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| 2 | nfl career statistics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | year | team | games |  | passing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 4 |  |  | g | gs | cmp | att | pct | yards | td | int | lng | y/a | rate |
| 5 | 1961 | min | 14 | 10 | 157 | 280 | 56.1 | 1,997 | 18 | 17 | 71 | 7.1 | 74.7 |
| 6 | 1962 | min | 14 | 14 | 163 | 329 | 49.5 | 2,595 | 22 | 25 | 89 | 7.9 | 66.9 |
| 7 | 1963 | min | 14 | 13 | 170 | 297 | 57.2 | 2,311 | 15 | 15 | 67 | 7.8 | 78.0 |
| 8 | 1964 | min | 14 | 14 | 171 | 306 | 55.9 | 2,506 | 22 | 11 | 64 | 8.2 | 91.8 |
| 9 | 1965 | min | 14 | 14 | 171 | 329 | 52.0 | 2,609 | 19 | 11 | 72 | 7.9 | 83.8 |
| 10 | 1966 | min | 14 | 12 | 192 | 358 | 53.6 | 2,561 | 17 | 16 | 68 | 7.2 | 73.8 |
| 11 | 1967 | nyg | 14 | 14 | 204 | 377 | 54.1 | 3,088 | 29 | 19 | 70 | 8.2 | 85.9 |
| 12 | 1968 | nyg | 14 | 14 | 182 | 337 | 54.0 | 2,555 | 21 | 12 | 84 | 7.6 | 84.6 |
| 13 | 1969 | nyg | 14 | 14 | 220 | 409 | 53.8 | 2,918 | 23 | 8 | 65 | 7.1 | 87.2 |
| 14 | 1970 | nyg | 14 | 14 | 219 | 389 | 56.3 | 2,777 | 19 | 12 | 59 | 7.1 | 82.2 |
| 15 | 1971 | nyg | 13 | 13 | 226 | 386 | 58.5 | 2,567 | 11 | 21 | 81 | 6.7 | 65.4 |
| 16 | 1972 | min | 14 | 14 | 215 | 378 | 56.9 | 2,651 | 18 | 13 | 76 | 7.0 | 80.2 |
| 17 | 1973 | min | 14 | 14 | 169 | 274 | 61.7 | 2,113 | 15 | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 93.2 |
| 18 | 1974 | min | 13 | 13 | 199 | 351 | 56.7 | 2,598 | 17 | 12 | 80 | 7.4 | 82.1 |
| 19 | 1975 | min | 14 | 14 | 273 | 425 | 64.2 | 2,994 | 25 | 13 | 46 | 7.0 | 91.8 |
| 20 | 1976 | min | 13 | 13 | 255 | 412 | 61.9 | 2,961 | 17 | 8 | 56 | 7.2 | 89.3 |
| 21 | 1977 | min | 9 | 9 | 155 | 258 | 60.1 | 1,734 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 6.7 | 69.2 |
| 22 | 1978 | min | 16 | 16 | 345 | 572 | 60.3 | 3,468 | 25 | 32 | 58 | 6.1 | 68.9 |
| 23 | career |  | 246 | 239 | 3,686 | 6,467 | 57.0 | 47,003 | 342 | 266 | 89 | 7.3 | 80.4 |

Question: how many passing yards did fran tarkenton get in 1961?
Answer: 1997