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Brian Sipe

Brian Winfield Sipe

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: August 8, 1949 in San Diego, CA
College: San Diego State

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

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 13th round (330th overall) of the 1972 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 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%
1974 25 CLE qb 10 5 2-3-0 59 108 54.6 603 1 0.9 7 6.5 37 5.6 2.8 10.2 60.3 47.0 15 122 3.9 1.4 12.2
1975 26 CLE 7 1 0-2-0 45 88 51.1 427 1 1.1 3 3.4 22 4.9 3.4 9.5 61.0 54.5 8 58 3.8 2.5 8.3
1976 27 CLE QB 14 12 7-5-0 178 312 57.1 2113 17 5.4 14 4.5 52 6.8 5.3 11.9 150.9 77.3 16 142 6.0 4.6 4.9
1977 28 CLE QB 9 9 5-4-0 112 195 57.4 1233 9 4.6 14 7.2 52 6.3 3.6 11.0 137.0 61.8 16 114 5.3 2.7 7.6
1978 29 CLE QB 16 16 8-8-0 222 399 55.6 2906 21 5.3 15 3.8 69 7.3 6.1 13.1 181.6 80.7 29 229 6.3 5.2 6.8
1979 30 CLE QB 16 16 9-7-0 286 535 53.5 3793 28 5.2 26 4.9 74 7.1 5.4 13.3 237.1 73.4 43 347 6.0 4.4 7.4
1980*+ 31 CLE QB 16 16 11-5-0 337 554 60.8 4132 30 5.4 14 2.5 65 7.5 6.9 12.3 258.3 91.4 23 217 6.8 6.2 4.0
1981 32 CLE QB 16 16 5-11-0 313 567 55.2 3876 17 3.0 25 4.4 62 6.8 5.2 12.4 242.3 68.2 34 310 5.9 4.3 5.7
1982 33 CLE QB 6 6 2-4-0 101 185 54.6 1064 4 2.2 8 4.3 40 5.8 4.0 10.5 177.3 60.7 13 117 4.8 3.2 6.6
1983 34 CLE QB 15 14 8-6-0 291 496 58.7 3566 26 5.2 23 4.6 66 7.2 5.6 12.3 237.7 79.1 27 233 6.4 4.9 5.2
Career 125 111 57-55-0 1944 3439 56.5 23713 154 4.5 149 4.3 74 6.9 5.4 12.2 189.7 74.8 224 1889 6.0 4.5 6.1

Postseason record as starting QB: 1980: 0-1.

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 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
1974 25 CLE qb 10 5 16 44 4 17 2.8 4.4 1.6 44 4 8
1975 26 CLE 7 1 9 60 0 21 6.7 8.6 1.3 60 0 1
1976 27 CLE QB 14 12 18 71 0 17 3.9 5.1 1.3 71 0 7
1977 28 CLE QB 9 9 10 14 0 9 1.4 1.6 1.1 14 0 4
1978 29 CLE QB 16 16 28 87 3 35 3.1 5.4 1.8 87 3 12
1979 30 CLE QB 16 16 45 178 2 34 4.0 11.1 2.8 178 2 10
1980*+ 31 CLE QB 16 16 20 55 1 24 2.8 3.4 1.3 55 1 3
1981 32 CLE QB 16 16 38 153 1 22 4.0 9.6 2.4 153 1 10
1982 33 CLE QB 6 6 13 44 0 12 3.4 7.3 2.2 44 0 1
1983 34 CLE QB 15 14 26 56 0 9 2.2 3.7 1.7 56 0 6
Career 125 111 223 762 11 35 3.4 6.1 1.8 762 11 62

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1974 25 CLE qb 10 5 8 4 0 0
1975 26 CLE 7 1 1 0 0 0
1976 27 CLE QB 14 12 7 2 -21 0
1977 28 CLE QB 9 9 4 2 0 0
1978 29 CLE QB 16 16 12 4 -11 0
1979 30 CLE QB 16 16 10 6 -8 0
1980*+ 31 CLE QB 16 16 3 1 -4 0
1981 32 CLE QB 16 16 10 4 -39 0
1982 33 CLE QB 6 6 1 1 -2 0
1983 34 CLE QB 15 14 6 1 0 0
Career 125 111 62 25 -85 0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
1976 27 CLE QB 14 12 1 1 100.0%
Career 125 111 1 1 100.0%

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1974 25 CLE qb 10 5 4 24
1976 27 CLE QB 14 12 1 1
1978 29 CLE QB 16 16 3 18
1979 30 CLE QB 16 16 2 12
1980*+ 31 CLE QB 16 16 1 6
1981 32 CLE QB 16 16 1 6
Career 125 111 11 1 67

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1980 NFL AP MVP
1980 NFL PFWA MVP

Pro Bowls

1980

1st-team All-Pro

1980

Passes Completed

1976 NFL 178 (10)
1978 NFL 222 (9)
1979 NFL 286 (5)
1980 NFL 337 (2-- 65)
1981 NFL 313 (3)
1983 NFL 291 (5)
Career 1944 (57)

Pass Attempts

1976 NFL 312 (9)
1978 NFL 399 (8)
1979 NFL 535 (3-- 99)
1980 NFL 554 (2-- 68)
1981 NFL 567 (3-- 47)
1983 NFL 496 (6)
Career 3439 (61)

Passing Yds

1978 NFL 2906 (10)
1979 NFL 3793 (2)
1980 NFL 4132 (2-- 50)
1981 NFL 3876 (3)
1983 NFL 3566 (6)
Career 23713 (65)

Passing TD

1976 NFL 17 (6)
1978 NFL 21 (5)
1979 NFL 28 (1-- 78)
1980 NFL 30 (2-- 50)
1983 NFL 26 (4)
Career 154 (66)

Passer Rating

1976 NFL 77.3 (9)
1978 NFL 80.7 (6)
1980 NFL 91.4 (1)
Career 74.8 (97)

Long Pass

1979 NFL 74 (7)

Passes Intercepted

1976 NFL 14 (10)
1979 NFL 26 (1-- 26)
1981 NFL 25 (1-- 38)
1983 NFL 23 (4-- 84)
Career 149 (51)

Sacked

1979 NFL 43 (3)
1981 NFL 34 (5)
Career 224 (68)

Sacked Yds Lost

1979 NFL 347 (3-- 56)
1981 NFL 310 (2)
Career 1889 (47)

Passing Yds/Game

1979 NFL 237.1 (2)
1980 NFL 258.3 (2-- 80)
1981 NFL 242.3 (3)
1983 NFL 237.7 (6)
Career 189.7 (49)

Yds/Pass Att

1978 NFL 7.3 (8)
1979 NFL 7.1 (10)
1980 NFL 7.5 (8)
Career 6.9 (98)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1978 NFL 13.1 (10)
1979 NFL 13.3 (8)
Career 12.2 (128)

Pass Attempts/Game

1979 NFL 33.4 (3)
1980 NFL 34.6 (3)
1981 NFL 35.4 (3-- 71)
1982 NFL 30.8 (8)
1983 NFL 33.1 (4)
Career 27.5 (48)

Fumbles

1974 NFL 8 (7)
1978 NFL 12 (1)
1979 NFL 10 (7)
1981 NFL 10 (9)
Career 62 (73)

Fumbles Recovered

1974 NFL 4 (4)
1978 NFL 4 (10)
1979 NFL 6 (1-- 44)
1981 NFL 4 (4)
Career 25 (38)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1978 NFL 6.12 (4)
1980 NFL 6.86 (2)
Career 5.39 (106)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1976 NFL 6.01 (8)
1978 NFL 6.25 (6)
1979 NFL 5.96 (10)
1980 NFL 6.79 (5)
Career 5.96 (72)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1976 NFL 4.61 (9)
1978 NFL 5.17 (4)
1980 NFL 6.21 (2)
Career 4.55 (94)

Passes Completed/Game

1977 NFL 12.4 (9)
1978 NFL 13.9 (10)
1979 NFL 17.9 (5)
1980 NFL 21.1 (2-- 98)
1981 NFL 19.6 (3)
1983 NFL 19.4 (6)
Career 15.6 (51)

Pass Completion %

1976 NFL 57.1% (7)
1978 NFL 55.6% (10)
1980 NFL 60.8% (3)
Career 56.5% (82)

Pass Intercept. %

1978 NFL 3.8% (3)
1980 NFL 2.5% (1)
Career 4.3% (121)

Passing TD %

1976 NFL 5.4% (7)
1978 NFL 5.3% (4)
1979 NFL 5.2% (4)
1980 NFL 5.4% (9)
1983 NFL 5.2% (9)
Career 4.5% (73)

Sack %

1976 NFL 4.88% (2)
1980 NFL 3.99% (2)
1983 NFL 5.16% (6)
Career 6.12% (52)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1979 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1974 25 10 QB 45 32
1975 26 7 QB 23 46
1976 27 14 QB 166 4 11 67
1977 28 9 QB 77 24
1978 29 16 QB 239 68 6 16
1979 30 16 QB 298 90 3 7
1980 31 16 QB 329 100 2 7
1981 32 16 QB 228 13
1982 33 6 QB 55 29
1983 34 15 QB 258 44 7 36
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