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Mike Phipps

Michael Elston Phipps

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-3, 208lb (190cm, 94kg)

Born: November 19, 1947 in Shelbyville, IN

College: Purdue (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 40 (2549th overall since 1960)

High School: Columbus North (IN)

Draft: Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

119

QBrec

38-31-2

Cmp%

49.2

Yds

10506

Y/A

5.8

Int

108

FantPt

591.2

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
1970	23	CLE	QB	15	14	1	0-1-0	29	60	48.3	529	1	1.7	5	8.3	53	8.8	5.4	18.2	37.8	49.9	7	86	10.4	6.61	3.55			3
1971	24	CLE	QB	15	14	1	0-1-0	13	47	27.7	179	1	2.1	4	8.5	39	3.8	0.4	13.8	12.8	14.6	0	0	0.0	3.81	0.40			1
1972	25	CLE	QB	15	14	13	10-3-0	144	305	47.2	1994	13	4.3	16	5.2	80	6.5	5.0	13.8	142.4	61.0	23	183	7.0	5.52	4.12	4	5	11
1973	26	CLE	QB	15	14	14	7-5-2	148	299	49.5	1719	9	3.0	20	6.7	51	5.7	3.3	11.6	122.8	49.4	44	362	12.8	3.96	1.86	4	2	9
1974	27	CLE	QB	15	14	9	2-7-0	117	256	45.7	1384	9	3.5	17	6.6	55	5.4	3.1	11.8	98.9	46.7	33	280	11.4	3.82	1.80	0	1	6
1975	28	CLE	QB	15	14	11	3-8-0	162	313	51.8	1749	4	1.3	19	6.1	48	5.6	3.1	10.8	124.9	47.5	28	261	8.2	4.36	2.09	2	2	4
1976	29	CLE	QB	15	4	2	2-0-0	20	37	54.1	146	3	8.1	0	0.0	23	3.9	5.6	7.3	36.5	90.6	1	6	2.6	3.68	5.26			1
1977	30	CHI	QB	15	3	0		3	5	60.0	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	1.0	1.0	1.7	1.7	64.6	3	26	37.5	-2.63	-2.63			0
1978	31	CHI	QB	15	6	4	3-1-0	44	83	53.0	465	2	2.4	10	12.0	35	5.6	0.7	10.6	77.5	38.1	6	55	6.7	4.61	0.00			2
1979	32	CHI	QB	15	12	10	9-1-0	134	255	52.5	1535	9	3.5	8	3.1	68	6.0	5.3	11.5	127.9	69.6	15	145	5.6	5.15	4.48	2	2	6
1980	33	CHI	QB	15	7	6	2-4-0	61	122	50.0	630	2	1.6	9	7.4	56	5.2	2.2	10.3	90.0	40.0	7	69	5.4	4.35	1.52			3
1981	34	CHI	QB	15	3	0		11	17	64.7	171	2	11.8	0	0.0	43	10.1	12.4	15.5	57.0	137.1	5	41	22.7	5.91	7.73			0
Career					119	71	38-31-2	886	1799	49.2	10506	55	3.1	108	6.0	80	5.8	3.7	11.9	88.3	52.6	172	1514	8.7	4.56	2.65	12	12	46
7 yrs		CLE			88	51	24-25-2	633	1317	48.1	7700	40	3.0	81	6.2	80	5.8	3.7	12.2	87.5	51.0	136	1178	9.4	4.49	2.53	10	10	35
5 yrs		CHI			31	20	14-6-0	253	482	52.5	2806	15	3.1	27	5.6	68	5.8	3.9	11.1	90.5	57.1	36	336	6.9	4.77	3.00	2	2	11

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	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
1971	24	CLE	1	0	0-0	3	6	50.0	27	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	4.5	4.5	9.0	27.0	62.5	1	1	14.3	3.71	3.71
1972	25	CLE	1	1	0-1	9	23	39.1	131	1	4.3	5	21.7	27	5.7	-3.2	14.6	131.0	33.3	2	13	8.0	4.72	-3.48
1979	32	CHI	1	1	0-1	13	30	43.3	142	0	0.0	2	6.7	31	4.7	1.7	10.9	142.0	30.1	1	0	3.2	4.58	1.68
Career			3	2	0-2	25	59	42.4	300	1	1.7	7	11.9	31	5.1	0.1	12.0	100.0	24.6	4	14	6.3	4.54	-0.14
2 yrs		CLE	2	1	0-1	12	29	41.4	158	1	3.4	5	17.2	27	5.4	-1.6	13.2	79.0	31.2	3	14	9.4	4.50	-1.91
1 yr		CHI	1	1	0-1	13	30	43.3	142	0	0.0	2	6.7	31	4.7	1.7	10.9	142.0	30.1	1	0	3.2	4.58	1.68

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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+
1970	23	CLE	QB	15	14	1	0-1-0	60	136	118	101	93	90	73	74	86	84
1972	25	CLE	QB	15	14	13	10-3-0	305	97	101	100	101	87	100	102	105	96
1973	26	CLE	QB	15	14	14	7-5-2	299	84	76	80	76	92	89	85	77	82
1974	27	CLE	QB	15	14	9	2-7-0	256	80	75	80	78	78	95	86	82	81
1975	28	CLE	QB	15	14	11	3-8-0	313	85	86	81	81	98	75	90	101	82
1978	31	CHI	QB	15	6	4	3-1-0	83	75	82	36	42	100	81	20	107	61
1979	32	CHI	QB	15	12	10	9-1-0	255	81	87	97	99	93	92	121	112	99
1980	33	CHI	QB	15	7	6	2-4-0	122	60	68	47	53	83	66	61	110	51
Career					119	71	38-31-2	1799

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
1970	23	CLE	QB	15	14	1	11	94	0	26	8.5	6.7	0.8				0				11	8.5	94	0	1
1971	24	CLE	QB	15	14	1	6	35	0	15	5.8	2.5	0.4				0				6	5.8	35	0	1
1972	25	CLE	QB	15	14	13	60	256	5	18	4.3	18.3	4.3				0				60	4.3	256	5	8
1973	26	CLE	QB	15	14	14	60	395	5	27	6.6	28.2	4.3				0				60	6.6	395	5	8
1974	27	CLE	QB	15	14	9	39	279	1	19	7.2	19.9	2.8				0				39	7.2	279	1	4
1975	28	CLE	QB	15	14	11	18	70	0	12	3.9	5.0	1.3				0				18	3.9	70	0	7
1976	29	CLE	QB	15	4	2	4	26	0	24	6.5	6.5	1.0				0				4	6.5	26	0	2
1978	31	CHI	QB	15	6	4	13	34	0	10	2.6	5.7	2.2				0				13	2.6	34	0	0
1979	32	CHI	QB	15	12	10	27	51	0	12	1.9	4.3	2.3				0				27	1.9	51	0	2
1980	33	CHI	QB	15	7	6	15	38	2	9	2.5	5.4	2.1				0				15	2.5	38	2	6
1981	34	CHI	QB	15	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.3				0				1	0.0		0	0
Career					119	71	254	1278	13	27	5.0	10.7	2.1				0				254	5.0	1278	13	39
7 yrs		CLE			88	51	198	1155	11	27	5.8	13.1	2.3				0				198	5.8	1155	11	31
5 yrs		CHI			31	20	56	123	2	12	2.2	4.0	1.8				0				56	2.2	123	2	8

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
1972	25	CLE		1	1	8	47	1	14	5.9	47.0	8.0				0				8	5.9	47	1	1
1979	32	CHI		1	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0				0				1	3.0	3	0	0
Career				3	2	9	50	1	14	5.6	16.7	3.0				0				9	5.6	50	1	1
2 yrs		CLE		2	1	8	47	1	14	5.9	23.5	4.0				0				8	5.9	47	1	1
1 yr		CHI		1	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0				0				1	3.0	3	0

Defense & Fumbles

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

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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
1970	23	CLE	QB	15	14	1			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1971	24	CLE	QB	15	14	1			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1972	25	CLE	QB	15	14	13			0				8	3	0	0	0.0
1973	26	CLE	QB	15	14	14			0				8	3	0	0	0.0
1974	27	CLE	QB	15	14	9			0				4	2	0	0	0.0
1975	28	CLE	QB	15	14	11			0				7	5	-12	0	0.0
1976	29	CLE	QB	15	4	2			0				2	0	-7	0	0.0
1979	32	CHI	QB	15	12	10			0				2	1	-3	0	0.0
1980	33	CHI	QB	15	7	6			0				6	0	0	0	0.0
Career					119	71			0				39	14	-22	0	0.0
7 yrs		CLE			88	51			0				31	13	-19	0	0.0
5 yrs		CHI			31	20			0				8	1	-3	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
1972	25	CLE		1	1			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career				3	2			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		CLE		2	1			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		CHI		1	1			0							0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1972	25	CLE	QB	15	14	13	5	5		30	2.1
1973	26	CLE	QB	15	14	14	5	5		30	2.1
1974	27	CLE	QB	15	14	9	1	1		6	0.4
1980	33	CHI	QB	15	7	6	2	2		12	1.7
Career					119	71	13	13	0	78	.7
7 yrs		CLE			88	51	11	11	0	66	.8
5 yrs		CHI			31	20	2	2	0	12	.4

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1972	25	CLE	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
Career			3	2	1	1	6	2.0
2 yrs		CLE	2	1	1	1	6	3.0
1 yr		CHI	1	1			0	0.0

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