Philip Rivers vs Tony Romo

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Philip Rivers and Tony Romo compared on their NFL careers: Philip Rivers played 18 seasons, 2004 to 2025, Tony Romo 12 seasons, 2005 to 2016. Philip Rivers has 63,984 passing yards to Tony Romo's 34,183. They have faced each other 2 times: Philip Rivers's team won 2, Tony Romo's 0.

Who has the better career numbers?

Philip Rivers leads in 2 of the 3 lines, Tony Romo in 1. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Philip Rivers and Tony Romo career totals
247GP150
63,984, betterYDS34,183
425, betterTD248
7.8AVG7.9, better

Philip Rivers vs Tony Romo head to head

They have faced each other 2 times: Philip Rivers's team won 2, Tony Romo's 0.

Philip Rivers and Tony Romo, record against each other
GamesPlayedPhilip Rivers wonTony Romo won
Regular season22, better0
Philip Rivers and Tony Romo, averages in their games against each other
28.0, betterCMP23.0
37.0, betterATT33.5
336.5, betterYDS247.5
2.0TD2.0
1.0INT0.0, better

Every game against each other

Philip Rivers vs Tony Romo, every game
Sep 29, 2013DAL at LACW 30-2135 CMP, 42 ATT, 401 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT27 CMP, 37 ATT, 246 YDS, 2 TD, 0 INT
Dec 13, 2009LAC at DALW 20-1721 CMP, 32 ATT, 272 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT19 CMP, 30 ATT, 249 YDS, 2 TD, 0 INT

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Philip Rivers and Tony Romo postseason
12GP6
2,965, betterYDS1,316
16, betterTD8
7.4, betterAVG7.1

Where each stands all time

Philip Rivers and Tony Romo all-time places
8th (63,984), betterPassing yards41st (34,183)
7th (425), betterPassing touchdowns31st (248)

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

Philip Rivers and Tony Romo titles and awards
—Championships—
1, betterComeback Player of the Year—

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.

Philip Rivers and Tony Romo season by season
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.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, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1st200433, better1, better02005000
2nd200511501, better20062,903, better19, better13
3rd20063,388229, better20074,211, better36, better19
4th20073,152211520083,448, better26, better14, better
5th20084,00934, better1120094,483, better269, better
6th20094,254, better28, better920101,605117, better
7th20104,710, better301320114,18431, better10, better
8th20114,624272020124,903, better28, better19, better
9th20123,606261520133,828, better31, better10, better
10th20134,478, better321120143,70534, better9, better
11th20144,286, better31, better18201588457, better
12th20154,792, better29, better1320162910, better
13th20164,3863321————
14th20174,5152810————
15th20184,3083212————
16th20194,6152320————
17th20204,1692411————
18th202554443————

What the columns mean: INT