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Jim Houston

James Edward Houston

Position: LB-DE
Height: 6-3    Weight: 240 lbs.

Born: November 3, 1937 in Massillon, OH
College: Ohio St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 67 (690th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM
All-Time Rank: #751. Marcus Stroud… #752. Tom Banks… #753. Carroll Dale… #754. JIM HOUSTON… #755. Tra Thomas… #756. Rob Moore… #757. Donnie Edwards… 

Defense & Fumbles

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 AV
1960 23 CLE lde 82 12 0 5
1961 24 CLE LDE 82 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
1962 25 CLE 82 14 0 1
1963 26 CLE LLB 82 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
1964* 27 CLE LLB 82 14 0 2 86 1 44 0 8
1965* 28 CLE LLB 82 12 0 2 32 0 28 0 0 0 2 0 0 10
1966 29 CLE LLB 82 14 0 2 27 0 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 10
1967 30 CLE LLB/mlb 82 13 0 3 97 2 79 0 0 0 1 3 0 8
1968 31 CLE LLB 82 14 0 3 11 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
1969* 32 CLE LLB 82 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
1970* 33 CLE LLB/mlb 82 14 0 1 25 0 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
1971 34 CLE LLB/mlb 82 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
1972 35 CLE mlb 82 14 0 4
Career 177 0 14 278 3 79 0 0 0 11 3 0 88

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1968 31 CLE LLB 82 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1971 34 CLE LLB/mlb 82 14 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Career 177 0 2 21 0 21 10.5 31

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1966 29 CLE LLB 82 14 0 1 1 100.0%
Career 177 0 1 1 100.0%

Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1966 29 CLE LLB 82 14 0 1 10 10.0 1 10 0.1 0.7 10 1 0
Career 177 0 1 10 10.0 1 10 0.0 0.1 10 1 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1964* 27 CLE LLB 82 14 0 1 1 6
1966 29 CLE LLB 82 14 0 1 1 1 7
1967 30 CLE LLB/mlb 82 13 0 2 2 12
Career 177 0 1 3 4 1 25

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?
NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Steve Zabel, Andra Davis, Mark Brown, John Tracey, Wayne Simmons, Harland Svare, Bill Roehnelt, Clay Matthews, Ted Bates, Emanuel King
4 Brandon Short, Harland Svare, Clay Matthews, Dave Edwards, John Anderson, Victor Hobson, Demorrio Williams, David Thornton, Anthony Bell, Barron Wortham
5 Andra Davis, Harland Svare, Thomas Davis, Tom Howard, Stan Blinka, Robert Jones, Broderick Thomas, Darrin Smith, Charlie Hall, John Bunting
6 Leo Sanford, Bruce Scholtz, George Koonce, Harland Svare, Dwayne Rudd, Dale Meinert, Eugene Lockhart, Ken Fantetti, Tom Howard, Mike Peterson
7 Bruce Scholtz, George Koonce, Leo Sanford, Tom Howard, E.J. Holub, Robert Jones, Joe Fortunato, Dale Meinert, Eugene Lockhart, Ken Fantetti
8 George Koonce, Robert Jones, Leo Sanford, Dave Edwards, Bruce Scholtz, Tom Howard, Roy Winston, Lee Woodall, Eugene Lockhart, Reggie Wilkes
9 George Koonce, Dhani Jones, Neal Olkewicz, Robert Jones, Will Witherspoon, Bob Brudzinski, Dave Edwards, Dale Meinert, Ted Washington, Kim Bokamper
10 Bob Brudzinski, Robert Jones, Neal Olkewicz, Dale Meinert, Doug Buffone, Darryl Talley, Bill Romanowski, Larry Stallings, Eddie Robinson, Galen Fiss
11 Robin Cole, Dale Meinert, Dave Edwards, Simon Fletcher, Darryl Talley, William Thomas, Galen Fiss, Matt Millen, Micheal Barrow, Gregg Bingham
12 Darryl Talley, Steve Nelson, Robin Cole, Matt Millen, Eddie Robinson, Gregg Bingham, John Anderson, Jim LeClair, Derek Smith, Larry Stallings
13 Darryl Talley, Steve Nelson, Matt Millen, Gregg Bingham, Larry Stallings, Doug Buffone, Marvcus Patton, Don Shinnick, Robin Cole, Eddie Robinson
Career Matt Millen, Gregg Bingham, Robin Cole, Doug Buffone, Marvcus Patton, Eddie Robinson, Darryl Talley, John Anderson, Jim LeClair, Don Shinnick

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1964
1965
1969
1970

Non-Offensive TDs
1964 NFL 1 (9)
1967 NFL 2 (4)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1964 NFL 1 (3)
1967 NFL 2 (2/26)
Career 3 (112)

Long Intercep. Return
1967 NFL 79 (3)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19641st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19651st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19652nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19652nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19651st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19661st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News