Jim Plunkett

James William Plunkett Jr.

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: December 5, 1947 in San Jose, CA

College: Stanford (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 85 (328th overall since 1960)

High School: William C. Overfelt (CA), James Lick (CA)

Draft: New England Patriots in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

157

108

QBrec

72-72-0

Cmp%

52.5

Yds

25882

Y/A

7.0

164

Int

198

FantPt

1450.9

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
1971	24	NWE	QB	16	14	14	6-8-0	158	328	48.2	2158	19	5.8	16	4.9	88	6.6	5.5	13.7	154.1	68.6	36	319	9.9	5.05	4.12	1	1	10	AP ORoY-2
1972	25	NWE	QB	16	14	14	3-11-0	169	355	47.6	2196	8	2.3	25	7	62	6.2	3.5	13.0	156.9	45.7	39	385	9.9	4.60	2.15	2	2	6
1973	26	NWE	QB	16	14	14	5-9-0	193	376	51.3	2550	13	3.5	17	4.5	64	6.8	5.4	13.2	182.1	65.8	37	350	9	5.33	4.10	2	2	12
1974	27	NWE	QB	16	14	14	7-7-0	173	352	49.1	2457	19	5.4	22	6.3	69	7.0	5.2	14.2	175.5	64.1	21	174	5.6	6.12	4.49	1	1	14
1975	28	NWE	qb	16	5	5	2-3-0	36	92	39.1	571	3	3.3	7	7.6	76	6.2	3.4	15.9	114.2	39.7	13	89	12.4	4.59	2.16			2
1976	29	SFO	QB	16	12	12	6-6-0	126	243	51.9	1592	13	5.3	16	6.6	85	6.6	4.7	12.6	132.7	63.0	26	249	9.7	4.99	3.28			8
1977	30	SFO	QB	16	14	14	5-9-0	128	248	51.6	1693	9	3.6	14	5.6	47	6.8	5.0	13.2	120.9	62.1	30	242	10.8	5.22	3.60	0	2	10
1979	32	OAK		16	4	0		7	15	46.7	89	1	6.7	1	6.7	39	5.9	4.3	12.7	22.3	60.1	2	9	11.8	4.71	3.24			0
1980	33	OAK	QB	16	13	11	9-2-0	165	320	51.6	2299	18	5.6	16	5	86	7.2	6.1	13.9	176.8	72.9	36	285	10.1	5.66	4.65	1	2	9
1981	34	OAK	qb	16	9	7	2-5-0	94	179	52.5	1045	4	2.2	9	5	42	5.8	4.0	11.1	116.1	56.7	22	184	10.9	4.28	2.67			0
1982	35	RAI	QB	16	9	9	8-1-0	152	261	58.2	2035	14	5.4	15	5.7	52	7.8	6.3	13.4	226.1	77.0	23	211	8.1	6.42	5.03	5	4	14
1983	36	RAI	QB	16	14	13	10-3-0	230	379	60.7	2935	20	5.3	18	4.7	99	7.7	6.7	12.8	209.6	82.7	42	363	10	6.11	5.14	3	4	10
1984	37	RAI	qb	16	8	6	5-1-0	108	198	54.5	1473	6	3	10	5.1	73	7.4	5.8	13.6	184.1	67.6	13	103	6.2	6.49	4.93	2	2	4
1985	38	RAI		16	3	3	1-2-0	71	103	68.9	803	3	2.9	3	2.9	41	7.8	7.1	11.3	267.7	89.6	13	101	11.2	6.05	5.41			3
1986	39	RAI	QB	16	10	8	3-5-0	133	252	52.8	1986	14	5.6	9	3.6	81	7.9	7.4	14.9	198.6	82.5	27	215	9.7	6.35	5.90	1	2	6
Career					157	144	72-72-0	1943	3701	52.5	25882	164	4.4	198	5.3	99	7.0	5.5	13.3	164.9	67.5	380	3279	9.3	5.54	4.16	18	22	108
8 yrs		OAK-RAI			70	57	38-19-0	960	1707	56.2	12665	80	4.7	81	4.7	99	7.4	6.2	13.2	180.9	75.7	178	1471	9.4	5.94	4.85	12	14	46
5 yrs		NWE			61	61	23-38-0	729	1503	48.5	9932	62	4.1	87	5.8	88	6.6	4.8	13.6	162.8	59.7	146	1317	8.9	5.22	3.60	6	6	44
2 yrs		SFO			26	26	11-15-0	254	491	51.7	3285	22	4.5	30	6.1	85	6.7	4.8	12.9	126.3	62.5	56	491	10.2	5.11	3.44	0	2	18

