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Howie Ferguson

Howard Ferguson Jr.

Position: FB-HB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: August 5, 1930 in New Iberia, LA
College: none

Career AV: 33 (2710th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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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
1953 23 GNB FB 37 11 0 52 134 0 12 2.6 12.2 4.7 15 86 5.7 0 23 1.4 7.8 220 0 4 5
1954 24 GNB FB 37 12 0 83 276 0 25 3.3 23.0 6.9 41 398 9.7 0 49 3.4 33.2 674 0 8 7
1955* 25 GNB FB 37 12 0 192 859 4 57 4.5 71.6 16.0 22 153 7.0 0 16 1.8 12.8 1012 4 8 12
1956 26 GNB FB 37 11 0 99 367 0 24 3.7 33.4 9.0 22 214 9.7 0 25 2.0 19.5 581 0 6 7
1957 27 GNB 37 12 0 59 216 1 40 3.7 18.0 4.9 15 107 7.1 1 17 1.3 8.9 323 2 2 1
1958 28 GNB 37 7 0 59 268 1 29 4.5 38.3 8.4 12 121 10.1 0 27 1.7 17.3 389 1 1 1
1960 30 LAC FB 37 14 0 126 438 4 30 3.5 31.3 9.0 21 168 8.0 2 26 1.5 12.0 606 6 6 3
Career 79 0 670 2558 10 57 3.8 32.4 8.5 148 1247 8.4 3 49 1.9 15.8 3805 13 35 36
6 yrs GNB 65 0 544 2120 6 57 3.9 32.6 8.4 127 1079 8.5 1 49 2.0 16.6 3199 7 29 33
1 yr SDG 14 0 126 438 4 30 3.5 31.3 9.0 21 168 8.0 2 26 1.5 12.0 606 6 6 3

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
1953 23 GNB FB 37 11 0 7 123 0 30 17.6 343
1954 24 GNB FB 37 12 0 2 31 0 22 15.5 705
1955* 25 GNB FB 37 12 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 1032
1956 26 GNB FB 37 11 0 5 83 0 34 16.6 664
Career 79 0 15 257 0 34 17.1 4062

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
1953 23 GNB FB 37 11 0 4 1 0 0
1954 24 GNB FB 37 12 0 8 1 0 0
1955* 25 GNB FB 37 12 0 8 1 0 0
1956 26 GNB FB 37 11 0 6 3 0 0
1957 27 GNB 37 12 0 2 0 0 0
1958 28 GNB 37 7 0 1 1 0 0
1960 30 LAC FB 37 14 0 6 0 0 0
Career 79 0 35 7 0 0
6 yrs GNB 65 0 29 7 0 0
1 yr SDG 14 0 6 0 0 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%
1957 27 GNB 37 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1958 28 GNB 37 7 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 79 0 0 2 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
1955* 25 GNB FB 37 12 0 4 4 24
1957 27 GNB 37 12 0 1 1 2 12
1958 28 GNB 37 7 0 1 1 6
1960 30 LAC FB 37 14 0 4 2 6 36
Career 79 0 10 3 13 78
6 yrs GNB 65 0 6 1 7 42
1 yr SDG 14 0 4 2 6 36

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Pro Bowls

1955

Rushing Att

1955 NFL 192 (2)
1960 AFL 126 (8)

Rushing Yds

1955 NFL 859 (2)

Long Rush

1955 NFL 57 (6)

Yds/Rushing Att

1955 NFL 4.5 (8)

Rushing Yds/Game

1955 NFL 71.6 (3)

Yds From Scrimmage

1955 NFL 1012 (2)

All-Purpose Yds

1955 NFL 1032 (8)

Touches

1955 NFL 215 (2)

Fumbles

1954 NFL 8 (3)
1955 NFL 8 (3)
1956 NFL 6 (6)

Fumbles Recovered

1956 NFL 3 (3)

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

All-Pro Teams

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1955Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL