Sam Wyche
Samuel David Wyche
Born: January 5, 1945
Atlanta, GA USA
Deceased: January 2, 2020
Position: QB
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 218
College: Furman
High School: North Fulton (Atlanta, GA)
Career: 1968-1976
Coaching record
Sam Wyche played from 1968 to 1976 during his career with the Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Redskins. Wyche threw for 1,748 yards in his career, completing 116 of 222 passes with 12 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. He also ran for 303 yards in 45 attempts with 3 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | 1968 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 55 | 35 | 63.6 | 494 | 9.0 | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 3.6 | 80 | 89.5 | 1969 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 108 | 54 | 50.0 | 838 | 7.8 | 7 | 6.5 | 4 | 3.7 | 80 | 28 | 180 | 82.3 | 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 57 | 26 | 45.6 | 411 | 7.2 | 3 | 5.3 | 2 | 3.5 | 51 | 10 | 73 | 73.1 | 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1976 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
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| AFL | 163 | 89 | 54.6 | 1332 | 8.2 | 9 | 5.5 | 6 | 3.7 | 80 | 28 | 180 | ||
| NFL | 59 | 27 | 45.8 | 416 | 7.1 | 3 | 5.1 | 3 | 5.1 | 51 | 10 | 73 | ||
| Totals | 222 | 116 | 52.3 | 1748 | 7.9 | 12 | 5.4 | 9 | 4.1 | 80 | 38 | 253 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1968 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 12 | 74 | 6.2 | 21 | 0 | 1969 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 12 | 107 | 8.9 | 22 | 1 | 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 19 | 118 | 6.2 | 23 | 2 | 1971 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| AFL | 24 | 181 | 7.5 | 22 | 1 | |
| NFL | 21 | 122 | 5.8 | 23 | 2 | |
| Totals | 45 | 303 | 6.7 | 23 | 3 |
Receiving:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1968 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1969 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
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| AFL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -4 | 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 | 1969 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| AFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1968 | AFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 3 | 1969 | AFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 3 | 1970 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 3 | 1971 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 1972 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 7 | 0 | 1974 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 | 1976 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 |
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