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Bill Bates
William Frederick Bates
Position: DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 204 lbs.
Born: June 6, 1961 in Knoxville, TN
College: Tennessee
1-time Pro Bowler
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1983 | 22 | DAL | 16 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||
| 1984* | 23 | DAL | 12 | 2 | 5.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | ||||
| 1985 | 24 | DAL | RET | 16 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 51 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 25 | DAL | SS | 15 | 15 | 2.5 | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | 26 | DAL | SS | 12 | 11 | 3.0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 81 | ||||||||
| 1988 | 27 | DAL | SS | 16 | 16 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124 | |||
| 1989 | 28 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 29 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 51 | ||||||||||
| 1991 | 30 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |||||||||
| 1992 | 31 | DAL | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | 32 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||||
| 1994 | 33 | DAL | 15 | 0 | 1.0 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 34 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | 35 | DAL | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | 36 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Career | 217 | 47 | 18.0 | 14 | 122 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 667 | 9 | |||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1985 | 24 | DAL | RET | 16 | 2 | 22 | 152 | 0 | 21 | 6.9 | 152 | |||||
| Career | 217 | 47 | 22 | 152 | 0 | 21 | 6.9 | 156 | ||||||||
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1989 | 28 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 29 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career | 217 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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Pro Bowls |
Games |
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
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1984 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. |