Rufus T. Bess Jr.
Position: DB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 184 lbs.
Born: September 13, 1956 in Hartsville, SC
College: South Carolina St.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 19 (4927th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2012.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Sacks & Tackles | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Sk | Tkl | Ast | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 1 | 1979 | 14 | 1979-12-03 | 23-081 | OAK | @ | NOR | W 42-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Sacks & Tackles | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Sk | Tkl | Ast | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 2 | 1981 | 3 | 1981-09-17 | 25-004 | BUF | PHI | L 14-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 1981 | 4 | 1981-09-27 | 25-014 | BUF | @ | CIN | L 24-27 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Sacks & Tackles | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Sk | Tkl | Ast | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 4 | 1982 | 4 | 1982-11-28 | 26-076 | MIN | CHI | W 35-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 1982 | 8 | 1982-12-26 | 26-104 | MIN | NYJ | L 14-42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Sacks & Tackles | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Sk | Tkl | Ast | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 6 | 1983 | 1 | 1983-09-04 | 26-356 | MIN | @ | CLE | W 27-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1983 | 2 | 1983-09-08 | 26-360 | MIN | SFO | L 17-48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 1983 | 3 | 1983-09-18 | 27-005 | MIN | @ | TAM | W 19-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1983 | 4 | 1983-09-25 | 27-012 | MIN | DET | W 20-17 | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1983 | 5 | 1983-10-02 | 27-019 | MIN | DAL | L 24-37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 1983 | 6 | 1983-10-09 | 27-026 | MIN | @ | CHI | W 23-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| 12 | 1983 | 7 | 1983-10-16 | 27-033 | MIN | HOU | W 34-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 1983 | 10 | 1983-11-06 | 27-054 | MIN | TAM | L 12-17 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 1983 | 11 | 1983-11-13 | 27-061 | MIN | GNB | L 21-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 1983 | 12 | 1983-11-20 | 27-068 | MIN | @ | PIT | W 17-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Sacks & Tackles | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Sk | Tkl | Ast | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 16 | 1984 | 2 | 1984-09-09 | 27-362 | MIN | @ | PHI | L 17-19 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 1984 | 5 | 1984-09-30 | 28-017 | MIN | SEA | L 12-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | 1984 | 10 | 1984-11-04 | 28-052 | MIN | TAM | W 27-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | 1984 | 16 | 1984-12-16 | 28-094 | MIN | GNB | L 14-38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Sacks & Tackles | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Sk | Tkl | Ast | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 20 | 1985 | 1 | 1985-09-08 | 28-360 | MIN | SFO | W 28-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | 1985 | 6 | 1985-10-13 | 29-030 | MIN | @ | GNB | L 17-20 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 1985 | 7 | 1985-10-20 | 29-037 | MIN | SDG | W 21-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | |||
| Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Sacks & Tackles | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Sk | Tkl | Ast | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 23 | 1986 | 1 | 1986-09-07 | 29-359 | MIN | DET | L 10-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 1986 | 2 | 1986-09-14 | 30-001 | MIN | @ | TAM | W 23-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 1986 | 3 | 1986-09-21 | 30-008 | MIN | PIT | W 31-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 1986 | 4 | 1986-09-28 | 30-015 | MIN | GNB | W 42-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 1986 | 5 | 1986-10-05 | 30-022 | MIN | @ | CHI | L 0-23 | 2 | 49 | 24.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 1986 | 6 | 1986-10-12 | 30-029 | MIN | @ | SFO | W 27-24 | 6 | 168 | 28.00 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 1986 | 7 | 1986-10-19 | 30-036 | MIN | CHI | W 23-7 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | 1986 | 8 | 1986-10-26 | 30-043 | MIN | CLE | L 20-23 | 4 | 84 | 21.00 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | 1986 | 9 | 1986-11-02 | 30-050 | MIN | @ | WAS | L 38-44 | 6 | 109 | 18.17 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 32 | 1986 | 10 | 1986-11-09 | 30-057 | MIN | @ | DET | W 24-10 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 1986 | 11 | 1986-11-16 | 30-064 | MIN | NYG | L 20-22 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | 1986 | 12 | 1986-11-23 | 30-071 | MIN | @ | CIN | L 20-24 | 2 | 60 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | 1986 | 13 | 1986-11-30 | 30-078 | MIN | TAM | W 45-13 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | 1986 | 14 | 1986-12-07 | 30-085 | MIN | @ | GNB | W 32-6 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | 1986 | 15 | 1986-12-14 | 30-092 | MIN | @ | HOU | L 10-23 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Sacks & Tackles | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Sk | Tkl | Ast | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 38 | 1987 | 3 | 1987-10-04 | 31-021 | MIN | GNB | L 16-23 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | 1987 | 4 | 1987-10-11 | 31-028 | MIN | @ | CHI | L 7-27 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 1987 | 5 | 1987-10-18 | 31-035 | MIN | @ | TAM | L 10-20 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 Games | 49 | 1004 | 20.49 | 0 | 55 | 432 | 7.85 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 96 | 0 | ||||||||
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||
| 1 | 1981 | 17 | 1981-12-27 | 25-105 | BUF | @ | NYJ | W 31-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0 | |
| Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||
| 2 | 1982 | 10 | 1983-01-09 | 26-118 | MIN | ATL | W 30-24 | 5 | 65 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 Games | 5 | 65 | 13.00 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0 | ||||||||