Joe Cribbs

Joe Stanier Cribbs

Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: January 5, 1958 in Sulligent, AL
College: Auburn

Career AV: 54 (1162nd overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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							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
1980*	22	BUF	RB	20	16	16	306	1185	11	48	3.9	74.1	19.1	52	415	8.0	1	21	3.3	25.9	1600	12	16	13
1981*	23	BUF	RB	20	15	15	257	1097	3	35	4.3	73.1	17.1	40	603	15.1	7	65	2.7	40.2	1700	10	12	13
1982	24	BUF	RB	20	7	6	134	633	3	62	4.7	90.4	19.1	13	99	7.6	0	31	1.9	14.1	732	3	5	8
1983*	25	BUF	RB	20	16	16	263	1131	3	45	4.3	70.7	16.4	57	524	9.2	7	33	3.6	32.8	1655	10	6	11
1985	27	BUF	RB	20	10	5	122	399	1	16	3.3	39.9	12.2	18	142	7.9	0	23	1.8	14.2	541	1	5	3
1986	28	SFO	RB	28	14	10	152	590	5	19	3.9	42.1	10.9	35	346	9.9	0	33	2.5	24.7	936	5	5	7
1987	29	SFO		28	11	2	70	300	1	20	4.3	27.3	6.4	9	70	7.8	0	16	0.8	6.4	370	1	1	5
1988	30	2TM	/RET		13	0	5	21	0	11	4.2	1.6	0.4								21	0	1	0
		MIA	RET	20	12	0	5	21	0	11	4.2	1.8	0.4								21	0	1	0
		IND		30	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0	0	0	0
Career					102	70	1309	5356	27	62	4.1	52.5	12.8	224	2199	9.8	15	65	2.2	21.6	7555	42	51	60
5 yrs		BUF			64	58	1082	4445	21	62	4.1	69.5	16.9	180	1783	9.9	15	65	2.8	27.9	6228	36	44	48
2 yrs		SFO			25	12	222	890	6	20	4.0	35.6	8.9	44	416	9.5	0	33	1.8	16.6	1306	6	6	12
1 yr		MIA			12	0	5	21	0	11	4.2	1.8	0.4								21	0	1	0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · · ·

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1980*	22	BUF	RB	20	16	16	29	154	0	16	5.3	2	39	0	20	19.5	1793
1987	29	SFO		28	11	2						13	327	1	92	25.2	697
1988	30	2TM	/RET		13	0						41	863	0	44	21.0	884
		MIA	RET	20	12	0						41	863	0	44	21.0	884
Career					102	70	29	154	0	16	5.3	56	1229	1	92	21.9	8938
5 yrs		BUF			64	58	29	154	0	16	5.3	2	39	0	20	19.5	6421
2 yrs		SFO			25	12						13	327	1	92	25.2	1633
1 yr		MIA			12	0						41	863	0	44	21.0	884

Passing

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1980*	22	BUF	RB	20	16	16	1	1	100.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	13.0	13.0	13.0	0.8	118.7	13.0	13.0
1981*	23	BUF	RB	20	15	15	1	1	100.0	9	1	100.0	0	0.0	9	9.0	29.0	9.0	0.6	143.7	9.0	29.0
1982	24	BUF	RB	20	7	6	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-45.0
1983*	25	BUF	RB	20	16	16	1	2	50.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.2	56.2	1.5	1.5
Career					102	70	3	5	60.0	25	1	20.0	1	20.0	13	5.0	0.0	8.3	0.2	72.9	5.0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles

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								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
1980*	22	BUF	RB	20	16	16								16	1	-7	0
1981*	23	BUF	RB	20	15	15								12	1	0	0
1982	24	BUF	RB	20	7	6								5	2	-9	0
1983*	25	BUF	RB	20	16	16								6	1	0	0
1985	27	BUF	RB	20	10	5								5	1	0	0
1986	28	SFO	RB	28	14	10								5	1	0	0
1987	29	SFO		28	11	2								1	0	0	0
1988	30	2TM	/RET		13	0								1	0	0	0
		MIA	RET	20	12	0								1	0	0	0
Career					102	70								51	7	-16	0
5 yrs		BUF			64	58								44	6	-16	0
2 yrs		SFO			25	12								6	1	0	0
1 yr		MIA			12	0								1	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	Pts
1980*	22	BUF	RB	20	16	16	11	1		12	72
1981*	23	BUF	RB	20	15	15	3	7		10	60
1982	24	BUF	RB	20	7	6	3			3	18
1983*	25	BUF	RB	20	16	16	3	7		10	60
1985	27	BUF	RB	20	10	5	1			1	6
1986	28	SFO	RB	28	14	10	5			5	30
1987	29	SFO		28	11	2	1		1	2	12
Career					102	70	27	15	1	43	258
5 yrs		BUF			64	58	21	15		36	216
2 yrs		SFO			25	12	6		1	7	42

Similar Players

Glossary · What does "similar" mean? · ·

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Mike Thomas, Franco Harris*, Curtis Martin, Ottis Anderson, Fred Taylor, Rodney Hampton, Marshall Faulk, Domanick Williams, John Brockington, Jon Arnett
4	Ottis Anderson, John Brockington, Sherman Smith, Curtis Martin, Herschel Walker, Terry Metcalf, Franco Harris*, Marshall Faulk, Mike Thomas, Rodney Hampton
5	Brian Westbrook, Sherman Smith, Neal Anderson, Delvin Williams, Willie Parker, Altie Taylor, Jim Taylor, Ollie Matson, John Brockington, John Riggins*
6	Marv Hubbard, Willie Parker, Terry Allen, Sherman Smith, MacArthur Lane, Rudi Johnson, Edgar Bennett, John Brockington, Mike Pruitt, Mercury Morris
7	John Brockington, Sherman Smith, Mercury Morris, John Riggins*, Marv Hubbard, Terry Allen, Earnest Byner, Mike Pruitt, Mike Thomas, Chris Warren
8	John Brockington, Mike Pruitt, Terry Allen, Delvin Williams, Sam Cunningham, Wendell Tyler, Sherman Smith, Mercury Morris, Stephen Davis, Donny Anderson
Career	John Brockington, Delvin Williams, Wendell Tyler, Sherman Smith, Mercury Morris, Sam Cunningham, Donny Anderson, Mike Thomas, Tom Matte, Altie Taylor

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls 1980 1981 1983	Rushing Att 1980 NFL 306 (4) Career 1309 (93)	Rushing Yds 1980 NFL 1185 (6) 1982 NFL 633 (6) Career 5356 (92)	Rushing TD 1980 NFL 11 (3)
Long Rush 1982 NFL 62 (5)	Yds/Rushing Att 1982 NFL 4.7 (4) Career 4.1 (192)	Rushing Yds/Game 1980 NFL 74.1 (7) 1982 NFL 90.4 (1) Career 52.5 (101)	Touchdowns 1980 NFL 12 (5)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1980 NFL 12 (5)	Non-Offensive TDs 1987 NFL 1 (6)	Yds From Scrimmage 1980 NFL 1600 (6) 1981 NFL 1700 (8) 1983 NFL 1655 (6) Career 7555 (179)	All-Purpose Yds 1980 NFL 1793 (5) 1983 NFL 1655 (7) Career 8938 (167)
Touches 1980 NFL 389 (1/54) Career 1618 (85)	Kick Returns 1988 NFL 41 (1)	Kick Return Yds 1988 NFL 863 (3)	Kick Return TD 1987 NFL 1 (2/58) Career 1 (108)
Long Kick Return 1987 NFL 92 (4)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1988 NFL 863 (6)	Fumbles 1980 NFL 16 (1/14) 1981 NFL 12 (6) Career 51 (112)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1980 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
1981 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1983 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.

Fantasy
Glossary · CSV · PRE

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank

1980 22 16 RB 233 105 3 6

1981 23 15 RB 236 90 7 12

1982 24 7 RB 89 17 19 52

1983 25 16 RB 226 75 7 21

1985 27 10 RB 60 61

1986 28 14 RB 124 27

1987 29 11 RB 43 66

1988 30 13 RB 2 129

1013 287

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1980	22	16	RB	233	105	3	6
1981	23	15	RB	236	90	7	12
1982	24	7	RB	89	17	19	52
1983	25	16	RB	226	75	7	21
1985	27	10	RB	60		61
1986	28	14	RB	124		27
1987	29	11	RB	43		66
1988	30	13	RB	2		129
				1013	287

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1980	Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
	UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
1981	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1983	Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
	UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.