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{{Short description|American football player (1941–2022)}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Daryle Lamonica
| image         =
| image_size    = 
| alt           = 
| caption       = 
| number        = 12, 3
| position      = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1941|7|17}}
| birth_place   = [[Fresno, California]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2022|4|21|1941|7|17}}
| death_place   = Fresno, California, U.S.
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 3
| weight_lb     = 215
| high_school   = [[Clovis High School (Clovis, California)|Clovis]] <br> ([[Clovis, California]])
| college       = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] (1960–1962)
| draftyear     = 1963
| draftround    = 12
| draftpick     = 168
| afldraftyear  = 1963
| afldraftround = 24
| afldraftpick  = 188
| pastteams     =
* [[Buffalo Bills]] ([[1963 American Football League season|1963]]–[[1966 American Football League season|1966]])
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ([[1967 American Football League season|1967]]–{{NFL Year|1974}})
* [[Southern California Sun]] ([[World Football League#1975 season|1975]])
| highlights    =
* 3× [[American Football League playoffs|AFL champion]] ([[1964 American Football League Championship Game|1964]], [[1965 American Football League Championship Game|1965]], [[1967 American Football League Championship Game|1967]])
* [[American Football League playoffs#Championship summary|AFL Championship MVP]] ([[1967 American Football League Championship Game|1967]])
* 2× [[American Football League Most Valuable Player Award|AFL Most Valuable Player]] (1967, 1969)
* 2× First-team [[American Football League All-League Team|All-AFL]] ([[1967 All-AFL Team|1967]], [[1967 All-AFL Team|1969]])
* Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1970 All-Pro Team|1970]])
* 3× [[American Football League All-Star game|AFL All-Star]] (1965, 1967, 1969)
* 2× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1971 Pro Bowl|1970]], [[1973 Pro Bowl|1972]])
* 2× [[UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year|UPI AFL Player of the Year]] (1967, 1969)
* 2× [[List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders#AFL annual passing touchdowns leaders|AFL passing touchdowns leader]] (1967, 1969)
* [[List of National Football League annual passing yards leaders#AFL annual passing yards leaders|AFL passing yards leader]] (1969)
* [[List of National Football League annual rushing touchdowns leaders#AFL annual rushing touchdowns leaders|AFL rushing touchdowns co-leader]] (1964)
* Third-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1962 College Football All-America Team|1962]])
| statleague    = AFL/NFL
| statlabel1    = Passing attempts
| statvalue1    = 2,601
| statlabel2    = Passing completions
| statvalue2    = 1,288
| statlabel3    = Completion percentage
| statvalue3    = 49.5%
| statlabel4    = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4    = 164–138
| statlabel5    = Passing yards
| statvalue5    = 19,154
| statlabel6    = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue6    = 72.9
| statlabel7    = Rushing yards
| statvalue7    = 640
| statlabel8    = Rushing touchdowns
| statvalue8    = 14
| pfr           = LamoDa00 
}}

'''Daryle Pasquale Lamonica''' (July 17, 1941 – April 21, 2022) was an American professional [[American football|football]] [[quarterback]] who played in the [[American Football League]] (AFL) and the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for 12 seasons.<ref name="sivchsd">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1970/01/05/551881/just-call-him-super-daryle |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |last=Shrake |first=Edwin |author-link=Bud Shrake |title=Just call him Super Daryle |date=January 5, 1970 |page=36}}</ref> Nicknamed "'''the Mad Bomber'''" due to his affinity for throwing the long pass in virtually any situation, he spent the majority of his career with the [[Oakland Raiders]].

Lamonica was selected in the 24th round of the [[1963 AFL draft]] by the [[Buffalo Bills]], where spent his first four seasons, mostly as a backup. He played his next eight seasons as the primary starter of the Raiders, including after they joined the NFL through the [[AFL–NFL merger]], leading them to four consecutive division titles between 1967 and 1970 and an appearance in [[Super Bowl II]]. Lamonica was twice named [[American Football League Most Valuable Player Award|AFL Most Valuable Player]], in addition to receiving three [[American Football League All-Star game|AFL All-Star]], two NFL [[Pro Bowl]], and two first-team [[American Football League All-League Team|All-AFL]] selections. He was also the AFL leader in passing touchdowns during both MVP seasons and the passing yards leader during the second. Lamonica holds the NFL's second-highest quarterback winning percentage and the AFL's highest quarterback winning percentage.

