Frank Tripucka
Francis Joseph Tripucka
Born: December 8, 1927
Bloomfield, NJ USA
Deceased: September 12, 2013
Woodland Park, NJ
Position: QB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 192
College: Notre Dame
High School: Bloomfield (NJ)
Career: 1949-1963
Drafted: 1949 in Round 1, #9 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles
Frank Tripucka played from 1949 to 1963 during his career with the Chicago Cardinals, Dallas Texans, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Ottawa Rough Riders and Saskatchewan Roughriders. Tripucka threw for 25,788 yards in his career, completing 1,969 of 3,675 passes with 156 touchdowns and 260 interceptions. He also ran for -555 yards in 205 attempts with 11 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 145 | 62 | 42.8 | 833 | 5.7 | 9 | 6.2 | 14 | 9.7 | 64 | 42.8 |
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 108 | 47 | 43.5 | 720 | 6.7 | 4 | 3.7 | 7 | 6.5 | 81 | 51.5 |
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 244 | 8.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 1 | 3.4 | 48 | 94.6 |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 40 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 50.7 |
| 1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 174 | 86 | 49.4 | 769 | 4.4 | 3 | 1.7 | 17 | 9.8 | 42 | 27.8 |
| 1953 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 94 | 59 | 62.8 | 703 | 7.5 | 4 | 4.3 | 5 | 5.3 | 0 | 77.6 |
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 259 | 152 | 58.7 | 2003 | 7.7 | 14 | 5.4 | 14 | 5.4 | 0 | 78.7 |
| 1955 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 257 | 158 | 61.5 | 2306 | 9.0 | 11 | 4.3 | 17 | 6.6 | 53 | 77.4 |
| 1956 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 383 | 216 | 56.4 | 3274 | 8.5 | 18 | 4.7 | 22 | 5.7 | 67 | 76.4 |
| 1957 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 343 | 172 | 50.1 | 2589 | 7.5 | 12 | 3.5 | 29 | 8.5 | 92 | 51.8 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 338 | 189 | 55.9 | 2766 | 8.2 | 20 | 5.9 | 27 | 8.0 | 91 | 69.2 |
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 145 | 79 | 54.5 | 1119 | 7.7 | 4 | 2.8 | 14 | 9.7 | 57 | 49.3 |
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 45 | 27 | 60.0 | 311 | 6.9 | 1 | 2.2 | 3 | 6.7 | 25 | 60.5 |
| 1960 | AFL Denver Broncos | 478 | 248 | 51.9 | 3038 | 6.4 | 24 | 5.0 | 34 | 7.1 | 80 | 58.9 |
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 344 | 167 | 48.5 | 1690 | 4.9 | 10 | 2.9 | 21 | 6.1 | 87 | 47.3 |
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 440 | 240 | 54.5 | 2917 | 6.6 | 17 | 3.9 | 25 | 5.7 | 96 | 64.4 |
| 1963 | AFL Denver Broncos | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 31 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 33.3 | 14 | 13.9 |
| 1963 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 66 | 38 | 57.6 | 435 | 6.6 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | 7.6 | 40 | 61.1 |
| NFL | 468 | 217 | 46.4 | 2606 | 5.6 | 18 | 3.8 | 39 | 8.3 | 81 | ||
| CFL | 1930 | 1090 | 56.5 | 15506 | 8.0 | 87 | 4.5 | 136 | 7.0 | 92 | ||
| AFL | 1277 | 662 | 51.8 | 7676 | 6.0 | 51 | 4.0 | 85 | 6.7 | 96 | ||
| Totals | 3675 | 1969 | 53.6 | 25788 | 7.0 | 156 | 4.2 | 260 | 7.1 | 96 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 18 | 1 |
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 21 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 15 | 3 |
| 1953 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | -77 | -15.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25 | -125 | -5.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1955 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 36 | -155 | -4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 31 | -138 | -4.5 | 9 | 1 |
| 1957 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 29 | -95 | -3.3 | 9 | 3 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 26 | -58 | -2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | AFL Denver Broncos | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1963 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NFL | 27 | 110 | 4.1 | 21 | 5 | |
| CFL | 162 | -656 | -4.0 | 9 | 5 | |
| AFL | 16 | -9 | -0.6 | 8 | 1 | |
| Totals | 205 | -555 | -2.7 | 21 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 |
| CFL | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 28 | 1074 | 38.4 | 50 | |
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 18 | 787 | 43.7 | 63 | |
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 429 | 39.0 | 56 | |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 31 | 1155 | 37.3 | 65 | |
| 1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 65 | |
| 1953 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 31 | 1463 | 47.2 | 76 | 3 |
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 686 | 42.9 | 55 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7 | 242 | 34.6 | 58 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19 | 936 | 49.3 | 80 | 2 |
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 52 | 2057 | 39.6 | 58 | 1 |
| 1963 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 4 | 185 | 46.2 | 65 | 1 |
| NFL | 92 | 3612 | 39.3 | 65 | 0 | |
| CFL | 129 | 5569 | 43.2 | 80 | 7 | |
| Totals | 221 | 9181 | 41.5 | 80 | 7 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 1 | -14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | AFL Denver Broncos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 9 | 2 | -14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | -14 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1953 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1956 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1957 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1959 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1963 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| CFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
| AFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 6 | 4 |
| 1950 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 10 | 2 |
| 1951 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 2 |
| 1952 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL | Dallas Texans | 6 | 6 |
| 1953 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 4 | 4 |
| 1954 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14 | |
| 1955 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 16 |
| 1956 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 16 |
| 1957 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 16 |
| 1958 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13 | |
| 1959 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8 | 3 |
| 1959 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 0 |
| 1960 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 |
| 1961 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 10 |
| 1962 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 13 |
| 1963 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7 | 0 |
Honors
1954 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1956 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1957 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1958 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1960 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
