Matt Blair

Matthew Albert Blair

Position: LB
Height: 6-5 Weight: 232 lbs.

Born: September 20, 1950 in Hilo, HI
College: Iowa St. (school history)
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2nd round (51st overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 77 (434th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM

All-Time Rank: #508. Anquan Boldin… #509. Trent Green… #510. Mike Garrett… #511. MATT BLAIR… #512. Jacob Green… #513. Charlie Cowan… #514. Donald Driver…

All-Time Rank: #508. Anquan Boldin… #509. Trent Green… #510. Mike Garrett… #511. MATT BLAIR… #512. Jacob Green… #513. Charlie Cowan… #514. Donald Driver…

Defense & Fumbles

								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	AV
1974	24	MIN	llb	59	14	6		1	-3	0	-3	0	0	0	1	13	0				5
1975	25	MIN		59	14	0		1	18	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0				2
1976	26	MIN	LLB	59	14	13		2	25	0	20	0	0	0	5	8	0				12
1977*	27	MIN	LLB	59	14	13		1	18	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0				11
1978*	28	MIN	LLB	59	16	16		3	28	0	20	0	0	0	3	49	1				11
1979*	29	MIN	LLB	59	16	16		3	32	0	16	0	0	0	2	14	0				11
1980*+	30	MIN	LLB	59	14	14		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				12
1981*	31	MIN	LOLB	59	16	16		1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0				9
1982*	32	MIN	LOLB	59	9	9	1.5														10
1983	33	MIN	LOLB	59	16	16	4.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0				9
1984	34	MIN	LOLB	59	11	9	1.0						0	0	1	0	0				3
1985	35	MIN		59	6	2	1.0						0	0	1	0	0				1
Career					160	130	8.0	16	119	0	20	0	0	2	20	84	1				96

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1975	25	MIN		59	14	0	2	-2	0	2	-1.0						-2
1976	26	MIN	LLB	59	14	13						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
1981*	31	MIN	LOLB	59	16	16						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Career					160	130	2	-2	0	2	-1.0	2	0	0	0	0.0	-2

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	OthTD	AllTD	Pts
1977*	27	MIN	LLB	59	14	13		1	1	6
1978*	28	MIN	LLB	59	16	16	1		1	6
Career					160	130	1	1	2	12

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Ed Simonini, Cato June, Charles Haley, Joel Williams, Andre Tippett*, Jesse Solomon, Anthony Spencer, Bob Grant, Doug Buffone, Leo Sanford
4	Joel Williams, Charles Haley, Richard Wood, Thomas Henderson, Walt Michaels, Al Richardson, Sam Cowart, Roger Zatkoff, Brian M. Williams, Fred Carr
5	Harry Carson*, Richard Wood, Walt Michaels, Doug Swift, Joel Williams, Lucius Sanford, LaVar Arrington, Brad Dusek, Keena Turner, Dave R. Lewis
6	Brad Dusek, Walt Michaels, Doug Swift, Dave R. Lewis, Joel Williams, Keena Turner, Harry Carson*, Richard Wood, LaVar Arrington, Bob Breunig
7	Walt Michaels, Vaughan Johnson, Harry Carson, Les Richter, Lee Roy Jordan, Chip Banks, Chris Hanburger*, Fred Carr, Cornelius Bennett, Brad Dusek
8	Peter Boulware, Fred Carr, Harry Carson, Walt Michaels, Les Richter, Vaughan Johnson, Lee Roy Jordan, Chip Banks, Julian Peterson, Bob Breunig
9	Harry Carson, Les Richter, Fred Carr, Walt Michaels, Lee Roy Jordan, Donnie Edwards, Bob Breunig, Julian Peterson, Jeff Siemon, Cornelius Bennett
10	Harry Carson, Chris Spielman, Lee Roy Jordan, Fred Carr, Walt Michaels, Larry Grantham, Cornelius Bennett, Donnie Edwards, Nick Buoniconti, Jeff Siemon
11	Chris Spielman, Fred Carr, Myron Pottios, Walt Michaels, Larry Grantham, Chip Banks, Cornelius Bennett, Mike Merriweather, Jeff Siemon, Clay Matthews
12	Chris Spielman, Myron Pottios, Wally Hilgenberg, Jack Reynolds, Fred Carr, Walt Michaels, Chip Banks, Mike Merriweather, Jeff Siemon, Clay Matthews
Career	Chris Spielman, Myron Pottios, Fred Carr, Wally Hilgenberg, Chip Banks, Walt Michaels, Mike Merriweather, Jeff Siemon, Ken Harvey, Dexter Coakley

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982	First-Team All-Pro 1980	Non-Offensive TDs 1977 NFL 1 (8) 1978 NFL 1 (6)	Fumbles Recovered 1976 NFL 5 (3) Career 20 (93)
Fumble Return Yds 1978 NFL 49 (6) Career 84 (181)	Fumble Return TD 1978 NFL 1 (2/39)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1977	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1977	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1978	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1978	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1978	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1979	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1980	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1980	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1980	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1981	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1981	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1981	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.

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