George Blanda

George Frederick Blanda

Position: QB-K Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: September 17, 1927 in Youngwood, PA

Died: September 27, 2010 in Alameda, CA

College: Kentucky

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 97 (178th overall since 1960)

High School: Youngwood (PA)

Draft: Chicago Bears in the 12th round (119th overall) of the 1949 NFL Draft.

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Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
1	1952	9	1952-11-23	25-067	CHI		DET	W 24-23	11	33	33.33	216	3	0	87.4	6.55	8.36	7	21	3.00	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
2	1953	2	1953-10-04	26-017	CHI	@	GNB	W 17-13	4	12	33.33	49	1	1	39.9	4.08	2.00	1	5	5.00	0	4QC / GWD
3	1953	8	1953-11-15	26-059	CHI	@	WAS	W 27-24	10	25	40.00	128	1	2	36.7	5.12	2.32	5	11	2.20	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
4	1954	2	1954-10-03	27-016	CHI	@	GNB	W 10-3	13	36	36.11	126	1	3	21.3	3.50	0.31	3	21	7.00	0	4QC / GWD
5	1954	6	1954-10-31	27-044	CHI	@	SFO	W 31-27	20	34	58.82	292	3	1	104.0	8.59	9.03	1	1	1.00	0	4QC / GWD
6	1954	7	1954-11-07	27-051	CHI		GNB	W 28-23	24	46	52.17	279	2	2	67.2	6.07	4.98	0	0		0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
7	1960	14	1960-12-18	33-092	HOU		BOS	W 37-21	8	21	38.10	127	0	3	19.4	6.05	-0.38					4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
8	1962	4	1962-10-07	35-020	HOU		BUF	W 17-14	8	27	29.63	182	2	3	40.3	6.74	3.22					4QC / GWD
9	1962	9	1962-11-11	35-055	HOU	@	OAK	W 28-20	17	43	39.53	211	1	4	24.5	4.91	1.19					4QC / GWD
10	1962	11	1962-11-25	35-069	HOU		SDG	W 33-27	5	18	27.78	76	1	2	23.6	4.22	0.33	1	-1	-1.00	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
11	1963	10	1963-11-10	36-054	HOU		NYJ	W 31-27	19	32	59.38	205	1	0	88.7	6.41	7.03	3	3	1.00	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
12	1965	6	1965-10-24	38-037	HOU		KAN	W 38-36	19	33	57.58	304	5	0	128.0	9.21	12.24					4QC / GWD
13	1965	7	1965-10-31	38-044	HOU	@	BUF	W 19-17	13	35	37.14	158	1	1	49.5	4.51	3.80	2	-1	-0.50	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
14	1967	14	1967-12-24	40-098	OAK		BUF	W 28-21	3	13	23.08	75	0	2	11.5	5.77	-1.15					GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
15	1970	8	1970-11-08	43-052	OAK		CLE	W 23-20	7	12	58.33	102	1	1	79.2	8.50	6.42	1	4	4.00	0	4QC / GWD
16	1970	9	1970-11-15	43-059	OAK	@	DEN	W 24-19	4	6	66.67	80	1	0	149.3	13.33	16.67					4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
17	1971	6	1971-10-24	44-037	OAK		CIN	W 31-27	3	5	60.00	46	1	1	90.4	9.20	4.20					4QC / GWD
18	1971	7	1971-10-31	44-044	OAK		KAN	T 20-20	2	3	66.67	61	1	0	149.3	20.33	27.00					4QC

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