nfl mvps who had less than 4000 passing yards

Gene Alford didn't win the MVP award in the NFL when passing for fewer than 4,000 yards in his career.

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	NAME	MVP	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Gene Alford G. Alford	0	4	24	1	13	7.7	0.3	0.2	0	2	0.0	0.0	15.4
2	John Ambrose J. Ambrose	0	0	6	0	0			0.0	0	0
3	Marger Apsit M. Apsit	0	25	14	1	5	20.0	5.0	1.8	0	2	8.3	0.0	40.0
4	Bob Armstrong B. Armstrong	0	0	6	0	0			0.0	0	0
5	Corrie Artman C. Artman	0	0	11	0	0			0.0	0	0
6	Red Badgro R. Badgro	0	0	51	0	0			0.0	0	0
7	Nate Barragar N. Barragar	0	0	34	0	0			0.0	0	0
8	Cliff Battles C. Battles	0	590	60	44	157	28.0	3.8	9.8	1	15	5.3	0.6	9.6
9	Gil Bergerson G. Bergerson	0	0	40	0	0			0.0	0	0
10	Johnny (Blood) McNally J. (Blood) McNally	0	299	63	24	70	34.3	4.3	4.7	2	5	28.2	2.9	7.1
11	Maury Bodenger M. Bodenger	0	0	35	0	0			0.0	0	0
12	Jim Bowdoin J. Bowdoin	0	0	30	0	0			0.0	0	0
13	Chuck Braidwood C. Braidwood	0	0	7	0	0			0.0	0	0
14	Hank Bruder H. Bruder	0	76	93	7	24	29.2	3.2	0.8	0	3	0.7	0.0	12.5
15	Carl Brumbaugh C. Brumbaugh	0	656	70	34	121	28.1	5.4	9.4	6	14	26.6	5.0	11.6
16	Bill Buckler B. Buckler	0	0	25	0	0			0.0	0	0
17	Art Bultman A. Bultman	0	0	37	0	0			0.0	0	0
18	John Bunyan J. Bunyan	0	0	7	0	0			0.0	0	0
19	Lloyd Burdick L. Burdick	0	0	23	0	0			0.0	0	0
20	Dale Burnett D. Burnett	0	0	87	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0
21	Chris Cagle C. Cagle	0	749	30	48	141	34.0	5.3	25.0	5	18	24.8	3.5	12.8
22	Bob Campiglio B. Campiglio	0	109	17	7	21	33.3	5.2	6.4	0	1	31.6	0.0	4.8
23	Glenn Campbell G. Campbell	0	38	24	2	5	40.0	7.6	1.6	0	0	67.1	0.0	0.0
24	Zuck Carlson Z. Carlson	0	0	57	0	0			0.0	0	0
25	John Cavosie J. Cavosie	0	74	20	6	15	40.0	4.9	3.7	2	0	95.6	13.3	0.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,214

Goff

RUSH

353

Gibbs

REC

303

St. Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

29.8

5th

OPP PPG

31.8

31st

RUSH YDS/G

102.0

20th

PASS YDS/G

303.5

2nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	4	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	.750
Packers	2	2	.500
Lions	2	2	.500

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/11	DET	@	ARI	4:25 PM
Sun 10/25	GB	@	DET	4:25 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DET	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM

Last Game

Lions

2 - 2

Final

Panthers

2 - 2

Sun 4 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,268

Young

1,214

Goff

1,203

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

537

Walker

494

Robinson

421

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

498

Lamb

491

Olave

481

Smith-Njigba

Pass TD Leaders

11

Purdy

11

Cousins

9

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

7

Henry

6

Taylor

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

Lawrence

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

303.5

300.8

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

94

Gibbs

91.4

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

75.2

Lamb

60.3

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

48.4

Kittle

39.2

Johnson

36.6

Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

52

Reichard

47

McPherson

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Best Record ATS

4-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3-1

1-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000