Joseph Ray Laws
Position: HB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 186 lbs.
Born: June 16, 1911 in Colfax, IA
College: Iowa
1-time Pro Bowler
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View Details For: 7 Regular Season TDs Scored / 1 Regular Season TD Thrown after 1939
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1934 | 23 | GNB | HB | 13 | 7 | 46 | 155 | 1 | 0 | 3.4 | 11.9 | 3.5 | 9 | 165 | 18.3 | 1 | 61 | 0.7 | 12.7 | 320 | 2 | 0 |
| 1935 | 24 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 24 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | 41 | 0.4 | 7.5 | 145 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1936 | 25 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 50 | 296 | 1 | 41 | 5.9 | 26.9 | 4.5 | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.9 | 12.0 | 428 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1937 | 26 | GNB | HB | 11 | 9 | 74 | 310 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 28.2 | 6.7 | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 0 | 19 | 0.9 | 11.0 | 431 | 1 | 0 |
| 1938 | 27 | GNB | HB | 10 | 7 | 60 | 253 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 25.3 | 6.0 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 1 | 17 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 308 | 1 | 0 |
| 1939* | 28 | GNB | 10 | 3 | 55 | 162 | 2 | 0 | 2.9 | 16.2 | 5.5 | 11 | 177 | 16.1 | 1 | 31 | 1.1 | 17.7 | 339 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1940 | 29 | GNB | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 | 24 | 1.7 | 20.0 | 81 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1941 | 30 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 21 | 58 | 0 | 10 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 1 | 18 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 106 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1942 | 31 | GNB | HB | 10 | 6 | 29 | 100 | 0 | 17 | 3.4 | 10.0 | 2.9 | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 1 | 28 | 0.6 | 9.6 | 196 | 1 | 0 |
| 1943 | 32 | GNB | RET | 10 | 2 | 43 | 232 | 0 | 31 | 5.4 | 23.2 | 4.3 | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 22 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 265 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | 33 | GNB | RET | 10 | 4 | 45 | 200 | 3 | 20 | 4.4 | 20.0 | 4.5 | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 1 | 29 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 261 | 4 | 0 |
| 1945 | 34 | GNB | HB | 10 | 6 | 16 | 82 | 0 | 20 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 93 | 0 | 2 |
| Career | 120 | 58 | 470 | 1932 | 9 | 41 | 4.1 | 16.1 | 3.9 | 79 | 1041 | 13.2 | 9 | 61 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 2973 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1941 | 30 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 26 | 25.0 | 184 | |
| 1942 | 31 | GNB | HB | 10 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 8.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 288 |
| 1943 | 32 | GNB | RET | 10 | 2 | 10 | 84 | 0 | 19 | 8.4 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 24 | 23.5 | 396 |
| 1944 | 33 | GNB | RET | 10 | 4 | 15 | 118 | 0 | 23 | 7.9 | 8 | 132 | 0 | 25 | 16.5 | 511 |
| 1945 | 34 | GNB | HB | 10 | 6 | 12 | 78 | 0 | 21 | 6.5 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 29 | 18.0 | 243 |
| Career | 120 | 58 | 46 | 339 | 1 | 23 | 7.4 | 19 | 362 | 0 | 29 | 19.1 | 3674 | |||
| 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 |
| 1941 | 30 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 1942 | 31 | GNB | HB | 10 | 6 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| 1943 | 32 | GNB | RET | 10 | 2 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 1944 | 33 | GNB | RET | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 1945 | 34 | GNB | HB | 10 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Career | 120 | 58 | 18 | 266 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1934 | 23 | GNB | HB | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -11.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1935 | 24 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 100.0 | |||||||
| 1936 | 25 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 22 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 22.0 | 2.0 | 89.6 | |||||||
| 1937 | 26 | GNB | HB | 11 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 42 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 3.8 | -3.5 | 8.4 | 3.8 | 46.6 | ||||||
| 1938 | 27 | GNB | HB | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -18.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1939* | 28 | GNB | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||||
| 1942 | 31 | GNB | HB | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 76 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 25.3 | 28.7 | 38.0 | 7.6 | 149.3 | ||||||
| 1944 | 33 | GNB | RET | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 15 | 3.8 | -7.5 | 15.0 | 1.5 | 3.1 | ||||||
| Career | 120 | 58 | 10 | 33 | 30.3 | 163 | 3 | 9.1 | 6 | 18.2 | 62 | 4.9 | -2.3 | 16.3 | 1.4 | 38.6 |
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1934 | 23 | GNB | HB | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1935 | 24 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1936 | 25 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1937 | 26 | GNB | HB | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1938 | 27 | GNB | HB | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1939* | 28 | GNB | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1940 | 29 | GNB | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1941 | 30 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1942 | 31 | GNB | HB | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1944 | 33 | GNB | RET | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| Career | 120 | 58 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 126 |
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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)