Joe Theismann

Joseph Robert Theismann

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-0, 192lb (183cm, 87kg)

Born: September 9, 1949 in New Brunswick, NJ

College: Notre Dame (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 89 (265th overall since 1960)

High School: South River (NJ)

Draft: Miami Dolphins in the 4th round (99th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

167

107

QBrec

77-47-0

Cmp%

56.7

Yds

25206

Y/A

7.0

160

Int

138

FantPt

1613.7

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
1974	25	WAS		7	9	0		9	11	81.8	145	1	9.1	0	0	69	13.2	15.0	16.1	16.1	149.1	2	11	15.4	10.31	11.85			1
1975	26	WAS		7	14	0		10	22	45.5	96	1	4.5	3	13.6	30	4.4	-0.9	9.6	6.9	33.7	2	18	8.3	3.25	-1.54			1
1976	27	WAS	qb	7	14	5	3-2-0	79	163	48.5	1036	8	4.9	10	6.1	44	6.4	4.6	13.1	74.0	59.8	22	172	11.9	4.67	3.10	0	1	5
1977	28	WAS	qb	7	14	6	4-2-0	84	182	46.2	1097	7	3.8	9	4.9	52	6.0	4.6	13.1	78.4	57.9	30	241	14.2	4.04	2.79	2	2	6
1978	29	WAS	QB	7	16	14	7-7-0	187	390	47.9	2593	13	3.3	18	4.6	63	6.6	5.2	13.9	162.1	61.6	42	391	9.7	5.10	3.82	2	2	9
1979	30	WAS	QB	7	16	16	10-6-0	233	395	59	2797	20	5.1	13	3.3	62	7.1	6.6	12.0	174.8	83.9	34	263	7.9	5.91	5.48	3	4	14
1980	31	WAS	QB	7	16	15	6-9-0	262	454	57.7	2962	17	3.7	16	3.5	54	6.5	5.7	11.3	185.1	75.2	31	282	6.4	5.53	4.74	2	2	9
1981	32	WAS	QB	7	16	16	8-8-0	293	496	59.1	3568	19	3.8	20	4	79	7.2	6.1	12.2	223.0	77.3	28	259	5.3	6.31	5.32	2	2	12
1982*	33	WAS	QB	7	9	9	8-1-0	161	252	63.9	2033	13	5.2	9	3.6	78	8.1	7.5	12.6	225.9	91.3	30	223	10.6	6.42	5.90	2	2	14	AP MVP-4, PB
1983*+	34	WAS	QB	7	16	16	14-2-0	276	459	60.1	3714	29	6.3	11	2.4	84	8.1	8.3	13.5	232.1	97.0	34	242	6.9	7.04	7.22	2	4	18	AP MVP-1, AP OPoY-1, AP1, PB
1984	35	WAS	QB	7	16	16	11-5-0	283	477	59.3	3391	24	5	13	2.7	80	7.1	6.9	12.0	211.9	86.6	48	341	9.1	5.81	5.61	3	3	15
1985	36	WAS	QB	7	11	11	6-5-0	167	301	55.5	1774	8	2.7	16	5.3	55	5.9	4.0	10.6	161.3	59.6	37	314	10.9	4.32	2.66			3
Career					167	124	77-47-0	2044	3602	56.7	25206	160	4.4	138	3.8	84	7.0	6.2	12.3	150.9	77.4	340	2757	8.6	5.69	4.93	18	22	107

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
1974	25	WAS		1	0	0-0	0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0
1976	27	WAS	QB	1	0	0-0
1982*	33	WAS	QB	4	4	4-0	58	85	68.2	716	8	9.4	3	3.5	46	8.4	8.7	12.3	179.0	110.7	10	67	10.5	6.83	7.09	1	1
1983*+	34	WAS	QB	3	3	2-1	48	84	57.1	774	3	3.6	3	3.6	70	9.2	8.3	16.1	258.0	85.1	9	77	9.7	7.49	6.69	0	1
1984	35	WAS	QB	1	1	0-1	22	42	52.4	292	0	0	1	2.4	35	7.0	5.9	13.3	292.0	64.8	7	49	14.3	4.96	4.04
Career				10	8	6-2	128	211	60.7	1782	11	5.2	7	3.3	70	8.4	8.0	13.9	178.2	91.4	26	193	11	6.70	6.30	1	2