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
1980	33	OAK	QB	4	4	4-0	49	92	53.3	839	7	7.6	3	3.3	80	9.1	9.2	17.1	209.8	96.2	12	84	11.5	7.26	7.31	1	1
1982	35	RAI	QB	2	2	1-1	45	70	64.3	652	1	1.4	5	7.1	64	9.3	6.4	14.5	326.0	69.5	4	36	5.4	8.32	5.55
1983	36	RAI	QB	3	3	3-0	54	83	65.1	618	2	2.4	2	2.4	50	7.4	6.8	11.4	206.0	85.3	5	43	5.7	6.53	5.97
1984	37	RAI	QB	1	1	0-1	14	27	51.9	184	1	3.7	2	7.4	46	6.8	4.2	13.1	184.0	55.2	6	49	18.2	4.09	1.97
Career				10	10	8-2	162	272	59.6	2293	11	4	12	4.4	80	8.4	7.3	14.2	229.3	81.9	27	212	9	6.96	5.89	1	1

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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+
1971	24	NWE	QB	16	14	14	6-8-0	328	97	92	104	100	91	115	105	90	104
1972	25	NWE	QB	16	14	14	3-11-0	355	91	85	83	80	88	81	85	91	80
1973	26	NWE	QB	16	14	14	5-9-0	376	103	99	104	101	97	93	107	96	101
1974	27	NWE	QB	16	14	14	7-7-0	352	107	113	102	106	89	111	90	115	99
1975	28	NWE	qb	16	5	5	2-3-0	92	94	89	84	82	63	92	75	78	75
1976	29	SFO	QB	16	12	12	6-6-0	243	99	95	96	94	99	111	87	95	98
1977	30	SFO	QB	16	14	14	5-9-0	248	104	98	100	97	98	96	96	87	97
1980	33	OAK	QB	16	13	11	9-2-0	320	105	95	104	97	88	118	93	81	101
1981	34	OAK	qb	16	9	7	2-5-0	179	75	65	74	68	89	76	92	76	75
1982	35	RAI	QB	16	9	9	8-1-0	261	114	109	104	101	107	114	81	96	104
1983	36	RAI	QB	16	14	13	10-3-0	379	112	104	108	102	113	111	93	89	109
1984	37	RAI	qb	16	8	6	5-1-0	198	107	112	96	100	95	87	89	112	91
1985	38	RAI		16	3	3	1-2-0	103	116	104	114	106	148	86	116	81	120
1986	39	RAI	QB	16	10	8	3-5-0	252	120	110	119	113	91	115	106	89	111
Career					157	144	72-72-0	3701

