Jim McMahon
James Robert McMahon
Born: August 21, 1959
Jersey City, NJ USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 195
College: BYU
High School: Roy (UT)
Career: 1982-1996
Drafted: 1982 in Round 1, #5 overall by the Chicago Bears
Jim McMahon played from 1982 to 1996 during his career with the Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles and San Diego Chargers. McMahon threw for 18,148 yards in his career, completing 1,492 of 2,573 passes with 100 touchdowns and 90 interceptions. He also ran for 1,631 yards in 338 attempts with 16 rushing touchdowns.
 Chicago Bears |
 San Diego Chargers |
 Philadelphia Eagles |
 Minnesota Vikings |
 Arizona Cardinals |
 Green Bay Packers |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL Chicago Bears | 210 | 120 | 57.1 | 1501 | 7.1 | 9 | 4.3 | 7 | 3.3 | 50 | 27 | 196 | 79.9 |
| 1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 295 | 175 | 59.3 | 2184 | 7.4 | 12 | 4.1 | 13 | 4.4 | 87 | 42 | 266 | 77.6 |
| 1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 143 | 85 | 59.4 | 1146 | 8.0 | 8 | 5.6 | 2 | 1.4 | 61 | 10 | 48 | 97.8 |
| 1985 | NFL Chicago Bears | 313 | 178 | 56.9 | 2392 | 7.6 | 15 | 4.8 | 11 | 3.5 | 70 | 26 | 125 | 82.6 |
| 1986 | NFL Chicago Bears | 150 | 77 | 51.3 | 995 | 6.6 | 5 | 3.3 | 8 | 5.3 | 58 | 6 | 40 | 61.4 |
| 1987 | NFL Chicago Bears | 210 | 125 | 59.5 | 1639 | 7.8 | 12 | 5.7 | 8 | 3.8 | 59 | 22 | 136 | 87.4 |
| 1988 | NFL Chicago Bears | 192 | 114 | 59.4 | 1346 | 7.0 | 6 | 3.1 | 7 | 3.6 | 63 | 13 | 79 | 76.0 |
| 1989 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 318 | 176 | 55.3 | 2132 | 6.7 | 10 | 3.1 | 10 | 3.1 | 69 | 28 | 167 | 73.5 |
| 1990 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 63 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 86.8 |
| 1991 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 311 | 187 | 60.1 | 2239 | 7.2 | 12 | 3.9 | 11 | 3.5 | 75 | 21 | 128 | 80.3 |
| 1992 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 43 | 22 | 51.2 | 279 | 6.5 | 1 | 2.3 | 2 | 4.7 | 42 | 4 | 25 | 60.1 |
| 1993 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 331 | 200 | 60.4 | 1968 | 5.9 | 9 | 2.7 | 8 | 2.4 | 58 | 23 | 104 | 76.2 |
| 1994 | NFL Arizona Cardinals | 43 | 23 | 53.5 | 219 | 5.1 | 1 | 2.3 | 3 | 7.0 | 33 | 3 | 23 | 46.6 |
| 1995 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
| 1996 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 105.2 |
| Totals | 2573 | 1492 | 58.0 | 18148 | 7.1 | 100 | 3.9 | 90 | 3.5 | 87 | 226 | 1344 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL Chicago Bears | 24 | 105 | 4.4 | 11 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 55 | 307 | 5.6 | 32 | 2 |
| 1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 39 | 276 | 7.1 | 30 | 2 |
| 1985 | NFL Chicago Bears | 47 | 252 | 5.4 | 19 | 3 |
| 1986 | NFL Chicago Bears | 22 | 152 | 6.9 | 23 | 1 |
| 1987 | NFL Chicago Bears | 22 | 88 | 4.0 | 13 | 2 |
| 1988 | NFL Chicago Bears | 26 | 104 | 4.0 | 16 | 4 |
| 1989 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 29 | 141 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 22 | 55 | 2.5 | 12 | 1 |
| 1992 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 33 | 96 | 2.9 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | NFL Arizona Cardinals | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | -1 | -0.2 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 338 | 1631 | 4.8 | 32 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 1 |
| 1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 1 |
| 1989 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 42 | 2 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 |
| 1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 |
| Totals | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 59 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1985 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1986 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1987 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1988 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1989 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1993 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | NFL Arizona Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1982 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1985 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1986 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1987 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1988 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1991 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 8 | 7 |
| 1983 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 13 |
| 1984 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 9 | 9 |
| 1985 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 13 | 11 |
| 1986 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 6 | 6 |
| 1987 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 7 | 6 |
| 1988 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 9 | 9 |
| 1989 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 12 | 11 |
| 1990 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 12 | 11 |
| 1992 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 1 |
| 1993 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 12 |
| 1994 | NFL | Arizona Cardinals | 3 | 1 |
| 1995 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 5 | 0 |
Awards
1991 - AP Comeback Player of the Year
Honors
1985 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
