Dan Fouts

Daniel Francis Fouts

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-3, 204lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: June 10, 1951 in San Francisco, CA

College: Oregon (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 123 (36th overall since 1960)

High School: St. Ignatius (CA)

Draft: San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round (64th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1993 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

181

163

QBrec

86-84-1

Cmp%

58.8

Yds

43040

Y/A

7.7

254

Int

242

FantPt

2273.2

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	Awards
1973	22	SDG	QB	14	10	6	0-5-1	87	194	44.8	1126	6	3.1	13	6.7	69	5.8	3.4	12.9	112.6	46.0	14	129	6.7	4.79	2.56	1	0	2
1974	23	SDG	QB	14	11	11	3-8-0	115	237	48.5	1732	8	3.4	13	5.5	75	7.3	5.5	15.1	157.5	61.4	12	99	4.8	6.56	4.85	2	2	7
1975	24	SDG	QB	14	10	9	2-7-0	106	195	54.4	1396	2	1.0	10	5.1	57	7.2	5.1	13.2	139.6	59.3	25	197	11.4	5.45	3.59	1	1	6
1976	25	SDG	QB	14	14	13	5-8-0	208	359	57.9	2535	14	3.9	15	4.2	81	7.1	6.0	12.2	181.1	75.4	39	220	9.8	5.82	4.82	1	2	11
1977	26	SDG	QB	14	4	4	2-2-0	69	109	63.3	869	4	3.7	6	5.5	67	8.0	6.2	12.6	217.3	77.4	10	77	8.4	6.66	5.06	1	1	4
1978	27	SDG	QB	14	15	14	9-5-0	224	381	58.8	2999	24	6.3	20	5.2	55	7.9	6.8	13.4	199.9	83.0	22	130	5.5	7.12	6.08	1	2	12
1979*+	28	SDG	QB	14	16	16	12-4-0	332	530	62.6	4082	24	4.5	24	4.5	65	7.7	6.6	12.3	255.1	82.6	28	195	5.0	6.97	5.89	1	1	16	AP MVP-2, AP OPoY-2, AP1, PB
1980*	29	SDG	QB	14	16	16	11-5-0	348	589	59.1	4715	30	5.1	24	4.1	65	8.0	7.2	13.5	294.7	84.7	32	210	5.2	7.25	6.48	1	2	17	AP MVP-5, AP OPoY-3, AP2, PB
1981*	30	SDG	QB	14	16	16	10-6-0	360	609	59.1	4802	33	5.4	17	2.8	67	7.9	7.7	13.3	300.1	90.6	19	134	3.0	7.43	7.27	3	3	19	AP MVP-6, AP OPoY-5, PB
1982*+	31	SDG	QB	14	9	9	6-3-0	204	330	61.8	2883	17	5.2	11	3.3	44	8.7	8.3	14.1	320.3	93.3	12	94	3.5	8.15	7.70	1	2	21	AP MVP-2, AP OPoY-1, AP1, PB
1983*	32	SDG	QB	14	10	10	5-5-0	215	340	63.2	2975	20	5.9	15	4.4	59	8.8	7.9	13.8	297.5	92.5	14	107	4.0	8.10	7.32	2	1	10	PB
1984	33	SDG	QB	14	13	13	6-7-0	317	507	62.5	3740	19	3.7	17	3.4	61	7.4	6.6	11.8	287.7	83.4	29	228	5.4	6.55	5.83	1	1	11
1985*	34	SDG	QB	14	14	12	7-5-0	254	430	59.1	3638	27	6.3	20	4.7	75	8.5	7.6	14.3	259.9	88.1	18	135	4.0	7.82	7.02	3	3	13	AP2, PB
1986	35	SDG	QB	14	12	12	3-9-0	252	430	58.6	3031	16	3.7	22	5.1	65	7.0	5.5	12.0	252.6	71.4	21	173	4.7	6.34	4.85			9
1987	36	SDG	QB	14	11	10	5-5-0	206	364	56.6	2517	10	2.7	15	4.1	46	6.9	5.6	12.2	228.8	70.0	24	176	6.2	6.03	4.81	2	2	5
Career					181	171	86-84-1	3297	5604	58.8	43040	254	4.5	242	4.3	81	7.7	6.6	13.1	237.8	80.2	319	2304	5.4	6.88	5.90	21	23	163

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	4QC	GWD
1979*+	28	SDG		1	1	0-1	25	47	53.2	333	0	0.0	5	10.6	34	7.1	2.3	13.3	333.0	36.3	2	16	4.1	6.47	1.88
1980*	29	SDG	QB	2	2	1-1	44	82	53.7	650	4	4.9	3	3.7	55	7.9	7.3	14.8	325.0	80.8	4	26	4.7	7.26	6.62	1	1
1981*	30	SDG	QB	2	2	1-1	48	81	59.3	618	4	4.9	3	3.7	47	7.6	7.0	12.9	309.0	84.3	4	30	4.7	6.92	6.27	1	1
1982*+	31	SDG	QB	2	2	1-1	42	76	55.3	524	4	5.3	5	6.6	33	6.9	5.0	12.5	262.0	67.0	3	23	3.8	6.34	4.51	1	1
Career				7	7	3-4	159	286	55.6	2125	12	4.2	16	5.6	55	7.4	5.8	13.4	303.6	70.0	13	95	4.3	6.79	5.18	3	3

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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	22	SDG	QB	14	10	6	0-5-1	194	85	90	81	84	77	90	85	107	78
1974	23	SDG	QB	14	11	11	3-8-0	237	113	120	105	109	87	93	98	120	96
1975	24	SDG	QB	14	10	9	2-7-0	195	109	101	99	96	105	72	99	83	94
1976	25	SDG	QB	14	14	13	5-8-0	359	107	108	109	110	117	98	111	94	111
1977	26	SDG	QB	14	4	4	2-2-0	109	123	121	113	113	132	97	98	101	114
1978	27	SDG	QB	14	15	14	9-5-0	381	126	131	122	127	119	127	99	115	123
1979*+	28	SDG	QB	14	16	16	12-4-0	530	118	125	115	119	127	104	104	116	118
1980*	29	SDG	QB	14	16	16	11-5-0	589	123	128	120	124	114	111	105	112	118
1981*	30	SDG	QB	14	16	16	10-6-0	609	118	131	126	134	111	115	122	125	125
1982*+	31	SDG	QB	14	9	9	6-3-0	330	133	143	130	136	118	111	113	122	124
1983*	32	SDG	QB	14	10	10	5-5-0	340	132	142	124	131	121	118	98	125	121
1984	33	SDG	QB	14	13	13	6-7-0	507	106	113	107	111	121	95	111	117	110
1985*	34	SDG	QB	14	14	12	7-5-0	430	130	138	121	127	112	125	92	125	118
1986	35	SDG	QB	14	12	12	3-9-0	430	101	110	93	98	113	95	85	119	96
1987	36	SDG	QB	14	11	10	5-5-0	364	99	103	95	97	105	85	98	107	95
Career					181	171	86-84-1	5604

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	22	SDG	QB	14	10	6	7	32	0	16	4.6	3.2	0.7				0				7	4.6	32	0	2
1974	23	SDG	QB	14	11	11	19	63	1	16	3.3	5.7	1.7				0				19	3.3	63	1	4
1975	24	SDG	QB	14	10	9	23	170	2	32	7.4	17.0	2.3				0				23	7.4	170	2	3
1976	25	SDG	QB	14	14	13	18	65	0	13	3.6	4.6	1.3				0				18	3.6	65	0	8
1977	26	SDG	QB	14	4	4	6	13	0	11	2.2	3.3	1.5				0				6	2.2	13	0	4
1978	27	SDG	QB	14	15	14	20	43	2	22	2.2	2.9	1.3				0				20	2.2	43	2	10
1979*+	28	SDG	QB	14	16	16	26	49	2	26	1.9	3.1	1.6				0				26	1.9	49	2	13
1980*	29	SDG	QB	14	16	16	23	15	2	9	0.7	0.9	1.4				0				23	0.7	15	2	11
1981*	30	SDG	QB	14	16	16	22	56	0	13	2.5	3.5	1.4				0				22	2.5	56	0	9
1982*+	31	SDG	QB	14	9	9	9	8	1	9	0.9	0.9	1.0				0				9	0.9	8	1	2
1983*	32	SDG	QB	14	10	10	12	-5	1	3	-0.4	-0.5	1.2				0				12	-0.4	-5	1	5
1984	33	SDG	QB	14	13	13	12	-29	0	3	-2.4	-2.2	0.9	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	0.0	13	-2.2	-29	0	8
1985*	34	SDG	QB	14	14	12	11	-1	0	7	-0.1	-0.1	0.8				0				11	-0.1	-1	0	13
1986	35	SDG	QB	14	12	12	4	-3	0	0	-0.8	-0.3	0.3				0				4	-0.8	-3	0	4
1987	36	SDG	QB	14	11	10	12	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	1.1				0				12	0.0		2	10
Career					181	171	224	476	13	32	2.1	2.6	1.2	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	225	2.1	476	13	106

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
1980*	29	SDG	QB	2	2	3	-4	0	2	-1.3	-2.0	1.5				0				3	-1.3	-4	0	0
1981*	30	SDG	QB	2	2	3	16	0	8	5.3	8.0	1.5				0				3	5.3	16	0	1
1982*+	31	SDG	QB	2	2	2	3	0	3	1.5	3.0	2.0				0				2	1.5	3	0	0
Career				7	7	8	15	0	8	1.9	2.1	1.1				0				8	1.9	15	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	22	SDG	QB	14	10	6			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1974	23	SDG	QB	14	11	11			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
1975	24	SDG	QB	14	10	9			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1976	25	SDG	QB	14	14	13			0				8	4	-5	0	0.0
1977	26	SDG	QB	14	4	4			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
1978	27	SDG	QB	14	15	14			0				10	3	-4	0	0.0
1979*+	28	SDG	QB	14	16	16			0				13	6	-20	0	0.0
1980*	29	SDG	QB	14	16	16			0				11	3	-5	0	0.0
1981*	30	SDG	QB	14	16	16			0				9	2	-22	0	0.0
1982*+	31	SDG	QB	14	9	9			0				2	3	0	0	0.0
1983*	32	SDG	QB	14	10	10			0				5	2	0	0	0.0
1984	33	SDG	QB	14	13	13			0				8	1	0	0	0.0
1985*	34	SDG	QB	14	14	12			0				13	6	-11	0	0.0
1986	35	SDG	QB	14	12	12			0				4	2	-13	0	0.0
1987	36	SDG	QB	14	11	10			0				10	4	-10	0	0.0
Career					181	171			0				106	38	-90	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*	30	SDG	QB	2	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1982*+	31	SDG	QB	2	2			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career				7	7			0			0	1	1	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	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1974	23	SDG	QB	14	11	11	1	1		6	0.5
1975	24	SDG	QB	14	10	9	2	2		12	1.2
1978	27	SDG	QB	14	15	14	2	2		12	0.8
1979*+	28	SDG	QB	14	16	16	2	2		12	0.8
1980*	29	SDG	QB	14	16	16	2	2		12	0.8
1982*+	31	SDG	QB	14	9	9	1	1		6	0.7
1983*	32	SDG	QB	14	10	10	1	1		6	0.6
1987	36	SDG	QB	14	11	10	2	2		12	1.1
Career					181	171	13	13	0	78	.4

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