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WASDOROW—

Al Dorow

Retired

Buffalo Bills · QB

Al Dorow recorded 67 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 7 rostered seasons with Buffalo Bills, NYT, New York Titans, Philadelphia Eagles, WSH, Washington Redskins.

▶Best highlights

115.0

pass yds/gm

17.2

rush yds/gm

0

playoff games

67

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Al Dorow's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1960
NEW YORKJETS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
OCT 2, 1960

New York Jets vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Oct 2, 1960

281 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 1 INT

Regular Season
1960
NEW YORKJETS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
DEC 11, 1960

New York Jets vs Oakland Raiders

Regular Season · Dec 11, 1960

375 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
1954
W
ARIZONACARDINALS
WSH
DEC 12, 1954

Arizona Cardinals vs WSH

Regular Season · Dec 12, 1954

220 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 2 INT

Regular Season
1961
NEW YORKJETS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 17, 1961

New York Jets vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 17, 1961

281 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 3 INT

Regular Season
1960
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
NEW YORKJETS
NOV 24, 1960

Kansas City Chiefs vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Nov 24, 1960

301 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 1 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Al Dorow's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 375 passing yards

Regular Season
1960
NEW YORKJETS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
DEC 11, 1960

New York Jets vs Oakland Raiders

Regular Season · Dec 11, 1960

375 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 0 INT

Career high: 4 passing touchdowns

Regular Season
1961
NEW YORKJETS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 17, 1961

New York Jets vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 17, 1961

281 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 3 INT

Career high: 72 rushing yards

Regular Season
1960
NEW YORKJETS
BUFFALOBILLS
OCT 16, 1960

New York Jets vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Oct 16, 1960

158 pass yds · 1 pass TD · 3 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Al Dorow's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1946–1968

01
WASDOROW—Al Dorow
WASJURGENSEN—Sonny Jurgensen
WASMITCHELL—Bobby Mitchell

Individual stars cannot stop two decades of losing

Washington Commanders · The long decline

Washington fielded gifted passers and receivers but went twenty-four seasons without a postseason appearance.

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Franchise era

1950–1975

02
PHIDOROW—Al Dorow
PHIBEDNARIK—Chuck Bednarik
PHIBROCKLIN—Norm Van Brocklin

Bednarik's last great team interrupts a dynasty

Philadelphia Eagles · The 1960 title and the long decline

Philadelphia defeated Lombardi's Packers for the 1960 championship, then spent most of the next fifteen years searching for another core.

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Franchise era

1960–1968

03
NYJDOROW—Al Dorow
NYJNAMATH12Joe Namath
NYJMAYNARD—Don Maynard

The AFL's boldest team changes football

New York Jets · Namath and the guarantee

The Titans became the Jets, signed Namath and validated the entire AFL by upsetting Baltimore in Super Bowl III.

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Franchise era

1960–1965

04
BUFDOROW—Al Dorow
BUFKEMP—Jack Kemp
BUFGILCHRIST—Cookie Gilchrist

A defense-led back-to-back champion

Buffalo Bills · The AFL champions

Lou Saban's Bills won consecutive AFL championships and established Buffalo as one of the young league's strongest organizations.

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Career accomplishments

NFL passing touchdowns leader · 19607 NFL seasons67 career games7,708 career passing yards64 career passing touchdowns1,150 career rushing yards16 career rushing touchdownsJersey: 00 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 26, 1954Most recent: Sep 30, 1962

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