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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+
1976	27	WAS	qb	7	14	5	3-2-0	163	96	90	95	92	90	107	92	83	95
1977	28	WAS	qb	7	14	6	4-2-0	182	90	79	95	87	82	98	104	68	93
1978	29	WAS	QB	7	16	14	7-7-0	390	99	92	101	96	83	92	106	90	94
1979	30	WAS	QB	7	16	16	10-6-0	395	105	103	115	113	115	111	119	97	120
1980	31	WAS	QB	7	16	15	6-9-0	454	90	92	98	99	109	94	113	104	104
1981	32	WAS	QB	7	16	16	8-8-0	496	104	108	104	106	111	95	105	111	106
1982*	33	WAS	QB	7	9	9	8-1-0	252	120	109	120	113	125	111	110	82	122
1983*+	34	WAS	QB	7	16	16	14-2-0	459	119	122	128	129	111	123	124	107	126
1984	35	WAS	QB	7	16	16	11-5-0	477	100	98	110	108	111	109	119	94	114
1985	36	WAS	QB	7	11	11	6-5-0	301	76	70	73	70	100	83	83	83	80
Career					167	124	77-47-0	3602

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
1974	25	WAS		7	9	0	3	12	1	12	4.0	1.3	0.3								3	4.0	12	1	0
1975	26	WAS		7	14	0	3	34	0	21	11.3	2.4	0.2								3	11.3	34	0	0
1976	27	WAS	qb	7	14	5	17	97	1	22	5.7	6.9	1.2								17	5.7	97	1	2
1977	28	WAS	qb	7	14	6	29	149	1	14	5.1	10.6	2.1								29	5.1	149	1	0
1978	29	WAS	QB	7	16	14	37	177	1	20	4.8	11.1	2.3								37	4.8	177	1	8
1979	30	WAS	QB	7	16	16	46	181	4	22	3.9	11.3	2.9								46	3.9	181	4	3
1980	31	WAS	QB	7	16	15	29	175	3	37	6.0	10.9	1.8								29	6.0	175	3	6
1981	32	WAS	QB	7	16	16	36	177	2	24	4.9	11.1	2.3								36	4.9	177	2	7
1982*	33	WAS	QB	7	9	9	31	150	0	16	4.8	16.7	3.4								31	4.8	150	0	4
1983*+	34	WAS	QB	7	16	16	37	234	1	22	6.3	14.6	2.3								37	6.3	234	1	1
1984	35	WAS	QB	7	16	16	62	314	1	27	5.1	19.6	3.9								62	5.1	314	1	7
1985	36	WAS	QB	7	11	11	25	115	2	25	4.6	10.5	2.3								25	4.6	115	2	4
Career					167	124	355	1815	17	37	5.1	10.9	2.1								355	5.1	1815	17	42

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
1982*	33	WAS	QB	4	4	9	27	0	12	3.0	6.8	2.3								9	3.0	27	0	0
1983*+	34	WAS	QB	3	3	5	30	0	8	6.0	15.0	2.5								5	6.0	30	0	2
1984	35	WAS	QB	1	1	5	38	0	13	7.6	38.0	5.0								5	7.6	38	0	1
Career				10	8	19	95	0	13	5.0	9.5	1.9								19	5.0	95	0	3

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1974	25	WAS		7	9	0	15	157	0	44	10.5						169
1975	26	WAS		7	14	0	2	5	0	3	2.5						39
Career					167		17	162	0	44	9.5						1928

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1974	25	WAS		1	0	4	22	0	12	5.5						22
Career				10		4	22	0	12	5.5						117

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
1976	27	WAS	qb	7	14	5							2	1	-1	0	0.0
1978	29	WAS	QB	7	16	14							8	3	-26	0	0.0
1979	30	WAS	QB	7	16	16							3	2	-4	0	0.0
1980	31	WAS	QB	7	16	15							6	0	-2	0	0.0
1981	32	WAS	QB	7	16	16							7	1	0	0	0.0
1982*	33	WAS	QB	7	9	9							4	1	-21	0	0.0
1983*+	34	WAS	QB	7	16	16							1	0	0	0	0.0
1984	35	WAS	QB	7	16	16							7	6	5	0	0.0
1985	36	WAS	QB	7	11	11							4	0	0	0	0.0
Career					167	124							42	14	-49	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
1983*+	34	WAS	QB	3	3						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
1984	35	WAS	QB	1	1						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career				10	8						0	3	1	0	0	0.0

Kicking & Punting

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

Regular Season

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1985	36	WAS	QB	7	11	11																							1	1	1	0	1.0
Career					167	124																							1	1	1	0	1.0

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
1974	25	WAS		7	9	0	1	1		6	0.7
1976	27	WAS	qb	7	14	5	1	1		6	0.4
1977	28	WAS	qb	7	14	6	1	1		6	0.4
1978	29	WAS	QB	7	16	14	1	1		6	0.4
1979	30	WAS	QB	7	16	16	4	4		24	1.5
1980	31	WAS	QB	7	16	15	3	3		18	1.1
1981	32	WAS	QB	7	16	16	2	2		12	0.8
1983*+	34	WAS	QB	7	16	16	1	1		6	0.4
1984	35	WAS	QB	7	16	16	1	1		6	0.4
1985	36	WAS	QB	7	11	11	2	2		12	1.1
Career					167	124	17	17	0	102	.6

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