James Linwood Dawson
Position: TE
Height: 6-3 Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: June 24, 1959 in Norfolk, VA
College: North Carolina St. (school history)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 8th round (212th overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 21 (4594th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2012.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||
| 1 | 1981 | 14 | 1981-12-06 | 22-165 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 14-24 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1981 | 15 | 1981-12-13 | 22-172 | NWE | BUF | L 10-19 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1981 | 16 | 1981-12-20 | 22-179 | NWE | @ | BAL | L 21-23 | 2 | 56 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||
| 4 | 1982 | 4 | 1982-11-28 | 23-157 | NWE | HOU | W 29-21 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1982 | 5 | 1982-12-05 | 23-164 | NWE | @ | CHI | L 13-26 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 1982 | 6 | 1982-12-12 | 23-171 | NWE | MIA | W 3-0 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1982 | 7 | 1982-12-19 | 23-178 | NWE | @ | SEA | W 16-0 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 1982 | 8 | 1982-12-26 | 23-185 | NWE | @ | PIT | L 14-37 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 1982 | 9 | 1983-01-02 | 23-192 | NWE | BUF | W 30-19 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||
| 10 | 1983 | 1 | 1983-09-04 | 24-072 | NWE | BAL | L 23-29 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 1983 | 2 | 1983-09-11 | 24-079 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 24-34 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | 1983 | 3 | 1983-09-18 | 24-086 | NWE | NYJ | W 23-13 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 1983 | 4 | 1983-09-25 | 24-093 | NWE | @ | PIT | W 28-23 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 1983 | 11 | 1983-11-13 | 24-142 | NWE | MIA | W 17-6 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 1983 | 12 | 1983-11-20 | 24-149 | NWE | CLE | L 0-30 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 1983 | 13 | 1983-11-27 | 24-156 | NWE | @ | NYJ | L 3-26 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||
| 17 | 1984 | 1 | 1984-09-02 | 25-070 | NWE | @ | BUF | W 21-17 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 1984 | 2 | 1984-09-09 | 25-077 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 7-28 | 4 | 35 | 8.75 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 19 | 1984 | 3 | 1984-09-16 | 25-084 | NWE | SEA | W 38-23 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 1984 | 4 | 1984-09-23 | 25-091 | NWE | WAS | L 10-26 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 1984 | 5 | 1984-09-30 | 25-098 | NWE | @ | NYJ | W 28-21 | 6 | 84 | 14.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 22 | 1984 | 6 | 1984-10-07 | 25-105 | NWE | @ | CLE | W 17-16 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 1984 | 8 | 1984-10-21 | 25-119 | NWE | MIA | L 24-44 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 1984 | 9 | 1984-10-28 | 25-126 | NWE | NYJ | W 30-20 | 5 | 56 | 11.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 1984 | 10 | 1984-11-04 | 25-133 | NWE | @ | DEN | L 19-26 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 1984 | 11 | 1984-11-11 | 25-140 | NWE | BUF | W 38-10 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 1984 | 12 | 1984-11-18 | 25-147 | NWE | @ | IND | W 50-17 | 5 | 53 | 10.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 1984 | 13 | 1984-11-22 | 25-151 | NWE | @ | DAL | L 17-20 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 1984 | 14 | 1984-12-02 | 25-161 | NWE | STL | L 10-33 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 30 | 1984 | 16 | 1984-12-16 | 25-175 | NWE | IND | W 16-10 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||
| 31 | 1985 | 1 | 1985-09-08 | 26-076 | NWE | GNB | W 26-20 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | 1985 | 3 | 1985-09-22 | 26-090 | NWE | @ | BUF | W 17-14 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 1985 | 5 | 1985-10-06 | 26-104 | NWE | @ | CLE | L 20-24 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 1985 | 7 | 1985-10-20 | 26-118 | NWE | NYJ | W 20-13 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | 1985 | 8 | 1985-10-27 | 26-125 | NWE | @ | TAM | W 32-14 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 1985 | 10 | 1985-11-10 | 26-139 | NWE | IND | W 34-15 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | 1985 | 11 | 1985-11-17 | 26-146 | NWE | @ | SEA | W 20-13 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 1985 | 12 | 1985-11-24 | 26-153 | NWE | @ | NYJ | L 13-16 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 1985 | 14 | 1985-12-08 | 26-167 | NWE | DET | W 23-6 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | 1985 | 15 | 1985-12-16 | 26-175 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 27-30 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | 1985 | 16 | 1985-12-22 | 26-181 | NWE | CIN | W 34-23 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||
| 42 | 1987 | 1 | 1987-09-13 | 28-081 | NWE | MIA | W 28-21 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | 1987 | 6 | 1987-10-25 | 28-123 | NWE | @ | IND | L 16-30 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 1987 | 8 | 1987-11-08 | 28-137 | NWE | @ | NYG | L 10-17 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | 1987 | 9 | 1987-11-15 | 28-144 | NWE | DAL | L 17-23 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | 1987 | 10 | 1987-11-22 | 28-151 | NWE | IND | W 24-0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | 1987 | 11 | 1987-11-29 | 28-158 | NWE | PHI | L 31-34 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | 1987 | 12 | 1987-12-06 | 28-165 | NWE | @ | DEN | L 20-31 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | 1987 | 14 | 1987-12-20 | 28-179 | NWE | @ | BUF | W 13-7 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||
| 50 | 1988 | 5 | 1988-10-02 | 29-100 | NWE | IND | W 21-17 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 51 | 1988 | 6 | 1988-10-09 | 29-107 | NWE | @ | GNB | L 3-45 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | 1988 | 7 | 1988-10-16 | 29-114 | NWE | CIN | W 27-21 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | 1988 | 8 | 1988-10-23 | 29-121 | NWE | @ | BUF | L 20-23 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | 1988 | 9 | 1988-10-30 | 29-128 | NWE | CHI | W 30-7 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||
| 55 | 1989 | 3 | 1989-09-24 | 30-092 | NWE | SEA | L 3-24 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 56 | 1989 | 4 | 1989-10-01 | 30-099 | NWE | @ | BUF | L 10-31 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | 1989 | 9 | 1989-11-05 | 30-134 | NWE | NYJ | L 26-27 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 58 | 1989 | 12 | 1989-11-26 | 30-155 | NWE | @ | RAI | L 21-24 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | 1989 | 15 | 1989-12-17 | 30-176 | NWE | @ | PIT | L 10-28 | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 Games | 117 | 1233 | 10.54 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||
| Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||
| 1 | 1982 | 10 | 1983-01-08 | 23-198 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 13-28 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||
| 2 | 1985 | 17 | 1985-12-28 | 26-187 | NWE | @ | NYJ | W 26-14 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1985 | 18 | 1986-01-05 | 26-195 | NWE | @ | RAI | W 27-20 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1985 | 19 | 1986-01-12 | 26-202 | NWE | @ | MIA | W 31-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1985 | 20 | 1986-01-26 | 26-216 | NWE | N | CHI | L 10-46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 Games | 7 | 82 | 11.71 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||