Richard Lee Bass
Position: FB-HB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: March 15, 1937 in Georgetown, MS
College: Pacific
Career AV: 45 (1700th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1959 NFL Draft.
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| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1960 | 23 | RAM | RET | 22 | 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 | 1 |
| 1961 | 24 | RAM | FB | 22 | 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 | 6 |
| 1962* | 25 | RAM | FB | 22 | 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 | 8 |
| 1963* | 26 | RAM | HB | 22 | 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 | 6 |
| 1964 | 27 | RAM | 22 | 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 | 1 | |
| 1965 | 28 | RAM | FB | 22 | 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 | 6 |
| 1966* | 29 | RAM | FB | 22 | 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 | 11 |
| 1967 | 30 | RAM | FB | 22 | 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 | 7 |
| 1968 | 31 | RAM | FB | 22 | 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 | 5 |
| 1969 | 32 | RAM | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 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 | 52 | ||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1960 | 23 | RAM | RET | 22 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 62 | 0 | 22 | 5.6 | 11 | 246 | 0 | 31 | 22.4 | 553 |
| 1961 | 24 | RAM | FB | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 109 | 1 | 90 | 27.3 | 23 | 698 | 0 | 64 | 30.3 | 1560 |
| 1962* | 25 | RAM | FB | 22 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 81 | 0 | 48 | 13.5 | 19 | 446 | 0 | 40 | 23.5 | 1822 |
| 1963* | 26 | RAM | HB | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 879 | |||||
| 1964 | 27 | RAM | 22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 450 | |
| 1965 | 28 | RAM | FB | 22 | 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 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1960 | 23 | RAM | RET | 22 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 24 | RAM | FB | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1962* | 25 | RAM | FB | 22 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1963* | 26 | RAM | HB | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1964 | 27 | RAM | 22 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1965 | 28 | RAM | FB | 22 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1966* | 29 | RAM | FB | 22 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1967 | 30 | RAM | FB | 22 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1968 | 31 | RAM | FB | 22 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 112 | 19 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1962* | 25 | RAM | FB | 22 | 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 | 22 | 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 |
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1961 | 24 | RAM | FB | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1962* | 25 | RAM | FB | 22 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||
| 1963* | 26 | RAM | HB | 22 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1964 | 27 | RAM | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1965 | 28 | RAM | FB | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1966* | 29 | RAM | FB | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 1967 | 30 | RAM | FB | 22 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1968 | 31 | RAM | FB | 22 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| Career | 112 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 252 |
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| 1962 | Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| UPI: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1966 | Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL |