Jack Kemp
Jack French Kemp
Born: July 13, 1935
Los Angeles, CA USA
Deceased: May 2, 2009
Bethesda, MD
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 201
College: Occidental
High School: Fairfax (Los Angeles, CA)
Career: 1957-1969
Drafted: 1957 in Round 17, #203 overall by the Detroit Lions
Jack Kemp played from 1957 to 1969 during his career with the Buffalo Bills, Calgary Stampeders, Los Angeles Chargers, Pittsburgh Steelers and San Diego Chargers. Kemp threw for 21,218 yards in his career, completing 1,436 of 3,073 passes with 114 touchdowns and 183 interceptions. He also ran for 1,150 yards in 356 attempts with 40 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 88 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 21 | 19.9 | ||
1960 | AFL Los Angeles Chargers | 406 | 211 | 52.0 | 3018 | 7.4 | 20 | 4.9 | 25 | 6.2 | 69 | 67.1 | ||
1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 364 | 165 | 45.3 | 2686 | 7.4 | 15 | 4.1 | 22 | 6.0 | 91 | 59.2 | ||
1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 94 | 51 | 54.3 | 636 | 6.8 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | 4.3 | 31 | 68.4 | ||
1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 45 | 13 | 28.9 | 292 | 6.5 | 2 | 4.4 | 2 | 4.4 | 67 | 50.4 | ||
1963 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 384 | 193 | 50.3 | 2910 | 7.6 | 13 | 3.4 | 20 | 5.2 | 89 | 65.1 | ||
1964 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 269 | 119 | 44.2 | 2285 | 8.5 | 13 | 4.8 | 26 | 9.7 | 94 | 50.9 | ||
1965 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 391 | 179 | 45.8 | 2368 | 6.1 | 10 | 2.6 | 18 | 4.6 | 78 | 54.8 | ||
1966 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 389 | 166 | 42.7 | 2451 | 6.3 | 11 | 2.8 | 16 | 4.1 | 55 | 56.2 | ||
1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 369 | 161 | 43.6 | 2503 | 6.8 | 14 | 3.8 | 26 | 7.0 | 63 | 50.0 | ||
1969 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 344 | 170 | 49.4 | 1981 | 5.8 | 13 | 3.8 | 22 | 6.4 | 55 | 21 | 187 | 53.2 |
NFL | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 88 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
AFL | 3055 | 1428 | 46.7 | 21130 | 6.9 | 114 | 3.7 | 181 | 5.9 | 94 | 21 | 187 | ||
Totals | 3073 | 1436 | 46.7 | 21218 | 6.9 | 114 | 3.7 | 183 | 6.0 | 94 | 21 | 187 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
1960 | AFL Los Angeles Chargers | 54 | 238 | 4.4 | 8 | 8 |
1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 43 | 105 | 2.4 | 23 | 6 |
1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 28 | 1 |
1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 19 | 1 |
1963 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 50 | 239 | 4.8 | 26 | 8 |
1964 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 37 | 124 | 3.4 | 14 | 5 |
1965 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 36 | 49 | 1.4 | 12 | 4 |
1966 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 40 | 130 | 3.2 | 26 | 5 |
1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 36 | 58 | 1.6 | 14 | 2 |
1969 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 37 | 124 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
NFL | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 | |
AFL | 353 | 1151 | 3.3 | 28 | 40 | |
Totals | 356 | 1150 | 3.2 | 28 | 40 |
Receiving:
Punting:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 33 |
NFL | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 33 | |
Totals | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 33 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1960 | AFL Los Angeles Chargers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1963 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1964 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1965 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
1966 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
1969 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
AFL | 0 | 77 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 78 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
1960 | AFL Los Angeles Chargers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1963 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
1964 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
1965 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
1966 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
AFL | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 242 | |
Totals | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 242 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 0 |
1959 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 0 | |
1960 | AFL | Los Angeles Chargers | 14 | 12 |
1961 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 14 |
1962 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 3 |
1962 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 2 | 2 |
1963 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 12 |
1964 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 13 |
1965 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 13 |
1966 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 14 |
1967 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 11 |
1969 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 11 |
Awards
1965 - AFL AP Player of the Year
Honors
1960 - AFL AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1960 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1960 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1961 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (2nd Team)
1961 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
1961 - AFL AFL All-AFL (2nd Team)
1963 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
1965 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - AFL AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1966 - AFL AFL All-AFL (2nd Team)
1966 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1966 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (2nd Team)