Tobin Rote
Tobin Cornelius Rote
Born: January 18, 1928
San Antonio, TX USA
Deceased: June 27, 2000
Saginaw, MI
Position: QB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 211
College: Rice
High School: Harlandale (San Antonio, TX)
Career: 1950-1966
Drafted: 1950 in Round 2, #17 overall by the Green Bay Packers
Tobin Rote played from 1950 to 1966 during his career with the Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, San Diego Chargers and Toronto Argonauts. Rote threw for 28,722 yards in his career, completing 1,992 of 4,094 passes with 214 touchdowns and 249 interceptions. He also ran for 3,366 yards in 714 attempts with 42 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 224 | 83 | 37.1 | 1231 | 5.5 | 7 | 3.1 | 24 | 10.7 | 96 | 26.7 |
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 256 | 106 | 41.4 | 1540 | 6.0 | 15 | 5.9 | 20 | 7.8 | 85 | 48.6 |
| 1952 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 157 | 82 | 52.2 | 1268 | 8.1 | 13 | 8.3 | 8 | 5.1 | 81 | 85.6 |
| 1953 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 185 | 72 | 38.9 | 1005 | 5.4 | 5 | 2.7 | 15 | 8.1 | 80 | 32.4 |
| 1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 382 | 180 | 47.1 | 2311 | 6.0 | 14 | 3.7 | 18 | 4.7 | 82 | 59.1 |
| 1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 342 | 157 | 45.9 | 1977 | 5.8 | 17 | 5.0 | 19 | 5.6 | 60 | 57.8 |
| 1956 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 308 | 146 | 47.4 | 2203 | 7.2 | 18 | 5.8 | 15 | 4.9 | 66 | 70.6 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 177 | 76 | 42.9 | 1070 | 6.0 | 11 | 6.2 | 10 | 5.6 | 48 | 60.2 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 257 | 118 | 45.9 | 1678 | 6.5 | 14 | 5.4 | 10 | 3.9 | 65 | 69.5 |
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 162 | 62 | 38.3 | 861 | 5.3 | 5 | 3.1 | 19 | 11.7 | 59 | 26.8 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 450 | 256 | 56.9 | 4247 | 9.4 | 38 | 8.4 | 25 | 5.6 | 103 | 93.8 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 389 | 220 | 56.6 | 3093 | 8.0 | 16 | 4.1 | 16 | 4.1 | 108 | 78.9 |
| 1962 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 348 | 187 | 53.7 | 2532 | 7.3 | 12 | 3.4 | 17 | 4.9 | 75 | 68.3 |
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 286 | 170 | 59.4 | 2510 | 8.8 | 20 | 7.0 | 17 | 5.9 | 85 | 86.7 |
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 163 | 74 | 45.4 | 1156 | 7.1 | 9 | 5.5 | 15 | 9.2 | 82 | 49.5 |
| 1966 | AFL Denver Broncos | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 20 | 14.6 |
| NFL | 2450 | 1082 | 44.2 | 15144 | 6.2 | 119 | 4.9 | 158 | 6.4 | 96 | ||
| CFL | 1187 | 663 | 55.9 | 9872 | 8.3 | 66 | 5.6 | 58 | 4.9 | 108 | ||
| AFL | 457 | 247 | 54.0 | 3706 | 8.1 | 29 | 6.3 | 33 | 7.2 | 85 | ||
| Totals | 4094 | 1992 | 48.7 | 28722 | 7.0 | 214 | 5.2 | 249 | 6.1 | 108 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 27 | 158 | 5.9 | 29 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 76 | 523 | 6.9 | 55 | 3 |
| 1952 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 58 | 313 | 5.4 | 30 | 2 |
| 1953 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 33 | 180 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 67 | 301 | 4.5 | 30 | 8 |
| 1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 74 | 332 | 4.5 | 49 | 5 |
| 1956 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 84 | 398 | 4.7 | 39 | 11 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 70 | 366 | 5.2 | 23 | 1 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 77 | 351 | 4.6 | 27 | 3 |
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 35 | 156 | 4.5 | 21 | 2 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 23 | 42 | 1.8 | 12 | 1 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 31 | 95 | 3.1 | 12 | 4 |
| 1962 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 25 | 101 | 4.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 15 | 2 |
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 10 | -12 | -1.2 | 9 | 0 |
| NFL | 601 | 3078 | 5.1 | 55 | 35 | |
| CFL | 79 | 238 | 3.0 | 18 | 5 | |
| AFL | 34 | 50 | 1.5 | 15 | 2 | |
| Totals | 714 | 3366 | 4.7 | 55 | 42 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 11 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 1 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| NFL | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 28 | 1 | |
| CFL | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| AFL | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 28 | 1 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 |
| 1953 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 |
| NFL | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 57 | |
| Totals | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 57 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 9 | 3 | -21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | -6 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | N/A | 1 | |||||
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 59 | 15 | -27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 67 | 15 | -27 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1951 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1952 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| 1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1956 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1960 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| NFL | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | |
| CFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| AFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 12 |
| 1951 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 11 |
| 1952 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 8 |
| 1953 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 7 |
| 1954 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 12 |
| 1955 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 12 |
| 1956 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 11 |
| 1957 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 4 |
| 1958 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 11 |
| 1959 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 7 |
| 1960 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 14 |
| 1961 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 14 |
| 1962 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 13 | 13 |
| 1963 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 14 |
| 1964 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 5 |
| 1966 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 |
Awards
1963 - AFL AP Player of the Year
Honors
1955 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1955 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1955 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1963 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1963 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1963 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1963 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1963 - AFL AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
