Johnny Unitas

John Constantine Unitas (Johnny U)

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-1, 194lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: May 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, PA

Died: September 11, 2002 in Towson, MD

College: Louisville

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 113 (63rd overall since 1960)

High School: St. Justin's (PA)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 9th round (102nd overall) of the 1955 NFL Draft.

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34 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 38 Game-Winning Drives

34 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 38 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	1956	5	1956-10-28	23-174	BAL		GNB	W 28-21	8	16	50.00	128	2	1	90.6	8.00	7.69	3	8	2.67	0	GWD
2	1956	6	1956-11-11	23-188	BAL	@	CLE	W 21-7	5	14	35.71	21	0	0	44.3	1.50	1.50	4	40	10.00	0	GWD
3	1956	12	1956-12-23	23-230	BAL		WAS	W 19-17	10	18	55.56	161	1	1	81.0	8.94	7.56	1	-12	-12.00	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
4	1957	7	1957-11-10	24-187	BAL	@	WAS	W 21-17	17	30	56.67	247	2	0	105.8	8.23	9.57	9	21	2.33	1	4QC / GWD
5	1957	8	1957-11-17	24-194	BAL	@	CHI	W 29-14	11	23	47.83	245	1	0	100.8	10.65	11.52	2	18	9.00	0	4QC / GWD
6	1957	9	1957-11-24	24-201	BAL		SFO	W 27-21	16	25	64.00	230	1	0	107.1	9.20	10.00	2	6	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
7	1958	1	1958-09-28	25-144	BAL		DET	W 28-15	23	43	53.49	250	2	1	76.7	5.81	5.70	3	15	5.00	0	4QC / GWD
8	1958	3	1958-10-12	25-158	BAL	@	GNB	W 24-17	16	35	45.71	238	1	1	66.1	6.80	6.09	5	27	5.40	1	4QC
9	1958	10	1958-11-30	25-207	BAL		SFO	W 35-27	17	33	51.52	229	1	1	71.4	6.94	6.18	5	12	2.40	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
10	1959	3	1959-10-11	26-157	BAL	@	DET	W 31-24	13	25	52.00	257	3	2	94.5	10.28	9.08	4	10	2.50	0	4QC / GWD
11	1959	4	1959-10-18	26-164	BAL	@	CHI	W 21-7	16	30	53.33	233	2	2	73.3	7.77	6.10	4	22	5.50	0	GWD
12	1959	12	1959-12-12	26-219	BAL	@	RAM	W 45-26	13	27	48.15	110	3	0	96.2	4.07	6.30	4	33	8.25	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
13	1960	7	1960-11-06	27-183	BAL		GNB	W 38-24	20	29	68.97	324	4	1	131.3	11.17	12.38	5	28	5.60	0	GWD
14	1960	8	1960-11-13	27-190	BAL	@	CHI	W 24-20	16	33	48.48	266	2	2	71.0	8.06	6.55	6	6	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
15	1961	1	1961-09-17	28-133	BAL		RAM	W 27-24	10	22	45.45	132	1	2	42.2	6.00	2.82	5	27	5.40	1	GWD
16	1961	3	1961-10-01	28-147	BAL		MIN	W 34-33	13	27	48.15	284	2	1	95.3	10.52	10.33	2	26	13.00	0	4QC / GWD
17	1961	6	1961-10-22	28-168	BAL	@	DET	W 17-14	22	36	61.11	244	0	4	41.7	6.78	1.78	5	2	0.40	0	4QC / GWD
18	1961	12	1961-12-03	28-210	BAL		SFO	W 20-17	15	27	55.56	216	1	1	78.6	8.00	7.07	4	11	2.75	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	1962	1	1962-09-16	29-132	BAL		RAM	W 30-27	19	35	54.29	245	4	2	90.8	7.00	6.71	7	3	0.43	0	4QC / GWD
20	1962	13	1962-12-08	29-215	BAL		WAS	W 34-21	25	36	69.44	367	4	1	127.9	10.19	11.17	4	22	5.50	0	4QC / GWD
