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Bill Mathis

William Hart Mathis

Position: FB-HB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: December 10, 1938 in Rocky Mount, NC
College: Clemson

Career AV: 23 (3890th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 8th round (88th overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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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
1960 22 NYT FB 31 14 0 92 307 2 17 3.3 21.9 6.6 18 103 5.7 0 24 1.3 7.4 410 2 2 3
1961*+ 23 NYT FB 31 14 0 202 846 7 30 4.2 60.4 14.4 12 42 3.5 1 14 0.9 3.0 888 8 3 6
1962 24 NYT FB 31 11 0 71 245 3 41 3.5 22.3 6.5 6 32 5.3 0 14 0.5 2.9 277 3 1 3
1963* 25 NYJ 31 14 0 107 268 1 16 2.5 19.1 7.6 18 177 9.8 1 33 1.3 12.6 445 2 1 2
1964 26 NYJ HB 31 14 0 105 305 4 31 2.9 21.8 7.5 4 39 9.8 0 15 0.3 2.8 344 4 0 4
1965 27 NYJ HB 31 14 0 147 604 5 79 4.1 43.1 10.5 17 242 14.2 1 32 1.2 17.3 846 6 2 5
1966 28 NYJ 31 14 0 72 208 2 23 2.9 14.9 5.1 22 379 17.2 1 70 1.6 27.1 587 3 2 1
1967 29 NYJ 31 14 0 78 243 4 18 3.1 17.4 5.6 25 429 17.2 3 38 1.8 30.6 672 7 1 1
1968 30 NYJ 31 14 0 74 208 5 16 2.8 14.9 5.3 9 149 16.6 1 31 0.6 10.6 357 6 1 1
1969 31 NYJ 31 14 0 96 355 4 27 3.7 25.4 6.9 18 183 10.2 1 35 1.3 13.1 538 5 0 1
Career 137 0 1044 3589 37 79 3.4 26.2 7.6 149 1775 11.9 9 70 1.1 13.0 5364 46 13 27

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1963* 25 NYJ 31 14 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 456
1964 26 NYJ HB 31 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 344
Career 137 0 2 11 0 11 5.5 5375

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1960 22 NYT FB 31 14 0 2 2 12
1961*+ 23 NYT FB 31 14 0 7 1 8 48
1962 24 NYT FB 31 11 0 3 3 18
1963* 25 NYJ 31 14 0 1 1 2 12
1964 26 NYJ HB 31 14 0 4 4 24
1965 27 NYJ HB 31 14 0 5 1 6 36
1966 28 NYJ 31 14 0 2 1 3 18
1967 29 NYJ 31 14 0 4 3 7 2 46
1968 30 NYJ 31 14 0 5 1 6 1 38
1969 31 NYJ 31 14 0 4 1 5 30
Career 137 0 37 9 46 3 282

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Pro Bowls

1961
1963

First-Team All-Pro

1961

Rushing Att

1961 AFL 202 (1)
1963 AFL 107 (10)
1965 AFL 147 (7)
Career 1044 (148)

Rushing Yds

1961 AFL 846 (2)
1965 AFL 604 (7)

Rushing TD

1961 AFL 7 (3)
1962 AFL 3 (8)
1964 AFL 4 (7)
1965 AFL 5 (5)
1967 AFL 4 (7)
1968 AFL 5 (7)
1969 AFL 4 (8)
Career 37 (117)

Long Rush

1965 AFL 79 (2)

Yds/Rushing Att

1961 AFL 4.2 (5)
1965 AFL 4.1 (4)

Rushing Yds/Game

1961 AFL 60.4 (2)
1965 AFL 43.1 (7)

Long Reception

1966 AFL 70 (10)

Touchdowns

1961 AFL 8 (8)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1961 AFL 8 (8)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 3 (22)

Yds From Scrimmage

1961 AFL 888 (8)

Touches

1961 AFL 214 (3)
1965 AFL 164 (8)
Career 1195 (182)

Yds/Touch

1965 AFL 5.2 (10)
1966 AFL 6.2 (6)
1967 AFL 6.5 (4)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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1961AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL