PERSONAL
Height: 6-3
Weight: 215
Born 6/28/60, Port Angeles, WA.
H. S.: Granada Hills High School, Los Angeles, CA.
College: Stanford (Economics, 1983)
Acquired via trade with Baltimore Colts in 1983 after Colts chose him #1 in 1983 College Draft
16 years pro
NFL Games/Started: 234/231—all with Denver
Resides in Englewood, CO.
FOR THE RECORD
--Win/Loss Record--
Overall
162-89-1
Home: 106-26 Away: 56-63-1
Regular Season
148-82-1(#1 winningest QB in NFL at end of 1998 season--.643 winning percentage—[#2] Marino 142, [#3] Tarkenton 125)
Postseason
14-7 (.667 winning percentage)
CHAMPIONSHIPS/PLAYOFF BERTHS
Super Bowls: 2-3 (2 wins consecutive 1998 & 1999)
AFC Championships: 5-1 (NFL best for a QB)
AFC West Titles: 7
Playoff Berths: 9
CAREER POINTS
Regular Season
334 total TDs/2,004 pts.
Postseason
30 TDs/180 pts.
CAREER RECORDS, HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Super Bowl XXXIII (v. Atlanta) MVP (Pete Rozelle Trophy): 1 (1/31/99) 18 of 29 (.621) for 336 yds.—3rd-highest total in Super Bowl history—1 TD
NFL MVP: 1 (1987)
AFC Offensive Player of the Week: 15
AFC Offensive Player of the Month: 2 (10/96, 11/97)
AFC Player of the Year: 2 (1987, 93).
AFC MVP: 1 (1993) + AFC Offensive Player of the Year--led AFC in all 6 major QB stats
Pro Bowl Selection/Pro Bowl Starter: 9/6 (1987, 88, 90, 92, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99--as a starter in 88, 90, 94, 97, 98, 99)
1992 Edge NFL Man of the Year for work with the Elway Foundation—more than $1 million for prevention and treatment of child abuse in Colorado
Most 4th Quarter Game-saving Drives: 47
Most Regular Season Games Played for Denver: 234 (in 16 seasons)
Missed games due to injury: 13: Shoulder 5, Hamstring 3, Knee 2, Ankle 1, Flu 1, Ribcage 1, Coach’s decision 5, NFL strike 3—TOTAL= 21
Second Most 3,000+ Yard Seasons:
1. Marino 13
2. Elway 12
3. Moon 9
4. Kelly 8
4. Montana 8.
Record Most Starts as a QB in the Super Bowl: 5 (Montana, Bradshaw, Staubach, and Kelly have only 4)
All-Time Best Record as a Starter in Conference Championship Games: 5-1
Only Member of the Lauded 1983 QB Class to win a Super Bowl: not just once, but TWICE IN A ROW
Only Player to Pass for 3,000 Yards and Rush for 200 Yards in the Same Season for 7 Straight Seasons (1985-91)—NO OTHER PLAYER HAS MORE THAN 4 STRAIGHT
Pass for 3,000 Yards and Rush for 200 Yards in the Same Season TOTAL: 10 (1985-91; 94, 96, 97)
Ranks Third All-Time in TDs with 334:
300 Passing
33 Rushing
1 Receiving
One of Only 2 Players (Fran Tarkenton) All-Time to Rush for 3,000 Yards and Pass for 40,000 Yards in a Career
Ranks Second with 51,475 Career Passing Yards
Ranks Second with 54,882 Career Yards of Total Offense
Ranks Second with 7,250 Career Pass Attempts
Ranks Second with 4,123 Career Pass Completions
Ranks Third with 300 Career TD Passes:
1. Marino 408
2. Tarkenton 342
3. Elway 300
4. Moon 290
4. Unitas 290
Ranks Second with 12 3,000 Yard Passing Seasons
One of Only 19 QBs to Throw for 4,000 Yards in a Season (4,030 in 1993)
Ranks Fourth among QBs for Rushing Yards:
1. R. Cunningham 4,741
2. S. Young 4,182
3. Tarkenton 3,674
4. Elway 3,407
Attempted More Passes (152) than Any Player in Super Bowl History
Second All-Time in Postseason Passing Yardage (4,964), trailing only Joe Montana(5,772)
Second All-Time in Postseason Pass Attempts (651) behind only Montana (734)
Second in Postseason Completions (355) behind only Montana (460)
Fourth in Postseason Passing TDs (27) behind Montana (45), Marino (30), and Bradshaw (30)
Oldest Player to Start a Super Bowl (38 years, 7 months)
4 Career Super Bowl TD Runs—the most ever by a QB, tying for second among all players--tying Franco Harris!
Threw for 5 TDs vs Minnesota, 1984
Led the League in Total Yards with 4,414 in 1985
Led "The Drive," the Legendary OT Victory against Cleveland for the AFC Championship, 1986
Played Minor-League Baseball in the Yankees Farm System
Selected by Yankees in 1st Round, 1981 and
by the Kansas City Royals in 1979
Finished Second on the Heisman Trophy Ballot--Drafted 1st Round, 1st Pick by Baltimore in 1983
Elway was chosen the #1 QB of the 90s in NFL.com's Team of the Decade voting.
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