Mike Phipps
Michael Elston Phipps
Born: November 19, 1947
Shelbyville, IN USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 208
College: Purdue
High School: Columbus (IN)
Career: 1970-1981
Drafted: 1970 in Round 1, #3 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Mike Phipps played from 1970 to 1981 during his career with the Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. Phipps threw for 10,506 yards in his career, completing 886 of 1,799 passes with 55 touchdowns and 108 interceptions. He also ran for 1,278 yards in 254 attempts with 13 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 60 | 29 | 48.3 | 529 | 8.8 | 1 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.3 | 53 | 7 | 86 | 49.9 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 47 | 13 | 27.7 | 179 | 3.8 | 1 | 2.1 | 4 | 8.5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 14.6 |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 305 | 144 | 47.2 | 1994 | 6.5 | 13 | 4.3 | 16 | 5.2 | 80 | 23 | 183 | 61.0 |
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 299 | 148 | 49.5 | 1719 | 5.7 | 9 | 3.0 | 20 | 6.7 | 51 | 44 | 362 | 49.4 |
| 1974 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 256 | 117 | 45.7 | 1384 | 5.4 | 9 | 3.5 | 17 | 6.6 | 55 | 33 | 280 | 46.7 |
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 313 | 162 | 51.8 | 1749 | 5.6 | 4 | 1.3 | 19 | 6.1 | 48 | 28 | 261 | 47.5 |
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 37 | 20 | 54.1 | 146 | 3.9 | 3 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 90.6 |
| 1977 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 64.6 |
| 1978 | NFL Chicago Bears | 83 | 44 | 53.0 | 465 | 5.6 | 2 | 2.4 | 10 | 12.0 | 35 | 6 | 55 | 38.1 |
| 1979 | NFL Chicago Bears | 255 | 134 | 52.5 | 1535 | 6.0 | 9 | 3.5 | 8 | 3.1 | 68 | 15 | 145 | 69.6 |
| 1980 | NFL Chicago Bears | 122 | 61 | 50.0 | 630 | 5.2 | 2 | 1.6 | 9 | 7.4 | 56 | 7 | 69 | 40.0 |
| 1981 | NFL Chicago Bears | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 171 | 10.1 | 2 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 5 | 41 | 137.1 |
| Totals | 1799 | 886 | 49.2 | 10506 | 5.8 | 55 | 3.1 | 108 | 6.0 | 80 | 172 | 1514 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 11 | 94 | 8.5 | 26 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 60 | 256 | 4.3 | 18 | 5 |
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 60 | 395 | 6.6 | 27 | 5 |
| 1974 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 39 | 279 | 7.2 | 19 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 24 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Chicago Bears | 27 | 51 | 1.9 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Chicago Bears | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 9 | 2 |
| 1981 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 254 | 1278 | 5.0 | 27 | 13 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 7 | 5 | -12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 39 | 14 | -22 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1980 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 13 |
| 1973 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 14 |
| 1974 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 9 |
| 1975 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 12 |
| 1976 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 4 | 2 |
| 1977 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 6 | 4 |
| 1979 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 10 |
| 1980 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 7 | 6 |
| 1981 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 3 | 0 |
