Lester Andrew Josephson
Position: RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 207 lbs.
Born: July 29, 1942 in Minneota, MN
College: Augustana (SD)
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 49 (1614th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #1361. Derland Moore… #1362. Bill Mathis… #1363. Joe Walter… #1364. LES JOSEPHSON… #1365. Mike Harden… #1366. Carl Taseff… #1367. Jon Giesler… |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1964 | 22 | RAM | FB | 34 | 14 | 96 | 451 | 3 | 75 | 4.7 | 32.2 | 6.9 | 21 | 269 | 12.8 | 1 | 58 | 1.5 | 19.2 | 720 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1965 | 23 | RAM | HB | 34 | 13 | 71 | 225 | 0 | 18 | 3.2 | 17.3 | 5.5 | 18 | 169 | 9.4 | 0 | 30 | 1.4 | 13.0 | 394 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1966 | 24 | RAM | 34 | 14 | 14 | 97 | 0 | 14 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1967* | 25 | RAM | HB | 34 | 14 | 178 | 800 | 4 | 27 | 4.5 | 57.1 | 12.7 | 37 | 400 | 10.8 | 4 | 48 | 2.6 | 28.6 | 1200 | 8 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1969 | 27 | RAM | FB | 34 | 14 | 14 | 124 | 461 | 0 | 17 | 3.7 | 32.9 | 8.9 | 32 | 295 | 9.2 | 2 | 51 | 2.3 | 21.1 | 756 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1970 | 28 | RAM | FB | 34 | 12 | 12 | 150 | 640 | 5 | 23 | 4.3 | 53.3 | 12.5 | 44 | 427 | 9.7 | 0 | 30 | 3.7 | 35.6 | 1067 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 1971 | 29 | RAM | FB | 34 | 14 | 9 | 99 | 449 | 3 | 57 | 4.5 | 32.1 | 7.1 | 26 | 230 | 8.8 | 2 | 29 | 1.9 | 16.4 | 679 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1972 | 30 | RAM | 34 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 75 | 0 | 13 | 4.2 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 1 | 34 | 1.8 | 21.3 | 245 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1973 | 31 | RAM | 34 | 14 | 36 | 174 | 2 | 14 | 4.8 | 12.4 | 2.6 | 174 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1974 | 32 | RAM | 34 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 129 | 35 | 797 | 3407 | 17 | 75 | 4.3 | 26.4 | 6.2 | 194 | 1970 | 10.2 | 11 | 58 | 1.5 | 15.3 | 5377 | 28 | 22 | 56 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||
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| 1965 | 23 | RAM | HB | 34 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 15 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 15.0 | 1.2 | 114.6 | |||||||||
| 1967* | 25 | RAM | HB | 34 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 24 | 9.4 | 0.4 | 23.5 | 3.4 | 35.0 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 28 | RAM | FB | 34 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 2.1 | 118.7 | 1 | 1 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 50.0 | |||
| Career | 129 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 87 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 25 | 10.9 | 7.8 | 21.8 | 0.7 | 89.1 | 1 | 1 | 9.56 | 6.78 | 11.1 |
Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1964 | 22 | RAM | FB | 34 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1965 | 23 | RAM | HB | 34 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1966 | 24 | RAM | 34 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1967* | 25 | RAM | HB | 34 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 27 | RAM | FB | 34 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 28 | RAM | FB | 34 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1971 | 29 | RAM | FB | 34 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1972 | 30 | RAM | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 129 | 35 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1964 | 22 | RAM | FB | 34 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1966 | 24 | RAM | 34 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1967* | 25 | RAM | HB | 34 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 27 | RAM | FB | 34 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 28 | RAM | FB | 34 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1971 | 29 | RAM | FB | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1972 | 30 | RAM | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | 31 | RAM | 34 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Career | 129 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 168 |
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