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
1965NFL Dallas Cowboys341750.01735.125.9411.849 45.0
1966NFL Dallas Cowboys271348.12258.3311.113.741 98.5
1967NFL Dallas Cowboys1376950.49787.1107.3107.364 67.7
1968NFL Dallas Cowboys854451.87528.844.767.153 68.4
1969NFL Dallas Cowboys30216253.626198.7217.0155.067 3024685.4
1970NFL Dallas Cowboys20710249.318198.8157.273.489 2016689.8
1971NFL Dallas Cowboys1437854.511317.974.985.676 97673.5
1972NFL Dallas Cowboys33918554.623967.1154.4216.246 2317965.9
1973NFL Dallas Cowboys321340.61745.439.413.153 0076.8
1974NFL Dallas Cowboys22100.0126.000.000.015 0091.7
1974NFL New York Giants23712251.515106.493.8135.572 139761.3
1975NFL New York Giants36318651.223596.5113.0164.456 4733163.6
1976NFL New York Giants28415353.918656.693.2207.063 3928555.6
1977NFL Denver Broncos25413151.619297.6145.583.181 4333882.0
1978NFL Denver Broncos26714654.718026.7114.183.042 3623877.0
1979NFL Denver Broncos37020455.126267.1164.3195.164 3024170.6
1980NFL Denver Broncos30118360.821507.1124.0134.341 2619077.8
1981NFL Denver Broncos37622559.831958.5215.6143.795 5439490.5
1982NFL Denver Broncos261869.21937.400.0311.520 31951.1
Totals3786205354.2279087.41834.81874.995 3732800

Rushing:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1965NFL Dallas Cowboys3-8-2.70
1966NFL Dallas Cowboys7507.112 0
1967NFL Dallas Cowboys15422.811 0
1968NFL Dallas Cowboys4287.012 2
1969NFL Dallas Cowboys16623.915 1
1970NFL Dallas Cowboys16372.311 0
1971NFL Dallas Cowboys492.21
1972NFL Dallas Cowboys8263.212 2
1973NFL Dallas Cowboys100.00
1974NFL New York Giants451.20
1975NFL New York Giants22723.311 0
1976NFL New York Giants15483.210 0
1977NFL Denver Broncos311254.015 4
1978NFL Denver Broncos17714.212 0
1979NFL Denver Broncos23130.61
1980NFL Denver Broncos21291.41
1981NFL Denver Broncos8182.20
Totals2156272.915 12

Defense and Fumbles:


Total Scoring:

Touchdowns Other Total
Year Team Rush Rec Punt Kick MFG Int Fum Other FG X/C Single 2Pt Saf Points
1968NFL Dallas Cowboys200012
1969NFL Dallas Cowboys10006
1971NFL Dallas Cowboys10006
1972NFL Dallas Cowboys200012
1977NFL Denver Broncos400024
1979NFL Denver Broncos10006
1980NFL Denver Broncos10006
Totals1200000000000072


Playing Career:

Year League Team GP GS
1965NFLDallas Cowboys41
1966NFLDallas Cowboys60
1967NFLDallas Cowboys93
1968NFLDallas Cowboys131
1969NFLDallas Cowboys1313
1970NFLDallas Cowboys1211
1971NFLDallas Cowboys104
1972NFLDallas Cowboys1414
1973NFLDallas Cowboys140
1974NFLDallas Cowboys20
1974NFLNew York Giants88
1975NFLNew York Giants1414
1976NFLNew York Giants1212
1977NFLDenver Broncos1414
1978NFLDenver Broncos1413
1979NFLDenver Broncos1410
1980NFLDenver Broncos129
1981NFLDenver Broncos1515
1982NFLDenver Broncos33

Awards

1977 - AP Comeback Player of the Year

Honors

1977 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)


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