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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
Died: November 14, 2010 in San Marcos, TX
College: Arkansas   (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 8th round (97th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 24 (4130th overall since 1950)

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Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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 AV
1953 21 DET 32 12 7 24 0 13 3.4 2.0 0.6 24 0 1 1
1954 22 DET LH 34 11 104 476 3 60 4.6 43.3 9.5 16 145 9.1 2 23 1.5 13.2 621 5 1 6
1955 23 DET FB 34 12 137 543 6 49 4.0 45.3 11.4 44 312 7.1 2 34 3.7 26.0 855 8 6 5
1957 25 CLE 30 10 83 315 4 55 3.8 31.5 8.3 5 65 13.0 0 21 0.5 6.5 380 4 3 4
1958 26 CLE 30 12 73 308 2 30 4.2 25.7 6.1 5 47 9.4 0 18 0.4 3.9 355 2 3 4
1959 27 GNB 33 12 60 322 1 55 5.4 26.8 5.0 5 47 9.4 0 23 0.4 3.9 369 1 3 3
1960 28 GNB 33 12 1 24 0 24 24.0 2.0 0.1 1 21 21.0 0 21 0.1 1.8 45 0 4 1
1961 29 GNB 33 14 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 3 29 9.7 0 16 0.2 2.1 34 0 0 1
1962 30 GNB 33 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 104 14.9 0 22 0.5 7.4 104 0 0 2
1963 31 GNB 33 14 2 8 0 5 4.0 0.6 0.1 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 20 0 1 0
Career 123 468 2025 16 60 4.3 16.5 3.8 87 782 9.0 4 34 0.7 6.4 2807 20 22 27
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 7
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 12
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 8

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1953 21 DET 32 12 8 172 0 30 21.5 196
1954 22 DET LH 34 11 2 46 0 25 23.0 667
1955 23 DET FB 34 12 4 78 0 24 19.5 933
1957 25 CLE 30 10 1 24 0 24 24.0 404
1958 26 CLE 30 12 1 18 0 18 18.0 373
1959 27 GNB 33 12 13 150 0 51 11.5 1 24 0 24 24.0 543
1960 28 GNB 33 12 9 59 0 12 6.6 12 249 0 29 20.8 353
1961 29 GNB 33 14 6 130 0 48 21.7 164
1963 31 GNB 33 14 5 75 0 24 15.0 95
Career 123 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

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1953 21 DET 32 12 1 73 1 73 0 0 1 1 0 0
1954 22 DET LH 34 11 0 1 0 0 0
1955 23 DET FB 34 12 0 6 0 0 0
1957 25 CLE 30 10 0 3 0 0 0
1958 26 CLE 30 12 0 3 1 0 0
1959 27 GNB 33 12 0 3 0 0 0
1960 28 GNB 33 12 0 4 0 0 0
1962 30 GNB 33 14 0 0 1 0 0
1963 31 GNB 33 14 0 1 0 0 0
Career 123 1 73 1 73 0 0 22 3 0 0
5 yrs GNB 66 0 0 8 1 0 0
3 yrs DET 35 0 1 73 1 73 0 0 8 1 0 0
2 yrs CLE 22 0 0 6 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1953 21 DET 32 12 1 1 6
1954 22 DET LH 34 11 3 2 5 30
1955 23 DET FB 34 12 6 2 8 48
1957 25 CLE 30 10 4 4 24
1958 26 CLE 30 12 2 2 12
1959 27 GNB 33 12 1 1 6
Career 123 16 4 1 21 126
5 yrs GNB 66 0 1 1 6
3 yrs DET 35 0 9 4 1 14 84
2 yrs CLE 22 0 6 6 36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

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 (122)

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)

Sacks
1953 NFL 0.0 (1)
1954 NFL 0.0 (1)
1955 NFL 0.0 (1)
1957 NFL 0.0 (1)
1958 NFL 0.0 (1)
1959 NFL 0.0 (1)
1960 NFL 0.0 (1)
1961 NFL 0.0 (1)
1962 NFL 0.0 (1)