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Cannonball Butler

James Butler

Position: RB
Height: 5-9    Weight: 194 lbs.

Born: May 4, 1943 in Quincy, FL
College: Edward Waters
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 14th round (186th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 32 (3116th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Cannonball Butler Career Game Log

Output includes all games from 1960 to 2012.

Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs

Regular Season

Age is Years-Days
Rushing Receiving Scoring Kick Returns
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Att Yds Y/A TD Rec Yds Y/R TD TD Pts Rt Yds Y/Rt TD
1 1965 1 1965-09-19 22-138 PIT GNB L 9-41 7 24 3.43 0 1 11 11.00 0 0 0 3 56 18.67 0
2 1965 2 1965-09-26 22-145 PIT @ SFO L 17-27 2 1 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.00 0
3 1965 3 1965-10-03 22-152 PIT NYG L 13-23 6 -8 -1.33 0 1 8 8.00 0 0 0 3 64 21.33 0
4 1965 4 1965-10-09 22-158 PIT @ CLE L 19-24 2 8 4.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.00 0
5 1965 6 1965-10-24 22-173 PIT @ PHI W 20-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 56 28.00 0
6 1965 7 1965-10-31 22-180 PIT DAL W 22-13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.00 0
7 1965 8 1965-11-07 22-187 PIT @ STL L 17-21 1 4 4.00 0 2 18 9.00 0 0 0 2 46 23.00 0
8 1965 10 1965-11-21 22-201 PIT WAS L 3-31 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 1965 11 1965-11-28 22-208 PIT CLE L 21-42 2 -1 -0.50 0 1 43 43.00 1 1 6 4 63 15.75 0
10 1965 12 1965-12-05 22-215 PIT @ NYG L 10-35 0 0 0 2 22 11.00 0 0 0 4 79 19.75 0
11 1965 13 1965-12-12 22-222 PIT PHI L 13-47 10 26 2.60 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 2 38 19.00 0
12 1965 14 1965-12-19 22-229 PIT @ WAS L 14-35 15 54 3.60 0 1 15 15.00 0 0 0 2 33 16.50 0
Rushing Receiving Scoring Kick Returns
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Att Yds Y/A TD Rec Yds Y/R TD TD Pts Rt Yds Y/Rt TD
13 1966 1 1966-09-11 23-130 PIT NYG T 34-34 5 25 5.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 29.00 0
14 1966 2 1966-09-18 23-137 PIT DET W 17-3 3 7 2.33 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 1966 3 1966-09-25 23-144 PIT WAS L 27-33 4 -6 -1.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 1966 4 1966-10-02 23-151 PIT @ WAS L 10-24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 48 24.00 0
17 1966 5 1966-10-08 23-157 PIT @ CLE L 10-41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 22.00 0
18 1966 6 1966-10-16 23-165 PIT PHI L 14-31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 41 20.50 0
19 1966 7 1966-10-30 23-179 PIT @ DAL L 21-52 5 9 1.80 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 120 40.00 1
20 1966 8 1966-11-06 23-186 PIT CLE W 16-6 3 8 2.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38 38.00 0
21 1966 9 1966-11-13 23-193 PIT STL W 30-9 4 9 2.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 23.00 0
22 1966 10 1966-11-20 23-200 PIT DAL L 7-20 6 -1 -0.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.00 0
23 1966 11 1966-11-27 23-207 PIT @ STL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 52 26.00 0
24 1966 12 1966-12-04 23-214 PIT @ PHI L 23-27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.00 0
25 1966 13 1966-12-11 23-221 PIT @ NYG W 47-28 9 21 2.33 0 2 80 40.00 1 1 6 0 0 0
26 1966 14 1966-12-18 23-228 PIT @ ATL W 57-33 7 42 6.00 2 1 13 13.00 0 2 12 1 15 15.00 0
Rushing Receiving Scoring Kick Returns
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Att Yds Y/A TD Rec Yds Y/R TD TD Pts Rt Yds Y/Rt TD
27 1967 1 1967-09-17 24-136 PIT CHI W 41-13 12 38 3.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 1967 2 1967-09-24 24-143 PIT STL L 14-28 10 51 5.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 1967 3 1967-10-01 24-150 PIT @ PHI L 24-34 17 81 4.76 0 1 9 9.00 0 0 0 3 87 29.00 0
30 1967 5 1967-10-15 24-164 PIT NYG L 24-27 7 -1 -0.14 0 1 13 13.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 1967 6 1967-10-22 24-171 PIT DAL L 21-24 12 35 2.92 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 26.00 0
32 1967 7 1967-10-29 24-178 PIT @ NOR W 14-10 3 29 9.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.00 0
33 1967 10 1967-11-19 24-199 PIT @ NYG L 20-28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 11.00 0
34 1967 12 1967-12-03 24-213 PIT @ DET W 24-14 4 -1 -0.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.00 0
35 1967 13 1967-12-10 24-220 PIT WAS L 10-15 13 18 1.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 26.00 0
36 1967 14 1967-12-17 24-227 PIT @ GNB W 24-17 12 43 3.58 0 2 1 0.50 0 0 0 1 20 20.00 0
Rushing Receiving Scoring Kick Returns
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Att Yds Y/A TD Rec Yds Y/R TD TD Pts Rt Yds Y/Rt TD
37 1968 3 1968-09-29 25-148 ATL @ SFO L 13-28 5 13 2.60 0 1 31 31.00 0 0 0 4 94 23.50 0
38 1968 4 1968-10-06 25-155 ATL GNB L 7-38 8 32 4.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 125 31.25 0
39 1968 5 1968-10-13 25-162 ATL NYG W 24-21 22 92 4.18 1 1 15 15.00 0 1 6 0 0 0
40 1968 6 1968-10-20 25-169 ATL @ RAM L 14-27 12 -5 -0.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 41 20.50 0
41 1968 7 1968-10-27 25-176 ATL @ CLE L 7-30 13 73 5.62 0 3 36 12.00 0 0 0 2 37 18.50 0
42 1968 8 1968-11-03 25-183 ATL PIT L 21-41 8 30 3.75 0 2 2 1.00 0 0 0 4 79 19.75 0
43 1968 9 1968-11-10 25-190 ATL RAM L 10-17 5 7 1.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 46 15.33 0
44 1968 10 1968-11-17 25-197 ATL @ CHI W 16-13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 71 17.75 0
45 1968 11 1968-11-24 25-204 ATL @ STL L 12-17 3 9 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 22.00 0
46 1968 12 1968-12-01 25-211 ATL @ BAL L 0-44 5 12 2.40 0 1 7 7.00 0 0 0 6 130 21.67 0
47 1968 13 1968-12-08 25-218 ATL DET L 7-24 5 87 17.40 1 1 11 11.00 0 1 6 4 98 24.50 0
48 1968 14 1968-12-15 25-225 ATL SFO L 12-14 8 15 1.88 0 6 25 4.17 0 0 0 2 34 17.00 0
Rushing Receiving Scoring Kick Returns
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Att Yds Y/A TD Rec Yds Y/R TD TD Pts Rt Yds Y/Rt TD
49 1969 1 1969-09-21 26-140 ATL SFO W 24-12 10 21 2.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 1969 2 1969-09-28 26-147 ATL @ RAM L 7-17 7 39 5.57 0 1 24 24.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 1969 3 1969-10-05 26-154 ATL BAL L 14-21 15 82 5.47 0 2 25 12.50 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 1969 4 1969-10-12 26-161 ATL DAL L 17-24 13 38 2.92 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 64 21.33 0
53 1969 5 1969-10-19 26-168 ATL @ SFO W 21-7 14 76 5.43 1 1 10 10.00 0 1 6 0 0 0
54 1969 6 1969-10-26 26-175 ATL @ GNB L 10-28 12 40 3.33 0 2 10 5.00 0 0 0 1 33 33.00 0
55 1969 7 1969-11-02 26-182 ATL RAM L 6-38 9 28 3.11 0 1 14 14.00 0 0 0 3 87 29.00 0
56 1969 8 1969-11-09 26-189 ATL @ DET L 21-27 13 79 6.08 1 4 69 17.25 1 2 12 1 35 35.00 0
57 1969 9 1969-11-16 26-196 ATL CHI W 48-31 10 29 2.90 0 1 65 65.00 1 1 6 1 41 41.00 0
58 1969 10 1969-11-23 26-203 ATL @ WAS L 20-27 10 28 2.80 1 1 57 57.00 0 1 6 2 81 40.50 0
59 1969 11 1969-11-30 26-210 ATL @ BAL L 6-13 10 36 3.60 0 1 1 1.00 0 0 0 1 28 28.00 0
60 1969 12 1969-12-07 26-217 ATL NOR W 45-17 14 61 4.36 0 2 14 7.00 0 0 0 1 36 36.00 0
61 1969 13 1969-12-14 26-224 ATL @ PHI W 27-3 19 79 4.16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
62 1969 14 1969-12-21 26-231 ATL MIN W 10-3 7 19 2.71 0 1 8 8.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushing Receiving Scoring Kick Returns
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Att Yds Y/A TD Rec Yds Y/R TD TD Pts Rt Yds Y/Rt TD
63 1970 1 1970-09-20 27-139 ATL @ NOR W 14-3 12 58 4.83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 1970 2 1970-09-27 27-146 ATL @ GNB L 24-27 10 28 2.80 0 4 28 7.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 1970 3 1970-10-04 27-153 ATL SFO W 21-20 17 127 7.47 0 2 8 4.00 1 1 6 0 0 0
66 1970 4 1970-10-11 27-160 ATL @ DAL L 0-13 19 38 2.00 0 2 -1 -0.50 0 0 0 2 35 17.50 0
67 1970 5 1970-10-18 27-167 ATL @ DEN L 10-24 10 49 4.90 0 4 34 8.50 0 0 0 0 0 0
68 1970 6 1970-10-25 27-174 ATL NOR W 32-14 16 40 2.50 0 2 13 6.50 0 0 0 2 48 24.00 0
69 1970 7 1970-11-01 27-181 ATL CHI L 14-23 11 49 4.45 0 6 54 9.00 0 0 0 1 25 25.00 0
70 1970 8 1970-11-08 27-188 ATL @ RAM T 10-10 9 32 3.56 0 1 5 5.00 0 0 0 2 38 19.00 0
71 1970 9 1970-11-15 27-195 ATL @ PHI T 13-13 15 79 5.27 0 1 2 2.00 0 0 0 1 19 19.00 0
72 1970 10 1970-11-22 27-202 ATL RAM L 7-17 11 33 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40 20.00 0
73 1970 11 1970-11-30 27-210 ATL MIA L 7-20 12 34 2.83 0 1 3 3.00 0 0 0 1 9 9.00 0
74 1970 12 1970-12-06 27-216 ATL @ SFO L 20-24 13 42 3.23 0 1 5 5.00 0 0 0 1 21 21.00 0
75 1970 13 1970-12-13 27-223 ATL PIT W 27-16 8 21 2.63 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 25.00 0
76 1970 14 1970-12-20 27-230 ATL MIN L 7-37 3 6 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.00 0
Rushing Receiving Scoring Kick Returns
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Att Yds Y/A TD Rec Yds Y/R TD TD Pts Rt Yds Y/Rt TD
77 1971 1 1971-09-19 28-138 ATL SFO W 20-17 11 31 2.82 0 1 8 8.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
78 1971 2 1971-09-26 28-145 ATL @ RAM T 20-20 19 48 2.53 0 2 30 15.00 1 1 6 0 0 0
79 1971 3 1971-10-03 28-152 ATL @ DET L 38-41 10 29 2.90 0 1 7 7.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 1971 4 1971-10-10 28-159 ATL STL L 9-26 15 48 3.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81 1971 5 1971-10-17 28-166 ATL RAM L 16-24 14 46 3.29 0 1 1 1.00 1 1 6 1 32 32.00 0
82 1971 6 1971-10-24 28-173 ATL NOR W 28-6 20 114 5.70 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.00 0
83 1971 7 1971-10-31 28-180 ATL @ CLE W 31-14 21 63 3.00 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0
84 1971 8 1971-11-07 28-187 ATL @ CIN W 9-6 17 68 4.00 0 3 49 16.33 0 0 0 1 28 28.00 0
85 1971 9 1971-11-14 28-194 ATL NYG L 17-21 9 20 2.22 0 3 38 12.67 0 0 0 3 67 22.33 0
86 1971 10 1971-11-22 28-202 ATL GNB W 28-21 16 64 4.00 1 1 5 5.00 0 1 6 3 128 42.67 0
87 1971 12 1971-12-05 28-215 ATL OAK W 24-13 14 27 1.93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 1971 13 1971-12-12 28-222 ATL @ SFO L 3-24 12 14 1.17 0 2 6 3.00 0 0 0 2 41 20.50 0
89 1971 14 1971-12-19 28-229 ATL @ NOR W 24-20 8 22 2.75 0 1 -1 -1.00 0 0 0 2 58 29.00 0
Rushing Receiving Scoring Kick Returns
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Att Yds Y/A TD Rec Yds Y/R TD TD Pts Rt Yds Y/Rt TD
90 1972 3 1972-10-01 29-150 STL PIT L 19-25 2 -5 -2.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
91 1972 4 1972-10-08 29-157 STL @ MIN W 19-17 1 1 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 16.00 0
92 1972 5 1972-10-15 29-164 STL WAS L 3-33 1 2 2.00 0 1 8 8.00 0 0 0 3 69 23.00 0
93 1972 6 1972-10-22 29-171 STL @ NYG L 21-27 2 5 2.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
93 Games 797 2768 3.47 9 89 959 10.78 7 17 102 133 3113 23.41 1