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Jim Zorn

Retired

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · QB

Jim Zorn recorded 140 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks.

▶Best highlights

150.8

pass yds/gm

10.7

rush yds/gm

5

playoff games

140

career games

Five defining games

Start here

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

Regular Season
1977
BUFFALOBILLS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
OCT 30, 1977

Buffalo Bills vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Oct 30, 1977

296 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 2 INT

Regular Season
1980
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
SEP 21, 1980

New England Patriots vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Sep 21, 1980

312 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 1 INT

Regular Season
1977
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
NOV 27, 1977

Los Angeles Chargers vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Nov 27, 1977

291 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 2 INT

Regular Season
1978
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
SEP 3, 1978

Los Angeles Chargers vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Sep 3, 1978

329 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 1 INT

Regular Season
1979
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
NOV 18, 1979

New Orleans Saints vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Nov 18, 1979

384 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

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

Career high: 384 passing yards

Regular Season
1979
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
NOV 18, 1979

New Orleans Saints vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Nov 18, 1979

384 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Career high: 4 passing touchdowns

Regular Season
1980
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
SEP 21, 1980

New England Patriots vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Sep 21, 1980

312 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 1 INT

Career high: 63 rushing yards

Regular Season
1978
OAKLANDRAIDERS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
OCT 22, 1978

Oakland Raiders vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Oct 22, 1978

144 pass yds · 0 pass TD · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

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

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1976–1982

01
SEAZORN—Jim Zorn
SEALARGENT—Steve Largent
SEABROWN17Dave Brown

Zorn and Largent make the new team entertaining

Seattle Seahawks · The expansion Seahawks

Seattle switched conferences after one season and quickly built a creative passing game that made the Kingdome an energetic home.

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Franchise era

1983–1998

02
SEAZORN—Jim Zorn
SEALARGENT—Steve Largent
SEAWARNER—Curt Warner

Ground Chuck reaches the AFC title game

Seattle Seahawks · The Chuck Knox years

Knox's physical style produced the franchise's first playoffs and a 1983 run to the AFC Championship Game before years of ownership uncertainty.

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Franchise era

1968–1991

03
GBZORN—Jim Zorn
GBLOFTON—James Lofton
GBDICKEY—Lynn Dickey

Two decades of searching after Lombardi

Green Bay Packers · The long road back

Green Bay cycled through coaches and rarely reached the playoffs before a new front office changed the franchise's direction.

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Franchise era

1983–1995

04
TBZORN—Jim Zorn
TBWILDER32James Wilder
TBGRUBER74Paul Gruber

Instability follows Williams's departure

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The lost creamsicle years

Ownership decisions and constant coaching change produced fourteen straight losing seasons before new leadership began a cultural reset.

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Career accomplishments

11 NFL seasons140 career games21,115 career passing yards111 career passing touchdowns1,504 career rushing yards17 career rushing touchdowns1 career receptions27 career receiving yards5 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 12, 1976Most recent: Oct 18, 1987

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