Keith Lincoln

Keith Payson Lincoln

Position: FB-HB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 215 lbs.

Born: May 8, 1939 in Reading, MI
College: Washington St. (school history)
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 2nd round (15th overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 5th round (61st overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 58 (1084th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 21, 2013 9:25AM

All-Time Rank: #942. Bill McPeak… #943. Tom Brookshier… #944. Marcus Stroud… #945. KEITH LINCOLN… #946. Adewale Ogunleye… #947. Eddie Brown… #948. Dave Costa…

All-Time Rank: #942. Bill McPeak… #943. Tom Brookshier… #944. Marcus Stroud… #945. KEITH LINCOLN… #946. Adewale Ogunleye… #947. Eddie Brown… #948. Dave Costa…

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	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	AV
1961	22	SDG		22	14		41	150	0	17	3.7	10.7	2.9	12	208	17.3	2	91	0.9	14.9	358	2	0	6
1962*	23	SDG	HB/PR	22	14		117	574	2	86	4.9	41.0	8.4	16	214	13.4	1	29	1.1	15.3	788	3	1	10
1963*+	24	SDG	FB/KR	22	14		128	826	5	76	6.5	59.0	9.1	24	325	13.5	3	39	1.7	23.2	1151	8	5	14
1964*+	25	SDG	FB/K	22	14		155	632	4	25	4.1	45.1	11.1	34	302	8.9	2	37	2.4	21.6	934	6	1	11
1965*	26	SDG		22	10		74	302	3	24	4.1	30.2	7.4	23	376	16.3	4	66	2.3	37.6	678	7	0	7
1966	27	SDG		22	14		58	214	1	23	3.7	15.3	4.1	14	264	18.9	2	67	1.0	18.9	478	3	1	7
1967*	28	BUF	HB	20	14	14	159	601	4	28	3.8	42.9	11.4	41	558	13.6	5	60	2.9	39.9	1159	9	3	10
1968	29	2TM			5		26	84	0	24	3.2	16.8	5.2	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.2	0.6	87	0	1	1
		BUF		20	4		26	84	0	24	3.2	21.0	6.5	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.3	0.8	87	0	1	1
		SDG		22	1		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0	0	0	0
Career					99	14	758	3383	19	86	4.5	34.2	7.7	165	2250	13.6	19	91	1.7	22.7	5633	38	12	66
7 yrs		SDG			81	0	573	2698	15	86	4.7	33.3	7.1	123	1689	13.7	14	91	1.5	20.9	4387	29	8	55
2 yrs		BUF			18	14	185	685	4	28	3.7	38.1	10.3	42	561	13.4	5	60	2.3	31.2	1246	9	4	11

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
1961	22	SDG		22	14		7	150	1	57	21.4	4	98	0	31	24.5	606
1962*	23	SDG	HB/PR	22	14		11	94	0	17	8.5	14	398	1	103	28.4	1280
1963*+	24	SDG	FB/KR	22	14		7	98	0	47	14.0	17	439	0	44	25.8	1688
1965*	26	SDG		22	10							2	46	0	27	23.0	724
1968	29	2TM			5							2	37	0	27	18.5	124
		SDG		22	1							2	37	0	27	18.5	37
Career					99		25	342	1	57	13.7	39	1018	1	103	26.1	6993

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
1964*+	25	SDG	FB/K	22	14		3	2	3	1	2	1	4	1			12	5	41.7%	17	16	94.1%
Career					99		3	2	3	1	2	1	4	1			12	5	41.7%	17	16	94.1%

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
1962*	23	SDG	HB/PR	22	14	2	5	40.0	43	2	40.0	0	0.0	23	8.6	16.6	21.5	3.1	110.8
1963*+	24	SDG	FB/KR	22	14	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1964*+	25	SDG	FB/K	22	14	2	4	50.0	61	1	25.0	0	0.0	53	15.3	20.3	30.5	4.4	135.4
1965*	26	SDG		22	10	2	3	66.7	65	1	33.3	1	33.3	34	21.7	13.3	32.5	6.5	109.7
1966	27	SDG		22	14	2	4	50.0	71	1	25.0	0	0.0	36	17.8	22.8	35.5	5.1	135.4
Career					99	8	17	47.1	240	5	29.4	1	5.9	53	14.1	17.4	30.0	2.4	108.5

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

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
1962*	23	SDG	HB/PR	22	14								0	1	0	0	0
1963*+	24	SDG	FB/KR	22	14								0	5	0	0	0
1964*+	25	SDG	FB/K	22	14								0	1	0	0	0
1966	27	SDG		22	14								0	1	0	0	0
1967*	28	BUF	HB	20	14	14							0	3	2	0	0
1968	29	2TM			5								0	1	0	0	0
		BUF		20	4								0	1	0	0	0
Career					99	14							0	12	2	0	0
7 yrs		SDG			81	0							0	8	0	0	0
2 yrs		BUF			18	14							0	4	2	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
1961	22	SDG		22	14			2	1		3			18
1962*	23	SDG	HB/PR	22	14		2	1		1	4			24
1963*+	24	SDG	FB/KR	22	14		5	3			8			48
1964*+	25	SDG	FB/K	22	14		4	2			6	16	5	67
1965*	26	SDG		22	10		3	4			7			42
1966	27	SDG		22	14		1	2			3			18
1967*	28	BUF	HB	20	14	14	4	5			9			54
Career					99	14	19	19	1	1	40	16	5	271
7 yrs		SDG			81	0	15	14	1	1	31	16	5	217
2 yrs		BUF			18	14	4	5			9			54

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1962 1963 1964 1965 1967	First-Team All-Pro 1963 1964	Approximate Value 1963 AFL 14 (6)	Rushing Att 1962 AFL 117 (8) 1963 AFL 128 (9) 1964 AFL 155 (6) 1967 AFL 159 (5)
Rushing Yds 1962 AFL 574 (7) 1963 AFL 826 (4) 1964 AFL 632 (6) 1967 AFL 601 (6)	Rushing TD 1963 AFL 5 (4) 1964 AFL 4 (7) 1967 AFL 4 (7)	Long Rush 1962 AFL 86 (1/39) 1963 AFL 76 (1)	Yds/Rushing Att 1962 AFL 4.9 (5) 1963 AFL 6.5 (1/16) 1964 AFL 4.1 (7) 1967 AFL 3.8 (10) Career 4.5 (79)
Rushing Yds/Game 1962 AFL 41.0 (8) 1963 AFL 59.0 (4) 1964 AFL 45.1 (6) 1967 AFL 42.9 (9)	Receiving TD 1967 AFL 5 (10)	Long Reception 1961 AFL 91 (1/74)	Touchdowns 1963 AFL 8 (10) 1965 AFL 7 (9) 1967 AFL 9 (8)
Points Scored 1964 AFL 67 (8)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1963 AFL 8 (10) 1965 AFL 7 (8) 1967 AFL 9 (8)	Non-Offensive TDs 1961 AFL 1 (9) 1962 AFL 1 (4)	Yds From Scrimmage 1963 AFL 1151 (7) 1967 AFL 1159 (6)
All-Purpose Yds 1962 AFL 1280 (10) 1963 AFL 1688 (3) 1967 AFL 1159 (9)	Touches 1962 AFL 158 (9) 1963 AFL 176 (7) 1964 AFL 189 (8) 1967 AFL 200 (6)	Yds/Touch 1962 AFL 8.1 (4) 1963 AFL 9.6 (2) 1965 AFL 7.3 (2) 1967 AFL 5.8 (8)	Kick Returns 1963 AFL 17 (9)
Kick Return Yds 1962 AFL 398 (10) 1963 AFL 439 (8)	Kick Return TD 1962 AFL 1 (1/67) Career 1 (117)	Long Kick Return 1962 AFL 103 (1/33)	Yds/Kick Return 1962 AFL 28.4 (4) 1963 AFL 25.8 (3)
Punt Returns 1961 AFL 7 (9) 1962 AFL 11 (8)	Punt Return Yds 1961 AFL 150 (5) 1962 AFL 94 (9) 1963 AFL 98 (10)	Punt Return TD 1961 AFL 1 (2/97) Career 1 (155)	Long Punt Return 1961 AFL 57 (3) 1963 AFL 47 (5)
Kick & Punt Returns 1962 AFL 25 (7) 1963 AFL 24 (9)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1962 AFL 492 (9) 1963 AFL 537 (9)	Extra Pt Made 1964 AFL 16 (7)	Extra Pt Att 1964 AFL 17 (7)
Total Field Goals Made 1964 AFL 5 (9)	Field Goals Att 1964 AFL 12 (8)	Field Goal % 1964 AFL 41.667% (8)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1963	1st Team	All-AFL	AFL
1963	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1963	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1963	2nd Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1963	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	AFL
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI

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