Don Meredith
[edit] Biography
Don Meredith (Meredith. Joseph Don) was born on April 10, 1938 in Mount Vernon, Texas. After going to high school at Mount Vernon (TX), Meredith attended Southern Methodist University. Meredith made his professional debut in the NFL in 1960 with the Dallas Cowboys. He played for the Dallas Cowboys for his entire 9 year career.
Most people believe that 1966 was Don Meredith's best year, as he threw for 2805 yards, tossed 24 TDs, put up a 87.7 passer rating and ran in 5 TDs.
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[edit] Passing Stats
| 1960
| DAL
| NFL
| 6
| 68
| 29
| 42.6
| 281
| 4.13
| 2
| 5
| 3
| 40
| 34
|
| 1961
| DAL
| NFL
| 8
| 182
| 94
| 51.6
| 1161
| 6.38
| 9
| 11
| 16
| 147
| 63
|
| 1962
| DAL
| NFL
| 13
| 212
| 105
| 49.5
| 1679
| 7.92
| 15
| 8
| 14
| 113
| 84.2
|
| 1963
| DAL
| NFL
| 14
| 310
| 167
| 53.9
| 2381
| 7.68
| 17
| 18
| 35
| 260
| 73.1
|
| 1964
| DAL
| NFL
| 12
| 323
| 158
| 48.9
| 2143
| 6.63
| 9
| 16
| 58
| 416
| 59.1
|
| 1965
| DAL
| NFL
| 14
| 305
| 141
| 46.2
| 2415
| 7.92
| 22
| 13
| 38
| 257
| 79.9
|
| 1966
| DAL
| NFL
| 13
| 344
| 177
| 51.5
| 2805
| 8.15
| 24
| 12
| 37
| 261
| 87.7
|
| 1967
| DAL
| NFL
| 11
| 255
| 128
| 50.2
| 1834
| 7.19
| 16
| 16
| 21
| 143
| 68.7
|
| 1968
| DAL
| NFL
| 13
| 309
| 171
| 55.3
| 2500
| 8.09
| 21
| 12
| 30
| 180
| 88.4
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 104
| 2308
| 1170
| 50.7
| 17199
| 7.45
| 135
| 111
| 252
| 1817
| 74.8
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1960
| DAL
| NFL
| 6
| 3
| 4
| 1.3
| 0
| 8
|
| 1961
| DAL
| NFL
| 8
| 22
| 176
| 8
| 1
| 28
|
| 1962
| DAL
| NFL
| 13
| 21
| 74
| 3.5
| 0
| 14
|
| 1963
| DAL
| NFL
| 14
| 41
| 185
| 4.5
| 3
| 26
|
| 1964
| DAL
| NFL
| 12
| 32
| 81
| 2.5
| 4
| 17
|
| 1965
| DAL
| NFL
| 14
| 35
| 247
| 7.1
| 1
| 22
|
| 1966
| DAL
| NFL
| 13
| 38
| 242
| 6.4
| 5
| 22
|
| 1967
| DAL
| NFL
| 11
| 28
| 84
| 3
| 0
| 16
|
| 1968
| DAL
| NFL
| 13
| 22
| 123
| 5.6
| 1
| 16
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 104
| 242
| 1216
| 5
| 15
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1960
| DAL
| NFL
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| DAL
| NFL
| 8
| 9
| 5
| 0
| -25
| 0
|
| 1962
| DAL
| NFL
| 13
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DAL
| NFL
| 14
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| DAL
| NFL
| 12
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| DAL
| NFL
| 14
| 11
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| DAL
| NFL
| 13
| 8
| 4
| 0
| -3
| 0
|
| 1967
| DAL
| NFL
| 11
| 6
| 3
| 0
| -20
| 0
|
| 1968
| DAL
| NFL
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 104
| 71
| 25
| 0
| -48
| 0
|
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- Won the Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) in 1966
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