Doug Flutie vs Scott Mitchell

Doug FlutieScott Mitchell

Doug Flutie and Scott Mitchell compared on their NFL careers: Doug Flutie played 12 seasons, 1986 to 2005, Scott Mitchell 10 seasons, 1992 to 2001. Doug Flutie has 14,715 passing yards to Scott Mitchell's 15,692.

Who has the better career numbers?

Doug Flutie and Scott Mitchell career totals
91GP97
14,715YDS15,692
86TD95
6.8AVG6.7

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Doug Flutie and Scott Mitchell postseason
2GP4
494YDS233
2TD1
7.4AVG4.3

Where each stands all time

Doug Flutie and Scott Mitchell all-time places
113th (14,715)Passing yards105th (15,692)
110th (86)Passing touchdowns100th (95)

Among the NFL players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Doug Flutie: 0 championships; Comeback Player of the Year
  • Scott Mitchell: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Doug Flutie and Scott Mitchell season by season
YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1st19863613219923201
2nd19871991019931,773128
3rd19881,15081019941,4561011
4th19894932419954,3383212
5th19982,711201119962,9171717
6th19993,171191619973,4841914
7th20001,70083199845213
8th20013,4641518199923614
9th20026400200096638
10th20031,0979420013803
11th200427610————
12th20052900————

What the columns mean: INT