Joe Namath
Joseph William Namath "Broadway Joe"
Born: May 31, 1943
Beaver Falls, PA USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 200
College: Alabama
High School: Beaver Falls (PA)
Career: 1965-1977
Drafted: 1965 in Round 1, #1 overall (AFL) by the New York Jets
Drafted: 1965 in Round 1, #12 overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985
Joe Namath played from 1965 to 1977 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams and New York Jets. Namath threw for 27,663 yards in his career, completing 1,886 of 3,762 passes with 173 touchdowns and 220 interceptions. He also ran for 140 yards in 71 attempts with 7 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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1965 | AFL New York Jets | 340 | 164 | 48.2 | 2220 | 6.5 | 18 | 5.3 | 15 | 4.4 | 62 | 68.8 | ||
1966 | AFL New York Jets | 471 | 232 | 49.3 | 3379 | 7.2 | 19 | 4.0 | 27 | 5.7 | 77 | 62.6 | ||
1967 | AFL New York Jets | 491 | 258 | 52.5 | 4007 | 8.2 | 26 | 5.3 | 28 | 5.7 | 75 | 73.8 | ||
1968 | AFL New York Jets | 380 | 187 | 49.2 | 3147 | 8.3 | 15 | 3.9 | 17 | 4.5 | 87 | 72.1 | ||
1969 | AFL New York Jets | 361 | 185 | 51.2 | 2734 | 7.6 | 19 | 5.3 | 17 | 4.7 | 60 | 13 | 117 | 74.3 |
1970 | NFL New York Jets | 179 | 90 | 50.3 | 1259 | 7.0 | 5 | 2.8 | 12 | 6.7 | 72 | 6 | 63 | 54.7 |
1971 | NFL New York Jets | 59 | 28 | 47.5 | 537 | 9.1 | 5 | 8.5 | 6 | 10.2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 68.2 |
1972 | NFL New York Jets | 324 | 162 | 50.0 | 2816 | 8.7 | 19 | 5.9 | 21 | 6.5 | 83 | 11 | 101 | 72.5 |
1973 | NFL New York Jets | 133 | 68 | 51.1 | 966 | 7.3 | 5 | 3.8 | 6 | 4.5 | 63 | 10 | 97 | 68.7 |
1974 | NFL New York Jets | 361 | 191 | 52.9 | 2616 | 7.2 | 20 | 5.5 | 22 | 6.1 | 89 | 19 | 195 | 69.4 |
1975 | NFL New York Jets | 326 | 157 | 48.2 | 2286 | 7.0 | 15 | 4.6 | 28 | 8.6 | 91 | 27 | 253 | 51.0 |
1976 | NFL New York Jets | 230 | 114 | 49.6 | 1090 | 4.7 | 4 | 1.7 | 16 | 7.0 | 35 | 16 | 150 | 39.9 |
1977 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 107 | 50 | 46.7 | 606 | 5.7 | 3 | 2.8 | 5 | 4.7 | 42 | 7 | 76 | 54.5 |
AFL | 2043 | 1026 | 50.2 | 15487 | 7.6 | 97 | 4.7 | 104 | 5.1 | 87 | 13 | 117 | ||
NFL | 1719 | 860 | 50.0 | 12176 | 7.1 | 76 | 4.4 | 116 | 6.7 | 91 | 96 | 935 | ||
Totals | 3762 | 1886 | 50.1 | 27663 | 7.4 | 173 | 4.6 | 220 | 5.8 | 91 | 109 | 1052 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
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1965 | AFL New York Jets | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 |
1966 | AFL New York Jets | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 39 | 2 |
1967 | AFL New York Jets | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 13 | 0 |
1968 | AFL New York Jets | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 4 | 2 |
1969 | AFL New York Jets | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 16 | 2 |
1970 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
1971 | NFL New York Jets | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
1972 | NFL New York Jets | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
1973 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
1974 | NFL New York Jets | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 1 |
1975 | NFL New York Jets | 10 | 6 | 0.6 | 6 | 0 |
1976 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
1977 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 |
AFL | 36 | 119 | 3.3 | 39 | 6 | |
NFL | 35 | 21 | 0.6 | 7 | 1 | |
Totals | 71 | 140 | 2.0 | 39 | 7 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
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1965 | AFL New York Jets | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1966 | AFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1967 | AFL New York Jets | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
1968 | AFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1969 | AFL New York Jets | 3 | 1 | -13 | 0 | |||
1970 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1972 | NFL New York Jets | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1973 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1974 | NFL New York Jets | 6 | 2 | -11 | 0 | |||
1975 | NFL New York Jets | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1976 | NFL New York Jets | 3 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
1977 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
AFL | 0 | 13 | 3 | -10 | 1 | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | 20 | 7 | -21 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | -31 | 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 |
1966 | AFL New York Jets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1967 | AFL New York Jets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1968 | AFL New York Jets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1969 | AFL New York Jets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1974 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
AFL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Totals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
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1965 | AFL | New York Jets | 13 | 9 |
1966 | AFL | New York Jets | 14 | 14 |
1967 | AFL | New York Jets | 14 | 14 |
1968 | AFL | New York Jets | 14 | 14 |
1969 | AFL | New York Jets | 14 | 14 |
1970 | NFL | New York Jets | 5 | 5 |
1971 | NFL | New York Jets | 4 | 3 |
1972 | NFL | New York Jets | 13 | 13 |
1973 | NFL | New York Jets | 6 | 5 |
1974 | NFL | New York Jets | 14 | 14 |
1975 | NFL | New York Jets | 14 | 13 |
1976 | NFL | New York Jets | 11 | 8 |
1977 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 4 |
Awards
- AFL Hall of Fame 1st team All-1960s Team
1968 - AFL AP Player of the Year
1968 - AFL Super Bowl MVP
1968 - AFL UPI Player of the Year
1968 - AFL Super Bowl MVP
1969 - AFL AP Player of the Year
1974 - AP Comeback Player of the Year
Honors
1966 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (2nd Team)
1967 - AFL The Sporting News All-Conference (2nd Team)
1967 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1967 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
1967 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1967 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1968 - AFL Pro Football Weekly All-NFL/AFL (1st Team)
1968 - AFL The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1968 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1968 - AFL Pro Football Weekly All-AFL (1st Team)
1968 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1968 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1968 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1968 - AFL Pro Football Writers Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1969 - AFL The Sporting News All-AFL (2nd Team)
1969 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1969 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
1969 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1969 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1972 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1972 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1972 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1972 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1972 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1972 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1972 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)