Warren Moon

Born on November 18, 1956, in Los Angeles, Moon was the middle child amongst six sisters. His father, Harold, was a laborer and died of liver disease when Moon was seven years old. His mother, Pat, was a nurse, and Warren learned to cook, sew, iron, and housekeep to help take care of the family. Early on, Moon decided that he could play only one sport in high school because he had to work the rest of the year to help the family. Moon chose to play football as a quarterback since he found that he could throw a football longer, harder, and straighter than anyone he knew.{{cite journal |year=2006 |title=Warren Moon |journal=Contemporary Black Biography |publisher=The Gale Group, Inc |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/warren-moon |access-date=February 16, 2009}}{{Cite news |last=Plaschke |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Plaschke |date=July 30, 2006 |title=Moon Made His Position Clear From Start |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-30-sp-plaschke30-story.html |access-date=February 16, 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite news |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060730/moon30/the-man-that-is-moon |title=The man that is Moon |last=Bishop |first=Greg |date=July 30, 2006 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 16, 2009}}{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1D91239F932A15753C1A966958260 |title=Moon: He Wears No. 1, And He's Playing Like It |last=George |first=Thomas |date=October 21, 1990 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 16, 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=2179 |title=Warren Moon's enshrinement speech transcript |date=August 5, 2006 |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=February 16, 2009}}

Moon enrolled at Alexander Hamilton High School, using the address of one of his mother's friends to gain the advantages of a better academic and athletic reputation than his neighborhood high school could offer. Moon had little playing time until his junior year, when he took over as varsity starting quarterback. In Moon's senior season in 1973, the football team reached the city playoffs and Moon was named to the all-city team.

Moon attended two-year West Los Angeles College and was a record-setting quarterback as a freshman in 1974, but only a handful of four-year colleges showed interest in signing him. However, offensive coordinator Dick Scesniak of the University of Washington in Seattle, was eager to sign the rifle-armed Moon. Adamant to play quarterback, Moon considered himself to be perhaps a slightly above-average athlete who lacked either the size, speed, or strength to play other positions.{{cite web |url=http://www.nflcflfutures.com/NFLCFLFuturesNews03/0911.html |title=How Warren Moon Improved His Athleticism In High School |access-date=January 19, 2007 |archive-date=November 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125194323/http://www.nflcflfutures.com/NFLCFLFuturesNews03/0911.html |url-status=dead }}

Under new head coach Don James, Washington was {{nowrap|11–11}} in Moon's first two seasons as a starter, but as a senior in 1977, he led the Huskies to the Pac-8 title and a 27–20 upset win in the Rose Bowl over Michigan.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n_YjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zu0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6878%2C1125708 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Missildine |first=Harry |title=Jackson rescues Washington |date=January 3, 1978 |page=19}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q8YUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6OEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6858%2C593481 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Huskies go from rags to roses |date=January 3, 1978 |page=1C}} Moon was named the game's Most Valuable Player on the strength of two short touchdown runs and a third-quarter 28-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Robert "Spider" Gaines.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vw0qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hCkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6612%2C1172041 |work=Milwaukee Journal |last=Dodds |first=Tracy |title=Bo's rare gamble backfires in Rose Bowl |date=January 3, 1978 |page=8, part 2 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Despite his collegiate success, Moon was led to believe he would only be a late-round NFL pick and was fearful that would lead to a limited opportunity to make it in the NFL.

Six weeks before the NFL draft, Moon signed with the Edmonton Eskimos.{{cite web | title=Moon landing: Legendary QB signed with Esks 42 years ago | website=CFL.ca | date=April 13, 2020 | url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/13/moon-landing-legendary-qb-signed-esks-42-years-ago/ | access-date=September 2, 2024}} He and Tom Wilkinson shared signal-calling duties from 1978 to 1981, winning four consecutive Grey Cups during this span.{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=page&id=62 |title=CFL Legends >> Warren Moon |access-date=January 22, 2007}}

Moon became Edmonton's No. 1 quarterback midway through the 1980 season. That year, the team won their third consecutive Grey Cup, and Moon won his first Grey Cup Offensive MVP award as Edmonton defeated Hamilton 48–10.{{cite web | last=Tucker | first=David | title=Warren Moon, embarrassing the best defense in the league, threw three touchdown passes and ran circles around the blitz Sunday to give the Edmonton Eskimos a 48-10 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and their third consecutive Grey Cup. | website=UPI | date=November 23, 1980 | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/23/Warren-Moon-embarrassing-the-best-defense-in-the-league/2065343803600/ | access-date=September 2, 2024}}

In 1981, Moon started his first year as Edmonton's No. 1 quarterback with Wilkinson, who would retire after the season, as the team's No. 2 quarterback. Moon was moved to the reserve list for Edmonton's game against Ottawa on October 12. During the Grey Cup, Moon was struggling, and Edmonton was trailing Ottawa 20–0 in the second quarter. At this time, Moon was replaced by Wilkinson. Moon returned in the second half and directed drives for three touchdowns and the game winning field goal with three seconds remaining in the game. Edmonton defeated Ottawa 26–23 to win a CFL record fourth consecutive Grey Cup.

In 1982, Moon became the first professional quarterback to pass for 5,000 yards in a season by reaching exactly 5,000 yards. He passed for 36 touchdowns, which set an Edmonton record, and was third in a single season in CFL history. Edmonton would recover from a 3–5 start to finish the regular season 11–5, and first place in the West Division for the sixth consecutive season. The team qualified for the Grey Cup for the sixth consecutive season and won the Grey Cup for the fifth consecutive year. Moon was named the Grey Cup Offensive MVP for the second time in his career.

In his final CFL season, 1983, Moon threw for league-records in pass completions (380), attempts (664), and yards (5,648), records which have since been broken. On October 15 against Montreal, Moon set an Edmonton record by passing for 555 yards, which was third in a single game in CFL history. Moon was nominated as the West All-Star quarterback, and won the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the Most Outstanding Player in the West Division. He was then nominated as the CFL All-Star quarterback, and won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award. However, the season was not as successful for the Eskimos as they finished with an 8–8 record. Having barely made the playoffs (which they would have missed altogether if not for a loss by the Calgary Stampeders to the last place Saskatchewan Roughriders in the last week of the regular season), Moon's Eskimos were throttled in Winnipeg by the Blue Bombers in the West semi-final.

In his six years in the CFL, Moon amassed 1,369 completions on 2,382 attempts (57.4 completion percentage) for 21,228 yards and 144 touchdown passes. He also led his team to victory in nine of 10 postseason games. Moon was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Eskimos' Wall of Honour. In 2006, he was ranked fifth on a list of the greatest 50 CFL players presented by Canadian sports network TSN.

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Moon's decision to enter the NFL touched off a bidding war for his services, won by the Houston Oilers, led by Hugh Campbell, his head coach for his first five seasons in Edmonton. Gifford Nielsen—the starting quarterback in 1983—retired after Moon joined the team, stating that Moon becoming the starter was inevitable.{{Cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/05/15/Quarterback-Gifford-Nielsen-a-six-year-veteran-with-the-Houston/8506453441600/ |title=Quarterback Gifford Nielsen, a six-year veteran with the Houston... |last=Blackburn |first=Jess |date=May 15, 1984 |work=UPI |access-date=September 17, 2018 |agency=UPI |language=en}} Moon had a difficult adjustment period, but threw for a franchise-record 3,338 yards in his first season in 1984, but Campbell was just {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|8|22|record=y}}}} at the helm and did not finish the 1985 season.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eccSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6581%2C1629843 |work=Spokane Chronicle |location=(Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Oilers fire Campbell as |date=December 9, 1985 |page=C1}} When new head coach Jerry Glanville found ways to best use Moon's strong arm in 1986, the team began having success. In the strike-marred 1987 season, the Oilers posted a {{nowrap|9–6}} record, their first winning season since 1980. In his first postseason game in the NFL, Moon passed for 237 yards and a touchdown in the Oilers' 23–20 overtime victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the wildcard round of the playoffs.

Prior to the 1989 season, Moon signed a five-year, $10-million contract extension, which made him the highest-paid player in the NFL at that time.{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2D6113AF93BA35757C0A96F948260 |title=Moon Says New Pact Is Richest in N.F.L. |access-date=January 19, 2007 |newspaper=New York Times |date=April 8, 1989}} In 1990, Moon led the league with 4,689 passing yards. He also led the league in attempts (584), completions (362), and touchdowns (33), and tied Dan Marino's record with nine 300-yard games in a season.{{Cite web |title=1990 NFL Passing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1990/passing.htm |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} That included throwing for 527 yards against Kansas City on December 16, 1990, the second-most passing yards ever in a single game.{{Cite web |title=Houston Oilers at Kansas City Chiefs - December 16th, 1990 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199012160kan.htm |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=NFL Passing Yards Single Game Leaders |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_yds_single_game.htm |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} The following year, he again led the league in passing yards, with 4,690.{{Cite web |title=1991 NFL Passing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1991/passing.htm |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} At the same time, he joined Marino and Dan Fouts as the only quarterbacks to post back-to-back 4,000-yard seasons. Moon also established new NFL records that season with 655 attempts and 404 completions.

In 1992, Moon played only 11 games due to injuries, but the Oilers still managed to achieve a 10–6 record, including a victory over the Buffalo Bills, in the final game of the season.{{Cite web |title=1992 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/oti/1992.htm |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} A week later, the Oilers traveled to Buffalo to face the Bills again in the first round of the AFC playoffs. Aided by Moon's 222 passing yards and four touchdowns in the first half, Houston built up a 28–3 halftime lead and increased it to 35–3 when Buffalo quarterback Frank Reich's first pass of the third quarter was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. The Bills stormed back with five unanswered second-half touchdowns to take a 38–35 lead with time running out in the final period. Moon managed to lead the Oilers on a last-second field goal drive to tie the game at 38 and force overtime, but threw an interception in the extra period that set up Buffalo kicker Steve Christie's game-winning field goal. The Bills' rally from a 32-point deficit{{cite news |title=Bills and Eagles Turn Mountains Into Molehill; Buffalo Erases 32-Point Deficit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/04/sports/pro-football-bills-eagles-turn-mountains-into-molehill-buffalo-erases-32-point.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 4, 1993 |access-date=July 12, 2016}} was the largest comeback victory in NFL history at the time and became known in NFL lore simply as the Comeback. Moon finished the game with 36 completions for 371 yards, four touchdowns, and two interceptions. His 36 completions were an NFL postseason record.

The 1993 season was the Oilers' best with Moon but was his last with the team. Despite a drama-filled 1–4 start and early struggles from Moon, Houston went 12–4 and won the AFC Central division crown but lost to Joe Montana and the Kansas City Chiefs 28–20 in the divisional round of the playoffs.{{Cite web |title=1993 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/oti/1993.htm |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}{{Cite episode |title=Houston '93 |series=A Football Life |series-link=A Football Life |network=NFL Network |date=December 10, 2013 |season=3 |number=15}}{{Cite web |title=Divisional Round - Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Oilers - January 16th, 1994 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199401160oti.htm |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}

Moon set a franchise record with Houston for wins with 70, which stood until Steve McNair broke it in 2004, long after the team had become the Tennessee Titans. Moon also left the Oilers as the franchise leader in passing touchdowns, passing yards, pass attempts, and pass completions, all of which still stand today.{{cn|date=May 2025}}{{when|date=May 2025}}

On April 14, 1994, Moon was traded to the Minnesota Vikings for a 1994 fourth round pick and a 1995 third round pick; he signed a two-year deal with the Vikings.{{cite web | agency=Associated Press| title=VIKINGS CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH MOON | website=The Washington Post | date=April 14, 1994 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/04/14/vikings-close-to-a-deal-with-moon/50a9e451-5c19-40f0-980a-0b5b094e8188/ | access-date=May 28, 2025}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/15/sports/sports-people-football-vikes-have-themselves-a-quarterback-in-moon.html | title=SPORTS PEOPLE: FOOTBALL; Vikes Have Themselves a Quarterback in Moon | work=The New York Times | date=April 15, 1994 }}

Moon passed for over 4,200 yards in each of his first two seasons. The Vikings signed him to a three-year contract extension in 1996. However, Moon would miss half of the 1996 season with a broken collarbone.{{cite web | last=Litsky | first=Frank | title=PRO FOOTBALL; Vikings Near On a Deal To Acquire Oilers' Moon | website=The New York Times | date=April 14, 1994 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/14/sports/pro-football-vikings-near-on-a-deal-to-acquire-oilers-moon.html | access-date=September 2, 2024}}{{cite web | last=Tomasson | first=Chris | title=Warren Moon wishes he could have had more time with Vikings | website=Twin Cities | date=December 1, 2015 | url=https://www.twincities.com/2015/12/01/warren-moon-wishes-he-could-have-had-more-time-with-vikings/ | access-date=September 2, 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1997/02/22/Vikings-release-Warren-Moon/3341856587600/ | title=Vikings release Warren Moon - UPI Archives }}

The Vikings' starting quarterback job was given to Brad Johnson and Moon was released after he refused to take a $3.8 million pay cut to serve as Johnson's backup.{{cite web | agency=Associated Press | title=Vikings Release Moon | website=The New York Times | date=February 22, 1997 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/22/sports/vikings-release-moon.html | access-date=September 2, 2024}}

Moon signed with the Seattle Seahawks as a free agent in 1997, made the Pro Bowl, and was named Pro Bowl MVP.{{cite web | title=On this date: Warren Moon finally signs with Seahawks | website=Seahawks.com| date=March 7, 2016 | url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/on-this-date-warren-moon-finally-signs-with-seahawks-153191 | access-date=September 2, 2024}} He played for them for two seasons.

Moon signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs as a backup in 1999.{{Cite web |date=April 27, 1999 |title=Moon Joins Chiefs |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E3D9153DF934A15757C0A96F958260&sec=&spon= |access-date=January 19, 2007 |website=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press}} He played in only three games in two years with the Chiefs and announced his retirement at age 44 on January 25, 2001.{{Cite web |title=Warren Moon 1999 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MoonWa00/gamelog/1999/ |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Warren Moon 2000 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MoonWa00/gamelog/2000/ |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}{{cite web | title=Warren Moon makes retirement official | website=Brainerd Dispatch | date=January 26, 2001 | url=https://www.brainerddispatch.com/sports/warren-moon-makes-retirement-official | access-date=September 2, 2024}} Moon's 291st and final touchdown pass was an eight-yard pass to Troy Drayton against the St. Louis Rams on October 22, 2000, a game in which the Chiefs defeated the defending champs 54–34.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200010220kan.htm|title=St. Louis Rams at Kansas City Chiefs - October 22nd, 2000|website=Pro Football Reference}}

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Combining his NFL and CFL stats, Moon's numbers are nearly unmatched in professional football annals:{{cn|date=May 2025}} 5,357 completions in 9,205 attempts for 70,553 yards and 435 touchdowns.{{cn|date=May 2025}} Even if his Canadian Football League statistics are discounted, Moon's NFL career numbers are still exceptional: 3,988 completions for 49,325 yards and 291 touchdowns to go along with 1,736 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_yds_single_season.htm|title=NFL Passing Yards Single-Season Leaders|website=Pro Football Reference}}{{additional citation needed|listed citation only covers the yardage total|date=May 2025}} Moon also held individual NFL lifetime records for most fumbles recovered (56) and most fumbles made (162), but this was surpassed by Brett Favre in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/fumbles |title=History |work=Nfl.com |access-date=October 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410121416/https://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/fumbles |archive-date=April 10, 2010}}{{failed verification|date=May 2025}} Moon was in the top five all-time when he retired for passing yards, passing touchdowns, pass attempts, and pass completions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/|title=NFL Leaders, Football Records, NFL Leaderboards|website=Pro Football Reference}}{{failed verification|date=May 2025}}

Moon was named to nine Pro Bowls (1988–1995, 1997).{{cn|date=May 2025}} He worked as a broadcaster for the Seattle Seahawks on both TV and radio until 2017.{{cn|date=May 2025}} Moon was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006, becoming both the first Canadian Football Hall of Fame player, first undrafted quarterback, and first African-American quarterback honored; he was elected in his first year of eligibility.{{cn|date=May 2025}} The Tennessee Titans retired Moon's number at halftime on October 1, 2006, in a game against the Dallas Cowboys.{{cite web |title=Retired Jersey Numbers |url=http://www.titansonline.com/team/history/retired_jersey_numbers.html |website=Tennessee Titans Official Website |access-date=January 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708233315/http://www.titansonline.com/team/history/retired_jersey_numbers.html |archive-date=July 8, 2017 |url-status=dead }} He won his first Super Bowl ring in 2014 as a broadcaster for the Seahawks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/HWarrenMoon1/photos/a.360391354007492/764730766906880/?type=3 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/130853760294587/764730766906880 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=Warren Moon|website=www.facebook.com}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |title=Warren Moon on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/wmoon1/status/493970689062215681 |website=Twitter |access-date=January 27, 2017 |language=en}} On April 25, 2025, Moon un-retired his No.1 Titans jersey to allow quarterback and first overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft, Cam Ward, to wear it.{{cite web|title=Oilers Legend Warren Moon Gives New Titans QB Cam Ward Permission to Wear His Previously Retired No.1 Jersey|url=https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/oilers-legend-warren-moon-gives-new-titans-qb-cam-ward-permission-to-wear-his-previously-retired-no-1-jersey|author=Wyatt, Jim|website=tennesseetitans.com|date=April 25, 2025|access-date=May 2, 2025}}

Moon mentored Cam Newton, the first overall pick of the 2011 NFL draft, alluding to their common experiences as prominent African-American quarterbacks.{{cite web | last=Davis | first=Nate| title=Is criticism of Cam Newton racially motivated? Warren Moon thinks so | website=USA TODAY | date=October 24, 2012 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/10/24/cam-newton-warren-moon-race-black-quarterback-carolina-panthers/1655143/ | access-date=September 2, 2024}}{{cite web | last=Keown | first=Tim | title=From The Mag: How Newton's joy made (great) football fun | website=ESPN.com | date=January 13, 2016 | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/14559236/carolina-panthers-quarterback-cam-newton-unlike-qb-nfl | access-date=September 2, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Garafolo |first=Mike |date=February 1, 2016 |title=Is race really a factor in how Cam Newton is perceived? |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/is-race-really-a-factor-in-how-cam-newton-is-perceived |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=FOX Sports}} In December 2017, Moon was suspended indefinitely from his sportscaster position after being sued for sexual harassment.{{cite web | last=Whitlock | first=Craig | title=Seahawks broadcaster and former Husky star Warren Moon sued for sexual harassment | website=The Seattle Times | date=December 6, 2017 | url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/seahawks-broadcaster-and-former-husky-star-warren-moon-sued-for-sexual-harassment/ | access-date=September 2, 2024}}

Moon remains statistically one of the best players ever for the Oilers/Titans franchise. {{As of|2019}}'s NFL off-season, Moon still held at least 37 Titans franchise records, including:

• Most Completions (career): 2,632{{Cite web |title=Tennessee Titans Career Passing Leaders |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/oti/career-passing.htm |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
• Most Completions (season): 404 (1991){{Cite web |title=Tennessee Titans Single-Season Passing Leaders |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/oti/single-season-passing.htm |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
• Most Completions (game): 41 (1991-11-10 DAL)
• Most Completions (playoff career): 230
• Most Completions (playoff game): 36 (1993-01-03 @BUF)
• Most Completions (rookie season): 259 (1984){{cite web |title=Oilers/Titans Rookie Passing Records |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&year_min=1920&year_max=2018&season_start=1&season_end=1&team_id=oti&pos%5B%5D=qb&pos%5B%5D=rb&pos%5B%5D=wr&pos%5B%5D=te&pos%5B%5D=e&pos%5B%5D=t&pos%5B%5D=g&pos%5B%5D=c&pos%5B%5D=ol&pos%5B%5D=dt&pos%5B%5D=de&pos%5B%5D=dl&pos%5B%5D=ilb&pos%5B%5D=olb&pos%5B%5D=lb&pos%5B%5D=cb&pos%5B%5D=s&pos%5B%5D=db&pos%5B%5D=k&pos%5B%5D=p&draft_year_min=1936&draft_year_max=2018&draft_slot_min=1&draft_slot_max=500&draft_pick_in_round=pick_overall&conference=any&draft_pos%5B%5D=qb&draft_pos%5B%5D=rb&draft_pos%5B%5D=wr&draft_pos%5B%5D=te&draft_pos%5B%5D=e&draft_pos%5B%5D=t&draft_pos%5B%5D=g&draft_pos%5B%5D=c&draft_pos%5B%5D=ol&draft_pos%5B%5D=dt&draft_pos%5B%5D=de&draft_pos%5B%5D=dl&draft_pos%5B%5D=ilb&draft_pos%5B%5D=olb&draft_pos%5B%5D=lb&draft_pos%5B%5D=cb&draft_pos%5B%5D=s&draft_pos%5B%5D=db&draft_pos%5B%5D=k&draft_pos%5B%5D=p&c1stat=pass_att&c1comp=gt&c1val=100&c5val=1.0&order_by=pass_yds |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=December 4, 2018}}
• Most Pass Attempts (career): 4,546
• Most Pass Attempts (season): 655 (1991)
• Most Pass Attempts (playoff career): 351
• Most Pass Attempts (playoff game): 50 (1993-01-03 @BUF)
• Most Pass Attempts (rookie season): 450 (1984)
• Most Passing Yards (career): 33,685
• Most Passing Yards (season): 4,690 (1991)
• Most Passing Yards (game): 527 (1990-12-16 @KAN)
• Most Passing Yards (playoff career): 2,578
• Most Passing Yards (playoff game): 371 (1993-01-03 @BUF)
• Most Passing Yards (rookie season): 3,338 (1984)
• Most Passing TDs (career): 196
• Most Passing TDs (playoff career): 15
• Most Passing TDs (playoff season): 5 (1991)
• Most Passing TDs (playoff game): 4 (1993-01-03 @BUF)
• Most Pass Yds/Game (career): 238.9
• Most Pass Yds/Game (season): 312.6 (1990)
• Most Pass Yds/Game (playoff career): 286.4
• Most Pass Yds/Game (playoff season): 371 (1992)
• Most 300+ yard passing games (career): 42
• Most 300+ yard passing games (season): 9 (1990)
• Most 300+ yard passing games (playoffs): 4
• Most 300+ yard passing games (rookie season): 4
• Most 4,000+ passing yard seasons: 2
• Most Intercepted (playoff career): 12
• Most Sacked (career): 315
• Most Sacked (season): 47 (1984)
• Most Sacked (game): 12 (1985-09-29 DAL)
• Most Sacked (playoff career): 22
• Most Sacked (playoff game): 9 (1994-01-16 KAN)
• Most Sacked (rookie season): 47 (1984)

• 9× Pro Bowl selection (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997)
• All-Pro selection (1990)
• 5× Grey Cup champion (66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, 70th)
• 2001 Enshrined on Eskimos' Wall of Fame
• 1990 NEA NFL MVP
• 1990 NFL Offensive Player of the Year
• 1990 UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year
• 1989 Man of the Year
• 1997 Pro Bowl MVP
• 1982 Grey Cup MVP
• 1980 Grey Cup MVP
• 1983 CFL Most Outstanding Player
• 1983 Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy
• 1978 Rose Bowl MVP
• 1977 Pac-8 Player of the Year
• Oilers/Titans Career Passing Yards Leader with 32,685
• Tennessee Titans #1 Retired
• Pro Football Hall of Fame (inducted in 2006)
• Canadian Football Hall of Fame (inducted in 2001)
• University of Washington Ring of Honor (Inaugural Member in 2013){{cite web |title=Husky Legends Come Alive in New Stadium |url=http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=209211861 |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=January 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202110246/http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=209211861 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 }}

In 1981, Moon married Felicia Hendricks, whom he had known since they were 16 years old. They had three children together and divorced in 2001.{{cite web | last=Hanson | first=Eric | title=Moons file for divorce | website=Chron | date=February 14, 2001 | url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/moons-file-for-divorce-2003582.php | access-date=October 15, 2024}}

Moon married his second wife, Mandy Ritter, in 2005. They had one child and are currently separated.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600690/bio/|title=Warren Moon IMDB Mini-Biography|website=IMDb }}

Moon currently lives in Redmond, Washington.{{cite web | last=Reid | first=Jason | title=Warren Moon welcomes NFL as distraction: 'Sports have always been there for us' | website=Andscape | date=April 1, 2020 | url=https://andscape.com/features/warren-moon-welcomes-nfl-as-distraction-sports-have-always-been-there-for-us/ | access-date=September 2, 2024}} In 1989, he launched the Crescent Moon Foundation, which provides college scholarships for economically disadvantaged students. Moon also supports various charitable organizations including the United Negro College Fund, Ronald McDonald House, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, American Heart Association, and Cerebral Palsy Foundation.{{Cite web |title=Warren Moon |url=https://blackhoustonhalloffame.weebly.com/warren-moon.html |website=www.blackhoustonhalloffame.weebly.com |access-date=March 25, 2023 |language=en-US}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180507160421/http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=509&catID=&lang=EN Warren Moon] at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150227113324/http://sports1marketing.com/about/about_warren.htm Warren Moon] at Sports1Marketing

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