Howard Ferguson Jr.
Position: FB-HB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: August 5, 1930 in New Iberia, LA
College: none
1-time Pro Bowler
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View Details For: 13 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1953 | 23 | GNB | FB | 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 |
| 1954 | 24 | GNB | FB | 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 |
| 1955* | 25 | GNB | FB | 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 |
| 1956 | 26 | GNB | FB | 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 |
| 1957 | 27 | GNB | 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 | |
| 1958 | 28 | GNB | 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 | |
| 1960 | 30 | LAC | FB | 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 |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1953 | 23 | GNB | FB | 11 | 0 | 7 | 123 | 0 | 30 | 17.6 | 343 | |||||
| 1954 | 24 | GNB | FB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 15.5 | 705 | |||||
| 1955* | 25 | GNB | FB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 1032 | |||||
| 1956 | 26 | GNB | FB | 11 | 0 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 34 | 16.6 | 664 | |||||
| Career | 79 | 0 | 15 | 257 | 0 | 34 | 17.1 | 4062 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1953 | 23 | GNB | FB | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 24 | GNB | FB | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1955* | 25 | GNB | FB | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1956 | 26 | GNB | FB | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 27 | GNB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1958 | 28 | GNB | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | LAC | FB | 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 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1957 | 27 | GNB | 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 | 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 |
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1955* | 25 | GNB | FB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 27 | GNB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 28 | GNB | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | LAC | FB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 36 | |||||||||
| Career | 79 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | GNB | 65 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 1 yr | SDG | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
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1955 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1955 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL 1955 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |