Virgil Carter
Virgil R. Carter
Born: November 9, 1945
Anabella, UT USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 192
College: BYU
High School: Folsom (CA)
Career: 1968-1976
Drafted: 1967 in Round 6, #142 overall by the Chicago Bears
Virgil Carter played from 1968 to 1976 during his career with the Chicago Bears, Chicago Fire, Cincinnati Bengals and San Diego Chargers. Carter threw for 7,692 yards in his career, completing 620 of 1,143 passes with 56 touchdowns and 47 interceptions. He also ran for 721 yards in 136 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 122 | 55 | 45.1 | 769 | 6.3 | 4 | 3.3 | 5 | 4.1 | 50 | 59.8 | ||
| 1969 | NFL Chicago Bears | 71 | 36 | 50.7 | 343 | 4.8 | 2 | 2.8 | 5 | 7.0 | 41 | 3 | 20 | 44.5 |
| 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 278 | 143 | 51.4 | 1647 | 5.9 | 9 | 3.2 | 9 | 3.2 | 56 | 21 | 154 | 66.9 |
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 222 | 138 | 62.2 | 1624 | 7.3 | 10 | 4.5 | 7 | 3.2 | 90 | 13 | 122 | 86.2 |
| 1972 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 82 | 47 | 57.3 | 579 | 7.1 | 3 | 3.7 | 4 | 4.9 | 36 | 6 | 37 | 71.1 |
| 1974 | WFL Chicago Fire | 358 | 195 | 54.5 | 2629 | 7.3 | 27 | 7.5 | 16 | 4.5 | 72 | 26 | 225 | 84.6 |
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 32.5 |
| 1976 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 77 | 15.4 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 143.8 |
| NFL | 785 | 425 | 54.1 | 5063 | 6.4 | 29 | 3.7 | 31 | 3.9 | 90 | 44 | 343 | ||
| WFL | 358 | 195 | 54.5 | 2629 | 7.3 | 27 | 7.5 | 16 | 4.5 | 72 | 26 | 225 | ||
| Totals | 1143 | 620 | 54.2 | 7692 | 6.7 | 56 | 4.9 | 47 | 4.1 | 90 | 70 | 568 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 48 | 265 | 5.5 | 31 | 4 |
| 1969 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 34 | 246 | 7.2 | 73 | 2 |
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 8 | 42 | 5.2 | 19 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 14 | 2 |
| 1974 | WFL Chicago Fire | 27 | 81 | 3.0 | 12 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL | 109 | 640 | 5.9 | 73 | 8 | |
| WFL | 27 | 81 | 3.0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Totals | 136 | 721 | 5.3 | 73 | 9 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| NFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 1 | -3 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 3 | -6 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 1 | -6 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 15 | 9 | -15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | -15 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1974 | WFL Chicago Fire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| NFL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |
| WFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Totals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 7 | 5 |
| 1969 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 3 | 2 |
| 1970 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 11 |
| 1971 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 10 |
| 1972 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 1 |
| 1974 | WFL | Chicago Fire | 12 | |
| 1975 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 1 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 8 | 0 |
