George Blanda

George Frederick Blanda

Position: QB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: September 17, 1927 in Youngwood, PA
College: Kentucky

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1981

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 12th round (119th overall) of the 1949 Draft

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View Details For: 9 Regular Season TDs Scored / 235 Regular Season and 7 Playoff TDs Thrown / 335 Regular Season and 22 Playoff FGs Made

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · · Playoffs · 100/300/100

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1949	22	CHI		12	2		9	21	42.9	197	0	0.0	5	23.8	44	9.4	-1.3	21.9	16.4	37.3
1950	23	2TM		12	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
		BAL		1	0		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0
		CHI		11	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1951	24	CHI	LLB	12	0		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0
1952	25	CHI	qb	12	3		47	131	35.9	664	8	6.1	11	8.4	59	5.1	1.9	14.1	55.3	38.5
1953	26	CHI	QB	12	12		169	362	46.7	2164	14	3.9	23	6.4	72	6.0	3.5	12.8	180.3	52.3
1954	27	CHI	QB	8	7		131	281	46.6	1929	15	5.3	17	6.0	76	6.9	4.7	14.7	241.1	62.1
1955	28	CHI	K	12	2		42	97	43.3	459	4	4.1	7	7.2	51	4.7	1.9	10.9	38.3	41.6
1956	29	CHI	qb	12	0		37	69	53.6	439	7	10.1	4	5.8	69	6.4	4.8	11.9	36.6	82.9
1957	30	CHI	K	12	0		8	19	42.1	65	0	0.0	3	15.8	13	3.4	-3.7	8.1	5.4	11.8
1958	31	CHI	K	12	0		2	7	28.6	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	2.7	2.7	9.5	1.6	39.6
1960	33	HOU	QB	14	11	8-3-0	169	363	46.6	2413	24	6.6	22	6.1	88	6.6	4.6	14.3	172.4	65.4
1961*+	34	HOU	QB	14	11	9-2-0	187	362	51.7	3330	36	9.9	22	6.1	80	9.2	7.5	17.8	237.9	91.3
1962*	35	HOU	QB	14	14	11-3-0	197	418	47.1	2810	27	6.5	42	10.0	78	6.7	2.8	14.3	200.7	51.3
1963*	36	HOU	QB	14	13	6-7-0	224	423	53.0	3003	24	5.7	25	5.9	80	7.1	5.0	13.4	214.5	70.1
1964	37	HOU	QB	14	13	4-9-0	262	505	51.9	3287	17	3.4	27	5.3	80	6.5	4.4	12.5	234.8	61.4
1965	38	HOU	QB	14	12	3-9-0	186	442	42.1	2542	20	4.5	30	6.8	95	5.8	3.1	13.7	181.6	47.9
1966	39	HOU	QB	14	8	3-5-0	122	271	45.0	1764	17	6.3	21	7.7	79	6.5	3.6	14.5	126.0	55.3
1967*	40	OAK	K	14	0		15	38	39.5	285	3	7.9	3	7.9	50	7.5	4.7	19.0	20.4	59.6
1968	41	OAK	K	14	1	1-0-0	30	49	61.2	522	6	12.2	2	4.1	94	10.7	10.0	17.4	37.3	120.1
1969	42	OAK	K	14	0		6	13	46.2	73	2	15.4	1	7.7	20	5.6	3.7	12.2	5.2	71.5	1	4	4.9	3.1	7.1
1970	43	OAK	K	14	0		29	55	52.7	461	6	10.9	5	9.1	44	8.4	5.4	15.9	32.9	79.4	4	37	7.2	4.4	6.8
1971	44	OAK	K	14	0		32	58	55.2	378	4	6.9	6	10.3	37	6.5	2.6	11.8	27.0	58.6	2	26	5.9	2.0	3.3
1972	45	OAK	K	14	0		5	15	33.3	77	1	6.7	0	0.0	26	5.1	5.8	15.4	5.5	73.5	2	19	3.4	4.0	11.8
1973	46	OAK	K	14	0		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0
1974	47	OAK	K	14	0		1	4	25.0	28	1	25.0	0	0.0	28	7.0	9.5	28.0	2.0	95.8	0	0	7.0	9.5	0.0
1975	48	OAK	K	14	0		1	3	33.3	11	0	0.0	1	33.3	11	3.7	-11.3	11.0	0.8	5.6	3	8	0.5	-7.0	50.0
Career				340	109	45-38-0	1911	4007	47.7	26920	236	5.9	277	6.9	95	6.7	4.2	14.1	79.2	60.6	12	94	6.7	4.2	0.3
10 yrs		CHI		115	26		445	988	45.0	5936	48	4.9	70	7.1	76	6.0	3.3	13.3	51.6	51.3
9 yrs		OAK		126	1	1-0-0	119	235	50.6	1835	23	9.8	18	7.7	94	7.8	5.3	15.4	14.6	77.5	12	94	5.8	3.1	7.5
7 yrs		TEN		98	82	44-38-0	1347	2784	48.4	19149	165	5.9	189	6.8	95	6.9	4.4	14.2	195.4	62.5

Postseason record as starting QB: 1960: 1-0, 1961: 1-0, 1962: 0-1.

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · ·

						0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1949	22	CHI		12	2											15	7	46.7%				19	746	57	0	39.3
1950	23	2TM		12	0											15	6	40.0%				2	30	30	1	15.0
		CHI		11	0											15	6	40.0%				2	30	30	1	15.0
1951	24	CHI	LLB	12	0											17	6	35.3%	26	26	100.0%
1952	25	CHI	qb	12	3											25	6	24.0%	30	30	100.0%
1953	26	CHI	QB	12	12											20	7	35.0%	27	27	100.0%
1954	27	CHI	QB	8	7											16	8	50.0%	23	23	100.0%
1955	28	CHI	K	12	2											16	11	68.8%	37	37	100.0%
1956	29	CHI	qb	12	0											28	12	42.9%	47	45	95.7%	1	33	33	0	33.0
1957	30	CHI	K	12	0											26	14	53.8%	23	23	100.0%
1958	31	CHI	K	12	0											23	11	47.8%	37	36	97.3%
1960	33	HOU	QB	14	11	14	6	5	3	5	3	6	1	3	2	33	15	45.5%	47	46	97.9%
1961*+	34	HOU	QB	14	11	7	6	7	6	2	1	4	1	6	2	26	16	61.5%	65	64	98.5%
1962*	35	HOU	QB	14	14	7	5	4	2	4	2	7	1	4	1	26	11	42.3%	49	48	98.0%
1963*	36	HOU	QB	14	13	2	1	3	1	8	3	8	4	3		24	9	37.5%	39	39	100.0%
1964	37	HOU	QB	14	13	4	3	7	3	4	3	12	4	2		29	13	44.8%	38	37	97.4%
1965	38	HOU	QB	14	12	4	4	1		7	4	7	3	2		21	11	52.4%	28	28	100.0%
1966	39	HOU	QB	14	8	4	3	1		7	3	12	8	6	2	30	16	53.3%	40	39	97.5%
1967*	40	OAK	K	14	0	6	5	4	4	10	6	8	5	2		30	20	66.7%	57	56	98.2%
1968	41	OAK	K	14	1	5	5	7	7	9	6	9	3	4		34	21	61.8%	54	54	100.0%
1969	42	OAK	K	14	0	5	4	12	8	8	6	12	2			37	20	54.1%	45	45	100.0%
1970	43	OAK	K	14	0	7	6	6	4	5	3	10	2	1	1	29	16	55.2%	36	36	100.0%
1971	44	OAK	K	14	0	4	4	7	5	7	4	3	2	1		22	15	68.2%	42	41	97.6%
1972	45	OAK	K	14	0	1	1	6	5	7	5	12	6			26	17	65.4%	44	44	100.0%
1973	46	OAK	K	14	0	10	10	8	7	4	3	11	3			33	23	69.7%	31	31	100.0%
1974	47	OAK	K	14	0	1	1	3	3	8	5	3	2	2		17	11	64.7%	46	44	95.7%
1975	48	OAK	K	14	0	2	2	8	7	6	4	5				21	13	61.9%	48	44	91.7%
Career				340	109	83	66	89	65	101	61	129	47	36	8	639	335	52.4%	959	943	98.3%	22	809	57	1	36.8
10 yrs		CHI		115	26											201	88	43.8%	250	247	98.8%	22	809	57	1	36.8
9 yrs		OAK		126	1	41	38	61	50	64	42	73	25	10	1	249	156	62.7%	403	395	98.0%
7 yrs		TEN		98	82	42	28	28	15	37	19	56	22	26	7	189	91	48.1%	306	301	98.4%

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · Playoffs · 100/300/100

						Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1949	22	CHI		12	2	2	9	1	5	4.5	0.8	0.2								9	1	0
1952	25	CHI	qb	12	3	20	104	1	16	5.2	8.7	1.7								104	1	0
1953	26	CHI	QB	12	12	24	62	0	16	2.6	5.2	2.0								69	0	3
1954	27	CHI	QB	8	7	19	41	0	19	2.2	5.1	2.4								41	0	3
1955	28	CHI	K	12	2	15	54	2	10	3.6	4.5	1.3								54	2	0
1956	29	CHI	qb	12	0	6	47	0	17	7.8	3.9	0.5								47	0	2
1957	30	CHI	K	12	0	5	-5	1	1	-1.0	-0.4	0.4								-5	1	0
1960	33	HOU	QB	14	11	16	16	4	9	1.0	1.1	1.1								16	4	8
1961*+	34	HOU	QB	14	11	7	12	0	7	1.7	0.9	0.5	1	-16	-16.0	0	-16	0.1	-1.1	-4	0	3
1962*	35	HOU	QB	14	14	3	6	0	10	2.0	0.4	0.2								6	0	2
1963*	36	HOU	QB	14	13	4	1	0	7	0.3	0.1	0.3								1	0	8
1964	37	HOU	QB	14	13	4	-2	0	6	-0.5	-0.1	0.3								-9	0	7
1965	38	HOU	QB	14	12	4	-6	0	0	-1.5	-0.4	0.3								-6	0	2
1966	39	HOU	QB	14	8	3	1	0	1	0.3	0.1	0.2								1	0	3
1969	42	OAK	K	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								0	0	1
1970	43	OAK	K	14	0	2	4	0	4	2.0	0.3	0.1								4	0	1
Career				340	109	135	344	9	19	2.5	1.0	0.4	1	-16	-16.0	0	7	0.0	0.0	328	9	47
10 yrs		CHI		115	26	91	312	5	19	3.4	2.7	0.8								319	5	8
9 yrs		OAK		126	1	3	4	0	4	1.3	0.0	0.0								4	0	6
7 yrs		TEN		98	82	41	28	4	10	0.7	0.3	0.4	1	-23	-23.0	0	0	0.0	-0.2	5	4	33

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1951	24	CHI	LLB	12	0		1	13	0	13			0	2	0	0
1952	25	CHI	qb	12	3								0	1	0	0
1953	26	CHI	QB	12	12								3	2	0	0
1954	27	CHI	QB	8	7								3	0	0	0
1956	29	CHI	qb	12	0								2	0	0	0
1960	33	HOU	QB	14	11								8	0	0	0
1961*+	34	HOU	QB	14	11								3	0	0	0
1962*	35	HOU	QB	14	14								2	0	0	0
1963*	36	HOU	QB	14	13								8	0	0	0
1964	37	HOU	QB	14	13								7	0	0	0
1965	38	HOU	QB	14	12								2	0	0	0
1966	39	HOU	QB	14	8								3	0	0	0
1968	41	OAK	K	14	1								1	0	0	0
1969	42	OAK	K	14	0								1	1	-7	0
1970	43	OAK	K	14	0								1	0	-10	0
1971	44	OAK	K	14	0								1	0	0	0
1972	45	OAK	K	14	0								1	0	0	0
1975	48	OAK	K	14	0								1	0	0	0
Career				340	109		1	13	0	13			47	6	-17	0
10 yrs		CHI		115	26		1	13	0	13			8	5	0	0
9 yrs		OAK		126	1								6	1	-17	0
7 yrs		TEN		98	82								33	0	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1951	24	CHI	LLB	12	0						2	19	0	17	9.5	19
Career				340	109						2	19	0	17	9.5	347

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
1949	22	CHI		12	2	1		7	27
1950	23	2TM		12	0			6	18
		CHI		11	0			6	18
1951	24	CHI	LLB	12	0		26	6	44
1952	25	CHI	qb	12	3	1	30	6	54
1953	26	CHI	QB	12	12		27	7	48
1954	27	CHI	QB	8	7		23	8	47
1955	28	CHI	K	12	2	2	37	11	82
1956	29	CHI	qb	12	0		45	12	81
1957	30	CHI	K	12	0	1	23	14	71
1958	31	CHI	K	12	0		36	11	69
1960	33	HOU	QB	14	11	4	46	15	115
1961*+	34	HOU	QB	14	11		64	16	112
1962*	35	HOU	QB	14	14