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
1971	24	NWE	QB	16	14	14	45	210	0	16	4.7	15.0	3.2								45	4.7	210	0	6
1972	25	NWE	QB	16	14	14	36	230	1	21	6.4	16.4	2.6								36	6.4	230	1	6
1973	26	NWE	QB	16	14	14	44	209	5	20	4.8	14.9	3.1								44	4.8	209	5	6
1974	27	NWE	QB	16	14	14	30	161	2	37	5.4	11.5	2.1								30	5.4	161	2	4
1975	28	NWE	qb	16	5	5	4	7	1	5	1.8	1.4	0.8								4	1.8	7	1	2
1976	29	SFO	QB	16	12	12	19	95	0	12	5.0	7.9	1.6								19	5.0	95	0	1
1977	30	SFO	QB	16	14	14	28	71	1	9	2.5	5.1	2.0								28	2.5	71	1	2
1979	32	OAK		16	4	0	3	18	0	15	6.0	4.5	0.8								3	6.0	18	0	0
1980	33	OAK	QB	16	13	11	28	141	2	17	5.0	10.8	2.2								28	5.0	141	2	9
1981	34	OAK	qb	16	9	7	12	38	1	13	3.2	4.2	1.3								12	3.2	38	1	3
1982	35	RAI	QB	16	9	9	15	6	0	10	0.4	0.7	1.7								15	0.4	6	0	4
1983	36	RAI	QB	16	14	13	26	78	0	20	3.0	5.6	1.9								26	3.0	78	0	7
1984	37	RAI	qb	16	8	6	16	14	1	9	0.9	1.8	2.0								16	0.9	14	1	2
1985	38	RAI		16	3	3	5	12	0	7	2.4	4.0	1.7								5	2.4	12	0	6
1986	39	RAI	QB	16	10	8	12	47	0	11	3.9	4.7	1.2								12	3.9	47	0	4
Career					157	144	323	1337	14	37	4.1	8.5	2.1								323	4.1	1337	14	62
8 yrs		OAK-RAI			70	57	117	354	4	20	3.0	5.1	1.7								117	3.0	354	4	35
5 yrs		NWE			61	61	159	817	9	37	5.1	13.4	2.6								159	5.1	817	9	24
2 yrs		SFO			26	26	47	166	1	12	3.5	6.4	1.8								47	3.5	166	1	3

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	33	OAK	QB	4	4	12	22	1	9	1.8	5.5	3.0								12	1.8	22	1	1
1982	35	RAI	QB	2	2	6	28	0	11	4.7	14.0	3.0								6	4.7	28	0	0
1983	36	RAI	QB	3	3	10	47	0	14	4.7	15.7	3.3								10	4.7	47	0	2
Career				10	10	28	97	1	14	3.5	9.7	2.8								28	3.5	97	1	3

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
1971	24	NWE	QB	16	14	14							6	0	0	0	0.0
1972	25	NWE	QB	16	14	14							6	1	0	0	0.0
1973	26	NWE	QB	16	14	14							6	1	0	0	0.0
1974	27	NWE	QB	16	14	14							4	1	0	0	0.0
1975	28	NWE	qb	16	5	5							2	0	0	0	0.0
1976	29	SFO	QB	16	12	12							1	0	0	0	0.0
1977	30	SFO	QB	16	14	14							2	2	0	0	0.0
1980	33	OAK	QB	16	13	11							9	2	-2	0	0.0
1981	34	OAK	qb	16	9	7							3	1	-6	0	0.0
1982	35	RAI	QB	16	9	9							4	1	-7	0	0.0
1983	36	RAI	QB	16	14	13							7	3	0	0	0.0
1984	37	RAI	qb	16	8	6							2	1	0	0	0.0
1985	38	RAI		16	3	3							6	1	-5	0	0.0
1986	39	RAI	QB	16	10	8							4	0	-3	0	0.0
Career					157	144							62	14	-23	0	0.0
8 yrs		OAK-RAI			70	57							35	9	-23	0	0.0
5 yrs		NWE			61	61							24	3	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		SFO			26	26							3	2	0	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
1980	33	OAK	QB	4	4						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1982	35	RAI	QB	2	2						0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1983	36	RAI	QB	3	3						0	2	0	-5	0	0.0
Career				10	10						0	3	1	-5	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	NWE	QB	16	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1973	26	NWE	QB	16	14	14	5	5		30	2.1
1974	27	NWE	QB	16	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1975	28	NWE	qb	16	5	5	1	1		6	1.2
1977	30	SFO	QB	16	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1980	33	OAK	QB	16	13	11	2	2		12	0.9
1981	34	OAK	qb	16	9	7	1	1		6	0.7
1984	37	RAI	qb	16	8	6	1	1		6	0.8
Career					157	144	14	14	0	84	.5
8 yrs		OAK-RAI			70	57	4	4	0	24	.3
5 yrs		NWE			61	61	9	9	0	54	.9
2 yrs		SFO			26	26	1	1	0	6	.2

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1980	33	OAK	QB	4	4	1							1			0						6	1.5
Career				10	10	1							1			0						6	.6

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