Gary Danielson
Gary Dennis Danielson
Born: September 10, 1951
Detroit, MI USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195
College: Purdue
High School: Divine Child (Dearborn, MI)
Career: 1974-1988
Gary Danielson played from 1974 to 1988 during his career with the Chicago Winds, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and New York Stars. Danielson threw for 14,164 yards in his career, completing 1,141 of 2,001 passes with 82 touchdowns and 80 interceptions. He also ran for 908 yards in 196 attempts with 10 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL New York Stars | 54 | 27 | 50.0 | 293 | 5.4 | 1 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 72.5 |
| 1975 | WFL Chicago Winds | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 107 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 42.2 |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 100 | 42 | 42.0 | 445 | 4.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 61 | 9 | 64 | 38.1 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 351 | 199 | 56.7 | 2294 | 6.5 | 18 | 5.1 | 17 | 4.8 | 47 | 25 | 237 | 73.5 |
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 417 | 244 | 58.5 | 3223 | 7.7 | 13 | 3.1 | 11 | 2.6 | 87 | 44 | 338 | 82.4 |
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 96 | 56 | 58.3 | 784 | 8.2 | 3 | 3.1 | 5 | 5.2 | 45 | 12 | 84 | 73.4 |
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 197 | 100 | 50.8 | 1343 | 6.8 | 10 | 5.1 | 14 | 7.1 | 70 | 19 | 145 | 60.1 |
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 113 | 59 | 52.2 | 720 | 6.4 | 7 | 6.2 | 4 | 3.5 | 54 | 8 | 68 | 78.0 |
| 1984 | NFL Detroit Lions | 410 | 252 | 61.5 | 3076 | 7.5 | 17 | 4.1 | 15 | 3.7 | 77 | 41 | 335 | 83.1 |
| 1985 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 163 | 97 | 59.5 | 1274 | 7.8 | 8 | 4.9 | 6 | 3.7 | 72 | 17 | 128 | 85.3 |
| 1987 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 33 | 25 | 75.8 | 281 | 8.5 | 4 | 12.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 140.3 |
| 1988 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 52 | 31 | 59.6 | 324 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 26 | 6 | 43 | 69.7 |
| WFL | 69 | 36 | 52.2 | 400 | 5.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 2 | 2.9 | 33 | 4 | 40 | ||
| NFL | 1932 | 1105 | 57.2 | 13764 | 7.1 | 81 | 4.2 | 78 | 4.0 | 87 | 183 | 1446 | ||
| Totals | 2001 | 1141 | 57.0 | 14164 | 7.1 | 82 | 4.1 | 80 | 4.0 | 87 | 187 | 1486 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL New York Stars | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 18 | 3 |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 22 | 93 | 4.2 | 25 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 48 | 232 | 4.8 | 33 | 2 |
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 11 | 2 |
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 23 | 92 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL Detroit Lions | 41 | 218 | 5.3 | 40 | 3 |
| 1985 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 25 | 126 | 5.0 | 28 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| WFL | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 18 | 3 | |
| NFL | 186 | 857 | 4.6 | 40 | 7 | |
| Totals | 196 | 908 | 4.6 | 40 | 10 |
Receiving:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 2 | -12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 11 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 1 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1984 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 2 | -5 | 0 | |||
| 1985 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 1 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1987 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 41 | 14 | -53 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 14 | -53 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1974 | WFL New York Stars | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1984 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| WFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| NFL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
| Totals | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL | New York Stars | ||
| 1975 | WFL | Chicago Winds | ||
| 1976 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 2 |
| 1978 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 11 |
| 1980 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 6 | 4 |
| 1982 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 8 | 5 |
| 1983 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 15 | 14 |
| 1985 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 8 | 6 |
| 1987 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 6 | 1 |
| 1988 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 |
