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Lew Carpenter

Lewis Glenn Carpenter

Position: HB-FB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: January 12, 1932 in Hayti, MO
College: Arkansas

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 8th round (97th overall) of the 1953 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1953 21 DET 12 0 7 24 0 13 3.4 2.0 0.6 24 0 1
1954 22 DET LH 11 0 104 476 3 60 4.6 43.3 9.5 16 145 9.1 2 23 1.5 13.2 621 5 1
1955 23 DET FB 12 0 137 543 6 49 4.0 45.3 11.4 44 312 7.1 2 34 3.7 26.0 855 8 6
1957 25 CLE lh 10 0 83 315 4 55 3.8 31.5 8.3 5 65 13.0 0 21 0.5 6.5 380 4 3
1958 26 CLE lh 12 0 73 308 2 30 4.2 25.7 6.1 5 47 9.4 0 18 0.4 3.9 355 2 3
1959 27 GNB fb 12 0 60 322 1 55 5.4 26.8 5.0 5 47 9.4 0 23 0.4 3.9 369 1 3
1960 28 GNB 12 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 2.0 0.1 1 21 21.0 0 21 0.1 1.8 45 0 4
1961 29 GNB 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 3 29 9.7 0 16 0.2 2.1 34 0 0
1962 30 GNB 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 104 14.9 0 22 0.5 7.4 104 0 0
1963 31 GNB 14 0 2 8 0 5 4.0 0.6 0.1 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 20 0 1
Career 123 0 468 2025 16 60 4.3 16.5 3.8 87 782 9.0 4 34 0.7 6.4 2807 20 22
5 yrs GNB 66 0 64 359 1 55 5.6 5.4 1.0 17 213 12.5 0 23 0.3 3.2 572 1 8
3 yrs DET 35 0 248 1043 9 60 4.2 29.8 7.1 60 457 7.6 4 34 1.7 13.1 1500 13 8
2 yrs CLE 22 0 156 623 6 55 4.0 28.3 7.1 10 112 11.2 0 21 0.5 5.1 735 6 6

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1953 21 DET 12 0 8 172 0 30 21.5 196
1954 22 DET LH 11 0 2 46 0 25 23.0 667
1955 23 DET FB 12 0 4 78 0 24 19.5 933
1957 25 CLE lh 10 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 404
1958 26 CLE lh 12 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 373
1959 27 GNB fb 12 0 13 150 0 51 11.5 1 24 0 24 24.0 543
1960 28 GNB 12 0 9 59 0 12 6.6 12 249 0 29 20.8 353
1961 29 GNB 14 0 6 130 0 48 21.7 164
1963 31 GNB 14 0 5 75 0 24 15.0 95
Career 123 0 28 339 0 51 12.1 34 686 0 30 20.2 3832
5 yrs GNB 66 0 28 339 0 51 12.1 18 348 0 29 19.3 1259
3 yrs DET 35 0 14 296 0 30 21.1 1796
2 yrs CLE 22 0 2 42 0 24 21.0 777

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1953 21 DET 12 0 1 73 1 73 1 1 0 0
1954 22 DET LH 11 0 1 0 0 0
1955 23 DET FB 12 0 6 0 0 0
1957 25 CLE lh 10 0 3 0 0 0
1958 26 CLE lh 12 0 3 1 0 0
1959 27 GNB fb 12 0 3 0 0 0
1960 28 GNB 12 0 4 0 0 0
1962 30 GNB 14 0 0 1 0 0
1963 31 GNB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Career 123 0 1 73 1 73 22 3 0 0
5 yrs GNB 66 0 8 1 0 0
3 yrs DET 35 0 1 73 1 73 8 1 0 0
2 yrs CLE 22 0 6 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1953 21 DET 12 0 1 6
1954 22 DET LH 11 0 3 2 30
1955 23 DET FB 12 0 6 2 48
1957 25 CLE lh 10 0 4 24
1958 26 CLE lh 12 0 2 12
1959 27 GNB fb 12 0 1 6
Career 123 0 16 4 1 126
5 yrs GNB 66 0 1 6
3 yrs DET 35 0 9 4 1 84
2 yrs CLE 22 0 6 36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing Att

1955 NFL 137 (9)

Rushing TD

1955 NFL 6 (4)

Long Rush

1954 NFL 60 (6)

Yds/Rushing Att

1954 NFL 4.6 (8)
Career 4.3 (109)

Rushing Yds/Game

1954 NFL 43.3 (10)

Receptions

1955 NFL 44 (3)

Touchdowns

1955 NFL 8 (3)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1955 NFL 8 (3)

Non-Offensive TDs

1953 NFL 1 (3)

Yds From Scrimmage

1955 NFL 855 (9)

Touches

1955 NFL 185 (6)

Punt Return Yds

1959 NFL 150 (6)

Long Punt Return

1961 NFL 48 (10)

Yds/Punt Return

1959 NFL 11.5 (2)

Fumbles

1955 NFL 6 (8)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1953 NFL 1 (1)

Long Intercep. Return

1953 NFL 73 (2)

     

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)