Doug Williams
Douglas Lee Williams
Born: August 9, 1955
Zachary, LA USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 220
College: Grambling St.
High School: Chaneyville (Zachary, LA)
Career: 1978-1989
Drafted: 1978 in Round 1, #17 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Doug Williams played from 1978 to 1989 during his career with the Arizona Outlaws, Oklahoma Outlaws, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins. Williams threw for 23,755 yards in his career, completing 1,772 of 3,544 passes with 136 touchdowns and 131 interceptions. He also ran for 1,041 yards in 277 attempts with 19 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 194 | 73 | 37.6 | 1170 | 6.0 | 7 | 3.6 | 8 | 4.1 | 56 | 6 | 69 | 53.4 |
| 1979 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 397 | 166 | 41.8 | 2448 | 6.2 | 18 | 4.5 | 24 | 6.0 | 66 | 7 | 57 | 52.5 |
| 1980 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 521 | 254 | 48.8 | 3396 | 6.5 | 20 | 3.8 | 16 | 3.1 | 61 | 23 | 194 | 69.9 |
| 1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 471 | 238 | 50.5 | 3563 | 7.6 | 19 | 4.0 | 14 | 3.0 | 84 | 18 | 135 | 76.8 |
| 1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 307 | 164 | 53.4 | 2071 | 6.7 | 9 | 2.9 | 11 | 3.6 | 62 | 11 | 128 | 69.6 |
| 1984 | USFL Oklahoma Outlaws | 528 | 261 | 49.4 | 3084 | 5.8 | 15 | 2.8 | 21 | 4.0 | 56t | 30 | 260 | 60.5 |
| 1985 | USFL Arizona Outlaws | 509 | 271 | 53.2 | 3673 | 7.2 | 21 | 4.1 | 17 | 3.3 | 59 | 27 | 192 | 76.4 |
| 1986 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1987 | NFL Washington Redskins | 143 | 81 | 56.6 | 1156 | 8.1 | 11 | 7.7 | 5 | 3.5 | 62 | 7 | 53 | 94.0 |
| 1988 | NFL Washington Redskins | 380 | 213 | 56.1 | 2609 | 6.9 | 15 | 3.9 | 12 | 3.2 | 58 | 10 | 88 | 77.4 |
| 1989 | NFL Washington Redskins | 93 | 51 | 54.8 | 585 | 6.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 3 | 3.2 | 46 | 2 | 10 | 64.1 |
| NFL | 2507 | 1240 | 49.5 | 16998 | 6.8 | 100 | 4.0 | 93 | 3.7 | 84 | 84 | 734 | ||
| USFL | 1037 | 532 | 51.3 | 6757 | 6.5 | 36 | 3.5 | 38 | 3.7 | 59 | 57 | 452 | ||
| Totals | 3544 | 1772 | 50.0 | 23755 | 6.7 | 136 | 3.8 | 131 | 3.7 | 84 | 141 | 1186 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 27 | 23 | 0.9 | 7 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 35 | 119 | 3.4 | 16 | 2 |
| 1980 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 58 | 370 | 6.4 | 27 | 4 |
| 1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 48 | 209 | 4.4 | 29 | 4 |
| 1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 35 | 158 | 4.5 | 14 | 2 |
| 1984 | USFL Oklahoma Outlaws | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 23 | 3 |
| 1985 | USFL Arizona Outlaws | 27 | 82 | 3.0 | 17 | 1 |
| 1987 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 7 | 1 |
| 1988 | NFL Washington Redskins | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1989 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| NFL | 220 | 884 | 4.0 | 29 | 15 | |
| USFL | 57 | 157 | 2.8 | 23 | 4 | |
| Totals | 277 | 1041 | 3.8 | 29 | 19 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 1 | -5 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 3 | -31 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1987 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1988 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 41 | 12 | -42 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12 | -42 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1978 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1979 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1980 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1984 | USFL Oklahoma Outlaws | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1985 | USFL Arizona Outlaws | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1987 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1988 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| NFL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| USFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Totals | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 10 |
| 1979 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 16 |
| 1980 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 16 |
| 1982 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 9 |
| 1984 | USFL | Oklahoma Outlaws | 15 | 15 |
| 1985 | USFL | Arizona Outlaws | 17 | |
| 1986 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 5 | 2 |
| 1988 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 10 |
| 1989 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 4 | 2 |
Awards
1987 - Super Bowl MVP
