1963 NFL Passing

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League Champion: Chicago Bears

AP MVP: Y.A. Tittle

AP Rookie of the Year: Paul Flatley

Passing Leader: Johnny Unitas, 3481 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 1863 Yds

Receiving Leader: Bobby Mitchell, 1436 Yds

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	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
1	Johnny Unitas*	BAL	30	QB	14	14	8-6-0	237	410	57.8	3481	20	4.9	12	2.9	64	8.5	8.1	14.7	248.6	89.7	42	298	9.3	7.04	6.73	3	3
2	Charley Johnson*	STL	25	QB	14	14	9-5-0	222	423	52.5	3280	28	6.6	21	5.0	78	7.8	6.8	14.8	234.3	79.5	40	372	8.6	6.28	5.45	2	3
3	Y.A. Tittle*+	NYG	37	QB	13	13	11-2-0	221	367	60.2	3145	36	9.8	14	3.8	70	8.6	8.8	14.2	241.9	104.8	24	205	6.1	7.52	7.75	1	1
4	Norm Snead*	WAS	24	QB	14	14	3-11-0	175	363	48.2	3043	13	3.6	27	7.4	77	8.4	5.8	17.4	217.4	58.1	37	337	9.3	6.77	4.38	1	1
5	Ed Brown	PIT	35	QB	14	14	7-4-3	168	362	46.4	2982	21	5.8	20	5.5	85	8.2	6.9	17.8	213.0	71.4	29	240	7.4	7.01	5.79	6	4
6	Earl Morrall	DET	29	QB	14	10	4-5-1	174	328	53.0	2621	24	7.3	14	4.3	75	8.0	7.5	15.1	187.2	86.2	29	243	8.1	6.66	6.24	1	0
7	Don Meredith	DAL	25	QB	14	12	4-8-0	167	310	53.9	2381	17	5.5	18	5.8	55	7.7	6.2	14.3	170.1	73.1	34	258	9.9	6.17	4.81	1	1
8	Fran Tarkenton	MIN	23	QB	14	13	4-8-1	170	297	57.2	2311	15	5.1	15	5.1	67	7.8	6.5	13.6	165.1	78.0	42	448	12.4	5.50	4.39	2	2
9	Billy Wade*	CHI	33	QB	14	14	11-1-2	192	356	53.9	2301	15	4.2	12	3.4	63	6.5	5.8	12.0	164.4	74.0	19	164	5.1	5.70	5.06	2	0
10	Frank Ryan	CLE	27	QB	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	20	179	7.2	6.69	6.38	1	1
11	Roman Gabriel	RAM	23	QB	12	9	5-4-0	130	281	46.3	1947	8	2.8	11	3.9	77	6.9	5.7	15.0	162.3	62.7	44	337	13.5	4.95	3.92	3	3
12	Bart Starr	GNB	29	QB	13	10	8-1-1	132	244	54.1	1855	15	6.1	10	4.1	53	7.6	7.0	14.1	142.7	82.3	11	109	4.3	6.85	6.26	1	1
13	Sonny Jurgensen	PHI	29	QB	9	8	1-6-1	99	184	53.8	1413	11	6.0	13	7.1	75	7.7	5.7	14.3	157.0	69.4	13	111	6.6	6.61	4.76	1	0
14	Lamar McHan	2TM	31	QB	12	9	2-7-0	83	196	42.3	1243	8	4.1	11	5.6	68	6.3	4.6	15.0	103.6	54.0	16	123	7.5	5.28	3.70
15	King Hill	PHI	27	QB	14	6	1-4-1	91	186	48.9	1213	10	5.4	17	9.1		6.5	3.5	13.3	86.6	49.9	9	104	4.6	5.69	2.79
16	John Roach	GNB	30	QB	8	4	3-1-0	38	84	45.2	620	4	4.8	8	9.5	45	7.4	4.0	16.3	77.5	46.8	7	53	7.7	6.23	3.15	0	1
17	Zeke Bratkowski	2TM	32	QB	6	4	0-4-0	49	93	52.7	567	4	4.3	9	9.7	64	6.1	2.6	11.6	94.5	46.1	11	96	10.6	4.53	1.40
18	Bob Waters	SFO	25	QB	7	2	0-2-0	42	88	47.7	435	1	1.1	6	6.8	42	4.9	2.1	10.4	62.1	37.8	18	135	17.0	2.83	0.47
19	Jim Ninowski	CLE	27	QB	4	1	0-1-0	29	61	47.5	423	2	3.3	6	9.8	70	6.9	3.2	14.6	105.8	41.9	4	45	6.2	5.82	2.28
20	Eddie LeBaron	DAL	33	QB	13	2	0-2-0	33	65	50.8	418	3	4.6	3	4.6	75	6.4	5.3	12.7	32.2	67.3	9	73	12.2	4.66	3.65
21	George Izo	WAS	26	QB	5	0		25	58	43.1	378	3	5.2	6	10.3	99	6.5	2.9	15.1	75.6	42.8	6	54	9.4	5.06	1.78
22	Ron Vander Kelen	MIN	24	QB	6	1	1-0-0	27	58	46.6	376	1	1.7	2	3.4	53	6.5	5.3	13.9	62.7	59.3	9	70	13.4	4.57	3.52
23	Rudy Bukich	CHI	33	QB	6	0		29	43	67.4	369	3	7.0	2	4.7	44	8.6	7.9	12.7	61.5	97.9	1	13	2.3	8.09	7.41	1	1
24	John Brodie	SFO	28	QB	3	3	0-3-0	30	61	49.2	367	3	4.9	4	6.6	44	6.0	4.0	12.2	122.3	57.2	1	5	1.6	5.84	3.90
