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Dick Anderson

Richard Paul Anderson

Position: DB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 196 lbs.
Born: February 10, 1946 in Midland, MI
College: Colorado

3-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 3rd round (73rd overall) of the 1968 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1968 22 MIA RS/ls 14 13 8 230 1 96 1 1 13 0
1969 23 MIA RS 14 14 3 106 0 40 1 3 0 0
1970 24 MIA SS 14 13 8 191 0 86 1 2 0 0
1971 25 MIA SS 14 14 2 33 0 33 1 4 16 0
1972*+ 26 MIA FS 14 13 3 34 0 22 1 5 35 1
1973*+ 27 MIA FS 14 12 8 163 2 38
1974* 28 MIA SS 14 14 1 3 0 3 0 1 36 0
1976 30 MIA 9 0 1 32 0 32
1977 31 MIA 14 0
Career 121 93 34 792 3 96 5 16 100 1

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1968 22 MIA RS/ls 14 13 5 18 0 10 3.6 6 106 0 25 17.7 124
1969 23 MIA RS 14 14 12 82 0 29 6.8 90
1970 24 MIA SS 14 13 1 6 0 6 6.0 1 8 0 8 8.0 14
1971 25 MIA SS 14 14 8 114 0 47 14.3 114
1972*+ 26 MIA FS 14 13 5 19 0 17 3.8 19
1973*+ 27 MIA FS 14 12 6 52 0 27 8.7 52
1974* 28 MIA SS 14 14 3 9 0 6 3.0 9
1976 30 MIA 9 0 2 21 0 11 10.5 21
1977 31 MIA 14 0 4 3 0 3 0.8 3
Career 121 93 46 324 0 47 7.0 7 114 0 25 16.3 446

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1969 23 MIA RS 14 14 5 188 49 0 37.6
1972*+ 26 MIA FS 14 13 4 147 45 0 36.8
Career 121 93 9 335 49 0 37.2

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1969 23 MIA RS 14 14 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.6 8 0 1
Career 121 93 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.0 0.1 8 0 5

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
1968 22 MIA RS/ls 14 13 1 6
1972*+ 26 MIA FS 14 13 1 6
1973*+ 27 MIA FS 14 12 2 12
Career 121 93 1 3 24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1973 NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1972
1973
1974

1st-team All-Pro

1972
1973

Non-Offensive TDs

1968 AFL 1 (6)
1972 NFL 1 (7)
1973 NFL 2 (1)
Career 4 (175)

Punt Returns

1969 AFL 12 (10)

Long Punt Return

1971 NFL 47 (9)

Fumbles Recovered

1969 AFL 3 (4)
1971 NFL 4 (6)
1972 NFL 5 (1)
Career 16 (191)

Fumble Return Yds

1968 AFL 13 (10)
1972 NFL 35 (8)
Career 100 (106)

Fumble Return TD

1972 NFL 1 (1-- 38)
Career 1 (200)

Interceptions

1968 AFL 8 (2)
1970 NFL 8 (3)
1973 NFL 8 (1)
Career 34 (132)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1968 AFL 230 (1-- 31)
1969 AFL 106 (9)
1970 NFL 191 (1-- 83)
1973 NFL 163 (3)
Career 792 (27)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1968 AFL 1 (5)
1973 NFL 2 (1-- 23)
Career 3 (104)

Long Intercep. Return

1968 AFL 96 (2-- 63)
1970 NFL 86 (1)

     

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
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1974 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1974 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1974 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1974 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL