Russ Francis

Russell Ross Francis

Position: TE
Height: 6-6 Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: April 3, 1953 in Seattle, WA
College: Oregon

Career AV: 68 (618th overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.

Russ Francis Full Season Stats

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Regular Season Gamelogs

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									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
1	1	Sun	Sep 4, 1988	box	W	NWE		NYJ	28	3																2	15	0	8	7.5	0
2	11	Sun	Nov 13, 1988	box	W	NWE	@	NYJ	14	13																1	16	0	16	16.0	0
3	12	Sun	Nov 20, 1988	box	W	NWE	@	MIA	6	3																3	40	0	22	13.3	0
4	13	Sun	Nov 27, 1988	box	L	NWE	@	IND	21	24																2	74	0	51	37.0	0
5	15	Sun	Dec 11, 1988	box	W	NWE		TAM	10	7																3	16	0	8	5.3	0
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
6	4	Sun	Oct 11, 1987	box	W	SFO	@	ATL	25	17																1	17	0	17	17.0	0
7	5	Sun	Oct 18, 1987	box	W	SFO		STL	34	28																6	46	0	17	7.7	0
8	6	Sun	Oct 25, 1987	box	W	SFO	@	NOR	24	22																1	3	0	3	3.0	0
9	7	Sun	Nov 1, 1987	box	W	SFO	@	RAM	31	10																6	65	0	19	10.8	0
10	8	Sun	Nov 8, 1987	box	W	SFO		HOU	27	20																6	44	0	9	7.3	0
11	9	Sun	Nov 15, 1987	box	L	SFO		NOR	24	26																1	16	0	16	16.0	0
12	10	Sun	Nov 22, 1987	box	W	SFO	@	TAM	24	10																1	11	0	11	11.0	0
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
13	1	Sun	Sep 7, 1986	box	W	SFO	@	TAM	31	7																6	91	0	23	15.2	0
14	2	Sun	Sep 14, 1986	box	L	SFO	@	RAM	13	16																4	28	0	11	7.0	0
15	3	Sun	Sep 21, 1986	box	W	SFO		NOR	26	17																2	28	0	19	14.0	0
16	4	Sun	Sep 28, 1986	box	W	SFO	@	MIA	31	16																1	15	0	15	15.0	0
17	5	Sun	Oct 5, 1986	box	W	SFO		IND	35	14																1	16	0	16	16.0	0
18	6	Sun	Oct 12, 1986	box	L	SFO		MIN	24	27																1	9	0	9	9.0	0
19	8	Sun	Oct 26, 1986	box	W	SFO	@	GNB	31	17																3	22	0	9	7.3	0
20	9	Sun	Nov 2, 1986	box	L	SFO	@	NOR	10	23																2	62	0	52	31.0	0
21	10	Sun	Nov 9, 1986	box	W	SFO		STL	43	17																3	35	0	16	11.7	0
22	11	Mon	Nov 17, 1986	box	L	SFO	@	WAS	6	14																2	17	0	9	8.5	0
23	12	Sun	Nov 23, 1986	box	W	SFO		ATL	20	0																1	13	0	13	13.0	0
24	13	Mon	Dec 1, 1986	box	L	SFO		NYG	17	21																5	39	0	12	7.8	0
25	14	Sun	Dec 7, 1986	box	W	SFO		NYJ	24	10																4	49	0	21	12.3	0
26	15	Sun	Dec 14, 1986	box	W	SFO	@	NWE	29	24																1	31	0	31	31.0	0
27	16	Fri	Dec 19, 1986	box	W	SFO		RAM	24	14																5	50	1	17	10.0	1
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
28	2	Sun	Sep 15, 1985	box	W	SFO		ATL	35	16																2	13	0	8	6.5	0
29	3	Sun	Sep 22, 1985	box	W	SFO	@	RAI	34	10																3	48	0	20	16.0	0
30	4	Sun	Sep 29, 1985	box	L	SFO		NOR	17	20																2	24	0	16	12.0	0
31	5	Sun	Oct 6, 1985	box	W	SFO	@	ATL	38	17																5	49	0	14	9.8	0
32	6	Sun	Oct 13, 1985	box	L	SFO		CHI	10	26																2	13	0	8	6.5	0