25	Milt Plum	DET	28	QB	10	4	1-3-0	27	77	35.1	339	2	2.6	12	15.6	39	4.4	-2.1	12.6	33.9	18.7	4	31	4.9	3.80	-2.37
26	Glynn Griffing	NYG	23	QB	13	0		16	40	40.0	306	3	7.5	4	10.0	64	7.7	4.7	19.1	23.5	52.7	4	39	9.1	6.07	3.34
27	Terry Baker	RAM	22	QB	4	1	0-1-0	11	19	57.9	140	0	0.0	4	21.1	49	7.4	-2.1	12.7	35.0	41.4	6	60	24.0	3.20	-4.00
28	Ralph Guglielmi	2TM	30	QB	6	1	0-1-0	7	24	29.2	118	0	0.0	3	12.5	32	4.9	-0.7	16.9	19.7	8.0	11	94	31.4	0.69	-3.17
29	Gary Cuozzo	BAL	22	QB	5	0		10	17	58.8	104	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	6.1	6.1	10.4	20.8	76.6	2	11	10.5	4.89	4.89
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	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
30	Tom Moore	GNB	25	HB	12	12		3	4	75.0	99	1	25.0	0	0.0	49	24.8	29.8	33.0	8.3	156.2	1	6	20.0	18.60	22.60
31	Buddy Humphrey	STL	28	QB	4	0		4	11	36.4	96	1	9.1	0	0.0	33	8.7	10.5	24.0	24.0	99.1	0	0	0.0	8.73	10.55
32	Billy Ray Barnes	WAS	28	LHB	12	5		3	4	75.0	81	1	25.0	0	0.0	32	20.3	25.3	27.0	6.8	156.2	0	0	0.0	20.25	25.25
33	Terry Nofsinger	PIT	25	QB	2	0		2	3	66.7	46	0	0.0	0	0.0	27	15.3	15.3	23.0	23.0	109.7	0	0	0.0	15.33	15.33
34	Don Lisbon	SFO	22	HB	14	8		1	2	50.0	45	1	50.0	0	0.0	45	22.5	32.5	45.0	3.2	135.4	0	0	0.0	22.50	32.50
35	Elijah Pitts	GNB	25	HB	14	2		2	2	100.0	41	1	50.0	0	0.0	21	20.5	30.5	20.5	2.9	158.3	0	0	0.0	20.50	30.50
36	Nick Pietrosante	DET	26	FB	11	11		1	1	100.0	37	0	0.0	0	0.0	37	37.0	37.0	37.0	3.4	118.7	0	0	0.0	37.00	37.00
37	John David Crow	STL	28	HB	3	0		2	3	66.7	27	1	33.3	0	0.0	17	9.0	15.7	13.5	9.0	134.7	0	0	0.0	9.00	15.67
38	Tom Tracy	2TM	29	HB	8	0		1	4	25.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	5.8	5.8	23.0	2.9	51.0	0	0	0.0	5.75	5.75
39	Tom Matte	BAL	24	HB	14	13		1	5	20.0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	4.0	4.0	20.0	1.4	43.7	0	0	0.0	4.00	4.00
40	Joe Morrison	NYG	26	FB	14	7		1	2	50.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	9.0	9.0	18.0	1.3	81.2	0	0	0.0	9.00	9.00
41	Timmy Brown*	PHI	26	HB	14	14		1	3	33.3	11	1	33.3	1	33.3	11	3.7	-4.7	11.0	0.8	45.1	0	0	0.0	3.67	-4.67
42	Bill Anderson	WAS	27	LE	13	6		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
43	Jon Arnett	RAM	28	HB	9	8		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
44	Dick Bass*	RAM	26	FB	12	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
45	Jim Brown*+	CLE	27	FB	14	14		0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	8	20.0	-1.60	-1.60
46	Ronnie Bull	CHI	23	HB	13	9		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
47	Tommy Davis*	SFO	29	K	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
48	Prentice Gautt	STL	25	FB	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
49	Bobby Joe Green	CHI	27	P	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
50	Lou Groza	CLE	39	K	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
51	Dick James	WAS	29	HB	14	9		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
52	Roger LeClerc	CHI	27	K	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
53	Bill Nelsen	PIT	22	QB	2	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	11	33.3	-3.67	-3.67
54	Joe Perry	SFO	36	FB	9	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
55	Jim Vollenweider	SFO	24	HB	13	3		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00

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