Thomas Cyril Mason
Position: RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 196 lbs.
Born: July 8, 1939 in Lake Charles, LA
College: Tulane
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1961 Draft
Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the AFL 1961 Draft
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View Details For: 45 Regular Season TDs Scored / 2 Regular Season TDs Thrown
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1961 | 22 | MIN | RET | 13 | 0 | 60 | 226 | 3 | 21 | 3.8 | 17.4 | 4.6 | 20 | 122 | 6.1 | 0 | 18 | 1.5 | 9.4 | 348 | 3 | 7 |
| 1962* | 23 | MIN | HB | 14 | 11 | 167 | 740 | 2 | 71 | 4.4 | 52.9 | 11.9 | 36 | 603 | 16.8 | 6 | 74 | 2.6 | 43.1 | 1343 | 8 | 9 |
| 1963*+ | 24 | MIN | HB | 13 | 13 | 166 | 763 | 7 | 70 | 4.6 | 58.7 | 12.8 | 40 | 365 | 9.1 | 2 | 41 | 3.1 | 28.1 | 1128 | 9 | 14 |
| 1964* | 25 | MIN | HB | 13 | 12 | 169 | 691 | 4 | 51 | 4.1 | 53.2 | 13.0 | 26 | 239 | 9.2 | 1 | 29 | 2.0 | 18.4 | 930 | 5 | 9 |
| 1965 | 26 | MIN | HB | 10 | 9 | 141 | 597 | 10 | 26 | 4.2 | 59.7 | 14.1 | 22 | 321 | 14.6 | 1 | 72 | 2.2 | 32.1 | 918 | 11 | 9 |
| 1966 | 27 | MIN | HB | 7 | 6 | 58 | 235 | 2 | 52 | 4.1 | 33.6 | 8.3 | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 1 | 17 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 274 | 3 | 6 |
| 1967 | 28 | RAM | 13 | 0 | 63 | 213 | 0 | 16 | 3.4 | 16.4 | 4.8 | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 0 | 24 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 283 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1968 | 29 | RAM | hb | 12 | 7 | 108 | 395 | 3 | 19 | 3.7 | 32.9 | 9.0 | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 0 | 31 | 1.3 | 12.0 | 539 | 3 | 2 |
| 1969 | 30 | RAM | 13 | 0 | 33 | 135 | 1 | 17 | 4.1 | 10.4 | 2.5 | 11 | 185 | 16.8 | 1 | 67 | 0.8 | 14.2 | 320 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 31 | RAM | 6 | 0 | 44 | 123 | 0 | 13 | 2.8 | 20.5 | 7.3 | 12 | 127 | 10.6 | 1 | 32 | 2.0 | 21.2 | 250 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1971 | 32 | WAS | 10 | 1 | 31 | 85 | 0 | 11 | 2.7 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 0 | 18 | 1.2 | 10.9 | 194 | 0 | 2 | |
| Career | 124 | 59 | 1040 | 4203 | 32 | 71 | 4.0 | 33.9 | 8.4 | 214 | 2324 | 10.9 | 13 | 74 | 1.7 | 18.7 | 6527 | 45 | 61 | |||
| 6 yrs | MIN | 70 | 51 | 761 | 3252 | 28 | 71 | 4.3 | 46.5 | 10.9 | 151 | 1689 | 11.2 | 11 | 74 | 2.2 | 24.1 | 4941 | 39 | 54 | ||
| 4 yrs | STL | 44 | 7 | 248 | 866 | 4 | 19 | 3.5 | 19.7 | 5.6 | 51 | 526 | 10.3 | 2 | 67 | 1.2 | 12.0 | 1392 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 1 yr | WAS | 10 | 1 | 31 | 85 | 0 | 11 | 2.7 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 0 | 18 | 1.2 | 10.9 | 194 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1961 | 22 | MIN | RET | 13 | 0 | 14 | 146 | 0 | 23 | 10.4 | 25 | 603 | 0 | 42 | 24.1 | 1097 |
| 1962* | 23 | MIN | HB | 14 | 11 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 16 | 8.7 | 12 | 301 | 0 | 42 | 25.1 | 1696 |
| 1963*+ | 24 | MIN | HB | 13 | 13 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 15.8 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 21 | 20.3 | 1252 |
| 1964* | 25 | MIN | HB | 13 | 12 | 10 | 150 | 0 | 45 | 15.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 25 | 18.0 | 1116 |
| 1965 | 26 | MIN | HB | 10 | 9 | 9 | 63 | 0 | 17 | 7.0 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 26 | 22.0 | 1047 |
| 1966 | 27 | MIN | HB | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 283 | |||||
| Career | 124 | 59 | 46 | 483 | 0 | 45 | 10.5 | 45 | 1067 | 0 | 42 | 23.7 | 8077 | |||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1961 | 22 | MIN | RET | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| 1962* | 23 | MIN | HB | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1964* | 25 | MIN | HB | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 30 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 40.0 | 30.0 | 2.3 | 158.3 | ||||||
| 1965 | 26 | MIN | HB | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1967 | 28 | RAM | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 65 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 21.7 | 25.0 | 32.5 | 5.0 | 149.3 | |||||||
| 1968 | 29 | RAM | hb | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| Career | 124 | 59 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 95 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 22.2 | 51 | 10.6 | 2.8 | 31.7 | 0.8 | 73.8 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| 6 yrs | MIN | 70 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 30 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 30 | 7.5 | -12.5 | 30.0 | 0.4 | 58.3 | ||||||||
| 4 yrs | STL | 44 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 65 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 32.5 | 1.5 | 127.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 1961 | 22 | MIN | RET | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1962* | 23 | MIN | HB | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1963*+ | 24 | MIN | HB | 13 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1964* | 25 | MIN | HB | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1965 | 26 | MIN | HB | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1966 | 27 | MIN | HB | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1967 | 28 | RAM | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1968 | 29 | RAM | hb | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 31 | RAM | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1971 | 32 | WAS | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 124 | 59 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | MIN | 70 | 51 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | STL | 44 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | WAS | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1961 | 22 | MIN | RET | 13 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1962* | 23 | MIN | HB | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 48 | |||||||||
| 1963*+ | 24 | MIN | HB | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 54 | |||||||||
| 1964* | 25 | MIN | HB | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1965 | 26 | MIN | HB | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 66 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 27 | MIN | HB | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1968 | 29 | RAM | hb | 12 | 7 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 30 | RAM | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 31 | RAM | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 124 | 59 | 32 | 13 | 270 | ||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | MIN | 70 | 51 | 28 | 11 | 234 | |||||||||||
| 4 yrs | STL | 44 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
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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)
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1963 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf. 1963 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1963 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1963 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1963 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1964 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL 1964 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |