Fran Tarkenton

Francis Asbury Tarkenton "The Scrambler"
Born: February 3, 1940
Richmond, VA USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
College: Georgia
High School: Athens (GA)
Career: 1961-1978
Drafted: 1961 in Round 3, #29 overall by the Minnesota Vikings
Drafted: 1961 in Round 5, #34 overall (AFL) by the Boston Patriots
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986

Fran Tarkenton played from 1961 to 1978 during his career with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants. Tarkenton threw for 47,003 yards in his career, completing 3,686 of 6,467 passes with 342 touchdowns and 266 interceptions. He also ran for 3,674 yards in 675 attempts with 32 rushing touchdowns.


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Passing:

Year Team Att Comp Comp % Yds Yds/Att TDs TD % Ints Int % Long Sacked Yds Lost Rating
1961NFL Minnesota Vikings28015756.119977.1186.4176.171 74.7
1962NFL Minnesota Vikings32916349.525957.9226.7257.689 66.9
1963NFL Minnesota Vikings29717057.223117.8155.1155.167 78.0
1964NFL Minnesota Vikings30617155.925068.2227.2113.664 91.8
1965NFL Minnesota Vikings32917152.026097.9195.8113.372 83.8
1966NFL Minnesota Vikings35819253.625617.2174.7164.568 73.8
1967NFL New York Giants37720454.130888.2297.7195.070 85.9
1968NFL New York Giants33718254.025557.6216.2123.684 84.6
1969NFL New York Giants40922053.829187.1235.682.065 3628987.2
1970NFL New York Giants38921956.327777.1194.9123.159 3624982.2
1971NFL New York Giants38622658.525676.7112.8215.481 2723265.4
1972NFL Minnesota Vikings37821556.926517.0184.8133.476 2620380.2
1973NFL Minnesota Vikings27416961.721137.7155.572.654 3127093.2
1974NFL Minnesota Vikings35119956.725987.4174.8123.480 1714282.1
1975NFL Minnesota Vikings42527364.229947.0255.9133.146 2724591.8
1976NFL Minnesota Vikings41225561.929617.2174.181.956 2522189.3
1977NFL Minnesota Vikings25815560.117346.793.5145.459 2223269.2
1978NFL Minnesota Vikings57234560.334686.1254.4325.658 2725468.9
Totals6467368657.0470037.33425.32664.189 2742337

Rushing:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1961NFL Minnesota Vikings563085.552 5
1962NFL Minnesota Vikings413618.831 2
1963NFL Minnesota Vikings281625.824 1
1964NFL Minnesota Vikings503306.631 2
1965NFL Minnesota Vikings563566.436 1
1966NFL Minnesota Vikings623766.128 4
1967NFL New York Giants443067.022 2
1968NFL New York Giants573015.322 3
1969NFL New York Giants371724.621 0
1970NFL New York Giants432365.520 2
1971NFL New York Giants301113.716 3
1972NFL Minnesota Vikings271806.721 0
1973NFL Minnesota Vikings412024.916 1
1974NFL Minnesota Vikings211205.715 2
1975NFL Minnesota Vikings161086.821 2
1976NFL Minnesota Vikings27451.720 1
1977NFL Minnesota Vikings1560.40
1978NFL Minnesota Vikings24-6-0.215 1
Totals67536745.452 32

Receiving:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1962NFL Minnesota Vikings-12 0
Totals0-120

Defense and Fumbles:


Total Scoring:



Playing Career:

Year League Team GP GS
1961NFLMinnesota Vikings1410
1962NFLMinnesota Vikings1414
1963NFLMinnesota Vikings1413
1964NFLMinnesota Vikings1414
1965NFLMinnesota Vikings1414
1966NFLMinnesota Vikings1412
1967NFLNew York Giants1414
1968NFLNew York Giants1414
1969NFLNew York Giants1414
1970NFLNew York Giants1414
1971NFLNew York Giants1313
1972NFLMinnesota Vikings1414
1973NFLMinnesota Vikings1414
1974NFLMinnesota Vikings1313
1975NFLMinnesota Vikings1414
1976NFLMinnesota Vikings1313
1977NFLMinnesota Vikings99
1978NFLMinnesota Vikings1616

Awards

1975 - AP MVP
1975 - AP Offensive Player of the Year
1975 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1975 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1975 - PFWA MVP

Honors

1970 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1972 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1972 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1973 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1973 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1973 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1973 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1974 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1975 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1975 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1975 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
1975 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1975 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1975 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1975 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1975 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1976 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1976 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)


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