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Matt Blair
Matthew Albert Blair
Position: LB
Height: 6-5 Weight: 232 lbs.
Born: September 20, 1950 in Hilo, HI
College: Iowa State
6-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2nd round (51st overall) of the 1974 Draft
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View Details For: 2 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1974 | 24 | MIN | llb | 14 | 6 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| 1975 | 25 | MIN | 14 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1976 | 26 | MIN | LLB | 14 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 1977* | 27 | MIN | LLB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1978* | 28 | MIN | LLB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 1 | ||||||
| 1979* | 29 | MIN | LLB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| 1980*+ | 30 | MIN | LLB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1981* | 31 | MIN | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1982* | 32 | MIN | LOLB | 9 | 9 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | 33 | MIN | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1984 | 34 | MIN | LOLB | 11 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1985 | 35 | MIN | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 160 | 130 | 8.0 | 16 | 119 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 84 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1975 | 25 | MIN | 14 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | -1.0 | -2 | ||||||
| 1976 | 26 | MIN | LLB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 1981* | 31 | MIN | LOLB | 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 | |||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977* | 27 | MIN | LLB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1978* | 28 | MIN | LLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 160 | 130 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
Glossary|
1st-team All-Pro |
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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|
1977 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf. 1977 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1978 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf. 1978 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1979 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1980 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1980 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1980 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL 1981 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1981 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1981 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL |