Warren Moon

Warren Moon played six years for Edmonton from 1978 to 1984 and the Eskimos won the Grey Cup in five of those seasons (1978-83).  Moon apprenticed under the grizzled Tom Wilkinson and then took oer as the #1 QB, and improved his passing stats in each of his six years.  Moon's yards passing went from 1112 to 2382 to 3127 to 3959 to 5000 to 5648.  Moon's best season in terms of awards had to be his final season in the CFL in 1983, when he won Western and All-Canadian All-Star honours as well as winning the Oustanding Player Award. Some of Moon's earlier season might have been better statistically.  In 1983, Moon completed 57.2% of his passes, but completed 59.2% in 1982 and a career high 62.7% in 1981.  In terms of touchdowns, Moon's best season was 1982 when he tossed 36 TD passes compared to only 16 interceptions.  After the 1983 season, Moon joined the Houston Oilers of the NFL, going on to have a highly successfull career in the NFL from 1984 to 2000 with 49,329 yards passing and a 58.4% completion percentage..Moon was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

Warren Moon's Complete NFL Stats

Games Played and Passing
Year Team GP PA PC % Yds TD Int Sacked Yds
1978 EDM 15 173 89 51.3 1112 5 7 16 128
1979 EDM 16 274 149 54.4 2382 20 12 18 128
1980 EDM 16 331 181 54.7 3127 25 11 29 193
1981 EDM 15 378 237 62.7 3959 27 12 33 232
1982 EDM 16 562 333 59.2 5000 36 16 65 409
1983 EDM 16 664 380 57.2 5648 31 19 52 362
Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1978 EDM 30 114 3.8 1 17
1979 EDM 56 156 2.7 2 17
1980 EDM 55 352 6.4 1 29
1981 EDM 50 298 6 3 27
1982 EDM 54 259 4.8 4 33
1983 EDM 95 527 6.2 3 25
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1978 EDM 1 1 0
1979 EDM 1 0 0
1980 EDM 0 0 0
1981 EDM 1 0 0
1982 EDM 1 0 1
1983 EDM 7 3 0
1981 Red Rooster