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0 -- NFL Championship games played in by the Colts since trading Johnny Unitas after the 1972 season. |
Johnny Unitas retired as the greatest quarterback to ever play the game. AP |
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1 -- Unitas' all-time ranking in touchdown passes (290), completions (2,830), attempts (5,186), yards (40,239), 3,000-yard seasons (3) and 300-yard games (26) upon retirement in 1973. |
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2 -- Hall of Famers with last names starting with "U" -- Unitas and Gene Upshaw. |
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3 -- Championships won the by the Colts during Unitas' career. He was the only member of all three title-winning teams (1958, '59 and '70). |
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4 -- Seasons in which Unitas led the NFL in passing yards -- 1957, '59-60, and '63. Only Sonny Jurgensen and Dan Marino had more with five. |
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6-2 -- Unitas' record as a starter in eight posteason starts. |
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9 -- Round that Unitas was drafted in by the Steelers in 1955. Pittsburgh cut him in favor of third-string quarterback Vic Eaton. |
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12 -- Consecutive games in which Unitas threw for at least two touchdown passes, tying him with Marino, Don Meredith and Brett Favre for the record. |
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17 -- Times Unitas passed for at least four touchdowns in a game. Only Marino had more with 21. |
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47 -- The NFL record for most consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass, set by Unitas from 1956-60. Marino is a distant second with 30 from 1985-87. |
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53 -- Games needed for Unitas to reach 100 career touchdown passes. Only Marino (44 games) has reached the century mark in fewer games. |
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80 -- Length, in yards, of Baltimore's 12-play, game-winning drive in overtime of the 1958 NFL Championship game. Unitas led the Colts to a 23-17 defeat of the Giants in what many consider to be the greatest game ever played. |
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1957-60 -- The four consecutive seasons in which Unitas led the NFL in touchdown passes. No other quarterback has more than three in a row. |
