Sonny Jurgensen
[edit] Biography
Sonny Jurgensen (Christian Adolph Jurgensen, III) was born on August 23, 1934 in Wilmington, North Carolina. After going to high school at New Hanover (Wilmington, NC), Jurgensen attended Duke University. Jurgensen made his professional debut in the NFL in 1957 with the Philadelphia Eagles. He played for the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles over the course of his 18 year career.
Most people believe that 1967 was Sonny Jurgensen's best year, as he threw for 3747 yards, tossed 31 TDs and put up a 87.3 passer rating.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1957
| PHI
| NFL
| 10
| 70
| 33
| 47.1
| 470
| 6.71
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 88
| 53.6
|
| 1958
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 22
| 12
| 54.5
| 259
| 11.77
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 29
| 77.7
|
| 1959
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 5
| 3
| 60
| 27
| 5.4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 114.2
|
| 1960
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 44
| 24
| 54.5
| 486
| 11.05
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 45
| 122
|
| 1961
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 416
| 235
| 56.5
| 3723
| 8.95
| 32
| 24
| 0
| 211
| 88.1
|
| 1962
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 366
| 196
| 53.6
| 3261
| 8.91
| 22
| 26
| 0
| 212
| 74.3
|
| 1963
| PHI
| NFL
| 9
| 184
| 99
| 53.8
| 1413
| 7.68
| 11
| 13
| 13
| 111
| 69.4
|
| 1964
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 385
| 207
| 53.8
| 2934
| 7.62
| 24
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 85.4
|
| 1965
| WAS
| NFL
| 13
| 356
| 190
| 53.4
| 2367
| 6.65
| 15
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 69.6
|
| 1966
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 436
| 254
| 58.3
| 3209
| 7.36
| 28
| 19
| 26
| 210
| 84.5
|
| 1967
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 508
| 288
| 56.7
| 3747
| 7.38
| 31
| 16
| 19
| 157
| 87.3
|
| 1968
| WAS
| NFL
| 12
| 292
| 167
| 57.2
| 1980
| 6.78
| 17
| 11
| 21
| 183
| 81.7
|
| 1969
| WAS
| NFL
| 13
| 442
| 274
| 62
| 3102
| 7.02
| 22
| 15
| 40
| 322
| 85.4
|
| 1970
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 337
| 202
| 59.9
| 2354
| 6.99
| 23
| 10
| 25
| 214
| 91.5
|
| 1971
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 28
| 16
| 57.1
| 170
| 6.07
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 45.2
|
| 1972
| WAS
| NFL
| 7
| 59
| 39
| 66.1
| 633
| 10.73
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 21
| 84.9
|
| 1973
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 145
| 87
| 60
| 904
| 6.23
| 6
| 5
| 16
| 114
| 77.5
|
| 1974
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 167
| 107
| 64.1
| 1185
| 7.1
| 11
| 5
| 10
| 69
| 94.5
|
| 18 year NFL career
| 217
| 4262
| 2433
| 57.1
| 32224
| 7.56
| 255
| 189
| 173
| 1994
| 82.6
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1957
| PHI
| NFL
| 10
| 10
| -3
| -0.3
| 2
| 8
|
| 1958
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1959
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 5
| 1.3
| 0
| 9
|
| 1961
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 20
| 27
| 1.4
| 0
| 14
|
| 1962
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 17
| 44
| 2.6
| 2
| 30
|
| 1963
| PHI
| NFL
| 9
| 13
| 38
| 2.9
| 1
| 13
|
| 1964
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 27
| 57
| 2.1
| 3
| 24
|
| 1965
| WAS
| NFL
| 13
| 17
| 23
| 1.4
| 2
| 27t
|
| 1966
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 12
| 14
| 1.2
| 0
| 16
|
| 1967
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 15
| 46
| 3.1
| 2
| 21
|
| 1968
| WAS
| NFL
| 12
| 8
| 21
| 2.6
| 1
| 11
|
| 1969
| WAS
| NFL
| 13
| 17
| 156
| 9.2
| 1
| 33
|
| 1970
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 39
| 6.5
| 1
| 14
|
| 1971
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 3
| 29
| 9.7
| 0
| 11
|
| 1972
| WAS
| NFL
| 7
| 4
| -5
| -1.3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 7
| 2.3
| 0
| 7
|
| 1974
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| -6
| -1.5
| 0
| 0
|
| 18 year NFL career
| 217
| 181
| 493
| 2.7
| 15
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1957
| PHI
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| PHI
| NFL
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| WAS
| NFL
| 13
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| WAS
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| WAS
| NFL
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| WAS
| NFL
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| -9
| 0
|
| 1973
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 0
| -11
| 0
|
| 18 year NFL career
| 217
| 50
| 18
| 0
| -20
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1957
| PHI
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| PHI
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| WAS
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| WAS
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| WAS
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| WAS
| NFL
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| -3
| -3
| 0
| -3
|
| 1974
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 18 year NFL career
| 217
| 1
| -3
| -3
| 0
| 0
|
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