==Early life==
Of [[Italian Americans|Italian]] and [[Irish Americans|Irish]] ancestry, Lamonica grew up on a ranch in the [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] of [[California]].<ref name="sivchsd" /> Lamonica played in the first [[Little League World Series]].<ref name="nfp" /> He lettered in four sports and was an all-state quarterback at [[Clovis High School (Clovis, California)|Clovis High School]] in [[Clovis, California|Clovis]], a [[Fresno, California|Fresno]] suburb. In 1974, the high school named its football stadium after him.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-clovis-dedicates-new-grid/148829525/ |title=Clovis Dedicates New Grid Stadium |newspaper=[[The Fresno Bee]] |page=25 |date=1974-05-24 |access-date=2024-06-06 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> After high school, he turned down a professional baseball contract with the [[Chicago Cubs]].{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} Lamonica played [[college football]] at the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|University of Notre Dame]], and was the team's [[List of Notre Dame starting quarterbacks|starting quarterback]] for three seasons. In 30 total games from [[1960 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|1960]] through [[1962 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|1962]], he had 99 completions for 211 attempts for a 46.9 completion percentage and 1,363 yards, with eight touchdowns and 16 interceptions. He rushed 144 times for 353 yards and 10 touchdowns.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/daryle-lamonica-1.html |title=Daryle Lamonica College Stats |website=[[Sports Reference]]}}</ref> He participated in the 1962 [[East-West Shrine Game]] held at [[Kezar Stadium]] in [[San Francisco]], passing 20-for-28 with 349 yards while being named Most Valuable Player.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-press-democrat-todays-comment-shri/148829719/ |title=Today's Comment: Shrine Game Worth Double the Price |first=George |last=Hower |newspaper=[[The Press Democrat]] |publication-place=Santa Rosa, California |page=17 |date=1962-12-30 |access-date=2024-06-06 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Professional football==
===Buffalo Bills===
Lamonica was drafted by the [[1963 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]] in the [[1963 American Football League draft#Round twenty-four|24th round]] of the [[1963 American Football League Draft|1963 AFL draft]].  He was also selected by the two-time defending NFL champion [[1963 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] in the 12th round of the [[1963 NFL draft]].  He chose to go with the Bills, as he perceived his chances of playing were better there. In his rookie year, he played sparingly in games with [[Jack Kemp]] being the primary quarterback while Lamonica came into duty after injuries or ineffectiveness, which led to him being dubbed "the Fireman". However, he was tasked to start the last two games for the Bills. In each, he led them to victory, notably going 10-for-16 with 115 yards with a touchdown in a 45–14 win over the [[1963 New York Jets season|New York Jets]]. For the season, he had 33 completions on 71 attempts for 437 yards, with three touchdowns and four interceptions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LamoDa00.htm|title=Daryle Lamonica 1963 Game Log|website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]}}</ref> In the [[American Football League Championship Game#Eastern Division playoff|tiebreaker playoff]] for the division title, he came on for Kemp late in the game, going 9-for-24 for 168 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions, as the Bills lost 26–8 at home to the [[1963 Boston Patriots season|Boston Patriots]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196312280buf.htm|title=Divisional Round - Boston Patriots at Buffalo Bills - December 28th, 1963|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref>

Lamonica had much of the same in terms of playing time in [[1964 Buffalo Bills season|1964]], going 55 of 128 with 1,137 yards with six touchdowns and eight interceptions. On rushing, he was most efficient, having 55 carries for 289 yards (a 5.3 average per carry) for six touchdowns, which was tied for the most in the league alongside others such as [[Sid Blanks]] and his teammate [[Cookie Gilchrist]]. He started one of the last games of the season against the [[1964 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]], going 6-of-21 for 89 yards with a touchdown and interception, but Buffalo prevailed 30–19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LamoDa00.htm|title=Daryle Lamonica 1964 Game Log|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> In [[1965 Buffalo Bills season|1965]], the same was true once again. He went 29 of 70 for 376 yards, with three touchdowns and six interceptions. For the third and final season, he started a game for the Bills, going 3-of-14 for 83 yards with a touchdown and interception in a 29–18 win over the [[1965 Houston Oilers season|Houston Oilers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LamoDa00.htm|title=Daryle Lamonica 1965 Game Log|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> For his fourth and final year in Buffalo in 1966, he went 33-of-84 for 549 yards, having four touchdowns and five interceptions. In the three Buffalo runs to the AFL title game from [[1964 American Football League Championship Game|1964]] to [[1966 American Football League Championship Game|1966]], he had minimal participation, throwing only one pass.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LamoDa00.htm|title=Daryle Lamonica Playoffs Game Log|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref>

