Joe Theismann
Joseph Robert Theismann
Born: September 9, 1949
New Brunswick, NJ USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 192
College: Notre Dame
High School: South River (NJ)
Career: 1971-1985
Drafted: 1971 in Round 4, #99 overall by the Miami Dolphins
Joe Theismann played from 1971 to 1985 during his career with the Toronto Argonauts and Washington Redskins. Theismann threw for 31,299 yards in his career, completing 2,426 of 4,281 passes with 200 touchdowns and 185 interceptions. He also ran for 2,869 yards in 527 attempts with 20 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 278 | 148 | 53.2 | 2440 | 8.8 | 17 | 6.1 | 21 | 7.6 | 94 | 71.9 | ||
| 1972 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 127 | 77 | 60.6 | 1157 | 9.1 | 10 | 7.9 | 13 | 10.2 | 62 | 77.2 | ||
| 1973 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 274 | 157 | 57.3 | 2496 | 9.1 | 13 | 4.7 | 13 | 4.7 | 100 | 83.8 | ||
| 1974 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | 9 | 81.8 | 145 | 13.2 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 2 | 11 | 149.1 |
| 1975 | NFL Washington Redskins | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 96 | 4.4 | 1 | 4.5 | 3 | 13.6 | 30 | 2 | 18 | 33.7 |
| 1976 | NFL Washington Redskins | 163 | 79 | 48.5 | 1036 | 6.4 | 8 | 4.9 | 10 | 6.1 | 44 | 22 | 172 | 59.8 |
| 1977 | NFL Washington Redskins | 182 | 84 | 46.2 | 1097 | 6.0 | 7 | 3.8 | 9 | 4.9 | 52 | 30 | 241 | 57.9 |
| 1978 | NFL Washington Redskins | 390 | 187 | 47.9 | 2593 | 6.6 | 13 | 3.3 | 18 | 4.6 | 63 | 42 | 391 | 61.6 |
| 1979 | NFL Washington Redskins | 395 | 233 | 59.0 | 2797 | 7.1 | 20 | 5.1 | 13 | 3.3 | 62 | 34 | 263 | 83.9 |
| 1980 | NFL Washington Redskins | 454 | 262 | 57.7 | 2962 | 6.5 | 17 | 3.7 | 16 | 3.5 | 54 | 31 | 282 | 75.2 |
| 1981 | NFL Washington Redskins | 496 | 293 | 59.1 | 3568 | 7.2 | 19 | 3.8 | 20 | 4.0 | 79 | 28 | 259 | 77.3 |
| 1982 | NFL Washington Redskins | 252 | 161 | 63.9 | 2033 | 8.1 | 13 | 5.2 | 9 | 3.6 | 78 | 30 | 223 | 91.3 |
| 1983 | NFL Washington Redskins | 459 | 276 | 60.1 | 3714 | 8.1 | 29 | 6.3 | 11 | 2.4 | 84 | 34 | 242 | 97.0 |
| 1984 | NFL Washington Redskins | 477 | 283 | 59.3 | 3391 | 7.1 | 24 | 5.0 | 13 | 2.7 | 80 | 48 | 341 | 86.6 |
| 1985 | NFL Washington Redskins | 301 | 167 | 55.5 | 1774 | 5.9 | 8 | 2.7 | 16 | 5.3 | 55 | 37 | 314 | 59.6 |
| CFL | 679 | 382 | 56.3 | 6093 | 9.0 | 40 | 5.9 | 47 | 6.9 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 3602 | 2044 | 56.7 | 25206 | 7.0 | 160 | 4.4 | 138 | 3.8 | 84 | 340 | 2757 | ||
| Totals | 4281 | 2426 | 56.7 | 31299 | 7.3 | 200 | 4.7 | 185 | 4.3 | 100 | 340 | 2757 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 81 | 564 | 7.0 | 84 | 1 |
| 1972 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 21 | 147 | 7.0 | 16 | 1 |
| 1973 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 70 | 343 | 4.9 | 18 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Washington Redskins | 17 | 97 | 5.7 | 22 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL Washington Redskins | 29 | 149 | 5.1 | 14 | 1 |
| 1978 | NFL Washington Redskins | 37 | 177 | 4.8 | 20 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL Washington Redskins | 46 | 181 | 3.9 | 22 | 4 |
| 1980 | NFL Washington Redskins | 29 | 175 | 6.0 | 37 | 3 |
| 1981 | NFL Washington Redskins | 36 | 177 | 4.9 | 24 | 2 |
| 1982 | NFL Washington Redskins | 31 | 150 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Washington Redskins | 37 | 234 | 6.3 | 22 | 1 |
| 1984 | NFL Washington Redskins | 62 | 314 | 5.1 | 27 | 1 |
| 1985 | NFL Washington Redskins | 25 | 115 | 4.6 | 25 | 2 |
| CFL | 172 | 1054 | 6.1 | 84 | 3 | |
| NFL | 355 | 1815 | 5.1 | 37 | 17 | |
| Totals | 527 | 2869 | 5.4 | 84 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| CFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 3 | 182 | 60.7 | 69 | 1 |
| 1985 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| CFL | 3 | 182 | 60.7 | 69 | 1 | |
| NFL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 69 | 1 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Washington Redskins | 15 | 157 | 10.5 | 44 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| CFL | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| NFL | 17 | 162 | 9.5 | 44 | 0 | |
| Totals | 18 | 169 | 9.4 | 44 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Washington Redskins | 8 | 3 | -26 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 1 | -21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1985 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 42 | 14 | -49 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14 | -49 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1971 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| 1972 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1973 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1976 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1977 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1979 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1980 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1983 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1984 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1985 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| CFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| NFL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
| Totals | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 6 | 0 |
| 1973 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 9 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 5 |
| 1977 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 6 |
| 1978 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 16 | 14 |
| 1979 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 16 | 16 |
| 1980 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 16 | 15 |
| 1981 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 16 | 16 |
| 1982 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 16 | 16 |
| 1984 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 16 | 16 |
| 1985 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 11 |
Awards
1982 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1982 - Walter Payton Man of the Year
1983 - AP MVP
1983 - AP Offensive Player of the Year
1983 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1983 - PFWA MVP
Honors
1971 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1973 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1979 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1982 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1982 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1983 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1983 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1983 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1983 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1983 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1983 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1983 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
