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Jim Plunkett

Retired

Las Vegas Raiders · QB

Jim Plunkett recorded 157 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 16 rostered seasons with Los Angeles Raiders, RAI, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots.

▶Best highlights

164.9

pass yds/gm

8.5

rush yds/gm

10

playoff games

157

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Jim Plunkett's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XV
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
OAKLANDRAIDERS
JAN 25, 1981

Philadelphia Eagles vs Oakland Raiders

Super Bowl XV · Jan 25, 1981

261 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
1983
W
OAKLANDRAIDERS
WSH
OCT 2, 1983

Oakland Raiders vs WSH

Regular Season · Oct 2, 1983

372 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 4 INT

Regular Season
1977
DALLASCOWBOYS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
DEC 12, 1977

Dallas Cowboys vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Dec 12, 1977

263 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
1975
DALLASCOWBOYS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
NOV 16, 1975

Dallas Cowboys vs New England Patriots

Regular Season · Nov 16, 1975

264 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 2 INT

Regular Season
1971
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
NOV 14, 1971

Buffalo Bills vs New England Patriots

Regular Season · Nov 14, 1971

218 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 1 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Jim Plunkett's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 386 passing yards

Wild Card
1982
CLEVELANDBROWNS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
JAN 8, 1983

Cleveland Browns vs Oakland Raiders

Wild Card · Jan 8, 1983

386 pass yds · 0 pass TD · 2 INT

Career high: 4 passing touchdowns

Regular Season
1983
W
OAKLANDRAIDERS
WSH
OCT 2, 1983

Oakland Raiders vs WSH

Regular Season · Oct 2, 1983

372 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 4 INT

Career high: 61 rushing yards

Regular Season
1973
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
CHICAGOBEARS
OCT 21, 1973

New England Patriots vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Oct 21, 1973

86 pass yds · 0 pass TD · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Jim Plunkett's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1960–1975

01
NEPLUNKETT16Jim Plunkett
NECAPPELLETTI—Gino Cappelletti
NEPARILLI—Babe Parilli

A wandering AFL club finds Foxborough

New England Patriots · The Boston Patriots

The Patriots reached the 1963 AFL title game but struggled for stability while playing in a succession of Boston-area stadiums.

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Franchise era

1958–1978

02
SFPLUNKETT16Jim Plunkett
SFBRODIE—John Brodie
SFWASHINGTON84Gene Washington

The Shotgun and three NFC title losses

San Francisco 49ers · Searching for the breakthrough

Brodie's passing and Dick Nolan's defense won three straight division titles, but Dallas ended each postseason before a full teardown followed.

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Franchise era

1963–1978

03
LVPLUNKETT16Jim Plunkett
LVSTABLER12Ken Stabler
LVUPSHAW—Gene Upshaw

Vertical offense and relentless defense

Las Vegas Raiders · The Raiders become the Raiders

Al Davis, John Rauch and John Madden built a feared perennial contender that finally broke through by winning Super Bowl XI.

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Franchise era

1979–1987

04
LVPLUNKETT16Jim Plunkett
LVALLEN27Marcus Allen
LVLONG—Howie Long

Two more championships in two cities

Las Vegas Raiders · Flores and the Los Angeles titles

Tom Flores led the first wild-card Super Bowl champion, then Allen's record run powered a dominant title after the move to Los Angeles.

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Career accomplishments

Super Bowl champion · 198016 NFL seasons157 career games25,882 career passing yards164 career passing touchdowns1,337 career rushing yards14 career rushing touchdownsJersey: 010 playoff appearances2 Super Bowl appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 19, 1971Most recent: Dec 21, 1986

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history