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Dick Bass

Richard Lee Bass

Position: FB-HB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: March 15, 1937 in Georgetown, MS
College: Pacific

3-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1959 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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
1960 23 RAM RET 12 0 31 153 0 33 4.9 12.8 2.6 13 92 7.1 0 26 1.1 7.7 245 0 3
1961 24 RAM FB 14 9 98 608 4 73 6.2 43.4 7.0 16 145 9.1 0 37 1.1 10.4 753 4 6
1962* 25 RAM FB 14 0 196 1033 6 57 5.3 73.8 14.0 30 262 8.7 2 33 2.1 18.7 1295 8 7
1963* 26 RAM HB 12 0 143 520 5 51 3.6 43.3 11.9 30 348 11.6 0 53 2.5 29.0 868 5 2
1964 27 RAM 9 0 72 342 2 59 4.8 38.0 8.0 9 83 9.2 0 24 1.0 9.2 425 2 4
1965 28 RAM FB 12 0 121 549 2 49 4.5 45.8 10.1 21 230 11.0 2 36 1.8 19.2 779 4 7
1966* 29 RAM FB 14 0 248 1090 8 50 4.4 77.9 17.7 31 274 8.8 0 40 2.2 19.6 1364 8 5
1967 30 RAM FB 14 0 187 627 6 27 3.4 44.8 13.4 27 212 7.9 1 30 1.9 15.1 839 7 6
1968 31 RAM FB 10 10 121 494 1 20 4.1 49.4 12.1 27 195 7.2 2 28 2.7 19.5 689 3 3
1969 32 RAM 1 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
Career 112 19 1218 5417 34 73 4.4 48.4 10.9 204 1841 9.0 7 53 1.8 16.4 7258 41 43

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
1960 23 RAM RET 12 0 11 62 0 22 5.6 11 246 0 31 22.4 553
1961 24 RAM FB 14 9 4 109 1 90 27.3 23 698 0 64 30.3 1560
1962* 25 RAM FB 14 0 6 81 0 48 13.5 19 446 0 40 23.5 1822
1963* 26 RAM HB 12 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 879
1964 27 RAM 9 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 25 0 25 25.0 450
1965 28 RAM FB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 779
Career 112 19 24 263 1 90 11.0 54 1415 0 64 26.2 8936

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
1960 23 RAM RET 12 0 3 1 0 0
1961 24 RAM FB 14 9 6 2 0 0
1962* 25 RAM FB 14 0 7 4 0 0
1963* 26 RAM HB 12 0 2 1 0 0
1964 27 RAM 9 0 4 2 0 0
1965 28 RAM FB 12 0 7 2 0 0
1966* 29 RAM FB 14 0 5 0 0 0
1967 30 RAM FB 14 0 6 2 0 0
1968 31 RAM FB 10 10 3 1 0 0
Career 112 19 43 15 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1962* 25 RAM FB 14 0 1 3 33.3 22 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 7.3 7.3 22.0 1.6 60.4
1963* 26 RAM HB 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 112 19 1 4 25.0 22 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 5.5 5.5 22.0 0.2 50.0 0 0 5.5 5.5 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
1961 24 RAM FB 14 9 4 1 30
1962* 25 RAM FB 14 0 6 2 48
1963* 26 RAM HB 12 0 5 30
1964 27 RAM 9 0 2 12
1965 28 RAM FB 12 0 2 2 24
1966* 29 RAM FB 14 0 8 48
1967 30 RAM FB 14 0 6 1 42
1968 31 RAM FB 10 10 1 2 18
Career 112 19 34 7 1 252

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1962
1963
1966

Rushing Att

1962 NFL 196 (7)
1966 NFL 248 (2)
1967 NFL 187 (6)
Career 1218 (101)

Rushing Yds

1962 NFL 1033 (3)
1966 NFL 1090 (3)
Career 5417 (86)

Rushing TD

1962 NFL 6 (7)
1963 NFL 5 (9)
1966 NFL 8 (2)
1967 NFL 6 (5)
Career 34 (135)

Long Rush

1961 NFL 73 (1)
1962 NFL 57 (8)
1963 NFL 51 (9)
1964 NFL 59 (10)
1965 NFL 49 (7)
1966 NFL 50 (9)

Yds/Rushing Att

1961 NFL 6.2 (2-- 21)
1962 NFL 5.3 (3)
1965 NFL 4.5 (5)
1966 NFL 4.4 (5)
Career 4.4 (87)

Rushing Yds/Game

1962 NFL 73.8 (3)
1965 NFL 45.8 (10)
1966 NFL 77.9 (3)
Career 48.4 (125)

Non-Offensive TDs

1961 NFL 1 (10)

Yds From Scrimmage

1962 NFL 1295 (7)
1966 NFL 1364 (4)
Career 7258 (200)

All-Purpose Yds

1961 NFL 1560 (3)
1962 NFL 1822 (3)
1966 NFL 1364 (7)
Career 8936 (165)

Touches

1962 NFL 251 (6)
1966 NFL 279 (3)
1967 NFL 214 (8)
Career 1500 (107)

Yds/Touch

1961 NFL 11.1 (2)
1962 NFL 7.3 (6)

Kick Returns

1961 NFL 23 (9)

Kick Return Yds

1961 NFL 698 (3)

Long Kick Return

1961 NFL 64 (8)

Yds/Kick Return

1961 NFL 30.3 (1-- 38)

Punt Return TD

1961 NFL 1 (2-- 86)
Career 1 (139)

Long Punt Return

1961 NFL 90 (1-- 36)
1962 NFL 48 (4)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1961 NFL 807 (5)

Fumbles

1962 NFL 7 (8)
1965 NFL 7 (10)
1967 NFL 6 (6)
Career 43 (147)

Fumbles Recovered

1962 NFL 4 (2)

     

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
1962 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1962 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1962 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1962 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1966 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1966 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL