......ADDED MORE ....... JANUARY 6, 2007........ UNDER CONSTRUCTION Last here: FRIDAY JANUARY 26, 2006. Thursday 1-13-05.. Wed 1-19-05 Tues 1-25-05 . Friday Feb 4, 2005. Forgot my notes. Nothing done., 2-15-05

For decades the statistic "yards per completion" was always included in football statistics. It has since quietly vanished. Yet is was the stat that showed which quarterbacks had the 'best arms'. Then came the awful 'quarterback rating equation' and then yards/completion disappeared. (More about the QB equation later) Then came the helmet radios and long-passing collapsed. Perhaps because the coach now called the plays and old coaches tend to be more conservative than young quarterbacks that wanted to use their young arms and liked to take chances. The lower line for a great long-passer was 14.0 yards/attempt. And you practically never see that anymore. There was also that "West Coast Offense" which also looked successful, but boring, and was copied by many other teams. (Young people nowadays don't even know what a great passer can do as quarterbacks are all required to be so conservative. What they call a man with a great arm now has stats that are lower than what the AVERAGE quarterback did a few decades ago. And the ones that rack up many yards now do it with a lot more attempts at a lot more short passes.)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

LIST OF QUARTERBACKS WITH YARDS PER COMPLETION OF 15.0 OR MORE and 300 or more attempts (with some interesting exceptions)

QUARTERBACKS WITH 14.0 to 14.99 on separate listing.

1947-49 ~(about)18 teams, 1950s~12 teams, 1960s~19teams, 1970s~26 teams, 1980s~28 teams

x

.....1947

1947 chic bears SID LUCKMAN 323-176 54% 15.41

1947 chic cards CHRISTIAN 301-138 46% 15.88

.....1948

(1948) (balt colts)( Y.A. TITTLE)( 289-161) (56%) 15.66

1948 cleve browns OTTO GRAHAM 333-173 52% 15.68

.....1949

1949 chic bears JOHNNY LUJACK 312-182 52% 16.41

.....1950

1950 detr lions BOBBY LAYNE 336-152 45% 15.28

.....1951

1951 detr lions BOBBY LAYNE 332-152 46% 15.81

.....1952

1952 cl browns OTTO GRAHAM 364-181 50% 15.56

.....1953

1953 ph eagles THOMASON 304-162 53% 15.20

.....1954

1954 none

.....1955

1955 none

.....1956

1956 green bay ROTE 308-146 47% 15.09

.....1957

1957 none

.....1958

(1958)(pitt steelers) (BOBBY LAYNE) (294-145)(49%) (17.31)

1958 la rams WADE 341-181 53% 15.88

.....1959

1959 balt colts JOHNNY UNITAS 367-193 53% 15.02

NOTE: EARLY YEARS OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE STATISTICS ARE QUESTIONABLE

.....1960

1960 balt colts JOHNNY UNITAS 378-199 50% 16.31

.....1961

1961 phil eagles SONNY JURGENSEN 418-236 58% 15.84

1961 hou oilers afl BLANDA 362-187 52% 17.81

1961 san diego chargers afl JACK KEMP 364-165 45% 16.28

1961 dallas texans afl DAVIDSON 330-151 46% 16.19

.....1962

1962 ny giants Y.A. TITTLE 375-200 53% 16.12

1962 wash redskins SNEED 354-184 52% 15.90

1962 stl cards JOHNSON 308-150 49% 16.27

1962 ph eagles SONNY JURGENSEN 366-196 54% 16.64

1962 min vikings FRAN TARKENTON 329-163 50% 15.92

1962 oak raiders afl DAVIDSON 321-119 37% 16.61

.....1963

1963 pitt steelers BROWN 362-168 46% 17.75

1963 wash redskins SNEED 383-175 48% 17.39

1963 detr lions EARL MORRALL 328-174 53% 15.06

1963 bos patriots afl PARILLI 337-153 45% 15.33

1963 buff bills afl JACK KEMP 384-193 50% 15.08

.....1964

1964 balt colts JOHNNY UNITAS 305-158 52% 17.87

1964 bos patr afl PARILLI 473-228 48% 15.20

1964 oak raid afl DAVIDSON 320-155 48% 16.11

.....1965

1965 dall cowboys DON MEREDITH 305-141 46% 17.11

1965 ny giants EARL MORRALL 302-155 51% 15.78

1965 stl cards JOHNSON 322-155 48% 15.74

1965 chi bears BUKICH 312-176 56% 15.01

1965 mn vikings FRAN TARKENTON 329-171 52% 15.26

1965 bos patr afl PARILLI 426-173 41% 15.01

1965 san diego chargers afl JOHN HADL 348-174 50% 16.08

.....1966

1966 dall cowboys DON MEREDITH 344-177 51% 15.85

1966 bos patr PARILLA 382-181 47% 15.05

1966 oak raid FLORES 308-151 49% 17.47

.....1967

1967 ny giants FRAN TARKENTON 377-204 54% 15.14

1967 stl cards JIM HART 397-192 48% 15.67

1967 ny jets afl JOE NAMATH 491-258 53% 15.53

1967 buff bills afl JACK KEMP 369-161 44% 15.55

1967 s.d chargers afl HADL 427-217 51% 15.51

.....1968

1968 balt EARL MORRALL 317-182 57% 15.98

1968 ny jets afl JOE NAMATH 380-187 49% 16.83

1968 oak raiders afl DARYL LAMONICA 416-206 50% 15.75

1968 sd charg afl HADL 440-208 47% 16.70

.....1969

1969 dall cowboys CRAIG MORTON 302-162 54% 16.17

.....1970

stl cards HART 373-171 46% 15.06

.....1971

1971 none

.....1972

1972 ny jets JOE NAMATH 324-162 50% 17.38

.....1973

1973 none

.....1974

1974 none

.....1975

1975 none

.....1976

1976 balt colts BURT JONES 343-207 60% 15.00

.....1977

1977 pitt steelers TERRY BRADSHAW 314-162 52% 15.57

.....1978

1978 new engl patr GROGAN 302-181 50% 15.60

.....1979

1979 new eng patr GROGAN 423-206 49% 15.95

1979 ny jets RICHARD TODD 334-171 51% 15.56

1979 buff bills FERGUSON 458-238 52% 15.01

.....1980

1980 pitt steel TERRY BRADSHAW 424-218 51% 15.32

.....1981

1981 none

.....1982

1982 none

.....1983

1983 none

.....1984

1984 none

.....1985

1985 none

.....1986

1986 none

.....1987

1987 hous oilers MOON 368-184 50% 15.25

.....1988

1988 cinn bengals ESIASON 388-223 57.5% 16.02

1988 pitt steel BRISTER 370-175 47.3% 15.05

.....1989

1989 la raiders BEUERLEIN 15.53

.....1990

1990 la raiders SCHROEDER 334-182 54.5 15.65 check?

.....1991

1991 none

.....1992

1992 none

.....1993

1993 none

recheck beyond 1993

.....1994

1994

.....1995

1995

.....1996

1996

.....1997

1997

.....1998

1998

.....1999

1999 atlanta falcons C. CHANDLER 16.60

.....2000

2000 none

.....2001

2001 none

.....2002

2002 none

.....2003

2003 none

.....2004

2004 none

.....2005

2005 none

.....2006

2006

none x

NUMBER OF QUARTERBACKS WITH 15.0 or more:

1947-1949: 6

1950s: 8

1960s: 39

1970s: 8

1980s: 4

1990s: ??

2000s: ??

my old football encyclopedia ends here. Will have to look up the other years.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Here are the 2004-5 NFL QUARTERBACK STATS that appeared in the paper. ONCE AGAIN they gave the yards/attempt and NOT the yards/completion, which is where the excitement is. But I worked out the yards/completions. Compare them with the stats on these pages:

Manning 13.56

Brees 12.06

Roeth 13.37

Green 12.44

Brady 12.82

Pennington 11.05

Volek 11.40

Plum 13.50

Carr 12.39

Left 11.01

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Culpepper 12.45

McNabb 12.92

Griese 11.30

Bulger 12.35

Favre 11.82

Delh 12.54

Warner 11.80

Rast 12.12

Brou 12.33

Ratt 10.95

These numbers are pathetic! As I said elsewhere the quarterback formula was one cause of the fear of throwing long passes nowadays. But I believe that the other reason were these helmet radios which turned quarterbacks into puppets. It is also interesting that people say how great it is that BLACK quarterbacks are now being used. But note that coaches didnt really integrate until helmet radios could give them direct control of the quarterbacks.

It is also ironic that at the time that other sports were turning into mindless unlimited offense and little defense to bring more idiots into the seats that NFL football went in the other direction and virtually got rid of the LONG PASS!!!

February 14, 2005: Donovan McNabb was asked a couple of days ago if he was sick during the end of the Superbowl and did someone else choose the plays. His answer was, "I GET MY PLAYS THROUGH MY HELMET". (They are now all marionettes who are controlled directly by old Conservative coaches.)

There was recently a big article in one of the NYC tabloids about a quarterback only having a 50.0 completion rate. Many GREAT long-pass throwing QBs had a 50.0 rate or lowere. These idiots only think in terms of tiny passes now!

JANUARY 6, 2006, HERE ARE THE 2006 PASSING RECORDS: They are AWFUL!!::::: AFC: manning 12.15, huard 13.32, palmer 12.45, rivers 11.93, brady 11.06, losman 11.84, pennington 10.71, mcnair 10.34, carr 9.16, garrand 11.97, NFC: brees 12.41, mcnabb 14.71 (YAY! A VERY GOOD ONE!!!!) , romo 13.196, bulgar 11.62, brunel 11.04, dellhomme 10.67, kitna 11.31, manning 10.78, hasselbeck 11.63, vick 12.13,.........

OTHER GREAT PASSING SEASONS: 14.00 yards per completion to 14.99 yards/completion:

1946: nyg frankie filchlock 14.51,

1947: wash reds sammy baugh 13.99, gb pack jack jacobs 14.95, detr lions clyde leforce 14.72, buf bills george ratterman 14.84,

1948: wash red sammy baugh 14.04, pitt st ray evans 14.44, bos yank roy zimmerman 14.11, brk dodg bob cheppuis 14.02,

1949: ph eag tommy thompson 14.64, ny gia chuck connerly 14.07, la rams bob waterfield 14.08, sf 49ers frankie albert 14.43, bal colts ya tittle 14.93

1950: cl browns otto graham 14.18, ch bears pat hardy 13.98, ch bears lujack 14.31, gb pack rote 14.83,

1951: ph eag burk 14.45, gb pack rote 14.15,

1952: ph eag tommy thompson 14.04, pitt stell finks 14.60, wa red lebaron 14.95, det lions layne 14.38, ch bears blanda 14.13 ch bears romanik 15.76

1953: ONE FINGER TYPING. under construction

1954:

1955:

1956:

1957:

1958:

1959:

1960:

1961:

1962:

1963:

1964:

1965:

1966:

1967:

1968:

1969:

1970:

1971:

1972:

1973:

1974:

1998: R.CUNNIGHAM minn 14.30,

1999: only J.GEORGE 14.74

2000: only KURT WARNER 14.59 (explains the miracle season)

2001: NONE

2002: NONE

2003: NONE

2004: NONE!!!!