===Oakland Raiders===
On March 14, [[1967 Buffalo Bills season|1967]], Lamonica was traded to the [[1967 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] with [[Glenn Bass]] for [[Art Powell (wide receiver)|Art Powell]] and [[Tom Flores]]. He played with Oakland until his final year in [[1974 Oakland Raiders season|1974]]. With [[John Rauch]] at the helm as coach, Lamonica thrived from the start. In 1967 he threw 220-for-425 for 3,228 yards with thirty touchdowns and twenty interceptions while rushing for four touchdowns. The team went 13–1 in the regular season and won the division title with Lamonica at the helm; in the [[1967 American Football League Championship Game|AFL title game]] against the [[1967 Houston Oilers season|Oilers]] on December 31, he went 10-of-24 for 111 yards with two touchdowns as the Raiders won, 40–7, to win their first championship as a franchise. Two weeks later, he faced off against the [[1967 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] in [[Super Bowl II]]. He went 15-of-34 for 208 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception (returned by [[Herb Adderley]] for a touchdown), as the Raiders lost 33–14. Lamonica was given the [[American Football League Most Valuable Player Award]] for the season by [[United Press International]], the [[Associated Press]], and ''[[The Sporting News]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100276614/warren-times-mirror-and-observer/|newspaper=Warren Times-Mirror and Observer |via=[[Newspapers.com]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=December 22, 1967|page=7|title=Name Oakland's Daryle Lamonica Most Valuable in Junior Circuit}} {{Open access}}</ref>

In [[1968 Oakland Raiders season|1968]] he was efficient once again, going 206-of-416 for 3,245 yards in thirteen games (Lamonica missed the ninth game of the season, which [[George Blanda]] started). He threw 25 touchdowns and fifteen interceptions. His longest completed pass was 82 yards, his longest as a Raider for his career. He threw 249.6 yards per game, a career high. In the infamous [[Heidi Game|''Heidi'' Game]], he went 21-of-34 for 311 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions, with his final touchdown to [[Charlie Smith (running back)|Charlie Smith]] being the deciding points in a nail-biting victory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196811170rai.htm|title=New York Jets at Oakland Raiders - November 17th, 1968|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> The Raiders charged to a 12–2 record, tied with [[1968 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City]] for the best record in the Western Division. They trounced the Chiefs 41–6 to return to the [[1968 American Football League Championship Game|AFL championship]]. Playing against the [[1968 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] at [[Shea Stadium]], Lamonica went 20-of-47 for 401 yards with a touchdown, but the Jets rallied to defeat Oakland 27–23.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196812290nyj.htm|title=Championship - Oakland Raiders at New York Jets - December 29th, 1968|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref>

Lamonica was consistent once again in [[1969 Oakland Raiders season|1969]] (the last for the AFL and first for [[John Madden]] as coach). He had career highs with 221 completions, 426 attempts, 3,302 yards, 34 touchdowns, and 25 interceptions. He had 235.9 yards per game. The Raiders went 12–1–1, winning the Western Division once again.  On October 19, against the [[1969 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]], Lamonica set a new record with six touchdown passes in the first half, a record that has been matched only once, by [[Aaron Rodgers]] against the [[2014 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] on November 9, [[2014 Green Bay Packers season|2014]]. Lamonica's team went to the playoffs once again, which had been expanded to four teams for the final year of the AFL. In the [[1969 American Football League playoffs|divisional playoff]] game versus overmatched [[1969 Houston Oilers season|Houston]], he threw 13-of-17 for 276 yards with six touchdowns and one interception for a 56–7 victory. In the [[1969 American Football League Championship Game|AFL Championship Game]] (the last game between two AFL teams), facing the [[1969 Kansas City Chiefs season|Chiefs]] in Oakland, Lamonica threw 15-of-39 for 167 yards and three interceptions as the Chiefs won, 17–7, to advance to [[Super Bowl IV]]. Lamonica was given the [[American Football League Most Valuable Player Award]] for the season by United Press International and ''The Sporting News'', with [[Joe Namath]] being named Most Valuable Player by the Associated Press.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912210rai.htm|title=Divisional Round - Houston Oilers at Oakland Raiders - December 21st, 1969|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001040rai.htm|title=Championship - Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders - January 4th, 1970|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> It was in Oakland that Lamonica's affinity for - and talent in - long passes earned him the nickname "the Mad Bomber".

Lamonica regressed a bit for [[1970 Oakland Raiders season|1970]], throwing 179-of-356 for 2,516 yards with 22 touchdowns and fifteen interceptions as the team went 8–4–2. The team was aided by the fourth quarter heroics of George Blanda, who came off the bench for Lamonica in five straight games (games six to ten) in the fourth quarter, helping them win four games and tie once. The team snuck through into the [[1970–71 NFL playoffs|NFL playoffs]], edging out [[1970 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City]] for the newly installed AFC West division title. In their divisional playoff, Lamonica went 8-of-16 for 187 yards and two touchdowns as the Raiders prevailed, 21–14, over the [[1970 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]] in Oakland. In the AFC Championship Game against the [[1970 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]], Lamonica went 1-of-4 for six yards before a hit by [[Bubba Smith]] resulted in him being taken out for Blanda as the Raiders were beaten, 27–17.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197101030clt.htm|title=Championship - Oakland Raiders at Baltimore Colts - January 3rd, 1971|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref>

On September 17, [[1972 Oakland Raiders season|1972]], Lamonica had a perfect passing rating of 158.3. In a game that was started by [[Ken Stabler]] with additional play from George Blanda, Lamonica stepped in to throw 8-of-10 for 172 yards with two touchdowns, turning a 27
–7 trouncing by the [[1972 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]] into a 34–28 loss.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197209170pit.htm|title=Oakland Raiders at Pittsburgh Steelers - September 17th, 1972|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> Lamonica started the remaining thirteen games for the season. He had 149 completions on 281 attempts for 1,998 yards, having a career-high 53.0 completion percentage while throwing eighteen touchdowns and twelve interceptions. The team went 10-2-1 for the year and won the Western Division title. In the [[1972–73 NFL playoffs|divisional playoff game]] that year against Pittsburgh at [[Three Rivers Stadium]] on December 23, he went 6-of-18 for 45 yards with two interceptions. Ken Stabler stepped in late in the game, and while he only went 6-of-12 for 57 yards, his thirty-yard rush for a touchdown gave the Raiders a late 7–6 lead with less than two minutes remaining. However, [[Franco Harris]] caught a tipped pass from [[Terry Bradshaw]] in what is now known as the [[Immaculate Reception]] to give Pittsburgh a 13–7 victory. It was Lamonica's last playoff appearance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212230pit.htm|title=Divisional Round - Oakland Raiders at Pittsburgh Steelers - December 23rd, 1972|website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref>

With Lamonica, the Raiders won four straight Western Division titles (three AFL and one AFC) and one American Football League championship. Lamonica was a three-time [[American Football League All-Star games|American Football League All-Star]] and twice was selected as the [[American Football League Most Valuable Players|AFL's Most Valuable Player]], in 1967 and 1969. Lamonica went {{winning percentage|66|16|4|record=y}} as a starter, second-best in NFL history ([[Otto Graham]] is the highest at .810).  In the American Football League, Lamonica's winning percentage as a starter was {{winning percentage|40|4}}, on 40 wins, 4 losses and 1 tie in 45 games, the best ever in the AFL. Although excellent at man-for-man coverage, he had a hard time reading zone defenses, more prevalent in the 1970s, and his throwing was sometimes inaccurate. As a Raider starter from 1967 to 1972, his best completion average was 53.0% (in 1972).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LamoDa00.htm|website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]|title=Daryle Lamonica Stats}}</ref>

After Lamonica was unable to lead the Raiders to an offensive touchdown in the first three games of the 1973 season, he was replaced by [[Ken Stabler]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hanford-sentinel/164780213/ | title=Stabler Leads Raiders | work=[[The Hanford Sentinel]] | date=October 8, 1973 | agency=[[United Press International]] | accessdate=25 September 2025 | pages=7}}</ref><ref name="know">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/181741304/ | title=... They're Getting to Know Ken Stabler | work=[[New York Daily News]] | date=December 29, 1973 | accessdate=25 September 2025 | author=Ward, Gene | pages=23C}}</ref> Stabler was better at reading defenses and more accurate, leading the [[1976 Oakland Raiders season|1976]] team to victory in [[Super Bowl XI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/365649-past-perspectives-daryle-lamonica-ken-stablerlessons-for|website=[[Bleacher Report]]|title=Past Perspectives: Daryle Lamonica, Ken Stabler...Lessons for Today?|date=March 19, 2010}}</ref>

===World Football League===
Lamonica was the 25th player to jump from the NFL to the [[World Football League]] (WFL) on April 16, 1974, when he signed a multiyear contract to join the [[Southern California Sun]] in [[1975 World Football League season|1975]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/17/archives/lamonica-jumping-to-wfl-club-raiders-raided-again-as-lamonica-jumps.html |last=Eskenazi |first=Gerald |title=Lamonica Jumping to W.F.L. Club |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 17, 1974 |access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref> He went 9-of-19 for ninety yards and one touchdown in limited playing time in his only season in the WFL which folded in late October of that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerl/lamo00200.html|website=Pro Football Archives|title=Daryle Lamonica Stats}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Career statistics==

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
! colspan="2"| Legend
|-
| style="background:#ffff00; width:3em;"|
| [[American Football League Most Valuable Player Award|AFL MVP]]
|-
| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|
| Won the [[American Football League playoffs|AFL Championship]]
|-
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league
|-
| '''Bold'''
| Career high
|}

=== Regular season ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="3"| Games
! colspan="9"| Passing
! colspan="5"| Rushing
|-
! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} !! {{abbr|GS|Games started}} !! {{abbr|Record|Record as a starter}} !! {{abbr|Cmp|Completed passes}} !! {{abbr|Att|Pass attempts}} !! {{abbr|Pct|Completion percentage}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Passing yards}} !! {{abbr|Avg|Yards per pass attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest pass completion}} !! {{abbr|TD|Passing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Int|Interceptions thrown}} !! {{abbr|Rtg|Passer rating}} !! {{abbr|Att|Rushing attempts}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Rushing yards}} !! {{abbr|Avg|Average yards per rush}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} 
|-
! [[1963 American Football League season|1963]] !! [[1963 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]
| '''14''' || 2 || 2–0 || 33 || 71 || 46.5 || 437 || 6.2 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''93''' || 3 || 4 || 57.1 || 9 || 8 || 0.9 || 7 || 0
|-
! [[1964 American Football League season|1964]] || style="background:#afe6ba;"|[[1964 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]
| '''14''' || 1 || 1–0 || 55 || 128 || 43.0 || 1,137 || '''8.9''' || 80 || 6 || 8 || 64.5 || '''55''' || '''289''' || '''5.3''' || '''28''' || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''6''' 
|-
! [[1965 American Football League season|1965]] || style="background:#afe6ba;"|[[1965 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]
| '''14''' || 1 || 1–0 || 29 || 70 || 41.4 || 376 || 5.4 || 74 || 3 || 6 || 37.6 || 10 || 30 || 3.0 || 10 || 1
|-
! [[1966 American Football League season|1966]] || [[1966 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]
| '''14''' || 0 || – || 33 || 84 || 39.3 || 549 || 6.5 || 55 || 4 || 5 || 53.1 || 9 || 6 || 0.7 || 14 || 1
|-
! style="background:#ffff00;"|[[1967 American Football League season|1967]] || style="background:#afe6ba;"|[[1967 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]]
| '''14''' || '''14''' || '''13–1''' || 220 || 425 || 51.8 || 3,228 || 7.6 || 72 || style="background:#cfecec;"|30 || 20 || 80.8 || 22 || 110 || 5.0 || 26 || 4
|-
! [[1968 American Football League season|1968]] || [[1968 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]]
| 13 || 13 || 11–2 || 206 || 416 || 49.5 || 3,245 || 7.8 || 82 || 25 || 15 || '''80.9''' || 19 || 98 || 5.2 || '''28''' || 1
|-
! style="background:#ffff00;"|[[1969 American Football League season|1969]] || [[1969 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]]
| '''14''' || '''14''' || '''12–1–1''' || '''221''' || '''426''' || 51.9 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''3,302''' || 7.8 || 80 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''34''' || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''25''' || 79.8 || 13 || 36 || 2.8 || 12 || 1
|-
! [[1970 NFL season|1970]] || [[1970 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]]
| '''14''' || '''14''' || 8–4–2 || 179 || 356 || 50.3 || 2,516 || 7.1 || 60 || 22 || 15 || 76.5 || 8 || 24 || 3.0 || 13 || 0
|-
! [[1971 NFL season|1971]] || [[1971 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]]
| '''14''' || 13 || 7–4–2 || 118 || 242 || 48.8 || 1,717 || 7.1 || 67 || 16 || 16 || 66.8 || 4 || 16 || 4.0 || 13 || 0
|-
! [[1972 NFL season|1972]] || [[1972 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]]
| '''14''' || 13 || 10–2–1 || 149 || 281 || '''53.0''' || 1,998 || 7.1 || 70 || 18 || 12 || 79.5 || 10 || 33 || 3.3 || 14 || 0
|-
! [[1973 NFL season|1973]] || [[1973 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]]
| 8 || 3 || 1–2 || 42 || 93 || 45.2 || 614 || 6.6 || 48 || 2 || 8 || 38.6 || 5 || -7 || -1.4 || 6 || 0
|-
! [[1974 NFL season|1974]] || [[1974 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]]
| 4 || 0 || – || 3 || 9 || 33.3 || 35 || 3.9 || 13 || 1 || 4 || 43.5 || 2 || -3 || -1.5 || 0 || 0
|-
! colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LamoDa00.htm Career] || 151 || 88 || 66–16–6 || 1,288 || 2,601 || 49.5 || 19,154 || 7.4 || 93 || 164 || 138 || 72.9 || 166 || 640 || 3.9 || 28 || 14
|}

==After football==
In later years, he hosted a national [[fishing]] show on [[Fox Sports Net]] called ''Outdoors with the Pros''.<ref name="nfp">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nationalfootballpost.com/columns/off-the-field/where-are-they-now-daryle-lamonica/ |website=National Football Post |title=Where are they now: Daryle Lamonica |date=October 24, 2013 |last=Crippen |first=Ken}}</ref>

In 2013, Football Nation named Lamonica the 67th best quarterback since the 1970 merger.<ref>{{cite web |first=Justin |last=Henry |date=May 9, 2013 |url=http://www.footballnation.com/content/top-100-quarterbacks-since-the-merger-70-61/22692/ |title=Top 100 Quarterbacks Since the Merger: 70–61 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515121537/http://www.footballnation.com/content/top-100-quarterbacks-since-the-merger-70-61/22692/ |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |website=footballnation.com}}</ref> The [[Professional Football Researchers Association]] named Lamonica to their Hall of Very Good Class of 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.profootballresearchers.org/hall-of-very-good-2013.html |website=[[Professional Football Researchers Association]] |title=Hall of Very Good Class of 2013 |access-date=November 10, 2016 |date=2013}}</ref>

On April 21, 2022, he died at the age of 80 in his sleep at his home in [[Fresno, California]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Marie |last=Edinger |url=https://kmph.com/news/local/former-raider-quarterback-daryle-lamonica-passes-away-at-80 |title=Former Raider Quarterback and Clovis native Daryle Lamonica passes away at 80 |work=[[KMPH (AM)]] |date=April 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=April 21, 2022 |title=Daryle Lamonica, Hard-Throwing Quarterback, Is Dead at 80 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/sports/football/daryle-lamonica-dead.html |access-date=April 24, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

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