Y. A. Tittle - Legacy

Legacy

The only thing missing from Tittle's impressive résumé was an NFL championship. The Giants lost the title game every year from 1961 to 1963. The 1963 game was especially disappointing, as Tittle hurt his leg while the Giants were losing to the Chicago Bears 14-10. In a career lasting 17 years, Tittle passed for 33,070 yards, and 242 touchdowns, and twice received the NFL Most Valuable Player Award. In 1971, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. To this day, Tittle is the only Modern Era quarterback in the Hall of fame who started, but did not win a postseason game in his career (Sonny Jurgenson was also inducted into the Hall of Fame without winning a playoff game, but he never started a playoff game).

Tittle threw seven touchdown passes in a game on October 28, 1962, which still stands as the all-time record for passing touchdowns in a single game; Tittle shares the record with four other players :Sid Luckman, Adrian Burk, George Blanda and Joe Kapp. Tittle was the first player in NFL history to throw 30 or more touchdown passes in consecutive seasons. Tittle's 36 touchdown passes in 1963 set a record which would stand for over 20 years until it was surpassed by Dan Marino in 1984.