Craig Morton

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Full Name: Larry Craig Morton	Primary Position: QB
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/213	College: Univeristy of California
Birthdate: February 5, 1943	High School: Campbell (CA)
Birthplace: Flint, Michigan
Pro Experience: 18 years

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Trivia
4 Video Gallery
5 Picture Gallery
6 See Also
7 Awards
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Craig Morton (Larry Craig Morton) was born on February 5, 1943 in Flint, Michigan. After going to high school at Campbell (CA), Morton attended Univeristy of California. Morton made his professional debut in the NFL in 1965 with the Dallas Cowboys. He played for the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and New York Giants over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that 1981 was Craig Morton's best year, as he threw for 3195 yards, tossed 21 TDs and put up a 90.5 passer rating.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Passing Stats

year	team	league	games	ATT	CMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	TD	INT	SKD	SKY	RAT
1965	DAL	NFL	4	34	17	50	173	5.09	2	4	10	68	45
1966	DAL	NFL	6	27	13	48.1	225	8.33	3	1	1	8	98.5
1967	DAL	NFL	10	137	69	50.4	978	7.14	10	10	17	125	67.7
1968	DAL	NFL	13	85	44	51.8	752	8.85	4	6	4	39	68.4
1969	DAL	NFL	13	302	162	53.6	2619	8.67	21	15	30	246	85.4
1970	DAL	NFL	12	207	102	49.3	1819	8.79	15	7	20	166	89.8
1971	DAL	NFL	10	143	78	54.5	1131	7.91	7	8	9	76	73.5
1972	DAL	NFL	14	339	185	54.6	2396	7.07	15	21	23	179	65.9
1973	DAL	NFL	14	32	13	40.6	174	5.44	3	1	0	0	76.8
1974	NYG	NFL	8	237	122	51.5	1510	6.37	9	13	13	97	61.3
1975	NYG	NFL	14	363	186	51.2	2359	6.5	11	16	47	331	63.6
1976	NYG	NFL	12	284	153	53.9	1865	6.57	9	20	39	285	55.6
1977	DEN	NFL	14	254	131	51.6	1929	7.59	14	8	43	338	82
1978	DEN	NFL	14	267	146	54.7	1802	6.75	11	8	36	238	77
1979	DEN	NFL	14	370	204	55.1	2626	7.1	16	19	30	241	70.6
1980	DEN	NFL	12	301	183	60.8	2150	7.14	12	13	26	190	77.8
1981	DEN	NFL	15	376	225	59.8	3195	8.5	21	14	54	394	90.5
1982	DEN	NFL	3	26	18	69.2	193	7.42	0	3	3	19	51.1
18 year NFL career			208	3786	2053	54.2	27908	7.37	183	187	405	3040	73.5

[edit] Rushing Stats

year	team	league	games	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1965	DAL	NFL	4	3	-8	-2.7	0	5
1966	DAL	NFL	6	7	50	7.1	0	12
1967	DAL	NFL	10	15	42	2.8	0	11
1968	DAL	NFL	13	4	28	7	2	12
1969	DAL	NFL	13	16	62	3.9	1	15
1970	DAL	NFL	12	16	37	2.3	0	11
1971	DAL	NFL	10	4	9	2.3	1	4
1972	DAL	NFL	14	8	26	3.3	2	12t
1973	DAL	NFL	14	1	0	0	0	0
1974	NYG	NFL	8	4	5	1.3	0	2
1975	NYG	NFL	14	22	72	3.3	0	11
1976	NYG	NFL	12	15	48	3.2	0	10
1977	DEN	NFL	14	31	125	4	4	15
1978	DEN	NFL	14	17	71	4.2	0	12
1979	DEN	NFL	14	23	13	0.6	1	7
1980	DEN	NFL	12	21	29	1.4	1	9
1981	DEN	NFL	15	8	18	2.3	0	5
1982	DEN	NFL	3	0	0	0	0	0
18 year NFL career			208	215	627	2.9	12	0

[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats

year	team	league	games	TOT	OWR	OPR	YDS	TD
1965	DAL	NFL	4	2	0	0	0	0
1966	DAL	NFL	6	0	0	0	0	0
1967	DAL	NFL	10	5	1	0	-3	0
1968	DAL	NFL	13	1	0	0	0	0
1969	DAL	NFL	13	4	1	0	0	0
1970	DAL	NFL	12	1	1	0	0	0
1971	DAL	NFL	10	1	1	0	0	0
1972	DAL	NFL	14	4	1	0	0	0
1973	DAL	NFL	14	1	1	0	-12	0
1974	NYG	NFL	8	4	2	0	-14	0
1975	NYG	NFL	14	9	3	0	-15	0
1976	NYG	NFL	12	7	3	0	-4	0
1977	DEN	NFL	14	7	3	0	-18	0
1978	DEN	NFL	14	6	1	0	-14	0
1979	DEN	NFL	14	9	2	0	-11	0
1980	DEN	NFL	12	4	3	0	-7	0
1981	DEN	NFL	15	2	0	0	0	0
1982	DEN	NFL	3	1	0	0	0	0
18 year NFL career			208	68	23	0	-98	0

[edit] Trivia

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[edit] See Also

[edit] Awards

Won the NFL Comeback Player of the Year in 1977
Won the UPI AFL-AFC MVP in 1977

[edit] Categories

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