33	7	Sun	Oct 20, 1985	box	L	SFO	@	DET	21	23																2	9	0	6	4.5	0
34	8	Sun	Oct 27, 1985	box	W	SFO	@	RAM	28	14																5	44	0	12	8.8	0
35	9	Sun	Nov 3, 1985	box	W	SFO		PHI	24	13																2	22	0	16	11.0	0
36	10	Mon	Nov 11, 1985	box	L	SFO	@	DEN	16	17																1	25	0	25	25.0	0
37	11	Sun	Nov 17, 1985	box	W	SFO		KAN	31	3																5	48	1	15	9.6	1
38	12	Mon	Nov 25, 1985	box	W	SFO		SEA	19	6																2	38	0	24	19.0	0
39	13	Sun	Dec 1, 1985	box	W	SFO	@	WAS	35	8																4	48	1	20	12.0	1
40	14	Mon	Dec 9, 1985	box	L	SFO		RAM	20	27																2	13	0	13	6.5	0
41	15	Sun	Dec 15, 1985	box	W	SFO	@	NOR	31	19																2	27	1	17	13.5	1
42	16	Sun	Dec 22, 1985	box	W	SFO		DAL	31	16																5	57	0	13	11.4	0
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
43	1	Sun	Sep 2, 1984	box	W	SFO	@	DET	30	27																2	33	0	22	16.5	0
44	2	Mon	Sep 10, 1984	box	W	SFO		WAS	37	31																5	55	0	21	11.0	0
45	3	Sun	Sep 16, 1984	box	W	SFO		NOR	30	20																1	14	0	14	14.0	0
46	4	Sun	Sep 23, 1984	box	W	SFO	@	PHI	21	9																2	24	0	13	12.0	0
47	5	Sun	Sep 30, 1984	box	W	SFO		ATL	14	5																5	44	1	12	8.8	1
48	6	Mon	Oct 8, 1984	box	W	SFO	@	NYG	31	10																1	6	0	6	6.0	0
49	7	Sun	Oct 14, 1984	box	L	SFO		PIT	17	20																2	50	0	32	25.0	0
50	8	Sun	Oct 21, 1984	box	W	SFO	@	HOU	34	21																2	27	1	16	13.5	1
51	15	Sat	Dec 8, 1984	box	W	SFO		MIN	51	7																2	21	0	14	10.5	0
52	16	Fri	Dec 14, 1984	box	W	SFO		RAM	19	16																1	11	0	11	11.0	0
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
53	1	Sat	Sep 3, 1983	box	L	SFO		PHI	17	22																1	4	0	4	4.0	0
54	2	Thu	Sep 8, 1983	box	W	SFO	@	MIN	48	17																1	7	0	7	7.0	0
55	3	Sun	Sep 18, 1983	box	W	SFO	@	STL	42	27																3	43	1	25	14.3	1
56	4	Sun	Sep 25, 1983	box	W	SFO		ATL	24	20																2	4	0	9	2.0	0
57	5	Sun	Oct 2, 1983	box	W	SFO	@	NWE	33	13																3	44	1	19	14.7	1
58	6	Sun	Oct 9, 1983	box	L	SFO		RAM	7	10																2	12	0	8	6.0	0
59	8	Sun	Oct 23, 1983	box	W	SFO	@	RAM	45	35																1	13	0	13	13.0	0
60	9	Sun	Oct 30, 1983	box	L	SFO		NYJ	13	27																3	30	0	15	10.0	0
61	10	Sun	Nov 6, 1983	box	L	SFO		MIA	17	20																3	46	0	24	15.3	0
62	11	Sun	Nov 13, 1983	box	W	SFO		NOR	27	0																5	52	1	14	10.4	1
63	14	Sun	Dec 4, 1983	box	W	SFO		TAM	35	21																3	21	0	8	7.0	0
64	15	Sun	Dec 11, 1983	box	W	SFO	@	BUF	23	10																3	41	0	25	13.7	0
65	16	Mon	Dec 19, 1983	box	W	SFO		DAL	42	17																3	40	1	18	13.3	1
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
66	3	Sun	Nov 21, 1982	box	W	SFO	@	STL	31	20																1	6	1	6	6.0	1
67	4	Sun	Nov 28, 1982	box	L	SFO		NOR	20	23																4	33	1	17	8.3	1
68	5	Thu	Dec 2, 1982	box	W	SFO	@	RAM	30	24	1	1	45	0	0	45	45.0	100.0	118.7							2	26	0	15	13.0	0
69	6	Sat	Dec 11, 1982	box	L	SFO		SDG	37	41																4	55	0	26	13.8	0
70	7	Sun	Dec 19, 1982	box	L	SFO		ATL	7	17																2	27	0	22	13.5	0
