Bob Griese
Robert Allen Griese
Born: February 3, 1945
Evansville, IN USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190
College: Purdue
High School: Rex Mundi (Evansville, IN)
Career: 1967-1980
Drafted: 1967 in Round 1, #4 overall by the Miami Dolphins
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990
Bob Griese played from 1967 to 1980 during his career with the Miami Dolphins. Griese threw for 25,092 yards in his career, completing 1,926 of 3,429 passes with 192 touchdowns and 172 interceptions. He also ran for 994 yards in 261 attempts with 7 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 331 | 166 | 50.2 | 2005 | 6.1 | 15 | 4.5 | 18 | 5.4 | 68 | 61.6 | ||
| 1968 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 355 | 186 | 52.4 | 2473 | 7.0 | 21 | 5.9 | 16 | 4.5 | 50 | 75.7 | ||
| 1969 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 252 | 121 | 48.0 | 1695 | 6.7 | 10 | 4.0 | 16 | 6.3 | 53 | 33 | 289 | 56.9 |
| 1970 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 245 | 142 | 58.0 | 2019 | 8.2 | 12 | 4.9 | 17 | 6.9 | 54 | 31 | 282 | 72.1 |
| 1971 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 263 | 145 | 55.1 | 2089 | 7.9 | 19 | 7.2 | 9 | 3.4 | 86 | 23 | 248 | 90.9 |
| 1972 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 97 | 53 | 54.6 | 638 | 6.6 | 4 | 4.1 | 4 | 4.1 | 39 | 7 | 45 | 71.6 |
| 1973 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 218 | 116 | 53.2 | 1422 | 6.5 | 17 | 7.8 | 8 | 3.7 | 46 | 11 | 75 | 84.3 |
| 1974 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 253 | 152 | 60.1 | 1968 | 7.8 | 16 | 6.3 | 15 | 5.9 | 54 | 27 | 202 | 80.9 |
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 191 | 118 | 61.8 | 1693 | 8.9 | 14 | 7.3 | 13 | 6.8 | 79 | 16 | 131 | 86.6 |
| 1976 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 272 | 162 | 59.6 | 2097 | 7.7 | 11 | 4.0 | 12 | 4.4 | 47 | 30 | 266 | 78.9 |
| 1977 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 307 | 180 | 58.6 | 2252 | 7.3 | 22 | 7.2 | 13 | 4.2 | 73 | 36 | 303 | 87.8 |
| 1978 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 235 | 148 | 63.0 | 1791 | 7.6 | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 63 | 18 | 165 | 82.4 |
| 1979 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 310 | 176 | 56.8 | 2160 | 7.0 | 14 | 4.5 | 16 | 5.2 | 51 | 26 | 223 | 72.0 |
| 1980 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 100 | 61 | 61.0 | 790 | 7.9 | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 54 | 9 | 89 | 89.2 |
| AFL | 938 | 473 | 50.4 | 6173 | 6.6 | 46 | 4.9 | 50 | 5.3 | 68 | 33 | 289 | ||
| NFL | 2491 | 1453 | 58.3 | 18919 | 7.6 | 146 | 5.9 | 122 | 4.9 | 86 | 234 | 2029 | ||
| Totals | 3429 | 1926 | 56.2 | 25092 | 7.3 | 192 | 5.6 | 172 | 5.0 | 86 | 267 | 2318 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 37 | 157 | 4.2 | 22 | 1 |
| 1968 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 42 | 230 | 5.5 | 35 | 1 |
| 1969 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 21 | 102 | 4.9 | 22 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 26 | 89 | 3.4 | 16 | 2 |
| 1971 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 26 | 82 | 3.2 | 21 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 1 |
| 1973 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 22 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 17 | 59 | 3.5 | 17 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 26 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| AFL | 100 | 489 | 4.9 | 35 | 2 | |
| NFL | 161 | 505 | 3.1 | 26 | 5 | |
| Totals | 261 | 994 | 3.8 | 35 | 7 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1970 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 5 | 2 | -3 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 9 | 6 | -37 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1973 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 5 | 3 | -16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1974 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 5 | 3 | -8 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 2 | 0 | -6 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 3 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 6 | 2 | -21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 3 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 43 | 20 | -108 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 52 | 23 | -108 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1967 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1968 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| AFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Totals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | AFL | Miami Dolphins | 12 | 10 |
| 1968 | AFL | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 13 |
| 1969 | AFL | Miami Dolphins | 9 | 9 |
| 1970 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 14 |
| 1971 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 13 |
| 1972 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 6 | 5 |
| 1973 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 13 |
| 1974 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 13 |
| 1975 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 10 | 10 |
| 1976 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 13 |
| 1977 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 14 |
| 1978 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 11 | 9 |
| 1979 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 12 |
| 1980 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 5 | 3 |
Awards
1971 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1977 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
Honors
1968 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (2nd Team)
1970 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1970 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1971 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1971 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1971 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1971 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1973 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1973 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1977 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1977 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1977 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1977 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1977 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1977 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
