George Blanda
George Frederick Blanda
Born: September 17, 1927
Youngwood, PA USA
Deceased: September 27, 2010
Alameda, CA
Position: QB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 215
College: Kentucky
High School: Youngwood (PA)
Career: 1949-1975
Drafted: 1949 in Round 12, #119 overall by the Chicago Hornets
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981
George Blanda played from 1949 to 1975 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders. Blanda threw for 26,920 yards in his career, completing 1,911 of 4,007 passes with 236 touchdowns and 277 interceptions. He also ran for 344 yards in 135 attempts with 9 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Bears | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 197 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 23.8 | 44 | 37.3 | ||
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 131 | 47 | 35.9 | 664 | 5.1 | 8 | 6.1 | 11 | 8.4 | 59 | 38.5 | ||
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 362 | 169 | 46.7 | 2164 | 6.0 | 14 | 3.9 | 23 | 6.4 | 72 | 52.3 | ||
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 281 | 131 | 46.6 | 1929 | 6.9 | 15 | 5.3 | 17 | 6.0 | 76 | 62.1 | ||
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 97 | 42 | 43.3 | 459 | 4.7 | 4 | 4.1 | 7 | 7.2 | 51 | 41.6 | ||
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 69 | 37 | 53.6 | 439 | 6.4 | 7 | 10.1 | 4 | 5.8 | 69 | 82.9 | ||
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 65 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 15.8 | 13 | 11.8 | ||
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 39.6 | ||
| 1960 | AFL Houston Oilers | 363 | 169 | 46.6 | 2413 | 6.6 | 24 | 6.6 | 22 | 6.1 | 88 | 65.4 | ||
| 1961 | AFL Houston Oilers | 362 | 187 | 51.7 | 3330 | 9.2 | 36 | 9.9 | 22 | 6.1 | 80 | 91.3 | ||
| 1962 | AFL Houston Oilers | 418 | 197 | 47.1 | 2810 | 6.7 | 27 | 6.5 | 42 | 10.0 | 78 | 51.3 | ||
| 1963 | AFL Houston Oilers | 423 | 224 | 53.0 | 3003 | 7.1 | 24 | 5.7 | 25 | 5.9 | 80 | 70.1 | ||
| 1964 | AFL Houston Oilers | 505 | 262 | 51.9 | 3287 | 6.5 | 17 | 3.4 | 27 | 5.3 | 80 | 61.4 | ||
| 1965 | AFL Houston Oilers | 442 | 186 | 42.1 | 2542 | 5.8 | 20 | 4.5 | 30 | 6.8 | 95 | 47.9 | ||
| 1966 | AFL Houston Oilers | 271 | 122 | 45.0 | 1764 | 6.5 | 17 | 6.3 | 21 | 7.7 | 79 | 55.3 | ||
| 1967 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 38 | 15 | 39.5 | 285 | 7.5 | 3 | 7.9 | 3 | 7.9 | 50 | 59.6 | ||
| 1968 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 49 | 30 | 61.2 | 522 | 10.7 | 6 | 12.2 | 2 | 4.1 | 94 | 120.1 | ||
| 1969 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 73 | 5.6 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 7.7 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 71.5 |
| 1970 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 55 | 29 | 52.7 | 461 | 8.4 | 6 | 10.9 | 5 | 9.1 | 44 | 4 | 37 | 79.4 |
| 1971 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 58 | 32 | 55.2 | 378 | 6.5 | 4 | 6.9 | 6 | 10.3 | 37 | 2 | 26 | 58.6 |
| 1972 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 77 | 5.1 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 2 | 19 | 73.5 |
| 1974 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 28 | 7.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| 1975 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5.6 |
| NFL | 1123 | 513 | 45.7 | 6891 | 6.1 | 60 | 5.3 | 82 | 7.3 | 76 | 11 | 90 | ||
| AFL | 2884 | 1398 | 48.5 | 20029 | 6.9 | 176 | 6.1 | 195 | 6.8 | 95 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 4007 | 1911 | 47.7 | 26920 | 6.7 | 236 | 5.9 | 277 | 6.9 | 95 | 12 | 94 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 20 | 104 | 5.2 | 16 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 16 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 19 | 41 | 2.2 | 19 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 10 | 2 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | -5 | -1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1960 | AFL Houston Oilers | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 9 | 4 |
| 1961 | AFL Houston Oilers | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1963 | AFL Houston Oilers | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1964 | AFL Houston Oilers | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL Houston Oilers | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NFL | 93 | 316 | 3.4 | 19 | 5 | |
| AFL | 42 | 28 | 0.7 | 10 | 4 | |
| Totals | 135 | 344 | 2.5 | 19 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | AFL Houston Oilers | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | -16 | 0 |
| 1964 | AFL Houston Oilers | -7 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 1 | -23 | -23.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Bears | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 21 | |||
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Bears | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 18 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 44 |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 25 | 6 | 24.0 | 48 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 48 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 47 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 70 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 47 | 45 | 95.7 | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 81 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 65 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 37 | 36 | 97.3 | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 69 |
| 1960 | AFL Houston Oilers | 47 | 46 | 97.9 | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 91 |
| 1961 | AFL Houston Oilers | 65 | 64 | 98.5 | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 112 |
| 1962 | AFL Houston Oilers | 49 | 48 | 98.0 | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 81 |
| 1963 | AFL Houston Oilers | 39 | 39 | 100.0 | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 66 |
| 1964 | AFL Houston Oilers | 38 | 37 | 97.4 | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 76 |
| 1965 | AFL Houston Oilers | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 61 |
| 1966 | AFL Houston Oilers | 40 | 39 | 97.5 | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 87 |
| 1967 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 57 | 56 | 98.2 | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 116 |
| 1968 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 54 | 54 | 100.0 | 34 | 21 | 61.8 | 117 |
| 1969 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 37 | 20 | 54.1 | 105 |
| 1970 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 84 |
| 1971 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 42 | 41 | 97.6 | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 86 |
| 1972 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 44 | 44 | 100.0 | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 95 |
| 1973 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 33 | 23 | 69.7 | 100 |
| 1974 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 46 | 44 | 95.7 | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 77 |
| 1975 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 48 | 44 | 91.7 | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 83 |
| NFL | 497 | 487 | 98.0 | 349 | 183 | 52.4 | 1036 | |
| AFL | 462 | 456 | 98.7 | 290 | 152 | 52.4 | 912 | |
| Totals | 959 | 943 | 98.3 | 639 | 335 | 52.4 | 1948 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Bears | 19 | 746 | 39.3 | 57 |
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 |
| NFL | 22 | 809 | 36.8 | 57 | |
| Totals | 22 | 809 | 36.8 | 57 |
Kick Returns:
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | AFL Houston Oilers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | AFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | AFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | AFL Houston Oilers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | AFL Houston Oilers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | AFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | AFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 1 | -7 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 0 | -10 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 12 | 5 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 35 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6 | -17 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 44 | |||||||
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 82 | ||||||||
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 81 | ||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 71 | ||||||||
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 69 | |||||||||
| 1960 | AFL Houston Oilers | 4 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 0 | 115 | ||||||||
| 1961 | AFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 64 | 0 | 112 | |||||||
| 1962 | AFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 0 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 81 | ||||||||
| 1963 | AFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| 1964 | AFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 76 | |||||||
| 1965 | AFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 61 | ||||||||
| 1966 | AFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 0 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 87 | ||||||||
| 1967 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 20 | 56 | 0 | 116 | |||||||||
| 1968 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 21 | 54 | 0 | 117 | |||||||||
| 1969 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 0 | 20 | 45 | 0 | 105 | ||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 0 | 16 | 36 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 15 | 41 | 0 | 86 | |||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 95 | |||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 100 | |||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 77 | |||||||||
| 1975 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 83 | |||||||||
| NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1066 | |
| AFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 456 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 936 | |
| Totals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 335 | 943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2002 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 2 |
| 1950 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 11 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 3 |
| 1953 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 12 |
| 1954 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 8 | 7 |
| 1955 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 2 |
| 1956 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 11 |
| 1961 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 11 |
| 1962 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 14 |
| 1963 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 13 |
| 1964 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 13 |
| 1965 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 12 |
| 1966 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 8 |
| 1967 | AFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | AFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 1 |
| 1969 | AFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
Awards
- AFL Hall of Fame 1st team All-1960s Team
1961 - AFL AP Player of the Year
1961 - AFL UPI Player of the Year
1970 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1974 - Walter Payton Man of the Year
Honors
1961 - AFL AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1961 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1961 - AFL The Sporting News All-AFL (1st Team)
1961 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1961 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1962 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
1962 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1963 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1963 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (2nd Team)
1966 - AFL AFL All-AFL (2nd Team)
1967 - AFL The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1970 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1973 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