71	8	Sun	Dec 26, 1982	box	W	SFO	@	KAN	26	13																8	95	0	22	11.9	0
72	9	Sun	Jan 2, 1983	box	L	SFO		RAM	20	21																2	36	0	23	18.0	0
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
73	1	Sun	Sep 7, 1980	box	W	NWE		CLE	34	17																1	14	0	14	14.0	0
74	3	Sun	Sep 21, 1980	box	W	NWE	@	SEA	37	31																3	38	0	19	12.7	0
75	4	Mon	Sep 29, 1980	box	W	NWE		DEN	23	14																3	45	0	21	15.0	0
76	5	Sun	Oct 5, 1980	box	W	NWE	@	NYJ	21	11																3	37	0	23	12.3	0
77	6	Sun	Oct 12, 1980	box	W	NWE		MIA	34	0																4	51	1	21	12.8	1
78	7	Sun	Oct 19, 1980	box	W	NWE	@	BAL	37	21																3	50	0	26	16.7	0
79	8	Sun	Oct 26, 1980	box	L	NWE	@	BUF	13	31																2	32	1	26	16.0	1
80	9	Sun	Nov 2, 1980	box	W	NWE		NYJ	34	21																3	69	1	33	23.0	1
81	10	Mon	Nov 10, 1980	box	L	NWE	@	HOU	34	38																5	86	2	25	17.2	2
82	11	Sun	Nov 16, 1980	box	L	NWE		RAM	14	17																1	5	0	5	5.0	0
83	12	Sun	Nov 23, 1980	box	W	NWE		BAL	47	21																1	16	0	16	16.0	0
84	13	Sun	Nov 30, 1980	box	L	NWE	@	SFO	17	21																4	68	0	21	17.0	0
85	14	Mon	Dec 8, 1980	box	L	NWE	@	MIA	13	16																2	50	1	38	25.0	1
86	15	Sun	Dec 14, 1980	box	W	NWE		BUF	24	2																4	49	1	25	12.3	1
87	16	Sun	Dec 21, 1980	box	W	NWE	@	NOR	38	27																2	54	1	39	27.0	1
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
88	1	Mon	Sep 3, 1979	box	L	NWE		PIT	13	16																5	53	1	22	10.6	1
89	2	Sun	Sep 9, 1979	box	W	NWE		NYJ	56	3																5	82	0	37	16.4	0
90	4	Sun	Sep 23, 1979	box	W	NWE		SDG	27	21																4	85	1	40	21.3	1
91	5	Mon	Oct 1, 1979	box	L	NWE	@	GNB	14	27																5	88	2	30	17.6	2
92	6	Sun	Oct 7, 1979	box	W	NWE		DET	24	17																2	36	0	28	18.0	0
93	7	Sun	Oct 14, 1979	box	W	NWE	@	CHI	27	7																4	39	1	24	9.8	1
94	8	Sun	Oct 21, 1979	box	W	NWE		MIA	28	13																4	34	0	11	8.5	0
95	11	Sun	Nov 11, 1979	box	L	NWE	@	DEN	10	45																3	16	0	6	5.3	0
96	12	Sun	Nov 18, 1979	box	W	NWE		BAL	50	21																2	48	0	44	24.0	0
97	13	Sun	Nov 25, 1979	box	L	NWE		BUF	13	16																2	27	0	16	13.5	0
98	14	Thu	Nov 29, 1979	box	L	NWE	@	MIA	24	39																3	49	0	29	16.3	0
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
99	2	Sun	Sep 10, 1978	box	W	NWE	@	STL	16	6																6	74	1	24	12.3	1
100	4	Sun	Sep 24, 1978	box	W	NWE	@	OAK	21	14																5	126	1	53	25.2	1
101	5	Sun	Oct 1, 1978	box	W	NWE		SDG	28	23																5	64	1	25	12.8	1
102	6	Sun	Oct 8, 1978	box	W	NWE		PHI	24	14																2	11	0	7	5.5	0
103	7	Sun	Oct 15, 1978	box	W	NWE	@	CIN	10	3																3	42	0	17	14.0	0
104	8	Sun	Oct 22, 1978	box	W	NWE		MIA	33	24																1	29	0	29	29.0	0
105	9	Sun	Oct 29, 1978	box	W	NWE		NYJ	55	21																4	33	1	15	8.3	1
106	10	Sun	Nov 5, 1978	box	W	NWE	@	BUF	14	10																2	26	0	18	13.0	0
107	11	Sun	Nov 12, 1978	box	L	NWE		HOU	23	26																1	13	0	13	13.0	0
108	13	Sun	Nov 26, 1978	box	W	NWE	@	BAL	35	14																1	5	0	5	5.0	0
109	14	Sun	Dec 3, 1978	box	L	NWE	@	DAL	10	17																2	34	0	22	17.0	0
110	15	Sun	Dec 10, 1978	box	W	NWE		BUF	26	24																3	38	0	20	12.7	0
111	16	Mon	Dec 18, 1978	box	L	NWE	@	MIA	3	23																4	48	0	24	12.0	0
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
112	1	Sun	Sep 18, 1977	box	W	NWE		KAN	21	17																3	38	0	22	12.7	0
113	2	Mon	Sep 26, 1977	box	L	NWE	@	CLE	27	30																2	34	1	28	17.0	1
114	3	Sun	Oct 2, 1977	box	L	NWE	@	NYJ	27	30																2	45	0	23	22.5	0
115	4	Sun	Oct 9, 1977	box	W	NWE		SEA	31	0																1	1	1	1	1.0	1
116	5	Sun	Oct 16, 1977	box	W	NWE	@	SDG	24	20																1	6	0	6	6.0	0
117	6	Sun	Oct 23, 1977	box	W	NWE		BAL	17	3																4	69	1	31	17.3	1
118	7	Sun	Oct 30, 1977	box	W	NWE		NYJ	24	13																1	19	0	19	19.0	0
119	14	Sun	Dec 18, 1977	box	L	NWE	@	BAL	24	30																2	17	1	12	8.5	1
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
120	1	Sun	Sep 12, 1976	box	L	NWE		BAL	13	27										1	4	0	4	4.0	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0
121	2	Sun	Sep 19, 1976	box	W	NWE		MIA	30	14																3	21	1	10	7.0	1
122	3	Sun	Sep 26, 1976	box	W	NWE	@	PIT	30	27																6	139	1	48	23.2	1
123	4	Sun	Oct 3, 1976	box	W	NWE		OAK	48	17																1	1	0	1	1.0	0
124	5	Sun	Oct 10, 1976	box	L	NWE	@	DET	10	30																2	15	0	11	7.5	0
125	6	Mon	Oct 18, 1976	box	W	NWE		NYJ	41	7										1	8	0	8	8.0	0	2	41	0	23	20.5	0
126	7	Sun	Oct 24, 1976	box	W	NWE	@	BUF	26	22																3	41	1	17	13.7	1
127	8	Sun	Oct 31, 1976	box	L	NWE	@	MIA	3	10																4	47	0	20	11.8	0
128	10	Sun	Nov 14, 1976	box	W	NWE	@	BAL	21	14																3	52	0	33	17.3	0
129	12	Sun	Nov 28, 1976	box	W	NWE		DEN	38	14																1	7	0	7	7.0	0
									Score		Passing									Rushing						Receiving
Rk	Week	Day	Date			Tm		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Y/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	TD
130	1	Sun	Sep 21, 1975	box	L	NWE		HOU	0	7																1	15	0	15	15.0	0
131	2	Sun	Sep 28, 1975	box	L	NWE		MIA	14	22																2	24	1	19	12.0	1
132	3	Sun	Oct 5, 1975	box	L	NWE	@	NYJ	7	36																3	89	1	42	29.7	1
133	4	Sun	Oct 12, 1975	box	L	NWE	@	CIN	10	27																3	30	0	16	10.0	0
134	5	Sun	Oct 19, 1975	box	W	NWE		BAL	21	10																2	32	0	18	16.0	0
135	6	Sun	Oct 26, 1975	box	W	NWE		SFO	24	16																3	36	0	22	12.0	0
136	7	Sun	Nov 2, 1975	box	L	NWE	@	STL	17	24																1	9	0	9	9.0	0
137	8	Sun	Nov 9, 1975	box	W	NWE	@	SDG	33	19																3	81	0	48	27.0	0
138	9	Sun	Nov 16, 1975	box	L	NWE		DAL	31	34																2	63	1	37	31.5	1
139	10	Sun	Nov 23, 1975	box	L	NWE	@	BUF	31	45																7	125	1	33	17.9	1
140	11	Mon	Dec 1, 1975	box	L	NWE	@	MIA	7	20																5	80	0	25	16.0	0
141	12	Sun	Dec 7, 1975	box	L	NWE		NYJ	28	30																1	6	0	6	6.0	0
142	13	Sun	Dec 14, 1975	box	L	NWE		BUF	14	34																2	46	0	27	23.0	0

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