Craig Morton
Larry Craig Morton
Born: February 5, 1943
Flint, MI USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 214
College: California
High School: Campbell (CA)
Career: 1965-1982
Drafted: 1965 in Round 1, #5 overall by the Dallas Cowboys
Drafted: 1965 in Round 10, #75 overall (AFL) by the Oakland Raiders
Craig Morton played from 1965 to 1982 during his career with the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and New York Giants. Morton threw for 27,908 yards in his career, completing 2,053 of 3,786 passes with 183 touchdowns and 187 interceptions. He also ran for 627 yards in 215 attempts with 12 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 34 | 17 | 50.0 | 173 | 5.1 | 2 | 5.9 | 4 | 11.8 | 49 | 45.0 | ||
1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 225 | 8.3 | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 3.7 | 41 | 98.5 | ||
1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 137 | 69 | 50.4 | 978 | 7.1 | 10 | 7.3 | 10 | 7.3 | 64 | 67.7 | ||
1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 85 | 44 | 51.8 | 752 | 8.8 | 4 | 4.7 | 6 | 7.1 | 53 | 68.4 | ||
1969 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 302 | 162 | 53.6 | 2619 | 8.7 | 21 | 7.0 | 15 | 5.0 | 67 | 30 | 246 | 85.4 |
1970 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 207 | 102 | 49.3 | 1819 | 8.8 | 15 | 7.2 | 7 | 3.4 | 89 | 20 | 166 | 89.8 |
1971 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 143 | 78 | 54.5 | 1131 | 7.9 | 7 | 4.9 | 8 | 5.6 | 76 | 9 | 76 | 73.5 |
1972 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 339 | 185 | 54.6 | 2396 | 7.1 | 15 | 4.4 | 21 | 6.2 | 46 | 23 | 179 | 65.9 |
1973 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 174 | 5.4 | 3 | 9.4 | 1 | 3.1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 76.8 |
1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 237 | 122 | 51.5 | 1510 | 6.4 | 9 | 3.8 | 13 | 5.5 | 72 | 13 | 97 | 61.3 |
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 363 | 186 | 51.2 | 2359 | 6.5 | 11 | 3.0 | 16 | 4.4 | 56 | 47 | 331 | 63.6 |
1976 | NFL New York Giants | 284 | 153 | 53.9 | 1865 | 6.6 | 9 | 3.2 | 20 | 7.0 | 63 | 39 | 285 | 55.6 |
1977 | NFL Denver Broncos | 254 | 131 | 51.6 | 1929 | 7.6 | 14 | 5.5 | 8 | 3.1 | 81 | 43 | 338 | 82.0 |
1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 267 | 146 | 54.7 | 1802 | 6.7 | 11 | 4.1 | 8 | 3.0 | 42 | 36 | 238 | 77.0 |
1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 370 | 204 | 55.1 | 2626 | 7.1 | 16 | 4.3 | 19 | 5.1 | 64 | 30 | 241 | 70.6 |
1980 | NFL Denver Broncos | 301 | 183 | 60.8 | 2150 | 7.1 | 12 | 4.0 | 13 | 4.3 | 41 | 26 | 190 | 77.8 |
1981 | NFL Denver Broncos | 376 | 225 | 59.8 | 3195 | 8.5 | 21 | 5.6 | 14 | 3.7 | 95 | 54 | 394 | 90.5 |
1982 | NFL Denver Broncos | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 193 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11.5 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 51.1 |
Totals | 3786 | 2053 | 54.2 | 27908 | 7.4 | 183 | 4.8 | 187 | 4.9 | 95 | 373 | 2800 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 5 | 0 |
1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 12 | 0 |
1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 12 | 2 |
1969 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 15 | 1 |
1970 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 37 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
1971 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 |
1972 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 26 | 3.2 | 12 | 2 |
1973 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 |
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 22 | 72 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
1976 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
1977 | NFL Denver Broncos | 31 | 125 | 4.0 | 15 | 4 |
1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 17 | 71 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 23 | 13 | 0.6 | 7 | 1 |
1980 | NFL Denver Broncos | 21 | 29 | 1.4 | 9 | 1 |
1981 | NFL Denver Broncos | 8 | 18 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 215 | 627 | 2.9 | 15 | 12 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1969 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1970 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1971 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1972 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1973 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 1 | -12 | 0 | 0 | ||
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 2 | -14 | 0 | 0 | ||
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 3 | -15 | 0 | 0 | ||
1976 | NFL New York Giants | 7 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
1977 | NFL Denver Broncos | 7 | 3 | -18 | 0 | |||
1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 6 | 1 | -14 | 0 | 0 | ||
1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 9 | 2 | -11 | 0 | |||
1980 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 3 | -7 | 0 | |||
1981 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1982 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 68 | 23 | -98 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1969 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1971 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1972 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1977 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1980 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 1 |
1966 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 0 |
1967 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 9 | 3 |
1968 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 1 |
1969 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 13 |
1970 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 11 |
1971 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 4 |
1972 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 14 |
1973 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
1974 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 |
1974 | NFL | New York Giants | 8 | 8 |
1975 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 14 |
1976 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 12 |
1977 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 |
1978 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 13 |
1979 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 10 |
1980 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 12 | 9 |
1981 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 15 | 15 |
1982 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 3 | 3 |
Awards
1977 - AP Comeback Player of the Year
Honors
1977 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)