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Paul Hornung

Paul Vernon Hornung

Position: HB-FB-QB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: December 23, 1935 in Louisville, KY
College: Notre Dame

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1986

2-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1957 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1957 22 GNB FB 12 0 60 319 3 72 5.3 26.6 5.0 6 34 5.7 0 16 0.5 2.8 353 3 2
1958 23 GNB FB 12 0 69 310 2 55 4.5 25.8 5.8 15 137 9.1 0 39 1.3 11.4 447 2 1
1959* 24 GNB LH 12 0 152 681 7 63 4.5 56.8 12.7 15 113 7.5 0 19 1.3 9.4 794 7 7
1960*+ 25 GNB HB 12 0 160 671 13 37 4.2 55.9 13.3 28 257 9.2 2 33 2.3 21.4 928 15 3
1961+ 26 GNB HB 12 0 127 597 8 54 4.7 49.8 10.6 15 145 9.7 2 34 1.3 12.1 742 10 1
1962 27 GNB HB 9 0 57 219 5 37 3.8 24.3 6.3 9 168 18.7 2 83 1.0 18.7 387 7 1
1964 29 GNB HB 14 0 103 415 5 40 4.0 29.6 7.4 9 98 10.9 0 40 0.6 7.0 513 5 4
1965 30 GNB HB 12 0 89 299 5 17 3.4 24.9 7.4 19 336 17.7 3 65 1.6 28.0 635 8 2
1966 31 GNB HB 9 0 76 200 2 9 2.6 22.2 8.4 14 192 13.7 3 44 1.6 21.3 392 5 1
Career 104 0 893 3711 50 72 4.2 35.7 8.6 130 1480 11.4 12 83 1.3 14.2 5191 62 22

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1957 22 GNB FB 12 0 4 0.0%
1958 23 GNB FB 12 0 21 11 52.4% 23 22 95.7%
1959* 24 GNB LH 12 0 17 7 41.2% 32 31 96.9%
1960*+ 25 GNB HB 12 0 7 3 6 5 9 4 5 3 1 28 15 53.6% 41 41 100.0%
1961+ 26 GNB HB 12 0 9 8 4 3 4 2 1 1 4 1 22 15 68.2% 41 41 100.0%
1962 27 GNB HB 9 0 5 4 2 1 1 2 1 10 6 60.0% 14 14 100.0%
1964 29 GNB HB 14 0 7 3 9 5 10 1 11 2 1 1 38 12 31.6% 43 41 95.3%
Career 104 0 28 18 21 14 24 7 19 7 6 2 140 66 47.1% 194 190 97.9%

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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 22 GNB FB 12 0 1 6 16.7 -1 0 0.0 0 0.0 -1 -0.2 -0.2 -1.0 -0.1 39.6
1958 23 GNB FB 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1959* 24 GNB LH 12 0 5 8 62.5 95 2 25.0 0 0.0 30 11.9 14.4 19.0 7.9 143.2
1960*+ 25 GNB HB 12 0 6 16 37.5 118 2 12.5 0 0.0 40 7.4 8.6 19.7 9.8 103.6
1961+ 26 GNB HB 12 0 3 5 60.0 42 1 20.0 0 0.0 20 8.4 10.4 14.0 3.5 126.7
1962 27 GNB HB 9 0 4 6 66.7 80 0 0.0 2 33.3 41 13.3 -1.7 20.0 8.9 70.1
1964 29 GNB HB 14 0 3 10 30.0 25 0 0.0 1 10.0 10 2.5 -2.0 8.3 1.8 0.0
1965 30 GNB HB 12 0 1 2 50.0 19 0 0.0 1 50.0 19 9.5 -13.0 19.0 1.6 43.7
1966 31 GNB HB 9 0 1 1 100.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.6 87.5
Career 104 0 24 55 43.6 383 5 9.1 4 7.3 41 7.0 4.6 16.0 3.7 67.5

