.4
1982	32	BUF	QB	12	9	9	1	1	2		12	1.3
1985	35	DET		12	8	1	1		1		6	0.8
Career					186	171	11	1	12	0	72	.4
12 yrs		BUF			164	163	10	1	11	0	66	.4
2 yrs		DET			14	5	1		1	0	6	.4
2 yrs		TAM			7	3				0	0	0.0
1 yr		IND			1	0				0	0	0.0

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