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Jim Bakken

James Leroy Bakken

Position: K
Height: 5-11    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: November 2, 1940 in Madison, WI
College: Wisconsin

Career AV: 11 (6100th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 7th round (88th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft.

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Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P AV
1962 22 STL 25 8 0 1 0.0% 1
1963 23 STL K 25 14 0 21 11 52.4% 44 44 100.0% 1
1964 24 STL K 25 14 0 38 25 65.8% 40 40 100.0% 1
1965* 25 STL K 25 14 0 31 21 67.7% 33 33 100.0% 26 1098 56 0 42.2 3
1966 26 STL K 25 14 0 8 8 8 7 8 4 12 4 4 40 23 57.5% 28 27 96.4% 29 961 49 0 33.1 1
1967* 27 STL K 25 14 0 8 8 9 8 11 8 10 3 1 39 27 69.2% 36 36 100.0% 3
1968 28 STL K 25 14 0 2 2 7 7 6 3 8 3 1 24 15 62.5% 40 40 100.0% 2
1969 29 STL K 25 14 0 2 2 8 4 4 3 7 3 3 24 12 50.0% 40 38 95.0% 1
1970 30 STL K 25 14 0 4 4 6 3 7 7 11 6 4 32 20 62.5% 38 37 97.4% 0
1971 31 STL K 25 14 0 5 5 13 8 6 5 8 3 32 21 65.6% 24 24 100.0% 5 207 44 0 41.4 0
1972 32 STL K 25 14 0 5 4 5 2 3 2 9 6 22 14 63.6% 21 19 90.5% 1 26 26 0 26.0 0
1973 33 STL K 25 14 0 4 4 7 6 12 10 8 3 1 32 23 71.9% 31 31 100.0% 0
1974 34 STL K 25 14 0 3 2 9 5 10 6 22 13 59.1% 36 30 83.3% 0
1975*+ 35 STL K 25 14 0 11 10 7 5 6 4 24 19 79.2% 41 40 97.6% 0
1976*+ 36 STL K 25 14 0 11 10 8 6 8 4 27 20 74.1% 35 33 94.3% 0
1977 37 STL K 25 14 0 2 2 5 3 8 2 1 16 7 43.8% 36 35 97.2% 0
1978 38 STL K 25 16 0 5 4 7 4 10 3 22 11 50.0% 30 27 90.0% 4 147 42 0 36.8 0
Career 234 0 38 37 95 73 93 65 115 50 15 447 282 63.1% 553 534 96.6% 65 2439 56 0 37.5 13

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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
1965* 25 STL K 25 14 0 1 28 0 28 28.0 2.0 0.1 28 0 1
Career 234 0 1 28 0 28 28.0 0.1 0.0 28 0 1

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1965* 25 STL K 25 14 0 1 0 0 0
1978 38 STL K 25 16 0 0 1 0 0
Career 234 0 1 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1963 23 STL K 25 14 0 44 11 77
1964 24 STL K 25 14 0 40 25 115
1965* 25 STL K 25 14 0 33 21 96
1966 26 STL K 25 14 0 27 23 96
1967* 27 STL K 25 14 0 36 27 117
1968 28 STL K 25 14 0 40 15 85
1969 29 STL K 25 14 0 38 12 74
1970 30 STL K 25 14 0 37 20 97
1971 31 STL K 25 14 0 24 21 87
1972 32 STL K 25 14 0 19 14 61
1973 33 STL K 25 14 0 31 23 100
1974 34 STL K 25 14 0 30 13 69
1975*+ 35 STL K 25 14 0 40 19 97
1976*+ 36 STL K 25 14 0 33 20 93
1977 37 STL K 25 14 0 35 7 56
1978 38 STL K 25 16 0 27 11 60
Career 234 0 534 282 1380

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1965
1967
1975
1976

First-Team All-Pro

1975
1976

Points Scored

1963 NFL 77 (9)
1964 NFL 115 (2)
1965 NFL 96 (6)
1966 NFL 96 (6)
1967 NFL 117 (1)
1968 NFL 85 (8)
1970 NFL 97 (8)
1973 NFL 100 (9)
1975 NFL 97 (4)
1976 NFL 93 (3)
Career 1380 (23)

Games

Career 234 (61)

Extra Pt Made

1963 NFL 44 (2)
1964 NFL 40 (4)
1965 NFL 33 (9)
1967 NFL 36 (6)
1968 NFL 40 (4)
1969 NFL 38 (4)
1970 NFL 37 (3)
1973 NFL 31 (10)
1974 NFL 30 (9)
1975 NFL 40 (6)
1976 NFL 33 (9)
1977 NFL 35 (4)
Career 534 (14)

Extra Pt Att

1963 NFL 44 (3)
1964 NFL 40 (5)
1965 NFL 33 (9)
1967 NFL 36 (6)
1968 NFL 40 (4)
1969 NFL 40 (4)
1970 NFL 38 (3)
1974 NFL 36 (6)
1975 NFL 41 (8)
1976 NFL 35 (9)
1977 NFL 36 (6)
Career 553 (12)

Extra Point %

Career 96.564% (95)

Total Field Goals Made

1963 NFL 11 (9)
1964 NFL 25 (1)
1965 NFL 21 (2)
1966 NFL 23 (2)
1967 NFL 27 (1)
1968 NFL 15 (9)
1969 NFL 12 (10)
1970 NFL 20 (8)
1971 NFL 21 (8)
1973 NFL 23 (8)
1974 NFL 13 (9)
1975 NFL 19 (6)
1976 NFL 20 (3)
Career 282 (22)

Field Goals Att

1964 NFL 38 (1/75)
1965 NFL 31 (2)
1966 NFL 40 (2/41)
1967 NFL 39 (2/57)
1968 NFL 24 (8)
1970 NFL 32 (10)
1971 NFL 32 (9)
1974 NFL 22 (8)
1975 NFL 24 (9)
1976 NFL 27 (6)
Career 447 (18)

Field Goal %

1963 NFL 52.381% (6)
1964 NFL 65.789% (3)
1965 NFL 67.742% (1)
1966 NFL 57.500% (6)
1967 NFL 69.231% (1)
1968 NFL 62.500% (6)
1969 NFL 50.000% (10)
1971 NFL 65.625% (8)
1973 NFL 71.875% (2)
1975 NFL 79.167% (4)
1976 NFL 74.074% (3)
Career 63.087% (111)

Yds/Punt

1965 NFL 42.2 (9)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1967Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
1968Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
1974UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1975Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1976Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL