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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | AV | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 22 | PIT | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1964 | 23 | PIT | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 16 | 42 | 38.1 | 276 | 2 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.1 | 44 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 17.3 | 55.2 | 47.3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1965 | 24 | PIT | QB | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2-10-0 | 121 | 270 | 44.8 | 1917 | 8 | 3.0 | 17 | 6.3 | 87 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 15.8 | 159.8 | 52.7 | 5 | |||||||
| 1966 | 25 | PIT | qb | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3-1-1 | 63 | 112 | 56.3 | 1122 | 7 | 6.3 | 1 | 0.9 | 68 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 17.8 | 224.4 | 107.8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 1967 | 26 | PIT | qb | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1-3-1 | 74 | 165 | 44.8 | 1125 | 10 | 6.1 | 9 | 5.5 | 58 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 15.2 | 140.6 | 65.3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 1968 | 27 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9-2-0 | 152 | 293 | 51.9 | 2366 | 19 | 6.5 | 10 | 3.4 | 87 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 15.6 | 169.0 | 86.4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||||
| 1969* | 28 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10-3-1 | 190 | 352 | 54.0 | 2743 | 23 | 6.5 | 19 | 5.4 | 82 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 14.4 | 195.9 | 78.8 | 17 | 164 | 6.99 | 5.92 | 4.6 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 1970 | 29 | CLE | QB | 16 | 12 | 12 | 6-6-0 | 159 | 313 | 50.8 | 2156 | 16 | 5.1 | 16 | 5.1 | 78 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 13.6 | 179.7 | 68.9 | 8 | 79 | 6.47 | 5.22 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 1971 | 30 | CLE | QB | 16 | 14 | 13 | 9-4-0 | 174 | 325 | 53.5 | 2319 | 13 | 4.0 | 23 | 7.1 | 53 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 13.3 | 165.6 | 60.3 | 22 | 222 | 6.04 | 3.81 | 6.3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 1972 | 31 | CLE | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 14 | 31 | 45.2 | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 9.7 | 26 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 10.1 | 35.3 | 19.1 | 3 | 29 | 3.29 | -0.68 | 8.8 | 1 | |||
| Career | 90 | 74 | 40-31-3 | 963 | 1905 | 50.6 | 14165 | 98 | 5.1 | 101 | 5.3 | 87 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 14.7 | 157.4 | 70.2 | 50 | 494 | 6.99 | 5.67 | 2.6 | 8 | 8 | 61 | ||||
| 5 yrs | CLE | 58 | 51 | 34-16-1 | 689 | 1314 | 52.4 | 9725 | 71 | 5.4 | 71 | 5.4 | 87 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 14.1 | 167.7 | 72.1 | 50 | 494 | 6.41 | 4.82 | 4.7 | 5 | 7 | 47 | |||
| 5 yrs | PIT | 32 | 23 | 6-15-2 | 274 | 591 | 46.4 | 4440 | 27 | 4.6 | 30 | 5.1 | 87 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 16.2 | 138.8 | 66.1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
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