Where is billy kilmer

First-and at our Another long completion. Another flag. First-and at the Another completion. First and I'm sacked in the end zone. Falcons recover. I complete three passes, and the Falcons get a touchdown. One thing after another. We lost to the Vikings that year They blocked three punts. The next day our coach, Tom Fears, spent the entire practice on punt protection. That's the way it went in those days.

In , Kilmer showed up in St. Louis with the Saints and threw for five touchdowns in a win over the Cardinals. It really did help me there, to keep my career going for 17 years. The vast majority of Kilmer's success occurred after he left the Saints, via a trade to the Washington Redskins. But the '68 season, his first as a full-time starter, proved he could handle the job. The Saints went that year, starting and failing to win again until the season finale, a home game against Pittsburgh.

Kilmer, in his most extensive action as a quarterback, completed of passes for 2, yards and 15 touchdowns, with 17 interceptions. The year before, he completed 97 of passes for 1, yards and six touchdowns, with 11 interceptions. No real muggy days. We trained out there through the exhibition season, then on Sept. I'd never been a starter and that gave me a lot of incentive to work hard and try to make a winner there.

I know we only won four games all year but at the time, we'd won more games than any expansion team to that point. We were coming along. So we had a fairly young team. But we had a damned good defense. Lower-case means part-time starter. Minimum pass attempts to qualify as career leader, minimum pass attempts for playoffs leader. Only games ending in a win or tie are included. Sign up for the free Stathead newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day.

View a sample email. It's also available for basketball, baseball and hockey. Sign Up For Free. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Choice is:. Powered by. Minimum rushes to qualify as career leader. Minimum receptions to qualify as career leader. By , Kilmer had beaten him out, Cuozzo was gone to Minnesota and Kilmer was the unquestioned leader of the early Saints. He fit New Orleans very well. It would have been interesting to see how Kilmer would have fared with better players around him.

Of course, we know the answer, based on the way he played in leading the Washington Redskins to a Super Bowl appearance.