Fran Tarkenton

Francis Asbury Tarkenton (The Scrambler)

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 3, 1940 in Richmond, VA

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 148 (11th overall since 1960)

High School: Athens (GA)

Draft: Minnesota Vikings in the 3rd round (29th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft., Boston Patriots in the 5th round (35th overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.

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29 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 33 Game-Winning Drives

29 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 33 Game-Winning Drives Table
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	1963	1	1963-09-15	23-224	MIN	@	SFO	W 24-20	20	29	68.97	262	1	1	94.3	9.03	8.17	4	18	4.50	0	4QC / GWD
2	1963	11	1963-11-24	23-294	MIN		DET	W 34-31	16	24	66.67	261	1	1	99.5	10.88	9.83	4	9	2.25	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
3	1964	4	1964-10-04	24-244	MIN	@	GNB	W 24-23	11	16	68.75	177	1	0	126.3	11.06	12.31	6	49	8.17	0	4QC / GWD
4	1964	7	1964-10-25	24-265	MIN	@	SFO	W 27-22	11	22	50.00	136	0	1	50.6	6.18	4.14	3	10	3.33	1	4QC / GWD
5	1964	13	1964-12-06	24-307	MIN	@	NYG	W 30-21	13	29	44.83	244	2	0	97.5	8.41	9.79	7	24	3.43	1	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
6	1965	3	1965-10-03	25-242	MIN	@	RAM	W 38-35	17	25	68.00	249	2	1	110.2	9.96	9.76	3	3	1.00	0	GWD
7	1965	6	1965-10-24	25-263	MIN	@	SFO	W 42-41	21	35	60.00	407	3	0	129.1	11.63	13.34	2	-3	-1.50	0	4QC / GWD
8	1965	14	1965-12-19	25-319	MIN	@	CHI	W 24-17	13	29	44.83	208	2	1	77.9	7.17	7.00	5	-1	-0.20	0	4QC
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
9	1966	1	1966-09-11	26-220	MIN	@	SFO	T 20-20	10	27	37.04	105	0	1	33.7	3.89	2.22	6	58	9.67	0	4QC
10	1966	8	1966-11-06	26-276	MIN	@	GNB	W 20-17	16	26	61.54	172	0	0	80.9	6.62	6.62	5	22	4.40	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	1967	4	1967-10-08	27-247	NYG		NOR	W 27-21	18	28	64.29	348	2	1	116.4	12.43	12.25	8	41	5.13	0	4QC / GWD
12	1967	5	1967-10-15	27-254	NYG	@	PIT	W 27-24	18	29	62.07	287	2	1	103.7	9.90	9.72	5	34	6.80	1	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
13	1968	7	1968-10-27	28-267	NYG	@	WAS	W 13-10	14	26	53.85	129	0	2	35.6	4.96	1.50	5	16	3.20	0	4QC / GWD
14	1968	9	1968-11-10	28-281	NYG	@	DAL	W 27-21	16	24	66.67	187	2	0	117.9	7.79	9.46	5	35	7.00	1	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	1969	1	1969-09-21	29-230	NYG		MIN	W 24-23	19	34	55.88	224	3	0	105.5	6.59	8.35	7	13	1.86	0	4QC / GWD
16	1969	3	1969-10-05	29-244	NYG		CHI	W 28-24	14	25	56.00	227	4	0	126.2	9.08	12.28	3	21	7.00	0	4QC / GWD
17	1969	13	1969-12-14	29-314	NYG	@	PIT	W 21-17	17	31	54.84	205	3	1	94.2	6.61	7.10	3	3	1.00	0	4QC / GWD
18	1969	14	1969-12-21	29-321	NYG		CLE	W 27-14	14	26	53.85	257	1	0	101.0	9.88	10.65	1	0	0.00	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
19	1970	4	1970-10-11	30-250	NYG		PHI	W 30-23	15	29	51.72	180	0	1	56.7	6.21	4.66	2	8	4.00	0	GWD
20	1970	8	1970-11-08	30-278	NYG		DAL	W 23-20	15	26	57.69	170	1	0	90.2	6.54	7.31	6	25	4.17	0	4QC / GWD
21	1970	9	1970-11-15	30-285	NYG		WAS	W 35-33	23	34	67.65	320	1	2	83.0	9.41	7.35	7	47	6.71	0	4QC / GWD
22	1970	11	1970-11-29	30-299	NYG	@	WAS	W 27-24	23	35	65.71	252	2	1	94.0	7.20	7.06	2	11	5.50	0	GWD
23	1970	12	1970-12-06	30-306	NYG		BUF	W 20-6	11	19	57.89	141	2	0	116.3	7.42	9.53	1	-1	-1.00	0	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
24	1971	9	1971-11-14	31-284	NYG	@	ATL	W 21-17	14	26	53.85	152	1	1	68.1	5.85	4.88	4	12	3.00	1	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
25	1972	5	1972-10-15	32-255	MIN	@	DEN	W 23-20	19	30	63.33	182	1	0	91.2	6.07	6.73	2	21	10.50	0	4QC / GWD
26	1972	7	1972-10-29	32-269	MIN	@	GNB	W 27-13	13	22	59.09	192	0	0	87.7	8.73	8.73	1	0	0.00	0	4QC
27	1972	9	1972-11-12	32-283	MIN		DET	W 16-14	15	27	55.56	121	0	0	67.1	4.48	4.48					4QC / GWD
28	1972	10	1972-11-19	32-290	MIN	@	RAM	W 45-41	14	28	50.00	319	4	0	130.8	11.39	14.25	1	9	9.00	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
29	1974	4	1974-10-06	34-245	MIN	@	DAL	W 23-21	17	27	62.96	283	2	0	122.9	10.48	11.96	2	12	6.00	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
30	1975	7	1975-11-02	35-272	MIN	@	GNB	W 28-17	24	30	80.00	285	3	1	125.7	9.50	10.00	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
31	1976	10	1976-11-14	36-285	MIN		SEA	W 27-21	26	31	83.87	274	2	0	125.0	8.84	10.13	5	9	1.80	0	4QC / GWD
32	1976	11	1976-11-21	36-292	MIN	@	GNB	W 17-10	23	43	53.49	180	2	0	79.6	4.19	5.12	5	0	0.00	0	GWD
33	1976	13	1976-12-05	36-306	MIN		GNB	W 20-9	23	32	71.88	195	0	1	74.3	6.09	4.69					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
34	1977	5	1977-10-16	37-255	MIN		CHI	W 22-16	16	30	53.33	201	0	1	60.6	6.70	5.20					4QC / GWD
35	1977	7	1977-10-30	37-269	MIN	@	ATL	W 14-7	16	26	61.54	235	2	3	77.1	9.04	5.38	1	-2	-2.00	0	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
36	1978	13	1978-11-26	38-296	MIN	@	GNB	T 10-10	20	37	54.05	199	1	4	39.0	5.38	1.05	2	0	0.00	0	4QC
37	1978	14	1978-12-03	38-303	MIN		PHI	W 28-27	30	56	53.57	289	4	3	69.7	5.16	4.18	2	-4	-2.00	0	4QC / GWD