Roman Gabriel
Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr.
Born: August 5, 1940
Wilmington, NC USA
Deceased: April 20, 2024
Position: QB
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 220
College: North Carolina St.
High School: New Hanover (Wilmington, NC)
Career: 1962-1977
Drafted: 1962 in Round 1, #1 overall (AFL) by the Oakland Raiders
Drafted: 1962 in Round 1, #2 overall by the Los Angeles Rams
Coaching record
Roman Gabriel played from 1962 to 1977 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles. Gabriel threw for 29,444 yards in his career, completing 2,366 of 4,498 passes with 201 touchdowns and 149 interceptions. He also ran for 1,304 yards in 358 attempts with 30 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 101 | 57 | 56.4 | 670 | 6.6 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 65 | 78.4 | ||
| 1963 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 281 | 130 | 46.3 | 1947 | 6.9 | 8 | 2.8 | 11 | 3.9 | 77 | 62.7 | ||
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 143 | 65 | 45.5 | 1236 | 8.6 | 9 | 6.3 | 5 | 3.5 | 70 | 82.4 | ||
| 1965 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 173 | 83 | 48.0 | 1321 | 7.6 | 11 | 6.4 | 5 | 2.9 | 60 | 83.0 | ||
| 1966 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 397 | 217 | 54.7 | 2540 | 6.4 | 10 | 2.5 | 16 | 4.0 | 84 | 65.9 | ||
| 1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 371 | 196 | 52.8 | 2779 | 7.5 | 25 | 6.7 | 13 | 3.5 | 80 | 85.2 | ||
| 1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 366 | 184 | 50.3 | 2364 | 6.5 | 19 | 5.2 | 16 | 4.4 | 60 | 70.0 | ||
| 1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 399 | 217 | 54.4 | 2549 | 6.4 | 24 | 6.0 | 7 | 1.8 | 93 | 14 | 112 | 86.8 |
| 1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 407 | 211 | 51.8 | 2552 | 6.3 | 16 | 3.9 | 12 | 2.9 | 71 | 20 | 134 | 72.2 |
| 1971 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 352 | 180 | 51.1 | 2238 | 6.4 | 17 | 4.8 | 10 | 2.8 | 68 | 25 | 200 | 75.4 |
| 1972 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 323 | 165 | 51.1 | 2027 | 6.3 | 12 | 3.7 | 15 | 4.6 | 57 | 12 | 102 | 63.8 |
| 1973 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 460 | 270 | 58.7 | 3219 | 7.0 | 23 | 5.0 | 12 | 2.6 | 80 | 31 | 219 | 86.0 |
| 1974 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 338 | 193 | 57.1 | 1867 | 5.5 | 9 | 2.7 | 12 | 3.6 | 64 | 35 | 259 | 66.8 |
| 1975 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 292 | 151 | 51.7 | 1644 | 5.6 | 13 | 4.5 | 11 | 3.8 | 62 | 18 | 131 | 67.8 |
| 1976 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 92 | 46 | 50.0 | 476 | 5.2 | 2 | 2.2 | 2 | 2.2 | 34 | 13 | 111 | 63.5 |
| 1977 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 |
| Totals | 4498 | 2366 | 52.6 | 29444 | 6.5 | 201 | 4.5 | 149 | 3.3 | 93 | 168 | 1268 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 18 | 93 | 5.2 | 15 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 39 | 132 | 3.4 | 16 | 3 |
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 1965 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 23 | 79 | 3.4 | 17 | 2 |
| 1966 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 52 | 176 | 3.4 | 14 | 3 |
| 1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 43 | 198 | 4.6 | 23 | 6 |
| 1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 34 | 139 | 4.1 | 19 | 4 |
| 1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 35 | 156 | 4.5 | 22 | 5 |
| 1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 28 | 104 | 3.7 | 15 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 18 | 48 | 2.7 | 10 | 2 |
| 1972 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 16 | 1.1 | 11 | 1 |
| 1973 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 5 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 76 | 5.4 | 11 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 39 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 358 | 1304 | 3.6 | 39 | 30 |
Receiving:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1963 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 6 | -11 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 5 | -4 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 9 | 3 | -23 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 3 | -18 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 6 | -2 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 3 | -29 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 9 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 105 | 37 | -90 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1963 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1965 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1966 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1975 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 3 |
| 1963 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 9 |
| 1964 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 6 |
| 1965 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 4 |
| 1966 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 14 |
| 1967 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 14 |
| 1968 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 14 |
| 1969 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 14 |
| 1970 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 14 |
| 1971 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 14 |
| 1972 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 13 |
| 1973 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 14 |
| 1974 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 11 | 11 |
| 1975 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 11 | 9 |
| 1976 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 4 |
| 1977 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 13 | 0 |
Awards
1969 - AP MVP
1969 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1969 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1969 - UPI MVP
1973 - AP Comeback Player of the Year
Honors
1968 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1969 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Hall of Fame All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1969 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
