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Don Chandler

Donald Gene Chandler (Babe)

Position: FB-P-K
Height: 6-2    Weight: 215 lbs.

Born: September 5, 1934 in Council Bluffs, IA
Died: August 11, 2011 in Tulsa, OK
College: Florida   (school history)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 5th round (57th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 10 (6894th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P AV
1956 22 NYG P 34 12 3 3 100.0% 59 2473 63 0 41.9 1
1957 23 NYG P 34 12 60 2673 61 0 44.6 1
1958 24 NYG P 34 12 65 2859 67 0 44.0 1
1959 25 NYG P 34 12 1 0.0% 2 2 100.0% 55 2565 62 0 46.6 1
1960 26 NYG P 34 8 31 1256 58 0 40.5 1
1961 27 NYG P 34 14 68 2984 66 2 43.9 1
1962 28 NYG K/P 34 14 6 5 8 7 6 5 6 2 2 28 19 67.9% 48 47 97.9% 55 2233 65 2 40.6 1
1963 29 NYG K/P 34 14 7 6 4 2 5 4 11 5 2 1 29 18 62.1% 56 52 92.9% 59 2648 64 0 44.9 2
1964 30 NYG K/P 34 14 5 2 5 4 2 8 3 20 9 45.0% 29 27 93.1% 73 3328 74 0 45.6 1
1965 31 GNB K/P 34 14 9 7 5 4 3 2 8 4 1 26 17 65.4% 38 37 97.4% 74 3176 90 0 42.9 1
1966 32 GNB K/P 34 14 7 6 4 2 9 2 7 2 1 28 12 42.9% 43 41 95.3% 60 2452 58 0 40.9 1
1967* 33 GNB K 34 14 2 2 8 6 8 7 11 4 29 19 65.5% 39 39 100.0% 1 31 31 0 31.0 1
Career 154 36 28 34 25 33 20 51 20 6 1 161 94 58.4% 258 248 96.1% 660 28678 90 4 43.5 13
9 yrs NYG 112 0 18 13 17 13 13 9 25 10 4 1 78 46 59.0% 138 131 94.9% 525 23019 74 4 43.8 10
3 yrs GNB 42 0 18 15 17 12 20 11 26 10 2 83 48 57.8% 120 117 97.5% 135 5659 90 0 41.9 3

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
1956 22 NYG P 34 12 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.6 0.1 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 12 0 0
1957 23 NYG P 34 12 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 2 0 0
1958 24 NYG P 34 12 1 15 0 15 15.0 1.3 0.1 15 0 0
1959 25 NYG P 34 12 1 24 0 24 24.0 2.0 0.1 24 0 0
1960 26 NYG P 34 8 2 19 0 24 9.5 2.4 0.3 19 0 0
1961 27 NYG P 34 14 3 30 0 30 10.0 2.1 0.2 30 0 2
1962 28 NYG K/P 34 14 1 -11 0 -11 -11.0 -0.8 0.1 -11 0 0
1963 29 NYG K/P 34 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
1965 31 GNB K/P 34 14 1 27 0 27 27.0 1.9 0.1 27 0 0
1966 32 GNB K/P 34 14 1 33 0 33 33.0 2.4 0.1 33 0 0
Career 154 13 146 0 33 11.2 0.9 0.1 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.0 0.0 151 0 4
9 yrs NYG 112 0 11 86 0 30 7.8 0.8 0.1 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.0 0.0 91 0 4
3 yrs GNB 42 0 2 60 0 33 30.0 1.4 0.0 60 0 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
1957 23 NYG P 34 12 2 2 100.0 40 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 20.0 20.0 20.0 3.3 118.7 0 0
1958 24 NYG P 34 12 1 1 100.0 27 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 27.0 27.0 27.0 2.3 118.7
Career 154 3 3 100.0 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 22.3 22.3 22.3 0.4 118.7 0 0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

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
1961 27 NYG P 34 14 0 2 2 0 0
1962 28 NYG K/P 34 14 0 0 1 0 0
1964 30 NYG K/P 34 14 0 2 0 0 0
Career 154 0 4 3 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
1956 22 NYG P 34 12 3 3
1959 25 NYG P 34 12 2 2
1962 28 NYG K/P 34 14 47 19 104
1963 29 NYG K/P 34 14 52 18 106
1964 30 NYG K/P 34 14 27 9 54
1965 31 GNB K/P 34 14 37 17 88
1966 32 GNB K/P 34 14 41 12 77
1967* 33 GNB K 34 14 39 19 96
Career 154 248 94 530
9 yrs NYG 112 0 131 46 269
3 yrs GNB 42 0 117 48 261

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1967

Points Scored
1962 NFL 104 (4)
1963 NFL 106 (1)
1965 NFL 88 (8)
1967 NFL 96 (4)
Career 530 (152)

Extra Pt Made
1962 NFL 47 (2)
1963 NFL 52 (1/43)
1965 NFL 37 (7)
1966 NFL 41 (3)
1967 NFL 39 (5)
Career 248 (91)

Extra Pt Att
1962 NFL 48 (2)
1963 NFL 56 (1/30)
1965 NFL 38 (7)
1966 NFL 43 (3)
1967 NFL 39 (5)
Career 258 (91)

Extra Point %
Career 96.124% (116)

Total Field Goals Made
1962 NFL 19 (2)
1963 NFL 18 (3)
1965 NFL 17 (3)
1967 NFL 19 (4)
Career 94 (120)

Field Goals Att
1962 NFL 28 (3)
1963 NFL 29 (5)
1965 NFL 26 (6)
1966 NFL 28 (10)
1967 NFL 29 (7)
Career 161 (115)

Field Goal %
1962 NFL 67.857% (2)
1963 NFL 62.069% (2)
1965 NFL 65.385% (3)
1967 NFL 65.517% (2)
Career 58.385% (141)

Punts
1956 NFL 59 (3)
1957 NFL 60 (5)
1958 NFL 65 (1)
1959 NFL 55 (6)
1961 NFL 68 (3)
1962 NFL 55 (8)
1963 NFL 59 (8)
1964 NFL 73 (4)
1965 NFL 74 (3)
1966 NFL 60 (9)
Career 660 (58)

Punting Yds
1956 NFL 2473 (4)
1957 NFL 2673 (3)
1958 NFL 2859 (1)
1959 NFL 2565 (5)
1961 NFL 2984 (3)
1962 NFL 2233 (9)
1963 NFL 2648 (7)
1964 NFL 3328 (5)
1965 NFL 3176 (3)
1966 NFL 2452 (10)
Career 28678 (57)

Long Punt
1956 NFL 63 (4)
1958 NFL 67 (1)
1959 NFL 62 (8)
1961 NFL 66 (7)
1962 NFL 65 (9)
1963 NFL 64 (6)
1964 NFL 74 (2/99)
1965 NFL 90 (1/4)

Punts Blocked
1961 NFL 2 (1/38)
1962 NFL 2 (1/38)
Career 4 (72)

Yds/Punt
1956 NFL 41.9 (5)
1957 NFL 44.6 (2)
1958 NFL 44.0 (2)
1959 NFL 46.6 (2/66)
1961 NFL 43.9 (6)
1963 NFL 44.9 (5)
1964 NFL 45.6 (3)
1965 NFL 42.9 (5)
1966 NFL 40.9 (10)
Career 43.5 (44)

Sacks
1956 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)

   

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19641st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19651st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19671st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News