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Ward Cuff

Ward Lloyd Cuff

Position: WB-QB-HB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: August 12, 1913 in Redwood Falls, MN
College: Marquette

3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 4th round (34th overall) of the 1937 NFL Draft.

Kicking & Punting

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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
1937 24 NYG WB 11 9 2
1938* 25 NYG WB 11 11 9 5 55.6% 20 18 90.0%
1939* 26 NYG WB 9 8 16 7 43.8% 6 6 100.0%
1940 27 NYG WB 8 8 8 5 62.5% 9 9 100.0%
1941* 28 NYG WB 11 10 13 5 38.5% 20 19 95.0%
1942 29 NYG WB 11 10 11 3 27.3% 18 18 100.0%
1943 30 NYG WB 10 10 9 3 33.3% 27 26 96.3%
1944 31 NYG WB 10 9 4 1 25.0% 2 2 100.0%
1945 32 NYG WB 9 5
1946 33 CRD qb 10 7 12 5 41.7% 30 28 93.3%
1947 34 GNB K 10 0 16 7 43.8% 30 30 100.0%
Career 110 87 98 43 43.9% 162 156 96.3%
9 yrs NYG 90 80 70 31 41.4% 102 98 96.1%
1 yr CRD 10 7 12 5 41.7% 30 28 93.3%
1 yr GNB 10 0 16 7 43.8% 30 30 100.0%

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
1937 24 NYG WB 11 9 4 32 2 0 8.0 2.9 0.4 5 117 23.4 2 0 0.5 10.6 149 4 0
1938* 25 NYG WB 11 11 18 38 0 0 2.1 3.5 1.6 8 114 14.3 1 0 0.7 10.4 152 1 0
1939* 26 NYG WB 9 8 23 102 0 0 4.4 11.3 2.6 10 83 8.3 2 0 1.1 9.2 185 2 0
1940 27 NYG WB 8 8 15 86 1 0 5.7 10.8 1.9 13 220 16.9 1 0 1.6 27.5 306 2 0
1941* 28 NYG WB 11 10 28 157 0 37 5.6 14.3 2.5 19 317 16.7 2 41 1.7 28.8 474 2 0
1942 29 NYG WB 11 10 38 189 0 15 5.0 17.2 3.5 16 267 16.7 2 35 1.5 24.3 456 2 0
1943 30 NYG WB 10 10 80 523 3 65 6.5 52.3 8.0 7 52 7.4 0 17 0.7 5.2 575 3 0
1944 31 NYG WB 10 9 76 425 0 29 5.6 42.5 7.6 11 135 12.3 2 23 1.1 13.5 560 2 0
1945 32 NYG WB 9 5 48 214 0 25 4.5 23.8 5.3 12 172 14.3 0 34 1.3 19.1 386 0 5
1946 33 CRD qb 10 7 13 78 1 26 6.0 7.8 1.3 5 82 16.4 1 39 0.5 8.2 160 2 0
1947 34 GNB K 10 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.7 0.1 7 0 0
Career 110 87 344 1851 7 65 5.4 16.8 3.1 106 1559 14.7 13 41 1.0 14.2 3410 20 5
9 yrs NYG 90 80 330 1766 6 65 5.4 19.6 3.7 101 1477 14.6 12 41 1.1 16.4 3243 18 5
1 yr CRD 10 7 13 78 1 26 6.0 7.8 1.3 5 82 16.4 1 39 0.5 8.2 160 2 0
1 yr GNB 10 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.7 0.1 7 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1941* 28 NYG WB 11 10 1 10 0 10 10.0 2 46 0 0 23.0 530
1942 29 NYG WB 11 10 4 54 0 21 13.5 3 78 0 33 26.0 588
1943 30 NYG WB 10 10 9 120 0 44 13.3 3 59 0 24 19.7 754
1944 31 NYG WB 10 9 11 115 0 16 10.5 2 63 0 41 31.5 738
1945 32 NYG WB 9 5 10 124 0 41 12.4 4 105 0 33 26.3 615
1946 33 CRD qb 10 7 2 24 0 16 12.0 184
Career 110 87 37 447 0 44 12.1 14 351 0 41 25.1 4208
9 yrs NYG 90 80 35 423 0 44 12.1 14 351 0 41 25.1 4017
1 yr CRD 10 7 2 24 0 16 12.0 184

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
1940 27 NYG WB 8 8 2 16 0 15
1941* 28 NYG WB 11 10 4 152 0 43
1942 29 NYG WB 11 10 1 43 0 43
1943 30 NYG WB 10 10 3 6 0 4
1944 31 NYG WB 10 9 2 31 0 20
1945 32 NYG WB 9 5 1 15 0 15 5 2 -13 0
Career 110 87 13 263 1 43 5 2 -13 0

Passing

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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%
1943 30 NYG WB 10 10 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 110 87 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1937 24 NYG WB 11 9 2 2 4 2 30
1938* 25 NYG WB 11 11 1 1 2 18 5 45
1939* 26 NYG WB 9 8 2 2 6 7 39
1940 27 NYG WB 8 8 1 1 2 9 5 36
1941* 28 NYG WB 11 10 2 2 19 5 46
1942 29 NYG WB 11 10 2 2 18 3 39
1943 30 NYG WB 10 10 3 3 26 3 53
1944 31 NYG WB 10 9 2 2 2 1 17
1946 33 CRD qb 10 7 1 1 2 28 5 55
1947 34 GNB K 10 0 30 7 51
Career 110 87 7 13 1 21 156 43 411
9 yrs NYG 90 80 6 12 1 19 98 31 305
1 yr CRD 10 7 1 1 2 28 5 55
1 yr GNB 10 0 30 7 51

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1938
1939
1941

Rushing Yds

1943 NFL 523 (4)
1944 NFL 425 (7)

Rushing TD

1937 NFL 2 (7)
1943 NFL 3 (6)

Long Rush

1943 NFL 65 (3)

Yds/Rushing Att

1943 NFL 6.5 (1)
1944 NFL 5.6 (1)

Rushing Yds/Game

1943 NFL 52.3 (4)
1944 NFL 42.5 (7)

Receptions

1941 NFL 19 (9)

Receiving Yds

1941 NFL 317 (5)

Receiving TD

1941 NFL 2 (8)

Receiving Yds/Game

1941 NFL 28.8 (6)

Touchdowns

1937 NFL 4 (10)

Points Scored

1937 NFL 30 (9)
1938 NFL 45 (4)
1939 NFL 39 (6)
1940 NFL 36 (9)
1941 NFL 46 (5)
1942 NFL 39 (6)
1943 NFL 53 (7)
1946 NFL 55 (3)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1937 NFL 4 (8)

Non-Offensive TDs

1938 NFL 1 (3)

Yds From Scrimmage

1941 NFL 474 (6)
1943 NFL 575 (6)
1944 NFL 560 (9)

All-Purpose Yds

1943 NFL 754 (10)
1944 NFL 738 (8)
1945 NFL 615 (10)

Touches

1943 NFL 99 (10)

Yds/Touch

1943 NFL 7.6 (10)
1944 NFL 7.4 (10)
1945 NFL 8.3 (3)

Punt Returns

1943 NFL 9 (9)
1944 NFL 11 (4)
1945 NFL 10 (8)

Punt Return Yds

1943 NFL 120 (7)
1944 NFL 115 (8)
1945 NFL 124 (5)

Long Punt Return

1943 NFL 44 (2)
1945 NFL 41 (4)

Yds/Punt Return

1943 NFL 13.3 (4)
1944 NFL 10.5 (6)
1945 NFL 12.4 (3)

Extra Pt Made

1938 NFL 18 (1)
1939 NFL 6 (10)
1940 NFL 9 (8)
1941 NFL 19 (3)
1942 NFL 18 (4)
1943 NFL 26 (3)
1946 NFL 28 (3)
1947 NFL 30 (5)
Career 156 (130)

Extra Pt Att

1938 NFL 20 (1)
1940 NFL 9 (8)
1941 NFL 20 (3)
1942 NFL 18 (5)
1943 NFL 27 (4)
1946 NFL 30 (3)
1947 NFL 30 (7)
Career 162 (130)

Extra Point %

Career 96.296% (100)

Total Field Goals Made

1937 NFL 2 (6)
1938 NFL 5 (1)
1939 NFL 7 (1)
1940 NFL 5 (3)
1941 NFL 5 (2)
1942 NFL 3 (4)
1943 NFL 3 (1)
1944 NFL 1 (7)
1946 NFL 5 (5)
1947 NFL 7 (1)
Career 43 (156)

Field Goals Att

1938 NFL 9 (2)
1939 NFL 16 (1)
1940 NFL 8 (5)
1941 NFL 13 (2)
1942 NFL 11 (2)
1943 NFL 9 (2)
1944 NFL 4 (8)
1946 NFL 12 (3)
1947 NFL 16 (1)
Career 98 (135)

Field Goal %

1938 NFL 55.556% (1)
1939 NFL 43.750% (2)
1941 NFL 38.462% (2)
1942 NFL 27.273% (2)
1943 NFL 33.333% (1)
1946 NFL 41.667% (6)
1947 NFL 43.750% (4)
Career 41.837% (181)

Fumbles

1945 NFL 5 (7)

Interceptions

1941 NFL 4 (6)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1941 NFL 152 (1)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1938 NFL 1 (1)

Long Intercep. Return

1942 NFL 43 (5)

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

All-Pro Teams

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1938Int. News Service: 2nd Team All-NFL
1939Chicago Herald Am.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Int. News Service: 2nd Team All-NFL
1941Collyers Eye Mag.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1943Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st Team All-NFL
 Int. News Service: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1944Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st Team All-NFL
 Int. News Service: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL