Billy Cannon

William Abb Cannon

Position: TE-HB-FB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 207 lbs.

Born: August 2, 1937 in Philadelphia, MS
College: LSU (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 68 (705th overall since 1950)

Relatives: Father of Billy Cannon Jr.
2-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Billy Cannon 1961 Game Log

1961 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs

Age is Years-Days

								Rushing				Receiving				Passing									Scoring		Kick Returns				Punt Returns
Rk	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
1	1	1961-09-09	24-038	HOU		OAK	W 55-0	22	82	3.73	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
2	2	1961-09-24	24-053	HOU	@	SDG	L 24-34	7	17	2.43	0	6	31	5.17	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	37	37.00	0	1	11	11.00	0
3	3	1961-10-01	24-060	HOU	@	DTX	L 21-26	9	56	6.22	0	2	77	38.50	1	0	1	0.00%	0	0	1	0.0	0.00	-45.00	1	6	2	65	32.50	0	0	0		0
4	4	1961-10-08	24-067	HOU		BUF	L 12-22	8	19	2.38	0	1	-4	-4.00	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0	0	2	59	29.50	0	1	20	20.00	0
5	5	1961-10-13	24-072	HOU	@	BOS	T 31-31	11	40	3.64	1	2	7	3.50	0	0	0		0	0	0				1	6	0	0		0	0	0		0
6	6	1961-10-22	24-081	HOU		DTX	W 38-7	18	54	3.00	0	2	29	14.50	1	0	0		0	0	0				1	6	1	21	21.00	0	0	0		0
7	7	1961-10-29	24-088	HOU	@	BUF	W 28-16	13	5	0.38	0	2	46	23.00	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	2	26	13.00	0	2	5	2.50	0
8	8	1961-11-05	24-095	HOU	@	DEN	W 55-14	11	118	10.73	1	4	68	17.00	1	0	0		0	0	0				2	12	2	37	18.50	0	0	0		0
9	9	1961-11-12	24-102	HOU		BOS	W 27-15	18	79	4.39	0	1	1	1.00	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0	0	3	84	28.00	0	1	1	1.00	0
10	10	1961-11-19	24-109	HOU		NYT	W 49-13	14	41	2.93	0	7	122	17.43	3	0	0		0	0	0				3	18	1	26	26.00	0	1	11	11.00	0
11	11	1961-11-26	24-116	HOU		DEN	W 45-14	12	30	2.50	0	5	50	10.00	1	0	0		0	0	0				1	6	2	41	20.50	0	2	15	7.50	0
12	12	1961-12-03	24-123	HOU		SDG	W 33-13	11	46	4.18	0	5	37	7.40	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
13	13	1961-12-10	24-130	HOU	@	NYT	W 48-21	25	216	8.64	3	5	114	22.80	2	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	5	30	2	43	21.50	0	0	0		0
14	14	1961-12-17	24-137	HOU	@	OAK	W 47-16	21	145	6.90	1	1	8	8.00	0	0	0		0	0	0				1	6	0	0		0	1	7	7.00	0
		14 Games						200	948	4.74	6	43	586	13.63	9	0	5	0.00%	0	0	1	0.0	0.00	-9.00	15	90	18	439	24.39	0	9	70	7.78	0

Age is Years-Days

								Rushing				Receiving				Scoring
Rk	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	TD	Pts
1	15	1961-12-24	24-144	HOU	@	SDG	W 10-3	15	48	3.20	0	5	53	10.60	1	1	6