Don Meredith

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Full Name: Joseph Don Meredith	Primary Position: QB
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/202	College: Southern Methodist University
Birthdate: April 10, 1938	High School: Mount Vernon (TX)
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Texas	Nickname: Dandy Don
Pro Experience: 9 years

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Awards
9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Don Meredith (Meredith. Joseph Don) was born on April 10, 1938 in Mount Vernon, Texas. After going to high school at Mount Vernon (TX), Meredith attended Southern Methodist University. Meredith made his professional debut in the NFL in 1960 with the Dallas Cowboys. He played for the Dallas Cowboys for his entire 9 year career.

Most people believe that 1966 was Don Meredith's best year, as he threw for 2805 yards, tossed 24 TDs, put up a 87.7 passer rating and ran in 5 TDs.

[edit] Scouting Report

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Passing Stats

year	team	league	games	ATT	CMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	TD	INT	SKD	SKY	RAT
1960	DAL	NFL	6	68	29	42.6	281	4.13	2	5	3	40	34
1961	DAL	NFL	8	182	94	51.6	1161	6.38	9	11	16	147	63
1962	DAL	NFL	13	212	105	49.5	1679	7.92	15	8	14	113	84.2
1963	DAL	NFL	14	310	167	53.9	2381	7.68	17	18	35	260	73.1
1964	DAL	NFL	12	323	158	48.9	2143	6.63	9	16	58	416	59.1
1965	DAL	NFL	14	305	141	46.2	2415	7.92	22	13	38	257	79.9
1966	DAL	NFL	13	344	177	51.5	2805	8.15	24	12	37	261	87.7
1967	DAL	NFL	11	255	128	50.2	1834	7.19	16	16	21	143	68.7
1968	DAL	NFL	13	309	171	55.3	2500	8.09	21	12	30	180	88.4
9 year NFL career			104	2308	1170	50.7	17199	7.45	135	111	252	1817	74.8

[edit] Rushing Stats

year	team	league	games	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1960	DAL	NFL	6	3	4	1.3	0	8
1961	DAL	NFL	8	22	176	8	1	28
1962	DAL	NFL	13	21	74	3.5	0	14
1963	DAL	NFL	14	41	185	4.5	3	26
1964	DAL	NFL	12	32	81	2.5	4	17
1965	DAL	NFL	14	35	247	7.1	1	22
1966	DAL	NFL	13	38	242	6.4	5	22
1967	DAL	NFL	11	28	84	3	0	16
1968	DAL	NFL	13	22	123	5.6	1	16
9 year NFL career			104	242	1216	5	15	0

[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats

year	team	league	games	TOT	OWR	OPR	YDS	TD
1960	DAL	NFL	6	2	0	0	0	0
1961	DAL	NFL	8	9	5	0	-25	0
1962	DAL	NFL	13	10	2	0	0	0
1963	DAL	NFL	14	7	2	0	0	0
1964	DAL	NFL	12	16	3	0	0	0
1965	DAL	NFL	14	11	6	0	0	0
1966	DAL	NFL	13	8	4	0	-3	0
1967	DAL	NFL	11	6	3	0	-20	0
1968	DAL	NFL	13	2	0	0	0	0
9 year NFL career			104	71	25	0	-48	0

[edit] Trivia

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[edit] Awards

Won the Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) in 1966

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