Dan Fouts
Daniel Francis Fouts
Born: June 10, 1951
San Francisco, CA USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 204
College: Oregon
High School: St. Ignatius Prep (San Francisco, CA)
Career: 1973-1987
Drafted: 1973 in Round 3, #64 overall by the San Diego Chargers
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993
Dan Fouts played from 1973 to 1987 during his career with the San Diego Chargers. Fouts threw for 43,040 yards in his career, completing 3,297 of 5,604 passes with 254 touchdowns and 242 interceptions. He also ran for 476 yards in 224 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 194 | 87 | 44.8 | 1126 | 5.8 | 6 | 3.1 | 13 | 6.7 | 69 | 14 | 129 | 46.0 |
| 1974 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 237 | 115 | 48.5 | 1732 | 7.3 | 8 | 3.4 | 13 | 5.5 | 75 | 12 | 99 | 61.4 |
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 195 | 106 | 54.4 | 1396 | 7.2 | 2 | 1.0 | 10 | 5.1 | 57 | 25 | 197 | 59.3 |
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 359 | 208 | 57.9 | 2535 | 7.1 | 14 | 3.9 | 15 | 4.2 | 81 | 39 | 220 | 75.4 |
| 1977 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 109 | 69 | 63.3 | 869 | 8.0 | 4 | 3.7 | 6 | 5.5 | 67 | 10 | 77 | 77.4 |
| 1978 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 381 | 224 | 58.8 | 2999 | 7.9 | 24 | 6.3 | 20 | 5.2 | 55 | 22 | 130 | 83.0 |
| 1979 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 530 | 332 | 62.6 | 4082 | 7.7 | 24 | 4.5 | 24 | 4.5 | 65 | 28 | 195 | 82.6 |
| 1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 589 | 348 | 59.1 | 4715 | 8.0 | 30 | 5.1 | 24 | 4.1 | 65 | 32 | 210 | 84.7 |
| 1981 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 609 | 360 | 59.1 | 4802 | 7.9 | 33 | 5.4 | 17 | 2.8 | 67 | 19 | 134 | 90.6 |
| 1982 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 330 | 204 | 61.8 | 2883 | 8.7 | 17 | 5.2 | 11 | 3.3 | 44 | 12 | 94 | 93.3 |
| 1983 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 340 | 215 | 63.2 | 2975 | 8.8 | 20 | 5.9 | 15 | 4.4 | 59 | 14 | 107 | 92.5 |
| 1984 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 507 | 317 | 62.5 | 3740 | 7.4 | 19 | 3.7 | 17 | 3.4 | 61 | 29 | 228 | 83.4 |
| 1985 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 430 | 254 | 59.1 | 3638 | 8.5 | 27 | 6.3 | 20 | 4.7 | 75 | 18 | 135 | 88.1 |
| 1986 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 430 | 252 | 58.6 | 3031 | 7.0 | 16 | 3.7 | 22 | 5.1 | 65 | 21 | 173 | 71.4 |
| 1987 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 364 | 206 | 56.6 | 2517 | 6.9 | 10 | 2.7 | 15 | 4.1 | 46 | 24 | 176 | 70.0 |
| Totals | 5604 | 3297 | 58.8 | 43040 | 7.7 | 254 | 4.5 | 242 | 4.3 | 81 | 319 | 2304 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 19 | 63 | 3.3 | 16 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 23 | 170 | 7.4 | 32 | 2 |
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 20 | 43 | 2.2 | 22 | 2 |
| 1979 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 26 | 49 | 1.9 | 26 | 2 |
| 1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 23 | 15 | 0.7 | 9 | 2 |
| 1981 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 22 | 56 | 2.5 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 9 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 12 | -5 | -0.4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1984 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 12 | -29 | -2.4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 11 | -1 | -0.1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 224 | 476 | 2.1 | 32 | 13 |
Receiving:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1974 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 8 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 10 | 3 | -4 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 13 | 6 | -20 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 11 | 3 | -5 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 9 | 2 | -22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1982 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 13 | 6 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1986 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 2 | -13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1987 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 10 | 4 | -10 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 106 | 38 | -90 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1974 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1978 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1979 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1982 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1983 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1987 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 6 |
| 1974 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 11 | 11 |
| 1975 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 9 |
| 1976 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 13 |
| 1977 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 4 | 4 |
| 1978 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 15 | 14 |
| 1979 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 16 |
| 1980 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 16 |
| 1982 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 10 |
| 1984 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 13 |
| 1985 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 12 |
| 1986 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 12 | 12 |
| 1987 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 11 | 10 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame 2nd team All-1980s Team
1982 - AP Offensive Player of the Year
1982 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1982 - PFWA MVP
Honors
1979 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1980 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1981 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1982 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1982 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1982 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1982 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1982 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1983 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1985 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1985 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1985 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
