Fran Tarkenton had a passer rating of 74.7 with 1,997 yards, 18 touchdowns and 17 interceptions in 14 games in his rookie season in 1961.
| NAME | SEASON | TM | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | YDS | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | F. Tarkenton | 1961 |  MIN | 14 | 157 | 280 | 56.1 | 1,997 | 7.1 | 142.6 | 18 | 17 | 74.7 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
Games
| NAME | DATE | SEASON | TM | OPP | CMP | ATT | PCT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | F. Tarkenton | 12/17/1961 | 1961 | MIN | @ |  CHI | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 161 | 7.3 | 4 | 1 | 98.7 | 18.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | | F. Tarkenton | 12/10/1961 | 1961 | MIN | @ |  DET | 15 | 34 | 44.1 | 141 | 4.1 | 1 | 3 | 29.2 | 2.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 3 | | F. Tarkenton | 12/3/1961 | 1961 | MIN | vs |  LA | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | 252 | 8.4 | 4 | 1 | 121.1 | 13.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 4 | | F. Tarkenton | 11/26/1961 | 1961 | MIN | @ |  SF | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 277 | 11.5 | 2 | 1 | 116.1 | 8.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 5 | | F. Tarkenton | 11/19/1961 | 1961 | MIN | vs | DET | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 116 | 4.8 | 1 | 2 | 46.5 | 4.2 | 8.3 | ||
| 6 | | F. Tarkenton | 11/12/1961 | 1961 | MIN | vs |  BAL | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 179 | 9.9 | 1 | 1 | 89.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 7 | | F. Tarkenton | 11/5/1961 | 1961 | MIN | @ | LA | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 156 | 8.2 | 1 | 1 | 84.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 8 | | F. Tarkenton | 10/29/1961 | 1961 | MIN | @ |  GB | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | | F. Tarkenton | 10/22/1961 | 1961 | MIN | vs | GB | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 130 | 5.4 | 0 | 3 | 37.2 | 0.0 | 12.5 | ||
| 10 | | F. Tarkenton | 10/15/1961 | 1961 | MIN | vs | SF | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 48 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 65.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | | F. Tarkenton | 10/8/1961 | 1961 | MIN | vs |  DLC | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 151 | 7.2 | 0 | 2 | 32.1 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| 12 | | F. Tarkenton | 10/1/1961 | 1961 | MIN | @ | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 13 | | F. Tarkenton | 9/24/1961 | 1961 | MIN | @ | DLC | 8 | 24 | 33.3 | 117 | 4.9 | 0 | 2 | 15.5 | 0.0 | 8.3 | ||
| 14 | | F. Tarkenton | 9/17/1961 | 1961 | MIN | vs | CHI | 17 | 23 | 73.9 | 250 | 10.9 | 4 | 0 | 148.6 | 17.4 | 0.0 | ||
| Average | 11.2 | 20.0 | 56.1 | 142.6 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 74.7 | 6.4 | 6.1 | |||||||||
| Total | 157 | 280 | 56.1 | 1,997 | 7.1 | 18 | 17 | 74.7 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
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