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1958 23 GNB FB 12 0 10 248 0 39 24.8 695
Career 104 0 10 248 0 39 24.8 5439

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1957 22 GNB FB 12 0 2 0 0 0
1958 23 GNB FB 12 0 1 2 0 0
1959* 24 GNB LH 12 0 7 0 0 0
1960*+ 25 GNB HB 12 0 3 0 0 0
1961+ 26 GNB HB 12 0 1 0 0 0
1962 27 GNB HB 9 0 1 0 0 0
1964 29 GNB HB 14 0 4 1 0 0
1965 30 GNB HB 12 0 2 0 0 0
1966 31 GNB HB 9 0 1 0 0 0
Career 104 0 22 3 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1957 22 GNB FB 12 0 3 18
1958 23 GNB FB 12 0 2 22 11 67
1959* 24 GNB LH 12 0 7 31 7 94
1960*+ 25 GNB HB 12 0 13 2 41 15 176
1961+ 26 GNB HB 12 0 8 2 41 15 146
1962 27 GNB HB 9 0 5 2 14 6 74
1964 29 GNB HB 14 0 5 41 12 107
1965 30 GNB HB 12 0 5 3 48
1966 31 GNB HB 9 0 2 3 30
Career 104 0 50 12 190 66 760

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1961 NFL AP MVP
1961 NFL UPI MVP
1961 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)

Pro Bowls

1959
1960

1st-team All-Pro

1960
1961

Rushing Att

1959 NFL 152 (8)
1960 NFL 160 (7)

Rushing Yds

1959 NFL 681 (8)
1960 NFL 671 (7)
Career 3711 (193)

Rushing TD

1959 NFL 7 (4)
1960 NFL 13 (1-- 82)
1961 NFL 8 (3)
1964 NFL 5 (10)
1965 NFL 5 (9)
Career 50 (57)

Long Rush

1957 NFL 72 (2)
1959 NFL 63 (8)
1961 NFL 54 (9)

Yds/Rushing Att

1959 NFL 4.5 (10)
1961 NFL 4.7 (8)
Career 4.2 (153)

Rushing Yds/Game

1959 NFL 56.8 (8)
1960 NFL 55.9 (8)
1961 NFL 49.8 (10)

Long Reception

1962 NFL 83 (6)

Touchdowns

1960 NFL 15 (1-- 97)
1961 NFL 10 (8)
Career 62 (115)

Points Scored

1958 NFL 67 (7)
1959 NFL 94 (1)
1960 NFL 176 (1-- 2)
1961 NFL 146 (1-- 16)
1964 NFL 107 (4)
Career 760 (77)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1960 NFL 15 (1-- 95)
1961 NFL 10 (8)
Career 62 (113)

Touches

1959 NFL 167 (10)
1960 NFL 188 (6)

Yds/Touch

1965 NFL 5.9 (8)

Extra Pt Made

1959 NFL 31 (5)
1960 NFL 41 (2)
1961 NFL 41 (4)
1964 NFL 41 (3)
Career 190 (102)

Extra Pt Att

1959 NFL 32 (4)
1960 NFL 41 (2)
1961 NFL 41 (4)
1964 NFL 43 (3)
Career 194 (103)

Extra Point %

Career 97.938% (56)

Total Field Goals Made

1958 NFL 11 (5)
1959 NFL 7 (8)
1960 NFL 15 (2)
1961 NFL 15 (3)
1964 NFL 12 (10)
Career 66 (132)

Field Goals Att

1958 NFL 21 (6)
1959 NFL 17 (6)
1960 NFL 28 (2)
1961 NFL 22 (10)
1964 NFL 38 (1-- 75)
Career 140 (112)

Field Goal %

1958 NFL 52.381% (2)
1959 NFL 41.176% (9)
1960 NFL 53.571% (8)
1961 NFL 68.182% (2)
Career 47.143% (177)

Fumbles

1959 NFL 7 (4)

   

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1959 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1959 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1960 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1961 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL