Fran Tarkenton
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Sep 25, 2026
Declan GoffHOST
And stature.
Thor NystromHOST
Well, uh, may- maybe we say s- the scrambling acumen, Fran Tarkenton.
Phil MackeyHOST
Okay.
Phil MackeyHOST
Yeah.
Benny ScalaHOST
So anything here? So number 10, One Day at a Time, CBS, number nine, That's Incredible.
Benny ScalaHOST
That was with John Davidson, right, and Fran Tarkenton and Kathy Lee Crosby.
Nikita BreznikovHOST
Fran Tarkenton trying to make it on television.
Nikita BreznikovHOST
How about that?
Benny ScalaHOST
Yep.
Rhea HughesGUEST
who? It was an NFL quarterback.
Rhea HughesGUEST
Fran Tarkenton.
Rhea HughesGUEST
Oh, wow.
Jay BlackHOST
Yeah.
Luca ScottHOST
He would have to play all of this season and next.
Luca ScottHOST
But he could pass Fran Tarkenton.
Luca ScottHOST
He needs 38 touchdown passes.
Luca ScottHOST
And he could pass Russell Wilson, who is in 12th with 353.
Marc GoldHOST
And he wins the second straight U.S. title beating Rod Laver in straight sets.
Marc GoldHOST
1961, Minnesota Vikings, Fran Tarkenton, who I think we talked about last week in brief, plays his first NFL game versus the Bears, coming off the bench to lead Minnesota to a 37-13 victory and became at that time the only quarterback to throw four TD passes in their debut back in 1961.
Marc GoldHOST
In 64, Mickey Mantle gets his 1,999th, 2000 and 2001 career hits in a victory over the Angels.
Marc GoldHOST
And I think he had, what home run? Mickey ended up with how many home runs?
Arif HasanHOST
Dude, I know it was Clint Eastwood who at the Republican National Convention talked to an empty chair as if it was Obama.
Arif HasanHOST
But in my head, it was always Fran Tarkenton, you know, because he was at the same convention.
Arif HasanHOST
And he's like, yeah, I'm a small business owner and I'm here for small businesses.
Arif HasanHOST
And I was like, all right, whatever.
Arif HasanHOST
If I had grown up watching Fran Tarkenton, maybe this would be really difficult for me.
Arif HasanHOST
But he's just like, oh, a guy that NFL historians have historically underrated and was really cool and scrambled a lot and kind of redefined what was acceptable at the quarterback position and was part of this really interesting Bud Grant story.
Arif HasanHOST
I like...
Arif HasanHOST
the football story of Fran Tarkenton a fair amount, but I'm not, like, emotionally attached to it in the way that, like, I am to Teddy Bridgewater, which, by the way, fifth best against the Blitz in the data set I was looking at, which identified Brock Purdy and Josh Allen.
Vinnie TortorichHOST
Um-
Anna VocinoHOST
How about Fran Tarkenton?
Vinnie TortorichHOST
Yeah, that's a...
Vinnie TortorichHOST
But, you know, yeah.
Anna VocinoHOST
Juju Smith-Schuster.
Vinnie TortorichHOST
All right.
Vinnie TortorichHOST
I mean, I mean, if Fran Tarkenton seems normal-
Anna VocinoHOST
[laughs]
Bill ColaruloHOST
Bart Starr, Hall of Fame.
Bill ColaruloHOST
Fran Tarkenton, Hall of Fame.
Bill ColaruloHOST
Nick Sirianni, on the other hand, becomes the fifth head coach to have a winning percentage over 700.
Bill ColaruloHOST
The other four? Guy Chamberlain, Hall of Fame.
SproHOST
I haven't heard of none of these guys.
SproHOST
Bob Hayes, Fran Tarkenton.
LongboxHOST
Oh, yeah.
LongboxHOST
Scrambling quarterback for the Vikings.
Chris ReuversHOST
Joe, who did we lose to on September 21st?
Joe SoucherayHOST
Well, on this day in 1969, Fran Tarkenton led the Giants to a 13-point comeback with a 24-23 win over his former club, the Vikings.
Joe SoucherayHOST
On this day.
Joe SoucherayHOST
September 21st.
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