George Blanda - Records and Honors

Records and Honors

Blanda finished his 26 professional football seasons having completed 1,911 of 4,007 pass attempts for 26,920 yards and 236 touchdowns. Blanda also held the NFL record for most interceptions thrown with 277, until Brett Favre broke it on October 14, 2007. He rushed for 344 yards and 9 touchdowns on the ground, kicked 335 of 641 field goals, and 943 of 959 extra points, giving him 2,002 total points. Additional stats include 1 interception, 2 kickoff returns for 19 yards, 22 punts for 809 yards, and 23 fumble recoveries.

Blanda holds the following professional football records:

• Passing TDs in a game: 7 (Tied with 4 others) November 19, 1961 vs. New York Titans
• Most seasons played: 26 (1949–58, 1960–75)
• Most seasons scoring a point: 26
• One of three players to play in 4 different decades: (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s)
• Most PATs made (943) and attempted (959)
• Most interceptions thrown, single season: 42 (1962)
• Held record of most pass attempts in a single game: 68 (37 completions, vs. New York Titans on 11/1/1961) until 1994 when Drew Bledsoe had 70
• Oldest person to play in an NFL game: 700148000000000000048 years, 7002109000000000000109 days
• First player ever to score over 2,000 points
• Oldest quarterback to start a title game
• Most total points accounted for (including TD passes) in a career: 3,418 (not an official stat)

He is the placekicker on the All-Time All-AFL Team, and was one of only 20 players to play all ten years of the AFL, as well as one of only three who were in every AFL game their teams played. Blanda was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981, his first year of eligibility, and also was inducted into the University of Kentucky Hall of Fame.

Blanda held the record for most professional football games played with 340 until September 26, 2004, when it was broken by another placekicker, Morten Andersen as well as the record for most consecutive games played until September 26, 1976 by defensive end Jim Marshall.

U.S. Route 119 in Blanda's hometown of Youngwood, PA was renamed George Blanda Boulevard in 1985.

In 1999, Blanda was ranked number 98 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.

Blanda was the first ever recorded fantasy football draft pick when the game was first created in 1962 by the The Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League.