2005: only pitt ROETHISBERGER 14.20 (explains the miracle season)

1956 198-110 56% 1498 yds 13.62

1957 301*-172 57% 2550* 14.83

1958 263-136 52% 2007 14.76

1959 367*-193* 53% 2899*15.02

1960 378*-190 50% 3099* 16.31

1961 420*-229 55% 2990 13.06

1962 389-222 57% 2967* 13.36

1963 410-237* 58% 3481 14.69

1964 305-158 52% 2824 17.87

1965 282-164 58% 2530 15.43

1966 348-195 56% 2748 14.09

1967 436-255 58%* 3428 13.44

1968 32-11 34% 139 (15.98)

1969 327-178 54% 2342 13.16

1970 321-166 52% 2213 13.33

1971 176-92 52% 942 10.24

1972 157-88 56% 1392 12.10

1973 76-34 45% 471 12.94

Here is something from college football I ran across:

1964 .472 completion percentage 6.14 yards/attempt (1.20 int 12.0 yds)

2003 .568 completion percentage 7.13 yards/attempt (1.06 int 12.69 yds) ..........

THE QUARTERBACK RATING FORMULA IS STUPID and it is probably a major reason that quarterbacks no longer may act like quarterbacks.

First of all, it is NOT a true equation. It is a jumble of things that were stuck to gether. I should know. I studied Astrophysics from 1967 to 1978 and I did many equations. ( I never learned how to type, though, as we never had term papers) And anyone with even just a bachelor's degree in Physics, Chemistry, or Math can see what an abomination it is. A TRUE equation comes from combining earlier real equations and cancelling out until you get it down to its simplest form. AND one must use UNITS on both sides of the equation and they are subject to the same rules as numbers in the case of multiplying, dividing, and cancelling. If a person goes 100 miles in two hours it is: 100 miles/2 hours = 50 miles/hour. You CANNOT have units on one side and then not on the other unless they cancel to zero. Yet the phony QB formula has units on the left which may or may not have any relationship to what other units are there. And suddenly this hodge-podge of apples and turtles becomes a number without any units. Obviously they just played around and got what they wanted to get at the end... UNDER construction, just now building. NOT checked for bad typing.

Secondly, when one 'eyeballs'it it does not give anything anywhere near what people expect. One does not see the greatest QBs come out on top. Just the most cautious ones.

There were many times when I took tests in Physics and wasn't sure of an equation. So I would test it by putting extreme numbers into it and see if they made sense. This is also how I scored so high on the SATs etcetera. You have to use extreme numbers as conservative ones won't show you whether you EXACTLY used the correct one. Only an equation that is EXACT will still work for very extreme numbers.

Well, I tried that with the QB "formula" and it turns out that the less a QB acts like a QB and the more he acts like a GOLF TEE the higher his rating. Pardon my rudeness but if the late Christopher Reeve was a QB in his motorized wheelchair he would have been listed as the greatest QB in history. Imagine him in his wheelchair with the football on his lap. He spins quickly and the receiver catches it. It's a COMPLETION each time! and there's virually NO CHANCE of an INTERCEPTION!!! And what the QB formular mostly does is punish you for your mistakes much more than reward you for your achievements. So it's much safer to not try to achieve much. The formula is not based on doing well but on not doing wrong. Yet, not only does HAVING a successful long passer force the defense to spread their men much more (which also helps the running game) but it also negates all the mistakes that could have been made without it: If a 40 yard pass is successful it means that one does not have to slog through four ten-yard first downs with all the many chances of losing the ball or having to give it up. Yet these two advantages are not included in their thinking. And of course one does NOT GET CREDIT FOR FOUR FIRST DOWNS when one connects with a forty foot pass as one would with a bunch of tiny passes or runs. .... Here's another thought. Suppose a quarterback throws a 100 yard pass for a touchdown. Just think of all that gives that is more than just a touchdown. There would be only ONE down used instead of MANY to slowly go across the field. That means far fewer chances of your quarterback being injured.... UNDER CONSTRUCTION 1-14-05 1-19-05 1-16-2006

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