Kim Edgar McQuilken (born February 26, 1951) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins.
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| Born: | February 26, 1951 Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 206 lb (93 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | William Allen (Allentown, PA) | ||||||
| College: | Lehigh | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1974 / Round: 3 / Pick: 69 | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||
Early life edit
McQuilken was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and attended William Allen High School. He started as quarterback during his junior and senior seasons. During his senior year, McQuilken suffered a fractured clavicle in a pre-season scrimmage and missed the first three games.
College career edit
McQuilken played college football at Lehigh University, where he was first-team Division II All-American during his senior year in 1973. He finished his career at Lehigh with 516 passes for 6,996 yards and 37 touchdowns.[1]
McQuilken was inducted into the Lehigh Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.[1]
Professional career edit
McQuilken was drafted in the third round of the 1974 NFL Draft by Atlanta, and installed as the Falcons' third-string quarterback, behind Bob Lee and Pat Sullivan. He got in five games his rookie season and started the last two, including a 10–3 win over Green Bay.
Statistically, McQuilken was one of the poorest passers in NFL history that actually received significant playing time; for his seven-year career, he had a 17.9 passer rating, second-worst ever among players with at least 200 attempts.[note 1] He won only two of his seven starts as a Falcon, reaching his arguable nadir in a 1975 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, when McQuilken made 26 attempts with only five completions – and five interceptions. For his career, McQuilken would throw 29 picks against just four touchdowns, also one of the worst ratios in NFL history. In 1978, he went to the Washington Redskins as Joe Theismann's backup, appearing in just three games in 1979.
Out of football for three years, McQuilken, still popular in the Washington area, joined the Washington Federals of the United States Football League in their 1983 inaugural season and emerged as their opening-day starter. Ultimately he would complete 188-for-334 passes for 1,912 yards, seven touchdowns, and 14 interceptions for the season. However, the Feds would finish just 4–14 in front of small crowds, and the 32-year-old McQuilken retired.
NFL career statistics edit
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| Led the league | |
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Regular season edit
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacks | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | TD% | Int% | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Sck | Yds | Fum | Lost | ||
| 1974 | ATL | 5 | 2 | 1—1 | 34 | 79 | 43.0 | 373 | 4.7 | 0 | 9 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 9 | 113 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | ATL | 3 | 2 | 0—2 | 20 | 61 | 32.8 | 253 | 3.1 | 1 | 9 | 12.6 | 1.6 | 14.8 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 3 | 0 |
| 1976 | ATL | 8 | 3 | 1—2 | 48 | 121 | 39.7 | 450 | 3.7 | 2 | 10 | 21.7 | 1.7 | 8.3 | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | 17 | 164 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | ATL | 7 | 0 | 0–0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 47 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 129.2 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | WSH | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.0 | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
After football edit
McQuilken went on to become executive vice president of Cartoon Network, before leaving the network in 2006 to set up his own sports and entertainment marketing and licensing consulting business.[2]
Notes edit
- ^ The worst score, 17.0, belongs to Hugh McCullough, who played in the less pass-oriented 1930s and 1940s.
References edit
- ^ a b "Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame - Kim E. McQuilken". Lehigh University. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ Eggerton, John. "McQuilken Exiting Cartoon". www.broadcastingcable.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.