Bernie Kosar stats

Last played for the Miami Dolphins, 1996

Quarterback · #19

Age 62 · 6' 5"

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Bernie Kosar played 12 NFL seasons, 1985 to 1996.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
126
CMP
1,994
ATT
3,365
CMP%
59.3
YDS
23,301
AVG
6.9
TD
124
INT
87

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (CMP, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 100+ ATT; CMP%, AVG: 4+ games, 200+ ATT) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1985CLE1212424850.01,5786.487
1986CLE1631053158.43,8547.31710
1987CLE1224138962.03,0337.8229
1988CLE915625960.21,8907.3107
1989CLE1630351359.13,5336.91814
1990CLE1323042354.42,5626.11015
1991CLE1630749462.13,4877.1189
1992CLE710315566.51,1607.587
1993CLE/DAL711520157.21,2176.183
1994MIA271258.3806.711
1995MIA97410868.56996.535
1996MIA3243275.02086.510

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career Postseason

GP
10
CMP
152
ATT
270
CMP%
56.3
YDS
1,953
AVG
7.2
TD
16
INT
10

Per game

Career regular season

GP
126
CMP
15.8
ATT
26.7
CMP%
59.3
YDS
184.9
AVG
6.9
TD
1.0
INT
0.7

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1985CLE1210.320.750.0131.56.40.70.6
1986CLE1619.433.258.4240.97.31.10.6
1987CLE1220.132.462.0252.87.81.80.8
1988CLE917.328.860.2210.07.31.10.8
1989CLE1618.932.159.1220.86.91.10.9
1990CLE1317.732.554.4197.16.10.81.2
1991CLE1619.230.962.1217.97.11.10.6
1992CLE714.722.166.5165.77.51.11.0
1993CLE/DAL716.428.757.2173.96.11.10.4
1994MIA23.5658.340.06.70.50.5
1995MIA98.21268.577.76.50.30.6
1996MIA38.010.775.069.36.50.30.0

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
122
PPR
1,309.1
HALF
1,307.6
STD
1,306.1
PPG
10.7

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
1985CLE1285.985.985.97.2
1986CLE16205.2204.7204.212.8
1987CLE12199.5199.5199.516.6
1988CLE9107.5107.5107.511.9
1989CLE16198.6198.1197.612.4
1990CLE13113.8113.8113.88.8
1991CLE16202.0201.5201.012.6
1992CLE765.665.665.69.4
1993CLE/DAL775.375.375.310.8
1994MIA26.96.96.93.5
1995MIA935.935.935.94
1996MIA312.912.912.94.3

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Age
62 yearsNov 25, 1963
Height
6' 5"
Debut
1985
Birthplace
Boardman, OH
College
Miami

Latest performance

Bernie Kosar

Oct 20 · @ PHI · L 35-28

CMP
5
ATT
6
YDS
42
TD
1
INT
0
RTG
135.4

His top receivers, 1996

Miami Dolphins's pass catchers by receiving yards.

Receiving lines of his club's top pass catchers
PlayerTGTSRECYDSTD
O.J. McDuffieWR0749188
Fred BarnettWR0365623
Randal HillWR0214094
Stanley PritchettRB0333542
Jerris McPhailRB0202820

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentCMPATTYDSTDINT
Sun, Oct 20atPHIL 35-28564210
Mon, Sep 23atINDL 10-6152212200
Sun, Sep 08atARIW 38-10444400
Sat, Dec 30atBUFL 37-22111000
Sun, Dec 17atBUFL 23-20111000
Mon, Nov 20vsSFL 44-20342300

What were Bernie Kosar's career stats?

ESPN's season-by-season log for Bernie Kosar covers 12 seasons with the Browns and the Dolphins; its career totals count every season. He completed 1,994 of 3,365 passes for 23,301 yards, 124 touchdowns and 87 interceptions. His best season was 1986: 3,854 passing yards, 17 passing touchdowns and 10 interceptions thrown.

League leaderboards and awards

12 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1985 to 1996

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 91st in passing yards (23,301)
  • 103rd in passing touchdowns (124)

Among the 2,853 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

More on Bernie Kosar

Playoff games

Bernie Kosar played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.

Bernie Kosar's line in each playoff game
SeasonOppResultYDSYDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TDTD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1995BUFL 37-221000

What the columns mean: INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.