Sonny Jurgensen

Christian Adolph Jurgensen II
Born: August 23, 1934
Wilmington, NC USA
Position: QB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 202
College: Duke
High School: New Hanover (Wilmington, NC)
Career: 1957-1974
Drafted: 1957 in Round 4, #43 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983

Sonny Jurgensen played from 1957 to 1974 during his career with the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins. Jurgensen threw for 32,224 yards in his career, completing 2,433 of 4,262 passes with 255 touchdowns and 189 interceptions. He also ran for 493 yards in 181 attempts with 15 rushing touchdowns.


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Passing:

Year Team Att Comp Comp % Yds Yds/Att TDs TD % Ints Int % Long Sacked Yds Lost Rating
1957NFL Philadelphia Eagles703347.14706.757.1811.461 53.6
1958NFL Philadelphia Eagles221254.525911.800.014.561 77.7
1959NFL Philadelphia Eagles5360.0275.4120.000.019 114.2
1960NFL Philadelphia Eagles442454.548611.0511.412.371 122.0
1961NFL Philadelphia Eagles41623556.537238.9327.7245.869 88.1
1962NFL Philadelphia Eagles36619653.632618.9226.0267.184 74.3
1963NFL Philadelphia Eagles1849953.814137.7116.0137.175 69.4
1964NFL Washington Redskins38520753.829347.6246.2133.480 85.4
1965NFL Washington Redskins35619053.423676.6154.2164.555 69.6
1966NFL Washington Redskins43625458.332097.4286.4194.486 84.5
1967NFL Washington Redskins50828856.737477.4316.1163.186 87.3
1968NFL Washington Redskins29216757.219806.8175.8113.899 81.7
1969NFL Washington Redskins44227462.031027.0225.0153.488 4032285.4
1970NFL Washington Redskins33720259.923547.0236.8103.066 2521491.5
1971NFL Washington Redskins281657.11706.100.027.130 1845.2
1972NFL Washington Redskins593966.163310.723.446.836 22184.9
1973NFL Washington Redskins1458760.09046.264.153.436 1611477.5
1974NFL Washington Redskins16710764.111857.1116.653.044 106994.5
Totals4262243357.1322247.62556.01894.499 94748

Rushing:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1957NFL Philadelphia Eagles10-3-0.32
1958NFL Philadelphia Eagles111.00
1960NFL Philadelphia Eagles451.20
1961NFL Philadelphia Eagles20271.414 0
1962NFL Philadelphia Eagles17442.630 2
1963NFL Philadelphia Eagles13382.913 1
1964NFL Washington Redskins27572.124 3
1965NFL Washington Redskins17231.427 2
1966NFL Washington Redskins12141.216 0
1967NFL Washington Redskins15463.121 2
1968NFL Washington Redskins8212.611 1
1969NFL Washington Redskins171569.233 1
1970NFL Washington Redskins6396.514 1
1971NFL Washington Redskins3299.711 0
1972NFL Washington Redskins4-5-1.20
1973NFL Washington Redskins372.30
1974NFL Washington Redskins4-6-1.50
Totals1814932.733 15

Receiving:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1973NFL Washington Redskins1-3-3.0-3 0
Totals1-3-3.00

Defense and Fumbles:


Total Scoring:



Playing Career:


Awards

- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1960s Team

Honors

1961 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1961 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1961 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1964 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1964 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1964 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1966 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1967 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1967 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1967 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1967 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1967 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1969 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1969 - The Sporting News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1969 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)


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