Frank Ryan

Frank Bell Ryan

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-3, 199lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: July 12, 1936 in Fort Worth, TX

College: Rice (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 77 (488th overall since 1960)

High School: R.L. Paschal (TX)

Draft: Los Angeles Rams in the 5th round (55th overall) of the 1958 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

126

QBrec

57-27-3

Cmp%

51.1

Yds

16042

Y/A

7.5

149

Int

111

FantPt

1154.6

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
1958	22	RAM	QB	15	5	0		5	14	35.7	34	1	7.1	3	21.4	14	2.4	-5.8	6.8	6.8	28.6
1959	23	RAM	QB	15	10	3	0-3-0	42	89	47.2	709	2	2.2	4	4.5	67	8.0	6.4	16.9	70.9	63.4
1960	24	RAM	QB	15	11	5	3-1-1	62	128	48.4	816	7	5.5	9	7.0	61	6.4	4.3	13.2	74.2	57.9	6	73	4.5	5.54	3.57	0	0	5
1961	25	RAM	QB	15	14	3	2-1-0	72	142	50.7	1115	5	3.5	7	4.9	96	7.9	6.3	15.5	79.6	68.3	25	204	15.0	5.46	4.17	0	2	5
1962	26	CLE	QB	13	11	7	3-3-1	112	194	57.7	1541	10	5.2	7	3.6	65	7.9	7.4	13.8	140.1	85.4	15	156	7.2	6.63	6.08	1	0	10
1963	27	CLE	QB	13	13	13	10-3-0	135	256	52.7	2026	25	9.8	13	5.1	83	7.9	7.6	15.0	155.8	90.4	21	179	7.6	6.67	6.36	1	1	12
1964*	28	CLE	QB	13	14	14	10-3-1	174	334	52.1	2404	25	7.5	19	5.7	62	7.2	6.1	13.8	171.7	76.7	27	207	7.5	6.09	5.10	1	0	17	PB
1965*	29	CLE	QB	13	12	12	10-2-0	119	243	49.0	1751	18	7.4	13	5.3	80	7.2	6.3	14.7	145.9	75.3	23	202	8.6	5.82	4.98	3	3	10	UPI MVP-6, PB
1966*	30	CLE	QB	13	14	14	9-5-0	200	382	52.4	2974	29	7.6	14	3.7	54	7.8	7.7	14.9	212.4	88.2	28	223	6.8	6.71	6.59	1	1	17	PB
1967	31	CLE	QB	13	13	13	9-4-0	136	280	48.6	2026	20	7.1	16	5.7	49	7.2	6.1	14.9	155.8	72.7	38	318	11.9	5.37	4.36	1	1	10
1968	32	CLE	QB	13	7	3	1-2-0	31	66	47.0	639	7	10.6	6	9.1	57	9.7	7.7	20.6	91.3	79.0	10	79	13.2	7.37	5.66	0	1	4
1969	33	WAS	QB	13	1	0		1	1	100.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	83.3	0	0	0.0	4.00	4.00			0
1970	34	WAS	QB	13	1	0		1	4	25.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0.8	0.8	3.0	3.0	39.6	4	35	50.0	-4.00	-4.00			0
Career					126	87	57-27-3	1090	2133	51.1	16042	149	7.0	111	5.2	96	7.5	6.6	14.7	127.3	77.6	197	1676	8.5	6.17	5.30	8	9	90
7 yrs		CLE			84	76	52-22-2	907	1755	51.7	13361	134	7.6	88	5.0	83	7.6	6.9	14.7	159.1	81.4	162	1364	8.5	6.26	5.59	8	7	80
4 yrs		RAM			40	11	5-5-1	181	373	48.5	2674	15	4.0	23	6.2	96	7.2	5.2	14.8	66.9	60.1	31	277				0	2	10
2 yrs		WAS			2	0		2	5	40.0	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	1.4	1.4	3.5	3.5	47.9	4	35	44.4	-3.11	-3.11			0

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
1964*	28	CLE	QB	1	1	1-0	11	18	61.1	206	3	16.7	1	5.6	51	11.4	12.3	18.7	206.0	117.1	1	9	5.3	10.37	11.16
1965*	29	CLE	QB	1	1	0-1	8	18	44.4	115	1	5.6	2	11.1	30	6.4	2.5	14.4	115.0	44.7	3	18	14.3	4.62	1.29
1967	31	CLE	QB	1	1	0-1	14	30	46.7	194	2	6.7	1	3.3	75	6.5	6.3	13.9	194.0	76.2	5	31	14.3	4.66	4.51
1968	32	CLE	QB	2	0	0-0	2	6	33.3	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	3.2	3.2	9.5	9.5	43.1	1	7	14.3	1.71	1.71
Career				5	3	1-2	35	72	48.6	534	6	8.3	4	5.6	75	7.4	6.6	15.3	106.8	78.1	10	65	12.2	5.72	4.99

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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+
1959	23	RAM	QB	15	10	3	0-3-0	89	111		107		91	75	111		98
1960	24	RAM	QB	15	11	5	3-1-1	128	86		90		91	101	95		92
1961	25	RAM	QB	15	14	3	2-1-0	142	105		105		95	85	110		99
1962	26	CLE	QB	13	11	7	3-3-1	194	107		116		120	97	127		117
1963	27	CLE	QB	13	13	13	10-3-0	256	108	110	117	117	102	139	103	106	121
1964*	28	CLE	QB	13	14	14	10-3-1	334	97	103	100	103	102	118	93	108	105
1965*	29	CLE	QB	13	12	12	10-2-0	243	101	101	103	103	91	121	96	103	104
1966*	30	CLE	QB	13	14	14	9-5-0	382	111	115	118	120	103	122	116	109	118
1967	31	CLE	QB	13	13	13	9-4-0	280	105	95	106	100	89	121	97	78	105
1968	32	CLE	QB	13	7	3	1-2-0	66	150	129	124	113	80	158	63	72	112
Career					126	87	57-27-3	2133

