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Bob Waterfield

Robert Stanton Waterfield

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 26, 1920 in Elmira, NY
College: UCLA

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1965

2-time Pro Bowler & 3-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Cleveland Rams in the 5th round (42nd overall) of the 1944 Draft

Coaching Record

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 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%
1945+ 25 RAM QB 10 4 89 171 52.0 1609 14 8.2 17 9.9 84 9.4 5.8 18.1 160.9 72.4
1946+ 26 RAM QB 11 4 127 251 50.6 1747 17 6.8 17 6.8 57 7.0 4.6 13.8 158.8 67.6
1947 27 RAM QB 12 8 96 221 43.4 1210 8 3.6 18 8.1 45 5.5 2.2 12.6 100.8 39.2
1948 28 RAM QB 11 8 87 180 48.3 1354 14 7.8 18 10.0 80 7.5 3.8 15.6 123.1 60.0
1949+ 29 RAM QB 12 11 154 296 52.0 2168 17 5.7 24 8.1 71 7.3 4.3 14.1 180.7 61.3
1950* 30 RAM qb 12 6 122 213 57.3 1540 11 5.2 13 6.1 72 7.2 5.0 12.6 128.3 71.7
1951* 31 RAM QB 11 10 88 176 50.0 1566 13 7.4 10 5.7 91 8.9 7.1 17.8 142.4 81.8
1952 32 RAM qb 12 6 51 109 46.8 655 3 2.8 11 10.1 63 6.0 1.7 12.8 54.6 35.7
Career 91 57 814 1617 50.3 11849 97 6.0 128 7.9 91 7.3 4.4 14.6 130.2 61.6

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
1945+ 25 RAM QB 10 4 3 1 33.3% 34 31 91.2% 39 1585 68 1 40.6
1946+ 26 RAM QB 11 4 9 6 66.7% 37 37 100.0% 39 1743 65 0 44.7
1947 27 RAM QB 12 8 16 7 43.8% 30 27 90.0% 59 2500 86 1 42.4
1948 28 RAM QB 11 8 11 6 54.5% 44 38 86.4% 43 1833 88 0 42.6
1949+ 29 RAM QB 12 11 16 9 56.3% 45 43 95.6% 49 2177 61 1 44.4
1950* 30 RAM qb 12 6 14 7 50.0% 58 54 93.1% 52 2087 61 2 40.1
1951* 31 RAM QB 11 10 23 13 56.5% 43 41 95.3% 4 166 52 0 41.5
1952 32 RAM qb 12 6 18 11 61.1% 45 44 97.8% 30 1276 59 0 42.5
Career 91 57 110 60 54.5% 336 315 93.8% 315 13367 88 5 42.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 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
1945+ 25 RAM QB 10 4 18 18 5 16 1.0 1.8 1.8 18 5 9
1946+ 26 RAM QB 11 4 16 -60 1 6 -3.8 -5.5 1.5 -60 1 6
1947 27 RAM QB 12 8 3 6 1 4 2.0 0.5 0.3 2 14 7.0 0 18 0.2 1.2 20 1 2
1948 28 RAM QB 11 8 7 12 0 10 1.7 1.1 0.6 12 0 5
1949+ 29 RAM QB 12 11 5 -4 1 5 -0.8 -0.3 0.4 -4 1 4
1950* 30 RAM qb 12 6 8 14 1 13 1.8 1.2 0.7 14 1 4
1951* 31 RAM QB 11 10 9 49 3 25 5.4 4.5 0.8 49 3 2
1952 32 RAM qb 12 6 9 -14 1 19 -1.6 -1.2 0.8 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 -9 1 4
Career 91 57 75 21 13 25 0.3 0.2 0.8 3 19 6.3 0 18 0.0 0.2 40 13 36

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
1945+ 25 RAM QB 10 4 6 92 0 29 9 4 -2 0
1946+ 26 RAM QB 11 4 5 72 0 28 6 3 0 0
1947 27 RAM QB 12 8 5 56 0 35 2 4 -3 0
1948 28 RAM QB 11 8 4 8 0 5 5 4 0 0
1949+ 29 RAM QB 12 11 4 3 0 0
1950* 30 RAM qb 12 6 4 1 0 0
1951* 31 RAM QB 11 10 2 1 0 0
1952 32 RAM qb 12 6 4 3 0 0
Career 91 57 20 228 0 35 36 23 -5 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1945+ 25 RAM QB 10 4 2 34 0 18 17.0 52
1946+ 26 RAM QB 11 4 1 12 0 12 12.0 -48
1947 27 RAM QB 12 8 1 2 0 2 2.0 22
Career 91 57 4 48 0 18 12.0 88

