Ollie Matson Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
Ollie Genoa Matson Position: DB/DHB/FB/HB/OHB/S Height: 6' 2''  Weight: 220 Born: 5/1/1930, in Trinity, TX, USA High School: George Washington (San Francisco, CA) College: City College of San Francisco, University of San Francisco Drafted: 1952, Round 1, Pick 3 (3 Overall) by Chicago Cardinals
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) *****Hall of Fame***** Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1952 22 CHC NFL 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   96 344 3.6 3 25   11 187 17.0 3 47t   8 2 2 34 1 1954 24 CHC NFL 12 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 6 39.6 64   101 506 5.0 4 79t   34 611 18.0 3 70   7 2 1 0 0 1955 25 CHC NFL 12 1 1 100.0 43 43.00 43 0 0 0 0 118.8 208   109 475 4.4 1 54   17 237 13.9 2 70t   7 3 0 0 0 1956 26 CHC NFL 12 3 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 6 39.6 66   192 924 4.8 5 79t   15 199 13.3 2 45t   6 0 0 0 0 1957 27 CHC NFL 12 5 2 40.0 59 11.80 82 0 0 0 5 84.6 134   134 577 4.3 6 56t   20 451 22.6 3 75t   6 1 0 0 0 1958 28 CHC NFL 12 2 1 50.0 4 2.00 4 0 0 0 0 56.3 86   129 505 3.9 5 55t   33 465 14.1 3 59   10 3 0 0 0 1959 29 LAM NFL 12 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0   161 863 5.4 6 50   18 130 7.2 0 49   9 0 0 0 0 1960 30 LAM NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   61 170 2.8 1 27   15 98 6.5 0 24   3 0 0 0 0 1961 31 LAM NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   24 181 7.5 2 69t   29 537 18.5 3 96t   0 0 0 0 0 1962 32 LAM NFL 13 1 1 100.0 13 13.00 13 0 0 0 0 118.8 164   3 0 0.0 0 2   3 49 16.3 1 20t   0 0 0 0 0 1963 33 DET NFL 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   13 20 1.5 0 9   2 20 10.0 0 17   0 0 0 0 0 1964 34 PHI NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   96 404 4.2 4 63   17 242 14.2 1 32   7 1 0 0 0 1965 35 PHI NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   22 103 4.7 2 22   2 29 14.5 1 20   0 0 0 0 0 1966 36 PHI NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   29 101 3.5 1 28   6 30 5.0 1 11   3 0 0 0 0 14 NFL Season Totals   170 15 5 33.3 119 7.93 0 0 1 0 17 35.1     1170 5173 4.4 40 0   222 3285 14.8 23 0   66 12 3 34 1   DEF   INTS Year AGE Team LG GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD   1952 22 CHC NFL 11 0.0 0   2 51 30 0 1954 24 CHC NFL 12 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 1955 25 CHC NFL 12 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1956 26 CHC NFL 12 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1957 27 CHC NFL 12 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1958 28 CHC NFL 12 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1959 29 LAM NFL 12 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1960 30 LAM NFL 12 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1961 31 LAM NFL 14 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1962 32 LAM NFL 13 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1963 33 DET NFL 8 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1964 34 PHI NFL 12 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1965 35 PHI NFL 14 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 1966 36 PHI NFL 14 0.0 0   0 0 0 0 14 NFL Season Totals   170 0.0 0   3 51 0 0   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1952 22 CHC NFL 11 9 86 9.6 0 23 0   20 624 31.2 100t 2 1954 24 CHC NFL 12 11 100 9.1 0 50t 1   17 449 26.4 91t 1 1955 25 CHC NFL 12 13 245 18.8 0 78t 2   15 368 24.5 37 0 1956 26 CHC NFL 12 5 39 7.8 0 16 0   13 362 27.8 105t 1 1957 27 CHC NFL 12 10 54 5.4 0 28 0   7 154 22.0 32 0 1958 28 CHC NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   14 497 35.5 101t 2 1959 29 LAM NFL 12 14 61 4.4 0 20 0   16 367 22.9 48 0 1960 30 LAM NFL 12 1 0 0.0 0 0 0   9 216 24.0 42 0 1961 31 LAM NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1962 32 LAM NFL 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1963 33 DET NFL 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 61 20.3 30 0 1964 34 PHI NFL 12 2 10 5.0 0 9 0   3 104 34.7 43 0 1965 35 PHI NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1966 36 PHI NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   26 544 20.9 31 0 14 NFL Season Totals   170 65 595 9.2 0 0 3   143 3746 26.2 0 6 Awards 1955 - Pro Bowl MVP
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Rush Yds 1. Emmitt Smith 18355 2. Walter Payton 16726 3. Barry Sanders 15269 4. Curtis Martin 14101 5. Jerome Bettis 13662 . . . . . 96. Ollie Matson 5173 Career Rush Avg 1. Jim Brown 5.219 2. Gale Sayers 5.001 3. Barry Sanders 4.987 4. Napoleon Kaufman 4.900 5. Paul Lowe 4.868 . . . . . 40. Ollie Matson 4.421 Minimum 800 Att. Career Rush TD 1. Emmitt Smith 164 2. Ladainian Tomlinson* 126 3. Marcus Allen 123 4. Walter Payton 110 5. Jim Brown 106 . . . . . 90. Ollie Matson 40 Career Rush Att/TD 1. Lenny Moore 16.97 2. Paul Hornung 17.86 3. Steve Van Buren 19.13 4. Pete Johnson 19.59 5. Priest Holmes 20.70 . . . . . 52. Ollie Matson 29.25 Minimum 800 Att. Career Punt Ret TD 1. Eric Metcalf 10 2. Brian Mitchell 9 3. Rick Upchurch 8 Jack Christiansen 8 Desmond Howard 8 . . . . . 65. Ollie Matson 3 Career Kick Ret Yds 1. Brian Mitchell 14014 2. Allen Rossum* 11077 3. Mel Gray 10250 4. Glyn Milburn 9788 5. Michael Bates 9097 . . . . . 57. Ollie Matson 3746 Career Kick Ret Avg 1. Gale Sayers 30.560 2. Lynn Chandnois 29.565 3. Adam Walker 27.933 4. Travis Williams 27.461 5. Joe Arenas 27.324 . . . . . 22. Ollie Matson 26.196 Minimum 60 Ret. Career Kick Ret TD 1. Gale Sayers 6 Travis Williams 6 Mel Gray 6 4. Ollie Matson 6 5. Timmy Brown 5   1955 - Pro Bowl MVP
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