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	Att	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	RAM	QB	15	5	0	5	45	0	12	9.0	9.0	1.0				0				5	9.0	45	0	1
1959	23	RAM	QB	15	10	3	19	57	1	13	3.0	5.7	1.9				0				19	3.0	57	1	5
1960	24	RAM	QB	15	11	5	19	85	1	24	4.5	7.7	1.7	0	32		1	32	0.0	2.9	19	6.2	117	2	1
1961	25	RAM	QB	15	14	3	38	139	0	28	3.7	9.9	2.7				0				38	3.7	139	0	3
1962	26	CLE	QB	13	11	7	42	242	1	39	5.8	22.0	3.8				0				42	5.8	242	1	6
1963	27	CLE	QB	13	13	13	62	224	2	25	3.6	17.2	4.8	0	-1		0	-1	0.0	-0.1	62	3.6	223	2	6
1964*	28	CLE	QB	13	14	14	37	217	1	19	5.9	15.5	2.6				0				37	5.9	217	1	4
1965*	29	CLE	QB	13	12	12	19	72	0	18	3.8	6.0	1.6				0				19	3.8	72	0	5
1966*	30	CLE	QB	13	14	14	36	156	0	17	4.3	11.1	2.6				0				36	4.3	156	0	5
1967	31	CLE	QB	13	13	13	22	57	0	12	2.6	4.4	1.7				0				22	2.6	57	0	4
1968	32	CLE	QB	13	7	3	11	64	0	19	5.8	9.1	1.6				0				11	5.8	64	0	2
Career					126	87	310	1358	6	39	4.4	10.8	2.5	0	31		1	32	0.0	0.2	310	4.5	1389	7	42
7 yrs		CLE			84	76	229	1032	4	39	4.5	12.3	2.7	0	-1		0	0	0.0	0.0	229	4.5	1031	4	32
4 yrs		RAM			40	11	81	326	2	28	4.0	8.2	2.0	0	32		1	32	0.0	0.8	81	4.4	358	3	10
2 yrs		WAS			2	0			0								0							0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	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
1964*	28	CLE	QB	1	1	3	2	0	4	0.7	2.0	3.0				0				3	0.7	2	0	0
1965*	29	CLE	QB	1	1	3	9	0	8	3.0	9.0	3.0				0				3	3.0	9	0	0
1967	31	CLE	QB	1	1	2	14	0	7	7.0	14.0	2.0				0				2	7.0	14	0	0
1968	32	CLE	QB	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2.0				0				2	0.0		0	2
Career				5	3	10	25	0	8	2.5	5.0	2.0				0				10	2.5	25	0	2

Defense & Fumbles

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

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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
1958	22	RAM	QB	15	5	0			0				1	0	0	0
1959	23	RAM	QB	15	10	3			0				5	3	0	0
1960	24	RAM	QB	15	11	5			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1961	25	RAM	QB	15	14	3			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
1962	26	CLE	QB	13	11	7			0				6	0	0	0	0.0
1963	27	CLE	QB	13	13	13			0				6	3	0	0	0.0
1964*	28	CLE	QB	13	14	14			0				4	1	0	0	0.0
1965*	29	CLE	QB	13	12	12			0				5	1	-2	0	0.0
1966*	30	CLE	QB	13	14	14			0				5	0	0	0	0.0
1967	31	CLE	QB	13	13	13			0				4	1	0	0	0.0
1968	32	CLE	QB	13	7	3			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
Career					126	87			0				42	10	-2	0	0.0
7 yrs		CLE			84	76			0				32	7	-2	0	0.0
4 yrs		RAM			40	11			0				10	3	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		WAS			2	0			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
1968	32	CLE	QB	2	0			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Career				5				0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1959	23	RAM	QB	15	10	3	1		1		6	0.6
1960	24	RAM	QB	15	11	5	1	1	2		12	1.1
1962	26	CLE	QB	13	11	7	1		1		6	0.5
1963	27	CLE	QB	13	13	13	2		2		12	0.9
1964*	28	CLE	QB	13	14	14	1		1		6	0.4
Career					126	87	6	1	7	0	42	.3
7 yrs		CLE			84	76	4		4	0	24	.3
4 yrs		RAM			40	11	2	1	3	0	18	.5
2 yrs		WAS			2	0				0	0	0.0

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PFR HOF Monitor: 46.80 (54th among QB, average HOF QB is 103.58)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Frank Ryan?

Frank Ryan is 86 years old.

When was Frank Ryan born?

Frank Ryan was born on July 12, 1936.

Where was Frank Ryan born?

Frank Ryan was born in Fort Worth, TX.

How tall is Frank Ryan?

Frank Ryan is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Frank Ryan weigh when playing?

Frank Ryan weighed 199 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Is Frank Ryan in the Hall of Fame?

Frank Ryan has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Frank Ryan play?

Frank Ryan played 126 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Frank Ryan have?

Frank Ryan had 16,042 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Frank Ryan have?

Frank Ryan had 149 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Frank Ryan won?

Frank Ryan has never won a Super Bowl.

When did Frank Ryan retire?

Frank Ryan last played in 1970.

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