Joe Ferguson
Joe Carlton Ferguson, Jr.
Born: April 23, 1950
Alvin, TX USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 195
College: Arkansas
High School: Woodlawn (Shreveport, LA)
Career: 1973-1995
Drafted: 1973 in Round 3, #57 overall by the Buffalo Bills
Joe Ferguson played from 1973 to 1995 during his career with the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, San Antonio Texans and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Ferguson threw for 29,817 yards in his career, completing 2,369 of 4,519 passes with 196 touchdowns and 209 interceptions. He also ran for 1,217 yards in 353 attempts with 11 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
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1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 164 | 73 | 44.5 | 939 | 5.7 | 4 | 2.4 | 10 | 6.1 | 42 | 20 | 164 | 45.8 |
1974 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 232 | 119 | 51.3 | 1588 | 6.8 | 12 | 5.2 | 12 | 5.2 | 55 | 32 | 235 | 69.0 |
1975 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 321 | 169 | 52.6 | 2426 | 7.6 | 25 | 7.8 | 17 | 5.3 | 77 | 20 | 153 | 81.3 |
1976 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 151 | 74 | 49.0 | 1086 | 7.2 | 9 | 6.0 | 1 | 0.7 | 58 | 11 | 80 | 90.0 |
1977 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 457 | 221 | 48.4 | 2803 | 6.1 | 12 | 2.6 | 24 | 5.3 | 42 | 36 | 273 | 54.8 |
1978 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 330 | 175 | 53.0 | 2136 | 6.5 | 16 | 4.8 | 15 | 4.5 | 92 | 29 | 243 | 70.5 |
1979 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 458 | 238 | 52.0 | 3572 | 7.8 | 14 | 3.1 | 15 | 3.3 | 84 | 43 | 387 | 74.4 |
1980 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 439 | 251 | 57.2 | 2805 | 6.4 | 20 | 4.6 | 18 | 4.1 | 69 | 13 | 129 | 74.5 |
1981 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 498 | 252 | 50.6 | 3652 | 7.3 | 24 | 4.8 | 20 | 4.0 | 67 | 15 | 137 | 74.1 |
1982 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 264 | 144 | 54.5 | 1597 | 6.0 | 7 | 2.7 | 16 | 6.1 | 47 | 11 | 105 | 56.3 |
1983 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 508 | 281 | 55.3 | 2995 | 5.9 | 26 | 5.1 | 25 | 4.9 | 43 | 27 | 266 | 69.3 |
1984 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 344 | 191 | 55.5 | 1991 | 5.8 | 12 | 3.5 | 17 | 4.9 | 68 | 35 | 357 | 63.5 |
1985 | NFL Detroit Lions | 54 | 31 | 57.4 | 364 | 6.7 | 2 | 3.7 | 3 | 5.6 | 38 | 4 | 35 | 67.2 |
1986 | NFL Detroit Lions | 155 | 73 | 47.1 | 941 | 6.1 | 7 | 4.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 73 | 10 | 101 | 62.9 |
1988 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 46 | 31 | 67.4 | 368 | 8.0 | 3 | 6.5 | 1 | 2.2 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 104.3 |
1989 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 90 | 44 | 48.9 | 533 | 5.9 | 3 | 3.3 | 6 | 6.7 | 69 | 5 | 37 | 50.8 |
1990 | NFL Indianapolis Colts | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
NFL | 4519 | 2369 | 52.4 | 29817 | 6.6 | 196 | 4.3 | 209 | 4.6 | 92 | 312 | 2710 | ||
Totals | 4519 | 2369 | 52.4 | 29817 | 6.6 | 196 | 4.3 | 209 | 4.6 | 92 | 312 | 2710 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
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1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 48 | 147 | 3.1 | 24 | 2 |
1974 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 54 | 111 | 2.1 | 15 | 2 |
1975 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 23 | 82 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 |
1976 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 18 | 81 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
1977 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 41 | 279 | 6.8 | 41 | 2 |
1978 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 27 | 76 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
1979 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 22 | 68 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 |
1980 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 31 | 65 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 |
1981 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 20 | 29 | 1.4 | 16 | 1 |
1982 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 13 | 1 |
1983 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 20 | 88 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 |
1984 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 19 | 102 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 15 | 1 |
1986 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
1988 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1989 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
NFL | 353 | 1217 | 3.4 | 41 | 11 | |
Totals | 353 | 1217 | 3.4 | 41 | 11 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
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1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
1978 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
NFL | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 0 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
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1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 7 | 4 | -3 | 0 | |||
1974 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 14 | 5 | -13 | 0 | |||
1975 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 4 | 3 | -1 | 0 | |||
1976 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1977 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 12 | 7 | -7 | 0 | |||
1978 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 5 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
1979 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1980 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 9 | 1 | -12 | 0 | 0 | ||
1981 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1982 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 5 | 2 | -10 | 1 | 0 | ||
1983 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1984 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 8 | 2 | -26 | 0 | 0 | ||
1985 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1986 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1988 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1989 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | 82 | 35 | -75 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 82 | 35 | -75 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1974 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1975 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1977 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1979 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1981 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1982 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1985 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
NFL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
Totals | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
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1973 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 14 |
1974 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 14 |
1975 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 14 |
1976 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 7 | 7 |
1977 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 14 |
1978 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 16 |
1979 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 16 |
1980 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 16 |
1981 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 16 |
1982 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 9 | 9 |
1983 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 16 |
1984 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 12 | 11 |
1985 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 8 | 1 |
1986 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 6 | 4 |
1988 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 1 |
1989 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 2 |
1990 | NFL | Indianapolis Colts | 1 | 0 |
1995 | CFL | San Antonio Texans | 2 |