Y.A. Tittle
Yelberton Abraham Tittle
Born: October 24, 1926
Marshall, TX USA
Deceased: October 8, 2017
Position: QB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 192
College: LSU
High School: Marshall (TX)
Career: 1948-1964
Drafted: 1948 in Round 1, #6 overall by the Detroit Lions
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971
Y.A. Tittle played from 1948 to 1964 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. Tittle threw for 33,070 yards in his career, completing 2,427 of 4,395 passes with 242 touchdowns and 248 interceptions. He also ran for 1,245 yards in 372 attempts with 39 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | AAFC Baltimore Colts | 289 | 161 | 55.7 | 2522 | 8.7 | 16 | 5.5 | 9 | 3.1 | 80 | 90.3 |
1949 | AAFC Baltimore Colts | 289 | 148 | 51.2 | 2209 | 7.6 | 14 | 4.8 | 18 | 6.2 | 80 | 66.8 |
1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 315 | 161 | 51.1 | 1884 | 6.0 | 8 | 2.5 | 19 | 6.0 | 62 | 52.9 |
1951 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 114 | 63 | 55.3 | 808 | 7.1 | 8 | 7.0 | 9 | 7.9 | 48 | 68.2 |
1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 208 | 106 | 51.0 | 1407 | 6.8 | 11 | 5.3 | 12 | 5.8 | 77 | 66.3 |
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 259 | 149 | 57.5 | 2121 | 8.2 | 20 | 7.7 | 16 | 6.2 | 71 | 84.1 |
1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 295 | 170 | 57.6 | 2205 | 7.5 | 9 | 3.1 | 9 | 3.1 | 70 | 78.7 |
1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 287 | 147 | 51.2 | 2185 | 7.6 | 17 | 5.9 | 28 | 9.8 | 78 | 56.6 |
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 218 | 124 | 56.9 | 1641 | 7.5 | 7 | 3.2 | 12 | 5.5 | 77 | 68.6 |
1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 279 | 176 | 63.1 | 2157 | 7.7 | 13 | 4.7 | 15 | 5.4 | 46 | 80.0 |
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 208 | 120 | 57.7 | 1467 | 7.1 | 9 | 4.3 | 15 | 7.2 | 64 | 63.9 |
1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 199 | 102 | 51.3 | 1331 | 6.7 | 10 | 5.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 75 | 58.0 |
1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 127 | 69 | 54.3 | 694 | 5.5 | 4 | 3.1 | 3 | 2.4 | 45 | 70.8 |
1961 | NFL New York Giants | 285 | 163 | 57.2 | 2272 | 8.0 | 17 | 6.0 | 12 | 4.2 | 62 | 85.3 |
1962 | NFL New York Giants | 375 | 200 | 53.3 | 3224 | 8.6 | 33 | 8.8 | 20 | 5.3 | 69 | 89.5 |
1963 | NFL New York Giants | 367 | 221 | 60.2 | 3145 | 8.6 | 36 | 9.8 | 14 | 3.8 | 70 | 104.8 |
1964 | NFL New York Giants | 281 | 147 | 52.3 | 1798 | 6.4 | 10 | 3.6 | 22 | 7.8 | 54 | 51.6 |
AAFC | 578 | 309 | 53.5 | 4731 | 8.2 | 30 | 5.2 | 27 | 4.7 | 80 | ||
NFL | 3817 | 2118 | 55.5 | 28339 | 7.4 | 212 | 5.6 | 221 | 5.8 | 78 | ||
Totals | 4395 | 2427 | 55.2 | 33070 | 7.5 | 242 | 5.5 | 248 | 5.6 | 80 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | AAFC Baltimore Colts | 52 | 157 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 |
1949 | AAFC Baltimore Colts | 29 | 89 | 3.1 | 0 | 2 |
1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 20 | 77 | 3.8 | 33 | 2 |
1951 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 5 | 1 |
1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 11 | -11 | -1.0 | 4 | 0 |
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 14 | 6 |
1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 28 | 68 | 2.4 | 10 | 4 |
1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 23 | 114 | 5.0 | 35 | 0 |
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 24 | 67 | 2.8 | 13 | 4 |
1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 40 | 220 | 5.5 | 45 | 6 |
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 22 | 35 | 1.6 | 12 | 2 |
1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 22 | 0 |
1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 61 | 6.1 | 28 | 0 |
1961 | NFL New York Giants | 25 | 85 | 3.4 | 17 | 3 |
1962 | NFL New York Giants | 17 | 108 | 6.4 | 23 | 2 |
1963 | NFL New York Giants | 18 | 99 | 5.5 | 18 | 2 |
1964 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | -7 | -0.5 | 7 | 1 |
AAFC | 81 | 246 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | |
NFL | 291 | 999 | 3.4 | 45 | 33 | |
Totals | 372 | 1245 | 3.3 | 45 | 39 |
Receiving:
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
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1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1951 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1961 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1962 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1963 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
1964 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
NFL | 0 | 56 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 56 | 24 | 0 | 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 |
1948 | AAFC Baltimore Colts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1949 | AAFC Baltimore Colts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1951 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1961 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
1962 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1963 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1964 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
AAFC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
NFL | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 | |
Totals | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | AAFC | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 12 |
1949 | AAFC | Baltimore Colts | 11 | 7 |
1950 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 12 | 9 |
1951 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 1 |
1952 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 5 |
1953 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 10 |
1954 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 11 |
1955 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 12 |
1956 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 8 |
1957 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 11 |
1958 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 6 |
1959 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 10 |
1960 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 4 |
1961 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 10 |
1962 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 14 |
1963 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 13 |
1964 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 11 |
Awards
1957 - UPI MVP
1961 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1962 - UPI MVP
1963 - AP MVP
1963 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
Honors
1957 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1961 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1961 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1961 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1962 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1962 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1962 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1962 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1963 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1963 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1963 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1963 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1963 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)