21	1962	14	1962-12-16	29-223	BAL		MIN	W 42-17	19	34	55.88	385	4	4	95.5	11.32	8.38	1	4	4.00	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
22	1963	2	1963-09-22	30-138	BAL	@	SFO	W 20-14	23	44	52.27	288	1	0	80.5	6.55	7.00	1	4	4.00	0	4QC / GWD
23	1963	10	1963-11-17	30-194	BAL	@	MIN	W 37-34	14	23	60.87	248	4	0	137.3	10.78	14.26	2	14	7.00	0	4QC / GWD
24	1963	14	1963-12-15	30-222	BAL		RAM	W 19-16	21	37	56.76	323	1	1	83.5	8.73	8.05	6	57	9.50	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
25	1964	6	1964-10-18	31-164	BAL		GNB	W 24-21	14	27	51.85	157	0	0	69.5	5.81	5.81	1	3	3.00	0	4QC / GWD
26	1964	10	1964-11-15	31-192	BAL		MIN	W 17-14	15	31	48.39	289	2	0	102.8	9.32	10.61	3	8	2.67	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
27	1965	6	1965-10-24	32-170	BAL		RAM	W 35-20	18	27	66.67	251	3	0	133.4	9.30	11.52	3	27	9.00	1	4QC / GWD
28	1965	10	1965-11-21	32-198	BAL		PHI	W 34-24	19	32	59.38	305	2	1	99.1	9.53	9.38					4QC / GWD
29	1965	11	1965-11-25	32-202	BAL	@	DET	T 24-24	14	34	41.18	188	3	2	64.3	5.53	4.65	2	11	5.50	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
30	1966	12	1966-12-04	33-211	BAL		CHI	W 21-16	13	21	61.90	148	1	1	79.1	7.05	5.86					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	1967	6	1967-10-22	34-168	BAL	@	MIN	T 20-20	20	34	58.82	235	1	1	77.5	6.91	6.18	4	18	4.50	0	4QC
32	1967	7	1967-10-29	34-175	BAL	@	WAS	W 17-13	19	33	57.58	242	1	1	78.1	7.33	6.58	1	13	13.00	0	4QC / GWD
33	1967	8	1967-11-05	34-182	BAL		GNB	W 13-10	15	32	46.88	126	2	1	65.4	3.94	3.78	3	9	3.00	0	4QC / GWD
34	1967	12	1967-12-03	34-210	BAL		DAL	W 23-17	22	39	56.41	275	1	3	55.0	7.05	4.10	3	7	2.33	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
35	1968	14	1968-12-15	35-222	BAL	@	RAM	W 28-24	4	9	44.44	67	1	1	67.6	7.44	4.67	1	5	5.00	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	1969	3	1969-10-05	36-151	BAL	@	ATL	W 21-14	18	24	75.00	164	1	1	89.6	6.83	5.79	2	-4	-2.00	0	GWD
37	1969	4	1969-10-13	36-159	BAL		PHI	W 24-20	19	34	55.88	250	0	2	54.8	7.35	4.71	1	4	4.00	0	4QC / GWD
38	1969	10	1969-11-23	36-200	BAL	@	CHI	W 24-21	3	3	100.00	29	0	0	106.9	9.67	9.67					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
39	1970	1	1970-09-20	37-136	BAL	@	SDG	W 16-14	15	31	48.39	202	0	1	56.1	6.52	5.06	1	0	0.00	0	4QC / GWD
40	1970	4	1970-10-11	37-157	BAL	@	HOU	W 24-20	15	30	50.00	227	2	1	83.6	7.57	7.40	1	-3	-3.00	0	4QC / GWD
41	1970	11	1970-11-29	37-206	BAL		CHI	W 21-20	23	40	57.50	258	2	5	54.0	6.45	1.83	2	0	0.00	0	4QC / GWD

2 Postseason Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 2 Postseason Game-Winning Drives

2 Postseason Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 2 Postseason 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	1958	13	1958-12-28	25-235	BAL	@	NYG	W 23-17	26	40	65.00	349	1	1	90.5	8.73	8.10	6	20	3.33	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	1959	13	1959-12-27	26-234	BAL		NYG	W 31-16	18	29	62.07	264	2	0	114.7	9.10	10.48	2	6	3.00	1	4QC / GWD

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