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
1945+ 25 RAM QB 10 4 5 31 1 64
1946+ 26 RAM QB 11 4 1 37 6 61
1947 27 RAM QB 12 8 1 27 7 54
1948 28 RAM QB 11 8 38 6 56
1949+ 29 RAM QB 12 11 1 43 9 76
1950* 30 RAM qb 12 6 1 54 7 81
1951* 31 RAM QB 11 10 3 41 13 98
1952 32 RAM qb 12 6 1 44 11 83
Career 91 57 13 315 60 573

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1945 NFL Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP)

Pro Bowls

1950
1951

1st-team All-Pro

1945
1946
1949

Passes Completed

1945 NFL 89 (3)
1946 NFL 127 (1)
1947 NFL 96 (7)
1948 NFL 87 (7)
1949 NFL 154 (3)
1950 NFL 122 (7)
1951 NFL 88 (10)
Career 814 (155)

Pass Attempts

1945 NFL 171 (4)
1946 NFL 251 (1)
1947 NFL 221 (6)
1948 NFL 180 (7)
1949 NFL 296 (4)
1951 NFL 176 (10)
Career 1617 (147)

Passing Yds

1945 NFL 1609 (3)
1946 NFL 1747 (2)
1947 NFL 1210 (8)
1948 NFL 1354 (5)
1949 NFL 2168 (2)
1950 NFL 1540 (10)
1951 NFL 1566 (5)
Career 11849 (135)

Passing TD

1945 NFL 14 (1)
1946 NFL 17 (1)
1947 NFL 8 (9)
1948 NFL 14 (4)
1949 NFL 17 (3)
1950 NFL 11 (7)
1951 NFL 13 (5)
Career 97 (118)

Passer Rating

1945 NFL 72.4 (3)
1946 NFL 67.6 (2)
1947 NFL 39.2 (9)
1948 NFL 60.0 (5)
1949 NFL 61.3 (5)
1950 NFL 71.7 (2)
1951 NFL 81.8 (1)
Career 61.6 (185)

Long Pass

1945 NFL 84 (1)
1948 NFL 80 (3)
1949 NFL 71 (5)
1950 NFL 72 (9)
1951 NFL 91 (1-- 68)

Passes Intercepted

1945 NFL 17 (1)
1946 NFL 17 (3)
1947 NFL 18 (5)
1948 NFL 18 (3)
1949 NFL 24 (1-- 56)
1952 NFL 11 (10)
Career 128 (71)

Passing Yds/Game

1945 NFL 160.9 (3)
1946 NFL 158.8 (2)
1947 NFL 100.8 (8)
1948 NFL 123.1 (4)
1949 NFL 180.7 (2)
1950 NFL 128.3 (10)
1951 NFL 142.4 (5)
Career 130.2 (152)

Yds/Pass Att

1945 NFL 9.4 (1)
1946 NFL 7.0 (5)
1947 NFL 5.5 (9)
1948 NFL 7.5 (3)
1949 NFL 7.3 (4)
1950 NFL 7.2 (4)
1951 NFL 8.9 (1)
Career 7.3 (37)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1945 NFL 18.1 (1)
1946 NFL 13.8 (5)
1947 NFL 12.6 (9)
1948 NFL 15.6 (1)
1949 NFL 14.1 (4)
1950 NFL 12.6 (9)
1951 NFL 17.8 (1)
Career 14.6 (17)

Pass Attempts/Game

1945 NFL 17.1 (4)
1946 NFL 22.8 (1)
1947 NFL 18.4 (7)
1948 NFL 16.4 (6)
1949 NFL 24.7 (4)
1951 NFL 16.0 (9)
Career 17.8 (169)

Rushing TD

1945 NFL 5 (7)

Points Scored

1945 NFL 64 (3)
1946 NFL 61 (2)
1947 NFL 54 (9)
1948 NFL 56 (9)
1949 NFL 76 (4)
1950 NFL 81 (3)
1951 NFL 98 (2)
1952 NFL 83 (5)
Career 573 (115)

Extra Pt Made

1945 NFL 31 (1)
1946 NFL 37 (1)
1947 NFL 27 (8)
1948 NFL 38 (4)
1949 NFL 43 (2)
1950 NFL 54 (1-- 27)
1951 NFL 41 (3)
1952 NFL 44 (1)
Career 315 (53)

