Gifford Nielsen
Height6'4"
Weight205 lb
BornOct 25, 1954
Age72
CollegeBYUSee College Stats
Rookie yr1978
Draft1978 · Rd 3, Pick 73 · HOU
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Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | ||||||
| 1978 | 23–24 | TEN | — | — | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 56.3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 24–25 | TEN | — | — | 0.2 | 32 | 61 | 52.5% | 404 | 3 | 3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 69.3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 25–26 | TEN | — | — | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 12 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | — | 95.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 26–27 | TEN | — | — | 2.6 | 60 | 93 | 64.5% | 709 | 5 | 3 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 92.1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 27–28 | TEN | — | — | 2.7 | 87 | 161 | 54.0% | 1,005 | 6 | 8 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 64.8 | 12 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 28–29 | TEN | — | — | 1.8 | 90 | 175 | 51.4% | 1,125 | 5 | 8 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 62.2 | 22 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 7.3 | 273 | 498 | 54.8% | 3,255 | 20 | 22 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 70.0 | 47 | 29 | 89 | 0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | — | — | — | |
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