Earl Morrall
Earl Edwin Morrall
Born: May 17, 1934
Muskegon, MI USA
Deceased: April 25, 2014
Naples, FL
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 205
College: Michigan St.
High School: Muskegon (MI)
Career: 1956-1976
Drafted: 1956 in Round 1, #2 overall by the San Francisco 49ers
Earl Morrall played from 1956 to 1976 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers. Morrall threw for 20,809 yards in his career, completing 1,379 of 2,689 passes with 161 touchdowns and 148 interceptions. He also ran for 878 yards in 235 attempts with 8 rushing touchdowns.
 San Francisco 49ers |
 Pittsburgh Steelers |
 Detroit Lions |
 New York Giants |
 Baltimore Colts |
 Miami Dolphins |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 78 | 38 | 48.7 | 621 | 8.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 6 | 7.7 | 37 | 48.1 | ||
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 289 | 139 | 48.1 | 1900 | 6.6 | 11 | 3.8 | 12 | 4.2 | 64 | 64.9 | ||
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 32 | 9 | 28.1 | 188 | 5.9 | 4 | 12.5 | 2 | 6.2 | 66 | 65.1 | ||
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 46 | 16 | 34.8 | 275 | 6.0 | 1 | 2.2 | 7 | 15.2 | 66 | 23.6 | ||
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 137 | 65 | 47.4 | 1102 | 8.0 | 5 | 3.6 | 6 | 4.4 | 79 | 69.1 | ||
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 49 | 32 | 65.3 | 423 | 8.6 | 4 | 8.2 | 3 | 6.1 | 65 | 94.2 | ||
| 1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 150 | 69 | 46.0 | 909 | 6.1 | 7 | 4.7 | 9 | 6.0 | 61 | 56.2 | ||
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 52 | 32 | 61.5 | 449 | 8.6 | 4 | 7.7 | 4 | 7.7 | 53 | 82.9 | ||
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 328 | 174 | 53.0 | 2621 | 8.0 | 24 | 7.3 | 14 | 4.3 | 75 | 86.2 | ||
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 91 | 50 | 54.9 | 588 | 6.5 | 4 | 4.4 | 3 | 3.3 | 48 | 75.7 | ||
| 1965 | NFL New York Giants | 302 | 155 | 51.3 | 2446 | 8.1 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 4.0 | 89 | 86.3 | ||
| 1966 | NFL New York Giants | 151 | 71 | 47.0 | 1105 | 7.3 | 7 | 4.6 | 12 | 7.9 | 98 | 54.1 | ||
| 1967 | NFL New York Giants | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 181 | 7.5 | 3 | 12.5 | 1 | 4.2 | 27 | 100.9 | ||
| 1968 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 317 | 182 | 57.4 | 2909 | 9.2 | 26 | 8.2 | 17 | 5.4 | 84 | 93.2 | ||
| 1969 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 99 | 46 | 46.5 | 755 | 7.6 | 5 | 5.1 | 7 | 7.1 | 42 | 7 | 63 | 60.0 |
| 1970 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 93 | 51 | 54.8 | 792 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.7 | 4 | 4.3 | 44 | 14 | 131 | 97.6 |
| 1971 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 167 | 84 | 50.3 | 1210 | 7.2 | 7 | 4.2 | 12 | 7.2 | 64 | 11 | 89 | 58.2 |
| 1972 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 150 | 83 | 55.3 | 1360 | 9.1 | 11 | 7.3 | 7 | 4.7 | 49 | 14 | 114 | 91.0 |
| 1973 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 38 | 17 | 44.7 | 253 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10.5 | 53 | 2 | 18 | 27.5 |
| 1974 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 301 | 11.1 | 2 | 7.4 | 3 | 11.1 | 46 | 3 | 16 | 86.1 |
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 43 | 26 | 60.5 | 273 | 6.3 | 3 | 7.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 31 | 4 | 27 | 82.8 |
| 1976 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 148 | 5.7 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 67 | 3 | 29 | 54.6 |
| Totals | 2689 | 1379 | 51.3 | 20809 | 7.7 | 161 | 6.0 | 148 | 5.5 | 98 | 58 | 487 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 41 | 81 | 2.0 | 35 | 2 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 40 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 22 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 26 | 112 | 4.3 | 22 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 17 | 1 |
| 1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 20 | 86 | 4.3 | 25 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 29 | 1 |
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 26 | 105 | 4.0 | 18 | 1 |
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL New York Giants | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 10 | 1 |
| 1968 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 11 | 1 |
| 1970 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 16 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 31 | 1 |
| 1973 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 235 | 878 | 3.7 | 40 | 8 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 45 | 1705 | 37.9 | 57 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 |
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 11 | 481 | 43.7 | 66 |
| 1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 43 |
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 |
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 29 | 1143 | 39.4 | 55 |
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 1967 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | 472 | 31.5 | 43 |
| Totals | 106 | 3995 | 37.7 | 66 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 6 | -2 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1966 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1968 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1971 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1972 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 3 | 1 | -9 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 63 | 16 | -13 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1957 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1967 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1968 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 4 |
| 1957 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 11 |
| 1958 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 2 |
| 1959 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 5 |
| 1960 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 2 |
| 1961 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 5 |
| 1962 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 11 |
| 1964 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 6 | 3 |
| 1965 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 14 |
| 1966 | NFL | New York Giants | 7 | 7 |
| 1967 | NFL | New York Giants | 8 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 14 |
| 1969 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 9 | 2 |
| 1970 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 9 |
| 1972 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 9 |
| 1973 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 0 |
Awards
1968 - AP MVP
1968 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1968 - UPI MVP
1972 - AP Comeback Player of the Year
Honors
1968 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1968 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1968 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1972 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1972 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1972 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
