John Elway had a passer rating of 79.0 with 3,485 yards, 19 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 16 games in 1986. He was selected to play in his first Pro Bowl.

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		NAME	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1		John Elway J. Elway	1986	DEN	16	280	504	55.6	3,485	6.9	217.8	19	13	79.0	3.8	2.6	32	233

	NAME	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	John Elway J. Elway	12/20/1986	1986	DEN	@	SEA	17	37	45.9	186	5.0	1	0	70.3	2.7	0.0	1	7
2	John Elway J. Elway	12/13/1986	1986	DEN	vs	WAS	20	35	57.1	282	8.1	1	0	92.8	2.9	0.0	3	23
3	John Elway J. Elway	12/7/1986	1986	DEN	@	KC	23	42	54.8	246	5.9	1	4	40.5	2.4	9.5	5	43
4	John Elway J. Elway	11/30/1986	1986	DEN	vs	CIN	22	34	64.7	228	6.7	3	0	113.4	8.8	0.0	1	9
5	John Elway J. Elway	11/23/1986	1986	DEN	@	NYG	29	47	61.7	336	7.1	0	2	65.6	0.0	4.3	2	11
6	John Elway J. Elway	11/16/1986	1986	DEN	vs	KC	15	29	51.7	196	6.8	0	0	73.3	0.0	0.0	3	34
7	John Elway J. Elway	11/9/1986	1986	DEN	vs	SD	13	31	41.9	196	6.3	0	3	23.8	0.0	9.7	2	12
8	John Elway J. Elway	11/2/1986	1986	DEN	@	RAI	11	12	91.7	141	11.8	1	0	143.4	8.3	0.0	2	9
9	John Elway J. Elway	10/26/1986	1986	DEN	vs	SEA	18	32	56.3	321	10.0	1	1	88.2	3.1	3.1	0	0
10	John Elway J. Elway	10/20/1986	1986	DEN	@	NYJ	13	28	46.4	145	5.2	0	1	47.5	0.0	3.6	5	27
11	John Elway J. Elway	10/12/1986	1986	DEN	@	SD	20	34	58.8	242	7.1	1	1	78.3	2.9	2.9	0	0
12	John Elway J. Elway	10/5/1986	1986	DEN	vs	DAL	12	24	50.0	200	8.3	3	0	118.1	12.5	0.0	1	2
13	John Elway J. Elway	9/28/1986	1986	DEN	vs	NE	18	34	52.9	188	5.5	1	1	66.8	2.9	2.9	1	5
14	John Elway J. Elway	9/21/1986	1986	DEN	@	PHI	7	12	58.3	96	8.0	1	0	111.8	8.3	0.0	3	25
15	John Elway J. Elway	9/15/1986	1986	DEN	@	PIT	21	38	55.3	243	6.4	3	0	101.1	7.9	0.0	1	8
16	John Elway J. Elway	9/7/1986	1986	DEN	vs	RAI	21	35	60.0	239	6.8	2	0	99.6	5.7	0.0	2	18
	Average						17.5	31.5	55.6	217.8	6.9	1.2	0.8	79.0	3.8	2.6	2.0	14.6
	Total						280	504	55.6	3,485	6.9	19	13	79.0	3.8	2.6	32	233

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