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title: "Gifford Nielsen | Held Out"
description: "BRADY ratings for Gifford Nielsen by season and week, with wins above replacement per start."
url: "https://heldout.org/quarterbacks/search/NIE376848"
---

# Gifford Nielsen

- [HOU](/teams/search/TEN/1983) 1978–1983

Peak Season \-

Too few starts to rank

WAR per Start 0.092

15 starts

Top-5 Seasons 0

0 at number one

Awards 0

None

## Gifford Nielsen: BRADY by Season

## Every Season

|      |                               |           |      |         |   | Honors |
| ---- | ----------------------------- | --------- | ---- | ------- | - | ------ |
| 1983 | [HOU](/teams/search/TEN/1983) | **0.037** | 63.6 | Partial | 7 |        |
| 1982 | [HOU](/teams/search/TEN/1982) | **0.093** | 69.6 | Partial | 4 |        |
| 1981 | [HOU](/teams/search/TEN/1981) | **0.103** | 71.3 | Partial | 2 |        |
| 1979 | [HOU](/teams/search/TEN/1979) | **0.135** | 73.5 | Partial | 2 |        |

Too few starts to rank (under 8 in a full season)

## Data

- [matchups/results.json](/data/matchups/results.json)
- [matchups/upcoming.json](/data/matchups/upcoming.json)
- [quarterbacks/NIE376848.json](/data/quarterbacks/NIE376848.json)

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