Extra Pt Att

1945 NFL 34 (2)
1946 NFL 37 (1)
1947 NFL 30 (7)
1948 NFL 44 (4)
1949 NFL 45 (2)
1950 NFL 58 (1-- 17)
1951 NFL 43 (2)
1952 NFL 45 (1)
Career 336 (51)

Extra Point %

Career 93.750% (145)

Total Field Goals Made

1945 NFL 1 (8)
1946 NFL 6 (2)
1947 NFL 7 (1)
1948 NFL 6 (3)
1949 NFL 9 (1)
1950 NFL 7 (5)
1951 NFL 13 (1)
1952 NFL 11 (2)
Career 60 (135)

Field Goals Att

1945 NFL 3 (9)
1946 NFL 9 (5)
1947 NFL 16 (1)
1948 NFL 11 (4)
1949 NFL 16 (3)
1950 NFL 14 (6)
1951 NFL 23 (1)
1952 NFL 18 (6)
Career 110 (127)

Field Goal %

1946 NFL 66.667% (1)
1947 NFL 43.750% (4)
1948 NFL 54.545% (2)
1949 NFL 56.250% (2)
1950 NFL 50.000% (3)
1951 NFL 56.522% (3)
1952 NFL 61.111% (1)
Career 54.545% (146)

Punts

1945 NFL 39 (4)
1946 NFL 39 (4)
1947 NFL 59 (4)
1948 NFL 43 (10)
1949 NFL 49 (6)
1950 NFL 52 (10)
Career 315 (129)

Punting Yds

1945 NFL 1585 (4)
1946 NFL 1743 (4)
1947 NFL 2500 (4)
1948 NFL 1833 (8)
1949 NFL 2177 (5)
1950 NFL 2087 (10)
Career 13367 (127)

Long Punt

1945 NFL 68 (2)
1946 NFL 65 (6)
1947 NFL 86 (1-- 10)
1948 NFL 88 (1-- 7)
1949 NFL 61 (7)

Punts Blocked

1945 NFL 1 (1)
1947 NFL 1 (4)
1949 NFL 1 (2)
1950 NFL 2 (1-- 35)
Career 5 (44)

Yds/Punt

1945 NFL 40.6 (4)
1946 NFL 44.7 (3)
1947 NFL 42.4 (7)
1948 NFL 42.6 (5)
1949 NFL 44.4 (3)
1950 NFL 40.1 (10)
1952 NFL 42.5 (6)
Career 42.4 (62)

Fumbles

1945 NFL 9 (2)

Fumbles Recovered

1945 NFL 4 (4)
1947 NFL 4 (5)
1948 NFL 4 (7)
Career 23 (51)

Interceptions

1945 NFL 6 (2)
1946 NFL 5 (4)
1947 NFL 5 (10)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1945 NFL 92 (3)

Passes Completed/Game

1945 NFL 8.9 (4)
1946 NFL 11.5 (1)
1947 NFL 8.0 (8)
1948 NFL 7.9 (6)
1949 NFL 12.8 (3)
1950 NFL 10.2 (8)
1951 NFL 8.0 (7)
Career 8.9 (175)

Pass Completion %

1945 NFL 52.0% (3)
1946 NFL 50.6% (3)
1947 NFL 43.4% (7)
1948 NFL 48.3% (5)
1949 NFL 52.0% (3)
1950 NFL 57.3% (1)
1951 NFL 50.0% (4)
Career 50.3% (185)

Pass Intercept. %

1945 NFL 9.9% (4)
1946 NFL 6.8% (2)
1947 NFL 8.1% (5)
1948 NFL 10.0% (6)
1949 NFL 8.1% (7)
1950 NFL 6.1% (4)
1951 NFL 5.7% (3)

Passing TD %

1945 NFL 8.2% (1)
1946 NFL 6.8% (3)
1947 NFL 3.6% (9)
1948 NFL 7.8% (2)
1949 NFL 5.7% (4)
1950 NFL 5.2% (5)
1951 NFL 7.4% (2)
Career 6.0% (13)

 

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
1945 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - Chicago Herald Am.: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - Int. News Service: 2nd team all-NFL
1945 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1946 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1946 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 2nd team all-NFL
1946 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1946 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1949 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1949 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1950 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1951 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1951 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL