Jim Ninowski

James Ninowski Jr.

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-1, 206lb (185cm, 93kg)

Born: March 26, 1936 in Detroit, MI

College: Michigan St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 27 (4130th overall since 1960)

High School: Pershing (MI)

Draft: Cleveland Browns in the 4th round (49th overall) of the 1958 NFL Draft.

1x NFL Champ

SUMMARY

Career

QBrec

15-15-1

Cmp%

49.0

Yds

7133

Y/A

6.8

Int

FantPt

369.0

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
1958	22	CLE	QB	15	4	1	0-1-0	8	17	47.1	139	1	5.9	3	17.6	34	8.2	1.4	17.4	34.8	55.4
1959	23	CLE	QB	15	2	0		3	10	30.0	41	0	0.0	1	10.0	20	4.1	-0.4	13.7	20.5	4.6
1960	24	DET	QB	15	11	10	5-5-0	134	283	47.3	1599	2	0.7	18	6.4	55	5.7	2.9	11.9	145.4	40.9	25	283	8.1	4.27	1.77	0	1	6
1961	25	DET	QB	15	13	8	4-3-1	117	247	47.4	1921	7	2.8	18	7.3	84	7.8	5.1	16.4	147.8	53.0	21	212	7.8	6.38	3.88	0	0	9
1962	26	CLE	QB	15	7	7	4-3-0	87	173	50.3	1178	7	4.0	8	4.6	53	6.8	5.5	13.5	168.3	66.6	8	57	4.4	6.19	4.98			5
1963	27	CLE	QB	15	4	1	0-1-0	29	61	47.5	423	2	3.3	6	9.8	70	6.9	3.2	14.6	105.8	41.9	4	45	6.2	5.82	2.28			2
1964	28	CLE	QB	11	3	0		6	9	66.7	125	2	22.2	0	0.0	41	13.9	18.3	20.8	41.7	149.3	1	12	10.0	11.30	15.30			1
1965	29	CLE	QB	11	6	2	1-1-0	40	83	48.2	549	4	4.8	3	3.6	32	6.6	6.0	13.7	91.5	70.8	8	70	8.8	5.26	4.66	1	1	3
1966	30	CLE	QB	11	14	0		11	18	61.1	175	4	22.2	1	5.6	44	9.7	11.7	15.9	12.5	110.0	1	14	5.3	8.47	10.32			1
1967	31	WAS	QB	11	14	0		12	18	66.7	123	0	0.0	1	5.6	31	6.8	4.3	10.3	8.8	63.0	0	0	0.0	6.83	4.33			0
1968	32	WAS	QB	11	7	2	1-1-0	49	95	51.6	633	4	4.2	6	6.3	56	6.7	4.7	12.9	90.4	60.5	12	128	11.2	4.72	2.94			2
1969	33	NOR	QB	11	4	0		17	34	50.0	227	1	2.9	2	5.9	70	6.7	4.6	13.4	56.8	56.9	1	11	2.9	6.17	4.17			1
Career					89	31	15-15-1	513	1048	49.0	7133	34	3.2	67	6.4	84	6.8	4.6	13.9	80.1	55.4	81	832	7.2	5.58	3.51	1	2	30
7 yrs		CLE			40	11	5-6-0	184	371	49.6	2630	20	5.4	22	5.9	70	7.1	5.5	14.3	65.8	66.2	22	198				1	1	12
2 yrs		DET			24	18	9-8-1	251	530	47.4	3520	9	1.7	36	6.8	84	6.6	3.9	14.0	146.7	46.6	46	495	8.0	5.25	2.75	0	1	15
2 yrs		WAS			21	2	1-1-0	61	113	54.0	756	4	3.5	7	6.2	56	6.7	4.6	12.4	36.0	60.9	12	128	9.6	5.02	3.14			2
1 yr		NOR			4	0		17	34	50.0	227	1	2.9	2	5.9	70	6.7	4.6	13.4	56.8	56.9	1	11	2.9	6.17	4.17			1

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
1958	22	CLE		1	0	0-0	3	15	20.0	31	0	0.0	1	6.7	17	2.1	-0.9	10.3	31.0	11.8
Career				1		0-0	3	15	20.0	31	0	0.0	1	6.7	17	2.1	-0.9	10.3	31.0	11.8

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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+
1960	24	DET	QB	15	11	10	5-5-0	283	75		79		88	66	99		77
1961	25	DET	QB	15	13	8	4-3-1	247	103		93		83	80	92		84
1962	26	CLE	QB	15	7	7	4-3-0	173	83		93		92	88	115		94
1963	27	CLE	QB	15	4	1	0-1-0	61	88	95	65	70	82	81	57	113	65
1965	29	CLE	QB	11	6	2	1-1-0	83	91	92	100	100	89	98	114	102	100
1968	32	WAS	QB	11	7	2	1-1-0	95	95	81	90	83	99	91	90	83	90
Career					89	31	15-15-1	1048

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

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
1958	22	CLE	QB	15	4	1	2	1	0	7	0.5	0.3	0.5				0				2	0.5	1	0	0
1959	23	CLE	QB	15	2	0	1	11	0	11	11.0	5.5	0.5				0				1	11.0	11	0	0
1960	24	DET	QB	15	11	10	32	81	5	16	2.5	7.4	2.9				0				32	2.5	81	5	2
1961	25	DET	QB	15	13	8	33	238	5	40	7.2	18.3	2.5				0				33	7.2	238	5	4
1962	26	CLE	QB	15	7	7	9	15	0	14	1.7	2.1	1.3				0				9	1.7	15	0	2
1963	27	CLE	QB	15	4	1	5	-19	0	2	-3.8	-4.8	1.3				0				5	-3.8	-19	0	2
1964	28	CLE	QB	11	3	0	1	-8	0	-8	-8.0	-2.7	0.3				0				1	-8.0	-8	0	1
1965	29	CLE	QB	11	6	2	4	46	0	17	11.5	7.7	0.7				0				4	11.5	46	0	0
1966	30	CLE	QB	11	14	0	3	-11	0	4	-3.7	-0.8	0.2				0				3	-3.7	-11	0	3
1968	32	WAS	QB	11	7	2	2	13	0	8	6.5	1.9	0.3				0				2	6.5	13	0	1
Career					89	31	92	367	10	40	4.0	4.1	1.0				0				92	4.0	367	10	15
7 yrs		CLE			40	11	25	35	0	17	1.4	0.9	0.6				0				25	1.4	35	0	8
2 yrs		DET			24	18	65	319	10	40	4.9	13.3	2.7				0				65	4.9	319	10	6
2 yrs		WAS			21	2	2	13	0	8	6.5	0.6	0.1				0				2	6.5	13	0	1
1 yr		NOR			4	0			0								0							0

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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
1960	24	DET	QB	15	11	10			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1961	25	DET	QB	15	13	8			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
1962	26	CLE	QB	15	7	7			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1963	27	CLE	QB	15	4	1			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1964	28	CLE	QB	11	3	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1966	30	CLE	QB	11	14	0			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1968	32	WAS	QB	11	7	2			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
Career					89	31			0				15	3	0	0	0.0
7 yrs		CLE			40	11			0				8	2	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		DET			24	18			0				6	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		WAS			21	2			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		NOR			4	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	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1960	24	DET	QB	15	11	10	5	5		30	2.7
1961	25	DET	QB	15	13	8	5	5		30	2.3
Career					89	31	10	10	0	60	.7
7 yrs		CLE			40	11			0	0	0.0
2 yrs		DET			24	18	10	10	0	60	2.5
2 yrs		WAS			21	2			0	0	0.0
1 yr		NOR			4	0			0	0	0.0

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