nfl quarterback rate leaders 1965

Johnny Unitas had the best passer rating in 1965, with a 97.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
NFL quarterback rate with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game leaders 1965
NAME RTG SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
97.4
1965
BAL BAL
11
164
282
58.2
2,530
9.0
230.0
23
12
8.2
4.3
2 John Brodie
J. Brodie
95.3
1965
SF SF
13
242
391
61.9
3,112
8.0
239.4
30
16
7.7
4.1
3 Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
93.7
1965
CHI CHI
14
176
312
56.4
2,641
8.5
188.6
20
9
6.4
2.9
4 Bart Starr
B. Starr
89.0
1965
GB GB
14
140
251
55.8
2,055
8.2
146.8
16
9
6.4
3.6
5 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
86.3
1965
NYG NYG
14
155
302
51.3
2,446
8.1
174.7
22
12
7.3
4.0
6 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
83.8
1965
MIN MIN
14
171
329
52.0
2,609
7.9
186.4
19
11
5.8
3.3
7 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
81.3
1965
KC KC
14
163
305
53.4
2,262
7.4
161.6
21
14
6.9
4.6
8 Don Meredith
D. Meredith
79.9
1965
DAL DAL
14
141
305
46.2
2,415
7.9
172.5
22
13
7.2
4.3
9 Norm Snead
N. Snead
78.0
1965
PHI PHI
11
150
288
52.1
2,346
8.1
213.3
15
13
5.2
4.5
10 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
75.3
1965
CLE CLE
12
119
243
49.0
1,751
7.2
145.9
18
13
7.4
5.3
11 Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
73.0
1965
STL STL
11
155
322
48.1
2,439
7.6
221.7
18
15
5.6
4.7
12 John Hadl
J. Hadl
71.3
1965
SD SD
14
174
348
50.0
2,798
8.0
199.9
20
21
5.7
6.0
13 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
69.6
1965
WAS WAS
13
190
356
53.4
2,367
6.6
182.1
15
16
4.2
4.5
14 Joe Namath
J. Namath
68.8
1965
NYJ NYJ
13
164
340
48.2
2,220
6.5
170.8
18
15
5.3
4.4
15 Tom Flores
T. Flores
64.9
1965
OAK OAK
14
122
269
45.4
1,593
5.9
113.8
14
11
5.2
4.1
16 Bill Munson
B. Munson
64.2
1965
LA LA
10
144
267
53.9
1,701
6.4
170.1
10
14
3.7
5.2
17 Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
54.8
1965
BUF BUF
14
179
391
45.8
2,368
6.1
169.1
10
18
2.6
4.6
18 Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
52.7
1965
PIT PIT
12
121
270
44.8
1,917
7.1
159.8
8
17
3.0
6.3
19 Milt Plum
M. Plum
51.2
1965
DET DET
14
143
308
46.4
1,710
5.6
122.1
12
19
3.9
6.2
20 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
50.0
1965
BOS BOS
14
173
426
40.6
2,597
6.1
185.5
18
26
4.2
6.1
21 George Blanda
G. Blanda
47.9
1965
HOU HOU
14
186
442
42.1
2,542
5.8
181.6
20
30
4.5
6.8
22 John McCormick
J. McCormick
43.5
1965
DEN DEN
14
103
253
40.7
1,292
5.1
92.3
7
14
2.8
5.5
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TEAM W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
Texans Texans
1
3
0
.250
Titans Titans
0
4
0
.000
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
LV LV
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
IND IND
@
LAC LAC
4:05 PM
Sun
10/26
TEN TEN
@
IND IND
4:25 PM
Sun
11/2
IND IND
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Last Game
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3 - 1 - 0

27

Final

20

IND Colts

3 - 1 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
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.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
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Sat
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Thu
10/2
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Sun
10/5
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CLE CLE
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Sun
10/5
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@
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
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NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM