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Ray Mathews

Raymond Dyral Mathews

Position: HB-E
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: February 26, 1929 in Dayton, PA
College: Clemson

2-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 7th round (81st overall) of the 1951 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1951 22 PIT RET 12 0 21 37 0 15 1.8 3.1 1.8 37 0 3
1952* 23 PIT LH 12 0 66 315 0 36 4.8 26.3 5.5 33 543 16.5 5 50 2.8 45.3 858 5 6
1953 24 PIT LH/LS 12 0 65 260 2 31 4.0 21.7 5.4 27 346 12.8 4 77 2.3 28.8 606 6 5
1954 25 PIT LH 12 0 80 242 2 24 3.0 20.2 6.7 44 652 14.8 6 78 3.7 54.3 894 8 5
1955* 26 PIT LH 12 0 57 187 1 23 3.3 15.6 4.8 42 762 18.1 6 61 3.5 63.5 949 7 1
1956 27 PIT RE 12 0 3 -11 0 2 -3.7 -0.9 0.3 31 540 17.4 5 64 2.6 45.0 529 5 0
1957 28 PIT RE 12 0 3 -1 0 6 -0.3 -0.1 0.3 15 369 24.6 4 64 1.3 30.8 368 4 3
1958 29 PIT LH 12 0 4 24 0 14 6.0 2.0 0.3 25 525 21.0 4 65 2.1 43.8 549 4 0
1959 30 PIT LH 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 13 182 14.0 0 56 1.1 15.2 186 0 0
1960 31 DAL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 44 14.7 0 20 0.5 7.3 44 0 0
Career 114 0 300 1057 5 36 3.5 9.3 2.6 233 3963 17.0 34 78 2.0 34.8 5020 39 23
9 yrs PIT 108 0 300 1057 5 36 3.5 9.8 2.8 230 3919 17.0 34 78 2.1 36.3 4976 39 23
1 yr DAL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 44 14.7 0 20 0.5 7.3 44 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1951 22 PIT RET 12 0 15 231 1 68 15.4 13 327 0 40 25.2 595
1952* 23 PIT LH 12 0 26 397 2 70 15.3 14 367 0 45 26.2 1622
1953 24 PIT LH/LS 12 0 16 128 0 54 8.0 10 261 0 44 26.1 995
1954 25 PIT LH 12 0 2 6 0 6 3.0 4 88 0 31 22.0 988
1956 27 PIT RE 12 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 555
1959 30 PIT LH 12 0 2 17 0 15 8.5 203
Career 114 0 61 779 3 70 12.8 42 1069 0 45 25.5 6868

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1951 22 PIT RET 12 0 15 31 48.4 208 2 6.5 0 0.0 39 6.7 7.4 13.9 17.3 91.9
1952* 23 PIT LH 12 0 3 13 23.1 104 0 0.0 1 7.7 69 8.0 4.5 34.7 8.7 28.4
1953 24 PIT LH/LS 12 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1954 25 PIT LH 12 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 -11.3 0.0 0.0
1959 30 PIT LH 12 0 1 1 100.0 38 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 38.0 38.0 38.0 3.2 118.7
Career 114 0 19 51 37.3 350 2 3.9 2 3.9 69 6.9 5.5 18.4 3.1 58.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1951 22 PIT RET 12 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
1952* 23 PIT LH 12 0 6 3 0 0
1953 24 PIT LH/LS 12 0 1 17 0 17 5 3 1 1 1
1954 25 PIT LH 12 0 5 0 0 0
1955* 26 PIT LH 12 0 1 0 0 0
1957 28 PIT RE 12 0 3 0 0 0
1959 30 PIT LH 12 0 0 1 0 0
Career 114 0 2 17 0 17 23 9 1 1 1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1952* 23 PIT LH 12 0 1 1 100.0%
Career 114 0 1 1 100.0%

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1951 22 PIT RET 12 0 1 6
1952* 23 PIT LH 12 0 5 2 1 43
1953 24 PIT LH/LS 12 0 2 4 1 1 44
1954 25 PIT LH 12 0 2 6 48
1955* 26 PIT LH 12 0 1 6 42
1956 27 PIT RE 12 0 5 30
1957 28 PIT RE 12 0 4 24
1958 29 PIT LH 12 0 4 24
Career 114 0 5 34 3 1 1 1 261

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1952
1955

Receptions

1954 NFL 44 (8)
1955 NFL 42 (7)

Receiving Yds

1955 NFL 762 (4)

Receiving TD

1955 NFL 6 (8)
1956 NFL 5 (7)

Long Reception

1953 NFL 77 (4)
1954 NFL 78 (7)
1956 NFL 64 (10)

Yds/Reception

1952 NFL 16.5 (10)
1955 NFL 18.1 (7)
1956 NFL 17.4 (7)
1958 NFL 21.0 (4)
Career 17.0 (74)

Receiving Yds/Game

1955 NFL 63.5 (4)

Touchdowns

1952 NFL 7 (9)
1953 NFL 7 (9)
1954 NFL 8 (8)
1955 NFL 7 (10)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1954 NFL 8 (7)
1955 NFL 7 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs

1951 NFL 1 (9)
1952 NFL 2 (3)
1953 NFL 1 (3)
Career 4 (175)

Yds From Scrimmage

1952 NFL 858 (10)
1954 NFL 894 (6)
1955 NFL 949 (4)

All-Purpose Yds

1952 NFL 1622 (2)

Touches

1952 NFL 139 (6)

Yds/Touch

1952 NFL 11.7 (1)
1953 NFL 8.4 (10)
1955 NFL 9.6 (3)

Yds/Kick Return

1951 NFL 25.2 (10)
1952 NFL 26.2 (5)

Punt Returns

1951 NFL 15 (9)
1952 NFL 26 (3)

Punt Return Yds

1951 NFL 231 (4)
1952 NFL 397 (2)
1953 NFL 128 (6)
Career 779 (183)

Punt Return TD

1951 NFL 1 (3-- 85)
1952 NFL 2 (1-- 13)
Career 3 (32)

Long Punt Return

1951 NFL 68 (5)
1952 NFL 70 (7)
1953 NFL 54 (6)

Yds/Punt Return

1951 NFL 15.4 (3-- 41)
1952 NFL 15.3 (3-- 46)
1953 NFL 8.0 (5)

Kick & Punt Returns

1951 NFL 28 (10)
1952 NFL 40 (3)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1951 NFL 558 (10)
1952 NFL 764 (3)

Fumbles

1952 NFL 6 (9)

Fumble Return TD

1953 NFL 1 (1)

Safeties

1953 NFL 1 (1-- 16)
Career 1 (66)

     

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1952 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1952 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL