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Gary Anderson

Gary Allan Anderson

Position: K
Height: 5-11    Weight: 193 lbs.
Born: July 16, 1959 in Parys, South Africa
College: Syracuse

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 7th round (171st overall) of the 1982 Draft

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Kicking Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1982 23 PIT K 9 0 12 10 83.3% 22 22 100.0%
1983* 24 PIT K 16 0 31 27 87.1% 39 38 97.4%
1984 25 PIT K 16 0 32 24 75.0% 45 45 100.0%
1985* 26 PIT K 16 0 42 33 78.6% 40 40 100.0%
1986 27 PIT K 16 0 32 21 65.6% 32 32 100.0%
1987 28 PIT K 12 0 27 22 81.5% 21 21 100.0%
1988 29 PIT K 16 0 36 28 77.8% 35 34 97.1%
1989 30 PIT K 16 0 30 21 70.0% 28 28 100.0%
1990 31 PIT K 16 0 25 20 80.0% 32 32 100.0%
1991 32 PIT K 16 0 33 23 69.7% 31 31 100.0%
1992 33 PIT K 16 0 36 28 77.8% 31 29 93.5%
1993* 34 PIT K 16 0 30 28 93.3% 32 32 100.0%
1994 35 PIT K 16 0 29 24 82.8% 32 32 100.0%
1995 36 PHI K 16 0 30 22 73.3% 33 32 97.0%
1996 37 PHI K 16 0 29 25 86.2% 40 40 100.0%
1997 38 SFO K 16 0 36 29 80.6% 38 38 100.0%
1998*+ 39 MIN K 16 0 35 35 100.0% 59 59 100.0%
1999 40 MIN K 16 0 30 19 63.3% 46 46 100.0%
2000 41 MIN K 16 0 23 22 95.7% 45 45 100.0%
2001 42 MIN K 16 0 18 15 83.3% 30 29 96.7%
2002 43 MIN K 14 0 23 18 78.3% 37 36 97.3%
2003 44 TEN K 15 0 31 27 87.1% 42 42 100.0%
2004 45 TEN K 15 0 22 17 77.3% 37 37 100.0%
Career 353 0 672 538 80.1% 827 820 99.2%
13 yrs PIT 197 0 395 309 78.2% 420 416 99.0%
5 yrs MIN 78 0 129 109 84.5% 217 215 99.1%
2 yrs PHI 32 0 59 47 79.7% 73 72 98.6%
2 yrs TEN 30 0 53 44 83.0% 79 79 100.0%
1 yr SFO 16 0 36 29 80.6% 38 38 100.0%

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1994 35 PIT K 16 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 0 0
Career 353 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.0 0.0 3 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1982 23 PIT K 9 0 22 10 52
1983* 24 PIT K 16 0 38 27 119
1984 25 PIT K 16 0 45 24 117
1985* 26 PIT K 16 0 40 33 139
1986 27 PIT K 16 0 32 21 95
1987 28 PIT K 12 0 21 22 87
1988 29 PIT K 16 0 34 28 118
1989 30 PIT K 16 0 28 21 91
1990 31 PIT K 16 0 32 20 92
1991 32 PIT K 16 0 31 23 100
1992 33 PIT K 16 0 29 28 113
1993* 34 PIT K 16 0 32 28 116
1994 35 PIT K 16 0 32 24 104
1995 36 PHI K 16 0 32 22 98
1996 37 PHI K 16 0 40 25 115
1997 38 SFO K 16 0 38 29 125
1998*+ 39 MIN K 16 0 59 35 164
1999 40 MIN K 16 0 46 19 103
2000 41 MIN K 16 0 45 22 111
2001 42 MIN K 16 0 29 15 74
2002 43 MIN K 14 0 36 18 90
2003 44 TEN K 15 0 42 27 123
2004 45 TEN K 15 0 37 17 88
Career 353 0 820 538 2434
13 yrs PIT 197 0 416 309 1343
5 yrs MIN 78 0 215 109 542
2 yrs PHI 32 0 72 47 213
2 yrs TEN 30 0 79 44 211
1 yr SFO 16 0 38 29 125

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1983
1985
1993
1998

1st-team All-Pro

1998

Points Scored

1983 NFL 119 (7)
1984 NFL 117 (3)
1985 NFL 139 (2-- 30)
1987 NFL 87 (8)
1988 NFL 118 (3)
1992 NFL 113 (7)
1993 NFL 116 (9)
1997 NFL 125 (3)
1998 NFL 164 (1-- 4)
2003 NFL 123 (6)
Career 2434 (2)

Games

Career 353 (2)

Playoff Games

Career 22 (13)

Extra Pt Made

1984 NFL 45 (6)
1985 NFL 40 (10)
1996 NFL 40 (4)
1997 NFL 38 (8)
1998 NFL 59 (1-- 8)
1999 NFL 46 (3)
2000 NFL 45 (4)
2003 NFL 42 (7)
Career 820 (3)

Extra Pt Att

1984 NFL 45 (6)
1996 NFL 40 (5)
1997 NFL 38 (8)
1998 NFL 59 (1-- 13)
1999 NFL 46 (3)
2000 NFL 45 (4)
2002 NFL 37 (10)
2003 NFL 42 (7)
Career 827 (4)

Extra Point %

Career 99.154% (14)

Field Goals Made

1983 NFL 27 (4)
1984 NFL 24 (4)
1985 NFL 33 (1-- 24)
1986 NFL 21 (9)
1987 NFL 22 (4)
1988 NFL 28 (2)
1992 NFL 28 (4)
1993 NFL 28 (6)
1994 NFL 24 (9)
1997 NFL 29 (4-- 78)
1998 NFL 35 (2-- 8)
2003 NFL 27 (5)
Career 538 (2)

Field Goals Att

1983 NFL 31 (6)
1984 NFL 32 (7)
1985 NFL 42 (1-- 21)
1986 NFL 32 (5)
1987 NFL 27 (6)
1988 NFL 36 (3)
1989 NFL 30 (9)
1991 NFL 33 (7)
1992 NFL 36 (3)
1994 NFL 29 (10)
1997 NFL 36 (5)
1998 NFL 35 (4)
Career 672 (2)

Field Goal %

1982 NFL 83.333% (4)
1983 NFL 87.097% (2-- 96)
1984 NFL 75.000% (10)
1985 NFL 78.571% (8)
1987 NFL 81.481% (6)
1990 NFL 80.000% (9)
1992 NFL 77.778% (9)
1993 NFL 93.333% (2-- 15)
1996 NFL 86.207% (5)
1998 NFL 100.000% (1-- 1)
2000 NFL 95.652% (2-- 8)
2001 NFL 83.333% (8)
2003 NFL 87.097% (7-- 96)
Career 80.060% (25)

 

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1983 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1983 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1983 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1984 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1985 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1985 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1993 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1993 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1998 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1998 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1998 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1998 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL