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Don Meredith

Meredith, Joe Donald (Dandy Don)
Height: 6-2 Weight: 202
Born: April 10, 1938 Mount Vernon, TX
Died: December 5, 2010 Santa Fe, NM
High School: Mount Vernon (TX)
YearCollegeStatus
1956Southern Methodist
1957Southern MethodistLettered
1958Southern MethodistLettered
1959Southern MethodistLettered
Draft: First Selections 1960 Dallas Texans; 3rd round (32nd overall) 1960 Chicago Bears
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Roster Key • Stat Key
YEAR TEAMNOPOSGPGS
1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL17QB80
1961 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1961 DAL NFL17QB85
1962 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1962 DAL NFL17QB136
1963 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1963 DAL NFL17QB1411
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL17QB1210
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL17QB1411
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL17QB1313
1967 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1967 DAL NFL17QB1111
1968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1968 DAL NFL17QB1313
9 Years (NFL)9 Years NFL10680
TransactionDateTeam
Draft11/23/19591960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL
Draft11/30/19591960 Chicago Bears (NFL)1960 CHIB NFL
Negotiation Rights Traded1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL
Signed1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL
Retired7/5/19691968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1968 DAL NFL
AWARDS
1966 Maxwell Club NFL Player of the Year
SCORINGTDX1X1AX1%X2X2ADXFGFGAFG%SSAFPTS
1961 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1961 DAL NFL100---00-06
1963 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1963 DAL NFL300---00-018
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL400---00-024
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL100---00-06
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL500---00-030
1968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1968 DAL NFL100---00-06
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL1500---00-090
RUSHINGATTYDSAVGLGTDFD20+40+FUM
1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL341.38000
1961 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1961 DAL NFL221768.02810
1962 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1962 DAL NFL21743.514000
1963 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1963 DAL NFL411854.52630
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL32812.517400
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL352477.12210
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL382426.42250
1967 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1967 DAL NFL28843.016000
1968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1968 DAL NFL221235.616100
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL24212165.0281500
PASSINGATTCOMCOM%INCYDSY/ATTY/COMLGTDTD%INTINT%SKYLFD20+40+RTG
1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL682942.6342814.19.72322.957.4339034.0
1961 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1961 DAL NFL1829451.67711616.412.45694.9116.01615463.0
1962 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1962 DAL NFL21210549.59916797.916.069t157.183.814584.2
1963 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1963 DAL NFL31016753.912523817.714.355175.5185.83425873.1
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL32315848.914921436.613.64992.8165.05841659.1
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL30514146.215124157.917.165t227.2134.33825779.9
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL34417751.515528058.215.895t247.0123.53726187.7
1967 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1967 DAL NFL25512850.211118347.214.360t166.3166.32114368.7
1968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1968 DAL NFL30917155.312625008.114.665t216.8123.93018088.4
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL2308117050.71027171997.514.795t1355.81114.82511853074.8
FUMBLESNOLOSTOWNOPPRECYDSTD
1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL200000
1961 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1961 DAL NFL9505-250
1962 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1962 DAL NFL1020200
1963 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1963 DAL NFL720200
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL1630300
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL1160600
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL8404-30
1967 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1967 DAL NFL6303-200
1968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1968 DAL NFL200000
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL7125025-480
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